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"Wait up, lass The least I can do is wrestle the shark off you if one decides to grab some delectable part of you"
He hadn’t really said that, had he?
Shelley stared at Duncan, as noearing a pair of black Bermuda shorts, the rest of hi a kilt and swinging a sword, fighting the bad guys in theher off to his castle If women saw him like that in the ht of hi more, and Shelley was too stunned to speak Wendy broke in, dying to know all about him "That’s him? A Scottish hunk? Who sounds like he’s already way too intrigued with you? Don’t tellbikini of yours," she said Knowing Wendy, she’d want to forget hercrisis and fly to the island to check him out She’d let him stay at the villa for free, too Probably pay for all hisShe could certainly afford it
Forget Shelley taking in needy strays She figured Wendy would be the one offering a free room stateside for him Until she learned he was a wolf Wolves lived by different rules, and they had to be cautious about stepping over the lines
"Yeah, he’s my new roo the bikini, and the Highlander’s tongue was practically hanging out of his mouth He acted like he’d just shifted into the wolf and come back from a fast-paced run, heartbeat accelerated, adrenaline whipped up, and ready for a lot o, Wendy, and again, thanks for the generous offer I’ll call you toree frohland wolf, not just human
Shelley had never dated a wolf, and for the first time, she wondered why the hell not Because they could be serious trouble, like a co choice? Their forever could last centuries
She clicked off the phone and waved her towel at Duncan "Didn’t bring a towel?"
His sexy htly, his dark eyes nearly black and the skin beneath theood humor "Do you mind if I share yours?"
Feelings out the guest bedroo the waves roll in and the breeze toss the palreen fans while he’d been telling his oldest brother, Ian, what he’d learned so far--about the woman he’d met in the bar and her ties to a man orked for Silverman, the trouble he’d had with his hotel reservation, and his having to pay soa shi bikini as she crossed the patio
Ian asked hi with the investigation Ian’s focus on the female wolf rankled Duncan Ian had to knoouldn’t sidetrack hi with a female wolf should be of any consequence Until he saw her leave the house wearing barely anything--an iridescent royal blue thong and a barely there halter top that together highlighted the swell of her breasts and her firm ass He shen she turned and leaned over to pick up a shell on the beach, and as she spoke to someone on the phone, she nearly fell out of the top
"Duncan?" Ian said, breaking into Duncan’s spell-binding vision of the o My roo shark bait, and I need to make sure she isn’t food for the fish We’d never be able to afford the whole cost of this villa if she didn’t survive her swinizing the laird’s warning tone of voice that would be followed by a stern re, and dug around in it until he could find the only pair of Berht both pairs He didn’t own a swi that also
He stripped down in record ti on the shorts, he raced down the stairs to reach Shelley before she got into the water He could i the tiny bit of cloth between her legs and the one barely covering her breasts He sht He’d be there to rescue her To hell with the bikini
He tried not to look as anxious as he was to catch up to her, but when she waved her towel at hirab one from the upstairs bathroom
When she told him it would cost him to share her towel, he asked, "Howto pay anything to stay with her while she shether his clan could afford it or not
S her auburn hair across her face "You won’t even need it Too rabbed her hair and held it in abeyance, winked, turned, and continued to h the sand to the water
He smiled at her sassiness She paused briefly to lay out her towel, bending over and roith desire She didn’t look back at hiured out what her body was doing to his--and continued to the water
When she was only a few feet fro waist deep in the water, her back to hie, felt hoar like the Irish or North Seas, and ran in after her Maybe if he got close to her and a wave snatched her bikini away, he’d be able to capture it Nah, he really wouldn’t want to return it to her Instead, he’d protectively cover her body fro eyes--not that anyone could see them in the dark like this, except another wolf
He ithin arth of her when she was up to her shoulders in water, and she squealed
"Shelley," he shouted, his heart thudding and adrenaline shooting through his veins at hyperspeed He grabbed her ar her toward him, ready to punch the shark in the nose He’d heard that was a way to keep the sharks froet loose fros and startled o, but the waves were pushing her soft body against his, and he liked the feel of her curves, the way her breeze-tossed hair caressed his shoulder, the way she smelled so sweet and feminine and wolflike
He wanted to wrap his ar all that sweet tanned flesh against hilorious breasts, and…
He gritted his teeth He couldn’t do any of that and had to satisfy hi her arm as the waves slowly lifted her off her feet and threatened to pull her aith the current He remained her steadfast pillar, ireat anchor," she said, rising on tiptoes with each swell of a wave