~ SASHA ~

Zev was off of the bed and prowling towards her, his eyes fixed and intent. A wolf on the hunt—but with a smile.

"Now, wait,

" she giggled.

"I haven't finished getting comfortable.

"

"I'll help,

" he growled. She opened her mouth to tease him more, but he was there, looming over her, all dark eyes and rumpled hair because he'd clawed a hand through it. But instead of kissing her first as she'd expected, he slid his hands between the front layers of her jacket to find her skin. Then he lifted the sides wide and pushed the jacket off her shoulders just as she'd done for him. Their eyes locked as Sasha let it drop to the table behind her.

"Better?

" he rasped.

"Better. But I could still get more comfortable,

" she breathed.

Zev made that gorgeous, groaning huff of a call—his heart's song, he called it—and her own heart pattered against her ribs. His hands rested on her waist, this thumbs tracing the bottoms of her breasts, but without taking his eyes off her he let his hands trail down to the tie on her fur leggings and began to unknot it with short, sharp tugs.

Sasha's breath came faster and she reached for his leggings too, returning the favor, though he was faster.

Her leggings sagged to her hips while she was still working on getting his untied. He leaned over her then, kissing her shoulder as he ran his hands up her back, then down, sliding them under the waistband of the leggings and down, over her buttocks until they slumped to her knees.

Sasha's breath caught, but she'd finally freed the knot on his furs and tugged the lace loose so they'd fall too.

She wanted to laugh, both of them standing there naked with their pants around their ankles, but she didn't have time to think about it, because Zev's magic fingers kneaded the back of her neck, then fisted in her hair and gently pulled her head back as he descended for an open mouthed kiss.

Sasha put her hands to his chest and let herself get lost in the warmth of his full lips, the tease of his tongue. Without breaking the kiss, he stepped out of his leggings and kicked them away behind him.

Sasha shifted her weight, intending to do the same thing, but Zev leaned down, his hands cupping the backs of her thighs, and he lifted her effortlessly, her feet trailing out of the pooled leggings. She gasped and grabbed onto his shoulders, but he only lifted her high enough to rest her butt on the tabletop, inching forward so he stood between her knees.

Desire bubbled in her stomach as he leaned in, their bodies finally brushing. She hooked one foot behind his thigh and pulled him closer, sinking into his kiss. His breath thundered across her cheek and he buried a hand in her hair again, holding the back of her head to deepen the kiss further.

Sasha was shaking—a delicious, hum of anticipation that began in her belly, but sang out through her veins, feeding her bones and muscles, pumping her heart until she'd never felt so alive.

Zev's hands were everywhere—stroking, palming, warming. Sasha arched into his palms like a cat, as his fingers trailed on her skin like cold comets that left her tingling, gasping for more. When he brushed her nipples with the pads of his thumbs she gasped.

When his fingers dug into her hips as he pulled her closer, a tiny cry broke in her throat when they came together and she could feel him there, ready, wanting her.

He dropped his head to open his mouth on her throat, a tiny growl puttering in his chest, vibrating against her nipples. Shivering with the pure bliss of it all, Sasha dropped her head back and reached up to claw a hand into his hair and hold him against her.

Then his teeth grazed the cord of her neck and her entire body jangled with the bolt of desire that shot through her.

"Sash… God…

" His voice was tortured and rough, so deep. And she clung. But he straightened then, one hand slipping to the hollow of her back, to pull her against him, grinding against her, sending new spasms of pleasure zipping into her limbs.

"Zev,

" she gasped and opened her eyes to find him staring down at her, his jaw slack and eyes fixed, shining with sheer want.

Lifting one hand to her face, he stroked down her neck, traced her collarbone, then let his hand cover her breast, palming it, taking the weight of it, then opening his hand to tease her nipple between his thumb and forefinger in the same rhythm he rocked against her.

Another cry broke in her throat and he groaned, and almost took her, sweat beginning to sheen on his forehead. Sasha leaned back until her shoulders rested on the cave wall, cold and slick, a strange contrast to the demanding heat of Zev.

She tilted her hips and whispered his name.

"Please.

"

*****

~ ZEV ~

Body aflame and heart pounding, Zev groaned a curse, still watching himself play with her breast, his breath tearing, hot and rough over open lips.

"Zev… Please!

"

"God, Sash.

" She was the hottest thing he'd ever seen, completely open to him, letting him see her, giving herself—and now… holy **.

Sasha arched as he rocked against her, pulling him closer with her heels, trying to take him, pleading with gasped whispers, her body trembling with need. He wasn't sure she even realized she was still saying please in short gasps.

He leaned over her, one hand flat to the wall and took her mouth in a bruising kiss. He tried to be gentle, but the wolf in him was howling. She'd been touched by another male that afternoon and he could still smell traces of Minos on her hands. It made him shudder with the urge to possess her, to hold her away from the world, to take.

He forced himself to taste instead, to savor, to roll against her again, and again, until she was writhing beneath him, her legs wrapped around his back.

Then, as he kissed her again, she reached between them to stroke him and his control shredded.

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