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his thumbs. “You are my mate, Lily. I want you with every fiber of my being. My wolf wants you so much he’s ready to break through my control and take you. But you can change your mind. If you want to take it slower, we can.”
    “But I can’t tell you no? I can’t say yes to now and no to forever? ” She hoped she understood all that was happening and thought she already knew what his answer would be, but she needed to hear him say the words. Words were important to a woman and she was no exception.
    “ This is forever.” He pulled her to him, taking her mouth with his. The mouth she wanted on her, doing crazy, erotic things. The mouth spreading wildfire through her veins even now.
    “Then I take forever,” she whispered agai nst his lips. “Forever with you, Ethan.”
    The sound of his name on her lips, whisper soft, and so close to the attack, brought Ethan’s wolf to the forefront. His vision changed, his body grew. The animal side of him wanted to force her to her hands and knee and sink his teeth into the delectable flesh of her neck as he drove his cock inside her. Hard. Deep. And fast. The animal was panting with the need to come. Ethan knew he should have marked her the day he found her. His wolf growled at him, angry with the man for waiting then and waiting now.
    “Come, you need to take a shower.”
    Lily protested as he led her from his office into his private bath. It wasn’t nearly as large as the one on his estate. There he had a built-in sauna, hot tub, and one or two surprises in his shower stall. All the decadent pleasure a man, or wolf, could ask for. He couldn’t wait to share each and every one with Lily.
    He quickly turned on the shower, waiting until he was satisfied with the temperature before turning back to her. “Strip.”
    “I don’t need a shower, Ethan.”
    He gr owled and took her face in his hands. He knew his expression was fierce, but tried to keep his touch light. “I need to wash the freaking stench off, baby.”
    “Oh,” she said, understanding dawning in her eyes. “I’ll take a shower.”
    “You have ten minutes.”
    As Lily washed away the scent of her attac kers, he called the restaurant down the street. It was closer than the one he’d planned on taking her to after work. He ordered all her favorites – Caesar salad, sirloin steak tips, and banana cream pie. Then he ordered his favorites – a medium rare New York strip, steak fries, and coconut cream pie. They’d argued the merits of each dessert on several occasions. He personally thought either flavor would taste delicious spread across Lily’s mound as he licked her to satisfaction.
    When he heard the shower turn off, he hurried to the bathroom. Grabbing a large towel, he opened the glass door.
    “Out.” He noticed he was still talking in almost one-word sentences, but he couldn’t help himself. He and his animal were wound so tightly one false move would have them crushing Lily to the floor and mounting her round ass.
    Above her protests, he dried her quickly and stuffed her inside a large terry cloth robe. He swung her up in his arms, taking her back to the soft leather couch in his office. This was not how he’d planned the claiming of his mate. Champagne and roses had already been delivered to his penthouse suite. The large solitaire diamond was in the suit jacket he’d left in the boardroom. The events of the night had forced his hand. Forced his wolf to demand the claiming, the mating. If anything had happened to her…both man and animal shuddered at the thought.
    He was always saddened at the loss of any shifter, but t hose that had dared to touch his mate had signed their own death warrants.
    “Stay here, Lily. I’ll be right back.” He gave her another hard kiss before striding back into the bathroom.
    Lily heard the water running in the shower and knew he was washing away the blood and smell of the wolves that had attacked her. She tugged the lapels of the robe up to her nose,