care about the strangeness of it. Royce had taken hold of the waistband of her pants and quickly pulled them down her body until he had them off. With a low growl, he knelt between her legs once more and brought his mouth down to her sex.
At the first swipe of his tongue, Billie's hips bucked beneath him. With his hands, Royce spread her legs further apart and flicked her clit with the tip of his tongue. She moaned as he laved her with the flat of his tongue before he gently sucked on her clit. Hands fisted at her sides, Billie panted as her climax edged closer.
Sensing she was close to her release, Royce pushed two fingers deep inside her core as he continued to lick and suck on her clit. Billie clamped her inner muscles around his fingers and rode them as the first intense wave of pleasure hit her. Moaning, she fisted her hands in Royce's hair and pushed closer as her climax tore through her.
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Royce lapped at Billie's pussy until the last wave of her climax receded. Once her body relaxed, he pulled away to lay his head on her thigh. He didn't dare look up at her. He knew his eyes would be glowing now that the wolf had risen inside him. He pulled back his upper lip in a snarl as he fought to push it back. With his body hard and aching, the wolf fought him, wanting him to claim Billie fully as his mate. Royce knew if he joined his body with hers, he wouldn't be able to stop his soul from reaching out to her. If that happened they would be fully mated. Neither one of them would be able to stand being separated from the other for very long.
Billie stirred beneath him. "Come here, Royce." She reached down and pulled at his shoulders, urging him up.
He shook his head. "No." An animalistic growl escaped him before he could stop it. He felt Billie stiffen at the sound. "No."
It was hard, especially with her scent and the smell of her release thick in the air around them, but Royce managed to roll away from her. In one fluid motion he stood up with his back toward Billie. He knew she didn't understand the battle that raged inside him, but it had to be this way. He had thought that if he had one taste of her it would be enough. He had been wrong. Having her come under his mouth had only made the mating urge ride him all the harder. He should have known it would make it worse instead of better.
Billie came to stand behind him. "Royce? Did I do something wrong?" She placed her hand on his back.
"No, you didn't." Unable to stand her touching him when he knew he couldn't claim her as his own, Royce took a step away. "I can't do this, Billie. You don't understand."
"Then help me to understand. One minute you're cold and pushing me away, and the next you're all over me as if you can't get enough of me."
"I can't, Billie."
"Well, it didn't look like that a few minutes ago. You seemed more than up to the job."
"That's not what I meant."
"Then tell me what it is."
"If I were to take you like I want to, you will get more than you bargained for, believe me. Just go, Billie."
"I'm not going anywhere until we work this out."
Royce balled his hands into fists in frustration. If Billie wouldn't leave on her own, he would have to make her leave. Quickly turning around, he pulled back his upper lip and growled at her. He snapped his teeth at her as he took a step toward her, letting her get a good look at his eyes. Billie quickly stumbled away. "I said to leave." His voice came out as a half growl.
With no small amount of regret, Royce watched Billie hurriedly pull on her panties and yoga pants. She shot quick glances at him as she did so. Once she was fully clothed, she slowly backed out of the kitchen.
Before she left, she paused long enough to say one final thing to him. "I know you're trying to scare me away, Royce. I don't understand all this." She pointed to his face. "But I'm not the type of woman to be easily scared off. I'm only leaving because you obviously don't want me around for some reason. If you change your