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"Ow" She lay there dazed

"Sorry about that" He leaned over, offering her a hand to help her up "Are you okay?"

The amused look on his face made her snap He’d tortured her for the last few hours And he was eager to leave her so he could find a rabbed his hand, rolled halfway up, then jerked hard, ht knocked her breathless for a second, but the victory orth it

"Sorry about that," she said sweetly "Are you okay?"

He lifted hiy, menina You don’t want your opponent on top of you"

"Really?" She rubbed a bare foot against his leg and wrapped her hands around his neck "I kinda like it"

The golden flecks in his eyes glittered like a his teeth

She slipped her fingers under the neckline of his white T-shirt and tugged it down "I’ve been wanting to see your tattoo for days" It looked like a black panther leaping through flarabbed her wrist "Stop it We can’t - "

She shoved hi himself on only one arm, he lost his balance and landed on his back She straddled hi up on her knees "Don’t tell me what I can’t do"

He atte hiet up if I wanted to"

"Then I guess you don’t want to" She lowered her hips until she was sitting on his groin

He hissed in a breath

"Sorry," shefor your chest"

His mouth twitched "That’s what you always say" His shtyainst him He was already swollen And hard

"Catalina" He placed his hands on her face His breaths were quick and choppy "You’ve got to stop rowl, he flipped her onto her back and claimed her mouth with his own

Chapter Thirteen

To hell with it all He wanted her He wanted to taste every inch of her He wanted tofor rowl ruer he’d kept locked away broke free, and he ravaged her lips His ed to make an important observation She wasn’t afraid of him She seemed every bit as frantic and determined as he was That in itself filled him with awe

"Catalina," he whispered as he nuzzled her neck Her scent filled his nostrils, sending a cascade of pleasure through his roin

"Yes" She skiainst his hip

He planted a hand on her thigh and squeezed He nibbled her lips while his hand slid up her thigh and under the loose opening of her gray shorts There it was That beautiful round butt he’d seen thatwhen the little rab it for hours He dug his fingers underneath her underwear so he could clasp her bare ass

She ainst his ue, and she athering it underneath his armpits so she could rake her hands down his back

He broke the kiss just long enough to pull his T-shirt over his head He fell onto his back, rolling her on top of hiers, then bent down to tickle it with her tongue

With a groan, he slipped his hands underneath her T-shirt "Sit up"

"M look

He unhooked her bra, then whisked her T-shirt and bra over her head She gasped with surprise, then gasped again when he pushed her onto her back

"Catalina" He’d never seen such lovely breasts Full, with plump pink nipples that pebbled as he watched

Her chest heaved with quick breaths She reached for hi a hand around his neck "Kiss me"

He touched his lips to hers and relished their softness and sweet strawberry taste He kissed the base of her neck, then scraped his jaw against a breast

Shetoward hied at his lips, and he couldn’t resist He clamped his mouth around the nipple and suckled hard

"Carlos," she cried, raking her hands into his hair

He released her nipple and blew on it She shuddered A surge of joy swept through hilanced at her face

He froze She was looking at him with so much tenderness and trust

And he couldn’t be trusted If he found a were-panther woehammer, and he reeled back from the pain Caitlyn deserved more than a romp on the floor She deserved loyalty andlove

Her eyes clouded with concern "Carlos?"

He scraled to sit up "You wanted this I did, too"

"We can’t!" He stepped back "I’ize for how you feel There’ssoo" He strode to the door, then halted "I can’t go I’ at the tears in her eyes "We’lltake a break Maybe after you’ve rested awhile, you can do the grocery shopping I would do it, but I can’t leave the Vamps unprotected"

"I left my heart unprotected," she muttered

Her words hit like the jab of a knife "I’m sorry II’ll see you later" He ran up the stairs as if he could run away from the pain he’d caused Beautiful Catalina How could he do this to her?

He sprinted up the stairs to the office on the fifth floor, then paced around the large roo away froo back to the base to hiet ahold of his heart He had to stay away fro to passion, he could end up doing the unthinkable

Just bite her, an inner voice nagged hi to clench his fists

He couldn’t bite her It was too dangerous He’d seen ony, their bodies unable to sustain theinto a different species Caitlyn was strong mentally and es, her breasts He groaned His erection strained against his karate pants

He couldn’t train her anyet her trained, so he could leave for his trip

"Merda," he growled Merda was right He was in deep shit

"Surprise!" Tino bounced into the foyer, followed by his little sister

"Oh h she wasn’t surprised Her sister had called earlier to let her know they would be arriving about six-thirty

Shanna set two heavy tote bags on the floor so she could give Caitlyn a hug "How are you?"

"Mommy!" Sofia covered her ears "The noise is too loud!"