Page 24 of Keeping Her Close


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She lunges at me, teeth bared, and I'm not fast enough to evade her. My reactions are slow tonight with the lust fogging my brain and I cannot counter her attack at all. Her teeth sink into my throat as she hurls me to the ground. I don't try to get up, though. I want her to think that she has won this one. While her teeth did puncture my skin, they did not sink deep enough to cause any lasting damage.

She begins to circle me, snarling and growling. Just as I think she may lunge at me again, she lifts her head to the sky and howls. A howl filled with misery and agony. Despair. Filled with so much hurt that I can't help but join her. Letting her know she is not alone and that I am with her, but she doesn't seem to care because she turns and runs.

Confused and stunned, I am rooted to the spot for a beat too long. Gathering my bearings, I shoot off after her. I need to catch her and make sure she is going to be okay.

Chapter twenty-one

Andrea

Ilosthours.Fuckinghours as usual and I hate it so much. I wish I could remember the feel of the forest floor as my paws dug into the earth. Of the wind running through my fur as I pushed myself to run as fast as I could go. I dream of one day being able to remember. Until then, I'll just have to pretend.

Waking a little more, I realize that the sun is shining through the trees, warming my skin. Skin. Not fur. I also hear a deep, steady breath and a heartbeat so close that I begin to worry. Sitting up so fast that my head swims, I take in my surroundings. I am stark-ass naked, of course, laying on the forest floor, in the fucking arms of a sleeping D.

What in the actual fuck happened last night?

Panicking, I try to stand up but my leg is numb from how I was lying on it. Tipping to the side, I catch myself on his upper thigh. Right next to his quickly rising cock. I try to jerk my hand away before waking him up, but his arm flies up and traps my hand in its spot. A low growl leaves his chest as his eyes focus on my current disheveled appearance. Trying to smooth down my crazy-ass hair, picking out a few twigs and leaves, I completely avoid his searing gaze.

He releases my hand after I continue to ignore his existence. Or at least I try to. I am very aware of every single aspect of this man. From the heat of his skin burning into my hand, which is still planted on his thigh, to the sounds of his breathing. Peeking a glance over, I see he has lifted himself onto his elbows and continues to watch me. Rolling on his side, he reaches over and starts tracing the stretch marks that work their way up my hips. Leaving behind a trail of goosebumps that has me blushing fiercely.

I can't do this. This man has already had me doing some questionable things. The last thing I need right now is to do something I may regret later. Again.

“Well, this has been nice. I think. So I'm going to go on and head out. I need to get home and shower. Again.”

Looking anywhere but at him, I stand up and try my best to cover myself as I start walking, not wanting to give him a chance to respond.

“Andrea,” he growls.

Stopping dead in my tracks, I look over my shoulder. Fearful of what I might see. My eyes travel up the length of his body as he is now standing. He looks even more magnificent in the sunlight than he did last night. My breath catches in my throat when I make it to his face and see a smirk on his face and a mischievous look in his eyes. I have a fleeting feeling I am not going to like what he is about to say. He already looks like he wants to devour me whole.

“I never said that I was done with you, pup. But if you insist on wandering these woods, naked and alone, then by all means, head on out, and good luck getting home. However, if I catch you, I will have you any way that I want. Do you understand what that means?” tilting his head, he challenges me.

Fine, but he’ll have to fucking catch me first.

Without a word in response, I take off running with no idea where the fuck I am going. I can figure it out later once I make some distance between the two of us. I run at a full sprint for roughly twenty minutes before I need to slow down and catch my breath, hunching over and leaning into a nearby tree for a few moments. Once I get my breathing under control, I hear it. A quiet chuckle, followed by a low growl.

“My, my little pup. If I’m not mistaken, I would say you aren't trying very hard to get away from me. Is it that you want me to catch you? To fuck you up against one of these trees before feasting on that pretty little pussy of yours? To elicit so many orgasms from you that you can’t walk anymore and have to be carried out?” he continues laughing as I start running again.

As much as I want all of those things, I won’t let it happen easily. He is still a stranger regardless of the things we have already done. I don't know his name but I can't explain why I feel the way I feel about him. And that shit scares me more than being hunted.

I hate how he makes me feel things that I have never felt about anyone else.

Lost in thought, I don't realize I have slowed down, barely jogging now. He must have used my distraction against me because the next thing I know, he steps out from behind a tree and I run straight into him.

He grips my hips tightly in his massive hands before I bounce off him and onto my ass. The feeling of his hands on my bare skin lights a fire deep within me. Leaning into me, his lips brushing my cheek.

“Got you, pup. Now, how about that little promise?”

Before I can even utter a response, one hand comes up to wrap around my throat, backing me into the nearest tree. He slams me against the trunk of the tree, knocking the breath out of me. Letting go of my throat, he winds his fingers through the hair at the base of my skull. Angling my face up and away so that he has better access to my neck. He starts to nip and kiss at the skin he just held in his bruising grip. Unable to fight what he is doing to me, I wait for my moment, trying not to let my body betray me, and failing miserably.

Bringing his hand up from my hip, he massages one of my breasts while peppering kisses across my collarbone. Pinching and rolling my nipple as he does so. The mixture of sensations assaulting my body right now has me ready to come undone in this man's hands. Pain and pleasure. On their own, they can be great, but together, they’re fucking euphoric.

The wolf in me purrs and whimpers at what we’re feeling right now. His mouth finally made its way farther down my chest, his lips finally latching onto my nipple. Tongue rolling around my piercing. Groaning as his teeth graze ever so slightly over the sensitive shit.

Looking down, I notice he is gazing up at me, watching my face for the reactions to the things he is doing to me. Trying my best to wipe the look of lust off my face, I glare at him until he chuckles a bit, releasing my breasts.

“Aww, what's the matter, pup? Don't like it when I touch you here?”

He asks as he runs his hand down my neck, caressing my breast again.

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