Drake laid her down and stepped back. He looked down at her longingly. She was breathtaking and she was his.
“Drake,” she said. His name was breathless on her lips and it drove his wolf crazy.
He covered her body with his own and was careful not to put too much of his weight on her. Her hands came up to cup his face and the love staring back at him through her eyes took his breath away.
“I love you, Bethany,” he whispered as he leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. From that moment on, everything was a blur of passion, hands, mouths, whispered words, and breathy gasps as he showed her with every touch how precious she was to him.
“Everything okay with your friend?” Sally asked as Jen walked back over to her and Peri. Jacque trailed behind her, giving her the stink eye, which Jen ignored. They’d met at Sally’s apartment that morning, after an entire night outside—thanks to Peri.
“She’s in a new relationship and unsure of herself. He’s older, more knowledgeable, and it intimidates her,” Jen explained.
“And Jen here thinks she is the relationship expert in our posse,” Jacque said.
“Don’t be bitter,” Peri said patting Jacque.
Jacque shot her a dirty look. “You are not off the hook. You left.” She paused and glanced at Sally, then corrected herself. “You locked us out last night and said it was a prank!”
“Lucian called and I didn’t want to be disturbed,” Peri said a little too eagerly for Jen’s liking.
Jen smirked. “If you two would just sext like the rest of us instead of talking out loud, we could have slept in our own damn beds,” she snarled.
Sally was covering her mouth trying not to laugh.
Jacque smiled at her. “Sorry, we don’t really have filters.”
Sally shook her head as she chuckled. “By all means, be filter-less. This is the most fun I’ve had in—” She paused to think about it. And then she grabbed her head. “Ow!”
“Sally?” Peri asked as she placed a hand on her shoulder.
“Sorry,” she said breathlessly. “I’ve been getting these headaches and they seem to be getting worse.”
“Does something trigger them?” Jacque asked.
“Actually, yes. It’s weird. They happen every time I try to remember anything before my parent’s death. Not only does my head hurt, I can’t remember anything. It’s like there’s nothing there. It’s a big void.”
“Maybe it’s just because it’s a painful memory,” Jacque offered.
Jen shot Peri a look and she shrugged. Fat lot of help she was.
“Anyways…” Sally blew it off. “Any other stores y’all want to go in?”
Later that night, they said goodnight to Sally and Peri flashed them back to the Romania pack mansion. This time Peri didn’t leave them behind. As soon as Jen’s feet were on the ground, she opened the bond. It wasn’t night yet in Romania, but the time change was killing them and they needed to catch some sleep while they could.
“How is it going, B?”she asked him.
“Where. Have. You. Been.”Whoa, he sounded pissed. And that just turned her on.
“I’ve been helping Jacque take care of things,”she hedged.
“What things?
“Girl things. Now, how is it going?”
She heard him sigh and felt how tired he was.“He killed a human.”
“What!”Jen was shaking her head as if that would somehow make Decebel’s words untrue.“Are you going to have to kill him?”
“I don’t know. We still haven’t caught up with him. He’s a damn smart hunter and knows how to evade us.”
