Chapter 13: Under the Stars

Lilia POV

Passion and lust still consumed Lilia. Mercifully, the task of gathering wood and building their fire distracted her from Dane and his caresses. And he'd left in search of game, shifting into his wolf form, before things got heated.

She needed to find some kindling. Fallen branches, thick enough to make a good fire. She’d picked up more hawthorn wood to use in the fire, but it had been wet and not exactly ideal for burning. It should be dried out now. The solid, rough wood felt comforting as she gathered up a bundle of sticks.

She’d known, just from being around Dane in her own home, the risks of letting him come too near too soon. She’d somehow felt that his touch had the power to make her inhibitions weaken. Touching him shattered them completely.

What would it be like to have him take her to bed, and to be fully intimate with him?