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She soaped up her hair with the sha back to when she’d been doing damn well Her hands stilled in the suds on top of her head where she’d piled her soapy hair When the men had cone of the man who’d entered the bedroom where she’d hidden under the bed Ferdinand had already bitten her by that tihly attuned A wolf’s sense of sroaned If he did conize him because of her enhanced sense of smell and know she was a dead woman before the deed was done Sorabbed her bottle of peach body wash and poured some on her hands, then slathered her whole body with the silky, fragrant wash It helped disguise the unfamiliar, unwanted odors in the bathroo her hair and body, she stalked back into the bedroohtie She pulled it on, then clilad they smelled of bleach and not the last occupant’s odor Sometimes to save money and to avoid the work, the hotel staff didn’t bother to change the sheets between custoet aith it

Woe to those who didn’t have a wolf’s senses and couldn’t detect such a thing On the other hand, there was sonorance is bliss

She closed her eyes, wanting to welcome her dream lover into her arms, and waited Breathless with anticipation

The first time he had come to her, she had known it was just a drea hi him come to her He was every bit as much an addiction as chocolate--the really rich dark kind

She breathed in the stale air, the sarette s rooainst her bare skin and the equally scratchy comforter decorated in brown palm trees that probably had never been washed, noted the picture of palm trees nailed to the wall--and wondered if the Coloradoa resort in Florida She hated not being in her own bedrooyher pillow, too

But she was afraid if she returned there for very long, they’d catch up to her If she could, she’d clean out her bank account, give notice, take as much from her apartment as she could fit into her car, and leave the rest behind with no forwarding address Although she’d worked hard to afford her furniture, and she hated having to abandon it

Soht, as the heat of the day subsided and a dry coolness filled the roouely she became aware of another presence in her roonition washed over her, reassuring her that she was safe, that whoever or whatever she was sensing wouldn’t har in the darkness like a shadowed lover Distractedly, she remembered the phone call she hadn’t

Jake approached, and she forgot everything else but hi, his hair the color of rich, dark-brown earth after a summer rain, his eyes of the same shade and darkly intense, his masculine lips curved up faintly in the hint of a smile, he moved toward her in a slow, methodical, predatory way In the past feeeks, when her world see downhill faster, only Jake had ht she’d been turned And she wanted hiht not be very long the way things were going

Naked, he flexed his muscles, stood a little taller, and saw her and only her Still covered in the coave him a refrained sment that they were here in concert for this, but no wild throwing theether in the heat of the moment Deep down, she felt it was because she feared that if she did leap fro arain

So she waited for hiers to pull back the coown off her He always started with his gentle, then urgent strokes, his lips and tongue teasing her, his mouth on her breast

But this time he seemed hesitant She frowned a little He couldn’t leave her now Not when he was the only bright spot in her life A too-real figh his hair She parted her lips as if to speak She never had spoken to him before Had never needed to Didn’t think she really could But he see why he was here

He couldn’t He was here because she made him come She pulled her arms free from the coe him to join her How could he come to her and then decide he couldn’t do this?

And then he sighed, although she never could hear sounds in her drea breath when he stroked her into sub wildly Her smile widened

But he didn’t sht Still bothered by soressive stride, yanked the covers aside, and stared at her belly, the pale blue gown she wore having risen to her thighs Her naked legs didn’t hold his attention, but his gaze focused on her waist He slid the silky fabric up her thighs, past her hips, higher until her belly was exposed, then kissed her there She wasn’t sure how to read his actions, but then she reached for hily, opened herself to hied hi hiht off her as he tackled her htly whiskered and rough If she didn’t know better, she’d swear she’d have whisker burns on her cheeks after they ue dove into hermove for move God, he was beautiful and she desired hi inthere could beat her with such intensity that it was as if he’d truly heard her words and felt her sentiain His hand encompassed a breast, fondled, and stroked, caressed her nipple with the pad of his thu with need Her breasts were slightly tender, fuller, more sensitive to his touch Then his mouth moved down her throat, and he brushed his lips across her sensitive skin, licking her there He see her, just as much as she felt about his, where she was already hot and wet and swollen for hi with such an intensity that she could barely last<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>