Chapter 23

Victoria As he peeled the dress from my shoulders, letting it pool at my feet, his eyes devoured me with predatory hunger. "You're mine, Victoria. Body and soul. And your wolf knows it." I shivered, from the raw possession in his voice. Leo's hand slid behind my neck, tilting my head back as his lips hovered tantalizingly close to mine. "I watch as your tongue darts out to wet your lips," he growled, "and it makes me rock fucking hard." My breath caught as his other hand trailed down my body, tracing the curve of my breast before settling possessively on my hip. The heat from his palm seared through my skin, igniting something primal within me. "Do you know how badly I want to kiss you?" Leo murmured, his lips brushing against my jaw. "A kiss never meant anything to me until you slammed me with the restriction. Now it's the one thing I want most in the world." The confession startled me—this powerful Alpha admitting weakness for something as simple as a kiss. The knowledge gave me a st