including the one that she had captured earlier. “I am sorry that I…uh…did that while you were working.”
He grinned. “It was fine. You were careful, though it did scare the crap out of me at the time.”
She smiled at his acceptance of her nature.
She looked around the café and saw the smiling faces and open natures of the majority of the occupants. She was welcome here as a lion and she was welcome as Lee. When she came to that conclusion, she started to sniffle.
Jim was at her side in an instant. “What is it?”
“I was just thinking that most of the people here have been nice, welcoming and made me feel at home in my own skin. I don’t remember having felt that before.”
He held her under his arm until their food arrived. At that point, they ate in silence with only the bottles of condiments passing between them.
Nia brought them more coffee and two huge slices of cake. One had a lion made of candy, the other had a tiger.
Lee rescued the candy tiger from Jim before he got it. “I am keeping it. We can eat it later.”
Nia passed by and slid a box with one of each inside it. “I figured he would eat them now.”
Lee laughed, and when she looked at Jim, he had the tiger sticking out of his mouth. He mumbled, “What? She brought us a spare. It’s good.”
She snickered and delicately licked the head of the lion. It was white chocolate with a hint of milk chocolate mixed in.
Jim groaned. “Don’t do that.”
“Do what?” She licked again.
“Lick a piece of candy in a room with thirty-five men in it. Every male is watching you, and I have had enough fighting for the day.”
“If you have had enough fighting, what do you want to do for the rest of the night?”
She licked delicately one more time before he grabbed her and hauled her out of the café and carried her toward the Open Heart.
Some things could go beyond words.
Chapter Twelve
Dira smiled from the front desk as they passed. Lee waved as Jim carried her up and back to the room they had roughed up earlier.
Pristine sheets and bedding were in place. There was no trace of the claws and blood that had marked their first time together.
“Wow, she’s good.” Lee admired the pristine nature of the room.
“She is the best and those who come and stay here pay for it.” Jim let her legs slide down his body, but he kept her held to him with one arm.
“I thought I was the best.” She draped her arms around his neck.
“I have no idea what your housekeeping skills are, but at putting yourself between the innocent and danger, you are definitely the best I have ever known.” He kissed her and the kiss deepened.
His tongue stroked along her lips and the rough texture sent shivers through her. Lee moaned and used one hand to release the cord that held her gown in place.
Once she felt the fabric of her gown loosen, she slid her hand along the edge of his wrap and tugged it loose until it dropped to the floor.
“You are getting ahead of me.”
“Girls need to start first or so I have been told.” She squealed as he lifted her and swung her onto the bed.
“It doesn’t mean to get me naked. It means I have some licking to do.” He laid her back and slid his hands up her legs until the white fabric was bunched around her waist.
She knew about oral sex but wasn’t sure what the fuss was about until he licked her. The first stroke tensed her thighs and raised her knees. When he continued, her mind cried out, Hot, wet, ohgodohgodohgod and a scream built in her throat.
His teeth grazed her folds, and his tongue scraped at her clit, causing her orgasm to spiral out of her in a wave of sound and power.
James moved up her body, and his cock nudged at the folds he had just teased into hypersensitivity.
Lee wrapped her leg around his back and pulled him into her. “My favourite part of being a shifter. One change and any wounds on the human body will be fixed.”
“What wounds?”
She tugged at him, trying to get him to
He grinned. “It was fine. You were careful, though it did scare the crap out of me at the time.”
She smiled at his acceptance of her nature.
She looked around the café and saw the smiling faces and open natures of the majority of the occupants. She was welcome here as a lion and she was welcome as Lee. When she came to that conclusion, she started to sniffle.
Jim was at her side in an instant. “What is it?”
“I was just thinking that most of the people here have been nice, welcoming and made me feel at home in my own skin. I don’t remember having felt that before.”
He held her under his arm until their food arrived. At that point, they ate in silence with only the bottles of condiments passing between them.
Nia brought them more coffee and two huge slices of cake. One had a lion made of candy, the other had a tiger.
Lee rescued the candy tiger from Jim before he got it. “I am keeping it. We can eat it later.”
Nia passed by and slid a box with one of each inside it. “I figured he would eat them now.”
Lee laughed, and when she looked at Jim, he had the tiger sticking out of his mouth. He mumbled, “What? She brought us a spare. It’s good.”
She snickered and delicately licked the head of the lion. It was white chocolate with a hint of milk chocolate mixed in.
Jim groaned. “Don’t do that.”
“Do what?” She licked again.
“Lick a piece of candy in a room with thirty-five men in it. Every male is watching you, and I have had enough fighting for the day.”
“If you have had enough fighting, what do you want to do for the rest of the night?”
She licked delicately one more time before he grabbed her and hauled her out of the café and carried her toward the Open Heart.
Some things could go beyond words.
Chapter Twelve
Dira smiled from the front desk as they passed. Lee waved as Jim carried her up and back to the room they had roughed up earlier.
Pristine sheets and bedding were in place. There was no trace of the claws and blood that had marked their first time together.
“Wow, she’s good.” Lee admired the pristine nature of the room.
“She is the best and those who come and stay here pay for it.” Jim let her legs slide down his body, but he kept her held to him with one arm.
“I thought I was the best.” She draped her arms around his neck.
“I have no idea what your housekeeping skills are, but at putting yourself between the innocent and danger, you are definitely the best I have ever known.” He kissed her and the kiss deepened.
His tongue stroked along her lips and the rough texture sent shivers through her. Lee moaned and used one hand to release the cord that held her gown in place.
Once she felt the fabric of her gown loosen, she slid her hand along the edge of his wrap and tugged it loose until it dropped to the floor.
“You are getting ahead of me.”
“Girls need to start first or so I have been told.” She squealed as he lifted her and swung her onto the bed.
“It doesn’t mean to get me naked. It means I have some licking to do.” He laid her back and slid his hands up her legs until the white fabric was bunched around her waist.
She knew about oral sex but wasn’t sure what the fuss was about until he licked her. The first stroke tensed her thighs and raised her knees. When he continued, her mind cried out, Hot, wet, ohgodohgodohgod and a scream built in her throat.
His teeth grazed her folds, and his tongue scraped at her clit, causing her orgasm to spiral out of her in a wave of sound and power.
James moved up her body, and his cock nudged at the folds he had just teased into hypersensitivity.
Lee wrapped her leg around his back and pulled him into her. “My favourite part of being a shifter. One change and any wounds on the human body will be fixed.”
“What wounds?”
She tugged at him, trying to get him to
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