picked up her phone and stifled an aroused groan as she reread the text message. Parked outside Heath’s home, she sat in her car, vibrating with such need she wasn’t sure she would last through all that he had promised. She glanced down at the little screen again.
That’s three, my beta. Be at my house tonight, ready to be punished.
Her first reaction had been to throw the phone across the room; her second was to imagine all the things he would do to punish her. Each of her thoughts had sent her pulse racing faster and faster until she had no choice but to come to him tonight.
A knock on her car window had Laney jumping out of her skin and screaming.
“Are you thinking of staying in there all night?” Heath asked as he bent down to look in at her through the window.
“God damn it Heath! You scared the hell out of me,” Laney gasped as she rolled the glass down.
“I was just wondering if you were planning on staying out here all night worrying about what’s waiting for you, or if you were going to actually man up and come on inside,” Heath said as he leaned in the open window.
“Are you saying I’m scared to come into your house?”
Heath shrugged and smiled, showing off his white teeth. All the better to eat you with.
“If the cap fits, my beta.”
Laney didn’t wait for him to step back as she threw open the door. If he hadn’t moved quickly she may well have ruined the night before it had even started.
After climbing out of the car she nearly sat back down hard. Heath was standing there with his hand on his hips, his very naked hips, glaring at her.
“Er, did we forget our clothes?” she asked as her breath stuttered. Damn the man and his to-die-for body.
“No, we didn’t forget our clothes. Some of us were out in the woods when some of us pulled up and sat outside the house looking all kinds of sexy sitting there chewing our bottom lip.”
“Well, aren’t we a little bit sarcastic tonight,” Laney said as she stood and leaned back on the car. She frowned and looked into the woods that bordered his land. “What were you doing in the woods naked? Oh Lord tell me you weren’t doing some sort of weird cult thing out there!”
“ What ?” Heath looked at her open-mouthed and Laney thought that maybe asking that of a naked wolf shifter may not have been the smartest idea. Not that she was scared of Heath, but really, he was naked on his front lawn, for crying out loud.
“Jeez, just asking is all.” Laney shrugged.
“We are not a cult. I was just hunting,” Heath said as he folded his arms over his chest, forcing Laney to bite back a groan.
“Hey dude,” Wall said as he approached them, naked.
Laney just looked back at him with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.
“Hey.” Heath didn’t look away from her but Laney’s smile grew as slowly the rest of the pack followed out of the woods.
“Dude, you left the hunt early. We were worried, thought we would come check on you,” Wall explained.
“Hmm, interesting." Laney winked at him as they were surrounded by naked people. Laney knew on a deep level she really should be embarrassed about all the bare skin standing around her, but she was more interested in the blush that was creeping up Heath’s neck and face.
“I had plans,” Heath finally told the group.
“So we can see, big brother.” Clara moved forward, smiling at Laney.
“Hey, girl.” Laney smiled at the woman.
“Dear Lord, people, this is not a public meeting. Why don’t you head on back to the pack house and I will speak to you tomorrow,” Heath growled.
“Dude, we thought we could watch the game on your large-screen TV.” Wall started to walk towards the house until Heath reached out and slapped a hand on his forehead, shoving him back.
“Not tonight, people,” Heath told them.
“Dude!” Wall huffed.
“No.”
Laney watched the byplay, shaking her head. Were all packs this goofy?
“Dude.” Wall smiled with open arms.
“No.” Heath said