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A low growl came from him and wrapped itself around my chest. “No, you’re not, baby. You’re a shifter, and your wolf is in there. She’s waiting for the right time. You have to trust yourself and her.”

“How do you know?” I asked, pulling back but only enough to look up at his face. His perfect jawline called out for my lips to touch them but I used my fingers instead, grazing the outline with the tips. I watched his Adam’s apple bob as his green eyes looked down on me with something I couldn’t decipher.

He brought his hand up to my face and then skimmed it down my jawline, the side of my neck, and then stopped right above the dip between my breasts. My weird fevers and spikes of temperature were nothing like the lava that poured through me at his touch. “She’s here. Your wolf. I can feel her. Even now, she’s reaching out for me.”

“Really?” I asked, looking down like a goofball as though I could see the wolf inside me.

“Yeah, female. She’s almost ready.”

His hands moved to my waist, and he tugged, bringing our torsos and hips together. Bodhi’s hardness was against me, and that move he’d just made was to show me how I affected him.

A boost to my easily shattered ego.

“Are you going to kiss me or just show me how much you want to?” I asked. Being near him emboldened me.

He chuckled. The sound was dark, haunting but stirred me. “I knew you would beg, Minx. I’m so glad you did.”

He swallowed my gasp as his mouth covered mine. His lips were full and soft, yet commanding, taking control of the movements. I had no choice but to follow as he whispered for me to let him in.

His strong fingers wove into my hair. I tilted my head for a deeper kiss.

I burned for him.

With a few pecks, he ended the kiss. Bodhi laid his forehead against mine. His eyes were closed. Our ragged breaths mingled, hot against the chill in the air. “I can’t believe I found you.”

I had the feeling he didn’t mean tonight, in this field.

“You ready to go back to your dorm?” His tone made me shiver.

“No,” I laughed, making him laugh in return.

“Ah, female. I’m tempted to bring you back to mine, instead, but I’m going to do the right thing here.”

He let out a few curses along the way. He and I were both regretting his gentlemanly manners. I’d always heard shifters just went right to it, but maybe common wisdom wasn’t all that right.

When we reached my door, I turned around, hoping for a kiss to prove that before wasn’t a dream.

“How do you know my wolf is almost ready?” I blurted. His kiss had blurred everything from the day, but his response came back to me.

One side of Bodhi’s mouth pulled up in a smile, revealing a dimple in his cheek. “You’ll see soon, Minx. I promise.”

Bodhi didn’t break promises. In my heart, I knew that about him.

We bid each other good night, but it wasn’t until he walked away that I could bring myself to open the door and go inside.

Chapter Thirteen

A note on the classroom door told us that today’s class would be hands-on. At the field.

The place that held a bad memory but, thanks to Bodhi and last night, a very good one as well.

“Hands-on as in, we’re going to fight each other?” I asked the boys. We had gotten into the habit of sitting together during breakfast and then walking to class together. We still got sneers and even my less-than-a-shifter hearing could pick up the whispers.

My mind had a hundred things to say about their gossip, but when Theron took my hand, it all faded away. I wondered how they could do that but brushed it off as another shifter thing I didn’t understand.

“Not fight. Spar.” Grim patted my hip once we arrived at the field.

“In this body?” I asked. They knew what I inferred. If we were sparring as wolves, I would have to duck out.

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