“It’s nuts you’re supposed to remember that the light blue section means low tides and the dark blue section means high tides. Or maybe it’s the other way around. I mean, they’re both blue, for goodness sake. And don’t get me started on that map from the hotel.”
A corner of his mouth turned up in a smirk and the strand of heat inside me curled tighter. He thought this wasfunny?
I continued. “As the king of the island, you really should do something about this.”
His laughter shook the entire bed. “King of the island?”
“King of the pack. Whatever you want to call it. Everyone fawns over you like royalty. The island’s favorite son.” I poked a finger into his ribs to make my point, and he jerked like he was really ticklish. I filed that away for later.
“It’s called Alpha,” he said, enunciating the word slowly as if I had the IQ of a turtle. “And there are several packs on the island.Not just mine. Oh, and let’s not forget about Drake Valentino. He’s quite famous, you know.”
“Oh, heavens no, how can we possibly forget abouthim?”
He gave me a narrow-eyed look—like he wasn’t sure what to do with me, but his grip on me never wavered.
Truthfully, I rather liked teasing him like this. Getting under his skin like he’d done to me. I exhaled slowly in a futile effort to control the rapid beating of my heart.
I wanted this powerful, dynamic man. Needed him like I needed air to breathe. And unless I was reading the signs wrong, he wanted me too. I considered that for a moment. If I gave in to him, I knew I could lose my heart. Was it worth the risk? After all, I was just a lab technician, here temporarily, and he was a werewolf celebrity. Our worlds couldn’t be more different.
Still, he did nothing.
Was he waiting formeto make the first move? I decided to do a little experiment.
He let me push his shoulder back against the mattress, confirming my suspicions. This powerful werewolf Alpha was lettingme, a human woman, take charge of him in bed.
Was it because of my weakened physical condition? Out of respect for the obvious power imbalance? Or maybe he didn’t want to frighten me in case I changed my mind? Whatever the reason, it washot.
I straddled his legs and caged him between my forearms.
“Would Drake Valentino stand for poorly worded guidebooks?” My still-damp hair cascaded around his face and I stared at his full lips, desperate to kiss him again.
“Drake doesn’t do a lot of readin’, darling,” he said in the cowboy drawl of his alter ego, making me laugh.
“Then what would your wolf do?” Tracing the tip of my finger along his jaw, I heard the rasp of his stubble and wondered how it would feel against my inner thighs. Then Iquickly dashed that thought away. “Would he let something like this happen?”
“Mywolf?” Travis growled and yellow flashed in his eyes. “He’d be sick of all this talking and would be fucking you by now.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Travis
“Really?” she rasped, her warm breath fanning over my chest as she looked at me, eyes dark with intent.
Daphne’s mouth was soft against mine when she leaned down and kissed me.Finally. It had been sheer torture for my wolf and me as we waited for what felt likeforeverfor her to make a move.
I’d been with human women before, but no one who knew my true nature. It was...liberating to be myself with her.
I fisted a hand in her tangled hair, thrust my tongue past the seam of her lips, and ran the other hand over her hip and down her bare thigh. She made a soft, feminine sound that shot straight to my cock, making it even harder. Heaven’s Moon, the way she looked wearing my shirt should be illegal.
“Something tells me you need to be warmed up on the inside,” I told her.
“Really? How did you know?” She was kissing my neck now. I hissed in a breath as she sucked on my earlobe. Then she tried rather unsuccessfully to unfasten my jeans.
“Such an eager little thing.”
“Well, I’m very, very cold, and that was an excellent suggestion.”
She still hadn’t figured out the top button.Enough. My wolf and I were done being patient. She may have started this, but I could take it from here. She gave a little gasp as I suddenly rolled us over, swapping positions. Me on top, her beneath me.
