Reese (Pack of Misfits #2) - Raven Kennedy Page 0,29

his flesh between my teeth, so I finally give up and just let the flat of my tongue hang out, pressed against his skin. I moan a little at how good he tastes.

“You just...fuck,” he curses under his breath as he looks past me. “A little help here?”

“Shit. Her scent…” another male says. “Nope. I’m out.”

“Me too.”

“Everyone go,” Hugo says.

Someone else curses, and then shifters are fleeing, dragging away the other reluctant males with them.

Wow. I really know how to clear a room.

I should probably be embarrassed, but I’m too lost in my own damn mind and senses to really comprehend what’s going on around me.

But I’m so damn frustrated because I can’t get what I want right now, since Lug Nut is being so uncooperative. Knowing that he has me beat in this position, I back up, like I’m suddenly abandoning my mission.

“I’m cool. I’m cool,” I repeat, holding up my hands in front of me in innocent assurance.

Lug Nut drops his hand and lets out a relieved breath. “Good,” he nods, like he’s super proud of me. “Good job pushing through it.”

Sucker.

“Push through this!”

“Oh, sh—” This time when I lunge for him, Lug Nut leaps back in surprise, knocking over a workout bench in the process. I pounce on him while his feet are tangled with the upturned bench, but he manages to stop me again by grabbing hold of my waist and keeping me just out of his reach. He stumbles a little but manages to stay upright, his legs straddling the bench.

“I just need to bite you!” I shriek very reasonably.

My teeth snap at him, but he just tightens his grip, and his fingers feel delicious where they dig into my skin. “Ooh, you’re strong,” I say, and there’s a distinct trill to my voice. I just love a strong male.

Holy cheese squeeze, what is going on?

I stare at his neck, at the soft brown flesh I want to clamp between my teeth and then suck and lick to my heart’s content. I want to ride his face too, which is just bizarre, since I’ve never ridden anyone’s damn face before in my entire life. I’m not even paying attention to the lug nut necklace he’s wearing, even though it looks particularly shiny in the fluorescent lighting. That’s not like me.

“Why do I want to bite him?” I ask no one in particular. I raise a hand to my chest where that low, quiet whine is still coming out of me.

“Just try to calm down,” Lug Nut tells me.

“Just take off your pants,” I snap.

I close my eyes and shake my head, trying to clear the haze of abnormal lust that’s clouding my brain. “Wait, I mean...cheese and mice, I didn’t mean to say…uhh…” I swing my wide, horrified eyes back to Hugo, pleading with him to just turn back into his jaguar and end me now before I can do anything else embarrassing.

“It’s hot in here,” I gripe, wishing someone would dump a bucket of ice water over me. “Is it hot in here to you guys?”

I keep trying and failing to squirm out of Lug Nut’s grip so that I can get to his neck, but when I can’t, I settle for bending over and nuzzling my head on his forearm instead. My rat squeaks happily.

“Jesus. I’ll be outside,” Igor says before turning and walking out. I guess he’s hot too.

When I look back to see if Lug Nut is sweating, I see that his pupils have grown really large. Like, I can’t even see his dark brown irises anymore. For some reason, that makes the noise in my chest grow louder. So loud, in fact, that I’m vibrating. And I can feel it everywhere. My thighs press closer together.

“What the hell is happening?” I ask, my voice mumbled against his forearm. I lick it—I can’t help it. He groans and moves his hand from my waist to my shoulders, pushing me upright, away from his skin.

“She can’t fight it,” Lug Nut says. “We need to get her out of here.”

Get out of here? “Why?” I ask in between licks.

“Reese, honey, you’re putting out the mate-call,” Addie tells me gently as she comes up behind me. “You’re trying to bite him to form a mate bond. Can you pull it back?”

I blink, momentarily stunned into stillness.

A mate bond? That can’t be right. I’ve never put out a mate-call before.

“What? Don’t be crazy,” I say, even as I try to nick my teeth against his