“Again.”

Jess huffed out a breath and shifted into the wolf. They’d been practicing for days. She was hot and exhausted, but she had to go back to work tomorrow. Jess didn’t feel that she could do that without feeling as if she had total control.

“Again,” he commanded.

Jess shifted back into herself and stood before him nude. They were in the bedroom so no one would see.

Jess waggled her eyebrows at him and smiled.

“Oh,” he said quietly. “Drink a bottle of water first, then we’ll head into the shower.”

Jess pursed her lips.

“We can accomplish two things at once, sweetness.” He waggled his eyebrows back at her, and Jess giggled.

She guzzled the water while he stripped his clothes off then went into the bathroom, with her trailing behind.

“Come here.” James reached for her from under the shower spray, and she stepped inside the glass enclosure with him. He pushed her under the water gently then poured shampoo into her hair. Her muscles were aching, and his fingers massaging her scalp felt more delicious than anything had today. Except for when he woke her up with his face buried between her thighs. Jess had to admit it was her favorite way to wake. It was certainly better than coffee. She smiled.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Waking up this morning.”

James rinsed her hair and sank to his knees.

“What are you… Oh my…” Jess leaned her back against the wall for support. The man had a way of making her knees give out.

James’s tongue left a long warm path from her core to the bundle of throbbing nerves that were keeping time with her rapid erratic pulse. He placed strategic kisses on her mound, smiling at her gasps. James kissed the skin between her womanhood and belly button. His tongue followed the rivulet of water headed south from between her breasts. James sucked a nipple into his mouth, and Jess’s eyes slid closed. “Please…”

“Anything for you, my love. What do you need?”

“You,” she panted. “I need you inside me.”

He moaned against her other breast.

“James…now! I need that now.”

He chuckled, and Jess’s eyes snapped open. His hands were sliding up her thighs over her hips, leaving tingles in their wake, and Jess was a trembling gooey mass of need. She shivered involuntarily.

“Oh baby, I will take care of you, I promise. I won’t let you hunger for long, but remember, the longer we wait the more explosive it will be.”

“Yeah, you said that this morning, but I think I’d rather not wait. OK? So get on with it.” Jess reached for what she wanted, and he easily trapped her hands with one of his above her head. She grumbled, and James smiled against her skin. His teeth caressed her shoulder, the sensitive column of her throat, and the fleshy side of her breast. Jess had had enough of this “waiting for more explosive” crap. She wrapped her leg around his hip and pulled him toward her.

“Oh naughty girl.” James disentangled himself and spun her around to face the wall. The warm water cascaded over her back and felt good but not nearly as good as James’ teeth grazing the top of her hip. He bit lightly and she nearly came.

Jess cried out, and he chuckled against the side of her waist. It tickled and she jumped. He chuckled again and bit the fleshy bottom of her buttock lightly. Wave after wave of pleasure glided over her nerves. Heat worked its way through her middle, and her muscles clenched then convulsed. Her orgasm washed over her, and Jess moaned with her cheek pressed against the cool tile of the shower. James turned her around again and lapped at her juices. After kissing a trail up the middle of her, James nibbled at her lips and sought entrance into the sweet recesses of her mouth.

His tongue sank inside as his arousal sank into her core. Jess was consumed with sensation and emotion. She loved everything about this man. The ways he tasted her mouth and filled her core were delicious. The way he smiled at her every time he looked at her and the way he tasted her skin. He was everything that she could ever want. James sank into her fully and Jess wrapped her legs around his waist urging him to take her.

“OK, sweetheart.” James slammed into her, and Jess moaned.

Finally! she thought. This was what she needed, what she wanted, what her body demanded.

His thrusts echoed through her soul, melting it, soothing it, and bringing the knowledge that she was his. Her core tightened, fisted him, and James groaned. “Yes baby, yes!” he called against her neck. His tongue tasted his mark, and she detonated around him. Her core milked him in waves. James followed her over the abyss into unadulterated pleasure. Jess clung to him tightly as he carried her to their bed. She didn’t remember falling asleep.