Tourmaline knew she should say thank-you. Be nice to him.But with the way she was hanging over his shoulder, she couldn’t stop staring at his muscular backside long enough to put any words together, fairly certain that drool was collecting in the corners of her mouth. Wow.

 With an eager grin on her lips, Tourmaline reached down, determined to find out the answer for herself.Razl Drone had had a lot of surprises in his thirty-five years, but feeling Tourmaline Smart pinch his ass was definitely one of the biggest.“What the hell are you doing?” he shouted, nearly tripping over his own feet as he carried her into

 The motel room was decorated in pale shades of cream and blue—but the soothing color scheme wasn’t helping him relax. Razl was still as restless and on edge as he’d been when he’d found the motel on the outskirts of town.Still thrown completely off balance.And now he was stuck in this tiny space with a woman he wanted so badly he

 Moving toward the sink, he pulled off his shirt and tossed it on the counter as he turned on the tap, then splashed his face with cold water. Lifting his head, Razl stared in the mirror, no longer recognizing the face staring back at him. It was hard, etched with need, his eyes glowing with the primitive hunger of the wolf, an unusual rim of amber around the brighter silver that he’d never seen before. He didn’t know what it meant—but whatever it was, it couldn’t be good. Craving, dark and inhuman, battered against his conscience like a hammer, fighting to break him down…shatter his control.

 Opening her eyes to the bright morning sunlight, Tourmaline said the first words that came to mind. “Oh. My. God.”“It’s okay,” Razl rasped from the other side of the bed.“Don’t be scared.”