Bad Kitty (18 page)

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Rafe stared at the front door of Dark Moon
in his wolf form and shifted. It'd be a little hard to tear the
door off its hinges without his hands. And tear the place down he
was about to do. Bhric had gone too far taking his mate away
without even talking to him. A snatch and grab in the middle of a
dominance fight was a damned dirty trick.

He yanked on the handle with a good portion
of his wolf strength and pulled the door from its frame. Just
inside three wolves stood side by side blocking his entry.

"Rafe. Nice to see you again."

"Fuck you, Greer. Where's my mate?" He
glanced over their shoulders and searched the area he could see. No
Kitty.

"First, you need to put on these." Greer
handed him a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. "You're lucky we heard
you coming. Storming in here buck ass naked and stirring up every
shifter and human inside is not how you want to approach Bhric
about getting your kitty cat returned."

Rafe growled, but grabbed the jeans. He
didn't give a shit about clothes but he had enough wits still about
him to know Bhric could keep him from her for a while if he wanted
to. So he shoved his legs in the pants and threw the shirt over his
head. "Now where is she?" He'd already scented her outside and it
was driving him crazy.

"First you talk to Bhric. You of all people
know the deal here." Greer broke off from the other two and headed
back inside. Rafe followed. The half wolf led him to Bhric's office
where a giant of a man stood watch at the door. He sniffed. "Is
that a—?"

"Bear?" Greer finished. "Sure is. Rafe meet
Calder, our latest resident to join the fold."

Calder the seven-foot bear grunted a
greeting but didn't uncross his arms from his chest or step
aside.

"Since when does Bhric need a
bodyguard?"

Greer sneered. "You might not want to say
that too loud. Calder here is our new security team for the bar. He
overheard you were coming in hot and bloodthirsty and he wanted to
greet your personally."

The big bear grunted again at the same time
the door opened and Bhric emerged from his office.

"That took you a lot longer than I
expected."

"I want my mate," Rafe growled. He was too
ramped up from the fight with Tanner to play these waiting
games.

"Ahh. Fine. Let's skip the chit chat. I'm
afraid the real question is... Does she want you?"

"We're mates. Of course she does."

"Then why isn't she marked yet?" Bhric
lifted a brow with the question.

"We've been a little
distracted
,
what
with her getting attacked here in your territory, her almost dying
from whatever they poisoned her with and then Tanner deciding he
had rights that somehow trumped mine. So it's been a hell of a
week, but if she'll accept me I plan to make it official as soon as
possible."

Bhric stared at him long and hard. The man
had an incredible amount of power, but Rafe would do whatever it
took to get Kitty back. When he'd discovered her missing his wolf
had gone into a frenzy until he was able to pick up Bhric's scent.
At least then he'd known she was safe and not stolen by someone
wanting to hurt her or him. At that point he should have reported
in to Burke to give him a situation report, but instead he headed
here. Before Tanner had interrupted they'd started the mating
process and unless Kitty outright refused they were damn well going
to finish it tonight.

"I guess you should go and
see your mate then. But know this. The whole reason I brought her
here was so I made sure she knew
all
of her choices. Yes, ignoring
the mating call is hard and often painful, but it can be done when
it's for the right reason."

Rafe nodded and walked
away. There was nothing else to say to anyone other than Kitty. He
followed her scent and as he got near it changed. Something was
wrong. His wolf howled in fear as he sprinted to the back of the
building. He shoved through a door marked
employees only
and searched the
room. Nothing there, but her scent was stronger. The sound of
running water from another room drew his attention and he raced
inside. The first thing he noticed was the broken mirror. Oh shit.
He'd forgotten all about the fact she hadn't seen her face yet.
Dammit.

This close he could hear her tears and they
damn near gutted him. There was nothing more that he wanted in this
world right now than to take her pain away. He forced himself to
stay calm and not scare her.

"Kitty."

The soft cries stopped and he heard nothing
except the water. She was holding her breath. He undressed and slid
the curtain to the side. His heart broke when he found her sitting
in the corner with her legs pulled tight to her chest. The sadness
written all over her face undid him. "Please don't cry, baby." He
squatted next to her and touched her scarred cheek. "These scars
are nothing. I knew the moment I found you in the clearing looking
half dead you were the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen. You.
Are. Perfect."

"I'm not perfect," she said. "I've done
awful things."

"And that's what makes you so damned great.
Yes, you've made mistakes, but you also learned from them. Do you
realize that since you've gained your freedom, you've done
everything you could for me?"

She blinked at him. "I don't know. I haven't
exactly been free. I feel like I've been fighting for my life since
I left the clan."

He couldn't stand not having her in his arms
any longer so he sat next to her and lifted her into his lap. Her
cougar heat felt so good against his skin. He wrapped his arms
around her and got as close as he could.

"You have. But in that time you found me.
That's got to count for something." He pressed his lips to the base
of her neck and then scraped his canines along the tender skin.

She wiggled in his lap. "Maybe."

"Maybe nothing. If that
bastard Tanner hadn't interrupted us
,
our mating would be
official."

She swiveled in his lap. "What happened with
Tanner? Is he dead?"

"No, he's not. He fought hard as hell for a
while but he gave in and submitted when he believed his death was
imminent."

"So you'll be the alpha?"

"Are cats always this chatty when naked in
the shower? Enough talk." It was too hard to keep up this line of
conversation with an aroused goddess wiggling around in his lap,
teasing him. "I want my mate."

"Oh, Rafe." She softly touched her lips to
his. "I want what I can't have so bad."

Rafe threaded his fingers into her wet hair
and tugged her head back until their gazes met. "You and I are
going to have a long talk after this. Can't is no longer an option.
But right now thinking is impossible."

"Everyone will hear us."

They would. Shifters and their sensitive
hearing needed sound proof rooms for any kind of privacy and he
doubted this old building had sound proof anything. "Oh well," he
replied and tightened his grip on her.

Her lips drifted past his lips and along his
jaw. The power of the mating call was so damned strong in them
both, but he sensed her resistance. Her attempt to deny it wasn't
going to last much longer. He hoped.

She slid her hands to the side of his neck
and her thumbs stroked over his pulse. Oh yeah. Her head might
still be in some sort of fight, but the animal inside her knew
exactly what it wanted. Rafe grabbed her around the waist and
twisted her until she fully faced him with her bare sex hovering
over his pulsing cock.

"One of these days we're going to do this in
slow motion. But not today." He kissed her hard with a hunger that
more than matched hers. He'd never felt so starved in his whole
life and only this woman could satiate him. His tongue pushed
between her lips as the spiced taste of wild woman filled his head.
It reminded him of the forest after a hard summer rain, where the
steam from the ground made everything around him more vibrant and
alive.

Power coursed through his
veins until her hand slipped between their bodies and wrapped
around his rigid erection. Then his vision darkened and all he
could see or feel was the wonder of his mate touching him. Good
God
,
she felt
incredible. She caressed him with slow, easy strokes that were
either going to kill him or make him explode. For a brief second
her slick heat touched him and his brain melted a bit more. He
growled for more.

"Not yet," she whispered. Before he could
protest, she slid from his lap, knelt in front of him and licked
his shaft from the bottom to the top like a damned lollipop. She
stared up at him with such heat in her gaze he could barely
breathe. He slammed his head against the wall. "Fucking hell."

She responded by drawing his full length
inside her mouth and sucking hard. His hips shot from the ground
and his hand tightened on her hair. "Damn, woman. You're mouth.
Holy..."

Kitty smiled around his dick and did it
again, this time nearly blowing off his head. Seriously. She was
going to kill him. He'd give her anything in the world she wanted
if she promised to never stop. Her tongue lashed across the
underside and her hand reached for his balls. He was going to
explode and ruin everything if he didn't stop her. He lifted her
off of him and laid her out across the shower floor. Water pelted
both their bodies and neither of them cared.

"My turn, bad kitty." He
pushed his hands between her legs and spread them wide, taking a
good long look. He stared up at her as he pressed a kiss to the top
of her mound. Her small whimper delighted him. Turnabout was
definitely fair play. He slid his hands along her curvy hips and
torso before cupping her breasts. They more than filled his hands
and he imagined spending hours playing with them
,
among other filthy ideas he'd have
to show her. He followed his hands with his mouth and licked at her
nipples until the tight peaks stood tall and tight. The more he
touched and tasted the hungrier he grew. His need to devour her
drove him wild.

It wasn't until his mouth hovered over her
sex that Kitty began to beg. Heat rose from her body and he licked
his lips in anticipation. "I've been waiting a long time for this,"
he growled. Rafe swiped his tongue through her wet center, making
sure to avoid a certain hot spot he knew ached by now.

"Oh my God, more," she said. "More."

Her demand unleashed a wave of
possessiveness he tried to hold back. Her legs tightened to grip
his shoulders as he did everything in his power to drive her as far
over the edge as him. She writhed and cried out until they were
both mindless with pleasure. Only then did he circle her clit very
slowly before wrapping his lips around it and sucking it into his
mouth. This time the cougar screamed and he imagined the entire
room shaking from his mate's overwhelming pleasure.

He lifted his head and pressed her thighs
open with a tight grip on each leg. He lined himself up and stared
into her eyes as the tip sank forward. He hesitated and let her
sweet moan wash over him.

"Stop torturing me," she cried.

"My pleasure," he said and
slid deep. Her mouth opened and no sound came
out
,
but the
perfect little O of her mouth and the widening of her eyes made him
smile. Where he found the control to tease her he had no idea. Her
tight sheath squeezed and pulled with the slightest movement and
all he thought about was making her beg some more. He lifted her
from the hard floor and she wrapped her legs around his waist. His
hips flexed and he worked even deeper while keeping the pace
insanely slow. The deliberate drag of her heat along his length
made them both moan at the agonizing pleasure.

"More, Rafe. Please. You're killing me."

For a second all he could focus on was the
golden glow of her eyes as the animal drew closer to the surface.
That look pleaded with him to do whatever was necessary to make her
his. His teeth ached with the need to bite her. His heart knew that
she cared for him and if he claimed her now she'd accept it.
Eventually. His lips curled back and his gaze moved from her face
to her neck. He had to. He couldn't.

Fuck that. His wolf wanted control. No. He
clamped his mouth shut and resisted the urge with everything he
had.

Kitty wrapped her arms around his neck and
pulled him close so her lips were against his ear. "Love me, Rafe.
Just love me."

Rafe broke, driving his
cock deeper than before. This time he didn't stop. Thrust after
thrust he filled her
,
each one more intense than the last. His hands were gripped
roughly at her waist but he couldn't stop. Lust raged inside
him
,
completely
out of control. Her eyes closed and she appeared as lost as he in
the driving sensations. He leaned forward and took one of her
hardened nipples between his front teeth. If he couldn't mark her
in the way he wanted
,
this would be the next best thing. He bit down hard until she
grabbed his hair and cried out. Her sex tightened mercilessly
around his cock
,
forcing him deeper inside her.

Loving her reaction, he lifted his hips up
and over changing the angle of his deep, penetrating thrusts. The
plan had been to drive her mindless and instead his body tingled
with so much savage pleasure he couldn't stop.

"Harder," she begged. "Oh shit. So
close."

"I'll give you anything.
Anything you want," he promised as he leaned forward and took her
mouth with a brutal kiss. Together they bucked and thrust, trying
to get closer than ever before
,
as if bound together with or without their mate
marks. When the storm threatening them both finally broke free,
Kitty threw her head back and screamed. High pitched and loud, the
sound tore into his control and pulled him straight into the
white-hot center of a burning orgasm. Together they jerked and
tumbled to the floor, Rafe rolled, catching Kitty before she hit
the hard tile. She shuddered in his arms as the aftershocks rocked
through them.