To Live and To Love (Black Wolf Agency Book 1) by Jessica Swan

this once before and was successful then, so your chances are good.” God, how she hoped she was right.
    “That’s good,” he sighed in relief. “In all my time working at Black Wolf Agency , I’ve never seen one of those creatures before. Is he what I think he is?” He knew what the creature was, but how he wished Kate would tell him differently.
    She sighed, walked up to him, and wrapped her arms around his waist. Then, while looking into his eyes, she answered his question. “Yes, he’s a werewolf.”

A New Unknown

~ Chapter Four ~
     
    “A werewolf,” he said, as if someone else was saying the words coming out of their mouths. It was as if he had just been sentenced to death. He looked down at the ground for a moment, his mind overwhelmed, as everything began to sink in. If Kate wasn’t successful at getting the contaminants out of his blood, he would become a werewolf. As he looked up at the sky, he thought, ‘ Just freaking great, what next? ’
    “I’m so sorry! I should’ve protected you, but instead, you tried to protect me and got bitten in the process. I wish things had gone differently,” she told him as tears started to fall from her eyes and trail down her cheeks.
    He sighed, pulling her close, and wiping the tears away gently with his finger.
    “Don’t cry, sweetheart,” he said with a worried smile. “I wouldn’t take back what I did, even if I could. I love you, and I will stop at nothing to try to protect you.”
    “But James, you’re human and I’m a vampire. There’s no changing that. You’ll only end up getting killed by trying to protect me.”
    “Listen to me, Kate,” he said, gripping her shoulders gently, while looking into her eyes. “If anything ever happened to you, I would no longer have a reason to live.”
    “And how do you think I feel?” she cried. “It took me three-hundred years to find you, my soul mate. If I die, you could probably bring me back to life again. But if you die, you’ll most likely be gone forever. I don’t know if the Resurrection Amulet works on humans.”
    “Well, we’re safe now,” he said, forcing a smile. Even though he was worried, he still had to try to reassure her. “Let’s go home and see what happens. I bet everything will be just fine.”
    She nodded and smiled; wrapping her arm around him and holding him close all the way back to the apartment. She sure hoped all would be right, but she just didn’t have that warm fuzzy feeling.
     

     
    When they got home, she cleaned his bite wound and treated it with an antibiotic ointment before she wrapped it up with some gauze. When she was finished, he took her hand, led her to the couch in his living room, and sat her down.
    “Sit and relax. I’ll be right back.”
    She watched him go to the kitchen and get out a bottle of wine and two glasses, which he returned to the couch with, setting them on the coffee table in front of them. He then filled both glasses and handed her one.
    “Thank you,” she said, taking a couple of sips. He took a sip from his glass of wine, wishing he had something a hell of a lot stronger.
    “There’s no need to thank me, honey. What’s mine is yours,” he said with a smile, leaning toward her and kissing her softly on the lips. When he started to pull away, she grabbed him and pulled him close, kissing him deeper. He kissed back with an equal amount of passion as he laid her down on the couch and leaned over her, their lips never parting.
    She loved when he did this, when he took control. However, this time was different.
    He began kissing slowly down her neck toward her collarbone while he held her arms over her head, restraining her. ‘ Oh, yes, this is definitely one of my favorite things he does,’ she thought, moaning softly in pleasure.
    Then his sudden force took her by surprise, and before she stopped the word from escaping her mouth, she said, “Ouch!”
    He sprung up to a sitting position, with a shocked look on his face.