Can a beast be gentle? #ScintillatingSunday

Happy Scintillating Sunday. Enjoy eight paragraphs from my Paranormal Romance, Christmas Fantasy.

“Alyssa, I need you.” He spoke around her finger, not releasing it, his tongue teasing her flesh.

She needed him also. She ached so badly for his touch, but she was afraid still. Afraid of what he was, afraid of what he could do to her without even trying. He opened his eyes, gaze dark.

“I can be gentle, Alyssa.” He grabbed her wrist and slipped her finger from his mouth. “Let me show you.” He pressed a light kiss to her fingertip.

“Devin, it’s too soon and…”

“I promise I won’t hurt you, sweetie. Let me show you.”

“I want to, believe me, but I’m…” Scared, was she really? No, she was just nervous. There was a difference. She knew Devin wouldn’t hurt her, but his beast was different, would he be able to keep what lived inside of him on a leash? “I just wish there was a way I could watch you change without you touching me.”

He frowned. Damn it. Her words hurt him, it showed on his face. The darkness began to fade out of his eyes. “No.” Alyssa leaned closer to him. She hadn’t meant to hurt his feelings. “I just want to see you fully changed before we proceed,” she told him.

“I can’t change unless provoked, by anger, hunger or sex.” The mentioning of sex brought the blackness she craved back into his eyes. But there was no way she was just going to hop back into bed with him without seeing him fully changed. But, what if she handcuffed him, just long enough to see if his beast could be gentle with her? That plan just might work.

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