towards mine. “Do you believe werewolves are
real?”
Her brows stretched upwards before falling
to their rightful place again. She didn’t answer right away. “I
believe there are things we humans don’t know about.”
“ Do you believe in
werewolves?” I pressed. I wasn’t letting her off the
hook.
Her heart sprinted as I leaned in closer to
her, further trapping her at the back end of the galley kitchen. My
arms flanked her body; my hands were itching to touch her, to grab
her and feel her. I wanted to feel her soft flesh pressed into
mine.
“ I don’t know.” She sounded
unsure of herself; uneasy with the topic even.
“ What if I said I’m a
werewolf?”
She tried to hold back a smile. Her chest
vibrated with a silent chuckle. “You can’t be serious.”
I lowered myself until we were face to face.
I couldn’t shift without damn near raping her, but I could show her
a glimmer of my inner wolf through my eyes. I flashed the honey
yellow eyes of my wolf; allowed her to face the beast within me who
screamed that she was his.
Sara gasped, jerking backwards. She cursed
under her breath when she hit her side against the counter. She
opened and closed her mouth several times unable to formulate a
response, though I didn’t blame her. She shivered, wrapping her
arms around herself.
I reined in my wolf, leashing him again.
Indulgently, I ran my palms up and down her upper arms, willing her
to calm down.
She nibbled her bottom lip again. “Why am I
not afraid of you?”
I ran my thumb along her bottom lip, freeing
it from her teeth. “Because you’re mine, and your body recognizes
that.”
“ Yours?” she squeaked. I
watched her nipples harden despite the uncertainty in her
voice.
“ Mine to have, to hold and
to love forever as my mate.” I tentatively licked my lips
seductively.
She took an unsteady breath, a quiet moan
escaping her. She watched me closely, her eyes observing my every
move.
I took advantage of a momentary distraction,
a moment when she was lost in thought, to brush my fingers against
her erect nipples. She sighed, unconsciously leaning into my move.
I smelled her arousal returning as I continued to lavish her pert
peaks with my hands. I pressed my hard cock, straining against my
jeans, into her arms, wrapped around her upper stomach.
Her eyes shot wide-open, awareness washing
over her. She moved her arms up, pushing my hands away as she
covered her breasts. “I…” She turned her head from side to side,
worry pulling down her features. “I don’t know you. I…” She sighed.
“How can you feel so right? I don’t get it.”
—
Chapter Nine
SARA
Anxiety and excitement pumped through my
veins. Everything about Desi enticed me. And when the creature
within him penetrated me with his eyes, it felt like my soul was
bursting open. I was overwhelmed. My body was crying for his touch,
desperate for some unknown, incomprehensible connection with him as
my mind was scolding me with rationality.
I closed my eyes, trying to find balance
somewhere within me. My heart and mind were racing in opposite
directions. Until his arms came around me.
He gently pulled me into him, his buff
biceps cocooning me. My body instantly relaxed into him, and even
my mind shut up for a brief period of time.
I pressed my face into his chest, taking
comfort in him. I knew this wasn’t right; I knew I shouldn’t have
felt so safe with a stranger, yet I couldn’t squelch the ache
burning within me for him.
My eyes flew open and I yelped as he lifted
me into his arms and sat me on the counter. No man had ever been
able to carry me given all my excess stuffing.
He wiggled between my legs, pulling my
center to align with his as he gazed at me. “I want to claim
you.”
Warmth flowed through my body as desire
pooled in my womb with a vengeance. My tight nipples stung as I
squished my arms against them, trying to relieve the pressure. My
body screamed for him to take me, but my conscience