Riley stirred. I closed my eyes quickly, feigning sleep. Some instinct told me to give her a moment. Let her wake up, orient herself, decide how she felt about this without the pressure of my attention.
I felt her go still as she registered where she was. Who she was with. How we ended up tangled together in her sheets.
A long pause.
Then, slowly, she relaxed. Her fingers, curled against my chest, uncurled and curled again. Testing if this was real. Her body settled more deeply into mine.
She didn’t pull away.
For a long moment, she just lay there, and I could feel her watching me. Her gaze traced my face. I could almost feel it physically, a warmth sliding over my cheekbones, down my jaw, lingering on my mouth.
My cock, which had been half-hard all night from her body pressed against mine, decided this was an excellent time to swell fully, throbbing painfully against the thin fabric of my boxers. Precum leaked from the tip, soaking a spot that I knew she’d feel if she shifted just right.
Fuck.
Riley’s leg shifted. Maybe accidental, maybe stretching her muscles after sleep. But her thigh brushed against my extremely obvious erection, the soft flesh dragging slow over the rigid length, and I couldn’t stifle the low groan that rumbled from my chest, hips bucking up instinctively into the pressure.
She froze.
“What are you doing, little menace?” I asked, my voice rough with sleep and the raw edge of arousal, eyes still closed as I fought to keep control. My wolf paced inside, his claws out, demanding I flip her over and rut into her heat.
Silence. Then: “I was just moving.”
“Moving.”
“Stretching.”
“Uh-huh.”
Her leg moved again. Deliberately this time. Pressing against my cock through the thin fabric of my pants, and I hissed through my teeth, my hips jerking involuntarily into the contact.
Her leg moved again. Deliberately this time, pressing firm against my cock. The heat of her thigh seeped through the cotton, rubbing up and down in a slow grind that sent sparks shooting up my spine. I hissed through my teeth, my hips jerking forward, cock pulsing as it sought more friction, more of her.
“Someone’s in a good mood this morning,” she teased, her voice laced with false innocence, but I could hear the huskiness, the way her pulse quickened.
I opened my eyes.
She was looking up at me, green eyes bright with mischief, cheeks flushed pink and spreading hot down her neck. She knew exactly what she was doing, teasing the beast, pushing until I broke, and fuck, she was enjoying it. Her lips were parted slightly, tongue visible as she licked them.
Two could play this game.
“I’m waking up next to you,” I said, meeting her gaze head-on, letting her see the hunger in my eyes, the way my pupils had blown wide. “Of course I’m in a good mood.”
Her flush deepened, creeping down her neck, disappearing beneath the collar of her loose shirt. I wanted to follow it with my tongue, lap at the salt of her skin, suck marks into her collarbone until she arched and moaned.
Her leg moved again. Pressing harder. Rubbing in deliberate circles now, the pressure building friction that had my balls tightening, cock leaking steadily.
My hands tightened on her waist, fingers digging into the soft flesh there, nails biting just enough to make her gasp. My wolf howled inside, a feral demand:closer, more, take her, pin her down, fuck her raw until she’s dripping with my cum, marked inside and out.
“Riley.” My voice was a warning, a plea wrapped in growl. “You’re playing with fire.”
“Maybe I like fire.”
Gods, I wanted her.
The thought wasn’t new. I’d craved her since that first scent in the bookstore, her essence wrapping around me like a leash. But this was different.Primal. My wolf and my human side locked in sync, both snarling the same command:take her now, claim every inch. Make her ours.
I wanted to roll her onto her back, knees shoving her thighs wide, settling my weight between them until she felt my cock nudge her entrance through our clothes. Wanted to pin her wrists above her head with one hand, the other yanking her shirt up to expose those perfect tits, nipples hard and begging to be sucked, bitten until she whimpered.
