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Yeah, well, he hadn’t admitted to himself just how much he wanted her until yesterday He moved aside her collar so he could look at the bite on her neck Masculine satisfaction flared through him--perhaps more satisfaction than he should be comfortable with He brushed his thumb over the imprint of his teeth "Do you knohat that is?"
"I’ht a sht at it"
"At what? There’s nothing to look at"
Mouth curving, he cupped her jaw "That mark tells others that you’re taken Not by someone who considers you a simple possession--shifters won’t mark people they don’t respect, and they don’t do it on a whiles The mark says you’re taken by someone who respects, protects, and values you Soht nohile you have a threat hanging over your head, you need someone that close"
He respected and valued her? "You don’t even know me"
"I like what I know I know you’re sround, and you’ll be a voice for people who can’t speak up for the person to do that" Even his wolf liked her strength, though he still held her at a metaphorical distance
"You say all that, but you’re still suspicious of me for a reason you haven’t yet explained"
"I’m suspicious of whatever I don’t understand You, Gwen, are a mystery in many ways" It was the truth; it just didn’t fully answer her question But Zander didn’t think that telling her of his wolf’s struggles would help Before she could question hiet back, yeah? There are too ht I’m almost done"
As they’d each said their piece, the tension between thes sort of weirdlyshifted She’d thought he’d been up in her space before, but she quickly realized he’d actually given her space Now that the air was clear, he apparently saw no need to hold back
He stroked her hair Doodled patterns on her nape Breathed her in Nipped her earlobe Swept a hand down her back Pressed the occasional soft kiss to her neck
Every touch was possessive and playful She wasn’t sure anyone had ever paid her that level of attention before It was like he honed every sense on her,as he touched and crowded her He was everywhere, and it was as overwhel It was also a proble the checkout stand, he let out a lol thatlook, surprised to see his nostrils flaring
"You’re wet," he said in a low, deep voice
Her cheeks reddened "You have no one to blaroceries, they loaded them into the trunk of his SUV She’d wanted to take her truck, but he’d rightly pointed out that as the Moores knew her vehicle, they’d know to look for her if they saw it around Unable to argue that, she’d agreed to let hi the trunk, Zander drove en route to the house
Resting one hand on her thigh, he asked, "Did Yvonne officially adopt you?"
Gwen sighed "You’re so damn nosy"
"Answer ht No, she didn’t She just fostered me, the same as she did Marlon and Julie Your turn" She lifted a brow "You ever had anal sex?"
He did a double take "What?"