Lost Creek Hollow baby please come home.

Another step, and still Harlyn didn't leave like she ought to.  Clearly she was not having any luck stopping him, and part of her didn't even want to.  Her ears pricked when something she said caused him to hesitate.  His words didn't clue her in to what exactly had made him pause, but she had a pretty good idea based on the timing of her words and the moment of his reaction.

"I do not share my mate," Harlyn said firmly as she gazed steadily at him.  "If you claim me, you claim only me.  No other woman.. or man."  She added the last bit almost as though it was an afterthought, though it was the issue at the forefront of her mind.  She knew of no other that he'd given his attention to, and she had always worried that he might be a threat to their relationship.  Maybe if Luke's lover lived in the Hollow with them she may have felt differently.  Hell, maybe if she weren't so muddled with instinctive desire she might think differently, but in any case.  This man could take Luke away from her, and Harlyn would not let it happen.