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.

my voice a breathless plea. “We

can’t…”

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

has flared to

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Fate’s

It’s a force beyond our control, a need that overrides all

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

out of me. His answering growl sends another throbbing pulse of desire straight to my clit in a way that has

my ribs, he settles them against my hips and walks me backward, guiding me until I feel the edge of

attention. She’s probably telling me to stop, and there’s no

Lucas‘ eyes flash and glow, I can tell his wolf is here with us, part of the moment. When I fall back onto the bed, he kneels between

only moments for him

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

motion drives me

eyes. He looks at me like I’m the most precious thing in the world, like he would lay down his life to protect me. It’s a heady feeling, one that makes me

before.

and my hips buck

mouth settles there, right at the core of

his hair with such force

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

feel.

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Fuck.

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

surprise, having gone from a dark throb to

the approval in his words, sends fresh desire through my

One isn’t enough.

Not even close.

way up my belly as one of his hands settles between my thighs. His middle finger sinks inside, accompanying

that comes out of his throat tells me that

submission.

The stretch burns and I shove my

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as he thrusts,