Page 48 of Midnight Mate
“What makes you think they’ll stop him?” she shot back. “He’s one of theirs. I’m a human. No one.”
I closed the distance and hauled her up by the arms, half-desperate at her words. “You’re not no one. Not to me.”
Cat stared up at me.
I cursed myself for handling her so roughly after all she’d been through tonight, but I couldn’t make myself let her go. Instead, I waited for her to shove me away. Maybe even throw me out.
A second later, she fisted her hands in my shirt and yanked my mouth to hers.
The moment our lips met, my beast knew it had me.
Need spiked, hot and fast, eliminating any chance I had at taking this gentle and slow. My mouth claimed hers in the way my wolf had been dreaming about since it laid eyes on her.
My hands tightened around her, hauling her tighter against me.
Her lips parted, giving me access, and my tongue swept inside.
Cat made a soft noise, and I nearly ripped off her clothes right then.
Lifting her into my arms, I started down the hallway.
Cat gasped as I broke the kiss.
“Which room is yours?” I demanded.
“End of the hall,” she said, breathless.
I carried her into the room at the end of the hall, and when I didn’t see Rudy lurking anywhere, I assumed I’d gotten it right.
Crossing to the bed, I tossed her onto the mattress. She looked up at me with those doe eyes, and I could see the words already forming on the tip of her tongue.
“Don’t say it.”
“How do you know what I’m going to say?” she asked.
Breathless. Flushed. Fucking gorgeous.
“Because it’s written all over you.” I inhaled and almost groaned. Sitting on the mattress beside her, I leaned down and whispered, “I can smell your desire from here, baby. Don’t shut me out.”
She shivered, and I licked a line from her throat to her mouth.
“I can’t do this,” she said, wriggling out of reach.
She scooted across the mattress and got to her feet.
I narrowed my eyes at her then rose and stalked to where she stood.
“You want me.” It wasn’t a question.
“You’re leaving.” It wasn’t an accusation.
Just fact.
Damn.
“Come with me.”
Where the hell had that come from?
