how to breathe. What she

whose pheromones hadn't awakened weren't supposed to s

d she see D

y curled across the room and nearly filled the entire bedroom. A cold sh

ran throu

e was doing anymore. His mind had almost completely given in to instinct. He needed

voice came out as a

trapped animal that was despe

and he pushed her again

t her neck before he searched fo

here was no skill or restraint behind them. He only

h you? Let me go!" Cathy struggled ha

, his fangs scraped the side

he pain and shoved him

self for a moment. The second he realized wha

ely and pulled away before dropping to his knees on the carpet. He squeezed h

hout even thinking mad

uched in front of him. When she spoke, her voice was gentle. "I'm not going to hit you again.

ckered across D

ore than half of the buttons had been torn loose

own, and her b

pped old ones, and seeing just how much d

had been unbel

hed toward him without thinking. She

her cool fingertips bru

urt," Cathy

The concern in her eyes seemed t

so unbearable that he looked close to passing out. Veins stood o

rmous serpent and instincti

been afraid of snakes, and this Dark Serpent

top being scared. His serpent shaped

ed like he was ba

d tried to steady hers

to pull him through this, maybe he would rem

nd focused on relea

cedar scent around her grew stronger. Her cool, soothing pheromone

wasn't nearly as

s crimson eyes, and its huge body low

ound her waist, and once it had her th

Its careful movements helped her gather enough courage to reach up and touch its head. The scales fel

d into her palm like some gia

p thinking it was

Dominick. Then the tip of its tail nudged the back of his neck. Cathy un

me out low and strained with need. He moved in behind h

with his own scent while his uneven breaths brushed against her n

ready found the hem of her dres

her, and desire had f

red his head, purposely exposing the v

male werecreatu

eeded her pheromones to