ShiftinDirty-ElizaGayle by Eliza Gayle

wolf. This was Gage. A man she hadn’t known very long but one she felt closer to than she did her ex who she spent years with.
    Instead of running away she took a deep breath and made a conscious effort to relax her muscles and calm her mind. Once chilled, the first thing she thought was that his coat of fur was a breathtaking collection of cream, tan, brown and even some orange in places. The second thing she thought was how much wanted to touch it.  
    Not sure how to handle this she held out her hand as Gage tilted his head and rubbed against her palm. Thick and soft just as she imagined. Since she’d never before come across any real wolves in the woods, she’d never seen one except on television. To her they seemed like mythical scary creatures.  
    Not Gage.
    He was so beautiful.
    He stood still while she stroked his coat several times until eventually he must have gotten bored. His cool nose pushed at her hand and then he turned and walked further into the woods. She followed. He had mentioned a surprise.
    The forest they were walking through was dense with the evergreens the area was known for and she wondered just where they could be going. She didn’t wait long.  
    Less than five minutes later the gap between trees opened up and they stepped into what she thought was a clearing until she looked past the wolf to the sparkling pool complete with a small waterfall in front of him.  
    “What is this?” she asked.
    The wolf snorted and stepped away from her before it began to change. More bone popping, but it happened even faster this time. She was no longer standing beside the gorgeous animal, but instead the sleek naked form of the large male who wanted to be her mate.  
    A title she wanted to embrace at the moment.  
    “This is your surprise. These woods are where I spend most of my time as wolf and this spring is my favorite place to spend a sunny afternoon.”
    Her insides quivered and it wasn’t all because she couldn’t stop looking at his body. He brought her here to share a slice of his life as she’d done with him by taking him to the cabin on the lake.
    “Here.” She tried to hand him the clothes he discarded and she picked up thinking he might need them wherever they ended up.  
    “I don’t need them yet. I’m going for a swim.”
    She swallowed. “Like that? Out here? But the water is going to be cold.” The nights had started cooling down weeks ago and she imagined the spring below far too icy for a late autumn swim.
    “Hot spring. You can swim here year round.”
    That explained the faint shimmer of steam hovering over the water she’d incorrectly thought was some sort of mountain fog.  
    “I didn’t bring a swimsuit.”
    He stared at her for a moment before throwing his head back to laugh. “Thank God. I’ve been trying to get you naked for two days, a swimsuit was definitely not in my plans.”
    Her body tingled at the idea of getting naked with him. Although he’d pretty much accomplished that back at her parent’s cabin when he used his mouth and fingers… “This was all about getting me naked?”  
    “Not really. But I think you forget how easily I can scent arousal and yours is already driving me crazy and making my dick hard.”
    She tried not to look, she really did. But her body seemed to have a mind of its own when her gaze slid down the hard planes of his stomach to find his—Oh. My. God.
    What she saw normally would have taken her breath away and probably had her throwing herself on him. But the sound of a snicker snagged her attention before she lost her mind and instantly sobered her.
    “Are you laughing at me?”
    “Babe. If you saw your face you’d laugh too. I will say I’m flattered though.”
    Incorrigible.  
    “I’m not going swimming or getting naked with you.”
    He stepped closer, well into her personal space and wrapped his fingers behind her neck. “Sienna, I want you. More than I’ve ever wanted anything. But I’m not forcing you to do