Finn—why did he have to come back and throw everything off-kilter? If her necklace was so important, why didn’t one of his brothers come and ask for it? She would hate to part with it, it was a gift from her grandmother, but Alli wasn’t cold-hearted enough to deny a family something that could help save a loved one’s life, even if it meant parting with one of her favorite possessions. She didn’t believe him when he said they were mated. Tonight she would hand the necklace over to Finn and tell him to leave her alone for good. The idea should have made her feel a little better. Instead it made the unfulfilled longing she had kept buried for so long resurface. Hell, she needed a drink. Was she really this pathetic? Alli knew she was no match for Finn in any way. Her control was barely leashed when she was around him. Those damn flowers. He wasn’t the flower-giving kind of man and that had thrown her when she’d seen them. Why was he trying so hard? Shaking her head, she tried to dampen the growing excitement of seeing him tonight.
