CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX – MATING WITH THE ALPHA

Laura's response was to surge up onto her tiptoes, capturing his lips in another scorching kiss that left no room for doubt or hesitation. Her fingers tangled in the short strands of his hair, holding him to her as she poured every ounce of her need, her desire, into that searing embrace. With a low, guttural growl, Logan swept her up into his arms, her legs instinctively winding around his waist as he carried her toward the narrow cot that served as their bed. Their lips never parted, their kisses growing more frantic, more desperate with each passing second. When the backs of Logan's legs hit the edge of the cot, he sank down onto it, cradling Laura in his lap as his calloused palms roamed the curves of her body with reverent wonder. Piece by piece, their clothing fell away, discarded in a haphazard trail that led to the tangled nest of blankets. And then, finally, there was nothing between them but the heated slide of bare skin against bare skin, and the thunderous pounding of th