“That means I can smell things most people can’t.” He hesitated. “Like arousal. And in your case it compels me to do something about it.”
It took a few seconds until his words sank in…
She jumped to her feet and whirled to face him again only to find him standing as well.
She planted her hand on her hip and glared at a very naked and very aroused Brody. "I think you have some explaining to do."
"I thought you deserved to know." He stalked toward her.
"Stop right there. I need to process this. But I can't wrap my mind around it."
"I'm still the man you've been with since yesterday. This doesn't change anything I've said."
"And the wolf?" she asked. "That was you on the beach last spring, wasn't it?"
He nodded. “I followed you after I caught your scent. We were both drawn to you.”
“Is that all this is about? You’re horny because the wolf wants to mate?”
He rolled his eyes. “Still human too, babe. I have some control, but I can’t help it if my body and wolf responds to your arousal.”
She dropped down onto a nearby rock and rubbed her hands across her thighs. "I guess this explains why the word mate kept coming up in conversations with your friends. It's a wolf thing." She lifted her head. "Are they all wolves? Your sister too?"
"Yes. Allison met Diego and one thing led to another. It was mating season, they connected on a primal level and I guess on a human level too and next thing I knew she was being turned after being claimed by Diego and his pack."
"Oh my God this is insane. Am I about to wake up from a strange dream?"
"Do you want to?"
Prue lifted her head and found him staring at her with a sadness that she felt bone deep. If she woke up from all of this then that would mean Brody wasn't real and she was pretty sure that would break her heart in two.
"I'm a biologist. This kind of discovery should be a scientist's dream."
His frown deepened and his shoulders stiffened. "Of course. I'm sure the opportunity to study me must be an incredible coup.”
She shook her head. "But my first thought was of you, the man. Not the wolf or the wolves of your pack. Whatever happens, I don't want to unknow you. I don't want to forget our night in your cabin and I sure as hell don't want to lose these feelings that are growing at lightning speed. No matter how much this all confuses me. I don't want to lose you."
He closed the space between them before she could take a breath. "That's all I needed to hear." He tucked her hair behind her ear. "I know this is happening fast, it is for me too. We can do this together and learn all about the future before any irrevocable decisions have to be made. But I already know this. You. Are. Mine."
Brody leaned forward and covered her mouth, sweeping his tongue inside to fully claim what he wanted. Her reservations melted as she sank into his kiss. If going fast and feeling crazy meant she had more of him and this, then sign her up.
The rest she'd figure out later.
"If I am yours then that makes you mine."
Brody growled, making that low rumble in this throat that made her legs get weak and her panties get wet.
She growled back, mimicking the sound he made.
His hands grabbed her hips and squeezed. "You're making me crazy, woman.
“Then I guess I’ve joined the club.
Epilogue
The table was set, the candles were lit and the steaks were ready for the grill. Brody wasn't sure about this romance thing, but Allison had convinced him this was the way to go.
Except Prue was naked in the bathtub without him, and it was killing him. The thought of her naked body wet and covered in bubbles from her bath made him tight all over.
Everything between them had happened so fast, there were times he hardly believed it. Of course the mate thing pushed him to her, but it was everything about her that kept the man wanting more. He couldn't get enough. Now he wanted to make this permanent, but without the force of a mating. He wanted her to choose him. To choose to stay with him forever.
“Screw this.” He grabbed the bottle of wine and two glasses and headed into the bathroom he’d built especially for her into their small cabin.
She’d insisted that they needed to stay here for now, but missed soaking in a bath. So he added one. It was the least he could do for the woman who surprised him day in and day out with her thirst for knowledge and unqualified acceptance of who and what he was.
He opened the door and inhaled, taking in the sexy scent of his woman that now mingled with her lavender scented bubble bath. From the doorway he saw her sexy, strong legs poking out of the white suds, making him think of what it felt like to have them wrapped around his waist as he sank into her.