Wolf Endangered (Willow's Forbidden Pack #2) - Avery Song Page 0,168

his long locks messily fell to the sides of his face. This specific move felt a little familiar to me, but I'd never done this to Saint before.

"You realize I can speak through this method now, right?"

My brow arched as I tilted my head slightly at his seductive voice.

"You have five minutes to explain to me why your semi-naked ass was snuggling me up like we’re fucking mates or I'll get Neo to kill you."

"Aww." His voice was muffled against the palm of my hand, which actually tickled. "Don't do that. I don't want to die."

I rolled my eyes and let my hand lower so I could hear him fluently. He let me go but proceeded to help me button my shirt like I'd even asked him.

"See, long story short, you were a bit wasted so I was assigned to take you home. We pit stopped to get some food from a Korean cart because you were hungry, and you fell asleep on the bench with me," he began as he reached the button that would close the part of my shirt that was just below my cleavage. "We were ambushed by some evil witches who summoned these creatures from the depths of darkness and it riled me up enough to show off a little. I was about to kill the last witch when she got the upper hand to kill me, and there was our Blossoming Flower, delivering sinister blows of death and getting rid of half of the monsters with a single pink bullet. It was fucking hot."

The look I gave him made him pause in his apparent duty to button my shirt, all while his eyes bored into mine as they softened.

"Then I was going to be a bit bad because I got lost in my hidden nature of eating souls and tried to eat your soul."

Okay...

He was clearly waiting for a response from me, even though we were clearly drifting closer to one another.

"And then?"

"I almost did." His voice lowered as he let go of one side of my shirt to lay his left hand upon his mouth. The obvious symbol of our bond stared back at me. Instead of waiting for him to finish, I moved on instinct - going on my tiptoes to press my lips lightly against the back of his hand.

He shivered, and I felt the spike of desire through the new connection I'd noticed the moment I woke up. That was a bit of a shocker, but it was Neo reminding me that I had an unexpected meeting with Albert at the old office in forty-five minutes that left me freaking out to get ready.

I loved how he wasn't freaking out about this, though I could sense Onyx was a little annoyed even though I had no clue where he was.

Pulling away to return my gaze to Saint's, the word quietly left my lips.

"Mine."

"That's exactly what you said," he mumbled as he lowered his hand once more. "And then Viktor and Dimitris tried to kill me.

I gawked at the shift in topic, which made him chuckle as he leaned right in to actually kiss me. It was unexpected, his lips far too tender in comparison to the intense hunger thrumming between us.

I understood now that this was because of the newly-made bond, but I was fighting the urge to say "fuck it" and enjoy Saint right here and now. As much as my body wanted him, my mind needed us to slow the fuck down because I'd yet to fully adjust to being mated to Neo and Onyx, and all of sudden I was now mated to Saint because my psychotic side went possessive and claimed Saint like he was a play toy.

Maybe it just felt like that because he was so playful versus his serious side that was more of a rarity in itself.

Deciding to relax, I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sweet kiss. Our lips moved slowly, cautiously, while his arms moved to wrap around me and keep me close to him.

There was a protective compassion to his hold, as if he was suddenly not used to showing such emotions and now was delving into those sensations. The sound of the safety going off tugged us out of the sweet moment, and Saint sighed after he released my lips.

"C'mon, Dimitris. You know I'm not even in the mood to eat souls right now!"

My eyes moved over to see Dimitris in his half-opened-dress-shirt glory with the biggest scowl on