Lunacy: Hunted (An excerpt)

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So this is from a series I started called Lunacy. Unsurprisingly, it's about werewolves and this is part of a scene where Nico is making advances on a girl his brother Terry is dating. It's so much more complicated from that, but in a nutshell, that's all the backstory you need to know for this part.

“You want me, Julia.”

I took a step back and found myself pressed against the wall. “No. I don’t. I want Terry.”

Nico smiled, but it was more a baring of teeth than an expression of pleasure. “You’re lying. I can hear your heart racing. But you know what else, Julia? I can smell how much you want me. It’s practically pouring out of you. It’s pheromones, sweetness, and you are positively reeking of ‘kiss me now.’ So, like I said before, you want me.” With each step he came closer, crowding me until I could hear the blood pulsing in my ears too.

I tried to say something else, but the words stuck in my throat. I could almost hear him gloating and I wanted to hit him for it.

“So, say it.”

I blinked, pressing my palms flat against the wall. “Say what?”

Nico put both hands on either side of my head, against the wall. “Say you want me. We both know you do. Unless you want to keep lying to us both.”

I scowled at him, balling my hands into fists. Stubbornly, I set my jaw, staring up and him and resolutely refusing to speak.

His grin was annoyingly wolfish. “No problem, sweetness. I’ll hear you say it sooner or later.”

Then he kissed me.

I knew it was wrong, but the moment Nico’s lips touched mine, I no longer cared. I didn’t even hesitate, even though I should have. I just surged forward, wrapping my arms around his neck, opening my mouth hungrily beneath his. His kiss was nothing like Terry’s. Terry’s kisses were slow, knee-melting seduction. Nico’s were claiming, devouring, primal, amazing.

I whimpered, like the wanton way I threw myself into that kiss wasn’t embarrassing enough. I almost felt the triumph in him when his hands moved, one to around my waist and and the other into my hair. I felt like I was getting drunk off of him and didn’t even notice when his lips left mine and started down my neck.

I only noticed when I felt the suction there, high under my jaw. That’s when I realized what he was doing. Weakly, I moved my hands against his chest and tried to push him away. “Wait, no, don’t...you can’t leave any marks.”

Nico lifted his mouth from my neck and smiled that lazy, fanged smile of his. “Yes I can. I want him to see.”

When he went back to my neck, I didn’t stop him.