Se connecterSANDRA POVDamon's mouth devoured me. Hot, open-mouthed kisses trailed down my neck. He sucked hard—hard enough to bruise, hard enough to leave dark purple marks I'd feel tomorrow. His rough hands gripped my ass, squeezed my tits, slid between my legs like he couldn't decide where to touch first."We should move," I gasped, voice shaky. "The floor is—""I don't fucking care," he snarled against my throat. Teeth grazed my pulse point. But he lifted me anyway, strong arms scooping me up so my legs wrapped around his waist.Our mouths slammed back together. I yanked at his shirt. Buttons popped. Fabric ripped. His bare chest hit mine a second later when my top joined his on the floor."Bedroom. Now," he growled, already walking me backward toward the stairs.We stumbled up, clumsy and desperate. Halfway he pinned me to the wall. His thick cock ground against my soaked panties, right over my clit. The friction made me whimper."Fuck, Sandra," he groaned low. One hand shoved under my bra,
SANDRA POVThe word escaped before doubt could creep in and ruin this moment. "Yes."Damon's face transformed, hope blooming into pure joy. "Yes? You mean it?""I mean it," I confirmed, my heart racing with equal parts excitement and terror. "I want to try this with you."He pulled me into his arms immediately, crushing me against his chest. "You have no idea how happy that makes me."I buried my face in his neck, breathing in his familiar scent. Cedar and rain. This was right. This was what I should want.The tiny voice whispering about Marcus, I shoved down deep and ignored.Damon pulled back just enough to look at me. His eyes were soft with emotion I hadn't seen since before the rejection. "Can I kiss you?."I nodded, unable to speak past the lump in my throat.He cupped my face gently. His thumbs stroked my cheekbones with reverence. Then he leaned in slowly, giving me time to change my mind.Our lips met softly. The kiss was gentle, and sweet, I wish it never stop.His mouth m
Where Marcus was intensity and passion, Damon was steady comfort and easy affection. I found myself looking forward to our training sessions, to the way he'd smile when I mastered a new technique, to the casual touches that felt both friendly and something more. "I officially ended things with Jenna," Damon told me one afternoon while we practiced healing protocols. "I called her yesterday and made it clear we're done." My heart did that traitorous flip, hope and guilt tangling together. "How did she take it?" "About as well as expected," he replied with a grimace. "Lots of crying, accusations, threats to tell my father, but it's done, I'm free." Free to be with me, he didn't say but the implication hung heavy, and I didn't know how to respond. I wanted him, but Marcus's presence was a constant pull I couldn't ignore, and I was trapped between two impossible choices. --- "There's a pack ball this weekend," Vanessa announced at dinner one night, her tone clipped. "Marcus and I
SANDRA POVI woke up in Marcus's bed surrounded by his scent, and for several long moments I couldn't remember how I'd gotten here.The last clear memory was talking to Marcus on the phone, our simultaneous confession hanging between us, then cutting the call in panic.After that, everything was painful fragments in my head."You're awake," Marcus's voice came from the doorway, I turned to find him watching me with an expression I couldn't read."What happened?" I asked, my throat raw like I'd been screaming. "Why am I in your room?"He crossed to sit on the edge of the bed, his hand hovering near mine but not quite touching. "You don't remember anything?"I searched my fractured memories, finding only gaps and shadows. "I remember calling you, then hanging up, then... nothing, just waking up here."Something flickered in Marcus's eyes, he finally let his hand close over mine. "You collapsed in the basement, some kind of episode, by the time I got home you were unconscious."The expl
MARCUS POVThe massive black wolf launched itself at me, teeth bared and death promised in those burning amber eyes, and I closed my own, accepting what was coming.This was my penance, killed by the monster I'd created, destroyed by the girl I'd tried to save.But the killing blow never landed.Instead, the wolf crashed into me with far less force than expected, its enormous body pressing against mine but without violence, and I felt it... trembling.My eyes flew open to find the black wolf standing over me, its massive head lowered, and instead of tearing out my throat, it was nuzzling against my chest with desperate, whining sounds."Sandra?" I whispered, slowly raising my hand to touch the wolf's fur.The moment my palm made contact, the wolf shuddered violently, a full-body tremor that seemed to start from its core, and the whining intensified into something almost like weeping."It's okay, I've got you," I murmured, running my hand along the massive neck, feeling corded muscle b
MARCUS POVThe line went dead, I stared at my phone in shocked disbelief.She'd just told me she missed me, we'd said it simultaneously like some fucking cosmic joke, and then she'd hung up without explanation.I hit redial immediately, my heart hammering with panic.The phone rang once, twice, five times, then went to voicemail.Her voice, bright and professional, told me to leave a message, and I ended the call to try again.Ring. Ring. Voicemail."Fuck," I muttered, pacing the hotel room, my wolf suddenly restless beneath my skin. "Sandra, pick up the fucking phone."I tried again, and again, each attempt going straight to voicemail, and alarm bells started screaming in my head.Something was wrong, my instincts howling with warning I couldn't ignore.I fired off a text: 'Sandra, answer your phone. Now.'Nothing.Another: 'If this is about what we said, we can talk about it, just let me know you're okay.'Still nothing, the messages showing as delivered but unread.My wolf was claw







