others seemed to have when they drank, like all their fears no longer made a difference, at least while the effects lasted. After the night she had, and the nerves twist

laced in front of her, laid on a napkin with the man's number scrawled on it. Slamming them back o

rearm, stopping her midmotion. Her heart skipped a beat, her body immed

isma Pearl seemed to radiate like magical perfume. Relaxing when instead of the besotted expression she'd fear

not that she had, but it did as she wanted. With a nod of her he

taking three shots back to back w

a buzz, but it at least took the ri

r. Though she often lamented that when trying to drown the loneliness, it had come in handy on

t drew undeserved attention, and that included

gradually quieted as the feeling of being

e, looking for whoever it was calling her, as she let it lea

ng, even as she watched the people around her, senses deepened, c

t who she was looking for, so she gracefully sidestepped their reaching hands

wasn't hopeless enough to let so

and closed her eyes, concentrating on that inevitable

er

hed for that weighted stare in the striking lights. In the overshadowed cavity pa

ainst her skin, tempting magnets

nothing but a means to a necessary end, a drop of water in the desert that was her hunger for touch. But thi

hers felt toward her-attrac

opening in spring, filling her with a heady warmth tha

bodies around her, as the warmth filled her, suffusing eve

eel... they fe

pull, she started to go to them. Before she'd managed a

ke dark berries and fe

d winter's night as her body responded to his nearness. She wanted to curl up in that heat, and wa

and dark winter berries reached her, teas

w.

erfectly still, anticipating, waiting

f it radiating through the layers of fabric separating them. The light touch

entitled men who thought it was their right to dance up against her, simply

nto him, couldn't have even if she'd wanted to, and th

ing against her. Thickly muscled arms came around her, large hands settli

against her. She felt dwarfed by him, the top of her head barely reaching his chest.

should have put her on high alert, but all she wanted to do was sink into h

an erotic rhythm that drove her senseless. He moved like water

d he be l

bove hers, goading her with fantasies of feeling him buried inside her. Oh god, s

is close, his mouthwatering scent was stronge

his mouthwatering scent was stronger, enfolding her in

r. Never in her life had she been this turned on, nor could she remember a tim

ame untouchable within his arms. The rest of the world could fall apart, go up in flames, b

was familiar with, but

ly, her head resting back against his chest, his hands now circling her wais

d press of the daggers she had strapped to her lower back

ould, he bent and purred in her ear, his chest rum

velly, shivering up her spine like distant thunder. She wanted to h

n't, was exhilarating, a breath of fresh air in lungs that had

the trance into which they'd fallen. Instead, Pearl kept her eyes tightly shut and immersed herself at the mom

rk and primal. Their bodies moved toget

haled a low, hungry groan. The longing in that sound hit her like a shot of whiskey, settling low in her stomach. Biting her lip, she set her

u tempt," he growled in her ear, making

need turned visceral, lashing through her with the force of a lig

ey danced teased and tormented, creating just enough pre

y craved. There was no doubt he would know exactly how to

warrior. A lycan. He'd moved closer, staring at her and the man dancing like he was entranced. Strangely, just knowin

ehind her. It was one of those deep, intuitive

h the devilish blonde, Pearl lifted her arms above her head. Sliding her fingertips up his chest, she felt soft

full lips. The moment she touched his mouth, he stiffened, sucking in a hard breath she could feel against her finge

the tips of her fingers slide past his lips. We

she gasped, th