Nolan

by Ally Summers

  “And the Claiming? I’ve heard about it.”

  Oh shit. She was going deep into shifter law. “Yeah, it’s after mates get married. The alpha bites his mate and it’s the final ceremony.”

  “Does it hurt?” she asked.

  “I think it’s a hurts so good situation.”

  “Ohh.” She put her hand to her lips. It was cute how easy it was to make her blush.

  “Yeah. It happens during sex. Anymore questions?”

  “I don’t think so, but can I ask more when I have them?”

  “I’ll let you know when it happens to me. Deal?” I teased.

  Ava giggled. “You think I want to know when you get someone pregnant and claim them?”

  “You don’t?”

  “No.” Her eyes narrowed.

  “Then why are you asking all this?” I finished off the second drink.

  Her hand landed on my knee and my bear rumbled. Ava jerked her hand away. “I’m sorry. I upset you. I don’t know what I’m doing either.”

  I circled her wrist with my fingers, returning them to where they were on my knee. “You didn’t upset me, Ava. The opposite. It was nice.” I winked.

  “Ohh.”

  “Bear shifter response can be easy to understand, even if all the laws of bonding and claiming are confusing as hell.”

  Her neck and cheeks began to turn crimson. “I see.” Her fingers curled into my leg.

  I let the growl vibrate in my chest. She listened and watched in awe this time.

  Our eyes met in that moment. I wanted to kiss her. I wanted to lick every inch of her body. I wanted to take her back to my bed, but I knew what this woman had been through today. I needed to show some fucking restraint, and put my selfish thoughts on the back burner.

  “Nolan?”

  Her lips parted.

  “Yeah?”

  “I think I want to know.”

  I tilted my head to the side. It was hard keeping my hands off her, especially the way her tits looked in that tight T-shirt and how the yoga pants hugged the curves of her ass. I was currently damn proud of myself.

  “Know what?” I leaned closer, inhaling more of her intoxicating shampoo. “You have more mating questions? Because maybe I’m not the man to answer them.”

  “About bear shifters,” she whispered. “When they’re with someone who isn’t their mate. All the other stuff you do know about.”

  I felt the stirring in my chest. Holy fuck. Did she know she was awakening my most primal urges? My cock began to pulse against the denim in my pants. I was a strong man, but this was testing what kind of steel I was made of.

  My hand lifted to her cheek. She leaned into the contact. Yeah. She knew exactly what she was doing.

  “You sure, Ava? You had a hell of a day.” I ran the pad of my thumb over her pouty bottom lip.

  She nodded. “Be the shifter that makes everything else disappear.”

  The rumble deepened in my chest. She licked her lips.

  “I can do that.” I nodded. “I can do that.”

  Nine

  Ava

  Nolan’s mouth covered in mine in an earth-shattering kiss. Our lips moved as our tongues collided. I wrapped my hands around his neck as he pulled me off the bar stool and into his lap. Oh God, he was an incredible kisser. He kissed and sucked until I was breathless. I rocked my hips forward as his tongue flicked in my mouth. He bit the corners of my mouth. And his lips. His fucking edible lips were firm and soft.

  “Mmm,” I moaned as his hand slid under my shirt, unclasping my bra. His fingers explored my breasts until he began to twist and pluck my nipples to attention. I gasped, feeling them tighten and harden. “Oh shit,” I whispered.

  Nolan kissed along my throat and against my neck, making a trail behind my ear. My nails dug into his massive shoulders. The sensations firing through me were incredible, and we were both still wearing clothes.

  Our lips found each other again and I pressed into his waist with more intention, grinding against the rigid shaft in his jeans. Holy shit. He was huge. I could feel how hard and long he was. So the shifter myths were true.

  “Oomph.” He lifted me in his arms, carrying me through the small house.

  He kicked the bedroom door out of the way as he walked into the room. I looked in his eyes as he lowered me to the bed. I didn’t have any hesitation or doubt this was exactly what I needed tonight. One shifter to replace the nightmare of another. Nolan could take away that memory and give me something life-altering—shifter sex.

  I saw the glimmer in his eyes as he towered over me. His hands landed on my yoga pants and he dragged them to the floor. His hands scaled my ankles, knees, and the softness of my inner thighs as he ran his thumb under the edge of my lace panties.

  “Ohh,” I whimpered. His thumb traced my clit, coating my heat in my own juices. Nolan knelt on the floor in front of me, making the same motion over and over until I was writhing on the bed for more.

  He knelt between my legs, lowering his face between my thighs. His heated lips began to suck and kiss until he was blowing warm breaths through the lace. My pussy ached to be touched. To be licked.

  “Please,” I begged.

  “Don’t worry,” he groaned. “I promised to make you come at least six times tonight.”

  “Oh God.” I swallowed hard as I gripped the quilt in my fists.

  He peeled the lace to the side and ran his tongue from my ass to my clit, drawing a path with his thick forceful tongue. I curled off the bed as his tongue licked all the way down again.

  “Feel good?” he teased.

  I nodded, reeling in the tingling spreading through my core. I still had my fucking panties on. How was he doing this to me? I released the quilt and yanked on the lace, but Nolan stopped me.

  “No, baby,” he warned. “This is my feast.”

  “Shit.”

  He chuckled. “Your job is to come. That’s all.”

  He dove between my legs and I bucked off the bed when I felt the friction of the lace rub against my clit as his tongue circled my pussy. He snapped the fabric in place and I howled. Why did that feel so fucking fantastic?

  He lifted the lace and his tongue made a figure out from my asshole, around my heat and back again. My hips began to rock with the rhythm. Up and down, side to side, following the commands his tongue gave.

  “That’s it,” he growled, making my body shake with anticipation.

  His tongue plunged inside my pussy as a finger began to circle my backdoor. I fisted as much of the quilt as I could, urging the orgasm to burst free. And then in an instant, Nolan shredded the lace and it was tattered around my hips. He feasted on my pussy, sucking and thrusting his tongue deeper, the more dire my climax became. His elbows, pried my legs open farther and I knew I was lost when he had that kind of access to my body. His tongue was free to lap at my clit and explore my pussy. I bucked under the incredible pressure his mouth created between my legs. And his fingers. Shit. Those fingers were so dangerously close to slipping inside my backdoor, but they only toyed with me, promising another pleasure next time.

  “Nolan,” I groaned as the orgasm came to the surface.

  He moved faster and harder, lifting my hips in the air, to lap at my orgasm while I fell apart, one wave after another, crashing into each other so quickly I couldn’t catch my breath. I cried out as the final crest hit and I exploded into his mouth.

  His eyes glimmered with lust. I tried to gulp for air. I heard his belt buckled unclasp and hit the hardwood floor. I glanced down at the gigantic cock on him. Holy shit.

  “It’s okay.” He smiled, crawling on the bed. “Don’t be scared, Ava.”

  “I’m not scared,” I lied.

  He pushed my T-shirt up and his teeth latched on my tits.

  “Oh shit, I moaned, clasping the back of his head, pushing against my chest. He sucked until I panted for him to take the other one.

  He rubbed one wet nipple with his fingers while he sucked my other tit. He thre
aded the T-shirt over my head and took in my body.

  “You are so fucking sexy, woman. Did you know that?”

  “No,” I whispered. But with him, I felt like a sex goddess. Like a woman who could do anything.

  He kissed my throat and when his lips met mine I inhaled my scent on his mouth. He settled between my legs and I felt the head of his cock press to my pussy. Oh God, this was it. He gave me a wicked wink and instantly, flipped me on my stomach.

  “Oomph.”

  He dragged my hips into the air, running his hand between my folds. His thumb pressed to my pussy and I whimpered for him to release me again.

  He leaned over me, taking my ear with his teeth, as he positioned himself behind me. I was dripping wet. My nipples perked. My hands splayed on the bed.

  “More,” he growled.

  My knees widened and I felt the fire radiate in my pussy as my legs spread and he began to sink his massive cock inside me.

  “Oh fuck, Ava,” he growled. “You feel fucking incredible. God, let me fuck you hard.”

  I licked my lips, watching him over my shoulder. I was certain it was everything I needed. Everything my body craved. My pussy hugged him like a glove, but we needed more. I needed the rawness. The animalistic sensuality of his body taking mine under for the rest of the night.

  “Fuck me,” I purred.

  I unleashed the beast in him as he slammed the rest of the way home.

  “Oh God!” I screamed. I wasn’t ready for the intensity. The pressure. The pain that turned to sudden bliss when Nolan began pumping in and out of me, riding me with strokes that painted ecstasy in vivid colors.

  He grunted as he rooted deeper, spreading me wider, finding new ways to angle his cock to hit every part of my walls. He reached around my waist, his fingers exploring my clit.

  “No,” I groaned. “Not yet.” I was desperate to come with him.

  He chuckled. “I promised you at least six, and baby I’m a shifter who can fuck you all night. You better come.”

  “Oh shit,” I whimpered as he tugged my clit, coaxing an epic orgasm to tear through my body. I clenched his cock and panted as the orgasm spiraled through me. Nolan thrust faster with each wave hitting.

  “That’s it.” He kissed my sweaty temple. “I’m not even close to being done with you tonight.”

  I smiled. “Don’t stop. God, don’t stop fucking me, Nolan.”

  He pulled his shaft from me and I whined, but he pulled me into his lap, wrapping my legs tightly around his waist.

  He lowered me onto his cock and I thought I’d die from the sensation of fullness when he sliced into me.

  “Mmm,” I purred as I began to slide up and down.

  “I want your tits,” he growled.

  I held his neck, arching backward and offering my nipples to him. He was relentless. Licking and biting. Sucking and kissing. I’d never felt so sensitive on this part of my body until tonight. Until Nolan. His hand traveled along my lower back and began to explore that sacred hole.

  “Oh, Nolan. I’ve never…”

  “Shh,” he hushed me, kissing my tit. “I know how to make you come when you need it most.”

  “Do you?” I teased.

  “I do.” He bit gently, sucking my nipple in his mouth, just as his cock pushed deep inside me and his finger breached that first layer of tight muscle around my rosebud.

  I began to convulse in his arms, riding his cock faster, urging his finger to go deeper.

  “Fuck me, like that, baby,” he growled, and I lost all control. All decency. I fucked this man like I’d never ridden a man before. The climax exploded through my entire body ricocheting in new erotic zones.

  Nolan growled, pushing me back on the mattress as he thrust inside me. Our eyes locked and I wondered if I had been the one to throw him over the edge.

  I didn’t know if sex with a shifter was supposed to feel like this. All I knew was that it was incredible. It was exhilarating and physical. We connected in a way I’d never known before. Maybe it was because Nolan put all the focus on me. I was his turn on. He worshipped my body. He explored it. Praised it. Rewarded it with carnal pleasures. I didn’t want it to stop.

  I ran my fingers through his dark hair. His pace slowed, and I wondered if this was becoming dangerously emotional. As he fucked me slowly and fully all I wanted to do was get lost in his gorgeous eyes. I wanted him to take me. Make me his like this tonight and every night.

  He pulled out and slammed back to home.

  “Nolan,” I moaned.

  “Come for me.”

  I shook my head. “Not without you.”

  He kissed me. “You think you’re ready for that?”

  I sighed, but my orgasm was already near the surface. I didn’t have much time if we were going to come together.

  “Yes.”

  He took my hands over my head as his hips changed pace, grinding deeper, slower. His eyes focused on mine and I couldn’t breathe. Our bodies were melting into each other. I’d never felt anything so intense. So overwhelming.

  The wave started in my core and was met by Nolan’s release as he roared toward the ceiling and filled me with every drop he had. I clenched at his throbbing cock, and our breaths matched.

  “You’re fucking incredible, Ava.” He kissed the side of my neck.

  My body felt limp and spent, as if I had shared a life source with him. I knew that sounded silly, but I’d never felt so close, and so completely connected.

  “Thank you,” I whispered.

  He looked confused.

  “For saving me,” I explained.

  “You don’t have to say that again. Anyone would have done the same thing.”

  I shook my head.

  “No. I’m not talking about today.” I smiled. “I’m talking about tonight.”

  He grinned. “You felt that too?”

  I nodded.

  “I thought we could put this off until things calmed down. But I don’t think I can. Not after that.”

  I already knew what he was going to say. I had read about it. Studied it. Asked him about over drinks. Was this possible? I never thought it could happen to me.

  “I’m your mate.”

  Nolan frowned. “How did you know?”

  I shrugged. “I think it was the sex that gave it away.”

  He laughed. “Okay. Yeah, epic fucking can do that.” He kissed me, pulling me onto his chest.

  He pushed inside me. My eyes widened.

  He laughed. “I told you. I can go all night. Especially on the night I found my mate.”

  Ten

  Nolan

  The last place I wanted to be after last night was the police station. There was no way I was leaving Ava alone. She sat at my desk while I talked to the captain about what I had discovered in Thunder Pike.

  Griffin and I sat in his office with the door closed. This case was growing more sensitive and deadly by the day. The captain had installed sound-proofing windows and walls in his office. It was a hazard of working in a department with amazing shifter hearing. He had to go to extreme lengths to keep information confidential and quiet.

  I kept glancing at Ava over my shoulder through the slanted blinds. I swore the woman was glowing. Shifter sex had that effect. We barely got any sleep last night. Instead of dark circles under our eyes we were still fucking energized from an incredible night.

  “Bryson,” Cap barked.

  “Yes, sir.” I whipped around to face him.

  “I read Ms. Lance’s statement about the attack in Thunder Pike.” Cap’s voice boomed.

  “And?”

  Griffin shuffled his feet. I knew he didn’t like being in the captain’s office without his partner, but ever since Rawlings had been thrown off the case this was how things worked now.

  “She’s fucking lucky she survived.”

  “She is, sir.” I nodded.

  “I need to tell you something about the body.”

  Griffin and I zeroed in on our boss.
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  “Is the autopsy complete, sir?” I asked.

  He shook his head. “That’s the thing. There was no autopsy.”

  “No autopsy?” I roared. “We need to know what that thing is. How they’re making it.”

  The captain shook his head. “When our team arrived on the scene, there was no body, detectives.”

  Griffin and I looked at each other.

  “That’s impossible. I checked. He was dead. Six bullet holes, sir. It took six fucking bullets to the back.”

  “I’m not saying he left there alive. I’m suggesting someone else retrieved the body before us.”

  I rubbed the side of my face. “Did the team check the cottage?” I asked.

  “It’s been wiped clean,” he reported.

  I glanced at Ava. She lifted her hand and waved. She was probably wondering what was taking so damn long.

  “Fuck,” I groaned. “What did they take?”

  “We’re going to need Ms. Lance to make a list. I need her to go back to the house and tell us exactly what is gone.”

  I shook my head. “I don’t know if she’s ready for that, sir.”

  Sure, she was living in afterglow bliss right now, but if I took her to Sweet Willow Lane, that could vanish quickly. I didn’t want to do that to her.

  “We need to know if the adversary has compromising information. We need to know what they have on her.”

  “You want me to take her back to where she was almost killed? No. It’s too soon.”

  Griffin cleared his throat. “Why don’t I go too? Up and back.”

  He had just lost a partner for getting in too deep with a girl he fell for. I didn’t want that to happen to him again. Would he think differently if he knew Ava was my mate? That I had to do everything in my power to protect her?

  “All right. That’s the plan. Griffin and I will go with her, sir. That way there’s backup.”

  “Hand me the list directly,” he instructed. “I don’t want any more eyes on this case. Understand?”

  “Yes, sir.”

  Griffin and I walked out of the captain’s office, closing the door firmly behind us.