Taken By The Tiger

by Terra Wolf

  I sobbed on his chest, burying my face into him and when I felt the strength of his arms around me, I knew that I was going to be safe.

  “And call Justine. This place needs to be cleaned up,” Daredevil said, and then clicked his phone shut.

  He was stroking my hair, planting wet kisses on my forehead. It seemed like he couldn’t handle seeing me crying.

  “Come with me, princess,” he whispered in my ear and when I looked at him again, I nodded in agreement. I’d go anywhere with him. He didn’t need to ask me twice.

  “This guy is never coming near you again. You hear me? You’re safe now,” he said, whispering gently in my ear. I clung on to him, as though for dear life and my gaze landed on Maxwell on the floor, nursing his wounds with grunts and groans.

  I felt nothing for him. Not a bone in my body ached for this man I had shared a life with for so many years. It was Daredevil who had saved my life, he was the one who I cared about. I was just realizing that Maxwell had meant nothing to me, not ever. Not even close to the way Daredevil did.

  Chapter 26

  Daredevil

  “That dick is in prison,” I said, while Melody lay soaking in the bath tub.

  I had brought her to my apartment and run her a bath. I couldn’t bear to see her in pain, to see her crying. And the whole time I rode my bike, I was able to hear her whimpering. Now, she lay in the bubbling water, her head propped up against the back, the bottoms of her red hair soaked and damp.

  Melody moved her arms, sending ripples around her in the water. Her makeup was smudged from all the crying, and her green eyes shone. She was the most beautiful creature I had ever laid my eyes on, and now she was all mine.

  “Maxwell is in prison?” she asked, her voice cracking with anticipation.

  “Hunter…my dad called in a favor with the cops. They’re going to transfer him to Mississippi,” I said, and sat down with my legs crossed on the bathroom floor.

  “Mississippi?” Melody said, an almost-smile tugging the corners of her mouth.

  “Yeah,” I said and reaching for her arm, I stroked her soft skin, while she leaned over the edge of the bath tub to look at me. She was stretched out, soaking, and every time I caught sight of her luscious body submerged in the water, I felt my tiger ready to pounce. But having sex with her was the last thing on my mind tonight. I just wanted her to feel safe, I wanted her to know that I wouldn’t let anything happen to her.

  “On what grounds?” she asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. For a moment, I didn’t know what she was talking about, and then realized that she was still speaking about Maxwell Salzburg.

  “Something made up. We have cops on our payroll, who owe us a load of favors,” I said and Melody arched her eyebrows and then smiled. That smile made me weak. A happy genuine smile. She was warming to my lifestyle, she wasn’t complaining about how many laws we were breaking. She was the kind of woman who would never hold anything against me. She would always be by my side, and it felt amazing to have that.

  “You’ll be safe now, princess,” I said and she blinked, her cheeks flushing red to match the color of her bright hair.

  “I was safe from the moment I met you. I owe my life to you, Daredevil,” she said and I reached over and kissed her lips.

  We were staring at each other, and I couldn’t believe that a gorgeous woman, a woman like her…had deemed me worthy to take a bath in my tub. I had never felt this way about a woman before. No girl had even come close to making me feel the way she did. So, what was I waiting for? What other proof did I need to convince myself that she was the most important thing in my life?

  She was my mate, I was sure of it. It was time to ask her.

  “Move in with me, Melody,” the words came blurting out of me and for a few moments, her brows crossed and she looked at me with disbelief.

  “Here?” she asked and a nervous laugh escaped from me.

  “That was my plan, or we could find a different place if you don’t want to live here,” I said and she bit down on her lip, trying to suppress the smile that was bursting on her face.

  “Is this because you want me to be safe? Because this way you’ll be able to keep a close watch on me?” she said and I saw the goosebumps on her arms, her shoulders, her skin glistening with the soapy water of the bath.

  “No, this is because I want to wake up next to you every day,” I said and Melody’s face flushed again. She batted her eyelids and dropped her gaze downwards.

  “I want to wake up next to you every day too,” she said and I reached for her again, kissing her damp face.

  “And I want to support you,” I said and she snapped her eyes up at me again.

  “What do you mean?”

  “I mean, that I want to take care of your course fees, your books, whatever you need. You don’t need to work at The Shifter Shack anymore,” I explained and she opened her mouth to protest.

  “But…”

  “No buts. It’s final. The MC will take care of everything, and all you have to do is study and become a Vet Tech. Hell we could use one around here to stitch us up when we can’t shift back. After that, you can get your dream job and live the life you’ve always wanted,” I continued and even though she was trying hard to hide it, I could tell that she was bubbling with excitement.

  “Daredevil…I…” she said and I shook my head, thrilling at the sound of her sweet voice. I would have done anything to see her not cry. And she looked like she was finally happy.

  “Thank you,” she said and clamped her mouth shut, smiling widely.

  “You don’t need to thank me, princess. This is what I want to do for you,” I told her and she swished out of the bathtub, hurling herself at me and the water flew everywhere, dampening my clothes.

  I fell backwards as she fell into my lap, kissing me wildly…with a kind of fury that I didn’t think she was capable of.

  I wasn’t complaining. There was nothing I thought about more every day, than having her body pressed up against mine.

  Melody parted her mouth and I slipped my tongue deep between her lips. Tasting her, breathing her in. My hands were on her waist, gripping her tightly as she pressed herself to me. Now that she’d started it, I wasn’t going to stop. I was going to have my fill of her, at least for tonight, because I knew I’d be back to wanting her again tomorrow morning.

  Chapter 27

  Melody

  I slid over him, my body naked and glistening with soapy water as I kissed him. I had never taken charge like this before, and I was enjoying the control I had over him now. Our lips collided and sizzled and Daredevil thrust his tongue into my mouth, reminding me of the way he had thrust it into my pussy the other night.

  I knew I was making him wet, his clothes were damp now and he didn’t seem to care. I was desperate for him. My pussy was burning up with need and I straddled him, my hands flying up to his face to keep him in position.

  I started moving my hips, feeling the bulge of his throbbing cock against my hot pussy and it felt good. Scratch that. It felt absolutely fucking amazing. It was over. I was safe now. Maxwell would never come anywhere near me again, and I was going to be living with this beast of an amazing man.

  Daredevil met my gyrations with his own thrusts and the rough fabric of his pants grazed and jutted against my pussy. I wanted him more.

  “Melody!” he breathed my name as I tugged at his bottom lip with my teeth.

  I couldn’t remember the last time I felt this good. The last time I felt this free. He was tightly holding on to my waist, keeping me in position as I rolled my hips on his lap. He latched on to my bare breast, sucking on my left nipple and then my right, while my hair fell wildly over my face.

  I unbuckled his belt hurriedly, pulled down the zip of his pants and then reached for his cock. He was big as always, throbbing and emanating hit and the tip of his cock was already sticky with pre-cum. It sent shivers down my spine, and my nipples grew tighter and more sensitive in his mouth as he sucked.
r />   I stroked his cock, his balls, my hands gnashing inside his pants and his panting grew heavier. His grip became tighter on my waist and then I helped his cock out. It was erect, standing pole straight and I stared at it, in complete awe of what he was capable of doing to me with just that one part of his body. I could feel the knots in my belly growing tighter and tighter. I needed that cock inside me, stroking that sweet spot that would make me come.

  I lifted my ass up in the air, my pussy hovering over his cock and I looked up to find that Daredevil was glaring at me. His blue eyes had turned stormy dark, his jaw was clenched. I took in a deep breath, and with my hands on his chest, I swung my body downwards.

  I moaned loudly and he cursed filthily, as my pussy drew apart, stretching to accommodate his enormous cock. I fell forward on his chest, and he wrapped his arms tightly around my back, holding me close to him as he rocked.

  “You feel good,” he growled and cursed some more and I started to bounce.

  His cock slid in and out of me, while I rocked myself, tipping closer to the brink of orgasm with every stroke. My breasts bounced with me, and he watched my body as I moved and swayed with pleasure. He reached for my hair, weaving his fingers through the strands, then cupped my breasts, flicked my nipples painfully and then held on to my butt, giving me a gentle push every time I bounced up.

  “Make yourself come, princess,” he commanded me and I clutched my left breast, squeezing, allowing my body to release all the pent up emotions. I came, screaming his name, moaning loudly and oozing my juices all over his cock. Daredevil was smiling me, watching me as I orgasmed and when my breathing began to subside, he pulled himself out of me.

  “Enough,” he said and turned me over. He was taking up his position behind me. I stuck my ass up towards him, spreading my thighs apart for better access. I could sense him bending over me. And then he slapped my ass. I flinched, yelped and then pushed my ass towards him again.

  “You like that?” he said and slapped the other cheek. I liked that. I loved that! Then he was roughly flicking my clit, playing with my pussy and testing for wetness. He didn’t need to test. I was as ready as I ever was

  “You’re going to come with me this time,” he breathed into my ear, as he grabbed my waist and lifted me upwards. I was on my knees, pressed up against the bathroom wall, my breasts squashed as he pinned me to the wall with his body. His arms were wound around my breasts, around my hips and I felt the pressure of his cock on my back, sliding down my ass cheeks and I trembled with anticipation. I couldn’t wait.

  “I’m going to come inside you this time, princess,” I heard him say, and then I heard the grunt. He had thrust his cock inside me, my asscheeks firmly enveloping him as he pushed and pushed. One arm was gently but firmly around my neck, the other one was in my hair, down my back, then went further down till his fingers were playing with my clit again.

  It was too much for me, as his cock rammed into my pussy. I was close to an orgasm again, but he had ordered me to come with him.

  I tried to control my breathing, to match his pace as he plowed into me, but I could feel myself overtaking him. He made it so easy for me to come.

  “That’s it, princess. Slow and easy. Come when I tell you to come, not before,” he said, growling dangerously in my ears.

  “Yes, Daredevil,” I said, in a sweeter voice while he pushed me into the wall with every thrust of his cock.

  “Tell me what you want. Tell me, Melody!” he said and I tried to formulate the words. Now was not the time to lay out a detailed plan of everything I wanted from him!

  “I want you”

  “I’m inside you already. Tell me what else you want. Beg me.”

  “I want you to come inside me. I want everything.”

  “Beg me, princess.”

  “Please, Daredevil, fill me with your seed. Come inside me, please,” I begged, crying out with pleasure as I felt his cock stroking that spot in me that needed no more provocation.

  I heard him grunt loudly as he released, his body shuddering behind me, his hands shaking.

  “Come for me, Melody!” he thundered and I moaned as I released. Our orgasms were happening together. My body rising and falling, my breasts pressed tightly to the wall, my throat cracked and dry from all the screaming. I could feel him draining himself inside me, his juices shoot into me till he had milked every last drop of himself in me.

  My breathing took longer than him to normalize, and when it did, I felt him slide out of me.

  “Come here to me, you beautiful thing,” he said, pulling me back with him by my waist.

  He fell backwards and I fell with him, lying stretched out on his chest. I felt small and yet completely safe in his arms. He wrapped them around me, his breathing coarse and rough in my ear. He kissed my cheek as we both stared up at the ceiling, trying to catch our breaths.

  “Daredevil…” I said, after we had been silent for too long. There was nothing but the echoing sounds of our breathing in the bathroom.

  “Melody…” he said and I sensed that he was smiling. I was smiling too. Everything we did together was amazing.

  “Is it over? The war?”

  “It’s under control, princess. We just needed to make sure that they knew we were still in charge of our territory,” he said. I shifted in his arms, his cock was beginning to return to its resting size, but I could feel it poking into the back of my thighs and I felt aroused again. Are you serious? Give it a rest, Melody! I couldn’t help but giggle at the thoughts going on in my own head.

  “You’re going to be safe?” I said and I heard a small laugh erupt from him.

  “Yes, princess. I will be safe. Nothing is going to keep me away from you, not even a few claw marks here and there,” he said and I twisted my neck to throw a glaring look at him. Daredevil chuckled some more.

  “I’m kidding,” he said and then stroked my cheek with his finger. We were staring into each other’s eyes, and I knew he would always get his way in our relationship, as long as he kept looking at me like that.

  “I’m in love with you”

  His words came out of nowhere, smacking me straight in the face like a sack of potatoes. I couldn’t believe I’d even heard him right. How was he even capable of using that word? How could a man like him be in love with anything other than himself and his bike?

  I faltered, from shock rather than anything else…because I knew exactly what my feelings were. I’d been going through them in my head for a very long time.

  “I don’t expect you to say anything, Melody. I just wanted you to know,” he said and I knew I had already taken too much time to respond appropriately.

  “No, I want to say something. I love you,” I said and I was sliding upwards, over his shoulder now and my head was gently knocking against the floor. Our faces were at level together. Then he smiled. The dimples on his cheeks grew deeper, and his blue eyes sparkled as we stared at each other.

  “I will never do anything to hurt you, Melody,” he said and knotted a strand of my hair around his forefinger lazily.

  “I know you won’t. I trust you,” I said to him and then he reached over and kissed the tip of my nose.

  “You’ll always be safe with me,” he said.

  “And happy,” I added and we both smiled.

  I couldn’t imagine a time in my life that I wouldn’t be happy and satisfied with this man. I needed nothing else, other than his presence in my life.

  “I’ve learned from other people’s mistakes…my father’s. I do not want to repeat them and you have my word on that. If we’re mates, it’s just you and me, forever,” he said and I nuzzled my face into the crook of his arm, breathing in his potent masculine scent. Nothing else seemed more pure or more powerful.

  I had made mistakes of my own, errors in judgement and Daredevil had saved me from my biggest one.

  “And I’ve learned from my own mistakes. I now know what is good for me, what is right for me…and you are,” I said and we kissed again,
a slow sweet kiss that I lost myself in. When he pulled away from me, I saw that he was smiling and I wondered if he was feeling as happy as I was. No, he possibly couldn’t, because he was the one keeping me safe and warm.

  Daredevil’s grip around me grew tighter as we stayed like that for a while longer, in each other’s arms on the bathroom floor. At some point, we drifted off to sleep and it was the first of many…of endless…good night’s sleep.

  Epilogue

  One year later

  Daredevil

  “My only problem with this wedding, is that there are no strippers allowed,” Jordan said, exchanging laughing looks with Beasty. I was staring at my reflection in the mirror, while Mom was helping me fix my wine colored bowtie.

  “Will you boys leave him alone? He’s trying to set an example for you, so learn from him. Finding a mate, settling down, it’s good,” Mom snapped teasingly at them, and they continued to laugh. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at me in the mirror. I could see she was proud. Settling down with a good woman, was not something she had expected from her son. She was smiling and I was happy that she was happy too.

  “Congratulations, brother,” Ace said, thumping my back, just as Dad entered the room.

  “Clear out, boys. I need to speak to my son,” he said.

  Dad was already in his suit…an attire I had never seen him in before. He was standing at the door of the room, his hands clasped together in front of him.

  Ace, Beasty and Jordan each patted my shoulder in congratulations as they headed out. My best men. My brothers. Mom kissed her husband on his cheek before she left the room too. I could see that she was in a romantic mood.

  I tucked a hand into the pocket of my pants, as I looked at him through the mirror. He remained standing where he was and I wondered if he still secretly disapproved of this relationship. I knew he liked Melody, in fact he adored her. That was not the problem. The problem was that I was marrying her. It was more than just a casual relationship with a beautiful human I couldn’t keep my hands off.