Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 115 Ava: Fate's Urging

Ava, Selene warns in my mind, her voice a distant echo. Remember what you need.

I try to focus on her words, but it's hard when Lucas is kissing me like this, like I'm the only thing that matters in the world.

His hands slide under my shirt, his calloused fingers skimming over my sensitive skin. I arch into his touch, a soft moan escaping my lips.

"Lucas," I breathe, my voice barely recognizable to my own ears. "We have to stop."

He pulls back, his golden eyes blazing with desire. "I know. I'm sorry. I just can't control myself around you."

But his hands are still seeking, and I'm still arching into their touch. Rough fingers pull the cup of my bra low, and his thumb flicks over my nipple.

I take a shaky breath, trying to clear my head. "I need time, Lucas. Space. I can't do this right now."

But I step closer, trying to yank his shirt out of his waistband.

I should push him away, remind him of the boundaries I've fought so hard to establish, but my traitorous body melts into his embrace, craving his touch like a parched flower thirsts for rain.

The way my name lingers on his lips, the way he breathes it like reverent prayer against my ears as his fingers continue to tug and twist in a sensual dance against my breast? I'm lost. Drowning beneath sensation.

The very core of me throbs with a need so basic, so simple, and so consuming.

"Lucas," I whisper, my voice a breathless plea. "We can't..."

But even as the words leave my lips, I'm pulling him closer, my fingers tangling in his dark hair, my mouth seeking his with a desperation that frightens me. He meets me halfway, his kiss searing and possessive, claiming me as his own.

thing that demands to be acknowledged. It's a force beyond

with complicated pasts and uncertain futures. We're simply two halves of a whole, drawn together by a power greater

me. His answering growl sends another throbbing pulse of

ribs, he settles them against my hips and walks me backward, guiding

but I don't pay any attention. She's probably telling me

way Lucas' eyes flash and glow, I can tell his wolf is here with us, part of the moment.

them over my hips and

about that smooth motion drives

I'm the most precious thing in the world, like he would lay down his life to protect me. It's a heady

trails kisses along my legs, drifting toward my inner thighs, and my hips buck in

mouth settles there, right at the core of me, in

hair with such force that my

hips forward, his hands hold me down, both wrapped around my thighs as he feasts on the warmth

Fuck.

as he sucks and

to over the cliff without warning, and

the approval in his words, sends fresh desire through my

One isn't enough.

Not even close.

of his hands settles between my thighs. His middle finger sinks inside, accompanying stars behind

that comes out of his throat tells me that his wolf likes

his hand eagerly

as another

like that, love?" he asks, his words hot against my ear, sending