Figure of Speech (Halle Shifters)
all rumpled and half-naked, waving her arms in the air like Kermit the Frog on downers. “Let’s get you naked first, hmm?”
    She nodded eagerly, pushing at his hips until he got off of her. She wiggled out of her jeans, using her right hand far more than her left, but when he tried to help she scowled at him.
    He let her be. Chloe had been dealing with her physical limitations long enough to know what she was capable of. He would watch, see if she needed his help, but otherwise she was strong enough to do things on her own.
    Between Chloe and Spencer he was being fed some serious humble pie. He didn’t think he’d handle their issues nearly as well as the two of them did. He’d be a basket case, sobbing in the corner about his lost dreams. Spencer simply asked for a room and a bed, and Chloe?
    She asked for him.
    He was a goddamn ass, and he’d spend the rest of his life making it up to her. “Thank you.”
    Her brows rose. “For getting naked?”
    “For giving me another chance.”
    Her expression softened. “Of course.” Chloe’s expression was both hopeful and fearful. “Are we really going to do this?”
    “Do you want to?” As afraid as he was that his dick would fall off if he didn’t get inside her tight little body, he’d gladly pick it up off the floor and hand it to her if she wasn’t ready for this.
    She bared her fangs at him with the most adorable snarl.
    “Okay then.” Jim knew Chloe was very inexperienced, so he wasn’t going to rush this. He wanted to remember this day not for the terror of the Cheetah attack, but as the day they mated. It wasn’t ideal, but he could stand the thought of waiting one second longer.
    Chloe began taking off his shirt and he helped her, wiggling until it landed beside the bed. Next his jeans were shucked, along with his underwear, tangling with the shoes he hadn’t yet kicked off. She giggled when he began shimmying like a crazy person, kicking until the shoes fell off and he could finally get his pants and briefs off.
    “Think that’s funny?” He licked her chin, her giggles intensifying. He was more than willing to embarrass himself if it meant she was relaxed. “Oh, are we ticklish?” He feathered his fingers over her sides, delighted when she shivered and tried to get away.
    “Don’t!”
    “Don’t what?” He did it again, enjoying the sound of her laughter. “This?”
    “Jim!” She tried to glare at him, but the sheer joy in her gaze made it more kittenish than villainous. “I will end you.”
    He chuckled, the urge to run his fingers over the mark on her neck impossible to ignore. He stroked the mark, startled when her laughter stopped dead and she shuddered beneath him. The scent of arousal once more filled the air.
    “Chloe?”
    “Hmm?” She leaned into his touch as he continued to caress the mark.
    “You like that?” His voice dropped, becoming husky as his own arousal rose to match hers.
    She tilted her head, baring her neck further, her eyes closing. Her expression was yearning, nearly begging him to touch her more.
    Jim kissed the mark, raking his teeth over it. The moan he got in return had him biting down gently, eager to elicit more of those beautiful noises.
    She reached up and clasped the back of his head, holding him in place as he bit down. It wasn’t until he tasted the copper of her blood that he realized his fangs had come down.
    Chloe bucked beneath him as she reacted to his bite, coming from that alone. His Wolf grunted in satisfaction as she gasped out her pleasure.
    His dick throbbed in response, the mark on his own neck pulsing as his heart raced. He needed to be inside her, one with her, feeling her clench around him as she came again and again.
    Jim slid down her body, pausing long enough to pay homage to her breasts. He licked and suckled each one until her quiet moans became demanding cries, her fists clenching painfully in his hair. Her voice was gone, the only sounds erupting from her throat guttural and

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