okay?”
Her touch sent heat surging through my body, which only exacerbated my
rage and added an unrelenting urge to claim my mate.
I glanced down at her hand, my chest rising and falling with each strained
breath. I couldn’t help but stiffen as indecent images filled my mind. “That’s
not helping matters.”
Shock and then understanding crossed her face, and she removed her
hand. “Sorry. What can I do to calm you down?”
“Drive.” I punched Alia’s address into my phone and clicked it into the
holder on the dash.
She would be able to smell my rage and desire just as easily as I could
sense hers, so I cranked up the AC and rolled down the window even though
it was a blistering hot day. Sitting so close to her was abject torture, and it
took twenty minutes in traffic before I managed to wrestle my murderous and
lecherous urges into submission.
We didn’t talk until Savannah pulled up beside Alia’s building and turned
off the car. “Feeling better?”
I narrowed my eyes at her, detecting the faintest trace of amusement in
her concerned expression. She had no idea how attractive my wolf found her.
“Let’s go,” I said, climbing out of the truck. “And give me the keys.”
After slamming her door shut, she stopped in front of the truck and
dangled the keys out of reach. “Can’t handle a woman in the driver’s seat?”
I closed the distance and snatched them from her hands. There were only
inches between us, and it was impossible to miss the swell of her breast as
her pulse quickened. A bead of sweat rolled down her collarbone, and I
leaned forward, wanting to taste it. I paused, breathing in her citrus scent like
a fine perfume.
Instead, I dragged my nose up her neck, feeling the prickle of her skin as
shivers worked their way through her. “You can drive my truck anytime,
darling. All you have to do is ask.”