Into His Woods

“What?” I stared at him stunned.

“I can smell your sex.” He whispered.

“You’re wet. I could slide right into you, without the slightest ripple.” He promised. “Come in here, Lara. Let me have her…”

“No! The bailey.” I cried. Backing up. I stumbled at the bottom of the stairs and had to turn and run up them.

I could feel Alaric’s eyes on me, though he didn’t move.

I knew that it had been exactly as he and I had both predicted.

My she-wolf wants to mate.

And she’s chosen him.

Well, I hadn’t.

So, she’s going to have to go without.

But I knew depriving her for long, was going to do me in so I had to come up with an alternative.

I found myself staring out the window of my chamber thoughtfully. At the forest beyond the meadow. Nothing moved down there.

I’m safe.

The problem was getting past Alaric to get out there.

If he catches me heading out, there’ll be hell to pay.

He’ll consider it an invitation.

It was a foggy morning. Gray and heavy. The white teasing through the trees in thin w