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All that seeain She cherished him for it, wanted to o

Forever, he touched her and kissed her, as if he couldn’t get enough of stroking her Then he looked into her eyes, his gaze filled with the s to be with her alh And then he swept her up into his arms and carried her to the bed and collapsed in it with her in a purely fun-hearted way

The kisses began anew as he fondled her breasts, his mouth on hers, on her cheeks, on her eyes She kissed hi his shoulders, his back, his waist, hips, and buttocks, wanting to feel every hard inch of hi her in a web of exultation, the feeling uplifting, tantalizing, wanting, until the world split in two

Jake couldn’t wait a second longer when he felt Alicia shudder with clihs--into the woood The worry that had plagued him for days was thrust aside as he wrapped himself in her heat and loved her like no other woman he’d ever been with He wanted her, body and soul He swore this was only the beginning

Jake jerked awake, stared at the empty mattress next to him and wondered what the hell had happened She was real Alicia Greiston had been with hi hih his tussled hair, staring into the dark He had barely thought of anything but Alicia since he’d lost her--wondering if she’d planned her disappearance or if the men she’d been after had planned it for her And he couldn’t quit berating hi stayed with her

But the dream had been so real, like she had truly been with hi that he drea for her touch, to know she was safe, and when she was gone, he felt bereft He couldn’t quit thinking of her, sharing a kiss, a sether, breath inter, her lips parting for hi herself to him fully

In that brief nocturnal moment, she was his He prayed she was alive and well, that his dream of her was a manifestation of the real Alicia Greiston, and he wondered if it represented a need to ain He vowed to find her and keep her safe, nofor her again

Chapter 8

For seven weeks, Jake had visited Alicia in her dreams while she was kept on the run, sure Mario’sfor her But her drea to her in theher with deeply pleasurable emotions as she ravished hi ree to shape-shift, the second time she’d had such a shift-free week, Alicia had made up her mind She’d finally tracked down Mario Constantino and Danny Massaro onceher bounty hunter’s fee, she had called the police and told the the proble, her situation was even more precarious

With her life turned upside down by this strange being that she’d becoet her untenable condition under control Although she thought one away since she hadn’t had another episode of changing into the wolf for a whole glorious week, twice now She hoped that maybe it truly was some weird virus that had finally run its course Still, the worry lurked in her bones that at any h no choice of her own

But she had to take care of one ood

She drove to Breckenridge, intending to go to the art gallery to see if anyone could give her information on where Jake lived or just send word to hiht She couldn’t see him any further Not now that she hatever she was She had to vanish froether Yet the drea a cold cup of brewed tea that had been hot at first, she sat in the restaurant across the street fro until a tourist busload of visitors filed out of the gallery, her thoughts centered on Jake’s first kiss at this very table after he had rescued her fro, his kiss had sparked a desire for him that she couldn’t have quashed even if she’d wanted to She thought back on ice skating with hi love with him in the woods She’d never been so adventurous or uninhibited with awith one as le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>