Free Projected Pleasure by Jennifer Salaiz Page B

this way.
    I do not want you two fighting. All this was supposed to be about was Josephine, that’s it.”
    “With Zachary’s permission I’d like to continue to see her. Maybe if I try to put effort into making it work I can break this obsession with you.”
    Marley’s heart crumbled. Obsession? What happened to him loving her? She loved him. What she had was so much more than obsession.

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    “Fine, work on it. But I want you to still project and search that way, too. You don’t even have to leave the house. I have a feeling she’ll come to you.”
    They both looked at Marley. “What? Who, me? Very funny, Zachary,” she said, hitting him with her pillow. “Just because you say I came to you first doesn’t mean anything. And if I do go to Cole, would you be angry? You never have been before.”
    “You know I wouldn’t be angry. There’s too good of a chance you truly marked him. I’m alpha. You can’t mark me. Not unless you outrank me, and as of a few days ago, you didn’t.”
    “What do you mean, didn’t? Are you saying I outrank you now?”
    Marley asked, confused.
    “That’s remained to be seen. Marley, there’s something about your line of lycanthropy. It should be weaker than everyone’s, but it not. You’re too strong. If I didn’t know better, I’d say your blood is as pure as it gets or mixed with something else entirely. Everyone’s strand is diluted. No one is pure of lycanthropy, not even me, and both my parents held the strand. But even one of both their parents was human. It’s like yours aren’t.”
    What did this mean? Her parents weren’t werewolves. Were they?
    No, of course not. She would know.
    “I don’t want to be an alpha. Can’t I just go back to being your wife? You know, Marley the team mom that rushes out and gives Gatorade to the pack after a long night of the full moon.”
    Zachary laughed, pulling her in his arms. “No one said you have to take my position in the pack. But you can’t be team mom anymore.
    You’ll be joining us, remember?”
    “Demetri,” Marley gasped. “Who’s going to take care of him? Oh God, Zachary I’ve always been the one to watch over him and Aria whenever everyone left.”
    “We’ll find someone, love. I can always call back Claire. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind. She took really good care of Aria before you arrived.”

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    “What about Josie? Couldn’t she watch them?”
    Marley spun her gaze to Cole, piercing him with her eyes. “Over my dead body.”
    “Come on, Marley. I thought you were going to make this easier on me. Please let me talk to Josie. I need to try something, and if I have her around maybe breaking the obsession will work.”
    There was that damn word again. It wasn’t an obsession! Why couldn’t he see he loved her just as much as she loved him?
    “I never said I’d make things easier on you, but because I, too, seem to be obsessed with you, I will. I just hope you know what you’re asking me. It goes against everything my body and my mind are screaming. You’re placing the future of my son and our pack in the hands of a dimwit.”
    “Marley!” Zachary laughed. “That is enough. “I really don’t think there’s a reason for you to be calling Cole’s potential mate a dimwit.”
    “Oh, please, Zachary. She is and we all know it. When we all stop pretending, we’ll be having a grown up conversation. Until then, you both can stay in denial. Cole, I’ll allow you to talk to her, but make it clear that if there is so much as a scratch on my son, I’ll rip her throat out without any guilt.”
    “Marley!” They both yelled.
    She shrugged her shoulders and lay back down. “Well, now that I’ve made myself clear, I’m going to bed. If either of you are interested, you can both join me. If not, I’ll see you in the morning.”
    “Cole? It’s up to you. I could use your help punishing my wife for her blunt mouth.”
    She looked up as Cole pulled off his