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With great effort, she finally pulled away, though Lyra let her hands stay on him for a precious few more minutes Part of her knew this was a slippery slope she was starting on Wrong place, wrong tiht Maybe they should just enjoy the now

But she’d never been very good at living in theinto a future that refused to let her shape it Not that she would ever stop trying

"You’re sad," Jaden said, still only a breath away froo with hied a smile "You’re not the only one allowed to be ot an incredible mouth"

She saw the heat flare in his eyes, felt it spark between theer"

She had toshe had to pull away, but that’s what Lyra did, stepping back out of the protective circle of Jaden’s arht was for considering whether to further coave her a quick, hard kiss that held more than a hint of possessiveness, then stepped back before she had a chance to react

"I said I would leave it to you, Lyra," he said "But you should reain, and I won’t let you walk away so easily"

She blew out a breath, then nodded "Fair enough," she said And she was suddenly glad he couldn’t get into her head, couldn’t kno hard it was for her to walk away this ti to have Jaden, because at so to be able to help herself

"Cohten the cloud of seriousness that had settled over the to be iht kiss Walk ht let you hold my hand"

"How could I resist?" he asked in a tone so full of dark proain as theyback toward the house where a spontaneous tryst was, thankfully, impossible But Lyra drew in a sharp breath, then turned her head with an a," he said

So Lyra left her fingers threaded through his, wishing it didn’t feel quite so right, and headed for home

Chapter FOURTEEN

AGAIN"

Jaden tried to keep his alaring at him from a few feet away Her forehead was beaded with sweat, and a few curls had escaped from her ponytail to form a wild halo around her head

Unlike her, he wasn’t winded at all But then, evading her attacks was an easier job than she had trying to launch thee her seething temper She wanted to take hi his sexual frustration into training Lyra had proven incredibly useful when it came to his focus, even if she didn’t seeain?" she snapped, straightening and wiping her forehead with the back of her arm "I’ve tried to do that move like ten times now, and all you do is step away! I don’t think you showedcrap up to watchbonus, but he didn’t plan on telling her that He shouldn’t enjoy watching her get ly honest And when peppered with one of her profanity-laced tirades, they were irresistible

"I’ it You just need to keep working at it," he said, keeping his voice cool She was co nicely But if she didn’t learn to control that te He had a sneaking suspicion she was grappling with just as much physical frustration as he hich likely wasn’t helping ht on the bridge The way she’d kissed hi as he’d experienced in a very long time Their interactions had beco had becoht that probably the reason was because the wolf in her was so close to the surface during these sessions The ani--and it wanted hiht darkly

But he wasn’t going to beg, dao, and he’d behaved Though knowing the itch was getting to her was kind of satisfying, in a nasty sort of way

He saw Lyra’s eyes flash hot gold, and his body began to respond accordingly Jaden thought frantically of ies to halt his body’s reaction