“We need to get dressed and head back to the house,” I said.

He whimpered. “Pretty please.”

I laughed. “I still need to find a way to tell Astria what I am. I only ended up here, in the cave, because being in the house and seeing my old room brought back a lot of memories that I’d buried. I lost control back there, Jonathan. I started to shift. I haven’t had a moment like that in nearly twenty years. Caught me off guard.”

He put his hands on my thighs, still looking hopeful that sex might happen again. “You had a lot thrown at you today. It’s understandable. Can I ask something?”

I nodded.

“How did you end up as a shifter?”

Tensing, I took a deep breath and tried to move off him.

He kept me in place. “You’re fine where you are.”

A smile tugged at my lips. “Thanks.”

Nodding, he made another attempt at sex, but this time I gave in, lifting my hips slightly before easing down on him slowly.

His jaw went slack as he tipped his head back, his fingers digging into my backside in the process.

Splaying my hands on his torso, I began to ride him, my body filling with anticipation, already knowing what pleasures awaited me.

He pumped upward while simultaneously yanking me down on him more, a testament to his strength. He grunted.

I moaned as I scratched my nails down his steely chest.

His gaze locked with mine, and his eyes began to swirl, first getting brighter in color before moving toward amber.

My wolf reacted, surging upward in me, stopping just shy of breaking free. Warmth spread through my eyes, and my focus snapped to the welts on his chest where I’d scratched him. Blood welled there, and I found myself leaning as I rode him. My tongue darted out and over the crimson liquid that was welling on the scratches.

Jonathan slid a hand into my hair and held my head there. “Yes, love.”

My gaze collided with his as my wolf continued to stay close to the surface. The next I knew, my incisors were lengthening. Part of me considered panicking. The rest of me seemed to be operating on autopilot as I went for his neck, near his collarbone. Opening my mouth, I growled lightly and then pressed my teeth to his tender flesh.

“Fuck,” he breathed, increasing his thrusts. “Yes. Bite me.”

I didn’t wait around for an engraved invitation. I did what he requested. I sank my teeth into him, and my mouth filled rapidly with his blood. I climaxed, my body tightening around his. My wolf rejoiced, leaving me growling as I continued to bite him. I released his neck and stayed there a second, uttering one word before I licked the wound. “Mine.”

Jonathan exploded in me, his body jerking beneath mine. He cupped my face and kissed me.

I tried to block the kiss since my teeth were still shifted, but he didn’t seem to care in the least. In fact, he seemed turned on by it all. My mouth quickly returned to human as our tongues laced.

He moaned deeply in my mouth.

I smiled against his lips and then thought harder about what I’d just done. Gasping, I broke the kiss, my eyes widening. “Ohmygod, I bit you!”

A deep, manly chuckle came from him. “I know. It was amazing. Bite me again.”

My brows shot up. “You are into some seriously kinky stuff, dude.”

Jonathan laughed deep and loud. “And then some.”

I eased off him, but he held me to him, so I was still straddling his waist.

He began caressing my thighs as he stared up at me from one brown eye and one green eye.

I touched just under his left eye. “I’ve never met anyone else with eyes like this.”