Maneuvering herself, she was able to turn and catch the wolf’s neck between her legs, snapping its neck from the force.
“Enough.”
The first wolf’s voice made her stand quickly. Raven had just a moment to look at the two naked bodies before staring back at the man. The first one she’d killed was a female with black hair, and the one that lay beside her was a man with long light brown hair.
The third wolf stood. It wobbled a little before moving over towards the other guy.
“You killed two of my family. There will be a debt to pay.”
The guy snarled and quickly transformed. He turned away from her and ran off in another direction. The other wolf followed suit.
Raven didn’t know why the guy had run off until Shane and Kristian stopped beside her.
“Cowards,” Shane said.
Raven looked at both men covered in blood, their clothes torn.
“Are you guys okay?”
Raven looked down at herself and saw she didn’t look nearly as bad as they did.
“Yea, are you?” Kristian asked.
“Yeah, I killed two of them.”
“What?” both men said in unison.
“You both sound surprised.”
“We are. It’s not an everyday thing to hear someone killed a werewolf in a pack. Damn, Kristian, this girl is good.”
“Yes she is.” He lifted her hand. “You are hurt. Did he bite you?”
“No. I backhanded him and his teeth cut me.”
Kristian looked over to Shane who was turning over the wolves.
“That could be bad,” Kristian said, then turned back to her. “He has tasted your blood now. I hope he has will power—if not, we will have to kill him.”
“Oh, shit,” Shane said.
“What?” Kristian asked, releasing her hand.
“You know who this is?” Shane asked.
Raven walked up to the dead female.
“This is Ian’s Sanders sister, Cheryl. You are telling me that Raven took out an eighty-nine year old wolf without breaking a sweat?”
“Looks that way,” Kristian said.
“Well she was attacking me along with her other friends.”
“We know, Raven,” Kristian said then turned to her. “Problem is, some of the wolves in this town and other beings are in truce mode. Once Ian finds out that his sister is dead and by the hands of a slayer, this could be very bad.”
“Very, very bad,” Shane elaborated
“Let’s go” Kristian said.
“Wait,” Raven interrupted. “There’s a man somewhere hanging upside down. He’s dead. I saw the blood on the tree and then I spotted the man. We have to find out who he is.”
“We will, but we need to go get cleaned up. Your job is to protect. We have people who clean up.”
“What about what the man said to me?”
“Means nothing right at this moment. You keep it in mind and we will talk about it later.”
Raven was going to protest but let Kristian pull her away from the scene.
* * * *
Raven took the latex glove from her hand. Kristian suggested she shower with it to keep her bandage dry. She wiped the fog from the mirror and looked at herself. She didn’t have any marks on her face, but her hand and armwas another story. Raven looked at her hand as she moved it. It didn’t hurt as bad as she thought it would. The cut was deep enough to make anyone run to the hospital. She’d suggested it to Kristian but he told her that she wouldn’t need to go to one.
She made sure to secure her towel around her firmly before picking at the bandage on her hand. She needed to change it since the glove didn’t keep out the water like she’d hoped. She unravelled it slowly. Raven expected to see an open wound, but surprisingly there was just a red mark on the back of it. She turned her hand over then back again.
“Wow. That’s healed super quick.”
She pulled the bandage away from her arm. The same thing on her arm, just a red line where the claw marks were.
Raven tossed the bandages in the trash and decided to go get dressed. She went over to the bed to look for her suitcase. She knew she had left it here when she went to go workout with Kristian. She was going to put her things up when she came back.
Raven jumped when the door opened and Kristian walked inside wearing a robe.
“Hi…um…where are my clothes?”
“Oh, Elisabeth put them up. She put most in the first drawers here and the rest are hung up in the closet.”
“Oh man, I could have done that. I didn’t mean to leave them here. I—”
“Don’t worry Raven. It’s no problem at all.”
Raven sat down on the bed. “I just don’t want to be a pest, is all.”
“You are not a pest.”
Raven opened and closed her hand.
“I see the wound healed already.”
Raven looked up into his eyes. They were the nice golden color instead of his natural baby blue.
“Yeah, I was going to change it, but when I saw it had healed I didn’t see a need to.”
Kristian sat on the bed beside her.
“What’s wrong? I feel you’re stressing about something.”
“I never…never killed anyone before, and it’s eating me up inside. Looking down at those bodies keeps replaying in my mind.”
Kristian touched her face, turning her to look at him. His warm hand made her shiver.
“You did not kill a human—those were werewolves set out to kill you.”
“I know but they looked so…so human.”
“That’s where your slayer part has to come in. You can’t look at any being and think because they look human they are. Some beings were never human. Some just take the shape of one. So never think about that. You are a slayer. You can close it up in your mind.”
Raven stood from the bed to lean against the dresser. “I can’t just turn it off. It’s there in my mind, flashing over and over again.”
Kristian stood from the bed, went over to the door, and locked. He turned to her again.
“You have to think of a box, place the pictures in that box and lock them there forever. Never to be seen again.” Kristian walked towards her. “Now close your eyes.”
Raven did.
“Now picture a box in your mind. Now take the images of those bodies, place them in that box, turn the key and throw it away. Now you have that box, what to do with it? Think of your hand circling the box, holding it. Now picture yourself throwing it away, far away from you. The box, the emotions, everything is now gone.”
Raven pictured everything Kristian was saying. It took several moments for her to open her eyes to see Kristian standing in front of her.
“Feel better?”
“Yes,” she breathed out.
Kristian had a look in his eyes that she couldn’t describe at that moment. His eyes were blue again, shining brightly. They were mesmerizing to look into. She seemed to be drowning in his eyes.
Kristian moved until his body touched hers, one hand around her waist, the other one in her hair. He pulled her to him until their lips touched. Kristian pressed his lips to hers, kissing her softly, gently. All the while the hand in her hair massaged her scalp. He bit her lip, making her jump before pressing his lips back to hers. Kristian wasn’t demanding like before, he was teasing her.
Raven moaned when he pressed his hard body against hers. He seemed so big next to her, so strong. When she moaned he slid his tongue inside her mouth. His taste exploded on her tongue. She never thought that kissing anyone could be so amazing. Every cell in her body came to life just from his kiss. Kristian kissed her deeply, pressing deeper into her mouth with his tongue. The earth around them seemed to stand still. Nothing mattered at this moment, nothing but her and Kristian. Raven wrapped her arms around his shoulders, holding on to the tidal wave of emotions pouring into her.
Kristian broke off the kiss. He kissed her lips again before leaving a hot trail down the side
of her face to the bite mark on her neck.
“I want you to bear my mark for all eternity. I want everyone to know you belong to me.”
His words made her stomach clench. When his fangs penetrated his mark again, Raven’s body stiffened. Her brain shut down. Nothing could feel this good as having Kristian’s fangs in her. When he withdrew them, she groaned at the loss.
“Careful, love, I don’t want to take too much. I want you strong for me.”
Kristian removed his hands from her hair and waist. As he kissed down her neck, his hands worked on the knot she had in the towel. It only took seconds before the cold wind touched her body. Kristian lifted her and set her on the dresser, on the towel.
His hand covered her breast, grasping to her nipple, causing her to cry out in pleasure. His mouth latched on to her breast. He attacked her body, causing her blood to boil for him.
She reached out to him, holding him, needing something to anchor her to her body. Kristian was driving her insane and he had barely touched her yet.
Kristian released her nipple from his mouth, switching to the other one, teasing her. Her body jerked as his warm mouth touched her again. His hand went to her thighs, pushing them apart. When his finger slid against her sensitive core she moaned in pleasure.
So ready for me.
Raven’s body shook when he pressed a finger inside her. Then the thought about not being able to satisfy him touched her mind. Sure, he said he hadn’t been with a woman for two years but what about before then? She had only been with one—how did she know she would please him?
Kristian lifted his head and looked into her eyes as he pressed his fingers deeper. All the thoughts of her not being able to please him flew out the window.
“Never think you will not please me. Just touching you is enough pleasure for me. Now shut off that part of your brain and just feel.”
Kristian withdrew his fingers and lifted Raven from the dresser. She thought he would have taken her right there, but she guessed he had other plans.
He laid her in the middle of his bed, looking down at her.
“You are so beautiful to me.”
Raven smiled.
He untied his robe and Raven’s mouth opened. It wasn’t that she hadn’t seen a man naked before—yeah, lots of times on TV and on the Internet—but seeing Kristian in person was different. Kristian didn’t have an ounce of fat on his body, from what she could see. Nice, firm arms and legs. Not skinny like some men she had seen. His chest was sculptured to perfection. God made one beautiful man when he made Kristian. Not only his body caught her eye, it was the other part of him that made her second guess having sex with Kristian. Just like the rest of his body, his erection was hard, firm and looked too long and wide to fit in any woman. The men she had seen on TV had nothing on Kristian.
“Having second thoughts?” Kristian before moving over her body. He pressed his legs between her, opening her body for his.
“Yes.”
Kristian supported himself on his arms and looked at her.
“Why is that?”
“Well,” she swallowed. “Not that I know what normal is for a man but you seemed to be well over normal. I don’t think you will fit inside me.”
Kristian laughed.
“You are my mate, made for me. I promise you that you will be able to take me. Now, again, shut off that part of your brain and kiss me.”
Raven did. She didn’t care what might happen tomorrow, or next week. She only cared about right here, right now. Kristian kissed her until her mind fogged with lust. She couldn’t think straight.
Raven gasped when she felt the head of his length press against her wet folds. She tensed waiting on the pain she knew would come from him taking her but it never came. The only thing she felt was pure pleasure with every inch of him.
Raven lifted her body, trying to take him inside her faster. This slow movement was killing her.
Kristian gripped her waist.
“Easy, love. I don’t want to hurt you. You feel too good, and I’m fighting to be careful.”
It took all her might to speak. “I know, but I want to feel you inside me. All of you.”
The moment they were connected as one, Raven wanted to scream to the heavens at how good he felt. Nothing in this world could be this good and he wasn’t even moving yet. She felt that the moment he did move, she would shatter into a million pieces.
“Are you okay?”
Raven nodded.
He kissed her on the lips, dropped down to his elbows and moved inside her. Raven’s eyes closed as he moved. Her hands went to his waist, holding on for dear life because she knew that she would die from the pleasure.
When he pressed deeper, she gasped, pulling away from his mouth. A low moan escaped them both. She moved her hips, lifting to meet his thrust. Her fingers dug into his waist and she heard him growl.
“Raven, don’t!”
His voice shocked her but did not pull her away from her pleasure. She didn’t care what happened as long as he didn’t stop. Her nails bit into his skin.
He pressed harder into her. One stroke actually made her see a flash of light behind her eyes. The pain didn’t even faze her. She wanted this, wanted him to be him.
“Don’t hold back, Kristian, please don’t.”
His movements sped up. Raven felt the wave of pleasure rising inside her.
You don’t know what you ask of me.
Yes I do. Don’t hold back.
Kristian raised his hands causing Raven to remove her nails from his waist. She thought he was going to stop until he moved again. This time harder, faster, not holding back. Raven gripped the sheets, needing something to hold onto as she rode the storm of pleasure. It started where their bodies connected and moved through her. The mounting pleasure rose more and more, jfaster, until she could not contain what Kristian was building inside of her. Raven screamed as her body throbbed with pleasure, releasing around Kristian. He dropped down and bit his mark, never losing his rhythm. As her body began to calm, Kristian thrust once more, harder than he had before.
Raven held him as he shook above her. He released her neck.
“Raven, take what I offer you.”
Raven’s head was spinning. His voice echoed all around. She hadn’t opened her eyes yet, couldn’t just yet. She didn’t fight when she felt something being pressed to her mouth. She opened at first thinking it was his lips until liquid touched her tongue. Raven almost spit it out knowing that it had to be Kristian’s blood. But she didn’t—she swallowed it, her body coming to life again from the taste. She thought it would be nasty and metallic. How wrong she was.
She whimpered when he stopped her, but moaned again when his lips pressed to hers. He kissed her for a moment before pulling his head away. She tensed a little when he moved from her body.
“I’m sorry,” he said as he moved from the bed.
She opened her eyes to look at him.
“It’s fine—you didn’t hurt me.”
Raven lay in the bed thinking about what had just happened. That was really what they called a fairy-tale love making. She could put that on no scale whatsoever.
She sighed when she felt a warm towel pressing against her. She opened her eyes to see Kristian.
“What are you doing?”
“Cleaning you.”
Raven shot up but his hand pressed on her chest, laying her back down.
“Don’t move.”
Raven lay back on the bed and let him finish.
* * * *
Kristian had never been with a woman and felt anything like what he’d just experienced with Raven. Raven showed him love that no other could ever compare to. He hoped she had experienced what he had. He was surprised he’d been able to prevent any pain with Raven. Not that he took over her mind, he just made sure to block any pain she might have felt. He made sure she was ready to take him, and she had been, but still with her being almost a virgin and him being the size he was, she would have felt
some pain
He finished cleaning her, and took the towel back into the bathroom. When he came back out into the room, Raven lay on top of the covers. Her body so beautiful to him. His body instantly awakened. He had been through many women and different situations where he had to have a lot of stamina but he always had to concentrate hard to keep going after round one. With Raven his body reacted naturally. Maybe he really was like Shane—it only took the right woman to bring it out of him.
Kristian decided to fight the need, just this once. Just long enough for her body to heal so she could take him without any pain.
He lay beside her, pulling her to his side so his chest rested against her back. He kissed her neck slowly.
“Careful, don’t want to start things up again.”
“Too late, I’m in need again. But I will wait until your body has rested. For now, I’m content with just having you in my arms.”
They lay there for the longest time, both of them not talking, just enjoying being together. He heard her breathing become shallow and knew she had fallen asleep. Kristian felt himself drifting into sleep when his cell phone rang. He growled and turned over to grab it. Once he saw his father’s name on the little screen he instantly shut the phone off. He didn’t want to talk to his parents, not now. He lay with his mate, finally happy, and he would never let her go.
Chapter 10
Raven woke to her body burning inside. Not a bad burn, but the one when you are so close to releasing. She cried out, reaching for anything to hold onto.
A warm mouth closed around her clit and she nearly jumped from the bed. The sensations were taking over to a point she would lose all control. Her legs were pressed open further and she felt his tongue dive into her, feasting on her.
Raven’s head went from side to side as the first wave washed over her, then she screamed to the heavens when her body released. It took several moments before she caught her breath, but that didn’t last long. Warm lips crashed onto her as a hard body pressed against hers. It didn’t take long before she was filled to the limit.
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