Be Were: Paranormal Shifter Romance (Southern Shifters Book 5) Page 2

  She tasted even better than he'd expected. Hot, sweet with a heavy dose of spice that flushed through him like a flash fire on acid. He tightened his grip as she arched into him as eager for more as he. He cupped the soft mound of her breast and thanked God he hadn't taken the day off as he'd originally planned. Like her, he'd opted not to spend another holiday alone.

  Her nipples hardened to sharp points the more he explored, giving him another indication of how aroused she'd become. Not that he needed one. The scent of her sex had hit him like two tons of bricks the moment she'd entered the bar.

  He moved his mouth from hers and skimmed them across her chin until her head tipped back against the wall, giving him full access to whatever he wanted. And boy did he want.

  She had a body for sin and thanks to her breed, likely the penchant for a good hard fuck. For some reason he'd pegged her as different the minute he scented her. The color of her eyes only confirmed it. Ice blue and wide, they'd made him throw caution to the wind for a chance at tasting the ultimate wild beauty.

  Now, her arousal soaked through her panties, filling the room with a fragrance he would never forget. The image of him devouring her from head to toe crystallized in his brain and he knew then what he'd thought would be a one-night stand with a beautiful woman would be far more.

  Mate.

  His lips skimmed the rise of her breasts and she purred against his head, ruffling his hair with her breath. His cock swelled and flexed against the confines of his clothes, eager to be free of confinement. He needed to be buried inside of her more than he needed his next breath. She shifted in his arms, her tits rubbing against his chest. A sweet movement destined to drive a man like him wild with lust. To retaliate he bent his head, nudged her halter aside and stroked his tongue over a bared nipple.

  "Oh hell." The words fell from her mouth on a long, low moan that sizzled across his skin and straight to his dick.

  He lifted her into his arms and she wrapped her legs around his waist, nestling the heat of her pussy along the rigid length of his erection.

  His nose flared. "I can smell how delicious you'll be. It's intoxicating."

  His fingers dug into the soft skin of her thighs as he grappled for control.

  "You need to hurry," she said, breathing roughly.

  He kissed her hard, a sudden wave of possession stealing over him. Dean didn't need to be told twice. He carried her like that to the bedroom and fell onto the bed with her. Their kiss broken, she laughed and twisted in his arms. Her tiny top slid up exposing her bare breasts and he nearly swallowed his tongue.

  "You have the most exquisite breasts, babe." He licked his lips and dipped his head, anxious to taste and tease them. He grazed her pebble hard nipples with his teeth until she squirmed and moaned underneath him. Her hands grasped at his shoulders, her nails biting into the skin of his back.

  "Ahh yes, Niki. So beautiful," he said, hissing as his tongue laved at the curve of her breast, continuing downward into the slight indentation of her belly button. He felt the muscles in her abdomen jerk, shooting lines of pleasure into his arms and legs and along his spine. Dean growled and scraped his teeth along her bare flesh.

  He continued to move lower until he was draped across her legs and his face hovered over her skirt and panties. Pushing her skirt up and out of the way, he buried his nose against her sex, inhaling a deep breath. "Oh so sweet. I can't wait to taste you, feel all that wet flesh against my tongue." He peeled her panties slowly down her legs, allowing the agonizing temptation to wash over him, before tossing them somewhere in the room. He didn't care about anything when all he could think of was her tender, aroused pussy waiting for him.

  Her thighs fell open and Dean licked his lips at the sight before him. A sprinkling of fine light blond curls covering swollen lips begging for his touch was spread out and waiting before him. No sane man could resist such perfection. He slipped his hand between her legs and pushed a single finger against her dewy entrance. Fuck, she was already soaked.

  "Please Dean, you're driving me crazy." Her breath came in excited pants now as she tilted her hips for easier access.

  "Am I?" He liked that she had turned desperate for him because he was exercising every ounce of control he possessed to not rush through this. He pushed the tip of his finger just inside before he bent and licked his way from her heated entrance to her protruding clit, the flavor of her exploding on his tongue, searing into his brain forever.

  She gasped and cried out his name as her fingers dug into his hair, holding him against her. Little did she know he had no intention of going anywhere. He settled further between her legs and continued his feast with licks, nibbles and small bites to her inner thighs. She squirmed and cried out as he edged her closer to release. His dick ached with the need to be buried inside her as the heat between them licked at his balls. Christ, he was never going to make it like this.

  He pushed up and brought his body above hers. He looked at the creamy white skin of her beauty, so translucent she looked nearly ethereal to him. Some of her white blonde hair clung to her face where perspiration had popped out on her forehead. Staring into her eyes, loving the undisguised desire that shone there, he placed his cock at her entrance.

  "Tell me this isn't a dream Dean. That you feel it too." She moaned as he pushed just the tip inside her.

  "No, this is definitely not a dream." Although he might die from the reality of their encounter.

  She held her breath as he separated her folds when he pressed forward. Nerve endings ignited and a cry tore from her throat as he filled her achingly slow. A taunting pleasure swamped them both until her screams turned to whimpers of pleasure when he was buried to the hilt. Dean swooped in and captured Niki's mouth in a fierce, hot kiss meant to sear them both together in mindless need. Their tongues slid together in an ages old competition for dominance. He ate at her like a man possessed, determined she would accept his claim.

  "I'm going to watch you come," he whispered, his words rougher than he expected. "Then I'm going to make you do it again." He speared into her body while using his fingers to tweak a nipple to the point she cried out. The mixture of pleasure and pain made her orgasm build like a flash fire, sudden and combustible tearing through her with a force that took her breath away. She convulsed around his cock.

  The unexpected explosion went straight through to his soul until her pleasure swamped them both. He moved faster. Short hard thrusts as her pussy clenched around him, losing his own tightly held control. Sweat slicked between their bodies.

  Niki tore at the bedding underneath them while he slammed in and out of her, all control lost. He grabbed her tits and rubbed her nipples to rock hard points, drawing moans and pleas from her to keep going.

  His canines poked at his lips as he snarled and bent to her shoulder. Under the onslaught of overwhelming pleasure and with the mating scent torturing his senses, Dean could taste the need to bite her.

  "I'm going to come in you, baby. Right fucking now."

  "Oohh, God." Niki cried out when he sank his teeth into her supple skin as he pumped his release into her, marking her as his. The resulting jerk of her hips made her pussy clamp down on his shaft until black spots swam in his vision. Niki howled and hissed while she dug her fingertips into his back, the edge of pain drawing out his pleasure. Together they rode the wave until they finally collapsed on the bed, bodies slick with sweat and an aura of satisfaction surrounding them both.

  "Fuck Niki, what the hell was that?" The question made her smile. She blinked up at him but remained silent. The sated look in her eyes gave him the impression she simply wanted to curl up in his embrace, or his new fierce need to protect was demanding it.

  "So sleepy."

  He tightened his arms around her and pulled her tight against him. "Sleep then. I'm not going anywhere tonight."

  "Me either. Not tonight," she said.

  Dean listened to her heartbeat slow and her breathing even out. He propped his head on his free arm and
watched the Christmas lights outside twinkle in the reflection of the window. Adrenalin still popped and sizzled through his blood over the wondrous fact he'd found a mate. He was anxious to spend Christmas day getting to know her, and she him. For some reason their lives had intersected and their fate sealed. Now he needed to make sure she felt the same way.

  A soft purr broke the silence in the room and rumbled along his rib cage. Despite the second wind he'd encountered after sex, the sound of his new mate content in sleep lulled Dean to follow her.

  Dean kissed her awake as he crawled over her, trailing his lips from her feet to neck, paying close attention to her pretty pink pussy and tight nipples. He wanted to play again.

  "Merry Christmas, Niki."

  She cracked open her eyes and looked at the sunshine just peeking into the room.

  "It's barely dawn," she complained. "Why are you waking me up?" She stretched her arms, effectively pushing her breasts close to his mouth.

  This was normally the point he'd get up and get dressed encouraging his lover to do the same, but Niki was different. Despite the many times he'd had his way with her through the night, his cock was already rock hard and eager for more.

  She looked down the length of his body. "You are insatiable aren't you?"

  "Are you complaining?"

  She looked down at him and licked her lips, a rumbling purr coming from her throat.

  "You won't hear any complaints from me. But isn't this the part where we kiss and promise to call and then never do?" She stroked her hand back and forth across her shoulder.

  He watched her as he thought about what she'd said. He wondered if she realized she was rubbing the spot where he'd marked her with his bite.

  Mine.

  "Is that what you want?" If she said yes, he would have to show her just how wrong she was. He could take it nice and slow if he had to but one way or another she would be his.

  "Don't you have somewhere to be for the holiday? Some family waiting for you?" She looked at him expectantly as he trailed his fingers along the curves of her hips.

  "I'm right where I'm supposed to be," he rumbled. "Besides, you owe me a run."

  She smiled at him and shifted onto her knees, pushing him to his back. She fisted the root of his erection and brought the tip to her mouth. "Run later. First, it's my turn to give you a Christmas gift."

  He hissed in appreciation. He'd already gotten the best present of his life.

  A Mate.

  Niki flicked her tongue and tasted the tip of his cock, swiping the small bead of fluid already resting there.

  Dean grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled her closer. "Don't tease me, girl. I can't fucking take it right now."

  Niki stared into the heat of lust burning in his gaze and growled. She could feel the aggression rising in her as the attraction between them exploded inside her. Overwhelmed by emotion, she opened her mouth wide and sucked the head of his dick inside.

  "Fuck yes," he said, groaning as his fingers tightened until her scalp tingled.

  Niki lost it. He'd drawn out the wild side of her DNA and Goddess help them, she couldn't stop. She drew him deeper until he bumped the back of her throat. Instead of pulling back, she simply opened wider and added teeth to her actions.

  He snarled at her, the low growl fueling her on. She pulled back, making sure to scrape every inch with the edge of her teeth. She wasn't above inflicting a little pain of her own if it got her what she wanted. And it did. He jackknifed from the bed and pushed her back down, ensuring she took the full length in one quick jerk. His reaction sent arcs of electricity to her already aching sex, making her squirm and moan.

  "You're like a dream come true, baby. Suck me harder."

  Again his words drove her nuts as she followed his command. She was driven to give him everything he desired and then some. Niki flattened her tongue and stroked him from root to tip along the more sensitive underside. His repeated groans and growls spurred her on as she picked up speed. The thought of driving him crazy made her wilder. Her breasts ached and she'd give anything for him to be thrusting inside her. But this first. Her need to make him lose control overrode all other thoughts.

  She literally felt him begin to swell seconds before she was rewarded with a pulse of pre-cum. The earthy taste did nothing to appease her. She wanted more. Fuck. She wanted all of him.

  He swelled farther. "I'm going to come, beautiful."

  She grasped the bottom of his erection and tightened her fingers while her free hand sought his balls. With the first touch, his hips left the bed and forced his cock all the way in. The instinct to gag was strong, forcing Niki to relax her jaw and allow him entry.

  "Yes, baby. A little more. I fucking love it."

  The dirtier he talked the more excited she grew. No one would ever accuse her of being some soft wilting flower in the bedroom. She liked her sex like she did everything else. Rough and aggressive.

  So into getting Dean off, Niki jumped when a hand touched her breast.

  He chuckled. "Looks like I'm not the only one about to go off." He tugged on her nipple, drawing the beaded point toward him. "Turn around."

  Her body jerked at his suggestion. She moaned around him. He was going to drive her mad with need. Her body vibrated with it.

  "Hurry. I can't hold back much longer." He continued to pull her in the direction her wanted her to go and she followed. Dammit. She wanted him so bad. Without letting go, she twisted around until the opening of her sex hovered above his face.

  "Mmm," he sighed. He let go of the nipple he'd pinched between his fingers and before her body could adjust to the pain of the blood rushing back in, he gripped her hips and delved into her with his tongue.

  Niki screamed, the muffled sound coming out more animal than human. He wasn't wasting a second and instead had gone straight for the heart of the matter. The involuntary shudder began at the top of her head and worked its way down her spine. In another show of dominance, Dean wrapped his arms around her hip and locked her in place. So much pleasure shot through her, she'd be surprised if she didn't black out soon.

  That thought brought her back to her task where she renewed her efforts to rob him of control before he stole hers.

  Within seconds, he groaned long and loud as his release flooded her mouth in hot, hard pulses. Dark and sinful were all she could think as his rich taste over took her senses.

  His hands clenched on her hips moments before his teeth grazed her clit. The explosion of her orgasm caught her by surprise. One minute he was giving her the control she'd sought and the next he'd sent her flying, as her resistance tore apart under the onslaught of intense pleasure.

  When her body felt semi-whole again, she collapsed against his chest and tried to catch her breath. Dean lifted her up and shifted her to her side like nothing more than a limp rag doll. The aftershocks alone rendered her helpless. She couldn't move. Nor could she remember a time when she'd been so exhausted and totally drained from sex. This insatiable man had managed to wipe her out. "How—?"

  "Shhh. There's plenty of time for questions later. Right now you need to sleep," he whispered in her ear.

  Wow. She really liked the sound of his voice. Niki began to relax, thinking a nap sounded like a damn fine idea. Then maybe they'd do it all over again. Her eyes fluttered closed as sleep drifted closer.

  With her mind shutting down she almost missed his last words before sleep overcame them both.

  "Thank you, mate."

  Niki froze. For a second, she couldn't process what he'd said. She had to fight through the mental fog before the words began to make sense. Her eyes popped open and the harsh light of day burned into her retinas. Squinting against the bright sun she tried to breath and couldn't. No way. No fucking way.

  With the skills of the warrior she'd become, she stayed in perfect place without moving a hair until Dean's breathing evened out and she was sure he'd fallen asleep. She crawled from the bed with the supreme stealth her kind were known for and
stared down at the perfect physical specimen of man still lying there.

  Shit. Why'd he have to fuck this up? With more than a pang of regret she turned away from the bed and rummaged for all of her clothing. She knew perfectly well how males of their species worked and if she so much as left a stitch of personal belongings behind, he'd use her scent to track her down.

  She'd leave on foot and once she got past the river, it wouldn't take much to throw him off her trail. When she was dressed, she did one last walk through to make sure she'd left nothing behind. Satisfied she'd cleaned up her mess she slipped out the front door.

  Mate.

  Leave it to her to pick the one shifter in a hundred who was genuinely certifiable. Such a shame. Shaking off the sadness, Niki took one last look at the small cabin still glowing with Christmas lights before she turned and disappeared into the woods.

  She was definitely not his mate.

  2

  Rafe Comyn raced after Kitty while shaking away the last vestiges of sleep. His new mate and all around handful had sprung from a dead sleep spouting nonsense about kidnapping and visions, leaving him confused and clueless. But it was the reference to a white cougar that had made his blood go cold.

  He didn't want his wife to have anything to do with that breed. They were dangerous and unpredictable at best. Deadly and vicious at their worst. He didn't put a lot of stock into every rumor he'd heard, but he still avoided them as much as possible. As the new alpha of the Comyn wolf pack, his day-to-day dealings had him working alongside full-breeds and half-breeds all the time, no problem. Then there were the crazy breeds. Those were made up of any breed that seemed too stupid to live. Lastly, the white cougars. He didn't even know how to describe them or what they were capable of because no one was sure, but dangerous didn't seem to be enough. They were usually only hired when someone needed some dirty work done. The jobs no one else was willing to do.