Marcus POVI pick her up easily, and she automatically wraps her legs around my waist, fitting her slim body against mine perfectly. Her core is pressed up against the raging hard-on I've been trying to ignore since we got into the truck feels insanely good, and she must agree because she rocks her hips slowly against me, enjoying the pressure and the friction. I sit her on the tailgate and press my cock hard against her, and she gasps, the sexiest little noise right into my ear, sending shivers of delight down my spine."Jesus Christ Leila."I squeeze her breast gently through her black top, rubbing my thumb over her nipple before pinching it lightly. They're the perfect size, filling my large hands as if made for my touch. She arches into me, silently begging for more as our tongues tangle and her grip on my hair tightens, sending tingles dancing across my scalp. I haul her forward so that her feet hit the floor without breaking our kiss. I flick open the butt

Marcus POVSlamming the door to the station shut behind me in temper, I turn too quickly and spill hot coffee all over my shirt and scald my hand. I resist the urge to throw the disposable cup at the opposite wall as hard as I can in temper. Instead, I kick the trash bin beside me, sending it careening across the floor into a desk, before landing on its side and emptying balled-up bits of paper all over the floor. My attempts at writing up a draft report earlier on the attack were a complete waste of time because my head was all over the place. My bear is out of control, and I know exactly what has him on edge, or who.“I get it, big guy. You like her. And I fucked it up,” I mutter out loud to him as I stomp through the small rectangular sheriff’s building to my office at the back, turning on lights and opening blinds as I go. I toss the almost full cup straight into the sink as I pass the kitchenette, watching the remaining contents splatter on the s

Marcus POV This woman is going to be the death of me. As I watched her come on the bed, dark tousled hair spread out messily around her, olive skin still rosy from her bath, and a satisfied smile on her face, my bear surged forward. He is begging me to take her and mark her as ours. It is both terrifying and exhilarating. He keeps insisting that she is our mate and that I am a fool for not taking her right now and claiming her. This was why he brought me here. He drove me mad until I relented and came into town to check on Hayley’s house. I thought maybe he sensed something was up, that an attacker was back, that maybe there was more evidence out there that we hadn’t found yet. But it wasn’t any of those things. He is just a horny bastard. His enhanced sense of smell must have picked on something that quite hadn’t registered with me. Until I got to the porch, and the most heavenly smell on earth reached my nostrils. I couldn’t have stopped myself from walking through

“Oh my god, Marcus. What the hell?!” She shakes her head at me and tries to stop the smile threatening to break onto her face, before giving up and laughing along with me, splashing me, and dunking me back under for a second before swimming back over to the pier. As climbs out, I place my two hands on her rear to give her a boost and she turns back to roll her eyes at me. “Gee thanks.” Leila wrings the water out of the end of her ponytail as I clamber out of the freezing water. The cold has made her perfect rosy nipples stand to attention and they strain against the thin wet material. No bra, goddamn. I can’t help but stare. I want to lick them; I want to lick her. Her gaze meets mine, and it’s like a current of electricity passes between us. There is silence for a second before we both move, pulling and groping at each other, trying to get as close as possible. I lift her and she instantly wraps those long legs around my waist. I grab at her top but

Leila POV The weekend goes by in a blur. Almost as if she knows I need it, Hayley entertains me left, right and centre. Poor Cooper is tortured by hot outfit after hot outfit, with a little help in the selection department from yours truly. She pisses off a future Alpha by ruining some nasty plan he had to screw over my father, who looks proud as punch to have her along with us. She then stuns them all by proving impervious to alpha commands and making besties with the two most intimidating wolves around. The scary new alpha of our neighbouring pack, Dean Reynolds, whose father was a tyrant, and the alpha of all Alphas on the east coast, Alpha Steel. Steel rarely talks to anyone, but apparently turns into a puppy dog in Hayley’s presence, who now calls him Blake. Go figure. I watch her with amusement during the ball as she continues to wreak havoc with charm and poise as only she can. A tiny little human, with long caramel waves and golden-brown eyes, who seems to hav