Saving the Beast (24 page)

“Let me,” he crooned, lifting one foot to his thigh, untying her shoe and sliding her foot free of both it and her sock. He removed her jeans and lifted her freed leg to his mouth, placing a kiss on the sole of her foot before lowering it and reaching for the other.

He glanced up at her as he dragged the jeans off her other foot.

“Did you forget these?”

His fingers traced the edges of her panties.

“I left them for you,” she said.

“Did you?” he asked with a heated smile. He reached up and grabbed both sides of her panties, ripping them so they fell from her hips to land on the floor.

“Zane, I liked those,” she tried to scold, but it came out as more of a moan when he stroked a finger along the wet seam of her sex.

“We’ll get you more,” he promised and leaned forward, pressing kisses along the path his finger had just taken. He groaned against her and the sound vibrated, sending waves of pleasure through her.

“Zane,” she moaned again, reaching down with one hand to grip his hair and hold him there.

His warm breath fanned her swollen clit seconds before she felt the hard brush of his tongue. Up, over and around he went, again and again, and her thighs trembled from the exertion required to stay upright.

“Zane, I’m going to fall,” she whispered.

He stood quickly, sweeping her high against his chest. He didn’t turn to head down the corridor to the bedroom. Instead, he placed her on the exam table, urging her to lie back before pulling her bottom to the end. He spread her thighs wide and his head lowered once again, his tongue licking a fiery path from clit to opening.

“Ahhh,” she cried out as he thrust a finger deep inside her and began pumping it in and out. His lips wrapped around her clit, sucking gently on the bud. She pressed the heels of both hands beside her hips and rocked her hips up into his finger and mouth. She was close, so close to flying.

“Come for me,” he whispered against her sex then turned and scraped his canines against the inside of her thigh.

“Oh, God!” she cried out as her body shook with release.

He removed his finger and replaced it with his mouth, using his tongue to lap up the juices spilling from her.

“Mhmm,” he groaned, detonating another orgasm off inside her. Still, he kept licking and sucking, keeping her in the moment without allowing her to come down. When he finally eased up, she was boneless.

“I like seeing you this way,” Zane said as he stood, his hips spreading her dangling legs wider. “All wet and ready for anything. Can you take more, baby?”

She dipped her chin and licked her lips as her gaze landed on his bobbing erection.

“Are you sure?” he asked, running it along her folds.

She nodded eagerly.

“Tell me,” he ordered.

“Yes,” she answered.

“You want my cock, baby?”

“God, yes,” she moaned.”

He grinned down at her and gripped her thighs, putting his hands on the table and maneuvering her legs until her knees hung over his elbows. He leaned in close again, and his cockhead lodged at her pussy.

“Slow and easy,” he promised. “Until you beg me to take you hard, to take you fast.”

“Hard and fast,” she said, and he laughed.

“Not yet, baby. I want to savor you.”

He did exactly as he said, his cock easing in and out of her slowly. She tried to tighten around him in a bid to make him as crazy as he was making her, but he just smiled at her and kept the same pace.

“Feel me, baby. Feel how good we are together. We were made for each other,” he purred.

“I’m glad it was you,” she panted. “Glad I waited even before I knew I was waiting for you.”

“Me, too,” he swore. “I’ll be the only man who will ever know you like this. You’re mine. Mine,” he rumbled.

“Yours,” she agreed. “Give it to me harder, Zane. Faster. Deeper. Please.”

The purr rumbled from his chest again as he gave in, his hips pumping faster as he slammed in and out of her. It was exactly what she wanted. Her ass rocked against the vinyl as he picked up speed. She reached down, clenching her fingers over where his gripped the table and arched her breasts high, head dropping between her shoulders as she came around his pistoning cock.

“Fuck, yes,” Zane groaned. “Milk my cock. That’s it, baby. Ahhh!”

He thrust deep and held himself buried inside her as his cock jerked and filled her with warm splashes of seed. They stayed locked there for a long moment before he gently moved his hands, turning them in to cup the backs of her thighs and slide her legs down off his arms. He reached for her face and brushed a strand of hair away.

“I wasn’t too rough, was I?”

“Not possible,” she swore, wiggling her hips and loving the tug as his cock moved inside her.

He leaned over her, pinning her chest to the table with his. “I love you, Diane Renway. When we get the chance, I’d like to share the claiming ceremony with you. And if you’d like, we could be married.”

A smile split her face as she began to nod. “Yes. To both or either or whichever we can arrange. I love you, Zane Ephraim, and with or without a ceremony, I plan to spend the rest of my life showing you how much.”

“I know there’s a lot going on,” he said. “Three of us showing differing signs of feral fever. Lydia. Dillon. Moving west. Abby and the new baby. Kenzie. I want you to know that I will be here for you, in any and every way you need.” He glanced down when she tensed. “What?”

She wasn’t sure what to say, but she knew she couldn’t keep secrets from her mate. “The shot the Professor gave me.”

Zane nodded.

“He gave it to Kenzie, too.”

“I smelled she was close to heat,” Zane admitted. “When I walked into the cabin, and the scent of sex was thick.”

“You didn’t say anything,” she accused.

He sighed. “I’m sorry. I should have.”

“What’s she going to do if she’s pregnant?”

“I have a number to call. I won’t hesitate to use it if she’s pregnant. Did she tell you she was?”

Diane shook her head. “It’s too early. She’s just beginning to ovulate. I’m not sure how long shifter sperm will survive inside her. All we can do right now is wait and see what happens. And be there for her.”

“We’ll keep an eye on her,” Zane promised.

“She won’t want him to know,” Diane said sadly. “He left her. He made his choice, and it wasn’t his mate.”

“I know,” Zane agreed. “But I smelled the change beginning in her when I arrived. I wasn’t completely sure because my senses were wrapped up in you and your body’s needs. But I sensed something. As her mate, he would have felt it, and knowing all of this, I’m betting it played a hand in his inability to leave her untouched. He knows the possibility exists she could conceive. He’s not just trying to protect his mate. He’s trying to protect the unborn child she may end up carrying. God! Tah’s right. This is a fucking mess.”

“I’m so glad I have you,” Diane whispered.

“I’ll always be here for you,” Zane vowed.

“I’ll be here for you, as well,” Diane stated. “This is just the beginning for us.”

“Here’s to new beginnings,” Zane agreed and planted a heated kiss on her lips. “Now let’s go to bed,” he purred.

Diane giggled as he stepped back, his spent cock slipping completely free, before he lifted her into his arms. Whoever made it to the labs first tomorrow would find a pile of discarded clothes on the floor, and this time, they belonged to her and her mate. If she’d wanted to do one more thing before they left Colorado and this house behind, making love in the labs would have been at the top of her list. Finally, it was her turn for love.

About the Author

Lacey Thorn spends her days in small town Indiana, the proud mother of three. When she is not busy with one of them, she can be found typing away on her computer keyboard or burying her nose in a good book. Like every woman, she knows just how chaotic life can be and how appealing that great escape can look.

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