Fighting the Inevitable (29 page)

He teased her lips gently
with his, feather light kisses across her soft mouth until she
moaned and threaded her hands into his hair to press his mouth
harder to hers. Her eyes were still closed but he could sense she
was wakening up and his excitement grew as he deepened the kiss.
His tongue dipped into her sleepy mouth to taste her wonderful
sweetness before he trailed his mouth across her neck and along her
collarbone as her hands tightened in his hair and her body arched
against him.

“
Caleb,” she
murmured and he raised his head to look into her exquisite face.
Lavender eyes smiled sleepily at him and his breath caught in his
throat. He didn’t think he had ever seen her look more beautiful as
she did right at that moment.

“
Good
morning, my love,” he sighed against her lips, lightly stroking her
mouth with his as his fingertips trailed down her side, sliding
around her back to cup her bottom and press her into his
hardness.

“
You’ve
showered already,” she said with a small smile, feeling the
dampness of his hair, “and you’ve had coffee.”

He chuckled and kissed
her cheek. “I let you sleep a little longer. You needed
it.”

Rhianna stretched
languidly and smiled back at him, “And now you’ve decided I don’t
need any more sleep?” There was an impish expression on her face
that caused him to groan and his pulse to race faster.

“
Now I’ve
decided I can’t wait any longer to make love to you again.” Caleb
let out a sigh, rolling her onto her back and sliding between her
thighs, so he could press against her more intimately. His breath
rushed out when their bodies touched and he had to kiss her
again.

Rhianna was breathless
when he finally let her up for some air, desire sending her blood
pressure sky high. “What a fabulous way to wake up,” she thought,
and then flushed scarlet when Caleb laughed and she realised she’d
actually said it out aloud.

“
I can make
it so much more fabulous,” he promised her, his golden brown eyes
glinting with desire as his hungry mouth latched onto one of her
breasts and he began to caress her tender flesh.

She cried out and arched
up against him as he teased her aching body, liquid heat firing
through her body and going straight to the juncture between her
legs. She watched Caleb’s head rise briefly as he inhaled deeply
and smiled, and she knew he was scenting her arousal and was
pleased with what he scented. His head lowered again and he
returned to his teasing, his mouth hot and demanding, building her
desire to fever pitch in an instant.

Rhianna wanted to touch
him too but he was intent on giving her pleasure and held her body
pinned beneath his. She wanted to give him the same pleasure he was
giving her and he laughed when she tried to tell him.

“
You always
give me pleasure, sweet one,” he chuckled against her stomach.
“Every little moan, every sweet cry and lusty scream fills me with
unimaginable pleasure.” His hot mouth was trailing slowly downwards
and she ached for him to get there, even as she wanted to be the
one exploring his body.

“
I want to
touch you and kiss you the way you’re doing to me, Caleb,” she
moaned and he halted his progress to look up at her with darkened
eyes. He rose up above her and kissed her with a long, drugging
kiss and then he moved away from her lying on his back and resting
his head on his folded arms.

“
I don’t know
how much I’ll be able to stand,” he admitted, his voice husky, his
eyes glittering, “but I’ll do my best. You may have your wicked way
with me, sweet Annie.”

Rhianna giggled at his
words and moved over his body sitting up on her knees to look down
at him. “Is this the vampire’s equivalent of the submissive
position?” She teased him with a wicked smile and a low growl
emitted from his throat.

“
Vampires do
not submit to anyone.” Caleb’s lips twitched as he tried to keep
the smile from his face. He couldn’t deny his woman what she
wanted. If she wanted his submission, he would give it to her, for
a little while at least. He hadn’t been lying when he said he
didn’t know how much he’d be able to stand. He wanted her so badly
it was all he could do to lie there and let her look her
fill.

Rhianna slowly ran her
hand over his wide chest, watching the muscles bunch under her
touch and hearing the sharp hiss of breath from Caleb. She leaned
down and kissed his chest slowly at first, a bit hesitantly, and
then her confidence began to grow and her mouth was gliding
effortlessly over his skin, her tongue flicked out to tease his
hard nipples.

He groaned under her
touch and the sounds he made were so heady they emboldened her
further and she kissed down his flat stomach, her hands stroking
over his hips as his groans turned to soft growls the closer she
got to her goal.

“
Annie,” he
growled, her name a warning sound as her breath whispered over his
impressive erection but she ignored him and tried to wrap one hand
around his girth. His breath hissed out and his hips instinctively
bucked upwards, giving her a heady sense of power as she took a
deep breath and began to give him the most intimate of kisses, as
he had pleasured her the night before.

Caleb thought he was
going to die when her mouth touched him. The image and feel of her
lips and tongue on his body sucked the breath right out of him. She
was a witch, a tempting, teasing little witch who was trying to
drive him insane with need. His body trembled hard as he fought to
maintain control, fought to give her what she wanted, but it was so
hard to just lay there and let her do what she wanted.

He growled again, his
breathing became harsh and ragged as her confidence increased,
brought on by his reaction to her ministrations. Her mouth engulfed
him and he bucked up, trying to muffle a loud roar as pleasure
suffused him. Caleb fisted his hand in her hair, pulling it away
from her face so he could watch her take her pleasure and return it
tenfold.

It was too much for him
to endure. With a muffled curse, Caleb flipped Rhianna onto her
back, and pressed into her. Her startled expression quickly changed
to one of need as she wrapped her arms around him.

“
Love me,
Caleb.”

Her whispered words
brought tenderness to his touch as he began to move, sliding deep
within her, his mouth and lips trying to touch every inch of her
skin. “I do, my Annie,” he whispered back. “Now and
forever.”

CHAPTER
fourteen

Jared Hanlon
took the steps three at a time as he made his way up to the
apartment. His wolf was prowling close to the surface, and he was
having a hard time keeping a tight leash on his beast. It was his
own fault. He had stayed away from Millie for too long, because of
the complicated circumstances involved, circumstances, which had
now changed drastically.

Rafe was safe
with Annie for the moment, and Annie knew of their existence so
claiming his mate would no longer be an issue. The only real
problem remaining was his mate. She was being extremely
difficult to say the least, and he was fast losing patience with
her. Didn’t she feel the attraction between them? He had been so
sure she had when they’d first met. Her beautiful cobalt blue eyes
had widened when she’d looked at him; he’d smelt the first faint
hint of arousal coming from her deliciously curvy body, and then,
she’d gone and thrown him out. She had actually thrown him out of
her apartment!

If that
wasn’t bad enough, she refused all his calls until he was acting
like some mad stalker, even calling her at her workplace so she
couldn’t scream at him and slam down the phone. A proud
smile crossed his lips. She had one fabulous temper on her, his
woman. A true Alpha if ever he’d seen one. She would make a
glorious wolf and a strong ruler at his side, when he finally
managed to get her to submit to him.

He hesitated
briefly at the apartment door and looked at his watch. Damn, it was
barely seven am on a Sunday morning. If he woke her up,
she would be really pissed at him. Pissed and off balance,
just the right combination he wanted. Smiling broadly, he knocked
loudly on her door.

“
You have got to be fucking kidding me,” Millicent Cooper
groaned, as she heard the loud knocking on the front door. She
pulled her head out from underneath the covers and squinted tiredly
at the clock. Five past seven! Who the hell was knocking on
the door at this obscene hour in the
morning?

“
Annie!” she yelled, and then, cursed when she remembered her
friend wasn’t in. She had stayed overnight at Caleb’s. Cursing when
the knock sounded again, Millie grabbed her robe, pulled it on over
her teddy bear pyjamas and scrubbed a hand through her tangled
curls. She was going to kill whoever was at her
door.

She threw it
open, a torrent of abuse ready to tumble from her lips, and found
herself staring up at the most gorgeous man on the entire planet.
Deep blue eyes raked over her swiftly, and she felt her
heart start pounding loudly even as she tried to slam the
door shut in his face.

Jared threw a
hand out and stopped the door from closing, a smile tugging at his
lips at the furious glare on his woman’s face. Fuck, she looked so
beautiful all tousled and rumpled from sleep. Was she really
wearing pyjamas with little teddy bears on them? They were the
cutest things ever and made her look as sexy as hell.

“
Go away, Hanlon,” she growled at him, and his smile just
broadened. Most definitely not a morning person, but he would teach
her just how pleasurable mornings could be.

“
You won’t take my calls, so I’ve come in person, Millie.” He
smiled. She gasped in outrage, as he pushed his way into the
apartment and let the door close behind him. His wolf was crowing
gleefully, as it scented his mate. He was sending his human side
mental imagines of ripping Millie’s clothes off and mating roughly
with her, until she screamed her pleasure.

“
Get out,” Millie hissed at him. “I don’t want you here. If I
wanted you here, I would have answered your calls. So just get out,
or I’m going to call the police and have you charged with breaking
and entering.” She couldn’t believe the arrogance of the ass.
Barging into her apartment and smiling his stupid smile at her, as
if he wasn’t a mad stalker type person.

Her dire
threat had him pausing for a moment. She was perfectly justified,
his behaviour was appalling, and yet, he couldn’t walk away and
leave her. His wolf wouldn’t let him and he knew once she stopped
being so stubborn she would see they were meant to be together. She
was fighting the mating pull with everything in her and she would
only end up hurting not only him but herself too. “Now, you know
you’re not going to do that, Millie.” His smile never faltered as
he slowly started to stalk her.

She
instinctively backed away and his wolf sat up, its attention
caught. Was she going to run from him? He’d really enjoy it if she
did. There was nothing quite like a good chase to get the
blood pumping for what was to come when he finally caught
her. His wolf would really enjoy it if she ran.

Jared stifled
down a groan and had a stern word with his wolf. He was way too
close to the surface and almost ready to grab control. He did not
intend to let his wolf mate with Millie. Not yet. Not until she
knew everything about him and exactly what it would mean to be
mated to a Were. But, that wasn’t going to stop his human side
from taking her. He had waited far too long for her. He barely ate
or slept anymore. All he could think about was his Millie, and how
he longed to be with her.

Millie felt a
little frisson of fear course through her, as she watched the
various emotions crossing Jared’s face. They ranged from almost
feral to deeply tender, but the most dominant was determined. This
man had come here for a reason, and he did not intend to leave
until he’d fulfilled his goal. She had a good idea what that goal
was. A deep stab of desire coursed through her, as she reacted to
his overt sexuality, the blatant sensual expression that was now
crossing his face.

“
Jared,” she said, shakily putting a hand out to ward him off,
not believing he would pay one blind bit of notice of her. The man
was an alpha to his core, which was one of the reasons she’d been
ignoring him. Despite the perception she gave, her experience was
pretty limited with the opposite sex. She’d always had trust issues
because of her unorthodox childhood, so any dates she’d chosen had
been with men who weren’t a threat.

She was
surprised when Jared did pay attention. He stopped moving forward
and watched her intently for a moment before he pushed his hands
into his tight, very sexy blue jeans. “Millie, why are you fighting
this? You know you want it as much as I do. Can’t you feel the
sexual tension in the room?”

She shook her
head at him, silky black curls tumbling around her head. “I don’t
even know you.”

“
I can quickly rectify that,” he drawled wickedly, taking
another step closer and causing her to back up again until she
found her back pressed against the far wall. She couldn’t take her
eyes from his as he took another two steps until she could feel his
body heat so tantalisingly close to hers. Her heart thundered in
her chest and a shiver of pleasure ran down her spine as she
watched his nostrils flare and saw his eyes
darken.