Page 25 of Snowbound with the Alpha Wolf
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Adrian couldn’t help staringatDarcy.
She was naked, just as he’d imagined all thesetimes.
He’d led her up the stairs to the master bedroom. And then sat on the bed, watching.Waiting.
The next move was up toher.
Darcy hadn’t hesitated. She strippedoff all her clothing, letting it puddle on the thick creamcarpet.
Adrian strolled over to her, fisted his hand in her long, dark hair, and tipped her headback.
“You,” he said through grated teeth, “are enough to drive a sane male toinsanity.”
Her little, sexy pout turned into asmile.
He breathed in her luscious scent, and it shot through his body like an intoxicatingdrug. Damn, he loved this…his body tightened witharousal.
The smile vanished. “Don’t hurt me, Adrian. Not like the othersdid.”
Then he looked closer. Anger bloomed hot and hard as he saw fear pooling in hereyes.
No one hurt females in his pack. Females were revered, protected and cherished. Adrian felt ready to deal with whoever injuredher.
“Who threatened you?”hedemanded.
Darcy shook her head. “Noone.”
“Then why are you afraid?” Adrian released her. Had to find out. “Are you afraid ofme?”
“I’m not afraid of you.” She tilted up her round chin. “I’m afraid of this, what’s between us. I’m afraid of this intensity between us. I’ve never felt this way before. I don’t want to fall in love with you. But I fear Iam.”
He broughthis face close and said softly, “I want you,sweetheart.”
“Wanting isn’t the same as needing,” shewhispered.
“Who hurt you?” he asked again, this time in a gentlertone.
Darcy’s green gaze flicked away. “Did I ever tell you about myfamily?”
At his head shake, she bit her plump lower lip. “When I was sixteen, I elected to serve the goddess with my skills. I wantedto fight evil. But my parents, and my brother and sister, protested. I had a choice. I could pursue that path, independently, and leave them for good. Or reject it and they’d welcome meback.”
Understanding filled him. “You left them. Because you knew it was the right decision tomake.”
Darcy blinked hard, as if fighting tears. “I learned to forgive them, but damn, when someone youloved deeply abandons you, it’s the worst pain in theworld.”
He cupped her beautiful face and pressed a gentle kiss on the side of her mouth. “I could kick their asses for doing that, Darce. I will not hurt you,sweet.”
Long, dark lashes feathered her cheeks as she closed her eyes. He inhaled deeply, drawing her delicious scent into his body. He could almost taste her beneath histongue, warm and wet. The smell of sex. A throbbing began in his loins, reminding him of how he’d reacted in thepast.
Adrian’s jaw clenched. The need for Darcy was burning, his body tight, and his cock painfully thick and hard. Never before had he craved release so badly. Not like this, the crazed, mindless frenzy to mate driving him blind with lust. He could barelythink.
Inside,the wolf howled for release. Passion drove it to thesurface.
“If we do this, there’s no going back,” shewhispered.
“I don’t want to go back, only forward. You’re all I ever wanted, sweet. If you want, then I’ll beg. Want me to lose my pride?” Adrian asked. “I’ll do it. For you, I’ll doit.”
