-Everly-
The elevator doors dinged open, breaking the moment. I glanced over my shoulder, silently cursing the damn system for forcing me to pull away so soon. When I looked back at my mate, I caught her watching me with those huge, curious eyes. I felt an urge to take that elevator up and down until I had tasted her, but curiosity wasn’t the only thing she felt. Her heart was racing, her scent a mix of arousal and nerves.
I needed to give her space. Stepping back, I exited the elevator, hearing her follow a few seconds later. She was a small woman and nearly had to jog to keep up with my longer strides. Outside, I stopped beneath the small half-roof sheltering the building’s entrance, protected from the light rain.
“Okay, so where do we go from here?” she asked.
“Where do you want to
