Page 63 of Blade's Battle
She kissed his cheek. He could smell her arousal, even now.
“I wasn’t expecting anything like that. I’m sorry we were interrupted.”
That made two of them. His wolf growled. Okay, three of them.
She slipped her hand into his and they started walking toward Damien’s house. Blade’s wolf howled at the contact, but it only stirred him up in a way that wasn’t exactly safe. There was a rage inside of him that had increased exponentially for no apparent reason. His cock was rock hard and every nerve in his body was on edge. The bones in his shoulders popped. His wolf was forcing a shift.
“Give me a sec to find my, ah, panties.” Anna turned back and began searching the patch of grass that still smelled of her. Fuck, the entire area smelled of an aroused female.Hisfemale.
His wolf was rose up unexpectedly, demanding more from him than he could give at the moment. Blade had had a taste of his mate, but not enough to sate him. His wolf was feeding off of that unfulfilled need, using it against Blade.
Blade’s sudden need to taste more of her, to sink his cock into her soft folds and release his seed within overwhelmed him. He was losing control to his wolf. Mate or shift—those were the only options open to him, to maintain control over his wolf. Except he didn’t have full control right now, and what little he had was quickly disappearing.
Mate or shift. Both states put Anna in danger.
As Anna searched the grass for her panties, she didn’t see him starting to shift, himfightingthe shift.
“I hope you realize this doesn’t change anything between us,” she called behind her.
His wolf forced several bones to move. Blade forced them back in place but lost more control to his wolf in the process.
With her back to him, Anna stepped into her panties. “I still won’t blood-bond you.”
That was the wrong thing to say, distracting Blade enough that he gave his wolf the opening he needed to seize control.
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ANNA
That simple pop Anna had heard of Blade unbuttoning his jeans had her mouth watering. She wanted to taste him as he’d tasted her, but Hayden called out, killing the mood. Maybe she could make it up to Blade later. Or maybe not. He might take it as something more than it was. A simple release that she had so desperately needed. She was all for returning the favor, but not if he was going to pull any of that ‘I’m going to wait and blood-bonding you’ crap. She was already too emotionally invested in Blade. She’d barely survived Kurt’s death, and she simply wasn’t strong enough to survive another loss.
“I hope you realize this doesn’t change anything between us,” she called behind her as she stepped into her panties. “I still won’t blood-bond you.”
Blade was oddly silent behind her, except for a low growl.
Her shifter. . . There it was. She was already referring to Blade as hers. This was exactly what she had been avoiding. Except the man melted her inhibitions along with her panties. She had fun with Blade in ways that were new and exciting. She couldbreathewhen Blade was around.
Never in a million years would she have let Kurt or anyone else for that matter make love to her out in the open like that. Having Blade between her legs eating her out as if she was breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert was beyond incredible. Her orgasm had been so powerful that she didn’t even care who might be nearby to hear her scream his name.
She turned to see why Blade was so quiet. His eyes narrowed, and his jaw opened far enough that she expected his canines to descend.
“Blade?”
He bared his teeth.
No, not Blade. His wolf!
Anna’s heart raced and her legs grew shaky. Blade was fighting—and losing—control to his wolf, and there was no telling how long before or if he’d be able to force his wolf back.
“Run,” he ground out with a growl.
Anna bolted into the woods, off the path and away from Blade. She crashed through branches, heading away from the sound of Blade’s wolf behind her. She hadn’t blood-bonded him, so his wolf would not automatically recognize her. But he had her scent, her taste. . . There was no way she could mislead his wolf! She had to make it back to the pack.
Trees loomed everywhere. Not a single marker or sign of a trail lay in sight. Anna lost all sense of direction. Branches snapped nearby. Another growl echoed around her
Keep moving. Don’t stop!Anna’s pulse pounded in her ears and her lungs strained as she ran. Branches whipped her face, chest, and arms.
She was blind-sided and struck the ground hard. She landed on her back but didn’t recover fast enough to escape. Blade, naked and breathing hard, pinned her hands to the ground about her head. His eyes and his facial expression were all wrong. It was Blade, but it wasn’t.
