the creature…
I felt the wood beneath my foot give way – likely from the weight of the creatures fighting across the hallway, and threw an arm out to steady myself. Unfortunately, I couldn’t grasp the railing in time, and my head smacked hard against the wall as I crumpled to the ground, everything going black around me.
~
When I woke up, I realized I was on the couch downstairs. Panicking and lunging up to a seated position, Randall quickly urged me back down, his warm smile pulling into view.
“There, there, nothing to fear…it’s all taken care of.”
“Is it?” I turned, gazing at him as I held my head in a hand. “But the…the creature, I remember there was a…”
“The werewolf? He’s been taken of,” the shifter reassured me. “He’s locked up in the basement. Knocked out. Just like you were. He transformed back into a man, and without the light of the moon, he won’t be able to assume his less friendly form again. For good measure, we chained the temperamental bastard up. He won’t hurt you again.”
“I…see…” I murmured, resting for a moment. “You saved me.”
“Not just me,” he murmured softly, his fingers brushing against my face. “The rest of the pack chipped in, too. Turns out that Rionn and Rosco have taken a serious liking to you, too.”
“Too?” I started to blush.
“Well…it shouldn’t be a surprise that I find you incredibly beautiful. You’re the sexiest young woman I’ve seen, and I’m happy to let you stay as long as you need to, while you get things sorted out with your truck.”
Oh, right, I thought to myself. Nearly forgot, in all the excitement.
“Oh, don’t worry about that,” he continued, clearly seeing my crestfallen face. “You just stay here and we’ll take care of everything for you. The mechanic in town owes me a favor, anyway.”
“Does he?”
“Yeah, it’s the least he can do for trying to murder you tonight, the poor sod,” Randall chuckled. “But you just get your rest. It’s been a crazy night for you.”
“Randall, did you…say I was beautiful, a moment ago?” I asked softly, moving my hand aside. I could see that he had found some jeans to put back on – a shame, that, I thought to myself as my eyes traced the shape of his impressive shoulders and just about every visible inch of skin attached to them. I also happened to spot the other two shifters behind him, lounging in the kitchen but watching carefully.
He searched my eyes for a moment. “Yes,” he answered. “ Incredibly beautiful.”
“You saved my life.”
“It was nothing.”
“It was not nothing. You saved me from that thing when it came for me earlier…and you saved it again when it came back.”
“The least I could do.”
I pulled myself up from the couch and, before I knew what I was doing, I planted my lips against his. The touch of his kiss sent sparks down my body, and I felt a jolt of electricity surge down my spine as he kissed back, his passion still clearly restrained.
“You’re not feeling well, you took quite a blow to the head there,” he murmured as he reluctantly pulled back, but I wouldn’t let him get far.
“I know what I’m doing.”
“You’re sure?”
“Shut up and kiss me,” I whispered, climbing up from the couch.
~
Randall drew me into his embrace, the lightest hint of his musk filling my nostrils. I felt a spark flutter down my spine as his lips graced mine, before finally committing to the motion, forcefully and passionately tasting me. There was another big kiss, then another…and his tongue now, flickering against my own, drawing deep, heaving breaths from the bottom of my chest. The fingers of my left hand slid up one of his powerful arms, tracing his muscles as it crept up towards his shoulders. My wrists wrapped around the back of his neck, resting in the crook between his shoulder blades as his
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