Wrapped Her Arms Around Him

The wound was healing and her shoulder felt better, but even so, she didn't relish using it any time soon. 

"What if..." She hesitated to ask him the question. She was dying to have him but not willing to go all the way. "What if we just fool around?"

Not believing what she had just proposed. Fooling around? Nothing more? He fought to give her a satisfied smirk. Hell, she wanted him, and she was willing to go partway. 

She wouldn't be able to stop at that for long. She had given him just the opening he was waiting for.

"No mating. We could get awfully close to the real thing. Just to fulfil some... primal need," she said, sounding a little unsure of herself.

"Sex without intercourse." He had to know what she desired, not wanting to go too far if that hadn't been her intention. It was killing him not to just lift her up and carry her back to their primitive bed and make her his mate.

"Or not. Just an idea."