“Sweet Jesus,” the man next to me muttered. Zee jumped and seemed to realize for the first time that she was surrounded by people. She blushed deeply, muttered an apology and dashed back to the kitchen. I glanced at the bartender that had introduced herself as Lynn when I first sat down. She looked just as shocked as I felt. When I caught her eyes and nodded in the direction Zee had run, she just smiled and nodded back.
Where the hell did that come from? I wondered as I ran after her. I was so hard from her little display that I struggled to adjust myself as I searched for her. I was fighting my instinct to do to her exactly what she had just described. I could feel myself losing control, and I stopped to take several deep breaths before I walked into the alley to find Zee.
She was leaned against the wall, bent over with her face in her hands. Her dark hair wasn’t up in a ponytail and it curtained around her. The evening light shimmered off it and had me wondering what it would feel like wrapped in my hand as I pulled her head back to kiss down her throat. The thought along with her scent of arousal hit me like a brick wall. I almost turned and went back inside. I knew my eyes would be amber when she looked at me, but I couldn’t fight it all back with her like this.
“I can’t believe I let him get to me that easily,” Zee groaned without looking up. I chuckled, wondering if she was talking to herself or if she expected someone else to check on her. She peeked at me through her hair and groaned again as she dropped to sit on the ground against the wall. Another interesting thing about her, I noted. She didn’t mind getting a little dirty. Even many of the female wolves I knew wouldn’t sit in an alley I was positive drunks puked in.
“I disagree,” I countered, “I think it was you that got to people. That guy in there might not ever have sex again without imagining that little scene you just described. Adding in that moan at the end? Priceless.” I struggled to keep a straight face as she glared up at me. I lost the battle and started laughing.
Zee shot to her feet and started stomping away from me. I followed closely behind her. “Oh, come on, you know it was a little funny. Besides, I think you succeeded in putting me in my place. I doubt I’ll ever have sex again without imagining that scene, either. Especially the moan.”
She whipped around and poked her finger in my chest. “Why are you even here tonight? Didn’t you get the hint last night?” she poked me in the chest again, and I fought to keep my control in check. I wanted to push her up against the wall and kiss her senseless. I struggled to put my thoughts together before things got out of hand.
“Look, I shouldn’t have teased you. It was sexy as hell, but I didn’t come here for that,” I told her quickly before she could get more riled up. “I just moved with some friends into a house on the preserve. I wanted to ask you to go out with me tomorrow if you aren’t working.” I watched her face for a reaction, but she kept her face straight. Only her eyes gave a flicker of uncertainty. “I know you don’t know me, so we can go somewhere public if it makes you more comfortable…” I trailed off, hoping she would say yes.
“No, no,” she waved her hand at me dismissively, “That’s fine, we can go out. I don’t work during the day so how about I meet you here. What time?” Her easy acceptance surprised me, but then everything about her seemed to surprise me.
“We can meet here at nine. I know a place we can go. I found it my first day here. Does that work for you?” I waited for her response. She gave me a brisk nod and then turned to walk back into the bar. “Ok, see you tomorrow then,” I hollered at her back as the door was closing behind her. I couldn’t help but laugh again. Zee was a firecracker, one that I couldn’t wait to light.
I could feel pent up energy running through me, causing me to grip my hands into fists to ease the desire to shift. I was glad I’d decided to let Wyatt drop me off at the bar instead of driving. I was jittery and the run home would help me to blow off steam. I walked quickly down the street in search of a wooded area that I could shift without being seen. It was quite a way before I came to a slightly wooded area where I couldn’t smell any humans. I slipped deep into the trees, and finally shifted into a solid black wolf. My eyes would be amber, and I stood a head taller than the rest of the wolves in my pack. I had since I was a pup. My mother liked to say it was because I was born to be an alpha.
I shook out my fur and stretched for a moment, digging my claws into the dirt and breathing in the air. I momentarily had the fleeting thought of turning back and finding Zee, but I pushed the instinct away and headed home. I was supposed to hold a pack meeting tonight, and it never
