“I believe we’re about to have company, bear company.”
“Are you sure?” Cherub glanced all about.
“I’m very sure.”
“Drat.” Cherub frowned then shook her head. “They are very smart bears with a homing beacon that points directly toward us. Although I still cannae believe they found us quite so quickly.”
A low growl rumbled then two big bears, their pelts a stunning silky black, lumbered out of the thick tree line and prowled toward them, their noses to the air.
The bear in the front, who had to be Kirk, rose up onto his hind legs, slapped his paws down on the top of the ledge and heaved himself up. He brushed in behind Cherub and she turned, wrapped one arm around his neck and rubbed her cheek against his. “My mate is currently telling me off.” Cherub winked at her. “What of yours?”
“You shouldn’t be here, Julia.” Tavish’s bear clomped toward her, his golden gaze targeted on her and no other. He bounded into the water before making the ledge and disappeared under its darkened surface. A flare of bright lights deep within the water shone then her man emerged right in front of her, the water lapping the golden skin at his waist. He shook his wet head and drops flew.
She giggled and wiped her face. “I’m with Cherub, which means I’m perfectly safe, as you well know.”
“Thank you, Julia.” Cherub stood and hands to her hips, eyed Kirk in his bear form. “See, at least there is someone here who appreciates that I’ve lived over a thousand years and looked after myself and my kin the entire time.”
Kirk prodded Cherub’s hand with his muzzle then lapped her palm.
“Dinnae try and sweet talk your way out of this argument, my tempting bear.”
Kirk’s bear nibbled on her fingertips.
“Or eat me. I am no’ your next meal.” She dipped her head and kissed the top of his furry head. “Goodness, you are hard to stay angry at for long.” Cherub glanced at her. “Mates are beyond impossible at times. I’ll speak to you later. Kirk wishes for some alone time afore the evening meal.”
“Thank you for bringing me here.”
“You are most welcome. On the morrow, we shall head out at first light and begin our search. Be ready, both of you.” Cherub nodded at Tavish, cloaked both her and Kirk in his bear form and in a rush of wind, swept out over the loch. Their auras disappeared into the dark, the beautiful streams twirling around and blending together until they whisked away on the wind.
Leaning in, Tavish set his hands down on the ledge either side of her, the water beading on his chest and running in rivulets down. “Some alone time with you is exactly what I need as well.”
“Where are your clothes?” She pressed one hand to his warm chest, the heat he emitted washing over her.
“Within the trees.” He pointed to the closest and tallest of the massive pine trees. “Just a little way past that one. Care to join me for a dip?”
“I’m under doctor’s orders not to get my stitches wet.” She nuzzled his cheek where she sat and the sizzling red edge around his white aura exploded with a hungry blaze of starburst gold.
“I’ll make sure you don’t defy your doctor’s orders and get your head wet, the rest of you, not so much.” He eased her shirt hem free of the waistband of her riding skirt and lifted her shirt over her head. The cool night air brushed her skin and puckered her nipples. Gently, he eased her breasts together and licked the puckered tips with a hearty swipe and a fierce growl. “Rid yourself of your skirt as well. I’ll be able to scent if anyone approaches. We’re safe here, well out of sight.”
“As you wish.” She rose to her feet, tugged the ties of her riding skirt open and shoved her heavy skirts to the ground. She stepped over them and halted as Tavish’s golden gaze devoured her, from her head to her toes and everywhere in between.
Heat shimmered through her, a wash of warmth that pooled between her thighs and made him sniff and let out a hearty growl. Claws slicing out and in, he slid his hands around her calves and hauled her forward. She toppled over the edge and fell into his arms. Laughing, she wound her hands around his neck. “It appears you intend on taking advantage of me.”
“Absolutely.” With her cradled against his chest, he slogged through the water toward the mossy bank, the darkened surface rippling outward and the cool water lapping at her breasts. Carefully, he sat her on the embankment, tipped her shoulders back onto the moss and swept his hands under her bottom then dragged her forward a touch. With a sizzling touch, he caressed her lower cheeks. “I’ve always been one to make every opportunity count, and right now I’ve a desperate need to be as one with you.”
“As I have with you.” She speared her fingers through his wet hair and nipped his lower lip. “This is the second most magical place in the world, the first our cavern. I wish to discover every magical place there is on this land, and only with you.”
“Then that’s what we’ll do.” He eased in between her legs, his erection rising out of the water, the plump head deepening to a rich plum color that had her licking her lips.
“You’re my fierce protector.” She rocked against him, her shoulders resting on the spongy moss as her lower body dipped under the water.
“You’re so beautiful, your body a feast I long to indulge in.” Head down, he ran his tongue around one nipple then the other. The aureoles beaded further and with one hot stroke across each sensitive tip, he sent a bolt of heat straight to her core and made her whimper with need.
“Again,” she pleaded.
“I love it when you get all demanding.” He grinned then swirled his tongue around the tip, his heated touch so deliciously divine.
“I never want this moment to end.” The sight of his mouth on her, his silky wet hair brushing her skin and the moonlight streaming over them from above, sent her desire for him soaring.
“I can sense what you need along our link. Brace yourself, my love, because I intend to send you catapulting to the stars.” He sucked her nipple deep inside his mouth and a torrent of tingles raced through her.
“That feels sooo good. Your touch sends me to another realm all unto itself.” She traced the ridged bands of his belly. Hard muscles honed to perfection rippled, layer upon layer, and as she brushed the head of his cock, his shaft, so thick and long, pulsed in her hand. Slowly, she caressed the tip then fondled him all the way to the base and palmed his balls as they tightened and drew upward.
“You own me, every inch of me.” His big arms bunched around her. “I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
“As you own me.” She squirmed forward, brought them closer together and rubbed her breasts against his chest. The smattering of dark hair tickled and tightened her nipples and she sighed with delight. “Mmm, this I love. Kiss me, Tavish. I miss having your mouth on mine.”
He captured her mouth, his kiss long and dreamy, the stars above them twinkling in and around the moon and adding to the beauty of the moment. Goodness, she needed him, so badly.
She kissed him back, clinging to him as the searing heat inside her intensified. “More,” she whispered.
“What my woman wants, she gets.” He swept his hands down her sides and along her inner thighs then pushed one finger inside her and when she wriggled closer, he thrust a second finger in.
Her hunger raged, her need pounding down their link. “I love having your hands on me, having you surround me.”
“I’m sure I love it more. Your scent right now is near driving me insane. I need a taste.” He spread her legs even farther, revealed all of her to his ravenous gaze then with a deep rumble, dipped his head and nuzzled her mound. “Your body is all mine, a feast I want to devour, inch by incredible inch, starting right here at the heart of you.”
“I want that too.” She rubbed her wet legs against his and as he ducked his head, she tangled her hands in his midnight locks turned a sizzling blue on the ends under the moonlight. His tongue swept across her flesh and a wild storm of sensations rippled out from where he touched. He mov
ed his mouth over her sensitive nub and sucked, hard. She moaned and rocked into his touch, needing more, needing all of him.
Licking her, he sent her soaring even higher, and when she lifted her hips and her legs fell wider, he accepted her offer, seized her bottom and drank from her so deeply, until every part of her belonged only to him and her thoughts raged with the need to join as one.
Panting for a breath, she struggled to hold onto all the intense emotions surging through her. She didn’t want to come, not without him, but so too she didn’t want him to cease his heart-stopping attention. Oh, she was far too greedy.
“I adore your greediness.” He lifted his head as he laved her nub, his desire-filled gaze targeted on hers. “I want to feel you come on my tongue, and then on my cock when I drive into you. Tell me that’s what you want too.”
“Oh, I want.” Rocking her hips, she grasped his broad shoulders, swept over his bulging biceps and down his arms. Her mate was so wickedly strong, each and every roped inch of him. More. She needed more. She stroked over his trim waist, gripped his firm butt and squeezed. Giddy with need, she glided around to his front and smoothed her hand around his velvet-hard shaft and worked him in long pulls.
“That feels incredible. I love it when you do that.” He thrust his tongue inside her, curled it into a spot that had her arching her back and crying out. “Let go, Julia. I’ve got you.”
“Not without you.” She pumped his cock in time with how he stroked into her and heat pulsed through her. She bucked as he caressed her with his mouth and lips, every flick of his tongue over her inner folds such exquisite torture. Her pleasure rose to the point of pain and she couldn’t halt her orgasm from taking her. Her core pulsed as wave after wave of searing pleasure rocked through her. She soared, her aura wrapping tightly around his and his rolling over to swamp hers. Together, they were one, or almost one. “Inside me, now.”
She couldn’t wait to have him deep within her, for him to be right where he belonged.
“I’m coming.” He lifted her up and dropped her down on top of him.
She clutched his broad shoulders, sucked on his neck then bit down.
He growled as he gripped her bottom and surged into her, again and again, his cock buried so deep she’d never felt so completely and wonderfully filled before.
Razzing her teeth back and forth over his skin, she rocked as he thrust and beyond territorial, she bit down and marked him a second time. Her mate, her fierce protector. She’d claimed him and he’d claimed her.
“Aye, I’m your mate, always and forever, no matter that time itself has kept us apart until now.” He lapped at the sensitive skin of her neck, his heartbeat thumping against hers then he roared and bit down, his mark all she desired. Her inner muscles tightened and locked him in place and he jerked, his seed exploding from him and shooting inside her.
Blissful spasm after spasm rolled through her, each of his possessive strokes in and out sending her soaring higher than before. He’d taken her over, from the inside out and never had she experienced such heights of pleasure or such a soul-deep peace. “You feel so good inside me, both body and mind.” She wrapped her legs around his hips to keep him right where he was. “I love you, Tavish. Always be mine.”
* * * *
“Always, and I love you too.” Even though he’d just come, Tavish couldn’t halt his rocking or his cock from lengthening all over again. Her beautiful words touched his heart. He wanted his mate, and with a hunger that held a firm hold on him and would never be appeased. His bear rumbled under his skin, demanding even more and he rubbed his body against hers as he smothered her in his scent.
“I can sense your need for me again in your mind.” She scraped her nails down his back and he arched into her possessive touch. “Take me again.”
He shouldn’t.
“Do it,” she demanded.
His mind went dark with lust and he allowed his fierce need its release. He sank his teeth into her neck and thrust. His mate accepted each of his deeply penetrating moves, her body molding to his and her pulse skittering out of time under his roaming tongue. He licked down to the upper swells of her breasts, nipped her flesh then slid one hand down between their bodies and rubbed her nub
“Oooh, so close.”
He flicked her clit and as she gasped and cried out, he took her hard and fast, his essence streaming from him and pumping into her. Sheer bliss took him and saturated his senses until the cool evening air brushed his slick skin and reminded him of exactly where they were.
Slowly, he eased his rocking and brought them both gently back down.
“Oh my.” She stretched against him, her beautiful breasts rubbing over his chest and her creamy skin lit a silvery hue under the moonlight. Her slender neck held his mark, and in far more places than one. “That was incredible.”
His bear purred his pleasure. Incredible didn’t even begin to cover how wonderfully they came together as one.
“I can see and hear that your bear is now finally content.” She captured his face between her hands, brought his mouth to hers and kissed him, so sweetly and sensually his cock twitched inside her and she giggled against his lips. “Mayhap I spoke too soon.”
“I’ll always be hungry for more of you, but right now I need to take care of you.” Driven to ensure her well-being, the doctor in him impossible to ignore, the lover even more so, he eased out and hauled himself up onto the mossy bank beside her. “Let me check your back and bottom.”
“The moss is soft, and I’m perfectly fine.”
“I would still like to check.” He lifted her onto her hands and knees before him then he crawled over top of her, his chest to her back as he glided his hands along her spine and over her shoulders. No redness. The moss had definitely cushioned her well.
“See, I told you so.” She scooped a handful of fresh water and washed herself, her full breasts swaying against his arms as he remained right where he was with her pert bottom rubbing against his cock as she leaned over the water’s edge. He dragged in a long breath, tried to still the desperate need still riding him but to no avail. He went rock hard from one second to the next.
“I want you again.” His pushed her down until she lay fully on her front on the moss, his body covering hers. “Tell me to back away.”
“Never.” She pushed him over onto his back and rolled over top of him, her breasts squished against his chest. “Dinnae move.”
“I can’t control my bear right now. He’s hungry.”
“Too bad. I want a taste of you first.” She wriggled down his body until she’d settled between his legs. Grasping his length, she slid her lips around him. With one mischievous wink, she sucked him deep inside her mouth and his cock throbbed under the mind-shattering onslaught.
“Julia, halt.” Except she didn’t. She bobbed up and down over his length and for the life of him, he couldn’t stop her, not when her thoughts ricocheted with so much need and love. As his chosen one devoured him, heat shimmered at the base of his spine and radiated out. He gritted his teeth and held on as sheer pleasure coursed through him.
* * * *
Julia intended to love her man every way that she could, and while they were still afforded such privacy. With her hair sweeping Tavish’s sides and her mouth on him, she rubbed her breasts either side of his balls and built his pleasure until his thighs shook.
“Julia, please.” Groaning, he rocked his hips. “I beg for mercy.”
She ignored his plea and kept sucking on him until she found a rhythm that made him buck and groan even harder. Mmm, her mate was very fine fare and she only wished to indulge in him further. She worked him in long pulls with her mouth while he cradled her head in his hands and pushed himself deeper inside her.
“No more, love. I can’t take any more.” He gripped her waist, flipped her over onto her back and planted his head between her thighs.
“I wasnae done yet.”
“You can torture me again later.” With the moonlight
dancing over their bodies, he spread her flesh below and licked her, again and again before capturing her nub between his lips and rolling his tongue around her.
She shuddered and moaned underneath him, her own thighs now shaking as a whirlwind of pleasure crashed through her. Blindly, she grasped ahold of his arms, dragged him up and gasped as he pushed his cock through her hot heat.
“This is what I need, more of you.” He eased back then swiftly pushed all the way back in again. “Open wider for me.”
She did then urged him on, meeting each and every one of his powerful thrusts as he took her frantically. Her inner muscles locked tight around him, his balls slapping the insides of her thighs, the full and complete sensation of his possession sending wave after wave of pure pleasure rolling through her. His own pleasure at their joining radiated down their link and she wrapped her arms around him and soared to the stars once more, his seed shooting deep to her core. “I cannae believe I first denied we were soul bound. You hold my very heart in your hands, Tavish, and I never wish for you to relinquish it.”
“As you hold mine. I will live for you...with every breath I take.” He sent a wave of warmth down their link and swamped her in it. “Always.”
Aye, theirs was a bond to revere.
Overtop of her, Tavish stiffened, the change in him so swift.
“What’s wrong?”
“Stay very still.” He pressed one finger to her lips, pulled free of her and moved into a crouch. He searched through the darkened trees and breathed deep. “Someone comes, the scent not that of the men guarding the border or the warriors back at camp. These men reek of dangerous intent. Clothe yourself, and make it quick.”
She scrambled around the edge of the pool, scooped her clothing from the ledge and dressed in her riding habit.
“I’ll be back in a moment. I need to dress and arm myself. Go nowhere without me,” he whispered in her mind before disappearing into the trees.
All within the forest went eerily quiet. Not even the nighttime creatures made a noise. “Tavish?”
“It’s certain. MacKenzies come. They’ve snuck through our border defenses.” He returned just as swiftly as he’d left but now clothed in his battle attire, his weapons at his side. With his hands on her waist, he lifted her off the ledge then slung her over his shoulder and raced away with her.
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