Chapter 12. Goodbye for Now

His hand suddenly gripped her thigh, and she looked down to see him breathing raspily against her skin. He inhaled deeply with every breath, and she felt his temperature rise with every move.

“Fuck...,” He drawled huskily, and Rhiannon’s lips parted in surprise at the suddenly depth of his voice. It almost sounded as if it was his wolf that was speaking and not him, “You fuckin smelly amazing!”

And when did Elijah begin to curse? But she couldn’t deny that she loved the sound of it from his mouth.

His grip on her thigh tightened, but it wasn’t painful. He burrowed his face further into her skin, trailing his lips higher till it got to her neck. Elijah inhaled again, and she felt his whole body tremble.

“E... Elijah...?” She managed to whisper, her mind whirring as the mate bond worked its way around them.

“I want you, Rhia,” He admitted, his tongue taking a swipe of her neck, “I want you, now!” He rasped again.

Her eyes rolled to the back of her h