“You’ve always hidden yourself,” Xavier said. He sounded awed by it but underneath the words, power rumbled.
Laurel ducked her head. “Until now,” she admitted.
“You don’t ever have to hide yourself from me,” he said, and the authority of his alpha rang through the words. Laurel’s animal curled around the protectiveness in him, cuddling closer.
The way he spoke of letting her animal be seen… she’d dreamed of this but never had it with anyone. She found herself smiling softly.
“What is that look for?” he asked.
“Say it again,” she said, inching closer to him.
His arm tightened around her. “You don’t ever have to hide from me,” he said and pulled her close.
her nipples brushing his chiseled chest. She sighed, reveling in the delicious tingle that ran through her. How
a rough start, you and me,” Xavier said, his voice gravelly
professionalism, a way to
to start
her fingertips over his massive bicep. He shuddered, and she thrilled at the reaction she’d pulled from him so easily. “Me
he added. “I didn’t want to, didn’t mean to feel this way for you,
him, and his eyes danced, the blue darkening to
all of yourself, Laurel. The real you, no pretending.
to ruin it. To make her second-guess the trust required to give herself this way. But in the end, she knew she couldn’t resist. Not when her animal had so
body, and she pressed harder until they
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