Tangled

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He kisses me again, his lips moving against mine with a hunger that consumes me. I lose myself in the taste of him, the feel of his body pressed against mine.”

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

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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.

whisper, my voice a breathless plea.

can’t…”

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

flared to life, a pulsing, living

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be acknowledged. It’s a force beyond our control,

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

His answering growl

me until I feel the edge of the hospital bed pressing against the backs

I don’t pay any attention. She’s probably telling me to stop, and there’s no way

wolf is here with us, part of the moment. When I fall back onto the bed, he

him to unbutton my jeans

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down my legs, tossing them somewhere behind him to land in a haphazard pile on the floor.

about that smooth motion drives me

world, like he would lay down his life to protect me. It’s a heady feeling, one that makes me feel cherished and desired in a way I’ve

before.

kisses along my legs, drifting toward my inner thighs, and my hips buck in frustration, seeking more. More friction, more heat, more

there, right at the core of me, in

I beg, gripping his hair with such force that my knuckles ache. “More.”

forward, his hands hold me down, both wrapped around my thighs as he feasts on the warmth of me, on the wetness I can

feel.

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Fuck.

teeth scrape against my clit, as he sucks and nibbles and licks and loves at different moments, driving what little thought I have straight out of my

having gone from a dark throb to over

that.” His growls, the approval in

One isn’t enough.

Not even close.

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

of his throat tells me that his wolf likes

submission.

The stretch burns and I shove my hips

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hand eagerly as he thrusts, his