Compilation Of Short Stories
The question left her lips before she could stop it, a breathy, unprofessional whisper.
He moved with a sudden, shocking grace, ignoring the pain she knew he must still feel. In one fluid motion, he was sitting fully upright, his hand snaking out to capture her wrist. His grip wasn’t harsh, but it was absolute. He brought her hand to his chest, pressing her palm flat against the hot, solid skin over his heart.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
It was a powerful, primal rhythm, a drumbeat in the quiet cabin.
“I feel the wildness in me settle when you touch me,” he said, his voice dropping to that low, intimate rumble. “The beast that wants to snarl and rip and run… it quiets. It listens for you. It wants