The "structural integrity test" was going well. Very well.
Kael was warm, eager, and intense. His lips were busy on Ren's neck, and his hands moved over her ribs with a possessiveness that left Ren's mind hazy.
"Kael," Ren gasped, her fingers tangling in his white hair. "Wait. The door. We didn't put a lock on the door."
"No one enters," Kael murmured against her skin, his voice rough with heat. "They fear me. I am the Alpha. If they interrupt, I eat them."
Scratch. Scratch. Scratch.
A noise came from the new wooden door. It wasn't a knock, but the frantic scratching of claws digging into the wood.
Kael froze.
Ren froze.
Sniff. Sniff. Whine.
"Is that..." Ren whispered. "Is someone sniffing the doorframe?"
Kael pulled back. His pupils were wide now, not with desire, but with a dangerous kind of annoyance. A low growl rumbled in his chest.
"I am going to kill something," Kael stated calmly. "I am going to peel it, and you will cook it."
