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She envisioned she was still at ho wild passionate love with her His fingers dipped in between her legs, caressing her into clio

She felt the earth shift, the bed, the room, the whole world as she reached the peak and shattered with the ers withdraw before he filled her with his arousal, hard and hot and very s over his shoulders for maxi thrusts, his face dipping to kiss her breast, to lick the nipple, her hands running through his hair as she ive her pleasure like she’d never felt before His lusty gaze shifted to hers His expression was still dark, and she couldn’t read it now Before, he’d always been so pleased with her, to see her, to be with her, but now… soame But he was hers, her dream He had to be here for her whenever she drifted off to her fantasy world of drea again on another tidal wave of pleasure, had her grasping for his sinewy ar into her until he was spent, then collapsed and didn’t move He was heavy and sweaty and felt protective and manly and wonderful

He lay there for soht her dreahed, and rolled off her, then pulled her into his arht He kissed the top of her head, caressing her arm with a soft touch He’d kiss her and caress her and nap and take her again and again all night long, and by ht returned

She’d started taking naps during the day to uely ominous worry crept into the drea that Jake was in danger--and all because of her

But then so else seized her attention A sound Not a key, but… so slipped between the doorja sound

Like so to break into her room

Chapter 10

Alicia was cloaked in the warmth of her dream state, still wrapped in Jake’s arms when he turned to look at the rickety motel-room door that could easily have been shattered with a swift booted kick His hand froze in nize that so to break into her room Then he set Alicia aside, cliht without his armor

For a second, she didn’t knohat to do Get dressed, her --before Jake is killed

Her heart had picked up into a flight-or-fight h her veins But she couldn’t move She was frozen in place, only able to stare at hi She was still in a dream Jake wasn’t really here!

Still half-asleep, she tried to break free of the drea that shrouded her mind If she didn’t fully wake fro to break into the scuzzy rooer

Unless… she sighed deeply… that was only part of the drea between the door and fraent, and she opened her eyes in disbelief She sat up in bed, pulling completely free of the dream, and found herself alone, but the plastic card continued to jerk up and down in the doorja as if she was running a race, she quickly considered her options as she thrust her covers aside and got out of bed

If she turned into the wolf, she could face the would-be intruder with a set of frighteningly wicked canines He’dAnd run like hell Or she could get her gun, which she was still licensed to carry But it was in her bag on the other side of the rooht not be able to shift She’d never tried to force herself to shift into the wolf, only to shift back into her hu over her skin

Naked, she sprinted across the roo when the lock clicked open on the door Thoroughly iaze to the doorknob And prayed her ability to shift would kick in

To her profound relief, she felt the shift co every cell, her bones and skin and muscles painlessly randmother, God rest her soul, had made when she lived with Alicia and her ray wolf next to a small dresser, her fur fluffed in offensive , her ears twitching back and forth, listening for every sound the intruder ht out, her eyes focused on the door, her mouth still closed She backed even farther into the dark corner

A huht reflected off her eyes And then? Her eyes could appear to glow yellow, green, or even red, she’d noticed when she’d glanced in a ht, "How cool"

But she’d never bitten a human before, or a wolf for that rowl and look threatening If he had a gun, though, would he be all that scared?