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there was an overlaying hint of spice and red blooded male.
Not from a bottled liquid, but something that was robust, naturally masculine.
The mud had made her want to bathe and be clean, but Theo made her want to
close the gap between them and wrap her body around him.
    Two things assailed her at the same
time, she felt compelled to step forward and the tight prickly feeling was back
to her skin. In some buried recess inside her, she recognized that Theo and
only Theo could soothe and satisfy her body’s needs.
    One of her feet slid a few
millimeters forward, barely moving her… But he must have noticed, because she
saw his nostrils flare, gold flakes sparkled in his eyes, and he growled.
    Her nipples tightened in response
instantly and her juices flooded her sex, reminding her that her panties were
in the wash.
    Growled ?
    She must really be out of her mind.
However, she was almost positive that she had heard a low rumble come from the
hulk of a man before her. That sound frightened her and made her take a full
step back.
    His head jerked back slightly as if
she’d slapped him by moving away. She couldn’t understand it. She didn’t want
to try and understand it. The only thing that she knew was that she needed to
put some distance between her and the strange man before she found herself
doing something outside of her norm. She didn’t have one night stands and
didn’t sleep with unknown men. She had a firm three month dating rule. It was
something she stuck to, didn’t break…ever.
    “Um… I need to get some sleep.” The
words came out more forcefully than she intended, but she felt agitated, uneasy
in her own skin. Her hands pushed her hair back behind her ear, flitted beside
her waist, and then gestured past him. She just couldn’t be still.
    He blinked and his eye color was
back to black or dark brown… She still wasn’t sure which and it was a bad idea
for her to stand there and try to figure it out.
    “Of course.” He moved to the side
allowing her to go past him.
    She had to turn to the side to get
through the door, since he was taking up more than half the space. But, she
pressed her body tightly against the opposite frame to keep herself from even
brushing one part of his body.
    “Thank you,” she called over her
shoulder as she made haste to the guest bedroom. Once there she closed and
locked the door.
    Pressing herself against the solid
wood, she waited until she heard him go upstairs to his own room. Taking
repeated breaths, she finally felt herself calm a little. Crossing to the bed,
she got below the sheet and comforter and stared out the dark window and prayed
for morning to come soon. She had to get away from these woods, this house, and
this man. Theo .
    Riley used every trick in her
arsenal to make herself disregard the needs of her body and go to sleep.
    ~YH~
    Theo paced the floor in his room.
Repeatedly he went from the window to the bed then back and had finally begun
to walk a path along the foot of his bed. It took all of his will not to put
his fist through something or claw up his wood walls. He was sure now that he
was not only out of his mind, but lust was the father of his insanity.
    Scrubbing his hands over his face,
he tried again fruitlessly to gain control of his desires. Being around Riley
had been difficult enough, but being trapped in that laundry room had been a
mistake. Her clothing had acted as a small barrier to her scent. Not that he
could not smell her personal fragrance beneath all the pine and dirt, but he
could narrow what he smelled to the clothing.
    When she’d come out of the bathroom,
with her golden brown waves still wet from the shower and her naked body only
covered by his shirt, he’d wanted to sweep her up in his arms, race up the
stairs and carry her off to his room and fuck her—deep and hard. During the First
Frost Moon Cycle, it wasn’t a time for long caresses and slow loving. No, every
animal instinct was paramount with one single goal, to mate