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I don’t tell her that—yet. The moment is too blissful for me to want it to end.

Instead, I put some more weight on top of her as I whisper into her ear, “Your dollhouse furniture is not compatible with my body, tiny human.”

She curses again, pushing her hips againstmy groin and finding me erect. “How are you stillsohard?”

“Honey, I don’t get tired. We can go all day if you wish.”

“But don’t you have to… like, regenerate or something?”

“Well, not really. Only the tie can give a full satisfaction of release.” I swallow a groan at the thought of my cock swelling inside her, locking us together.

She stills. “You mean your knot? In me?”

“Oh yes. Youwilltake it like a good girl,” I realize I say it out loud, but it’s too late to take it back. I’m not sure if I even want to.

She is quiet. And I prepare for her outburst, which never comes. “Um, are you not receiving pleasure?”That’swhat worries her.

“Of course I am,” I assure her. “But it works a bit different for me than a man.”

She writhes so I give her some room to turn around and fully face me. As soon as she does, I’m left breathless at her beauty. Her hair as halo of red and orange flames dancing around her heart-shaped face with porcelain complexion, heavily speckled with darker freckles. Her eyes big and bold, gleaming like sapphire crystals. A cute button shaped nose and full rosy lips, thebottom one slightly more pouted.

How could one not go mad for this woman?

She looks down between us where my cock lays heavy, stretching from her mound to belly button. And I know she’s wondering how it will fit inside her.

Her eyes dart back to mine, half-lidded, as she throws her arms around my neck. “I want you.”

I die inside, hearing her say the words that I’ve dreamed of so compulsively.She wants me. Deemed a monster by her kind, stuck in a body somewhere between a man and a wolf, having the strength to obliterate her with only a single wrong move. And she wantsme.

“Julia, I’m going to fuck you in ways you’ve never even dreamed of,” I rasp, forcing myself to deny her. “Not right now, though. It requires a great deal of willpower to be delicate for me, and I’m still learning how to be this close to you. I don’t want to hurt you.”

“You won’t hurt me.” She coaxes.

“Soon, precious.” I roll over onto my back.

She turns to her side after me. “How soon is soon?”

I laugh. “You are a horny little thing, aren’t you?”

Her face pinks up. “I actually have no idea what’s happening to me lately.”

“It’s me.”

“You’re doing this to me?” Her soft brows furrow.

“Not deliberately,” I clarify, not wanting to be perceived as an even bigger creep. “You are my mate as much as I am yours. Whenever I’m near, your body responds to me.”

“Oh.” She contemplates. “Wow, everything makes so much sense now.”

“It will be easier to control after our bond is complete.”

“Bond as in we fuck?”

“No, it’s much more than sex.”

“Okay.” Her skepticism is understandable yet bothers me just as much that she thinks this low of me. “So, I’m basically in heat is what you are saying?”

“It’ll get worse before it gets better.”

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