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So she knew the pie was Emma’s favorite, as was lipstick in a particular shade of vibrant red, a trace of whichhow crazy they were for one another
"Off for a walk?" Shalance when she halted beside Cooper
Cooper answered before she could becoht I’d point out one of the evacuation routes to Grace in case of eh, his thick brown hair catching the light "And I was about to say it was a roood-bye, they waited until he was out of sight before entering the narrow access corridor that led to a rarely used exit Though kissed by a cool wind that proht was as lovely as Shamus had said, the satin black of the sky dotted hat appeared to be a million stars
Cooper’s hand closed over hers
"First, so I’m not a liar, there’s the start of the evac route" He pointed northeast
"Okay?"
"I already know the routes," she said, heart thudding at the skin-to-skin contact "It’s part of the welcome-to-the-den ed with evacuating the pups should it ever become necessary to abandon the den because of hostilities, while the soldiers held the line of defense
"Good thing Shaed her into the trees, stroking his thu way "I think you’ll like this"
Her ide-eyed and watchful, she walked quietly beside hieway created by two near-perfect rows of trees, their branches twining to forliht that held her attention, but the predator by her side
The one who’d claies, in a way that shouted possession
The thought of belonging to Cooper made her wolf pad around her skin in a confusion of panic and delight once more But neither part of her wanted to be anywhere but here, in this exhilarating, exquisite instant Maybe this courtship was ridiculous and iive up on it, give up on Cooper, without trying her daht her to a stop in what appeared to be a s "Do you s out to pluck a berry from one of the canes that surrounded them, he brushed it across her lips "Open for me, beautiful, sexy Grace"
Her toes curled inside her boots at that low-voiced request, a liquid kind of heat in her abdo her lips, she allowed hi inside her mouth When he picked off more, fed her decadent berry by decadent berry, she didn’t protest And when he spread his legs and tugged her closer, she went, her wolf quivering at the risk
He ran a berry across her lower lip, painting it with the juice as the masculine heat of his body seeped into her every cell, and his face blocked out the night "I’ to kiss you" His voice vibrated where her breasts pressed against the strength of his chest,her hand when she reh-voiced request, he tipped up her chin with his fingers and suckled on her juice-drenched lower lip The sweet, hot sensation was over al open He returned for another suckling taste, coaxing her closer as he did so "M from her chin to cup the side of her neck "You taste delicious" This time, his lips covered hers, the kiss an intimate seduction
She clenched her hands on his chest as she rose toward his sinful mouth, felt the flex of war, he licked his tongue across the seaainst her lower back, the rigid heat of his erection pushing against her abdo the insides of her skin, the wolf threatening to take control
Jerking back, she gasped in the cool night air Her breasts felt swollen, the place between her legs damp, and she had no doubt Cooper had scented the musk of her arousal But that wasn’t the sole e realization of the violent strength of the predator who held her a visceral punch to the gut
The wolf didn’t want to run It knew such an action would never work, that it would only enrage the predator
Instead, it demanded she lie down, let Cooper do what he would, its deep-rooted survival instincts colliding against her human need to make a conscious choice It was all she could do to hold back the iered rich and wild in her mouth; to whimper in primal submission - a suban, because that kind of mindless surrender would hu to work" The words caret a hollowness inside her chest that caused a true physical hurt
"I’ remained motionless thus far, shifted to pluck a berry off the plant near him and pop it into his mouth She watched him santed to trace the movement down the tendons of his neck with her lips, lick up the dark aed her eyes back up to his face, his lips were curved "It’ll work," he ht require lots and lots of foreplay, but it’ll work"
"Cooper" Turning away from the raw sexuality of hiive herself time to think "If - "
"No ifs," he murmured in a tone that spoke of the dominant he was "Not yet Even if you can’t trust me in any other way, trust me in this - the instant your wolf overwhelms you without your conscious volition, I’ll stop" She felt him come closer, but he didn’t bury his face in her neck as she craved, even though she knew her as in no state to accept the searing intiular
Even now, it buried its head in its paws, sad and scared and wanting all at once
"Hoill you know?" she asked, unable to hide the treuess it’s part of whatable to sense when the wolf is close to a packmate’s skin" She shuddered in relief "Always?"