“I keep some things in here,” Rose said, pulling open a drawer. After rummaging through some items of clothing, she pulled out a thin linen nightshirt. “I hope you don’t mind wearing something borrowed.”
“Not at all.” Serena accepted the garment from her, taking in the soft richness of the fabric. “Thank you for dinner and the hospitality, Rose.”
“It was my pleasure. You and I are going to be good friends. There’s a bathroom through that door.” She indicated the closed door on the other side of the room. “Use anything you need, and in case I don’t see you before you leave, it was nice meeting you. I’ll be in touch.”
Serena accepted her light hug. “It’s been nice meeting you, too, Rose. Thank you for everything.”
She closed the bedroom door behind Rose and then turned and leaned against it, looking at the bed. Rose was easy to like, and Serena could agree with her about them becoming friends. She stripped out of her clothes and slipped the nightshirt over her head, slid out the comb that was holding her hair up, and slipped between the turned down covers. Everything felt so cool and crisp, and had the slightest scent of lavender. Breathing deeply, she closed her eyes.
Chapter 12
What the hell? As soon as Connor was close enough to see the house and notice that the window bars were down he picked up speed, and so did his heart rate. He heard Max’s curse and realized he was thinking the same thing. Something must have happened for Rose to lower the bars!
They reached their clothes and changed back into their human forms without their usual down time. Neither spoke as they pulled on their clothes and rushed up the steps to the front door. Connor wasn’t surprised to find it locked, shooting a desperate look at Max for him to hurry. He was in the process of reaching above the door for a key. He unlocked the door and nearly yanked it off the hinges.
“Serena will be in your room,” Max said as they both took the stairs two at a time.
It was early and still dark out, so the inside of the house was gloomy. Common sense told Connor that since the bars were down and the door was locked the women were okay, but he had to see Serena to calm his fear that something had happened to her. Max opened the door to his and Rose’s bedroom as Connor continued past and down the hall to where he usually stayed. His heart was in his throat and he opened the door in a rush, pausing in the threshold. A giant wave of relief flooded him at the sight of Serena, making him realize how much she had come to mean to him.
She was sleeping like an angel and snoring softly. He walked over to the bed and leaned over her. Her addictive scent had already enveloped him, awakening his libido, and he forced down the urge to join her. Instead, he kissed her tenderly on the forehead. He hadn’t intended to wake her, but she sighed softly, stirring slightly against the covers.
“Connor?”
Serena surprised him by reaching for him. Any other time he would have gladly let her draw him to her, but not after spending half the night running through the woods with the pack. He stepped back. “I need a shower, babe, go back to sleep.”
More asleep than awake, Serena mumbled something as she burrowed deeper beneath the covers. Smiling, Connor turned and headed for the connecting bathroom, stripping as he went. Always rejuvenated after a hard run, he looked forward to a long, hot shower to massage his tightened muscles and relax his animal.
He got the water as hot as he could stand it and stepped beneath the spray, his mind on Serena, her delectable body, and all that he intended to do to her after he joined her in bed. He ran his hands over his soapy body, closing his eyes and replacing them with Serena’s arousing touch. His cock was already semi-hard with the thought of fucking her.
As Connor began to realize it would be too easy to jack off, he began to rush, rinsing off. He didn’t want to masturbate. He wanted to be somewhere inside of Serena when he came. Something, an instinct or a slight noise, alerted him that he wasn’t alone. He opened his eyes, seeing Serena’s outline behind the frosted glass enclosure where he showered.
She’s naked!
He wondered if she’d take that step and open the door and do what they both wanted. Then right before his eyes, she opened the shower door and stood there, eating him up with an intimate, sensual once-over that promised endless limits of ecstasy. He sucked in his breath when her gaze lingered on his cock and she licked her lips, reminding him of her earlier blowjob. Her slow smile told him that she knew what she was doing to him.
Before Connor could think to reach for her, she stepped into the shower and closed the door behind her.
“I thought you went back to sleep.” His gaze caressed her lovely, full breasts with their taut, brown nipples, before sliding down her abdomen to her sex. His nostrils flared as he sucked in her sweet essence as if it were a lifeline.
“I did, for about a minute.” She smiled, and the gleam in her eyes, was filled with amusement. “Then I realized I wasn’t dreaming about you, that you were really here.” She stopped when she came up to him. “Are you disappointed that I’m here?”
“Hell, no!” Connor did reach for her then, dragging her up against him and kissing her roughly. The water beat down on them, making the situation between them seem more poignant.
He knew he needed to draw back a little, curb his passion, but Serena was his mate and everything about her made him hot, pushing his control to the limit. Connor could tell that she was having the same reaction to him, too. In the beginning, she had been confused and a little frightened of what was happening to her. Now it seemed that she’d grown to accept it, perhaps even welcome it.
Her little moans got to him. Connor used his tongue to pry between her lips and enter her warm, sweet mouth. Tongues clashing and dueling with vigorous exploration caused a volcanic explosion inside him. His cock was wedged between her thighs and he pulled back only to thrust forward again, shuddering with pleasure.
Holy fuck! Serena wasn’t fooling around. Her hand reached between them and encircled his shaft, tugging on its length. His groan of rapture filled the steamy stall, mingling with her gasps of pleasure as his fingers penetrated her luscious canal. Shit, she was already wet and hot for him.
“Connor!” she cried out, moving her hips against his teasing fingers. As she tugged on his cock, her sweet mouth was moving over his shoulders and chest administering little kisses and bites.
Connor ground his mouth down on hers, pulling his finger out of her pussy and letting his hands roam up her body to take hold of her breasts. He caressed and squeezed them for a moment, before lifting Serena so he could take one into his mouth. He was burning up inside, and when his fangs dropped he knew he was losing control. Only she does this to me!
I’ve got to have her now!
He halted and pulled away long enough to turn off the water, then turned back to her. To appease his wolf, Connor flipped Serena around and pushed her up against the glass. She caught her breath and stilled. He wasn’t sure if it was in fear, or she was waiting for his next move.
“Don’t be afraid,” Connor said against her ear, pressing his body up against hers. “I could never hurt you.”
“I’m not,” she whispered, turning her head slightly to look over her shoulder at him. A sharp gasp escaped her when she met his eyes. Then he saw something else in her eyes, a flare of excitement.
Connor knew what Serena had seen. The wolf lust burning through his body was overpowering every one of his human senses, causing them to morph back and forth out of confusion until finally he was able to stop his wolf from coming through. That’s when he picked up Serena and penetrated her from behind.
“You’re so fucking tight,” he growled deeply into her ear as her exquisite silky heat enveloped and hugged his cock. Connor lowered her feet back to the floor, still buried deep inside her pussy.
“You feel so good inside of me,” she countered, thrusting her buttocks out, which forced him even deeper. “Fuck me hard and fast Connor, I want your cum inside me.”
Her words fueled Conno
r’s desire. “It will be my pleasure,” he teased, sucking on her earlobe. His hands fell to Serena’s hips as he started to pump in and out. He couldn’t stop the grunt of pleasure each time her small, tight pussy swallowed him up. As their passion spiraled, heavy breathing and the sounds of satisfaction echoed through the tiled room.
He reached around to find her clit. The kernel was as hard as a little pebble, and slick with their combined juices. Connor gave it a few flicks, before forming a V with two fingers and pressing downward each time he entered her body.
“Aaaaahahh!” Serena cried, trembling violently against him.
Connor smiled at her reaction and picked up speed until his balls were slapping loudly against the back of her thighs.
“Connor,” her tone sounded desperate, then with added force, “Connor!”
He knew she was coming, and she came hard. Her cunt squeezed his cock between each contraction of her powerful orgasm, calling out to his to take the journey with her. Connor didn’t need much persuasion. He was ready to blast off, and soon he was doing just that, burying his cock inside Serena as deep as he could.
“Aaagggghhhh!” he groaned, pumping his seed into her. The intensity of his orgasm took control, and for several seconds all Connor could do was convulse against her until it slowed down. He released his death grip on Serena’s hips and slid his hands up her body to cup her breasts.
“You take everything out of me,” he said against her ear. “You know that?
She nodded, still panting. “I like making love with you, Connor.”
Her comment reminded him that he’d been her first. “I like knowing that I was your first.” He kissed her shoulder. “So, what happened while we were gone that made Rose drop the window bars?”
Serena laughed softly. “Are we really going to have this conversation while we’re still, ah, connected?” She pushed her butt back against him teasingly.
Connor growled and bit down playfully on her shoulder. “Not a very smart thing to do while we’re still in this position. Did you know wolves can remain tied for up to half an hour?”
“That goes for werewolves, too?” Serena asked.
It was obvious to Connor she still had a lot to learn. “Doesn’t matter, I can grow hard while still inside you. If that happens, you can count on being fucked good and hard again.” Even to his ears, his comment sounded like a mild threat. “It’s the price you’ll pay for teasing me.”
In spite of Serena’s wild shiver, she said on a husky note. “I would think that as the alpha you’d show more control.”
Connor licked up the side of her neck to a spot behind her ear. He inhaled deeply, closing his eyes to her arousing scent. God, he wished he could turn Serena around so he could suckle her breasts. The sudden wild urge to taste the heaven between her legs caused his semi-hard cock to fill with the lustful need to mate again.
“You challenge your mate?” he growled against her. “That can be very dangerous.” Yep, he was growing hard again, but the knot that kept him prisoner in her body deflated so he would be able to thrust.
“I’m not afraid–”
Connor pulled from her body, flipped her around, and had her back against the shower wall before she could finish her comment.
“Oh!”
He grinned in the face of her surprise, then ran his nose down the bridge of hers, kissing the tip. “I have a lot of control when it matters.” Connor bent and took a nipple into his mouth, suckling the sweet nub until it was hard.
Serena moaned, thrusting her breasts forward. Connor moved on to the other plump delicacy, while his hands glided over her wet curves. Her soft whimpers seemed amplified in the stall, music to his libido. He was already hard as iron, standing straight as an arrow, and pointing directly at her cunt. The heady scent of their recent coupling surrounded them in a damp blanket of sensual heat.
“I want to fuck you again already,” he said against Serena’s lips.
“Who’s stopping you?” she sassed right back, running her hands over his shoulders and down his back. She nipped at his lips. “I hope you’re happy you turned a virgin into a sex maniac.”
Her comment drew a laugh from Connor. “Very happy.” He was done with the foreplay. Taking his cock in his hand, Connor thrust forward, guiding it into Serena’s pussy with one deep plunge. Her nails dug into his back as she cried out.
Connor covered her mouth with his, kissing her long and hard as he fucked her fast and furious. Serena kissed him back passionately, taking his roughness and giving her own back. That was one thing he liked about his little mate—she gave as good as she got. She wrapped her legs around his hips and held on, it was man against woman, flesh against flesh, and together they soared higher until the peak of ecstasy was reached.
Chapter 13
“How big is Savage Hills?” Serena asked as they drove away from Rose and Max’s. As the new veterinarian, she needed to know how much area she would be covering. Not that she would turn away an animal in need, but there might be times where she’d be called out to investigate an animal incident, and she didn’t want to over step her boundaries unless she was called in.
“Savage Hills is the whole north side of the mountain,” Connor explained, giving her a smile. “Including the small town at the base of the mountain.”
“Oh.” He must be talking about the small, one-street town Serena had driven through on her way up the mountain. She remembered thinking at the time that it had to be the world’s smallest town, but knowing what she did now, it made sense. She supposed most of the residents of Savage Hills lived, like Connor did, throughout the mountains.
“So, what kind of personal items do you have back in Havendale that you need? I can send for them.”
“You’re taking a lot for granted,” Serena couldn’t help saying. She had a storage unit full of furniture, but there wasn’t anything there she had to have, certainly nothing of value. In fact, the only items of value that she owned she’d brought with her, and those were a few pieces of jewelry.
“Honey, after tonight you’ll realize this is where you belong.”
“We’ll see.” She already felt like she belonged there with him, but she wasn’t going to admit it. He sounded too sure of himself. “What happens tonight?”
“We’ll talk about tonight later.” His tone sounded so final. “Would you like to swing by the clinic?”
Serena gave him a look that said she knew what he was doing by changing the subject, but her eagerness to see the facility won over. “I’d like that.” She smiled at the thought. “So, the sanctuary is open on the weekends?”
“Only for a few hours if there are any animals there that need attention.”
Serena recalled what he’d said earlier about the eagle. “And then what?”
“I thought we’d head into town for a late lunch and then come home and—“ he gave her a significant look that warmed Serena’s blood, “see what develops.”
Connor talked as if they were a couple. Are we a couple? So much had happened in such a short time, so many surprises. Serena felt like she’d stepped into another world, a place where the story book fables she’d read as a child had become reality. Even though she’d seen Max and Connor change into wolves right before her very eyes, the concept was still too hard to fully fathom. What would it be like, changing into a wolf? The image of Connor turning into one of the magnificent beasts had seemed easy and pain free, but Serena wasn’t in any hurry to find out.
She had so many questions concerning their relationship. What exactly would it mean to be Connor’s mate? Was it just a sexual thing? Serena knew that wolves mated for life. She glanced at Connor out of the corner of her eye. They’d skipped the courtship and getting-to-know-each-other-phase, yet she could see herself spending the rest of her life with him. He was everything in a man she could want, before she’d even known what she’d wanted.
Smiling to herself, she watched the scenery go past. She couldn’t wait to see the clinic.
“What are you smiling at?”
Serena shrugged. “Just thinking about the clinic.”
“I think you’ll like it. When it was decided it was time for you to come here, I had it built for you. Everything is state of the art. The old clinic was run down and outdated, so it was time to rebuild.”
“When it was decided? Who decided?”
“The elders have been pressing me for some time now to settle down and start a family.”
“You didn’t want to settle down?” She watched him closely.
“You wouldn’t be here had I not agreed with them.”
The slightly amused look Connor tossed her way sparked instant awareness, because his reflection revealed his darkest desires. Her body reacted before she could rein in her emotions. Would it always be like that between them? No matter where they were, even when they were having a normal conversation it took only one meaningful look for everything to become sexually charged between them. Maybe he doesn’t feel the intensity the way that I do.
His response hadn’t exactly answered her question, and he didn’t strike Serena as the kind of man who could be forced to do anything, but she was curious about some things and needed answers. “How did you know that I’d accept the job offer?”
He chuckled. “The elders have been keeping tabs on you, remember? They knew what your ambitions were, and your passions. The job offer was legit, and they made sure it was enticing enough so that you wouldn’t turn it down.”
Serena thought about that for a moment. “I’m not sure I like the idea of strangers arranging my life for me, even if I am getting my dream job.” She paused. “And what about… this?”
“This?”
“Us, our situation. Are we supposed to be a couple? You say I’m your mate but–”
Connor interrupted, “Wolves mate for life.”
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