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It had felt like he had me in a trance. Was that his power? Was he a witch? An enchanter?

“Lindsey, wait,” he said.

“Upstairs, Walker, and don't come back down,” I growled, more angry at myself for losing control like that than anything.

“I'm your mate. You can't run and hide from me forever,” he said with a tinge of anger to his voice.

“Wanna bet?” I whispered to myself.

I escaped to my room and slammed the door behind me. My chest was still heaving as I tried to catch my breath, not from the run upstairs, but from him and the passion that had just flared between us.

I touched my lips again.

Had that really just happened?

My first kiss.

Damn. Were all first kisses like that? If so, no wonder everyone made such a big deal about them.

My mind flitted to things I shouldn't think about. If kissing Walker felt that good, what would it be like to do other things?

I quickly shook my head. I couldn’t even consider going there.

My beast and I were largely in sync now, but losing control like that meant letting my guard down. What would happen if she used that moment to take control? I could never allow that. I was a survivor, but I didn't think I could survive it if I accidentally killed him in a moment of passion.

No. That could never happen. From now on, I was going to have to do a hell of a lot better at keeping my guard up. Kissing Walker was a very bad thing. I was going to have to remind myself of that over and over because, in truth, it had felt so damn good.

Walker

Chapter 11

The next morning, I was still feeling overly heated and uncomfortable. I'd had to go back to my room, take a very cold shower, and still handle things myself after that kiss. It had barely taken the edge off my need for my mate.

That kiss.

I closed my eyes, allowing myself to relive the moment once more. I didn't know why I was torturing myself like that.

Groaning, I knew I was going to have to take care of the raging boner that didn't seem to want to go away before I went down and faced Lindsey and the kids.

Hot damn, my woman could kiss.

Never in my life had I had such a sensual moment with a woman before and all we'd done was kiss. What was it going to be like to make love to her?

My dick jumped at the thought.

I groaned and fisted myself, allowing the thoughts to run though my head. I'd already seen her naked from shifting, and now I could vividly imagine what it would be like to have her tiny body wrapped around me, bringing us both so much pleasure.

It didn't take long for me to hit my climax. Her name echoed off the walls around me as I came hard.

She was certainly going to be the death of me.

I cleaned myself up some and then headed for the bathroom with another cold shower, hoping the water would shock her the rest of the way out of my system.

Half an hour later, I was only at half-wood and able to at least think straight again as I took the back stairs to the kitchen.

Lindsey and the kids were there eating cereal for breakfast.

I didn't care much for a sugary start to my day, but when she poured me a bowl and slid it my way without complaining or reminding me that I was supposed to stay upstairs in my prison, I didn't argue it and ate every bite.

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