same. Which was why Kevin pulled back as Carol moved to continue her seduction.
“No,” he said, “I can’t.”
Carol raised an eyebrow. “No? You aren’t feeling shy, are you?”
“It’s not that. It’s…”
“It’s the fact that you’re using me to try to manipulate my brother?” Carol smiled, and then suddenly her leg was hooked around Kevin’s, so that when she shoved him, he went stumbling to the floor. Carol followed him, kneeling above him. Her fingers traced over his chest again, only this time her nails dug in hard enough to make Kevin wince. “Did you think I was stupid, Kevin?”
“What?” Actually, there had been part of him that had thought it wouldn’t be a problem to trick her. Carol had always been so impulsive, and Kevin had been banking on her going along with another decision without thinking too hard.
She slapped him then. Not hard, but not playfully, either. Above him, her features contorted into a brief expression of anger. “That’s for trying to manipulate me, for not paying attention, and for thinking the way all stupid male werewolves seem to.”
“Carol…”
“Shh!” She put a finger to his lips, and a playful edge seemed to return to her. “You’re going to have to learn not to interrupt. Another thing that you men never seem to get the hang of. Take my brothers. Brian was always talking over me, and Josh… he always assumed that since he was the clever one and I was just a girl, I had to be stupid. You’ve heard the way he talks to me.”
Kevin had, though as he remembered it, Carol was mostly trying to persuade him to hurt Briony at the time. That or coming up with ideas that had more to do with her anger than anything else.
“All of you men seem to be the same,” Carol said. “You see a werewolf girl like me and you try to treat me like something out of the nineteenth century. Like I don’t matter , and like I can’t possibly come up with an idea that might be worthwhile.”
“What about Channing?” Kevin asked. “He didn’t treat you like that.”
That got a wince of pain from Carol. “Channing was better than the rest of them. He understood. He…” she shook her head. “But he’s gone now, and we aren’t going to talk about him.”
“Then what are we going to talk about?” Kevin asked. He wondered if he could roll Carol off him. She was smaller and lighter than him, but she knew enough about fighting that it would be hard to do.
She leaned down and kissed him again then. This kiss was softer and gentler than the first one had been, but it was no less controlling. Kevin jerked his head away, risking the possibility of another slap, but Carol didn’t seem bothered. If anything, she smiled.
“I like that. You aren’t some weakling who’s going to give up just like that. You’re worthy of me, Kevin. You’re the only man around here who is. But even you… I won’t let you control me and manipulate me like that. I won’t let you use me like that. Which is why it’s probably a good thing that I’m the one with all the cards here.”
“Are you going to let me up?” Kevin asked.
“Why, when I have you where I want you?” Carol shuffled a little higher on his chest and pinned his arms. “In every sense.”
“So what do you want?” Kevin asked. Carol was obviously enjoying this. Far too much for his liking. Yet what could he do about it? Besides, she was right. He had tried to manipulate her.
“Haven’t you been paying attention?” Carol asked. “I want all those big bad wolves in our pack to have to do what I
“No,” he said, “I can’t.”
Carol raised an eyebrow. “No? You aren’t feeling shy, are you?”
“It’s not that. It’s…”
“It’s the fact that you’re using me to try to manipulate my brother?” Carol smiled, and then suddenly her leg was hooked around Kevin’s, so that when she shoved him, he went stumbling to the floor. Carol followed him, kneeling above him. Her fingers traced over his chest again, only this time her nails dug in hard enough to make Kevin wince. “Did you think I was stupid, Kevin?”
“What?” Actually, there had been part of him that had thought it wouldn’t be a problem to trick her. Carol had always been so impulsive, and Kevin had been banking on her going along with another decision without thinking too hard.
She slapped him then. Not hard, but not playfully, either. Above him, her features contorted into a brief expression of anger. “That’s for trying to manipulate me, for not paying attention, and for thinking the way all stupid male werewolves seem to.”
“Carol…”
“Shh!” She put a finger to his lips, and a playful edge seemed to return to her. “You’re going to have to learn not to interrupt. Another thing that you men never seem to get the hang of. Take my brothers. Brian was always talking over me, and Josh… he always assumed that since he was the clever one and I was just a girl, I had to be stupid. You’ve heard the way he talks to me.”
Kevin had, though as he remembered it, Carol was mostly trying to persuade him to hurt Briony at the time. That or coming up with ideas that had more to do with her anger than anything else.
“All of you men seem to be the same,” Carol said. “You see a werewolf girl like me and you try to treat me like something out of the nineteenth century. Like I don’t matter , and like I can’t possibly come up with an idea that might be worthwhile.”
“What about Channing?” Kevin asked. “He didn’t treat you like that.”
That got a wince of pain from Carol. “Channing was better than the rest of them. He understood. He…” she shook her head. “But he’s gone now, and we aren’t going to talk about him.”
“Then what are we going to talk about?” Kevin asked. He wondered if he could roll Carol off him. She was smaller and lighter than him, but she knew enough about fighting that it would be hard to do.
She leaned down and kissed him again then. This kiss was softer and gentler than the first one had been, but it was no less controlling. Kevin jerked his head away, risking the possibility of another slap, but Carol didn’t seem bothered. If anything, she smiled.
“I like that. You aren’t some weakling who’s going to give up just like that. You’re worthy of me, Kevin. You’re the only man around here who is. But even you… I won’t let you control me and manipulate me like that. I won’t let you use me like that. Which is why it’s probably a good thing that I’m the one with all the cards here.”
“Are you going to let me up?” Kevin asked.
“Why, when I have you where I want you?” Carol shuffled a little higher on his chest and pinned his arms. “In every sense.”
“So what do you want?” Kevin asked. Carol was obviously enjoying this. Far too much for his liking. Yet what could he do about it? Besides, she was right. He had tried to manipulate her.
“Haven’t you been paying attention?” Carol asked. “I want all those big bad wolves in our pack to have to do what I
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