The Wolf by J.R. Ward

Author:J.R. Ward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2021-11-16T00:00:00+00:00

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Lucan had spent a lot of years not giving a shit about anything or anybody, including himself. Being in prison for your mere existence kind of turned you into a dissociative sonofabitch—assuming it didn’t make you a confirmed misanthrope.

Mis-lycan-thrope, in his case.

So it was kind of… surprising, in a fuck-me sort of way… that he found himself wanting to reassure this human woman.

And do other things to her.

“Is that a problem,” he asked. Even though he knew he wasn’t telling her the full truth about himself. Any truth, really.

But he was sure she had secrets of her own, and that was the nature of the drug trade. You took people at face value and protected yourself. It was a rule so fundamental, it didn’t have to be spoken.

Survivors, both of them. And as he’d said, that meant you stayed in the present. On every level.

“No,” she whispered. “It’s not a problem.”

Lucan closed his eyes because he didn’t want her to see into him and find out how aroused he was. Where his thoughts had gone. Where his hands wanted to go.

She moved up higher on his torso. “You want me to prove it?”

“Prove what?”

He lifted his lids again. She was so close now, he could see the flecks in her brown eyes.

“That it’s okay if you’re jealous?” she murmured.

“Does it involve my mouth?”

“What makes you ask that?”

“The way you’re staring at my lips right now.” He reached up and brushed her damp hair back. “So do you want to do something about this? Or ignore it. It’s your choice.”

“If I understand what you’re talking about, it’s a two-sided thing. You also get to choose.”

His eyes locked on her mouth. “Oh, I’ve already made my decision.”

There was a pause. Then Rio moved up a little higher on his chest. As she lowered her head to kiss him, she closed her eyes, and he liked that. It was as if she wanted to concentrate everything she had on the contact.

Lucan did the same, his lids shutting.

He expected her to be bold. She wasn’t—but she wasn’t timid, either. Her mouth brushed over his, and he relished the sensation, the velvet, the warmth. Except he was a greedy asshole. They might be only kissing, but in his mind, they were naked and he was mounting her, finding his way in between her thighs until—

The sound was far off, a banging noise. A door slamming? Then there were footfalls coming fast.

Rio’s head lifted, and they both looked across the cluttered storage room.

“There’s a gun under the bed,” he told her. “Stay here by the incense. Do not leave this mattress.”

Lucan moved quickly, rolling her free of him and then covering her up. He took two steps forward and doubled back.

Kissing her quick, he vowed, “We’re going to pick up where we left off. Sometime before I take you back.”

She started to say something, but he took off before she could speak, pausing only by a stack of folded clothes to pull on a fresh sweatshirt.

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