Page 18 of Taken Home By the Grizzly

“Yeah, of course,” I say, disappointment washing over me.

“Maybe you can stay for dinner?—?”

I shake my head. My cock is fit to burst and my beast is burning my skin. No way can I sit down to dinner and act all civilized when she’s gotten me all stirred up like this.

“No, I’m good,” I grunt, then cringe at the feral sound of my voice.

“I’ll let you out of the gate.”

“No need.” I can feel my fur sprouting on my chest and the back of my neck. I’ve gotta get out of here before something awful happens. I charge out of the house and down the snowy driveway, bearing down on my beast with everything I’ve got.

5

Zoe

Iwake with a start. It’s still dark outside, but I set my alarm to go off at seven a.m., because kids are early birds—or so the handbook says. They’re all sleeping next door. I wasn’t sure what to do about sleeping arrangements. Iwasthinking about having them in the room with me, but the book says no, in no uncertain terms. I need to set boundaries, especially with challenging children. So, I put them all in the same room. I figured that however much they fight, they need to be together. They’ve been dumped here with a strange lady, and all they’ve really got is each other.

The bedrooms are pretty rundown, but I did my best to make the kids comfy, with lots of blankets and pillows, and I swapped out the broken bulbs in the table lamps.

I blink in the unfamiliar gloom, listening.

It’s quiet. I hope they’ll sleep a while longer.

I stretch out luxuriously, grateful that it’s warm under the blankets.

I wonder if Lock is still asleep.

There I go, thinking about him again.

Well, it’s not my fault after the way he kissed me yesterday.

I’d been daydreaming about it happening ever since I saw him sitting outside his cabin, looking up at the sky, all deep and thoughtful.

And then it did. And it was the most incredible moment of my life.

Those soft, hungry lips burning mine. That mountain man beard of his chafing my skin. Those big, rough hands holding me so tight.

He made me feel wild—like him. Like I wanted to just let go, throw myself at him.

If the kids hadn’t been there, I would’ve let it all happen.

I imagine sneaking into his cabin now.

Just going down there, and creeping through the door while he’s still in bed. Does he sleep naked? I bet he does.

That big muscly body all sprawled out, his mountain man cock on display.

I bet he’s got a big, thick cock, to match the rest of him.

Fuck, the thought of him naked… think my panties are wet already. Weird, I’ve never really been a sex person. Never been that into guys. But this feeling for Lock?—

It’s something else. Every time I look at him, I start tingling.

I’d strip off my clothes and walk in there naked. No man has seen me naked before, and I want Lock to be the first. I imagine his cock getting bigger and bigger at the sight of me.

Then he’d just pounce on me, and take me. Make me his?—

“Get off me, Jace!” comes a shrill voice from next door.

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