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couldn’t come to his place, she had to keep her nose to the grindstone and get it done. Alex, his blood pulsing with the need to be with her, inside of her, had not quite resigned himself to taking no for an answer; he had taken her home before and knew just where she lived.
He had ordered up a four-course meal from his favorite restaurant, picking out items that he knew Daphne would enjoy and instructing the restaurant in the careful packing of the meal along with flatware and dishes; he spent enough money at the place that they were only too happy to oblige. He had carried up the meal and the dishes to Daphne’s door, and when she had answered, he had nearly forgotten all about it.
She stood there in an oversized tee shirt and little else, the worn cotton clinging to the swell of her breasts, barely covering her ass, giving a tantalizing view of the tops of her thighs. Alex had pushed down his instinctive urge to grab her and carry her directly to the bedroom. “I thought you’d appreciate not having to cook,” he had said instead. Daphne’s resistance had folded immediately.
During the meal, it was all he could do to keep his lust at bay—Daphne’s appreciation, expressed in breathless moans of delight and sudden sharp intakes of breath as she tasted each item, drove him nearly insane from the need for restraint. Once she had finished, he had taken her by the hand and dragged her to the bedroom, reaching up underneath the tee shirt to tug her panties down and tumbling her onto the bed with him, touching her body everywhere.
He had nuzzled into her neck, nipping and nibbling with lips and teeth, lapping at her velvety skin with his tongue, and he had felt a sudden tension in his body—unlike the tense mounting of arousal and pleasure that came just before orgasm, something more elemental. “Tell me you’re mine,” he had murmured in her ear, rubbing himself against her, pressing her body to his.
“I am,” Daphne had murmured, her voice breathless and dreamy. Alex had felt the tension ripple through him again—passing as quickly as it had arrived. He had, without knowing it, marked her in that moment.
The sound of his phone ringing shocked Alex out of his distracted reverie. He snatched it up without even looking at the information on the caller ID. “Hello?” he said, keeping his voice neutral.
“Alex.” He cringed slightly at the sound of Eric’s voice. “We need to talk.”
“I don’t think we do,” Alex said, throwing himself into his desk chair. “You’ve made your position plain.”
“We need to talk because we can’t let this continue. I’ve gotten word from the elders that they’re unhappy with the situation. We have to hash this out.” Alexander stared at the base of his phone, considering it. He couldn’t trust Eric to not have something up his sleeve, but if he could resolve the situation with the other shifter, he could take a load off of his mind in regards not only to Daphne but also to his own company.
“What do you have in mind?” He should know what he was getting into. At least, he should know what Eric wanted him to think he was getting into.
“We meet up in the Forest Reserve; we discuss this like civilized people.” Alex frowned. It was almost certainly a trap. He could count on Eric to attack him in some way, but he knew that he could take on the other shifter. He had transformed in Eric’s presence before; in his bear form, he was taller, heavier than Eric, with a greater reach. If Eric attacked him, he could fight his way out of the situation.
“Okay,” Alex said. “I’ll meet you there tomorrow night.” He had a date with Daphne that night—and he was not about to put that on hold, not even to potentially resolve the issue with Eric.
“It’s a deal.”
CHAPTER 5
Alexander looked up at the sky through the screening darkness of the trees, knowing that Eric would be there at any moment. He could feel his animal essence simmering under the
He had ordered up a four-course meal from his favorite restaurant, picking out items that he knew Daphne would enjoy and instructing the restaurant in the careful packing of the meal along with flatware and dishes; he spent enough money at the place that they were only too happy to oblige. He had carried up the meal and the dishes to Daphne’s door, and when she had answered, he had nearly forgotten all about it.
She stood there in an oversized tee shirt and little else, the worn cotton clinging to the swell of her breasts, barely covering her ass, giving a tantalizing view of the tops of her thighs. Alex had pushed down his instinctive urge to grab her and carry her directly to the bedroom. “I thought you’d appreciate not having to cook,” he had said instead. Daphne’s resistance had folded immediately.
During the meal, it was all he could do to keep his lust at bay—Daphne’s appreciation, expressed in breathless moans of delight and sudden sharp intakes of breath as she tasted each item, drove him nearly insane from the need for restraint. Once she had finished, he had taken her by the hand and dragged her to the bedroom, reaching up underneath the tee shirt to tug her panties down and tumbling her onto the bed with him, touching her body everywhere.
He had nuzzled into her neck, nipping and nibbling with lips and teeth, lapping at her velvety skin with his tongue, and he had felt a sudden tension in his body—unlike the tense mounting of arousal and pleasure that came just before orgasm, something more elemental. “Tell me you’re mine,” he had murmured in her ear, rubbing himself against her, pressing her body to his.
“I am,” Daphne had murmured, her voice breathless and dreamy. Alex had felt the tension ripple through him again—passing as quickly as it had arrived. He had, without knowing it, marked her in that moment.
The sound of his phone ringing shocked Alex out of his distracted reverie. He snatched it up without even looking at the information on the caller ID. “Hello?” he said, keeping his voice neutral.
“Alex.” He cringed slightly at the sound of Eric’s voice. “We need to talk.”
“I don’t think we do,” Alex said, throwing himself into his desk chair. “You’ve made your position plain.”
“We need to talk because we can’t let this continue. I’ve gotten word from the elders that they’re unhappy with the situation. We have to hash this out.” Alexander stared at the base of his phone, considering it. He couldn’t trust Eric to not have something up his sleeve, but if he could resolve the situation with the other shifter, he could take a load off of his mind in regards not only to Daphne but also to his own company.
“What do you have in mind?” He should know what he was getting into. At least, he should know what Eric wanted him to think he was getting into.
“We meet up in the Forest Reserve; we discuss this like civilized people.” Alex frowned. It was almost certainly a trap. He could count on Eric to attack him in some way, but he knew that he could take on the other shifter. He had transformed in Eric’s presence before; in his bear form, he was taller, heavier than Eric, with a greater reach. If Eric attacked him, he could fight his way out of the situation.
“Okay,” Alex said. “I’ll meet you there tomorrow night.” He had a date with Daphne that night—and he was not about to put that on hold, not even to potentially resolve the issue with Eric.
“It’s a deal.”
CHAPTER 5
Alexander looked up at the sky through the screening darkness of the trees, knowing that Eric would be there at any moment. He could feel his animal essence simmering under the
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