He was rock hard. Her legs were still open. It would take nothing to slide inside her. And she wanted it as much as he did. He could feel it in the beat of her heart, could smell it in the arousal that still suffused the room.
But one last thread of sanity tugged at him, and he forced himself to pull away. He held himself over her, staring down. He braced his arms on either side of her and tried to force himself to do anything butlookat her with everything he could feel in his heart.
His eyes had to be glowing, but she didn't question it. Her own eyes were wide open and inviting. And she could be his if only he took her.
Nico pulled back and stood, feet planted firmly on the floor. He hadn't even bothered to take off his damned shoes.
"We need to stop," he said.
And then he backed away from her, feeling like he was tearing a part of himself out with every step.
He left her alone in his bed, like a total asshole.
Chapter
Sixteen
The shower couldn't gethot enough to scald away the memory of Nico walking out on her. If Elise had aggressive powers, she would be doing something to his dick right now—and not the fun things she wanted to do to his dick half an hour ago.
She couldn't believe it.
Well, she didn'twantto believe it, but unfortunately, the sane part of her understood exactly why Nico had walked away like that.
Like a dick,her mind muttered.
Yeah, he made her come until she saw stars and the earth shook under her. But she expected at least a little bit of a cuddle. Was that so much for a girl to ask after her kidnapper took her on a date and ate her out?
Oh God, she was screwed.
And she was running out of time.
Elise got out of the shower and wiped herself down harder than was necessary. She glared at the hair dryer sitting on the counter. She hadn't thought much of it when it appeared after that first night, but now it was another reminder of the little things Nico was doing to her, the little kindnesses he had noreason to bestow. She needed to get control of her body back, because Nico sure as hell hadn't earned anything else.
The bastard.
Everything had gone too far, and this time she was sure it wasn't just about whatever strange attraction was going on between them. If she stuck around here much longer, she and Nico were going to … well, best not to think about that.
His fellow betas were getting impatient, and she definitely couldn't keep pretending that she was doing any real doctoring for much longer.
If this situation had taught her anything, it was that she did need more medical training. She was CPR certified, and she had watched quite a few YouTube videos by paramedics giving advice on what to do in certain situations, but if—no,when—she corrected herself, she got out of this, she was going to sign up for an EMT course, she decided.
That was the first step.
Magic could do a lot, but if she was ever in a situation again where she couldn't use her magic or she exhausted it, she wanted to do more than fake her way through the situation like she was some actress on Grey's Anatomy.
That determination settled her thoughts until she stepped out of the bathroom and saw the ruffled blankets on the bed. The sheets were scrunched up, the comforter had been thrown to one side, and the pillows were still scattered around the room. She couldn't believe that she had let Nico do that to her, that she hadbeggedfor it.
What the hell had she been thinking?
Things had gotten out of control.
But what she was thinking now was that it was the hottest fucking thing that had ever happened to her. And if he kissed her again, she wasn't letting him get away until they fucked, which was not smart.
She could pretend that she didn't want more from him, or that she was going to be able to resist, but she knew herself well enough. Elise had a weakness when it came to Nico.
Nico the werewolf.
Nico her kidnapper.
