Page 65 of The Bookseller and the Alpha (Witch Twins #1)

Luc

“Can we talk about what happened yesterday?” Caly was waiting for me when I returned to the suite.

Rather than dropping to the couch beside her and pulling her into my lap the way I wanted, I moved to a nearby chair. Her heart rate kicked up as I neared. I didn’t smell fear in her scent but something was definitely off.

“Did my Beast form frighten you?” The thought of scaring her was like ice in my veins.

I wanted to wrap my fingers around the curl she was nervously tugging.

I wanted her in my arms. Yesterday I’d thought she had accepted me.

All of me. Had she changed her mind now that she’d had time to think?

I gentled my voice. “I would never hurt you.”

She didn’t run , Beast said. When she first saw our Beast form . She is brave .

“I know.” Her eyes met mine without fear, thank all the gods.

She licked her lips. “But I want the full truth. Why did you only bond with your inner Shifter last night? Hadn’t you changed before?

” Fuck, I knew that she would be too smart to miss that.

“ If you want me to be your mate, you need to tell me everything.”

She isn’t scared, Beast purred. She is curious. Looking out through my eyes, he saw how her pupils had dilated. Her scent had intensified . She is aroused by our presence. Bite her now. Tell her later.

I clenched my fists against the urge to throw her over my shoulder, take her to the bedroom and fuck her until she agreed to take my bite.