disappeared. Dissipated into thin air along with her .
Nose to the ground, he weaved through the grass, searching for a trace . Needing to find a clue . Needing to find her.
A whisper of sound and the change in air pressure warned him . H e managed to partially turn , but didn’t move out of the way . She hit him and they tumbled , bodies rolling through the long , dry grass and fallen leaves . They landed in a heap of limbs. She batted him playfully and he nuzzled her. But cats and dogs couldn’t mix, in their animal form at least .
Shifting shapes, he enjoyed a brief sensation of silky fur against his skin before she too morphed into her human form. Skin to skin, he could have drooled in pleasure. Even better, he ended up on his back with her straddling him – n aked.
Sweet, freakn’ hell. If Chris still wore his tail, he would have wagged it.
Lips curved in a teasing smile, she regarded him with dark eyes. Her long dark hair hung over her shoulders, a tempting curtain over her breasts. But he could imagine them; small handfuls, high and perky topped with succulent berries. Lower, her smooth skin tempted as far as he could see. He longed to see all of her. To know if she shaved like a human girl, or, like most shifters , kept the fur between her legs. Short of craning, he could only see her smooth belly with its dimple d naval.
Flattening her hands on his chest, she leaned forward. “Caught you,” she murmured, a mirthful lilt in her claim.
“ Did you?” he queried back as he placed his hands on her hips. The feel of her flesh, warm and pliant under his fingers, made his simmering hunger flare , and his cock grew hard where it butted up against her ass. Oh how he longed to bury it inside her. To f ill her with his essence. Watch her face as he stroked her to ecstasy. Claim her as his .
Wh y w ait?
Quicker than she could reply, or taunt him more, Chris flipped them, cradling her body as he turned so she didn’t hit the ground hard. He rested atop her , pinning her with his weight . Not that she did anything to protest his maneuver . Laughter spill ed forth and her sharp white teeth gleamed in the moonlight while her eyes crinkled at the corners.
“I do believe you’ve turned the tables. But what do you intend to do now , sir wolf ?”
Do? Why only w hat he’d dreamt of since first meeting her. As a cloud passed over the moon, plunging them into deep darkness, he lowered his head, intent on capturing her mouth and finally tasting the lips of the woman who h aunted his every waking thought and dream since t he day he’d met her.
Before they could touch, sharp claws raked his back and a heavy body tumbled him aside. Rolling to his feet, four of them as he changed back to his wolf, he wasn’t quite quick enough to avoid another swipe of claws . Lucky him, he faced a very angry cat , a male cat who took offense at Chris seducing his woman. Couldn’t really blame him, but it didn’t mean Chris would roll over and bare his belly. Not if he wanted to win the woman who haunted him . He assessed his opponent, the little he could see.
Dark as the night cloaking him, only the glowing eyes and the scent of pissed feline helped him gauge where the enemy stood. The one thing that stood between him and his mate. Between Chris and …
“Hey, numb nuts, wake up!”
The rough shaking and name calling by his brother, Stu, yanked Chris from his dream into reality. “Screw off, jerk face,” he mumbled, still groggy from sleep.
“I get better results when I screw on. And I wouldn’t talk about faces. You look like you hit the front end of a truck and lost.”
Patting his visage, Chris frowned. “What are you talking about? I don’t feel anything wrong.” The damage from the lacrosse ball to his face a few days ago was already gone. Thank God for his enhanced healing ability, an awesome shifter trait.
“Unlucky bastard. That’s just your natural look I guess.”
The punch he aimed his brother’s way
Patria L. Dunn (Patria Dunn-Rowe)