Janet was turning to jelly in his arms, heat spreading from her core to the tips of her fingers and toes. Nick bent his head, lips inching closer to hers but instead of kissing her, his lips grazed over her earlobe and his nose went to bury into the crook of her neck. He wanted to smell her. His wolf instincts were fully governing his thought process right now and the one thing he wanted to do was sink his canines into her neck right before taking her naked body on the grass, claiming her as his forever. The moment his nose grazed her neck, beneath the murky smell of lake water was the titillating scent of peaches and jasmine. It hit King Nicholas like a ton of bricks, making him stagger back in surprise. Janet just barely managed to catch her footing as Nick's arms that had been support