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Nora inhales sharply. “You just thought of him as your wolf.”

The realization hits me a second time through her reaction, but I don’t shove the word away. Not this time.

I cup her face. “Yeah. And so are you.”

Her eyes widen. “Really?”

She looks so vulnerable that it almost hurts.

I brush my thumb over her cheek. “Yeah, really.”

“Because the wolf says so?”

“No.” I hold her gaze. “Because we both say so.”

She goes completely still.

Saying it should feel terrifying. It doesn’t. It feels like the most honest thing I’ve said in years.

Nora rises onto her toes and kisses me with everything she has, without hesitation or fear.

I kiss her harder as she backs into the wall, dragging me with her. My hands slide down her body, gripping her hips as she arches into me.

Heat hits me. Hers. Mine. I can’t tell where one ends anymore.

She drags her mouth from mine and gives me a breathless smile. “Bedroom.”

She takes my hand and starts toward the stairs, but I don’t move.

Nora stops and turns. “Hewit?”

“If we do this⁠—”

Her expression changes as she comes back to me. “I want the bite.”

My entire body locks. The wolf surges. My wolf.

Jesus.

“Nora—”

“I want it.”

“You could wake up tomorrow with fur.”

She considers that. “I’d save money on winter coats.” Then her humor fades. “I know what I’m asking.”

“Do you?”

“Yes.” Her hands settle on my chest. “I’m not asking because Karloff says the bond wants it. I’m asking because I do.”

My cock goes hard so fast it hurts.

Her eyes flick down because she feels that too. “I want you to claim me. I want the bond completed.” She rises onto her toes, and her mouth hovers over my ear. “I want you. All of you.”

My eyes close, and my grip tightens on her waist.

“I want your hands on me. Your mouth. Your cock. And your teeth.”