Aiden's fingers, long and warm, brushed against the soft fur of Luna's wolf ear, tracing the delicate curve.
A low rumble, a purr more than a sigh, escaped her lips, her black tail, usually a lively pendulum, now lay curled around his leg.
He knew, intimately, the rhythm of her sleep, and this was not it.
Her eyelids, thick with raven black lashes, fluttered, but remained closed, a faint, teasing smile playing on her full lips.
"Little wolf, you're not asleep, are you?" Aiden's voice, a low murmur, resonated with warmth, his breath stirring the fine hairs at her temple.
He leaned closer, the scent of her, sweet and musky, filling his senses.
Luna's eyes, the color of a summer sky, snapped open, sparkling with mischief.
A wide, joyful grin stretched across her face, revealing the sharp points of her fangs.
Her slender arms, surprisingly strong, shot out, wrapping around his bicep, pulling him down.
