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She smacked my hand away and fumed up at me. “What the hell is wrong with you? You had no right to go all caveman like that. I can handle jerks like that just fine.” She slammed her hands on her hips, her nostrils flaring.
God, but she was the sexiest creature I’d ever seen. The fight in her was something I loved to battle with. It was exasperating, but if she was a meek little thing, I wouldn’t get to witness her in her glory. And what a sight she was to behold.
“And if you’re trying to show off your handiwork as some kind of weird, wolfish, primitive show of claiming me, I’m going to deck you so hard and leave town,” she continued.
I stilled at the threat. That was the one thing she could use that would always keep me in line. The thought of her leaving had me in a tailspin.
Huffing at her, I said, “I had to step in because Zander was all over you and you hadn’t decked him yet.”
She balled her fists at her sides, straightening her spine to get as close to my face as her short stature would allow.
Her action made me inhale deeply. I could only smell her and me. Nothing of Zander’s scent remained on her, and I couldn’t have been more thankful. Because I didn’t think I’d be able to restrain myself if his scent was still on her. I’d need to climb all over her.
Even now, I struggled with the urge. I wanted the skin of her neck between my teeth, to be all the way inside her, her screams of pleasure in my ear as she tightened her hold on me and convulsed her completion.
My chest vibrated with a slight growl, infuriating my beautiful little wolf even more as she jabbed a finger against my chest and hissed, “It shouldn’t matter to you who is or isn’t all over me. We both know the engagement isn’t real, and what happened between us last night was me appeasing the psychotic monster trying to crawl its way out of me. You have absolutely no claim on me, no matter how we have to act in public.”
There was no way for me to justify how I’d acted. Coming in with guns blazing wasn’t my thing. I was the mayor, after all. But when it came to shifters, I’d always be the alpha first, and that meant I had to have full control over myself and my actions. But I didn’t exactly want to admit to Tori how out of sorts she made me.
“Well, it wouldn’t look good for our backstory or your alibi if you were fine with some other guy feeling you up right outside the diner when we’re supposed to be engaged.”
Tori threw her hands in the air, turned around, and paced a couple of steps before backtracking and returning to me. “We never should have started this whole charade to begin with. You’re going to get yourself into trouble doing something stupid if you really think I can’t handle some drunk guy.”
“I don’t know what you can and can’t handle since you refuse to tell me a damn thing about your past.” I hadn’t realized just how frustrated that had been making me, but this whole situation was bringing too many emotions to the surface. “Zander might be a dumb, drunk idiot half the time, but he’s still a strong alpha, and the next time he or some other jerk gets too close, you need to fend them off faster, or I’ll do it for you. I’ll never be sorry for doing that. No matter what kind of hot water it will put me in.”
Tori’s eyes flashed with passion, and she gave me one of her deceptive sweet smiles. “Fine. Iwilldo it faster this time.”
She thrust out her arms and shoved me hard in the chest to push me away. I didn’t expect the strength, which was far greater than I’d anticipated. With my fast reflexes, I grabbed her shoulders and fell backward with her in my arms. I quickly wrapped them tightly around her body so she’d land on me and I’d take the brunt of the fall. She landed on top of me, forcing my breath out of me.
Instincts kicked in fast and hard. I wasn’t wasting the opportunity to have her in my embrace this way, so I rolled and pinned her under me.
“Submit,” I said, growling heavily. My teeth went for her throat.
Tori being Tori, she surprised me yet again. She twisted her body just right and kneed me hard in the gut, forcing me to relax my hold and give her the maneuverability to roll us again until she was on top of me.
My cock stiffened and I growled for more. Her eyes darkened and her cheeks flushed. The scent of her arousal slammed into me. I needed more of her, and she answered in kind.
Her head swooped down and she attacked my mouth. Pushing my tongue into her mouth and intertwining it with hers, I cupped her ass with both hands and lifted her up, gently pushing her legs apart as I brought her core down to meet my cock.
We groaned at the friction. I gripped her hips and slid her over the bulge in my trousers. She wrapped her hands around my head and swayed her pelvis, increasing the friction and pushing us toward release.
I wanted to plunge myself inside her and bite down on her neck so badly that I let our scent consume us. It was exactly what I needed. Zander was no longer lingering on her or in the air. All I could smell was our combined arousal, and I hungered for it and more. She moved over me, and I steered my hands to squeeze and tease anywhere I could touch.
We nipped at each other’s lips and tongue and then soothed with soft exploration. We made each other bleed, but it only inflamed our raw need. We would invade and retreat into each other’s mouths, our kisses so much more than an intimate gesture. We were overtaking each other, staking a claim.
I didn’t hesitate. I wanted her to accept my mark, and I wanted her to mark me. I wanted her to be equally possessive and take no shit from any other female who came too close to me. My wolf and I yearned for it.
She groaned into my mouth while I growled. My hands found their way under the hem of her shirt, caressing the familiar soft skin I’d never tire of. I craved to hold her bountiful flesh in my palms. I wanted to have her rock-solid nipples scraping against my palms and sucking them inside my mouth, to engulf her nipples in the warm heat of my mouth, to nibble and bite and lave at her breasts. I sucked her tongue deep into my mouth, imagining her exquisite tits.
A throat cleared, dousing us in figurative freezing water. I fought back a frustrated moan.
My cock throbbed and ached as Tori gasped and leaped away from me. Her face was bright red, mortification making her close in on herself again.
I tried to catch my breath and hold in my frustration and annoyance that we’d been interrupted. I knew I shouldn’t be angry. We were in a public space, and I’d almost exposed Tori’s body to anybody coming out behind the diner. If someone ever saw her in such an intimate position with me, I’d have to tear their eyes out. Fuck, I was an idiot.
I rubbed my hands down my face, sat up, and rested my arms over my knees, giving myself time to calm down before I stood up. I saw that it was Margo who I regretfully and irritatingly needed to thank. Out of anyone to have caught us, I was glad it was her. Tori considered her a friend, and Margo was loyal and protective of her friends.
Margo laughed, taking way too much pleasure in catching us the way she did. “Clawson came into the café urgently looking for the mayor, who apparently isn’t answering his phone.” She smirked at us, and Tori’s face went a brighter shade of red. “And now I can see why.”
