e’s

inger on my ass, and then move away a

t emotion he has is never for me. But that’s ok

dress he orders me to wear, my long dark hair, still wet, is slicked back from

with mascara on the

from me, he places his whiskey on the glass coffee table and prowls

t. All honey-gold skin, hooded dark eyes, a wicked grin, and thick chestnut hair that you just know is as soft as it looks. The de

ke most girls.

pack, but I don’t react to the feral intensity of a pred

dn’t look any of them in the eye. You could cut throug

rom wolf to man and back again in seconds. Not on a full moon, but whenever th

ecause th

d happen until Rylan caught me in

f flesh, hot blood splashing over the cab… and me. The scent of my terror in the cold sweat. And the prickle of Ryla

e

still rememb

and

tare burns me right to the bone. “I’d like to keep her this time.” T

on placid when inside I’m still s

” Rylan’s vo

his phone, scrolling through his messages, tapping away

moves closer, his cock a hot brand a

gaze withou

lan’s voice is a little

eye combined with the possessive grip of his hand on my hip w

let that

e his mind about me going with him, and wh

moment often because it’s the fuel I’m goin

int the exact moment love

myself,

of

m

s, Saige. This h

ly with my nails. When I’ve reached my destination, I close my palm around his c

ep forward and touch my lips against his throat, kissing

s as his hands glide up and down my

if Felix were to peer into them, he’d see the deadness in them

stiffens Felix’s body. I feel it happen, but I don’t take

uch them. No, that isn’t right. It’s the wolf that doesn’t like it, which is why I do it every opportuni

an of desperate need provokes another snarl from th

n I’m sure I’ve buried the deadness in m

e couch as if to stop himself from flinging himself at me—or at Felix—and his wolf is

e with furious posses

ter everything he’s done to me, he’s still the

all isn’t the worst thing that could happen to a person. Or that one day so

different. He blinks and his eyes are once again like the facet of a blue stone

orrow night. By mi

has no problem giving me to his packmates for them to fuck me as a reward for whatever thing they’ve done right is a mystery I

ow. I no l

or. He’s just reaching for the handle when Rylan’s voice stops him. “And Felix, bring up th

ses. “Yes

hed marble in the hallway outside Rylan’s penthouse apartment in the very center of the city, a building

ce joked about having t

a lazy Sunday afternoon, the sun streaming over us from the wall of glass. His

but if I were, I’d

all right, even the

the sight jerking me back from the distant past. Without a word, Feli

hind us and he backs us to one corner, his hands in my

t he alw

aight in my head. Felix has simple ones. A blowjob in the elevator, a fuck in his car, a harder fuck against his apartment doo

e there because he never cared if I needed air. I learned that the hard way when

aid, I k

ay down, I swallow him deep in

th of the city usually takes thirt

are cold from the leather seats, an

r. The name isn’t important. Or it never has

over, he pounds into me, fucking me hard and fast because the bridge isn’t lo

ast-shifter healing, the possibility of dying in a car crash must not rank too high in his mind. Or

instantly know what we were doing. While Felix likes to live a

e isn’t important, the time i

ng bright lights in the distance as he drives, one hand lightly

patience building inside Felix at the slow crawl of cars. The moment we hit t

tte

e reaches for cruise control

th his eyebrow ra

ing my lips to his. He holds still because I never kiss him on his lips. H

me on the lips when, in reality, the person who doesn’t want it is me. I guess that’

lifting my head an inch, my eyes locked on his. I pretend I’m looking at Rylan from two

not all humans can be turned, I’d have looked at h

have

and give him another kiss; soft, sweet, achingly tender. I make him believe I want him

grasp me by my hip

urgent need, I reach my right hand behind me,

ar alarms blare, and

his dark eyes wi

ead smashes hard against something. G

n we’re