muscle that led to his groin was fascinating. She wanted to follow it with her tongue. His huge cock stood erect against his six-pack stomach, and her fingers tingled with the urge to reach out and stroke him. The golden coloring of his skin made him look devastatingly sexy, and his eyes glittered as their gazes connected.
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Devin’s human brain told him that he was pushing her too fast, and that she wouldn’t be able to understand fully without more time, but his wolf was snarling at him to hurry. His mate needed to see him change in order to believe his words, and he wasn’t going to let her down.
He could see in her hazy eyes how much she wanted his human form, but he needed her to accept his wolf form as well. He prayed to God in his head that this would work. If she ran he knew the rejection would tear his heart out.
For years he had imagined what it would be like when he met his mate, and he had always believed that his mate would already be a werewolf. Faced with a human mate, who had no real understanding of the creature he was, he faltered. His gut was knotted with tension. He wasn’t sure if he was making the best choice, but he was making the only choice he could.
Taking a deep breath, he changed.
Chapter 6
Caroline shrieked and jumped backward on the couch a little bit. Right where Devin had been standing, suddenly a large black wolf stood. The wolf was absolutely still and clearly waiting for her to acknowledge it. It was beautiful, with a small white streak down the left side of its face where a dimple would have been. Staring back at her were Devin’s glorious light-green eyes, but they now had a distinct glow. He was larger than she imagined a normal wolf would be, but then again she had never come face-to-face with a real-life wolf. There was a sexy elegance about the way he stood there while she stared at him, trying to accept what she had just seen. It was real because she had never taken her eyes off of him. The change wasn’t a gradual thing like she had expected, but instead it happened in the blink of an eye. First Devin was there, strong and steady, and then he was on four paws, tense and alert. Slowly, he moved toward her. His movement was somehow more graceful and powerful in this form.
His paws were larger than her hands, and his fur shown in the dim light of the evening sun that filtered through the windows. Without understanding why, Caroline knew she needed to touch him. She dropped to her knees next to the couch, and tentatively she reached out her hand. The wolf dipped his head until her fingers rested on the fur at the back of his neck. She wrapped her fingers into the silky ebony, and breathed in. She could still smell Devin on this creature, and staring into his eyes, she knew. She knew she couldn’t deny what she had seen, or that something inside of her was drawn to him even in this animal body. Slowly she laid her head on top of his furry back and rubbed her cheek against him. He was so deliciously soft, and she couldn’t help thinking that she never wanted to let him go. She needed him, and Damon.
She glanced over at Damon to see him watching her with his own pleasure glowing in his deep-green eyes. She should be running for her life now that she knew the truth, but instead she was tightly holding this huge black wolf. Under her cheek she could feel the relief in his muscles and then his transition from beast back to man, and she found her cheek pressed against Devin’s hot skin on his chest. His arms wrapped around her and brought her hard against him up onto her knees. Her mouth met his, and as his hot tongue stroked hers, she exploded with pent-up desire. She opened herself to him, kissing him with everything in her soul. Her body shook as she pressed it hard against him, and he shifted to meet her. He ground his erection against her belly, and she groaned into his mouth at the delicious tingles that swept over her.
She felt him pressing her