Page 20 of Purrfectly Bound

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“Ouch!” Lance shook his entire body against the cold as he swapped fur for skin, “Fuck! That hurt.”

He raised his hands in surrender and stood up from his position on the ground slowly. Anna gripped the poker tightly. She squinted her eyes angrily. Nothing he said was going to be good enough.

“Wait, please don’t hit me again. I deserve it, but I can’t explain if I am passed out from a concussion,” he began, and she had to hide the twitch of her lips, “I’m sorry Annalia, please give me a chance to explain.”

“Oh my god! You’re naked,” she squeaked and covered her eyes with her hands.

What the what now?Anger and lust warred with each other, the latter winning out by a smidge. The tall, gorgeous man had followed her home in his Tiger form, and now, the giant was standing there naked.

Did she say giant? Causedayum, Anna meant GIANT. Like eleven, flaccid inches that was growing even larger, and harder, as she peeked out from behind her fingers.

“We can’t Shift with clothes on,” he growled.

“Alright but does that happen when you Shift?” wide-eyed she pointed at his now loud and proud erection.

Not that he had no reason to be proud, she reasoned. One more time with feeling, because the man had earned it. Dayum, she thought. Wait, that wasn’t enough. Okay. DAY-UM! That was more like it.

“No,” he grinned, “this,” he stroked his dick, “is all because of you.”

The sexy grin faded when he noticed her shivering. And he stalked forward and pressed her close. Despite his nakedness, Lance was a raging inferno.

“You’re hot,” she murmured against his chest.

“So are you,” he returned.

“No, like literally,” she rolled her eyes, “Your skin is hot.”

“Oh, that’s just a Shifter thing. Let’s go inside, I’ll throw something on, and maybe you can let me explain?”

Anna sighed. She couldn’t believe she was going to allow this. But then again, how much of the last couple of days seemed real to her? Moving out of state, discovering she lived next to a famous matchmaker, getting a makeover, dating a Shifter. It was a lot to take in. But Anna had wanted to spread her wings for so long, and this was her chance.

“Okay,” she sighed, and stepped back from his warmth, “but I don’t think I have anything that fits you.”

“No worries, I keep spare clothes in the back hall closet.”

“What? You keep clothes here?”

She took off her coat and hung it on the rack by the door. Kicking off her heels almost immediately. Dressing up like Cinderella for the night, didn’t mean she’d changed. Annal was a creature of habit. And that meant comfort was king.

Oh, well.The illusion could fall where it may. She was not about to pretend to be someone she wasn’t for anyone.

“This is my cabin,” Lance said and walked inside.

“Your cabin?”

“Yeah, I built it. I only stay sometimes, though. My beast has been anxious lately. Anyway, Mrs. Wilder asked to use it,” he shrugged.

Still naked, the ripple of muscles playing across his massive chest was hypnotic. Annalia had to bite back her groan. So she did. Literally. Taking her lower lip between her teeth.

“If you want to be bitten, love, you just have to ask,” Lance crowded her against the wall.

She gasped. Fuck. That felt so good. She really shouldn’t be doing this, but his big warm body was pressed up against hers, his cock pulsing against her belly.

“What are you doing?” she asked, but she didn’t push him away.

“Can’t help it? You smell so fucking good,” he leaned down and sniffed the crook of her neck.

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