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.

can’t…”

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,

flared

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It’s a force beyond our control,

this moment, we’re not Ava and Lucas, two individuals with complicated pasts and uncertain futures. We’re simply two

His answering growl sends another throbbing

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

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

and glow, I can tell his wolf is here with us, part of the moment. When I fall back

moments for him to unbutton my

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my legs, tossing them somewhere behind him to

about that smooth motion drives me

in the world, like he would lay down his life to protect me. It’s

before.

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

with my jeans and his mouth settles there, right at the core of me, in

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

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

feel.

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Fuck.

crazy as his tongue shoves inside, as his teeth scrape against my clit, as he sucks and nibbles and licks and loves at

orgasm catches me by surprise, having gone from a dark throb to over the

that.” His growls, the approval in his words, sends fresh desire through my veins.

One isn’t enough.

Not even close.

between

out of his

submission.

burns and I shove my

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hand eagerly as he thrusts, his rhythm