In a Dark Embrace by Simone Bern Page B

but neither did she want to share him with anyone else.
    He continued, “And I’ll think about it. And I’ll say no. And if the day ever comes that I want to say yes I’ll tell you. Is that enough of a promise for you?”
    She nodded.
    “Good. And if you ever fuck around on me I’ll kill him.”
    He said it with casual bluntness, as if he were talking about taking out the garbage.
    She snorted. “How exactly would that work, with your job and everything?”
    “It wouldn’t. There’d be nothing rational about it, Lee. I’m just sure that if I ever found you with another guy he’d end up dead. Consequences be damned.”
    She believed him. He could control the wolf in himself only so far. “Just make sure the guy really is fucking me. Don’t go killing off my male friends because of a kiss or some other man because he made a pass.”
    He gave her a hard, predatory smile. “Agreed. But I reserve the right to punch those guys out. Friend or not, if a kiss crosses the line they’ll wake up with bruises.”
    “You’re a mean son of a bitch,” she said and examined him thoughtfully. He was making his position very clear. Could she live with that kind of vicious possessiveness? Lee wasn’t sure. She looked away.
    “You aren’t exactly all sweetness and light yourself, my little witch,” he teased.
    “No. I’m not. I don’t think either witches or werewolves can be pure good. Power yearns to be used,” Lee said distantly and stared at the ceiling.
    She needed to digest what Jeremy had told her. His history with women, his casual threats as well as the implied expectation of a future together, it all made her uncomfortable.
    Wet kisses on her shoulder distracted her from such thoughts. She turned toward him and Jeremy raised himself to take her mouth. His passion was so strong it swept away all other thoughts like a raging river pushing debris from its path. Lee released herself into the torrent and returned his kiss with an equally driven desire.

Chapter Seven
     
    Lee sagged against the counter in the staff room and cursed Mondays as she helped herself to yet another cup of coffee. Was it possible to eliminate an entire day off the calendar? She was stumbling around like a zombie, feeling emotionally drained and mentally unfocused. Her clients weren’t getting their money’s worth today that was sure.
    She hadn’t gotten home ‘til near midnight yesterday. Jeremy had taken her out for a late lunch after which they had gone for a long walk in a nearby park. Returning to his place, they’d lounged around for a while then ordered pizza before getting all sweaty again. God, but that man had an insane sexual appetite and unbelievable stamina. Lee tried to count in her head how many times they’d had sex over the weekend. Way more often than she would have thought possible. She took a sip of coffee and considered her recent behavior with a kind of fascinated awe. While she was with Jeremy his powerful presence flooded her witch sense and fueled her own desire. It was only after she left that her thoughts and feelings became completely her own again. It was scary, losing herself that way.
    Thinking about Jeremy had kept her awake far into the night. All the nagging little warning signals she’d been ignoring had rushed to the fore while she lay in bed staring up at a darkened ceiling. Their conversations yesterday had left no doubt that as far as he was concerned she was his girlfriend. His expectation was of an exclusive relationship extending far into the foreseeable future. Jeremy was exciting, fun, intelligent and sexy beyond words. Lee knew she should be thrilled. Instead she was feeling suffocated. She liked him but the aura of ownership which he had been projecting put her back up. Instant sex she could do but this instant relationship had her freaked.
    Lee sighed and shook her head. She was taking this too seriously. Jeremy was simply caught up in the whirlwind of being with someone who had the