Maddox POV
Her scent hit me harder than the fight ever had. Sweet heat, tangled with the sharp tang of adrenaline. My wolf prowled just beneath my skin, pressing against the cage of my ribs. "Ours. Take her. Bite her."
She was sprawled across the bed, flushed from the fight against us, flushed from her own need. Every line of her body screamed surrender and defiance all at once. Gods, it was enough to make me half feral.
I climbed over her slowly, deliberately, caging her in with my arms so she couldn’t escape. Her eyes widened, and that tiny flicker of fear mixed with desire nearly undid me. I bent close, my lips brushing her ear, my voice low, guttural.
“You smell like you’re begging for me, sweetheart. Do you even know what you’re doing to us?”
Her breath hitched, a shiver racing d
