“Hello! We’re naked. In a hot tub. No touching.”
“Wait. He’s not your Latin lover?” Amos asked.
“He’s not my lover!” she snapped.
“I’m not Latin,” Joaquin said at the same time.
“I’m Cait’s,” Isaac announced, and pulled her onto his lap. He had to spread his legs wider and sink down in the water so she’d be at the same level without her boobs bobbing over the surface. As it was, the bubbles tingled her nipples.
“And, Caity Cat’s got daddy issues, so inquiring minds want to know… do you call Isaacdaddy?”
“Eww, gross, Alex!” Penny smacked him upside the head. “Don’t sit next to me next time.”
“Well, Noah wouldn’t let me sit next to him.”
“Because you’re naked, dude.”
The banter continued on, but all Caitlin focused on was the hard steel of Isaac’s thighs underneath her. His strong arm wrapped around her bare middle. How good this magnificent man felt when he held her—and now that she was stronger, she realized how carefully. He’d been so gentle with her all along, and she never knew.
God, she loved him. But that might’ve been her new wolf’s feelings shining through. Feelings wasn’t the right word, though. Instincts? Animal magnetism? Maybe because he was her maker, she was drawn to him.
No, she loved him before. It just felt more intense since the change. And she wanted to make sure it was real. She could feel her animal’s scorn. They couldn’t quite talk to each other yet, more like feel each other’s emotions. And more often than not, the bitch scorned her.
Yet, thinking of her as a bitch made the animal feel proud of her. Go figure.
Isaac shifted his arm so that his palm splayed out on her belly, his fingers spread to take up as much skin as he could feel.
God, he was warm.
Her wolf agreed dreamily.
He leaned forward and licked the side of her neck, the same spot that Rhett had marked, and it was a long, lazy swipe of his tongue, catching the water droplets on her skin.
“How’s she-devil feeling?”
Horny.
She couldn’t convey that, but when she opened her mouth, her voice was growly as she choked out, “Fine.”
His soft, rumbling laughter told her he knew exactly. Right there, in the bubbling water, his hand slid down to cup her sex.
She wanted to blame the bitch, but it was her, Caitlin Jane Montgomery, who spread her human thighs and looped her legs over his.
It was the wolf who agreed. In this moment, she and the wolf were one. In agreement.
“Needless to say, it’s late. I’m staying the night.” Amos stood up in the hot tub, dangling dick and all. He waded over to the stairs amongst all the complaints and head-dodging, lest one’s cheek get smacked by his member.
Noah’s voice was all deep and throaty when he said to Alex, “Dude. Are you staying too?”
“Yeah. I hopped a ride with Amos,” Alex said.
“Go bunk with your brother so me and Penny can take your room.”
Alex snorted. “Yeah, no one wants you two upstairs. You’re both so loud when you come.”
He ignored Noah’s splash of water as he and Penny got out of the tub.
“I guess that leaves you, Mist. You’re not driving home, are you?” Alex asked as he mooned them while crawling out of the tub.