Bite of the Moon: Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance Boxed Set (16 page)

Chapter Twenty-Four

Kane groaned as their kiss deepened. He cradled Charlotte in his arms, wanting to treasure the moment as much as the woman he enjoyed it with. Her scent filled his head until he was dizzy with it. His whole life, he'd been chasing the wrong idea of beauty, but with one bite, that had all changed, and while he wasn't a hundred percent sold on being a werewolf, finding Charlotte was a check in the pro column.

She filled his hands with her soft curves, her body yielding to his touch. His ears picked up the way her heart quickened when he reached down to squeeze her ass and grind his cock into her pelvis. That he had that kind of effect on her made him even harder.

He pulled at her shirt. "This. Off. Now."

Charlotte resisted. "You first." She yanked at the buttons on his shirt, growling softly when they wouldn't give way.

Annoyed, he swatted her hands away and ripped his shirt off with one quick jerk. Buttons clattered to the floor. He'd probably ruined his shirt, but he needed her now or he was going to lose his mind. She bit her lip at the sight of him, and then reached out to press a hand against his chest. "You're built like a body builder. How do you find the time to work out?"

He caught her hand and placed it at his groin. "I think of you. That's all the exercise I need." Crushing her against him, he drove his tongue into her mouth, doing everything in his power to lap up every last bit of her scent and swallow it inside him.

Coming up for air, he said, his voice low and ragged, "Get that shirt off before I rip it apart."

Charlotte's breathing hitched as they locked gazes. Her eyes were wide pools, deep enough to drown a man should he fall in. She did as he asked, her hands going to the shirt and lifting it over her head. Save for her lace panties, she was naked.

Kane just looked at her for a moment, reacquainting himself with her curves. The glimpse he'd had of her earlier had burned itself into his brain and he found his memory accurate. Her skin glowed, pale as cream, and her pink-tipped breasts were glorious. He would hold onto her wide hips as he took her, pulling her as close as he could.

"You're beautiful," he said, hefting one breast in his hand. "I wanted you the second you knocked me over. Did you know that?"

She shook her head, her eyes glazing as his thumb found her nipple and flicked it into prominence.

"It's like you knocked some sense into me and I saw you for the first time." He leaned down and sucked her nipple into his mouth, teasing its twin with his other hand.

"I-I didn't know." Her voice came out breathy as she responded to his touch. He could smell her desire in the air and knew a slick wetness waited for him between her legs. His pants were tight enough to split around his hardening cock.

"I'm glad your ex was an idiot," he said, his tone sharp. "Because you were meant for me." With that his hands went to her panties and he ripped them off in one swift movement. Nuzzling her neck, he carefully folded what was left of the lace and put it in his pocket. He'd never done anything like that before, but Charlotte was special and he knew he was going to want to remember their first time together.

***

Charlotte leaned into Kane, her mind whirling from both his touch and his words. When he moved in to kiss her again, she turned away.

"What is it, Char?" He'd been growling commands at her the last few minutes, but just then, his voice was quiet, tender even.

"I feel broken, Kane. What I am. What I've been through." Her voice caught and a tremor shook her body. Did monsters deserve love? Was that even what she was?

"You're not broken." He gave her a little shake and then lifted her chin up until her gaze met his. "Do you know what I see when I look at you?"

Mute, she shook her head.

"You're brave, loyal, and gorgeous. There's no one else I want to be with." He leaned down and nibbled her earlobe for a second before saying, "What we've become, who knows what will happen with that? But what
we
have? You and I? That's a good thing, and I'm not letting it go."

"Do you think that's true?" She wanted to believe him.

"Yes." Kane pulled her tight against him. "You're mine. And I'm yours, if you want me." He captured her lips with his then and kissed her until her lungs burned and her heart throbbed with need. When he let her breathe, he said, "Tell me you want me. Let me make you happy, Char."

"Yes," she sighed. She did want him. Needed him even. His touch felt right when everything else around her was wrong. It had been that way since she'd run into him that day on Glen Vine's Main Street. "I...just..." She trailed off.

"What? Tell me, and I'll make it happen." There was a deep fierceness in his voice that told her he meant every word.

"Just don't leave me, Kane. I don't think I could bear it." Her heart already threatened to break in two at just the thought of being dumped again.

He shook his head. "Don't you know?"

"What?"

"Wolves mate for life. This isn't just one night, Char. I think it might be forever." He walked her back toward the kitchen counter and lifted her up. Kneeling down, he spread her knees. "I know your ex hurt you, but tonight, I'm going to make you forget he even breathed on this earth. It's my name that will fill your lips, and that's the only one that matters, you hear me?"

He nipped at her thighs, alternating between lips and teeth. She shivered and gasped as he neared the nexus between her thighs. Before he touched her, he lifted his head to say one last thing. "You're going to scream my name until it echoes in your soul. There will be no room for anyone else ever again."

With that, he thrust his tongue through her nether lips. Charlotte fought not to melt into a puddle of sexual ecstasy, but it was damn difficult with a man as hot and alpha as Kane between her legs. Forever would be awesome if it was full of Kane touching her like this.

He wanted
her.

Not those other girls, the ones she knew he'd been with before, but her.

The pain she'd carried since her ex had dumped her evaporated. Kane was right, her ex hadn't been the one for her. He'd just been a stepping stone on the way to finding Mr. Right. She felt the truth of that in the pleasure Kane's tongue sent rippling through her.

Kane was who she was supposed to be with. Her nose had been trying to tell her all along, but she'd been too hurt to listen.

Kane flicked the sensitive bud at her core with his tongue and slipped his fingers inside her. Charlotte threw her head back as her hips writhed on the counter, not caring that she was covering the granite with her juices. She would clean it up later. After Kane was done fucking her senseless.

Reaching for his head, she held tight to his hair, urging him to go harder and faster. Her body pulsed and quivered as pleasure gained momentum. Before she knew it, she was keening and shuddering into Kane as an orgasm hit her so hard it left her stunned and barely able to breathe.

"Kane, Kane," she whispered, struggling to find air and the ability to think.

"That's right, baby. Say my name." He helped her off the counter, catching her when she stumbled, her legs numb and leaden. Sweeping her up into his arms as if she weighed nothing, he headed upstairs.

She pointed to her bedroom door. "There."

He shouldered the door open and tossed her onto the bed. She watched as he shucked his pants and boxers, enjoying the view of his sculpted physique. Most hard things hurt when you ran into them, but when she'd slammed into Kane that day on Main Street, the feel of being pushed up against him had made her body sing. And tonight, she would take all the hardness he had to give.

Naked, Kane jumped on top of her, covering her curves with his lean strength. He kissed her, and she tasted her essence mixed with his. She gripped his shoulders and deepened their kiss, wanting more. Their tongues tangled and they nipped at each other's bottom lips.

Giving her lip one last hard bite that left her gasping, Kane moved down her body, gathering her breasts in his hands. Sucking her nipples in turn, he didn't stop until they were hard, aching points.

"Spread your legs," he said, his hand going to her thighs, seeking the heat at her core.

She let her knees fall open, sighing as his hard length slid inside her. He was so big she felt her body stretch to fit him.

His head fell back and his eyes closed as he sank all the way into her. "You're so tight and wet, Char. I need you."

"Yes, Kane," she hissed, hands reaching for his shoulders and pulling him close. "I need you, too," she whispered in his ear.

He went for her breasts, pulling the nipple almost savagely with his lips. Charlotte gasped in surprise and then moaned as the momentary discomfort melted into pleasure. Kane thrust into her as he played with her breasts, pulling on the sensitive tips and then biting them until Charlotte thought she would burst into flames.

She'd never had a rough lover before, but she liked what Kane did.
Maybe it's the wolf in me.
Her wolf ran close to the surface, drawn by the frantic tangling of their bodies and the pleasure that pounded through her heart.

She had the urge to sink her teeth into Kane, to plant herself in his flesh and taste his blood
. That definitely has to be my wolf.
  But she didn't fight it. Instead she reached down and yanked Kane up by the hair, covering his mouth with hers. Their kiss this time was hungry and fierce, full of hard edges that fought for dominance.

He pushed his hands under her back, lifting her upright into a crushing embrace. The change in position allowed him even deeper inside her, and Charlotte moaned as he made the darkness within her come to life. Pleasure sparked all over her body, zooming through her system faster and faster. She undulated her hips against him, struggling to take more of Kane.

They clung together, rocking and thrusting as one until she cried out. The orgasm rocked her, stealing her breath. Her core fluttered around Kane until he succumbed to his own climax with a harsh yell. They didn't stop though, the need to be one was too great. They held onto each other, their bodies shaking with the power of their coupling.

Charlotte rested her head on Kane's shoulder, breathing in his scent. "Wow."

"Yeah. That was amazing."

She turned her head and looked up at him. "You sound surprised."

He was silent for a moment, his gaze searching her face. "It's never been that good, Charlotte."

She couldn't keep from smiling, pleased she'd outdone all his previous lady friends. Point for the curvy girl. "Same here. What do you think that means?"

"That you're mine." He dipped his head and bit her shoulder. She startled, surprised by the bite, but then gave into her earlier urge and sank her teeth into the meat of his shoulder. It felt almost as good as sex, scratching some instinctive itch only her wolf understood.

They collapsed side-by-side onto the bed after that, chests heaving, completely and utterly spent.

"So now what?" she asked, staring at the ceiling.

Kane reached for her hand. "I have no idea, but I know one thing."

"What?" She looked at him, curious.

"Once you've been bitten, you can never go back." And then he was kissing her, claiming her as his once again.

Epilogue

They gathered at the new pack clearing at the next full moon, intent on christening the space. The mortgage had come through, and it was time to celebrate a new beginning. Overhead, the moon cast a luminous, magical glow over the world and stars twinkled in the distant sky. Fall had passed into early winter, the temperature dropping with the last of the leaves.

Leo breathed in the cold air, feeling at ease for the first time in weeks. He and Kai had been living in a tiny apartment in Glen Vine for the last several months, the press of the human world around them feeling a lot like having their fur rubbed the wrong way. With the pack land officially theirs now, they would be able to build a cabin out here and finally have some peace. He couldn't wait to just roll out of bed, shift and go for a morning run. Speed cleared his head and kept his wolf content. He needed to run like he needed to breathe.

Audrey and Tao stood at the center of the clearing, welcoming people as they crunched through the first snowfall of the season. The couple stayed close to each other, constantly reaching out and touching one another, the love between them obvious.

They weren't the only love birds. Charlotte and Kane were just as bad as his brother and his mate. They passed through the threshold of pine and birch trees ringing the clearing and, with a nod to everyone, went to stand off to the side, opposite Leo. They didn't stop touching each other, either. If one stepped away, the other followed, as if unable to bear being apart.

Leo looked away. He was happy for them, but it made his life here in Michigan feel empty. The new pack wasn't home. Not yet. And he was alone, even among his brothers. Tao was too busy with Audrey and their upcoming wedding to go for runs these days. And Kai was ruled by his magic. As for the humans newly made into werewolves, they seemed uneasy around Leo, and he didn't like to bother them unless he had to.

He missed having a place and people that he not only called his own, but who claimed him in turn. Yeah, their home pack hadn't exactly embraced them with open arms, but they'd belonged. Here, no one really wanted them.

Not that Leo blamed them. He and his brothers had been wolf born, which had been hard enough, and he could only imagine how difficult it was to go from human to not human in the snap of a jaw. The fact it had been his own brother who had bitten everyone and turned them made it all worse.

Leo could see it in their eyes sometimes, knew they thought 'Here is a brother of the wolf who attacked me.' And it stung because he'd done nothing wrong.

He took a breath, savoring the pine scented air and gave himself a little shake. Tonight was going to be a new start. Kai had said it earlier and it seemed to Leo that he could sense whatever it was in the air that told his brother these things. The cold breeze filling the clearing seemed to sweep away emotions, giving everyone a clean slate.  Despite his gloomy thoughts, hope stirred inside him.

The pack land had potential. Maybe it didn't feel like home yet, but he had no place else to go. He would just have to make the best of things and hope that someday, he would find his other half, just like Tao and Kane had.

A hand landing on his shoulder made him jump. "Have faith, brother," came Kai's voice, low and solemn. Kai squeezed Leo's shoulder before letting him go.

"Faith in what?" Leo asked.

"That the winds that move our lives know what we need. That the moon will light our way." Kai lifted a hand to the silver orb in the sky, almost saluting the celestial body.

Leo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, okay. Sure." He knew the power Kai's magic held, but the cryptic way his brother wielded it made it hard to take him seriously sometimes. Looking closer at Kai, he said, "Are those
rocks
in your hair?"

Kai lifted a strand, showing off a smooth round stone tied to one end. "Yes. The lake gave them to me. We are anchored here, Leo. Tied to this pack for the rest of our lives."

"So we're stuck here?" His wolf jolted to attention at the idea and a sudden urge to roam made his legs ache. He pushed his animal back and sucked in more cold air. The scent of summer carried a ripeness that stirred his blood, but winter soothed and calmed sometimes to the point where his wolf almost hibernated inside him. It often annoyed him, because he loved to run on four paws, but just then, he was grateful.

"Sometimes it is good to be stuck, brother." Kai nodded to Tao.

Watching Tao sweep Audrey up in a kiss and hearing her giggle of delight, Leo thought with all his heart,
'I want that, too.'

"Run with the wind and you will arrive at the right place," Kai said, seeming to read his brother's mind. He clapped Leo on the shoulder again and ambled off to greet the pack. After a moment's hesitation, Leo followed suit.

Tao opened a bottle of champagne and Audrey passed out glasses. Leo took one and stood with the rest of his pack, waiting for the toast.

"To our new pack clearing and the wolves who will call this place home." Tao held his glass high as his bass voice boomed loud in the night.

Leo clinked his glass with the rest of the pack and then downed the champagne in one gulp. People were already shedding their clothes, preparing to shift. Leo returned his glass to the tray Audrey had left for that purpose and quickly shucked off his clothing. The shift washed over him, reforming his bones and easing the aches that came with carrying human burdens.

With a long howl at the moon, he bounded off into the darkness around the clearing, chasing after the rest of his pack. A sharp wind came up on his back and he smiled as it pushed him forward. He would throw himself to the wind and trust it to take him where he was supposed to go.

~The End~

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BLURB: Audrey Levine thinks being bitten by a wolf is just another day on the job. She couldn’t be more wrong.

A wildlife rehabilitation specialist, Audrey usually does all the rescuing, but now she's the one who needs help. In ten days, she’ll be covered in fur and howling at the moon while the wolf who bit her is out there, waiting to claim her as his own…whether she wants to be his or not.

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