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Chapter Five – Dangerous Temptations
This fucking day just keeps getting better and better, Ice thought as he continued fitting the walking cast to Holly’s leg.
It was an effort to keep himself from devouring her lush, curvy figure with his eyes. Earlier, he’d peeled back the layers of her soaked clothes and revealed a figure that made him itch to put his hands all over her. Having her so close now, wearing nothing but her bra and tight cotton bikini briefs, was sheer torture.
Her sweet breasts were the perfect size to fill his hands, and her rounded thighs with their foundation of sleek muscle would feel damned good clamped around his hips while he buried himself in her slick heat.
Why the hell does she have to smell so delicious?
She hadn’t recoiled at her first sight of his scarred face, either. Instead, he’d seen momentary pity cross her features, which was almost worse, before her expression returned to normal.
After that, she’d acted like he was just another guy instead of the scary fuck-up he knew he was. Her scent even revealed that she found him attractive.
He reminded himself that she was trouble. Big trouble.
Especially when Holly told him she’d set up all those trail cams.
And she’d seen him in his shifted form, too. Though she hadn’t said anything yet about encountering a supposedly extinct critter while stuck in the trap.
Ice could only hope she’d dismissed the memory as part of her near-death experience.
Well, thanks to the storm, I’ll have a couple of days to figure out how to handle this whole clusterfuck, he thought.
After dropping her off in his cabin to thaw, he’d gotten his ass back out to the park. There, he collected not only her gear but all the trail cams he could find. He’d brought them all back to the cabin with the intention of erasing everything they’d recorded.
It was just his bad luck that when he returned, he found his unexpected guest awake and trying to stand. Once she fell asleep tonight, he planned to review the footage on every single camera, and delete as needed.
And Arnold fucking Beckworth is her boss?Just fucking great.
No telling what that asshole would do if he found out that there was footage of a real, live sabertooth prowling Bearpaw Springs National Park.
Trying to hide his self-disgust, Ice finished making his adjustments to the walking cast.
“How’s that?” He wanted to wince at his brusque tone.
Holly lifted her leg off his lap and put it on the floor. Then, moving cautiously, she got to her feet. The fleece-lined velour blanket hung around her like a velvet cloak, providing tantalizing flashes of her uninjured leg and softly rounded belly over those tight panties.
“Much better.” She flashed him a grin, and his heart stopped.
She was the most beautiful woman he’d ever met, with her fey purple hair, large gray eyes, and generous mouth. Ice fought the urge to rise, take her face between his hands, and taste her lips.
His beast stirred at the thought. Do it, it whispered in his mind. She smells ripe for mating.
Shut the fuck up, cat. He was already having trouble hiding the desire that burned through his blood. Now, he had a fresh parade of X-rated images tramping through his thoughts.
“At least I’ll be able to walk to the bathroom by myself,” Holly continued. She paused, looked around, then added in a hopeful tone, “You have indoor plumbing, right?”
“Yup.” He pointed to a door to the left of the fireplace. “In there.”
“Awesome. If you’ll excuse me…”
As Holly limped across the living room, then shut the bathroom door behind her, Ice tried to figure out his next move.
He had to keep her here until the storm passed. He hadn’t lied about the landslide, just skipped mentioning all the other people who lived on this ranch, not to mention that the Bearpaw Springs Resort was within snowmobile range. For the moment, it was easier to let her believe the storm had completely isolated his cabin.
It gave him some breathing room to find out if she remembered seeing his cat form. And to investigate what was on those trail cams he’d collected.
If he got really lucky, he could get rid of any incriminating footage without her noticing.
