The phone rang, and a video played that showed the highlights of Shifter City and invited people to apply for a home, a job, a new life free from humans and corrupt supernaturals.Griff scooted around the table to the seat next to mine and peered over my shoulder. “What’s this?”I clicked away from the recorded video message, brought up Griff’s contacts, hoping to find a number for Randel, Lydia, or the twins. At the top was an entry for Fenrir.“He gave me his personal number?” he asked, his voice breathy with pride.“You’re the alpha of his special pack,” I said with a shrug and tapped the button to call Fenrir.Griff frowned. “You mean us.”“Just you.”“Doesn’t that make you the alpha female?” he asked.Fenrir’s face filled the phone. “Cathwulf, report.”“My Lord.” Griff pushed his way forward.The wolf god’s lips curled into a gentle smile. “It is good to see you looking healthy. Did they treat you well in the hospital?”“Yes,” Griff gushed. “Thank you for paying for my stay.”I t
I sat on the mattress with Griff’s arms around my waist, his soft lips peppering kisses along my jaw and down the column of my neck. Each press of his lips sent sparks of rapture across my skin that gathered around my swelling clit.“Griff.” I placed a hand on his chest, ready to give him a shove, only to feel the frantic pounding of his heart. My stomach twisted. Bloody Hell. No wonder I’d ordered the pack enforcers to drag him to my office. Now, he was acting like I was a sure thing.His hand wandered from my waist, up my arm, and over my breast. He took a handful of flesh and groaned.“What are you doing?” I whispered.“Isn’t it obvious?” Griff murmured into my neck as he continued to massage my breast. “Picking up where we left off.”“Don’t.” I pushed him back, rose from the bed, and walked into the cabin’s living area, not stopping until I could stand behind the dining table.Griff rose from the mattress, his erection tenting his pants. “I don’t understand. You liked me well enou
“Not even her mate?” I asked, my brows raised.“Have you done anything like this before?”Heat rose to my cheeks, and I dropped my gaze to the carpeted floor. Griff and I hadn’t gotten that far, considering we’d only been together for one night. He’d spent the entire time fucking me so hard to ensure that I was submissive enough to give up my alpha power.“I know what to do, if that’s what you’re asking,” I said with a tiny smile.He cupped the side of my face. “Are you sure you want to do this?”I met his gaze, which radiated confusion. Raising a hand to smooth out his furrowed brow, I gave him what I thought would be a confident smile. “I want to try it.”Griff took my hand and led me through the cabin, passing the sofa and dining table until we reached the bed. He grabbed a couple of cushions and placed them on the floor.“What’s this?”“If Cathwulf Aibek wants to suck my cock, I’d better make it comfortable.”“Stop talking about me like I’m some great alpha,” I muttered, my gaze d
Heat rose to my cheeks, and my heart made an excited flutter. Griff had never once complimented me on my looks. Somewhere in the back of my mind, Beki barked something, but I was too lost in his scent, in the taste of his flesh, and in the sounds he was making to decipher her meaning.I hummed around my mouthful, making his knees buckle, and a surge of arousal went straight to my core.“Shit,” he hissed. “What are you doing to me, woman?”Pride swelled in my chest. Right now, I held Griff captive—not because of my power. It was the giddiest sensation, but I wanted more.I was so hot, so wet, so needy. The fabric of my hoody itched against my sensitive flesh, and my knickers felt too tight.As I squeezed him around the base with one hand, I reached into the waistband of my pants with another.Griff gasped. “Are you touching yourself?”I nodded around his girth.He moaned. “I turn you on that much.”I gave him an affirmative hum.“Let me lick your wet pussy,” he said. “Get on the bed, s
I sucked in a deep breath, trying to stop Griff’s words from echoing through my skull. He lay opposite me on the mattress, his amber eyes gazing into mine. From the giddy smile curving his lips, it looked like he had meant every word.My lips parted, but all I could do was exhale. Maybe that trip to the cinema had been a turning point in our relationship that I had ruined out of a sense of wanting control, but this blowjob I’d given him just sent us down a path of intimacy that would lead to love.If I didn’t slow things down between us, he would feel even more betrayed when he regained the memory of his death. I whispered, “Griff—”“I already know your response,” he said. “It’s impossible for someone to feel love after getting their cock sucked, but I’ve admired you for over a year. And I know you feel the same.”“That’s not it,” I said.He flinched backward and stared at me as though struck.The train sped through the tunnel under the sea, casting a range of colored light through th
Griff wrapped an arm around my shoulder and tucked me into his side. “Last night, after I walked you back to your mansion’s gates, I knew things would change between us.”“What do you mean?” I placed a hand on his hairy thigh.“I finally got a glimpse of the sensual woman beneath your cool exterior.” He chuckled. “It was like opening Pandora’s box and only getting the white butterflies.”My lips curled into a smile. Little did Griff know that my actions the next day had set us back several months.“When we get to London, we’ll get an advocate who specializes in faerie contracts.”“Good idea,” he said. “Do you know any?”“I can look them up on your phone.”Griff grunted his approval. “You’ll have to teach me to use that thing.”An announcement on the loudspeaker warned the train would be approaching Lower Santorini in ten minutes, so we drew the curtains, enclosing ourselves in the dark.Griff laid me on the mattress and positioned himself on top of me, placing slow kisses over my neck
She tilted her head from side to side, which was her way of expressing maybe.“You’re saying that some of them wanted me?”She nodded.“Why didn't you say something?”She flicked her head toward the door.“Because you already wanted Griff?”Beki pushed against our bond, sending me a wave of annoyance. She didn’t have to express what she wanted to tell me in words. I was being an idiot.Part of me had fallen for Griff the moment our eyes locked. He was handsome and stylish and had a way about him that was different from usual wolves in Logris.Griff had been cultured, sophisticated, and full of exciting stories about his overseas exploits. Exploits that I now knew were either exaggerated or false. And he had the nerve to criticize me for acting a certain way?“What was I supposed to do?” I spat. “Mould my personality around his, the way he molded the truth to grab my attention?”Becki shook her head. My wolf wasn’t agreeing or disagreeing. I guess she was stuck in the middle, caught be
I stretched out in the tub and stared up at Griff, waiting for him to elaborate on his plan to get the faeries to break his curse. Instead of speaking, he stared down at me, his eyes hooded.“Griff?” I tilted my head.He swept his gaze from my face, down the tops of my breasts, and into the opaque, pink liquid. Steam rose from its surface, as did a small covering of bubbles, obscuring his view of my body.“Is there room for one more in that tub?” he asked, his voice husky.The muscles of my core clenched with need, but I wasn’t going to allow myself to get swept up away by Griff’s animal magnetism.I sank further into the warm water, so it covered my collarbones. “If you want a bath, you can wait your turn. Now, what were you saying about the faeries?”Griff sat on the edge of the tub and placed his hand in the water. “Without your title or the Supernatural Council’s backup, entering faerie territory will be dangerous.”“All right.” I sat up a little straighter.His fingertips grazed