her head, and I wanted her so much I ached with it.
“Do you want me?” she whispered, surprising me with her direct question.
“Yes,” I said, because lying would be stupid at this point. The evidence of my desire was pressing against her stomach.
“Good, because I want you too,” she said, her voice so gritty it made my dick swell even more. “You’re such a good man, and so kind, and you saved me…and you’re so hot…” I leaned down and kissed her then, and she moaned against my lips. I tilted her head to the side and thrust my tongue into her mouth, softly rubbing my tongue against hers over and over again. She clung to me and moved her body against mine, and I felt her nipples growing hard against my chest through our clothes. I ran my hands up her body, pulling the t-shirt up and exposing her breasts to my fingers. I tweaked her nipple and she moaned again and she reached down and stroked me through my pants.
“ Fuck ,” I groaned as I pulled back from the kiss. I leaned down and took her nipple into my mouth while she continued to touch me. I licked all around her nipple and then sucked on it hard, pushing it to the roof of my mouth. I used my hand to squeeze her breast at the same time, laving as much of her luscious flesh as I could. I reached up and kissed her again, so turned on I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stop. The tip of my cock had come out of the top of my pants and she ran her fingers over it lightly, picking up some of my fluid and my wolf roared in my brain.
Mate with her. Mate with her! It screamed in my head and I pulled away, breathing like I’d just sprinted a mile. She was breathing just as heavily, and was trying to pull me back to her.
“No, not like this,” I said softly, rubbing her back again.
“What do you mean?”
“We can’t do this here. I want to. God, I want to so much. But I’m on assignment to keep you safe. This isn’t right.” I was forcing my wolf down again and this time it was working. Just barely. But I could tell by Meredith’s silence that she didn’t understand and I could feel her hurting.
“Please, Meredith. I want you. But I don’t want a quick fuck in some shack in Syria. I want better than that. I want more than that.” I was trying to explain without using the actual words I felt, but I didn’t want to scare her away.
“How much more?” she whispered against my shoulder. Leave it to a woman to get to the heart of the matter.
“I love you,” I finally said after a few moments of silence. “I don’t want to scare you away by saying that too soon. I can’t explain it. I feel connected to you like I’ve never felt with another woman. You probably think I’m crazy.”
“No, I don’t,” she said and my heart started beating as hard as hers was against my chest.
“We should talk about the wolf part of me,” I said when she didn’t say more, and I tried to not be disappointed that she didn’t seem to reciprocate my feelings. But I knew she was affected by me, and I knew that she cared for me, and that was enough for now.
“Okay,” she said. So I explained what had happened to the five of us in Afghanistan three years ago, and what it meant for our lives today. I told her that what we did was secret, going around the world and rescuing American citizens and soldiers.
“You’re heroes,” she said when I was finished and I laughed softly.
“No, we’re not. We just - ”
“Save people with your super-human strength?” she interrupted, and I laughed again.
“Okay, fine. We’re heroes.”
“Good, I’m glad we agree,” she said and then she yawned hugely and snuggled into me.
“Goodnight, Meredith,” I said softly into her hair.
“Goodnight, my love,” she whispered back.
Chapter Eight: Meredith
I woke up the next morning as I had the day before, wrapped in Trevor’s arms. I felt a peace I hadn’t felt before, and I worried about what would happen when we left here later today. Would