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was ruined.
    Anya sat there
quietly, not saying a word as he placed her sandwich in front of her.
    “You will stay
here tonight,” he told her. The words he uttered made more intimate images
float through his mind. As pleasant as they were, he kidded himself they would
happen.
    Without moving
her head to look up, Anya slowly peered up at him. Her eyes seemed stormy and
full of anger. She pushed the small plate away and turned her face toward the
door.
    “I don’t need
your food.” She growled. It made her sound more like an obstinate child. Dante
pushed the plate back toward her.
    “You need to eat,”
he said.
    With an icy
sideways glare, Anya again shoved the plate away. Dante couldn’t be passive
with her, no matter how much his heart wanted him to. After all, he was the alpha,
and no matter what she may want to think, she’d submitted to his wolf last
night. That meant she was more or less his.
    “Fine,” he
snapped as he moved toward where she sat. Dante grabbed her and tossed her
effortlessly over his shoulder, then stormed off to his bedroom.
    “Let go of me,”
she screamed. She thrashed about like a child having a tantrum. He had to hold
her tightly so she wouldn’t slip out of his grasp.
    “If you don’t
want to act like a civilized adult, I’ll treat you like you’re acting.” He
growled.
    “You have no
right to touch me,” she screamed as she pounded on his back with her fists.
    “I can’t put you
back in the shed so this is where you will stay.” He made it to his bed and
unceremoniously flopped her onto it.
    Anya scurried to
the back of it, the fury in her eyes letting him know he had more than pissed
her off. Well, too damn bad, he thought. If she wanted to act like an
adolescent wolf, he was going to treat her like one.
    “Now stay,” he
roared as he turned and headed back out. He slammed the bedroom door behind him
and heard her throwing a fit in his room.
    He needed to
calm down, needed to vent off the rage building in him. The wolf wanted him to
turn around and march back into his room. Take his mate and make her submissive
to her alpha. After walking to the door, he opened it and peered outside.
Several of his pack had been eying his house, and as soon as they saw him they
went back about their business. No doubt curious as to want was going on within
the walls of his home.
    Dante stormed toward
his brother’s place and saw Memphis and Tessa just coming from behind one of
the larger wood sheds. Both looked as if they’d been up to something as Tessa
turned bright red, and Memphis looked like a lost sheep when they saw him.
    “I need you two
to go over to my cabin and make sure Anya stays put,” he grumbled as they moved
nearer.
    “Ah, oh, um, okay,”
Memphis mumbled.
    “Make sure she
stays in my room too.” Tessa gave him a startled look. She quickly looked away
as he narrowed his eyes at her.
    “Does your
father know you’re out and about with Memphis?” he asked.
    “Yes, we had his
permission to go for a run,” she told him in a mousy voice.
    He gave them
both a nod toward his cabin. He secretly was happy for his beta’s son and
Tessa. Young love was a wonderful thing, although the sight of the two
lovebirds had made Dante wish that Anya would look at him the way Tessa looked
at Memphis. As he watched them hurry off to play guard for him, he grinned. If
Memphis asked, he would allow the two to be mated.
    Dante made for
Chris’ home. Both his brother and sister-in-law would help him calm down. He
needed advice, needed to know what he should do about Anya. His heart told him
they should be as one, so did his wolf. However, he didn’t believe Anya was
willing to be his mate. For some reason, that seared him in a way he couldn’t
understand.
     
    * * * *
     
    Mitch was on his
way to his brother’s. Reese sat in the passenger seat on the phone with Kari.
He was explaining what was going on. His beta hung up and looked at him.
    “She said she
would get things in order