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"Since I woke up with such a lovely one caressing my chest. Besides, I'm told I suffer from middle child syndrome. No way am I calling you the same nickname as my brother. Especially not when I have you naked in bed next tome.”
I squeaked and my hand flew from his body to tighten the covers against my own. "I'm naked?"
Finn chuckled in that deep growly tone that sent shivers along my spine. Mother Moon, what that man could do to me with just his voice.
"No, you're not naked. I just wanted to see how you react."
My eyes narrowed and I punched him lightly in the arm. "I thought Connor was the group comedian."
He captured my hand in one of his own, pressing a warm kiss against it. Making my heart absolutely melt. "Yeah, so does he. As he loudly tells anyone who'll listen."
An involuntary laugh escaped and I discovered my second hand had resumed stroking Finn's chest. Something he very much enjoyed, judging by the sound rumbling from his throat. It sounded like something between a growl and purr. I hadn't even known wolves could make that kind of noise. Not gonna lie, hearing him make it because of something I had done made me feel pretty darned smug.
Shadows, Finn was even more dangerously appealing when he softened around the edges like this.
"You're killing me with that look, doll face. Makes me want to kiss those pouty lips until they no longer look quite so perfect."
My breath shuddered and I boldly met his intense look with one of my own. "What's stopping you then, bad boy?"
"I'm no boy. Perhaps I need to remind you of that fact."
"I'd like to see you try."
"To be clear, I'm going to take that as ayes."
"Good. That’s how I meant it."
He growled and rolled on top of me, lips crushing mine with just the right amount of force to make me gasp. Finn took advantage of that, sliding his tongue inside my mouth and swirling it around mine. His hands pinned me to the bed, making me writhe because I damned well loved the sensation of driving someone crazy enough that they justhadto have me. And he made no secret of that fact by the way his lips, tongue, and teeth worshiped me. When he started nibbling on my lips I went crazy, bucking beneath him.
The man damned near made me orgasm just kissing me, for shadows’ sake.
Completely and totally unfair. And more than a little intoxicating. My eyes flashed open and found him staring down at me hungrily. I returned his kiss with equal fervor, one part ecstatic and one part annoyed that his hands kept me so tightly pinned I couldn’t run my hands along his body. I pulled back from the kiss and ran my gaze along every plane of his bare chest. Those chiseled contours undoubtedly came courtesy of countless hours spent sparring with his brothers and other Packmates. Not to mention all the times he’d leaped intorealbattle.
Like he had more than once tonight.
That thought had my vision momentarily darkening as I thought about how close he’d come to dying at Alexander’s hands. We never should have split up like that. Not when we knew there were so many potential traitors out there.Stillout there.
Finn responded to my growing suddenly somber by shifting back to my side, pulling me into his embrace and softly stroking my hair. "As much as I'm dying to carry this much further, there's too much we need to talk about first."
My body stiffened slightly. Half of me had spent the past months aching for him to crawl back to me and beg forgiveness. But now that he might actually be ready for a more serious conversation, I dreaded it.
"That's okay. There will be plenty of time later to talk."
His lips twisted. "You don't know that. We both hope it's true, but if tonight has shown us anything, it's that we’re all running on borrowed time. And you've spent the past few months scurrying away anytime I got close enough to apologize. Now that I have you here all to myself, I'm not going to waste the opportunity."
Those words had me stiffening even more and glaring at him. "Scurrying away? Is that what you think I've been doing?"
"Hell yes I do, and if you're honest with yourself you'll admit it. And I deserved you doing that. I earned it by saying such shitty things to you on New Year's Day. After we had the best sex of my fucking life. No, not just that. After we had the mostintimatesex of my life. And it's my turn to admit that scared the hell out of me, Ava."
The vulnerable note in his voice had me softening once more. "Why on earth were you scared ofme?"
His piercing gaze stared unflinchingly into mine. "Because I knew then what I know even more so now. You're the first woman in a long time I can see myself fall in love with. Hell, the woman I'malreadyhalf in love with."
Mother Moon and Father Sun. How could the most prickly Donnelly brother have such a way with words? Normally Connor was the one with a poet’s tongue. But Finn Donnelly could have given him a run for his money.
"I still don't understand why that scared you so much that you lashed out at me the way you did. It really hurt, Finn."
Pain flickered across his face, and his hand grew still upon my head. "Those stupid words I said had nothing to do with you." He licked his lips and seemed to force himself to continue. "To understand why realizing I could love you was so damn scary, you have to know about Danielle."
