His aura flashed pink as he grinned. “I love you… Do you think I could fuck you before the full moon rose?”
Heat spread through my body as desire kindled between my legs. “I'm not sure. We'd have to try it.”
A growl rumbled in his throat before he shook his head. “Can't risk shifting inside of you.”
My mouth fell open as surprise rippled through me, and my arms fell to my sides. I hadn't even thought of the possibility. “Oh, yeah. That would be ahugeproblem.”
“You think Rowan's big.” He shook his head.
“Rowanisbig. He's the size of my forearm.” I held out my arm for full effect, and Lachlan gave a deep chuckle.
“Heisbig. Not saying he isn’t. But my werewolf form would absolutely destroy your pretty little pussy. We aren't meant to mate in that form.”
“Certainly not.” I sucked in a sharp breath, and between my legs almost seemed to clamp shut at the thought of it.
His laughter boomed off the trees.
“So, what is it you do when you're transformed? Howl at the moon and run?”
“Exactly that.”
“I’ll shift and run beside you then. I can’t howl, but I can yip.” I smiled brightly. “Just try to hold in that chasing instinct of yours.”
“Youarea tiny fox, and I’m huge in my werewolf form. So try to stay behind me when we run. I would go absolutely feral if I hurt you.”
“Of course. I'll stay behind you. I promise.”
Lachlan gripped his stomach as a pained growl rolled from his throat. “Step back,” he roared as his spine curled, and his hands hit the forest ground, gripping the soil as his body started to transform.
I stumbled back a few feet as he asked, unable to tear my gaze away from his transformation. The snapping of bones and twisting of his body was hard to see.
His head flew back, three times his original size, and he let out a beautiful yet savage howl to the sky. He turned to me with the brown intelligent eyes of my Lachlan before he stood on his hind legs and closed the distance between us.
He bent down to put his snout against his mark on the side of my neck and sniffed. Pulling back, he flashed me a wolfish grin before his clawed hand shot forward, reducing my clothes to tatters on the forest floor.
I sucked in sharp gasp as my body ached for his touch, but not in this form.Never in this form.The comforting tingle of magic spread across my body as I took the form of my fox and shook out my fur.
Spinning around, I yipped at my mate. He was insanely huge, especially in our shifted forms. I barely came up to his calf.
He threw his head back with another howl as he took off, powerful limbs pushing off the ground as he propelled himself deeper into the forest.
I kept a leisurely pace, careful not to go in front of him and follow him by scent and the destruction he left behind in the forest.
Watching Lachlan unleash his werewolf form was mesmerizing. He looked free, and while he considered himself monstrous, I considered him beautiful—menacing, yes, but also beautiful.
We ran for hours, almost until the sun rose, and we stopped for a drink at the creek that ran through the forest before he cleared a spot of any tree limbs and growth and laid down. I pounced on his chest and curled up into a little ball as his purr vibrated his chest until I fell asleep.
It had been a while since I'd fallen asleep in my fox form, and knowing that Lachlan was awake and protecting me was the best source of comfort I could have asked for.
A vicious growl woke me up, and I jumped off of Lachlan’s chest with my heart racing so he could get up. He lifted off the ground like a madman as a howl erupted in the distance. He tilted his head back and responded with a howl of his own.
He glanced my way before turning and rushing toward the wards on the east side of the forest. I shook myself off and rushed after him.
A glowing blue butterfly entered my path briefly as I pushed my legs harder, but the butterfly was gone as soon as I saw it.
Lachlan had reached the barrier first, and I moved slower as I saw a werewolf that looked just like him, just a little smaller. They stared at each other, almost as if they were communicating but they weren't, and it sent a shiver down my spine as my tail stood up straight.
My instincts were buzzing with dread, and I shifted back to my normal form, standing up and covering my breasts with one hand while the other hand hovered to hide between my legs.
