Saving Margaret (11 page)

Finally.

He couldn’t wait to taste her sweet body.

“Why do you have an apartment, if you don’t live here?” Margaret gave the stark grey building a once over and turned to Scott.

“I usually stay over a few weeks throughout the year when Chase and I are on leave together. Now that we are both out of the military and Chase is moving, guess I won’t really need it.”

“How did you meet Chase?”

“He was a medic under my command once. We’ve kept in touch since then.”

“Oh. Are there a lot of shifters in the military?”

“In North and South America, yes. Europe…not as much. The Council doesn’t really approve, but since we are a really long airplane ride away, they’ve just let it slide. At least that’s what my parents always said.”

“This war that’s coming is going to be ugly, isn’t it?”

“The Demakis family is one of the originals. If they are splitting away from the Council, we are in for a bloody mess.”

“They’ve been planning this for a while. All of the Demakis royalty are in North America and have been for centuries.”

“It won’t matter. The Council will hit hard. Packs that don’t have good defenses will be slowly picked off and executed for being traitors. Once the war starts there won’t be a break until it’s over and it could take years.”

She sank back into her seat and took a deep breath. Their very way of life would be changing. Her whole pack could be targeted because they were opposing the Council.

“No wonder Dad freaked out about the stalker.” A stolen glance at her mate told her everything she needed to know. His eyes were downcast and his body language was defeated. “He’s told us all it was coming, but it’s here, isn’t it.”

He nodded.

“But the Council had Peter.”

“Your father stole him back.”

She gasped. Her father was front and center. Council agents were already targeting her. She was lucky Scott had been there or she’d already be dead. That Council agent hadn’t been joking around. He would have killed her without a second thought.

“Can we forget about all of this for awhile? I just want to be with you.”

He leaned over and gave her soft kiss. His lips brushed so lightly. It wasn’t what she wanted. She grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him against her lips hard, kissing him back until he groaned. Her tongue danced with his. She sucked his bottom lip hard, nipping just a little. He growled and backed away.

Moments later he was hauling her out of the truck and carrying her toward the grey building they’d parked in front of. She smiled. Satisfaction swirled through her and she ran her free hand along his chest, reveling in the firm muscles hidden just beneath his shirt.

He set her down in front of an apartment door just long enough to unlock it. His breath warmed her neck and his fresh pine scent flooded her senses. Her body trembled from the inside out. She turned in his arms and started pulling up his t-shirt. Hard, rippling, lick-able abs greeted her fingers.

He obliged her by removing his t-shirt, giving her complete access to his beautifully sculpted chest. Shifters in general were ripped. It had something to do with the metabolism balance between human and animal. But, she’d never seen seven feet of half-naked bear.

Where
is the bed?
He said he had a bed in this place.

A quick glance revealed bare hardwood floors, a TV, a recliner, and an opening that led to the kitchen area.

A little on the empty side.

“Come on, darl’n, the bed is this way.” His rumbling voice snapped her out of her thoughts and she smiled up at him, raising her arms over her head. She was rewarded with a huge grin. He tossed the purse she was holding onto into his old recliner. Then grabbed the hem of her shirt and pulled up, tossing it across the room, as the rest of his massive form edged her toward the dark hallway.

She’d missed that opening on her first glance through the place.

They were still shuffling down the hallway as her bra clasp snapped and he yanked it away, also throwing it over his head. Her breasts were heavy and swollen. She gasped when his hands closed around them and his callused thumbs rolled over her pebbled nipples. She shuddered and held her breath, willing herself not to come right then and there.

“Please,” she moaned into his chest. She slid her hands down his angular waist and began unbuckling his pants.

“You will have me, love, but not before I get to taste you. You’re going to come so hard, you’ll think the world has shattered around you. And then,” he paused, “You’re going to do it again.”

Her panties soaked at his words and she growled in anticipation. He pushed open a door, picked her up, and tossed her on top of a huge bed. His hands undid her skirt, pulled it off, and dropped it to the floor. Her shoes were next and her underwear.

She lay completely exposed. A shudder fluttered across her skin as the air from the fan on the ceiling caressed her bare pussy.

“I love that you are bare,” he complimented, running a finger between her labia. He brought his finger back to his mouth and sucked her juices from it. Her sex clenched hard and she moaned.

“It’s the desert! If you don’t wax, you’re crazy,” she hissed. Her body was pulsing. Every nerve ending was hot and ready to explode.

She glanced at his pants and pouted. He wasn’t naked yet.
Not fair.

He smiled. “I get you first. Remember?”

“Yes,” she whispered, nodding.

A gentle shove moved her to the middle of the bed and he leisurely crawled up between her legs, bending them and pushing them out to the sides to make room for his massive frame. His face was inches from her sex and yet, he still waited.

His arms slid beneath her ass and curled around her hips, angling her so that she was even more open and vulnerable. Warm breaths fluttered over her slick labia, causing her entire lower body to tremble.

One soft kiss on the inside of her thigh triggered her to release the breath she’d been holding. From there his lips trailed closer, along the top of her mound, and over across to the other thigh.

She closed her eyes and moaned, both hands fisted handfuls of the bed sheets. His warm tongue laved along her slit and she sunk into a blissful state. The rumble in his chest vibrated through his lips onto her swollen clit, but he didn’t stay in one place long enough for her to come. He teased and tortured. Thrusting his tongue in and out. Sucking her clit hard. Then, tenderly licking until she was right on the edge. 

“Scott!” She writhed and moaned, pushing her hips up, trying to reach the place he continued to hold her back from. If she could just get him to settle on one spot a little longer, heaven would be hers.

“Margaret.” His voice was raspy. She raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were bright and golden flecks danced in the dark brown irises. They weren’t glowing with his animal yet, but the bear was close to the surface. “I want—”

Her breaths were coming in short pants and her skin was so hot, a light sheen of sweat had coated her from head to foot. Her heartbeat pulsed in time with her swollen sex. Everything inside screamed to mate.

Pulling away for a moment, he stood and slid out of his slacks.

Naked. Glorious. All hers. She couldn’t believe the fates had blessed her with such a man. Her eyes wandered to his erection and her heart did a little flip. He was a seven-foot-tall shifter. The little adage about the size of hands and feet were correct. How was he ever going to fit inside her? She’d only ever been with a couple of humans and they hadn’t been scrawny.

She licked her lips and her pussy contracted. She wanted him. As much as she could take.

He crawled upward.  His huge body loomed over her small curvy form. His mouth latched onto a hard nipple and she gasped as a current ran from it to her clit, sending her deeper into a euphoric state.

“I. Want. To. Mate. Now.” He spoke with difficulty, his voice gravely and his breathing labored.

“Yes, please. Now,” she mumbled and pulled his mouth down to hers.

His tongue began a leisurely tour of her mouth before she felt his erection prodding. He took it slowly, thrusting inside a little at a time in tandum with the soft thrusts of his tongue. It was so tight and she was so full.

“Breath, love. You can take all of me.” He continued to thrust slowly, up and down in her slick channel, whispering how beautiful she was in her ear and how wonderful her body felt beneath his. The movements became harder. He pushed deeper and faster and she gasped, a little from pleasure and a little from pain as his shaft pressed against her womb.

She clung to him as he rocked against her body.

“Are you ready, love?”

Blissful release was so close, but he slowed, pulling back enough to keep her from reaching that edge again. His question pulled her down from her euphoric space. A few moments later, her brain deciphered what he was asking and she nodded.

“Yes, gods, please.”

She held her breath, watching his incisors lengthen and grow. As much as it frightened her, it was also very arousing. But, it was going to hurt like hell to be bitten by a bear. His teeth were enormous.

The sight triggered her canines to lengthen and her wolf slammed against her consciousness in excitement, eager to be bonded completely with their mate.

“Mate! Our mate! Finally!”

He mouthed her shoulder, slowly picking up the pace of his thrusts again. Each movement ground against her over-swollen clit and mound. His teeth scraped the skin but he didn’t bite. Her breathing was reduced to panting as his body molded against hers.

Without warning, he reached between them and pinched a nipple hard. She growled through a scream and everything burst inside of her. Waves rippled across her skin. A wash of pain joined the euphoria of the orgasm as his teeth clamped deep into her shoulder. She growled, her wolf pushed forward and she bit him hard on his opposite shoulder. The coppery metallic taste of blood was pleasant in her mouth.

“You’re ours.”
A strange voice spoke in her head.

“Yes. And you belong to us.”
Her wolf answered for her.

“We will protect you always.”
The unfamiliar voice spoke through the connection again.

Scott growled against her shoulder. His body stiffened, he pulled her even tighter to his chest, and his warm seed flooded her womb.

She slowly released his shoulder from her mouth, licking the wounds to seal and heal them with magick, and sank relaxed into his tight embrace. Softer waves of a second orgasm flowed through her body, radiating out from her center. She’d never felt safer or closer to anyone in her life. He was her life now.

Her pussy clenched around his still-hard erection when his fangs unclamped from her shoulder. She whimpered, but the pain quickly faded. His warm tongue laved the open wounds and magick did the rest.

He started to thrust again and she moaned each time he rubbed against her already-tortured and over-stimulated clit. His mouth descended upon her nipples, coaxing them back to attention. She writhed beneath him and wrapped her legs around his waist. Completely adjusted to his length and girth, she took everything he could give. His heavy balls slapped her ass as he rode her hard. He roared, burying his shaft deep inside her again. Then bit down on her other shoulder.

The pain from the bite was like a cannon shot off inside. It triggered an even bigger orgasm than before and the pain mixed together in a beautiful haze of endorphins and pleasure. Her body pulsed around his hard cock, milking his warm seed deep into her womb for a second time. She panted against his chest and clung to his iron-hard shoulders.

A few moments later he was licking the new wounds closed. He rolled to his back, taking her with him.

He situated her on top of his chest, cock still firmly in place. Apparently he had no intention of removing it from her body any time soon. She was glad. The loss of it such fullness and direct connection to him would be painful in its own way.

His strong hands caressed her back and massaged her ass. She smiled against his chest and sighed. Come whatever may, her mate would be there for her. Sleep closed her eyes and she rested, the in and out of his steady heartbeat a soothing lullaby.