by C. D. Gorri
Suddenly, a growl filled the air and she was flat on her back the remnants of her gown pushed down to her hips, her breasts and stomach revealed to him in the firelight.
“I can smell your arousal, it’s sweeter than fucking candy and all I want to do is get lost in it,” he growled the words and she whimpered. She wanted him like that, rough and out of control, and so breathtakingly tender. He knew exactly what to do to her. He was the only man who ever had.
David continued to push the material to her feet and tossed it across the room somewhere by her shoes. She lay before him like a sacrifice in her red lace thong and nothing else.
Cassie held her breath, eyes wide as he traced the slope of her breasts to her puckered nipples. His gentle fingers slid over her skin, creating waves of desire wherever they went.
“Asteri mu, you are so breathtaking. Do you know how gorgeous you are?” he asked as she bit her lip and shook her head slightly, “So beautiful, love, and not just your body, though yes, I want to lick you from head to toe, and I can’t wait to fuck you every way possible. I’m so hard right now I don’t think I’d last a minute if I slid into your heat, but I’m gonna baby, I’m going to hold on until you come on my tongue first, then on my cock. I can’t wait to be inside of you, and then I’m going to bite you here, claim you, mate,” he brushed his lips along her right shoulder and Cassie shuddered.
The spot he mentioned throbbed, as if she could already feel his teeth, his mark, there. Did she want that? Yes. Fuck yes. She wanted to be his more than anything. Her pussy clenched on air as if searching for him to fill her. She whimpered and squeezed her thighs, but he stilled her movements and opened her knees.
He leaned down and captured her lips in a sizzling kiss. The only sounds in the room were made by their breathing and groaning. Beautiful as a symphony, as far as she was concerned.
She curled her arms around his neck, biting his lower lip and earning a growl from him. God, she loved it when he did that. Was it wrong that the animalistic noise made her want to roll over in submission?
Cassie didn’t care. She knew what she wanted. Her heart was calling for him and only him. She’d wasted so much of her life on the wrong men, but she was never one to shy away from taking things on faith. After all, she’d tried her hand at Broadway!
It was time Cassie took her life in hand. The question was, was she brave enough?
CHAPTER 19
David couldn’t contain the growl that travelled from his chest to his throat as he bared the flesh of the woman he loved. Mine. Mate. Grrr.
To think he’d almost lost her tonight was an unforgiveable offense. His Wolf was howling mad when she’d run away from him in those fuck-me heels and that sexy red gown. The fact that he was peeling it off her right now made him want to drop to his knees and praise God.
She was giving him another chance. His beautiful, sweet Cassie was giving him a chance to make things right. He wouldn’t fuck up again, but first he needed to fill her.
“I haven’t stopped thinking about this since we made love,” he licked a path from her nipple to her belly.
She squirmed and writhed against him as he separated her folds with his fingers. His lips caressed her sex and he growled as her musky scent engulfed him.
“So wet for me, asteri mu, you want me here? Filling you?” he swept his tongue over her sensitized bundle of nerves and she yelled his name.
“That’s so damned sexy,” he said as he licked her again.
“Mmm, later I’m going to lick this sweet pussy until you can’t stand, but right now I need inside of you,” he grabbed his cock and slid up her body, positioning his head at her moist entrance.
“Fuck me, David. I need you now,” she said and grabbed onto his hips trying to force his decent.
“Whatever you want,” he said and slammed into her.
“Oh yesssss,” she cried out and he swiveled his hips, brushing his cock along her insides until he found that sweet spot that had her curling her fingers into claws and raking them down his back.
“That’s it, baby, come for me, come on my cock, let me feel your pussy suck me dry,” he rumbled the words as he pulled out and slammed home again and again.
Cassie was flying. There was no way this could be real. David was a fucking wizard, not a Werewolf! His cock touched and rubbed parts of her she was sure no one had ever seen, not even her gynecologist. Her muscles clamped and squeezed his shaft and she mewled his name as his pubis rubbed along her clit.
“Ooh, oh, there, there, there,” she whimpered.
He took direction well. He doubled his efforts, sucking one pebbled nipple into his mouth as he rotated his hips and ground into her pussy. Just when she thought she couldn’t take anymore, he tilted her hips and sunk deeper still.
“More, baby, you can take more, I know you can, that’s it, take my cock deep, so deep,” he growled, and she creamed even more.
David squeezed her hips as he rocked his body against hers, gliding his hard shaft in and out of her heat. Cassie’s eyes closed. Suddenly, bright stars shot out beneath her eyelids.
Pain and pleasure warred for a second and she felt his teeth pierce her skin like a warm knife through butter. Cassie yelled, intense pleasure won out and her body was aflame with it. She dug her nails into his hips, loving the way he growled as he filled her with his cum.
She felt his tongue lapping at her wound and at the same time felt an intense heat wind through her body. Her entire being seemed to expand and contract around his and she felt him everywhere. They were connected, bonded. Fated mates.
Cassie opened her eyes after what felt like an age to find David’s golden ones staring at her with concern.
“Did I hurt you?”
“Hurt? No, of course not,” she said and reached up to kiss his lips. Their bodies were still joined, and she ran her hands along his back.
“Here, let me get something to clean you up,” he said and kissed her shoulder.
“Not yet, stay with me,” she murmured.
“Always, asteri mu,” he cupped her face and kissed her.
Cassie could have cried at the strength of their emotions. She could feel them both, his and hers, crashing around her in wave after wave. Love. Oh, yes, so much love, but there was more too. Desire. Trust. Loyalty. Adoration. So many feelings and far too few words to describe them.
“David?”
“Yes, beautiful?”
“I love you.”
“I love you too, mate, always,” he said as he nuzzled her cheek.
Exhaustion claimed her then. Hours later Cassie snuggled into warm sheets and realized David must have carried her to bed at some point. She smiled as she listened to the sound of the shower. Mmm. Maybe she should join him?
She stood up and was about to make her way to the master bathroom when someone started pounding on his door. Well. Damn.
“Fuck, be quiet,” David cursed lowly, but stopped when he spotted her.
“Morning, love, sorry you got woken up so rudely. Why don’t you grab a shower while I see who that is and kill them,” he joked and kissed her before walking to the front door in his very short towel.
She was about to go and do as he suggested, when a very familiar voice reached her ears. Oh crap! Cassie sighed when she heard just who had come to his house at this ungodly hour. She grabbed the bathrobe she saw in the corner and pulled it on before rushing out to stop her new man from getting maimed.
“You two-timing, cheating son-of-a-bitch, I’m about to rip you a new asshole! Now, what have you done with my daughter?!” Stephanie growled, her blue eyes near white with her Wolf.
“Um, excuse me?”
“Mom! Stephie! Calm down I am fine! David is not two-timing anyone and, what are you even doing here?” Cassie ran inside and stood in front of David, her body blocking his from the wrath of a certain mama-Wolf.
“Uh, well, I uh, saw what happened and well, I sort of tracked your phone, when you didn’t come back to The Villa,” she
said guiltily.
“You are not supposed to do that anymore, Stephie! You promised me when I was sixteen!”
“I’m sorry, Cassie, I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Then when I realized this was his place I came to check on you, and,” sniff, Stephanie’s eyes glowed again.
“OMG, you guys mated? You are his mate? Am I right? I am right!”
“Mrs. DeMarco? I am sorry I haven’t introduced myself formally yet, my name is David Evangelos-”
“Doctor, yes, I know who you are.”
“I am proud to announce that Cassiopeia is my mate and has accepted my claim, I am sorry that we didn’t have a chance to meet first-”
“Oh, shut up, and get over here,” Stephie wrapped an arm around both David and Cassie and gave them both a squeeze before running to the front door.
“I almost forgot! A housewarming present!” She came back in with a gorgeous Christmas bouquet of winter roses, holly, and mistletoe like the ones she’d made for the ball, only this one was huge.
“Oh, Stephie! It’s beautiful!”
“Thank you, Mrs. Demarco!”
“My pleasure, now let me set it here. I’ll be right back, I have some bagels in the car too,” before she could run out again Cassie stopped her.
“But wait! You were all mad when you got here? Worried about me, remember? But you made me a bouquet and stopped for bagels? Stephie!”
“Well, I had high hopes you were okay! Be right back!”
Cassie gaped at her stepmother while David laughed and pulled her into his embrace.
“I don’t believe her!”
“That’s okay, beautiful. All you need to believe is that I love you,” he rumbled and lowered his head to capture her lips.
“I love you, too.”
EPILOGUE
Two days later, Cassie and David entered Castle Falk for the first time to attend The Macconwood-Nighthawk Teen Outreach Program Annual Holiday Party.
The snow had finally stopped. Though more than a few inches covered the ground, David and Cassie had spent the last forty-eight hours wrapped around each other. They’d survived on bagels, eggs, and a holiday ham that Cassie’s stepmom (and David’s Packmate as it turned out) had thoughtfully provided.
He smiled as he took Cassie’s coat from her and handed it along with his coat and car keys to an attendant at the castle’s entrance. His mate was beautiful in a flowy wrap-around dress in a deep green that brought out the same shade in her eyes.
He noticed the attendant giving her the once-over and he couldn’t help the growl that built up in his throat. Mine.
She turned her head and met his eyes. A teasing smile on her lips, she leaned into him, soothing his beast and rousing the man at the same time. Cocoa butter and vanilla filled his nostrils.
“Did I tell you, you look beautiful?” He asked as they made their way into the festively decorated ballroom.
“Only five times since we left, I could stand to hear it a few more times though,” she giggled and kissed his cheek.
“Here she is, our new teacher Ms. DeMarco and Dr. Evangelos, nice to see you,” Cat Maccon smiled at the tall dark-haired man on her arm and introduced him as her husband. He looked hard and unsmiling, but his eyes softened when they landed on his incredibly beautiful wife.
“Call me Cassie please and this is David,” Cassie shook hands and smiled at the couple. Another couple came over and she was quickly introduced to two of the owners of Castle Falk and their wives.
“Hello Cassie, I’m Alexsander Falk and this is my wife Noelle, this here is my brother Edric and his wife, Joselyn,” the couples chatted and sipped eggnog from crystal cups while dozens of teenaged boys and girls roamed around the ballroom.
There were stations of cookie decorating, board games, virtual reality headsets, and other amazing things to keep them occupied, but mostly they convened under the enormous Christmas tree. Cassie gaped as she took in the magnificent tree, topped with, of all things, a snow-white dragon.
Images of a larger white dragon appeared in her mind, next to him stood a red one, an enormous black and gold one, and finally a green one off to the side. The Falk brothers were Dragon Shifters. Wow! That extra sense of hers was doing cartwheels in her head at the thought.
“Put it all together, did you?” David whispered in her ear.
“You knew?”
“Yes, but ever since you told me about how you knew I was a Werewolf, I wanted to see your sixth-sense in action. You’re amazing, Cassie,” he bent and brushed a kiss against her lips.
“Oh yeah? Show me.”
David wrapped his hands around her waist and pulled Cassie flush against his hard body.
“I will. Later,” he nipped her bottom lip between his teeth and she shivered in response. It was always this way when he touched her.
“I love you.”
“I love you too, asteri mu.”
“Ewww! Our new teacher’s got a boyfriend!”
One of her students giggled loudly and pointed at a blushing Cassie.
“You mean a fiancé,” David said to the teen before dropping down on his knees and presenting his mate with a single diamond solitaire.
“Will you be mine, Cassiopeia?”
“Always,” she said throwing herself into his arms.
David caught her and kissed her hard. Cassie sighed and opened for him. She knew she was home for good.
The end.
About the Author
Hi! I’m C.D. Gorri, Paranormal Fiction Author and Creator of the Grazi Kelly Universe. I am proud to be a SW USA Today Happy Ever After Hot List Indie Author! I’ve always been an avid reader, and I have a profound love for books and literature. When I’m not writing or taking care of my family I can usually be found with a book or tablet in my hand. I live in my home state of New Jersey with my husband, our children, and our dogs, Dash and Chewie.
I’m a busy mom of three and finding time for leisurely reading was never easy, so I write stories that are fast-paced, yet detailed with satisfying conclusions. If I thought making time to read was difficult, I was in for a huge surprise when I started writing, but now that I started, I can’t picture myself doing anything else! I love writing powerful women and strong heroes who face relatable problems in supernatural settings! I plan on increasing the GK Universe with each and every story I publish. You can follow me on social media to keep up to date on all my new releases and events!
Want to know how it all began? Enter the Grazi Kelly Universe with Wolf Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel #1 or how about a little PNR with the Macconwood Pack? Pick up Charley's Christmas Wolf today! I have series for for young adult and young at heart audiences who enjoy paranormal fiction, and I also have paranormal romance books available now! If you like sassy heroines and sexy heroes, then you might want to try my PNR books!
Thanks for reading!
Del mare alla stella,
C.D. Gorri
A note for my amazing readers:
Thank you so much for reading Home For the Howlidays! I hope you enjoyed this short Christmas romance about David’s and Cassie’s journey to true love!
The Macconwood Pack is growing by leaps and bounds and I have plans to increase it even further! Be sure to check out how it all started with Wolf Bride and Charley’s Christmas Wolf.
We’ve got Werewolves, Dhampirs, and Dragons in Maccon City, and coming soon, you’ll find the Pine Barrens are home to one hell of a Devil!
It’s back to my writing cave for now!
del mare alla stella,
C.D. Gorri
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Other Titles by C.D. Gorri
Young Adu
lt Books:
Wolf Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel Book 1
Hunter Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel Book 2
Rebel Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel Book 3
Winter Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel Book 4
Chasing The Moon: A Grazi Kelly Short 4.5
Blood Moon: A Grazi Kelly Novel #5
Casting Magic: The Angela Tanner Files #1
Keeping Magic: The Angela Tanner Files #2
Paranormal Romance Books:
Charley’s Christmas Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel #1
Cat’s Howl: A Macconwood Pack Novel #2
Code Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel #3
Wolf Bride: The Story of Ailis and Eoghan (A Macconwood Pack Prequel)
Summer Bite: A Macconwood Pack Novella
His Winter Mate: A Macconwood Pack Novella
Snow Angel: A Macconwood Pack Novella
Charley’s Baby Surprise: A Macconwood Pack Novella
The Witch and The Werewolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel #4
To Claim a Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel #5
The Dragon’s Valentine: A Falk Clan Novel #1
The Dragon’s Christmas Gift: A Falk Clan Novel #2
The Dragon’s Heart: A Falk Clan Novel #3
The Dragon’s Secret: A Falk Clan Novel #4
Shifters Furever: A Paranormal Romance That Rocks Series Anthology
Bound By Air: The Wardens of Terra Book 1: A Zodiac Shifters Book
Crimson Kisses: A Zodiac Shifters Anthology
Bearly Breathing: A Bear Claw Tale #1
Bearly There: A Bear Claw Tale #2
Coming Soon:
Bearly Tamed: A Bear Claw Tale #3
Bearly Alive: A Bear Claw Tale #4
Taming Magic: The Angela Tanner Files #3
Waterlocked: The Wardens of Terra Book 2: A Zodiac Shifters Book
Marked by the Devil: Paranormal Romance That Rocks
Claimed by the Demon: Paranormal Romance That Rocks
Mated to the Dragon King: Paranormal Romance That Rocks