Part 28 (1/2)

Arghhhh. Even the thought made her twitch. What the h.e.l.l was she doing? This was crazy. It was beyond crazy.

The door opened and Robyn jumped. s.e.xual heat flowed off Keil's body and reached to caress her skin.

Okay. She remembered why she was going to do this. Every inch of her was on fire and she was being drawn toward the tall, hard male as if she had ropes that twined about her limbs, trapping her. Keil dropped a blanket on the bench beside her. He glanced at her before lifting her chin with his hand.

”Hey, it's okay. Let's take this slowly.”

Robyn dropped her eyes, blus.h.i.+ng furiously. ”I'm scared.”

”Scared of me?”

”Kind of.”

His gentle hand traced over her ear and nestled in the hair at the back of her neck. ”I don't want to scare you, little bird. I want to love you.”

She lifted her eyes to his. ”I don't know what to do. I mean, I know what to do but I've never...”

Keil waggled his eyebrows and his eyes brightened. ”I know you've never. I'm glad you've never. It's good that you've never. Now I don't have to go track down your old lovers to kill them.”

”Possessive much?”

”You have no idea. Yet.” Keil leaned closer to brush his lips over hers. ”Wait until you are fully wolf. I bet you're going to be just as possessive about me. Wolves mate for life, and we don't like to share.”

Robyn s.h.i.+fted again on the hard bench. How could she want this much and still feel afraid to take the next step. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to build up her courage.

A gentle touch pulled her to her feet. ”You're thinking too hard. Let's go slow. You must be sweaty from our ski and digging up TJ. Let me help wash you up.”

Keil's hands drifted over her shoulders, pulling her up against his body for a brief caress as he reached behind her body to grasp the bottom of her long-sleeved T-s.h.i.+rt. With a slow fluid motion, he lifted it off her, then dropped it on the bench behind them.

As his eyes traced over her torso, Robyn fought the urge to cover her chest with her hands. Ugh. She had to decide to be seduced in a mountain cabin wearing her plainest and st.u.r.diest underwear. Luckily Keil's face didn't seem to express any displeasure with what he saw.