RONAN. She sat there with her knees pressed together amd the catsuit making her look like sin gift wrapped and waiting to be unwrapped and all I could think was how easy it would be to ruin her right there on the rug. But I didn’t. I wouldn’t give her what she was begging for so soon. Not when she was already trembling just from sitting still in front of me. The silence between us dragged on, a rope stretched tighter and tighter until I swore I could hear her heartbeat against the walls.I dipped my fingers back into the saucer amd this time scooping more of the cream and brought it toward her cheek. She leaned in like a well trained pet, tongue flicking out catching every drop that dared slide toward her chin. She closed her mouth around me again slow and unhurried as though she knew that every second she drew it out was killing me. Her tongue curled, her lips sucked and she hummed low in her throat, the vibration shooting up through my arm and making me grit my teeth.“Good kitte
RONAN. Back at the cabin we ate in silence. The kind of silence that hummed with too many things unsaid, a silence that pressed on my chest until I thought I would go mad. I watched her across the table her lips brushing the edge of her coffee cup and the soft sway of her throat as she swallowed. My patience wore thin.I had left something waiting for her in the guest room. When she finally wandered off I leaned back listening for her reaction.A small gasp followed by a laugh. “Do you… do you seriously have a closet full of these?”Her voice floated down the hallway all teasing and curious.“If I don’t, I’ll start one. So tear it apart all you want kitten. I’ll just buy more.” I smirked. What I didn’t say was the truth and that the sight of her in that suit was already burned into my memory. The first time she wore one, I nearly wrecked the car just from looking at her. She didn’t understand what she did to me. She probably never would.When she stepped out again the air in my lun
RONAN. The sound of her laughter had followed me long after I had left the beach, long after I had forced myself to walk away before I ripped Mason’s throat out in front of her. It clung to me like a brand all sweet and cruel echoing in my head until it turned to a roar that wouldn’t quiet. My wolf was pacing all restless and maddened by the sight of her standing there in nothing but that thin piece of fabric, the sun turning her skin golden the ocean clinging to her like it belonged there more than I ever could.And Mason gods, Mason had been standing beside her like he deserved to breathe the same air she did. His hand brushing hers his voice wrapping around her with that slick confidence. Every muscle in my body had screamed to end him, to leave his corpse floating in the tide but I hadn’t. Because if I did, she’d see me for what I really am. Not the Alpha who controls his pack with steady hands not the man who pretends to have everything under control but the beast underneath.
WREN. The growl didn’t stop. It only deepened vibrating through the sand beneath my feet and the water lapping against my skin, a sound so raw and primal it made every hair on my body stand on end. My heart raced as I turned my head slowly afraid of what I would see though I already knew.Ronan stood at the edge of the beach like a storm given flesh. His chest rose and fell like he’d run the whole island to find me, his shoulders drawn back and his fists clenched so tightly his knuckles looked white even from here. His eyes, gods his eyes weren’t just dark they were black pits burning into Mason, filled with a rage that wasn’t reckless but frighteningly controlled and the kind of fury that doesn’t need to roar because it’s already promising destruction.The silence stretched heavy and suffocating broken only by the waves crashing and the sound of my own shallow breathing. Mason didn’t back down. He didn’t flinch. He turned his head just enough to look at Ronan, his hand still brushi
WREN. The sun was high when I decided to leave the cabin. The air was warm and sticky and for once I wanted nothing more than to feel the sea against my skin. I told Ronan I was going for a swim nothing more than that. He didn’t argue and he just gave me one of those long looks that always makes me feel like he is seeing too much.I didn’t wait for him to change his mind or follow me. I needed a moment of peace away from his shadow, away from the constant heat of his eyes and his hands that always knew how to ruin my resolve. So I left.The beach was empty when I arrived and the sand hot beneath my bare feet all soft and clinging between my toes. The sound of the waves crashing against the shore was soothing in a way I hadn’t realized I needed. I pulled off the light cover I had wrapped around myself leaving only the bikini I had slipped into earlier and stepped into the water. It was cold at first biting against my skin but then it turned pleasant, a welcome relief from the heat of
WREN. His breath was hot against my skin and the weight of his presence sank into me like gravity. His shift back to human form had left him naked but Ronan had never needed clothes to make him intimidating. There was something about the way he loomed, always taking up space (my space) that had my heart pounding in confusion and frustration and something far more dangerous: anticipation.My chest rose and fell as I stood before him rooted to the ground like I wasn’t sure if I wanted to run or leap into his arms. But it didn’t matter what I wanted. He stepped forward, slowly and deliberately with his storm filled eyes locked onto mine as though he were reading thoughts I didn’t even know I had.Then without a word, his hands framed my face and his mouth crashed into mine.It wasn’t soft and it wasn’t patient. It was a kiss soaked in possession, in pent-up fury and longing and questions we had both left unanswered for too long. His lips were firm and rough his tongue sliding into my m