He brushed his lips over mine. Lightly. Just a soft press of our mouths, almost like a question or a tease.
I was the one who parted his lips with my tongue, taking it to the next level.
He pulled away after a single brush, leaving my mouth full of his taste.
Vanilla.
My love for the flavor had become a straight-up obsession.
He released his grip on my hair and stepped back, dragging his eyes over me slowly. “The next time you sit on a desk like this, you’ll beg me to fuck you.”
“Go to hell,” I breathed.
“Only if you join me.” He winked.
Then walked away.
I let out a harsh breath as soon as the door closed behind him—and held it as he walked into the office across from mine and took a seat that allowed him to stare directly at me.
What. The. Fuck.
I needed help.
Serious, intense help.
Because I wanted that werewolf more than I had any right to.
And he haddefinitelyjust seduced me to make a point.
One of us was a badass, and it wasn’t me.
CHAPTER TWELVE
bloom
I gotmy shit together enough to meet with my team ten minutes after Maverick left my office. The meeting rooms were on the other side of the building, so going over there required crossing the whole floor again.
Once again, I had to fight to keep my emotions in check as I went.
Everyone’s staring made sense. It was inevitable. They were afraid of me, and I’d lied to them for years.
It still affected me, though.
My team was uncharacteristically quiet as they arrived in the room. Everyone but Carter, my closest office friend besides Harper, found something other than me to look at as they took their seats.
I remained standing, even though it probably made me look more threatening rather than less. Fangs and red eyes aside, how threatening could a 5’5” woman in a fuzzy sweater possibly be?
With the way they were avoiding my gaze, I wasn’t sure I wanted an answer to that.
Anyway, I had to stand to run the meeting.
“We might as well clear the air,” I said, fighting like hell to keep my emotions under control.
Everyone knew I was a vampire. My best friend was dying. And an Alpha werewolf had just declared me his possession while seducing me.
But I was fine.
Totally.
