Page 69 of Wolf's Whisper

"Annoying?" Unimpressed, he threw me a look that drew my wolf to the surface. Surprisingly, I must say, I hadn't expected her to react to him like that without his Alpha around.

"Well... You know, not "annoying annoying". More, umm... Playful?" I blushed, looking away from him.

Aspen let out a throaty chuckle. "Oh, I can be playful, if you want me to be," he growled, making my head snap up.

"Bring it," I challenged, splashing water in his direction and running away. Or at least, trying to. Moving in water wasn't all that easy. With a growl, Aspen dove after me, only barely missing me. I squealed and bobbed away from him again, trying to escape his second lunge. No such luck.

With ease, Aspen snatched my legs from under me, making me kiss the water. Effortlessly, he pulled me against his chest and grinned. "Got you now, Pumpkin," Aspen growled, his breath tickling the shell of my ear.

I swallowed nervously, watching the muscles and veins in his arms dance as he snaked them around my waist. By the spirits, he was gorgeous.

"Only because you cheated," I mumbled, leaning into his embrace.

"I think you let me catch you," he chuckled darkly, his thumb creeping under the hem of my shirt where it gently caressed the soft skin of my tummy.

"And why would I do that?"

His lips brushed over my ear. "Because you want to be caught by me."

I turned in his arms, peering in his amber eyes. They were much darker than usual, but in comparison, he seemed to be in complete control this time. "Is that so?"

"I'm sure of it," he confidentially smirked, pressing himself harder against me. I shivered. Sure, the lake was cold, but it wasn't the water that made me tremble. I think it had more to do with the hard chest pressed against me.

"What makes you say that?"

"You wanted to play. I play," Aspen whispered darkly, his hot breath tickling the shell of my ear. I gulped, my hands rested on his waist. His muscles tight and almost rolling underneath my fingers with every movement he made. Before I even knew it, my back hit the rocky mountain wall next to the waterfall. Roughly, the stones dug in my skin. Not ungently, somehow.

He pushed my chin up, flecks of gold dancing in his eyes as he pulled me closer into him. "I want you," he growled, before capturing my lips with his, engulfing me with a wave of heat and passion. The taste of summer exploded on my tongue as his danced with mine, he pulled me along in a tango to a song I hadn't heard before. His muscles were flexed and hard as I ran my hands over his, wanting to pull him closer to. Needing him closer. He was wild, untamed, almost too much. Almost unbearably too much. Perfectly too much. He was everything I had expected him to be and more. He was summer in the flesh.

I nipped at his bottom lip, hoping I was coming across playfully instead of inexperienced. The low growl emitting from his chest and his hand falling from my lower back to my thigh, told me I’d succeeded. I'd worry about not knowing what to do, or never having been further with anyone, but Aspen didn't give me time to worry. I didn't need to worry. He knew what he was doing.

His strong arms snaked around me, pulling me up from the water. I wrapped my legs around his muscled torso and without even breaking the kiss, he waded to the shore. With every step, my body rubbed against his, my cheeks colouring in embarrassment as I was sure he could feel my heat against him. My back hit the rocky mountain wall as his front hit me. His muscles rippled as he pressed himself against me, another part of him hardening with every kiss. His tongue swept over my lips, not even asking for access, but demanding it. And I, I gladly granted him everything he wanted.

"You okay?" he panted against my lips, taking a brief moment to check if we weren't moving too fast. As much as I appreciated the sentiment, this was not the time for talking. I tangled my hands in his hair and pulled him back into me, crashing my lips hungrily on his. Talking was for later. Right now, I wanted him to do other things with his mouth and tongue. The hardness occasionally sliding over my lower stomach, definitely agreed with me.

"Mine," he growled, impatiently kissing my lips one more time, before leaving a hot trail of kissing all over the side of my face and down my neck. A shiver ran down my spine as he roughly sucked on a spot near my collarbone, sending tingles straight down to my core. I scraped my nails over his back, his muscles rippling under my touch as he grazed his teeth over my skin.

Before his lips could travel any lower, a loud branch snapped behind us. Both snapping out of the trance we were in, we jumped apart. The rough stones behind me scraping my back as Aspen almost dropped me.

Ashleigh.

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