The Omega's Mate:

by E A Price

  Jules huffed. “Fine, if that’s what you want, I’ll go! You’ve changed your fucking tune! You change your mind again in a week, don’t expect me to be waiting for you! You’re not that good in bed!”

  Cain allowed her to push past him to the bathroom. She slammed the door shut, and he could hear her irritated mutterings.

  Cain stood by the door, rubbing his neck. “Really Jules, I’m sorry.”

  He knew that Jules was a fan, and she did have a few boundary issues, but he had no idea she thought they were an item. They had casual sex. That was it. Or at least they used to.

  There was a knock at the door and without thinking Cain opened it to find Carly stood outside, beaming at him. Ah, shit.

  *

  “Carly!”

  “Hello Cain.”

  Carly felt her cheeks redden as she smiled at her mate. Since the moment he’d waved goodbye to her earlier, she’d been agonizing over this decision. She’d come to his room with the sole intention of seducing him. Not that she thought it would be hard to do, considering the desire that had been rolling off him all day. Not to mention that bulge in his jeans…

  Part of her thought it was too quick and that she needed to wait and get to know him first, but her overriding lust won. After the sweetness of his kiss earlier, she was certain this is what she wanted, and she saw no point in waiting. Her wolf was prancing around gleefully.

  The moment she had arrived home, she packed an overnight bag and slipped into her sexiest lingerie. Which admittedly wasn’t all that sexy. The only matching set she had was yellow, with embroidered daisies, but still, underwear was underwear. She threw on her coat and a pair of heels, and hotfooted straight to Cain.

  She was sort of regretting it now. It had always seemed so hot when someone on TV turned up for a booty call, wearing practically nothing. Carly was freezing! And her feet ached. Heels were not her thing.

  On the way over, she had become more and more energized about being with her mate. Heat rushed to her sex, as she remembered the feel of his firm muscles and his soft mouth. She couldn’t wait!

  Luckily her pack mate Jimmy, who had been working the front desk of the Bed and Breakfast, ducked out to take a phone call, so she easily slipped by him. She wasn’t ashamed of being there; she just didn’t really like gossip. It was already all over town that Cain was her mate, but she just wanted a little privacy, until they bonded at least. After all, it was no one’s business what they got up to in private.

  Carly had run to his door, eager to see the look on his face, yet… stood before him now, he kind of seemed a little horrified. Perhaps he was just in shock at her forwardness. Well, if he was shocked by her turning up, he was about to have a heart attack!

  Gently she pushed past him into the room and set her case down on the table. Her nose tickled at a strong perfume fragrance but ignored it. She shrugged out of her coat and let it fall to the floor. She placed her hands on her hips, in what she hoped was a seductive pose. She just needed to do something with her hands, so they stopped trembling.

  Cain’s massive chest heaved, and his wide eyes blackened. He couldn’t believe it! She was here, offering herself on a plate to him, at the worst possible moment! How could he get Jules out without letting Carly go? “Carly I…”

  Jules chose that moment to come barreling out of the bathroom, in just her underwear. She threw the shirt at his head. “And you can have your shirt back!”

  Jules harrumphed when she caught sight of Carly. “Well, that was fast! Is this your new number one girl? Do you tell her you love her, whilst she’s blowing you in the shower?!”

  Carly paled at the sight of the stunning hyena shifter. Her wolf snarled at this woman, but Carly retreated in sadness.

  The hyena was tall and lithe, with tanned, golden skin, and a curtain of silken auburn hair. Her bright blue eyes flashed at the little wolf, and Carly forced herself not to cower. She was wearing wispy, sexy red lingerie, a painful contrast to Carly’s yellow, flowery set.

  Carly felt like a small, dumpy, pale creature with mud-colored eyes, and mousy brown hair, compared to the vision before her.

  “Leave!” snarled Cain.

  Carly’s bottom lip trembled. “Are you talking to me?”

  Cain’s face crumpled. “No beautiful. You stay.” He pointed to Jules. “You leave.”

  Jules quirked an eyebrow at Carly. “Charming isn’t he? Treating us like dogs.”

  “Get out!” bellowed Cain.

  Jules sneered at the bear, before grabbing her coat and purse, and sashaying out the door. Apparently Carly wasn’t the only one who had thought to turn up, only wearing her underwear and a coat.

  Cain quickly locked the door behind Jules and placed his mammoth bulk in front of it. If experience had taught him anything, it was his mate tended to bolt when she was upset. Not happening this time. Unless she fancied diving out the window, she was going to listen to his explanation.

  Carly donned her coat, and without making eye contact tried to get past him. “I have to go,” she murmured.

  Cain folded his arms. “No.”

  “What?” Carly stepped back, fighting the urge to cry. She’d already shown enough weakness in front of her mate; she wanted to get the hell out of there before the tears started falling.

  “You’re not going anywhere, until you listen to what I have to say.”

  Of all the high-handed controlling assholes! Her sadness ebbed to be replaced by anger, in part fuelled by the fury that radiated from her mate. “There’s no need to explain. I think I should be the one to apologize again.”

  Cain looked at her suspiciously, and his bear stilled. “You do?”

  Despite the raging emotions the little Omega felt, she made herself act calmly. It was unsettling for the bear. “Yes, I just turned up at your room unannounced. It was rude of me. I should have called first. I shouldn’t have just assumed you wouldn’t have company.”

  “Carly, beautiful…” Cain gave her a pained expression.

  Carly appeared to have landed on a passive aggressive approach. “You’re free and single; I shouldn’t be surprised you had someone here.”

  “Single?!” he wailed as his bear roared in displeasure. His claws and fangs flexed, and he started gesturing wildly with his thick arms. “I’m not single, and neither are you. Do you think you are? Do you think I would allow you to go out, and be with other men? You’re mine!”

  Carly felt a little trepidation at staring down the enormous bear, but for once she wouldn’t shrink away, for once she would be strong, even though both she and her wolf were trembling nervously. She allowed a little more of his ire to seep into her psyche, strengthening her resolve.

  “We shared one kiss…”

  “We’re mates!” Cain exploded. “I love you!”

  Carly froze at the unexpected words. Her wolf yapped like a puppy, and she felt warmth spread throughout her body. But… “You don’t know me.”

  Cain had been a little taken aback at his proclamation, but his bear was howling to the sky. True, it was fate that decided Carly was the one for him, but five minutes with her was enough to show him how perfect she was, and how much he wanted her, and needed her.

  “I know I love you, that’s all I need to know.”

  Damnit! Carly felt her resolve slowly crumble. Why did he have to say that?! “If you love me, then why was she…”

  Hesitantly Cain stepped forward and placed a solid hand on her shoulder. She tensed at his touch but didn’t try to shake him off.

  “She’s someone I used to hook up with before I met you. She followed me here and slipped that jackass on the front desk twenty bucks to get into my room. She comes to my fights. She’s just a fan; I guess it was a bit of hero-worship on her part.”

  Carly scoffed. Hero? Him?

  “I didn’t invite her here. Why would I? I already have the perfect woman hot for me.”

  Carly rolled her eyes. “I’m the perfect woman?”

  Cain chuckled
. “Well, at least you’re not objecting to the fact that you’re hot for me. But yeah, to me you’re perfect.”

  With that, her determination to give him hell went totally kaput. Sneaky bastard. Making her fall for him so hard, making her love him so much. She reached out with her powers and felt the tingles of love and honesty. She doubted he was lying. He didn’t have enough control over his emotions to fool her.

  “Ahem.” Cain cleared his throat. “Aren’t you going to say anything about me?”

  She frowned. “Hmm, like what?”

  Cain flexed his impressive muscles. “About how perfect I am…”

  Carly started giggling, and it went on until eventually she was hooting with laughter. “Thanks, I needed that,” she said, wiping a tear away. The sadness and worry flitted away.

  Cain and his bear started grumbling, until Carly reached out and traced a finger down his abs. “I guess you have a nice body…”

  “You guess?”

  “Well, I haven’t really seen it up close.”

  She fluttered her eyelashes; Cain rubbed his thumb over the juncture between her shoulder and neck, right where he intended to place his bonding mark.

  “Then we really need to do something about that.”

  Cain pursed his lips. His bear was driving him to take his mate, but he knew he had to try at least to act like a gentleman. Even if it was eating him up inside.

  “Carly, we don’t have to do anything tonight. I don’t want to push you. I’ll wait as long as it takes until you’re ready.”

  Carly blinked. “As long as it takes?”

  “If it’s a day, a week, a month or a year, I’ll wait.” God he prayed it wouldn’t take a year.

  Carly moved back a step, extricating herself from the weight of his strong hand. He let his arm drop, and forced himself not to show his disappointment.

  Carly let her coat fall to the floor, revealing the pretty lingerie and an alluring expanse of creamy skin. “How about a minute?” she asked huskily.

  Cain ripped his clothes off. “I lied; I can’t even wait that long.”

  He scooped up his squealing little mate and laid her in the middle of the bed. She kicked off her shoes, and he lay over her, careful not to squash her tiny frame as he smothered her in kisses. He worked his way over her neck and shoulders, licking and suckling at her skin.

  Cain caressed her breasts through the bra. He thought of tearing it away from her, but decided against it. Far too pretty to ruin, he planned on having her wear it again. Deftly he removed it and tossed it aside.

  Carly bit her lip, as she took in the hungry look of wonder on her mate’s face. He gazed at the smooth orbs of her breasts before sucking one into his mouth. She moaned lustily, as he laved his tongue over her sensitive flesh. He teased the pebbled nubs between his teeth, and she arched her back towards him. Raking her fingers through his hair, she held him to her tightly.

  Her body was rapidly heating, and her orgasm stirred. Never before had she felt such potent lust, never before had she given in, and allowed herself to be so dominated by her baser desires. She felt if she didn’t have this man, this bear, her mate, she would implode.

  Cain slid a hand into her panties. A thick digit entered her slick channel, and she bit her lip. Her wolf panted as her breathing hitched. He added another finger, slowly twirling inside, stretching and preparing her. She felt pleasure bubbling away inside her, itching to be released. As he massaged his thumb against her clit, she came undone.

  Carly clutched him to her breast, as her body writhed beneath him. She cried out his name, as his mouth, and his fingers continued their exquisite manipulations. Her wolf crooned at the wonderful feelings he incited. As she came back down to earth, she felt him withdraw from her body, and she mewled at the loss.

  Cain hooked his thumbs in the waistband of her panties and gradually slid them down her legs. He stood entranced by his little naked mate, with her flushed body, rosy pink nipples and desire hooded eyes. He brought his fingers to his lips and licked her juices, groaning at her divine taste.

  Carly propped herself up on her elbows. She took in the acres of hard, muscled, flesh, which made up her mate, his dark eyes and his enormous, throbbing sex. He was a freaking god!

  Her chest heaved, waiting for him to pounce on her, to make her his, but he didn’t. Unhurriedly he knelt between her legs, the bed dipping and groaning at his weight. Cain moved up and lay over her body, supporting himself, so he didn’t crush her.

  Instinctively, Carly wrapped her legs round his large body. He lined his hips against hers, and the tip of his penis nudged against her drenched channel.

  Cain gazed at her glowing face, her soft hair splayed around her head and her extraordinary green amber eyes. This moment was better than he could ever imagine.

  Carly could feel his cock, hot, hard and ready, just teasing her entrance, tantalizingly out of reach. She expected him to thrust into her, and take her quickly, she knew by his wild lust that he wanted to, but he waited.

  “Are you sure this is what you want?” he asked hoarsely.

  Cain trembled with the effort of holding still, of not just pushing into her and taking what he needed. But he was determined to show her how worthy he was of her. His bear furiously snarled at him, but he refused to surrender to the beast.

  Carly ran a hand down his face; he nuzzled her palm and kissed it. How could she have ever thought he wasn’t handsome? Right now, seeing her powerful, muscular mate towering over her, so concerned with her needs, was the sexiest, most-powerful aphrodisiac she could imagine.

  She closed her eyes and flooded his body with intense desire. Cain shuddered and let out a rough, lascivious growl.

  Her eyes fluttered open. “Does that answer your question?”

  Cain hunched and crushed his mouth to hers in a searching kiss as he slowly pushed inside her body. She braced her arms on his firm shoulders, and lost herself to the feel of his gradual entrance. She stretched and pulsed around his thick length.

  He pulled out before rocking more of him inside her. He continued in this way until finally he was fully seated. He groaned at how gloriously tight she felt around him, wishing he could make this moment last forever. But the need for release burned too deeply.

  Drawing back from her mouth, he watched her pretty face as he pulled back and thrust inside her. Carly gasped as her eyes nearly rolled into the back of her head. His bear roared in approval whilst her wolf howled for more.

  Cain set a gentle pace, as he rhythmically filled her over and over. Carly licked her kiss swollen lips, and raking her fingers through his hair, brought his mouth back down to hers for more. The way he filled her was glorious, she felt so complete, and so happy. Feelings she floated toward her mate, who moaned into her mouth.

  His movements sped up; Carly could feel the pleasure boiling inside, working its way to another release. She pushed her hips against him, taking him to the hilt. Her fangs dropped, and she nipped his bottom lip, eliciting a throaty growl from her mate. She swallowed his blood and moaned at the sweet taste.

  Cain plunged inside her more forcefully as his own fangs dropped. Carly rubbed her tongue over the sharpened teeth invitingly. He nicked her bottom lip and sucked on it, groaning lustily.

  Each drag inside her body brought her closer and closer. The dulcet moans and whimpers she made with each plunge were music to his ears. He angled his hips, applying pressure to her tender clit. Once, twice, and she was gone.

  Carly pulled away from his mouth and let out a mellow roar as her wolf howled in happiness. Fireworks exploded through her body as she bucked, and clutched at her mate. Her hands slid to his shoulders, and she pressed her claws into his skin.

  It was too much for him, the way her inner muscles massaged and gripped him, the tingle of pain her tiny claws brought, and the overwhelming feelings she poured forth into him. He couldn’t hold on any longer. He stilled inside her before his release shot through his body, and he burst.

  Cain roa
red gutturally in time with his bear. He jerked inside her, desperately emptying himself until he had nothing more to give.

  Breathing heavily he buried his head in her shoulder, and she folded her arms round his neck. He reveled in her scent, smiling into her hair. The emotions she had shared with him had been intense, and dare he hope, there had been love in there?

  Carly kissed his ear. “That was wonderful, thank you.”

  Cain chuckled heartily, sending tremors through both their bodies still so intimately entwined. “You don’t have to keep thanking me.”

  “Yes I do. You’ve no idea how…” She gulped. How hard it had been with past lovers to make them go slow? How they had reacted, when she flooded them with unwanted feelings? “How much I needed this.”

  Carly hadn’t held back when she climaxed; she couldn’t have even if she wanted to. Her emotions had overflowed, and she had inundated him. But he hadn’t even flinched. There was no annoyance, no recrimination. He had accepted it. He accepted her for what she was.

  “Nowhere near as much as I needed it; that was intense.”

  Carly bit her lip. “It wasn’t too much for you? When I let go, I mean…”

  Cain languorously rolled over to his back taking Carly with him, until she was sprawled over his chest. He cupped her face with his hands. His bear whined at her look of fearful anxiety.

  It hadn’t been too much. It was just what he needed. Without her, the normal red hot rage would have been boiling, and he wouldn’t have been able to stop himself from being rough. Her soothing presence and an abundance of happiness she sent tempered him and allowed him self-control.

  “No beautiful, it was perfect.”

  Cain pulled her down for another kiss before she drew back in surprise. His manhood began swelling inside her, and it was a blissful sensation.

  Carly giggled. “Shall we see if we can reach perfection a second time?”

  “Definitely, then I think a third, a fourth and a fifth time might be on the cards too.”

  Chapter Nine