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He knew then that she had to be his Or he would never have taken it this far with one of his own kind But he also knew he had to take this slowly until she was ready to accept him all the way After all, she was newly turned and probably still didn’t co ahis chest but not , just frozen in place as she concentrated on how he stroked her hard little nub, her body undulating with fever He leaned down to kiss her gently, to savor the wine on her lips To his surprise and delight, she devoured him as if she’d been starved for affection forever, her lips caressing his, her tongue darting around his ged hiht not have been born a lupus garou, but she kne to stir up the wolf in hiue into her openfor his erection He al the way she fueled a fire deep inside hiertips He stroked her willing, hot little nub, as her fingers dug into his arms, her eyes closed, her lips parted A soft asly she’d responded to his touch

But no sooner had he had those thoughts than she worked his erection, coaxing and stroking up and doith the right firin to draw the sensation out, he felt as though he were freefalling from an airplane without a parachute-- free, on top of the world Her hand on hiroaned her na that he could have been inside of her as sheover her well-kissed lips

He pressed histhe softness, the sweetness,down to her throat and then to her silky sheer bra Pushing her bra doith frantic urgency until he exposed a breast, he sucked on one of her firreedy for his touch

"Did you envision this?" he asked, his voice still husky with need, his hands cupping her other breast, fondling, and drawing his thu the different textures

She gave him a tender smile and swept her hands over his bare shoulders "Envision, yes, when I saw you shift and standing as such a healthy speciined you wearing your plaid But a premonition of the actual act? No If I had, Ryan McKinley, I probably wouldn’t have told you Soreed you would tell " He smiled at her, and removed her bra and panties and his boxers Then he drew her out of the bed, swept her up in his arms, and carried her to the bathroo and suspect soht," she whispered

"She already knows I’ve claimed you for my mate"

She raised a brow as Ryan set her on the bathroom floor "I didn’t think olves were considered mated unless they truly consummated the relationship"

"That doesn’thow possessive he sounded as he turned on the shower "It just means we only have one more hurdle to cross"

"Hurdle"

He lifted her and set her in the tub under the pulsating showerhead "Yeah, hurdle You’re no longer available, even if we haven’t consummated the relationship Once that’s done, we’ve overcome the last barrier" He smiled down at her as she rolled her eyes

"Darien or the others won’t go along with that"

"He and the others will know better than to challenge hter subject, we have another difficulty"

"And that is?"

"Jake’s ready to have a shoith reeuys are funny… you know that? He’s never shown any real interest inaround Darien’s house in the lih to let down out of theto give you a way up to rescuethat I have to have a ht a ladder"

"H hi over him in a seductive pass, "… you would have been naked"