Page 23 of Falling for the Werewolf
Jace reluctantly pulled away when the growl of his stomach became louder than his pounding heart.
Dani laughed and draped her arms around his shoulders, heaving a contented sigh. “Let’s get you fed. You are going to need your strength.”
Jace shook his head. “You really are the perfect woman.” He shifted ever so slightly to remind her that he was still seated deeply inside her. “I keep thinking I’m going to wake up any moment.”
Dani blushed. “I’m having a little trouble believing it myself,” she admitted. “I don’t do what we did often, you know. But with you, everything’s different.”
While he appreciated her words, they were unnecessary. As passionate as she had been, it was with an innocence and honesty that filled his heart. She wasn’t a virgin, he knew, but she wasn’t far from it, either. He saw it in her eyes. Felt it in her touch. Dani would have to care for someone deeply before she would have shared herself with them.
Jace’s wolf rose to the surface at that thought, the urge to hunt down and kill strong. His wolf was extremely possessive and couldn’t stand the thought that someone who had touched Dani so intimately still breathed. Plus, for Dani to walk away from someone she cared about meant that whoever it was must have hurt her deeply.
“I cannot comprehend how any man in his right mind would have let you get away.”
Dani’s eyes turned darker, and Jace instantly knew he had been right.
“I was a fool,” she said, her voice laced with regret. “I believed all of his lies, right up until he got my best friend pregnant.”
Jace couldn’t hide his disbelief. “He was sleeping with your best friend?”
“That’s the only way of getting a girl pregnant that I know of,” she said wryly.
Before he could stop himself, he blurted out, “Did you love him?”
Dani was silent for several long moments before she slowly said, “I thought I did. But as time went on, I realized that I missed my best friend more than I missed him. And honestly, what I felt for him is nothing compared to what I feel for you. Crazy, huh?” She added the last part shyly, looking up at him through shuttered eyes, as if worried her confession might make him run.
Clearly, they were going to have to sit down and have a discussion on what it meant to be mates. As far as he was concerned, everything was exactly as it should be.
Jace’s gray-green eyes met her eyes head-on, looking more triumphant than anything, as he touched his forehead to hers and softly said, “No, not crazy at all.”
Her eyes softened. “I hear they’re married now. And you know what? I hope they are happy. I truly do. Because, if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be here with you.”
