Before my eyes adjust to the faint moonlight streamingthrough the windows, I scent the air. Sweet and familiar. Definitely female.
“What are you doing in my bed, Angel?”
My eyes adjust finally, and I find myself staring down at one beautiful female, dressed in a sweater and jeans, and definitely beneath my covers. With my legs straddling her mid-section and my hands pinning her wrists above her head, she’s a vision, one I never expected here. Dreamed about, yes, but didn’t expect.
Her breathing picks up. Fast, short breaths make those lovely breasts move with a rhythm that goes straight to my cock.
“I was sleeping, until you woke me, Garrett. Is this how you prefer me? Pinned and vulnerable?”
Fuck. I release her immediately. “Pinned? Hell, yes. Vulnerable? Never.”
I hop off the bed and wrap the top blanket around my lower half before she sees how hard I am just thinking about her.
“What are you doing here? And how the fuck did you get in my bed without me noticing?”
“You noticed. Pulled me in against your side.”
I raise a brow, because I don’t know her to lie about anything. On the other hand, I would have noticed her getting into my cabin… myfuckingbed… Unless my fucking wolf didn’t bother waking me. Sneaky bastard.
“Guess I was more tired than I thought.”
“That doesn’t explain you pulling me to curl up beside you,” she teases.
“It’s not always easy calming down after a mission.” I storm to my kitchen, pour a glass of water and down it. The cold won’t calm me, but it buys me time to think.
Mere hours have passed since I saw her, and yet it’s felt like days. And yet I can’t keep her.
“Let me get dressed,” I say when I return to foot of my bed. “I’ll walk you back to your cabin.”
“Or I can stay here.”
God, her smile and sass, not to mention that enticing scent of lilies mixed with feminine musk, tempts me to say yes. Despite the fact that she’s the most gorgeous female I’ve ever seen, her scent pulls me in so fucking easily. No doubt that’s why the WSSO targeted her.
“You’re going back. To the women’s cabin.”
“I can earn my keep. Cook, clean, do whatever you need. And I promise, hands off in bed. I’ll sleep in my clothes, like tonight.”
“You have no reason to be here.”
“And you know that how, precisely? Are you inside my head suddenly?”
I roll my eyes. “Fine, let’s start again. Why are you here, Angel?”
“Because I want to be.”
“I gathered that much.” My wolf’s hackles rise at the same time my hand clenches the glass. “Someone threatening you? Hassling you?”
She shakes her head. “They’ve all been fine. Perfectly distant. Detached. Fine.”
“It’s only been…” I glance at the clock on the nightstand. “… ten hours.”
“Oh, that assessment is from the first hour. You know, the one after you abandoned me with a bunch of shifters I don’t know.”
“Kiera said she’d get you settled and show you around. She’s nice. Reliable.”
“She did, despite her personal beef with you. I got the grand tour, clothes, a place to sleep, introductions. All very… complete.”
“I didn’t think she’d take out her hatred of me on you.”
