“Wow. You look gorgeous.”

Zahra smiled. “Thank you. You clean up pretty well, too.”

Josiah was wearing a black tuxedo and he looked incredible. The tux did nothing to hide his body, and Zahra wished that they could skip the gala.

He either read her mind or her face gave away her thoughts. “We’d better go before we’re no-shows. That wouldn’t look good for either of us.”

Zahra looked around in amazement. It had been ten years since she had been to a gala. The Nightshade Wolf Shifter Pack always created magic for the spring gala. This year, the theme was rose gardens.

The supper was the first time she saw her brother at the head of the table and her father at the foot of the table in a formal setting. Oliva was seated to Zac’s right and her mother was seated to John’s right. Conner sat with his family across fromthem. Josiah was next to Zahra. This made it easy to enjoy the food and company.

Josiah and Zahra danced to almost every slow song and quite a few of the faster ones. She loved how his arms felt around her. Although there were a few hundred people at the gala, it seemed to Zahra that they were the only two people in the place. Several times she could hear his heart beating even when they weren’t touching. His scent was like a bubble that hovered over her, providing a sense of comfort and even love.

The night ended way too soon. He walked her to her door and she invited him in.

As soon as the doors were locked and the alarm set, she wrapped her arms around him under his tux jacket.

“I’ve been waiting to do this all night long.” Her voice was husky and full of want.

“What else have you wanted?”

She pulled his head down so that their lips met. Zahra pushed her tongue into his mouth. He moaned and wrapped his arms around her.

Grabbing his hand, she led the way into her bedroom. Their clothes disappeared like magic and they fell into the bed together. Explosions erupted inside of her when he embedded his long, thick shaft deep inside of her.

She wrapped her arms around him, digging her fingers into his back. Their bodies moved rhythmically together. His thick cock caressed her inner walls. As he thrust in, she raised her hips to meet him, giving him deeper access to her inner core.

Zahra loved watching his eyes as the fires became hotter and more intense.

“Oh, heavens. Oh, my lord,” she breathed. “Josiah.”

“That’s it, Baby,” he said.

He pulled back and then drove hard and fast inside of her, causing her to let out a sound that was part scream and part squeal.

Zahra was sure she was about to explode from the incredible heat that consumed her. The ecstasy overwhelmed her and she trembled.

“Josiah,” she whispered, as her inner walls pulsated, massaging his cock.

He pulled almost all the way out and thrust hard back inside of her.

“Zahra, baby, yes,” he exclaimed.

He started throbbing and a fountain of his seed shot inside of her.

Josiah fell next to her. She stroked his face and smiled.

“Do you wanna have a sleepover?”

16

Josiah

“Ihaven’t done a sleepover since I was a little boy, about Jace’s age,” Josiah said.

She grinned. “Here’s your chance to recapture your childhood.”

“Aren’t I a little young to be going through my second childhood?”