Lost in Heat
Reeks: Claimed by an Alpha
Lilith T. Bell
- The
- San
- Francisco
- Bay
- Area
- has
- a
- long
- history
- of
- hosting
- a
- diverse
- human
- population.
- Things
- get
- a
- little
- bit
- wilder
- than
- human
- alone,
- though.
- Witches,
- werewolves,
- and
- even
- demons
- have
- claimed
- the
- territory
- for
- their
- own.
- Yet
- amidst
- power
- struggles
- and
- supernatural
- threats,
- love
- still
- finds
- a
- way...All
- her
- life,
- Tina
- Tybault
- has
- felt
- wrong.
- Troubling
- dreams,
- sleepwalking,
- and
- adopted
- parents
- who
- locked
- her
- up
- at
- night
- didn't
- help.
- Instead
- of
- the
- relaxing
- summer
- off
- from
- college
- she
- expected
- she
- instead
- found
- herself
- waking
- up
- naked
- in
- the
- woods
- one
- morning.
- A
- gorgeous
- stranger
- stood
- over
- her,
- claiming
- she
- was
- in
- heat
- and
- there
- to
- be
- his
- mate.James
- Littlewolf
- is
- an
- alpha
- male
- werewolf
- who
- has
- dreamed
- for
- years
- of
- his
- destined
- mate.
- When
- he
- found
- Tina
- sleeping
- peacefully
- in
- the
- underbrush,
- he
- was
- sure
- he
- had
- found
- her
- at
- last.
- Instead
- he
- discovered
- she
- didn't
- even
- know
- what
- she
- was.
- Educating
- her
- when
- all
- he
- wants
- to
- do
- is
- take
- her
- will
- push
- his
- self-control
- to
- the
- limit.Excerpt:“We’re
- not
- human,”
- he
- said
- simply.
- “So
- we
- don’t
- work
- like
- humans
- do.”I
- exhaled
- heavily,
- at
- a
- loss
- for
- any
- further
- argument.
- “Could
- I
- do
- that?”He
- shook
- his
- hand
- and
- in
- the
- course
- of
- that
- gesture
- shifted
- it
- back
- into
- an
- ordinary
- looking
- human
- hand
- once
- more.
- “Maybe
- someday.
- In
- theory,
- every
- wolf
- has
- the
- potential
- to
- be
- an
- alpha,
- but
- you
- have
- to
- have
- the
- temperament
- for
- it
- and
- some
- actual
- support
- from
- the
- rest
- of
- your
- pack.
- An
- omega
- with
- all
- the
- potential
- in
- the
- world
- might
- stay
- that
- way
- forever
- if
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- pack
- keeps
- her
- down.”“I
- have
- no
- idea
- what
- any
- of
- that
- meant,”
- I
- pointed
- out.He
- rolled
- his
- eyes,
- but
- it
- seemed
- as
- though
- the
- gesture
- was
- more
- one
- of
- self-deprecation
- than
- mocking
- me.
- “I’ll
- try
- to
- explain
- it
- all.
- I’m
- just
- not
- sure
- how
- well
- I
- can
- do
- that
- for
- you
- right
- now.”“Why?”He
- pushed
- himself
- away
- from
- the
- rock
- and
- crossed
- over
- to
- me
- once
- again.
- I
- could
- see
- the
- tension
- in
- his
- body,
- the
- way
- his
- pulse
- jumped
- in
- his
- throat
- when
- he
- came
- nearer
- to
- me.
- His
- eyes
- closed
- as
- he
- leaned
- in
- toward
- me,
- inhaling
- my
- scent
- again
- as
- he
- circled
- around
- me.“I’m
- a
- mature
- male
- with
- his
- own
- territory.
- You’re
- a
- lone
- female
- in
- heat.
- Can’t
- you
- figure
- it
- out?”
- he
- asked
- in
- a
- low,
- dangerous
- voice.His
- words
- were
- like
- velvet
- rubbed
- down
- my
- spine
- and
- I
- shuddered
- in
- spite
- of
- myself.
- “You
- mean
- you
- want
- to...to
- have
- sex
- with
- me?”
- I
- stammered.“No,”
- he
- purred
- as
- he
- circled
- around
- behind
- me.
- I
- felt
- the
- heat
- of
- his
- hands
- as
- they
- grasped
- my
- upper
- arms
- again.
- He
- had
- to
- run
- several
- degrees
- warmer
- than
- any
- other
- person
- I
- had
- ever
- known.
- It
- just
- radiated
- off
- of
- him,
- driving
- away
- the
- chill
- of
- the
- foggy
- morning
- in
- the
- forest.I
- could
- feel
- his
- warmth
- as
- he
- pressed
- himself
- to
- my
- back,
- molding
- around
- me.
- His
- lips
- brushed
- against
- the
- outer
- shell
- of
- my
- ear,
- his
- breath
- tickling
- behind
- it.
- “I
- want
- to
- breed you.”
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