Page 34 of Claimed By Werewolf
I dragged a hand down my face.“It means I shouldn’t be here.I shouldn’t want to be here.But I do.”
Her lips parted and her breath caught.For a moment, the fire in her eyes softened.Then it blazed hotter.“Then stop pretending.You kissed me, Wolf.You can’t take that back.”
My chest burned.“I know.”
The silence stretched, thick with everything we weren’t saying.
Finally, she stepped closer and tilted her chin up.“So what now?”
My body screamed to answer.To grab her, push her against the wall, and kiss her until we forgot our names.To make her mine in every way that counted.
But my head screamed louder.
“What now is you let me handle this.”
Her eyes flashed.“Handle it?You mean bury it like the rest of your secrets?”
I growled low.“You don’t get it, Demi.Every time you open your mouth, you make yourself a bigger target.And I can’t,I won’t, watch someone else I care about get put in the ground.”
Her breath hitched.“Someone else.”
The words hung there.
I turned away and ran a hand through my hair.“I shouldn’t have said that.”
“You shouldn’t have kissed me either,” she said softly.“But you did.”
I froze.
She stepped closer, so close her warmth pressed against my back.“And I’m not sorry.”
The world narrowed.
I spun, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her flush against me before I could stop myself.Her eyes widened.Her breath shook and her lips parted.
My voice came out rough and jagged.“You drive me insane.”
“Good,” she whispered.
My grip tightened and my resolve frayed.I leaned down until our mouths were a breath apart.Her scent filled my lungs, and her pulse raced under my fingers.
Every part of me wanted to close the distance.
But I forced myself back.
With a curse, I released her and shoved away before I burned us both down.
“This is going to get us both killed,” I muttered.
“Maybe,” she said with fire in her eyes.“But at least it’ll be the truth.”
I left before I could answer.Before I could kiss her again.Before I could admit that she was right.
Because wanting her was the most dangerous truth I’d ever known.
And I wasn’t sure how much longer I could keep it buried.
Chapter Seventeen
