Shut.The hell.Up.
I press my thumb and forefinger to my temple and keep pacing.Twenty minutes.
That’s how long I’ve been wearing a groove into the floor of this tiny-ass office while she sits there, unbothered, typing away on my computer like she’s not the most distracting damn thing in the entire known universe.
Every time she brushes her hair behind her ear?
My Wolf howls.
Every time she shifts in her seat and those jeans creak just a little?
I break into a full-body sweat.
She’s muttering under her breath, clicking keys, scrolling through old digital files, oblivious—or pretending to be—to the fact that I’m a second away from throwing her over the desk and letting instinct take over.
Do it.Take her.Smell her desire.She is ready.She?—
SHUT.UP.
I shove my Wolf’s voice down and check my phone again, texting back and forth with Guy.
He’s a Dragon Shifter, and the Warden assigned to help me and a few select others to keep this town in one piece.
Unfortunately, seems like we all fucked up.
Turns out, someone has cracked open a Hellmouth, and yeah, it’s what’s affecting the Crypt property, and the whole damn town.
Which explains the sudden spike in ghost traffic and the heavy, ancient presence Megan felt earlier.
It’s bad.
Like seal-it-shut-before-it-births-an-army-of-shadow-hellspawn bad.
But none of that registers—none of it—because then I hear her.
Soft.Low.Like she meant to think it, not say it.
“Focus, DiNapoli.Save the town first.Then maybe you can daydream about Sheriff Tall-Dark-and-Wolfy.”
I freeze mid-step.
Maybe I misheard her.
Maybe my horny, half-feral brain is playing tricks on me.
But then I look at her.
And she’s not typing.
She’s frozen, eyes wide like she just realized she said it out loud.
Her cheeks are turning that soft, delicious pink that makes me want to taste every inch of her.
My Wolf is now fully erect in my head, metaphorically and probably literally—just like other parts of my anatomy.
SHE WANTS US.CLAIM HER.PUT HER ON THE DESK.MATE.NOW.
I slip my phone into my pocket without taking my eyes off her.
