relaxing when she smelled a now familiar, sexy male. She whimpered when he rolled against her and nuzzled her throat.
“I want another taste of you so bad. You have no idea what a torture it has been letting you sleep. Eva threatened my life if I didn’t take proper care of you and let you rest.”
“Glad you listened to your sister. Can I have some water? And maybe a little space until my mind clears?” Ariel asked.
Sighing, Matt raised up over Ariel and reached out to touch the lamp on her side of the bed. The resulting brightness had them both hiding their eyes. “Sorry. I keep meaning to get a lower wattage bulb for the lamp. I never have overnight guests, so I keep forgetting.”
Ariel stared up at his chest and let her eyes trail down the front of him. “You have to be lying. Do you torture all your overnight guests this way just to come across as some caring guy?”
“Don’t be rude. I never let a female stay here with me. I go to her place,” Matt said firmly, plopping a glass with straw on her stomach. “Eva said to drink this awful smelling stuff. It’s a native remedy—a blood builder. Smells awful, but she’s usually right about what medicine does.”
Ariel slowly slid backwards until she sat up in the bed. She took the glass, sniffed, and then frowned. She took a sip and was thankful it only tasted half as foul as it smelled.
“How’s Reed?” she asked, making a face with every sip.
Matt scooted up in the bed and looked into her concerned gaze. He wondered what it would be like to have her be so worried about him. “Eva thinks Reed’s recovering, even though he can’t shift yet. She said it was you who saved him. The spirits were already calling him home.”
Ariel sighed. “Is he mad at me for saving him? He seemed like he’d been through a lot.”
Matt shrugged. “You’ll have to ask him yourself tomorrow. He’s up and moving. Eva took Reed home with her. Her children treat him like a big dog and hug him to death.”
“He is not a dog. Reed is canis lupis ,” Ariel declared, lifting the horrible drink to her mouth again and drinking a big gulp. “Been there—took that class. Think I got an ‘A’ when I shifted on his command.”
“Your wolf is quite large for a female, even an alpha. I find that interesting…and sexy as hell,” Matt said.
“You forgot magnificent,” she teased, tipping the glass and draining the contents. “The guy I killed called me that. Here—it’s gone. Can I have some water now?”
Matt leaned and snatched a bottle from his nightstand, handing it over.
“Thanks. And you said you weren’t prepared for guests. I think you were teasing me.” Ariel sighed as the water tumbled down her throat. “Wow, that’s good. Thank you.”
“I haven’t been prepared before, but there’s a whole box of condoms in the drawer of my nightstand now. I don’t suppose the fire has come back yet, has it?”
Matt sounded so forlorn, Ariel laughed and choked on her water. “No. I think the loss of blood may have dimmed the fire to a few flickering cinders.”
“Oh. Well, okay. I just wanted to be sure,” he said.
Ariel snorted. “You know, I figured an alpha would have just thrown me down on the bed, demanded I please him, and taken what he wanted.”
“Would you like me to do that to you?” Matt asked, grinning at her twinkling eyes.
“Only if I asked you to. Otherwise, I’d probably rip your throat out. I did that to a guy who just slapped me on the ass. Call me spoiled, but I like sex to be my idea.”
Matt sighed in resignation. “Then I guess I will wait for the fire to blaze again and hope I get another invitation. Do you mind that I brought you to my home? Your beta is with Gareth—at least for now. I’m not sure what happened with them, but she’s sleeping in the spare bedroom in his house. He refused to let her be alone at the bed and
“I want another taste of you so bad. You have no idea what a torture it has been letting you sleep. Eva threatened my life if I didn’t take proper care of you and let you rest.”
“Glad you listened to your sister. Can I have some water? And maybe a little space until my mind clears?” Ariel asked.
Sighing, Matt raised up over Ariel and reached out to touch the lamp on her side of the bed. The resulting brightness had them both hiding their eyes. “Sorry. I keep meaning to get a lower wattage bulb for the lamp. I never have overnight guests, so I keep forgetting.”
Ariel stared up at his chest and let her eyes trail down the front of him. “You have to be lying. Do you torture all your overnight guests this way just to come across as some caring guy?”
“Don’t be rude. I never let a female stay here with me. I go to her place,” Matt said firmly, plopping a glass with straw on her stomach. “Eva said to drink this awful smelling stuff. It’s a native remedy—a blood builder. Smells awful, but she’s usually right about what medicine does.”
Ariel slowly slid backwards until she sat up in the bed. She took the glass, sniffed, and then frowned. She took a sip and was thankful it only tasted half as foul as it smelled.
“How’s Reed?” she asked, making a face with every sip.
Matt scooted up in the bed and looked into her concerned gaze. He wondered what it would be like to have her be so worried about him. “Eva thinks Reed’s recovering, even though he can’t shift yet. She said it was you who saved him. The spirits were already calling him home.”
Ariel sighed. “Is he mad at me for saving him? He seemed like he’d been through a lot.”
Matt shrugged. “You’ll have to ask him yourself tomorrow. He’s up and moving. Eva took Reed home with her. Her children treat him like a big dog and hug him to death.”
“He is not a dog. Reed is canis lupis ,” Ariel declared, lifting the horrible drink to her mouth again and drinking a big gulp. “Been there—took that class. Think I got an ‘A’ when I shifted on his command.”
“Your wolf is quite large for a female, even an alpha. I find that interesting…and sexy as hell,” Matt said.
“You forgot magnificent,” she teased, tipping the glass and draining the contents. “The guy I killed called me that. Here—it’s gone. Can I have some water now?”
Matt leaned and snatched a bottle from his nightstand, handing it over.
“Thanks. And you said you weren’t prepared for guests. I think you were teasing me.” Ariel sighed as the water tumbled down her throat. “Wow, that’s good. Thank you.”
“I haven’t been prepared before, but there’s a whole box of condoms in the drawer of my nightstand now. I don’t suppose the fire has come back yet, has it?”
Matt sounded so forlorn, Ariel laughed and choked on her water. “No. I think the loss of blood may have dimmed the fire to a few flickering cinders.”
“Oh. Well, okay. I just wanted to be sure,” he said.
Ariel snorted. “You know, I figured an alpha would have just thrown me down on the bed, demanded I please him, and taken what he wanted.”
“Would you like me to do that to you?” Matt asked, grinning at her twinkling eyes.
“Only if I asked you to. Otherwise, I’d probably rip your throat out. I did that to a guy who just slapped me on the ass. Call me spoiled, but I like sex to be my idea.”
Matt sighed in resignation. “Then I guess I will wait for the fire to blaze again and hope I get another invitation. Do you mind that I brought you to my home? Your beta is with Gareth—at least for now. I’m not sure what happened with them, but she’s sleeping in the spare bedroom in his house. He refused to let her be alone at the bed and
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