done it before when he kissed her, and the fire burned and the anger smoldered in his darkened eyes now like that day long ago. His gaze dropped to her lips as her heart sent the blood rushing to her ears. He wasn’t as immune to her as he pretended. Why couldn’t she meet a human male who aroused her like he did? But Devlyn could never be her mate. He would always be Volan’s lackey.
She tried to pull away, but he shoved her back on the bed, making her sit. Glaring at him, she folded her arms.
He yanked off the cardigan sweater and then unbuttoned her shirt. Once he’d pulled it from her shoulders and dropped it on the floor, he said, “I won’t sleep with something that smells like a human male.”
His gaze dropped from hers to enjoy her nudity. He smiled appreciatively.
“You’ve seen me naked before.” She slid into bed and then yanked the covers over her.
“It’s been a good long while and you’re a bit more mature now.” His eyes sparkled with intrigue and his lips still smiled.
She assumed he wouldn’t try to make love to her.
But then he dropped his pants and she saw his erection. He was one gorgeous hunk of a gray lupus garou. She hadn’t remembered him being that big. She wasn’t sure he could hold back and not attempt to mate with her. On the other hand, she wasn’t sure she wanted him to stop himself, either.
He yanked the covers off her. “Slide over.”
“Go around to the other side of the bed,” she growled.
“You’re on my side. But if you prefer to sleep here, too…” Letting his words trail off, he climbed on top of her and pinned her to the mattress.
Clenching her teeth, she tried to wriggle out from underneath his hard, naked body, but his hands seized her wrists and he spread his legs on either side of her, boxing her in. His thick arousal pressed hard against her mound and liquid heat pooled between her legs.
“Like it here still?” he asked, licking her cheek.
Lost in the feel of him, his heart beating rapidly against her chest, his skin hot, his body hard, and his smell wild, out-of-doors, and musk, she fought parting her legs for him; the ache to have him penetrate her feminine folds was overwhelming.
His erection stirred and he swept his lips over the sensitive skin at her throat.
Was he having a difficult time maintaining his subservient position in the pack?
“Get off me,” she growled, although she wanted to encourage his actions.
“I gave you ample opportunity to move and you wouldn’t listen.” His voice sounded drenched with lust.His mouth caressed the line of her jaw, making her skin tingle in heady expectation. “When you’re in a pack, there are rules.”
Unable to control her body’s reaction, her heated core ached for him to follow through. “Yes, and one of them is not to seduce the pack leader’s intended bitch,” she said, meaning to sound irritated and put him off, but her voice seemed sexually frustrated instead.
Devlyn cast her an evil smile. “I’m not seducing you. You’re still suffering from the effects of hypothermia. I’m merely providing necessary medical attention.”
Again she tried to squirm free, to show him he couldn’t control her, but every wiggle only made her more aware of how ready his body was to take hers. She swore she heard him muffle a groan.
“Yeah, right, Devlyn. Volan would really believe that line as much as I do.”
He ran his fingers through her hair and touched his lips to hers, softly this time.
She couldn’t help but respond, desperately needy for a mate’s touch…Devlyn’s touch. The doubts she had about Volan, Devlyn, or wanting a human male all faded from her thoughts in an instant. She licked his lips and then nipped the lower one.
He issued a deep-throated growl.
She paused. What the hell was she doing? He said he could control himself, but not the way he touched her. His erection throbbed against her waist as the sweet ache between her legs intensified. She didn’t want him to
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