To Right a Wrong (3 page)

“Take it, Dani. You’ll be all right.” Ethan slid his finger lower and teased the opening of her pussy. In. Out. In. Out. He stretched, loosened, and relaxed her inner muscles. He swiped his tongue along the length of his bottom lip, then brought his hand back to her clit and rubbed in a circular motion. “You’re so wet, so innocent.” The light, gentle pressure warmed her body.

“Yes.”

Ethan’s gaze softened, yet there was no doubting the intense control in the depth of his stare. The color of his irises changed from dark to yellow, his wolf showing itself through his eyes, speaking to her soul, telling her everything would be all right. To trust, and let him take care of her.

She moaned, but the sound was foreign and came from somewhere hidden inside of her. As if her wolf understood what was happening and wanted to come out and communicate with Ethan's wolf.

He captured her mouth and slipped his tongue between her lips. He growled against her mouth and urged her to open more. Wanting to please him, she teased, sucked, explored, and kissed him back.

She grasped his wrist, holding him in place as she ground her pussy against his fingers, heightening her pleasure. She groaned into his mouth, her wolf growing stronger.

She was close.

He rubbed her nub harder, faster. She pulled away from the kiss and arched her back. The muscles in her lower stomach tightened and somewhere deep within her womb a delightful pressure sent her over the edge filling her with the sweetest release.

Dani collapsed in Ethan’s arms. He slipped his hand out of her pants. Unable to keep her eyes open any longer, she curled against his chest. His heart drummed alongside her cheek.

She couldn’t make herself move.

“Rest, little one.” Ethan strummed her cheek with the pad of his thumb. “I’ll protect you.

* * *

Even after her breathing evened and she sighed in her sleep, Dani never gave up her hold on his shirt. Ethan stared down at her face, trying to figure out why his heart seemed to come alive since she found him. Her eyes were shut, but underneath those eyelids, the rapid movement told him she dreamed. His gut tightened. It bothered him that someone so young and alone had spent months worried about Greggoire, her brother, and her life.

In the dim light of the room, he let his head fall to the back of the couch. He closed his eyes.

His balls ached. It helped that Dani had orgasmed earlier, but she was still in heat. She’d wake up ready to mate and wouldn’t stop until he took her virginity and claimed her as his own.

Life mate.

Once he took her, they’d be linked forever.

Her wolf with his wolf. A telepathic communication would exist only between them.

Forever. They’d walk side by side through their lives concentrating on each other’s happiness before their own. Forever.

I’m scared to death.

Unlike humans who met, fell in love, and made a responsible decision to live together until death takes them apart…or they found someone new and moved on to a happier union, werewolves were different. An attraction from the male started at the onset of the female’s heat cycle. The ritual of mating would bind them forever. Never would he turn to another she-wolf in his lifetime.

But would that be so bad? He found her sexier than hell.

Ethan combed his fingers through her shoulder-length hair. He smiled. He had to wake her up. He wouldn’t argue with himself any longer, for he was anxious to go back home.

Back in the pack, he’d have the best chances of taking out Greggoire once and for all. And he was tired of being alone.

Damn, there’s so much to teach her.

“Dani?” He trailed his thumb over her lips.

She turned her head. With her eyes closed and her mouth slightly open, she tried to locate his touch. He teased the edge of her bottom lip and she latched on, sucking his finger to the first digit. He sucked in a breath and his dick hardened. She used her tongue to caress his skin as she tried to suck more into her mouth.

He stopped touching her and chuckled at the way she whined for him to continue. “How did this happen, little one? All these years, and you are the one who grabbed my attention. You made me believe I have a chance to go back to the pack and mend the wrongs from long ago.

And I don’t want to let you go.” He lifted her up, carried her to the one bed in the cabin and laid her down.

Dani blinked awake and stretched her arms above her head. “Ethan?” She sat up in a rush.

“Oh, God, I thought you’d left me.”

“Never.” He lay down beside her and pulled her into his embrace. “You’re mine and I want you.” He laid tender kisses along her neck as he worked her pants down. He lowered his head and raised her shirt. Rubbing his face on the bare skin of her stomach, he inhaled.

“Yes, do it.” Dani wiggled out of her shirt and tossed it off the bed. She pulled on his shoulders. Kicking off her jeans, she wrapped her leg around his hip. “Make me complete.” Ethan moved on top of her and paused, staring into her eyes. “Think about this. Don’t do it for revenge. This will change your whole life. I want you as my mate. Do you want me or do you just want to bring your wolf out? I’ll stop…for you.”

She closed her mouth. She gazed back at him with such intensity that he held his breath, afraid she'd change her mind. He was so close.

All he had to do was unzip his jeans and he’d fuck her without a second thought. He’d never take her that way though. He wanted her to accept him, not as a protector or someone to help her avenge her family, but as a man…a wolf.

“Ethan…” The pulse at the base of her throat throbbed. She cupped his cheeks with her hands and held him, smiling tenderly. “I want you. You were an idea, a wish…a dream, but once I saw you, I had no doubts. You are the one for me, and it all makes sense now. Call it fate, love, lust, I don’t care. I just know you’re supposed to be my mate. I’ve always known it.

We’ll figure it all out. We’ve got a lifetime together.”

“Thank you, little one. I won’t disappoint you.” He leaned on one hand, undid his zipper with the other, and tugged his jeans past his hips. He trembled at the release of his cock.

She wrapped her arms around his neck. Her eyes changed to golden. “Take me.” She thrust her hips up in the air not quite connecting with his hardness. “Help me…”

He lowered his body, placing his cock at her opening. As he pushed himself all the way inside her pussy, he claimed her mouth and groaned.

She stiffened at the shock of having him inside her body, and he held himself still, letting her become accustomed to his size. The walls of her vagina squeezed, pushed, yet caressed the length of him. Afraid of shocking her, he used his tongue to show her what he was going to do.

She picked up on the rhythm he set with his mouth, sucking his tongue and tasting him. He rocked his hips from side to side, stretching her.

Soon, Dani matched his movements, her body accepting his. He shuddered as the reality of finding his mate struck.

Unable to hold back, he pumped his pelvis back and forth in a slow, deliberate pace. She arched her back and broke their kiss. He took longer strokes, gazing at her fluttering eyelids.

“That’s it, baby. Let it happen.”

She bucked against him harder. Braced with his weight off her, he thrust harder, deeper, giving her what she needed.

“Ethan!”

She quivered against him as her orgasm milked his cock. He plunged fully inside of her, held himself still, and emptied his cum deep inside her. He trembled as his climax continued to pleasure his body. He rolled to the side, arms around her, taking her with him.

“Ah, little one.”
He kissed the top of her head before tucking her against his chest.
“You are
mine.”

She gasped.
“I can hear you.”

“Yes.”
He nodded.
“We’ve connected our
wolves.”

She sighed.

“Forever.”
Ethan stroked her back. An giddy feeling overcame him and he smiled.
“We’ve
made our wolves happy. They have found each
other.”

Dani pushed up onto her elbow.
“Ethan. I’ll
be able to shift now.”
She tried to rise from the bed, but Ethan pulled her back down beside him.
“I want to let her come out.”

“Slow down, little one. You’ll be able to
experience it all, but…”
He reached out and tugged a strand of her hair, bringing her face closer. His gaze slid over her eyes, nose, and down to her mouth.
“We still have your heat
cycle to enjoy first.”

“I did okay?”

“You were perfect.”

Chapter Three

Dani marched across the clearing, reached down to the ground beside the fir tree, and picked up the knife. Straightening, she blew the bangs off her forehead. She’d practiced for two hours and she still couldn’t hit the tree. Every time she threw the weapon it bounced off the trunk as if she had thrown a rock.

Jogging back to the front of the cabin, she gazed down the dirt road and cocked her head.

Even with her advanced hearing, she couldn’t hear the drone of Ethan’s truck coming. He should have returned already. She figured the trip to tell his boss that he’d quit would be a quick one.

She rotated her shoulders to loosen her muscles the way Ethan had shown her. Inhaled through her nose and slowly let the air out her mouth.
Relax. I can do this.

Turning the knife around, she laid the pointed blade against the side of her longest finger and pinched down with her thumb. She had to relax. Ethan had said it was all in staying calm and keeping your thoughts clear and focused.

She timed her breathing to match her movements. Raising her arm, she brought her hand up beside her ear, stepped forward, and threw the knife ahead of her in one fluid motion.

Thunk.

Dani squinted, squealed, and ran toward her intended target. Deeply embedded in the rough bark, the knife stuck out exactly how Ethan had told her it would if she threw it right. She’d thrown it straight, solid, and now it was harder than hell to get out.

She leaned her shoulder against the tree and pulled out the knife. A powerful confidence came over her. Ethan had told her that when she learned to protect herself with the weapons he’d provided, she’d be allowed to shift. For some reason, he believed she must be at her most vulnerable state before she could grow strong.

Whatever the heck that was supposed to mean.

She didn’t understand some of his

philosophy. Females had the ability to shift the moment they were mated. It’d been a week already, and every day her wolf showed her she wanted to come out.

She could feel the pressure building inside her, urging her to let her control slip and her wolf take the forefront. She gazed down at the blade. Ethan wanted her to wait until she had the skills to protect herself in case she ever got caught unaware.

Anxious to try again, to find out if she’d finally figured out the technique, she sprinted back to the cabin. Positioning her body, she grasped the knife, rocked from heel to toe and let go.

“Yes!”

After throwing ten more times, she was certain that Ethan would claim she’d mastered the skill when he got home. She wrinkled her nose.
“Ethan? Can you hear me?”
Dani stuck the knife in the leather sheath Ethan had fashioned for the back of her jeans and strolled down the tire tracks in the direction he’d driven the truck. He didn’t answer her, but telepathic communication only worked if your mate was within close vicinity.
Mate.

She stopped and smiled before heading to the cabin. She still wasn’t used to suddenly being concerned about another person’s whereabouts, happiness, and satisfaction. She picked up her pace and hurried into the house.

She’d surprise him with dinner when he got home. Maybe afterwards, he’d let her shift.

Frowning, she grabbed two store-bought pot pies out of the almost bare freezer and shook her head. This was no way for a man the size of Ethan to eat. When they returned to Drover, she’d feed her mate right. She might not be the best fighter, but she was a damn fine cook.

A low rumble distracted her from putting the pies in the oven. She rushed to the door, flung it open, and jumped the steps into the yard.

Finally.

The county fire ranger truck pulled up in front, the passenger door opened, and Ethan climbed out. He waved to the man inside and turned toward the house carrying a sack. Dani hooked her thumbs into the front pocket of her jeans and smiled. She’d missed him.

Ethan grabbed her around the waist with his free hand, pulled her close, and leaned down to nuzzle her neck. She laughed. “What do you have?”

He stepped back without letting her go.

“Dinner. Roast beef sandwiches with the works.”

“Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.” She snatched the bag out of his grasp. “You have a serious food shortage here. I can’t wait to fix you a real home cooked meal. None of those frozen entrees that taste like cardboard with gravy poured over them.” She held the bag up to her nose and inhaled deeply. “That smells so good. I can’t believe how starved I am.”

Ethan chuckled. “How did you do with the knife throwing?”

She lowered the bag and bounced on her toes. “I did it. After you left, I thought I’d never get the hang of it, but once I did it, I stayed consistent and hit the tree exactly the way I was supposed to do every single time.”

“Here, give me the food and show me what you can do. Good luck.” He kissed her lips and took the bag.

Dani stepped a couple feet away, slipped her knife out of the sheath, and without taking all the premeditated moves from earlier, threw the knife straight into the tree. She turned and grinned. “I’m good, huh?”

Ethan laughed. “You’ve made great progress this week. You can shoot the pistols, rifles, throw knives, and next we’ll work on your fighting skills.” He lost his smile and the lines on his forehead returned.

“What are you thinking? If it’s about your plan to teach me how to protect myself, I’m learning. I’ll do it. You just said I was doing well.