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to her. Seeing the wolf had raised so many questions and fears inside of her that she didn’t know where to start or what to say.

    He came to stand next to her and she managed a small
    smile when he held a cup of tea out to her. Taking it from him, she sipped it a few times while struggling to stop herself from looking at the wolf’s head. Her gaze briefly moved there.

    “It came with the cabin,” he said. “I’ve been meaning to take it down. I don’t kill wolves. I’m a deer hunter.”

    She sighed and relief washed through her.

    “So, what do you hunt?” He looked a little awkward and she wondered whether he’d asked her because he was
    interested, or because he didn’t know what else to say to her.

    “Deer, anything I can eat,” she said without thinking and froze. She risked a glance at him and saw he had one
    brow raised, as though he was trying to make sense of
    what she’d said. She hoped that he’d let it slide. He was probably going to spend all night wondering exactly what she lived on now. She told herself she should add in
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    some other things, like vegetables and the things she
    ate normally, but he spoke again and her chance slipped away.

    “You alone up here?”

    She nodded.

    “Even in winter?” he said with a hint of disbelief in his voice and his eyes.

    “Yes,” she answered and then realised that her blanket was slipping, revealing the swell of her breasts. His eyes seemed to linger there, causing heat to settle in her
    stomach and making her whole body flush. She pulled
    the blanket up again and the soft fur tickled her skin.

    “Come on, you shouldn’t be standing.” He caught hold of her arm and went to lead her to the couch but she sat
    down on the rug in front of the fire.

    It was so nice and warm here. She felt so safe. It had been a long time since she’d felt that in company.

    “Well okay then,” he said and sat down next to her on
    the rug. “You warm enough? I can throw another couple
    of logs on—”

    “It’s fine, it’s…nice.” She didn’t look at him. She
    remained staring at the flames and thinking about how
    good it felt to be with someone.

    It wasn’t just the fire making her warm.

    She looked at him out of the corner of her eye. He was sitting so close to her, his eyes fixed on the fire and the soft light of it warming his face.
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    “Thank you for looking after me,” she said and leaned
    towards him. She pressed a kiss to his cheek and when
    she pulled back, he had his eyes closed. Her heart sped a little when he opened them and looked straight into
    hers. There was so much passion in them, desire that
    she’d caused, and it made her tremble inside to see it.

    “What are neighbours for?” he said in a shaky voice that betrayed his feelings as much as the way his eyes
    dropped briefly to her body did.

    “You’re different up close and in the light.” She waited for his eyes to come back up to meet hers and smiled
    when they did, trying to alleviate the nerves she felt and forcing herself to continue with what she wanted to say.
    “I know your shape and build, and your scent, but you’re so much more…”

    “Yes?” Scott tried to swallow the dry lump in his throat but his actions were pointless. It wouldn’t shift, not while she was looking at him like that, with eyes that told him how much their owner longed for his touch. He couldn’t be imagining it now. The sweep of her tongue against
    her lips, the shy way she looked at him through her
    eyelashes and the way her blanket was falling
    dangerously low around her breasts told him everything he needed to know. He would have had to be blind to
    miss how attracted to him she was, how she wanted
    him.

    “…Handsome,” she breathed the word. It was a feather
    light whisper but it hit him with all the force of a tidal wave, sending him reeling and making desire surge
    through him. “I like your grey