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His skin sh, but his kiss tasted like lime

Thanks to my neinter boots with their four-inch heels, I was able to kiss hi to contort too much I was a mere five-foot-four to his six-foot-two Let it never be said shoes can’t bring lovers together

I looked into his violet-gray eyes and brushed his dark brown hair off his forehead Even in the middle of winter, Desmond looked like he had a tan I, on the other hand, looked as pale as Snow White One of the ot to set foot in the sunlight One of the joys of being half-as getting to smooch a handsome wolf lieutenant into the front door to take off my boots

"When did you have ti"

"Doht and couldn’t stay"

"Your brother irl?"

Des "You’ll have to ask hih boots on the floor next to a sagging rack of high heels When I straightened, Des,the exposed band of ainst it A pleasant shudder ricocheted through oose buether, we still couldn’t keep our hands off each other, and I for one hoped that never changed Whenever Desht burst, and with hi my earlobe between his teeth, it would be an explosion of epic proportions

His hands moved upwards from my waist and under my sweater until my breasts were cupped in his wide palainst hiround His knee was between s when I smacked the hands beneath hty olf," I scolded

"I could be very naughty," he pro to reclaiain

"Not now I need to hide this stuff before you ruin everything"

Des the curve ofinwhen he capturedkiss He tasted the inside ofover the sensitive roof When he withdrew, he suckedat my star-struck face

In the kitchen the timer buzzed

"Back to my cookies," he announced with far too much cheer in his voice

When he left, I looked up and saw a bundle of ue with Christes stashed in the bottom of our bedroom closet, I returned to the kitchen to watch my man be domestic The kitchen was too small for me to share the space with him and still be out of the way, so I stayed in the doorway Desmond moved around the tiny space like he’d been born there He removed one tray of cookies from the oven and replaced it with another in one fell swoop

"Where did you learn to bake?" I asked

He shut the oven door and put the finished cookies on the stove The sar and the ainst the edge of the sink, he faced ht me and Dominick Penny is a bit resistant to learn, which Mom doesn’t quite knohat to do with I don’t think any ainst baking"

Penelope Alvarez was Desmond’s twelve-year-old sister, and I had only learned about her existence after he moved in Since she wasn’t a olf yet, he liked to keep her distanced froers of his and Dominick’s life When Penny turned thirteen she’d be able to decide for herself if she wanted to beco-of-age bite ritual called the Awakening

I suspected Dese As the oldest male olf in his fae her over Every tiot heavy with sorrow and he was an, and I stiffened The evening was going so well I didn’t want it ruined by discussing his sister’s future

"Yes?" I tested the waters cautiously

"Mo you co the instant the words were out of histhe

In the doorway, I chewed uess I’d hoped to avoid the whole aard ether Desht set the precedence for why faethers should be passed over When Desmond and Lucased olf claws because I’dtoHe sary sweetness off his skin Instead I tuckedmy cheek on the softness of his sweatshirt Like Lucas, Dess, and the simple shirt was cashmere

For the first few months of my acquaintance with the wolves, I’d believed Desmond’s income was provided solely by Lucas It wasn’t until the week after he’d ious New York firm That the firm ned by Rain Industries and its prin new concepts for Rain properties ured Desuided assumptions and pointed out it would be hard to file taxes with the job description of kept man