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"But da that I don’t care about you That I haven’t wanted you for years"

A solid lurew in my throat, and I sed around it I reached out and ran ertips down the side of his neck and down his shoulder I wanted to tell him that I was half in love with hi about it," I said, instead

Mason stoppedas still as a statue in front of me Then his eyes met mine, as hard and fervent as I’d ever seen them My breath quickened, and I suddenly knehat a deer ry wolf

Then thinking disappeared, overrun by feeling He was ondownto his shoulders He pluckedand carried ht, but we onlymade from a some sort of very soft animal fur that lay--quite stereotypically--in front of his fireplace

I sank into the rug with Mason on top ofand tasting I ran my hands over the h his soft hair My mind whirred Mason held me in his arms Mason kissed ed at his shirt and he pulled it off, revealing a chiseled and perfect chest, not to mention the hard abs I’d teased hieddown beneath my breast, he took a quick breath then pulled , he ic, the rest of our clothes seemed to ainst ain I feltbeneath him I had to have hirip his butt Mason growled, and I ainst my heat

With one quick motion of his hips, ere joined The air rushed out of ainst me and inside me to be a normal y crawling overus I cried out his naht have beenslowly so I could get used to the sensation ritten all over his face

But sloasn’t enough I was so close I gripped his ass hard and asped Then as if he could no longer contain himself, he moved, hard and fast Deeper than before And I cried out his naain as my vision was flooded with sparks and my body overcome by sensation Mason called out, and I felt hi into me faster, harder, until I aluttural moan, he stiffened above me, and then stilled

Chapter Ten

Charlie stretched and rolled over to peer at me upside down from where he’d made a nest of Mason’s pillow I blinked at his Mason’s house Mason’s roo-sized bed and glanced around the rooe, masculine furniture, the room felt homey, if a bit bachelorish It fell suddenly silent, and I realized that the shower had been running and filling the air with background noise Before I could react to that, the bathrooht A man should not be allowed to look like that Skin and hair damp from the shoith a torapped lazily around his waist, he looked like sin incarnate And when his eyes h

"Goodup lanced down at my hands

I sensed movement, and when I looked up, Mason stood less than a foot in front of ave me a soft kiss on the lips, and suddenly the aardness lifted I touched his face softly He stepped back and saze shifted "Is your cat on lance "He’s just…usted glare A look the cat returned with htiness than the lycan could co the fabulous o "Absolutely"

He disappeared back into the bathroom and I trotted off to the spare bath where I’d already placed my essentials A quick shower later, I dressed Then I almost ran down the stairs when the smell hit me Only my weak ankle and the tiny bit of self-control I was able to s and coffee and bacon Even pancakes An eht, and Mason grinned and handed me a plate

"This isn’t breakfast It’s a feast!"

He chuckled "Well you took a while getting ready so I had some tied to not stick otten ready in record ti, but I did have a hard ti out of a nice, hot shower Especially withthe vampire at my townhouse, and the new, ht before

And what a night it had been After our passionate coupling in front of his fireplace, we had retreated to his roo love and talking We didn’t touch on the subject that seemed to be a sensitive one for both of us--fa else From our shared love of Lou Malnati’s pizza, to our shared obsession with old, cheesy horror flicks

Mason handed lanced at it suspiciously "I think we should go talk to theagain today," I said

Mason nodded "Okay But I’ in this time" He waved at the cup "Try it If you’re not too scared, that is"

As if But when I took a sip, I made sure to take only a sar and creaave him a small smile, but kept the conversation on business

"Okay, but no flexing until I try a nicer approach first" Maybe he could convince her to be more helpful