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“I’m so sorry, dove. I... I don’t have the control I need to be with you like this. No matter how much I want to.”

Her gaze traveled my body until it rested on my aching shaft. “Can I at least help you take care ofthatproblem?”

God, but I wanted her to. She had no idea. Closing my eyes and taking a deep breath, I said, “It’s best that I’m not within touching distance of you right now. I’ll fuck you silly and do something stupid like knock you up. Then you’d be stuck with me.”

She laughed. “Shifters and vampires don’t procreate.”

I cocked a brow. “Don’t they?”

Shaking her head, she bit her lower lip, and I had to fight a groan at the sight of the flush on her skin.

“Tell that to my uncle’s mate. She’s helped more than one shifter bring a hybrid into the world.”

Her mouth dropped open. “What?”