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    ANIMAL INSTINCTS
    Desiree Holt
    12
     

     
    The first thing Drew realised when he awoke was that he was stiff and sore and definitely not in his bed. The second thing, when he finally pried his eyes open, was that was a naked blonde was curled up on the rug beside the couch. A thick mass of lustrous curls tumbled over her shoulders and her skin, where the blanket had been dislodged, was as smooth and fine as alabaster. A thin red line across one shoulder was the only evidence of the bullet that had hit her.
    A shifter. He’d known it in his gut, but here was his proof. How and why did a shifter end up in Texas and more importantly, here on his property? He sat up very quietly, staring at her. His original intuition had been right. She was a shifter, like him. But where had she come from and what was she doing here?
    Trying to be as silent as possible he rolled off the couch and crouched beside her. A flash of heat went straight to his groin, his cock hardening and thickening. Unable to help himself, he drew back the blanket, exposing her entire body. Now the heat coalesced into a major hard-on that threatened to break the zipper of his jeans. He couldn’t remember the last time a female has aroused him so quickly.
    Of course, he couldn’t remember the last time he’d had sex with someone who really turned him on, either. He had become far more of a loner than he’d ever expected.
    Tentatively he reached out a finger and traced the thin red line. The blonde trembled in her sleep but didn’t waken. Emboldened he drew a line across the swell of her breasts, then lightly touched each rosy nipple. They peaked immediately at the contact and a tiny moan echoed in her throat. Brushing the tousle of curls away from her face, Drew leant forward impulsively and placed a soft kiss on her full mouth, running the tip of his tongue along the closed seam. She had a clean taste, like the leaves in the forest after a rain or the water in a lake when a breeze had ruffled its surface.
    He licked her lips again, wondering how long it would take for her to realise something was happening. He didn’t have long to wait. The moment he tried to slip his tongue inside, she awoke with a start and bolted upright, jamming her head against his nose.
    “Jesus!” He reared back, pain shooting through his head and clamped one hand over his face.
    ANIMAL INSTINCTS
    Desiree Holt
    13
     
    The blonde yanked the blanket around her and scrambled away from him, a ferocious look in her eyes.
    “What kind of pervert are you, anyway?” she demanded. “Do you always take women home, strip them naked and fondle them while they’re asleep?”
    He swallowed a grin. “Only when they start out as a wolf and then shift,” he told her.
    “S-Shift?” She clutched the blanket to her, her amber eyes as wide as the sun, her skin, if possible even paler. “W-What are you talking about?”
    “You know exactly what I’m talking about. I brought a wounded white wolf into my house last night and this morning woke up with a gorgeous blonde. You’re not going to try and tell me you slipped in here in the middle of the night, are you?”
    She still had a terrified look about her, and Drew couldn’t exactly blame her. “I want my clothes right away.”
    Now the grin slipped free. “That would be a little difficult, since you didn’t arrive with any.” He stood up, keeping a safe distance from her. “Look. Maybe this will help.”
    He stripped off his clothes, ignoring the startled look on her face. Closing his eyes, he focused on his inner self and forced himself to shift. He felt his bones stretching, his hands turning into paws, his face elongating, the hair on his body thickening. In seconds he had turned himself into the wolf, his rich brown pelt reflecting the light. He looked over at the blonde, who was staring at him as if she was seeing things.
    “Y-You shifted,” she stammered.
    He let his tongue loll as he gave her a wolfish version of a