The Rogue Hunter's Mate [Paranormal Protection Unit 10] (Siren Publishing Classic) (16 page)

They’d gotten back from shopping a couple hours earlier and, as far as he knew, Bethany was up unloading everything into the closet. They’d had a small nap, right before his damned phone started pinging at him. Leaving her to muck around, he’d singed a steak to munch on as he figured out just where an alert was going off. So far he still had no clue and wasn’t getting much of anything off the system he and the other Hunters used. Shooting an e-mail to the others, he inquired if they’d all gotten the same alert and if anyone had narrowed it down. Usually when one came through it was fast and easy to figure out, because usually someone tagged the location of the Rogue alert. In this case—nada.

Coming down the stairs slowly Bethany looked around the home and then finally smiled. She was happy. It was the craziest thing but she was so very happy. Coming down the stairs she let her fingers trail along with her and then leaned against the wall to watch him as he paced. “Are you all right, honey?”

Stopping to look at her he nodded slightly. “All unpacked?” he asked, moving toward her slowly. Reaching up he touched her cheek lightly before tugging her into his arms. Dipping his head down he kissed her lightly—yes, he’d remembered to brush his teeth after his steak—nibbling on her lip gently.

Bethany kissed him back and seemed to melt into him as he kissed her. A happy sigh escaped her as she clung to him and kissed him back. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she held onto him and was happier than she could ever recall being. Pulling back slightly she smiled up at him. “All unpacked and put away.”

“Good,” he murmured, stroking his hand down her back to the curve of her ass. Squeezing her bottom gently he brushed another kiss to her lips. “I was thinking of doing up a soy-bean taco for dinner. We have that faux meat stuff, and I’ve heard tell if you do it just right, you can’t even tell it’s not meat if you are a lover of the cow.”

Bethany laughed. “I would love that.” She cupped his cheek and smiled up at him. “I’m so very happy that you are in my life, Zaidu. I’m so very happy that you are also trying. And he was trying. He was trying so very hard to keep her happy and a part his life.

“Well I did have a very juicy steak a little while ago so the Wolf is in a meat coma and isn’t opposed to trying this stuff. Though you may have to help me figure out how to cook it. It’s never been on my list of things to do,” Zaidu admitted.

“Well, it’s a very good thing for you that I’m actually really quite good with cooking meatless, so that’s working out in your favor.” Bethany moved back from him, patted his chest, and then winked at him. “Are you getting close to being hungry now, darling, or do you want to wait a little while before we start dinner?”

“I’m a Wolf, darling, I’m nearly always hungry or horny,” he told her with a quick grin. “I can wait a bit though, no need to rush. But if we do all the prep work now we can just cook and slap it all together nice and easy later.” Checking his phone, he growled softly and caught her curious look. “I’m waiting to hear back from other Hunters on an alert that sounded earlier. We all have it noted but no one has a clue where it came from or what it’s for. We think it may just be a false alarm, someone getting jumpy for no reason. Unfortunately we all have to run the checks.”

“That sounds lovely, darling. Yes, I think that we should get all of the prep work out of the way and then we should feed that other hunger of yours, the horny one.” She seemed to always be horny as well. She couldn’t help herself. She wanted him with practically every breath she took.

“Just wait, it gets worse before it gets better,” he told her honestly, walking with her to the kitchen. Letting her go, he dug out cutting boards and containers for everything they had to do. Grabbing the lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and cheese he dropped them on the counter. “There will be a point where we won’t be able to breathe, eat, or sleep without the need to fuck one another and then it will start to calm down.”

Turning to him she leaned back against the counter. “It’s going to get worse?” she asked softly and shuddered. “God, I don’t know if I will be able to survive it getting worse,” she admitted to him. “Although I’m seriously, seriously ready to try it if you are.” She grinned at that then and licked her lips. “Do you know how much I love knowing that you need me as much as I need you?”

“You’ll survive, we both will. It just won’t always be comfortable for either of us,” he said, setting his phone on the counter where he could see it but it wouldn’t get wet. “We’re working here, woman,” he said softly, moving to wash the vegetables. Passing her the lettuce, he pointed to the green board. “Chop that up into those wonderful long strips.”

“Right, chop.” She smirked and turned away from him. “It’s going to be hard though, love. So very, very hard. I happen to really and truly love having you want me so badly, darling. I love knowing that you want me as much as I want you.”

Setting the tomatoes on a paper towel next to her cutting board, Z leaned over to press a kiss to her neck. “If we get everything cut up we can go and play on the fur rug in front of the fireplace,” he told her quietly. “I’ll even lick you to orgasm again if you are really, really good.” He breathed out on a soft growl.

“Will I get to lick you to orgasm, too?” she asked with a grin. “I really think that we should both try that, darling. I really think that we should try to do the whole sixty-nine thing tonight. I really, really want to try it.”

“Been reading have we? Or was it Internet searches? Maybe a little curiosity or a friend saying something?” he teased, nipping her ear lightly. Moving, he peeled the onion and gave it a light rinse, setting it with the tomatoes. Grabbing the cheese grater he propped it on the other board to start shredding cheese. “I’m all for anything and everything you want to try, darling. Changers don’t have hang-ups like most humans do,” Z told her quietly.

“Yep, I’ve been reading and I did a little light Internet browsing before I came downstairs, darling. And now I want to do it,” she said with a grin, “After we have all of this prepped of course so that all we will have to do is heat it up a bit and then eat.” She grinned. “And I’m glad that you don’t have any hang-ups, Zaidu. It makes it much better for me.”

“You have any hang-ups?” he asked her curiously. “Anything you’d never in a million years do,” he added as he grated the cheese. Picking up a bit he dropped it in his mouth to chew before moving the pile into a bowl and grating some more.

“Other than my serious hang-up about meat?” she asked with a grin and grabbed a tomato. “Nope, not a one. I want everything with you, Zaidu. I want to experience everything with you, honey. I need to have every single moment with you and live it to the fullest.”

“Good to know, cause there’s this shop down on the main street, little discreet place, they’ve got these rope swings.” He licked his lips slowly. Wiggling his brows he actually cracked a small smile. “And lots and lots of interesting toys, too.”

“Oh, I totally think that we will have to go shopping.” She popped a tomato into his mouth as well and grinned. “I will even let you tie me up if you want.” She was a complete submissive to his Wolf she was finding, and she was really rather fine with that.

“Seriously?” he asked a little startled about that. At her nod he actually felt the need to grin at her but resisted. “Excellent, we can do that one day soon,” he told her, putting the rest of the cheese into the container and putting the lid on to keep it from drying out. Zaidu moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “You want help chopping?”

“Nope, I have it. However”—she looked up at him and licked her lips—“I wouldn’t be opposed to you taking a very quick run down to that store while I chop and then get into a nice hot tub if you wanted to find us some toys to play with.”

Staring into her eyes he nodded. “All right,” he murmured, dropping a kiss to her lips. “Remember you said that.” He breathed against her mouth, kissing her again a little deeper, harder. Pushing back he let out a breath. “Stay inside, yeah?” he looked at her. “The wolves are likely out prowling so you’ll know if anyone gets close. I won’t be long,” he promised, snatching up his phone.

“Yeah, I will be inside I promise.” Bethany grinned and winked at him. “Go, I will have all of this prepped while you are out and then when you come home you can surprise me with what you’ve bought, and I simply can’t wait.”

Leaning in he kissed her once more. “I won’t be long,” he told her honestly. Hell, he was going to take the bike just so he could get there faster and back, too. Dashing for the door, he snatched up his jacket and keys and bolted out, barely remembering to lock it.

Bethany watched him leaving and only grinned. God she loved that Wolf. She quickly finished the chopping of the veg and the soy meat substitute and gave it a light browning with some of the onions. Placing everything in containers, she placed it all in the fridge and then headed up to the bathroom for her bubbly bath.

Zaidu bought a bunch of toys all with the assurance that as long as they didn’t leave the original packaging they could be returned if his “girl” didn’t like them. Shaking his head as he got off the bike at the house he dug out the bags before looking to the wolves that paced. They were calm for the most part, still anxious to meet his mate, but that would have to wait for a good long while. “Sorry, fur balls, she’s all mine for a while,” he warned them, heading into the house.

Lying back in the hot and bubbly water with a cloth over her eyes Bethany smiled. She felt the slight throbbing of the bite on her neck and knew that he was close. Leaning down in the water even more she listened intently as he moved around. “I’m in the tub,” she called out to him, as if he didn’t know already just where she was.

Dropping the bags on the bed he kicked off his runners before padding into the bathroom. “I kind of figured from the occasional splash of water.” Crouching down beside the tub he rested his chin on his hands as he folded them on the edge. “You about done yet?” he asked curiously, looking at the too many bubbles covering her body.

“I was just waiting on you to get home. Want to help me dry?” She had taken the liberty and shaved herself bare. She couldn’t wait to see what he would think of it when she stood and the bubbles were gone. “I take it you got us some lovely toys to experiment with?”

“Yup, we were told to look through them, check out the uses noted on the packaging and if there was anything too far out of the realm, return it. But we open it, we have officially bought it,” he told her, standing to grab her a towel. Shaking it out he turned and paused as she stood, his eyes right on her bare mound. “You shaved,” he growled huskily. His cock went rock fucking hard.

“I did.” She stepped out of the tub and into the towel he was holding loosely. “Do you approve? I had wanted to give you a surprise and I see that I did. Which by the way, I’m very glad that I was able to surprise you.”

“You definitely did surprise me,” he said, wrapping the towel around her shoulders. Looking down at her he let out a low whistle. “I can’t wait to lick you up,” Z murmured softly, his mouth already salivating at the thought.

“And I can’t wait to lick you as well,” Bethany shot right back at him. “I’m glad that you like what you see. I hope that along with the toys you were able to get some lube and stuff as well?” Because she had to admit, she liked it when he had toyed with her anus, when he had made her climax from just his finger there.

“We have many things but we need to read the ingredients to ensure you won’t react to anything and there’s nothing in there that I can’t stand,” he told her. Rubbing the towel down her arms slowly he used the ends to dry her breasts, sort of.

“I would be far more worried about you and what you can and can’t stand.” She worried for her Wolf, a great deal. So how about you grab the toy that made you the hardest and bring it to bed with us?”

Snorting, he pointed at the bags on the bed they could see through the open door. “You see those? Pretty much all of those had me rock hard at the possibilities. And that isn’t even a third of what I wanted to buy, but I was on the bike so space was limited.”

That had her grinning and nearly drooling. Turning to him she asked very simply, “What would you like to do to me? Do you want me on all fours on the bed, tied to the posts while you fuck me with one of those toys? Or would you rather see if you can get my ass ready for you to fuck?” Yep, she was using language. She had been doing a lot of research.

“What do you want me to do, darling?” he asked, softly moving closer to her. Dropping a hand to her shaved mound and the other to her ass, he rubbed simultaneously at her clit and her anus. “Do you want me to put the vibrating eggs in your pussy while I stroke and stretch your anus?”

“God yes.” She couldn’t tell him no on anything. “Please,” she whimpered. “I very much would like that a great deal. How will you stroke and stretch me?” she asked and let him walk her toward the bed. “Is there a toy for that?”

“There are many toys for many things,” he said, nipping at her neck lightly. “I think you should climb on the bed on your knees and I will dig out the eggs first and then we can figure out which lube works best for us.”

Climbing up on the bed on his orders Bethany looked back at him, watched him as he pulled the eggs from their case and laid her shoulders to the bed, her ass up high for him, and simply watched. “God you are a beautiful man, Zaidu. I’m very, very lucky that you are mine.”

“Only and forever yours,” he told her as he read the instructions and stuck the batteries where they needed to go. Humming softly he turned the switch to on and tested the various settings. “You ready, darling?” he asked, sitting behind her to rub one to her wet pussy.

“As ready as I’m going to get,” Bethany stated with a grin and braced her legs slightly farther apart. “Please, Zaidu, please,” she whimpered and wiggled her ass slightly in the air, waiting and needing as she did so.

Pressing the first one on the link in slowly, he added the second and then the third slightly larger one. Nudging them in a bit more he nodded and hit the control on the lowest setting. “How’s that feel?” he asked, pulling out the various lubes to read the ingredients, tossing a couple back into a bag.