A Shifter's Healing Love

by T. Cobbin

  Again, Honey cupped Danielle’s face in between her hands. “Sweetheart, we have no idea what our children will be in the future. We can only be there for them, mold them, and prepare them for both the good and bad. But the one thing we can’t do is live their life for them. They will be who they want to be and choose if they listen to us or not. As for being a shifter, if he is, both you and my son will be there to help him through that phase of his life. I’m sure myself and Joe will be here too.” Honey winked. Danielle had already gathered Honey and Joe were planning on coming back to the island. “If he isn’t a shifter, from the conversation we had with Gracie, I’m sure Ollie is her mate. But either way, love, there is always a chance something in life could come along and take our children from us. It’s not a nice thought I know. But that’s life, I’m afraid.”

  Danielle nodded. She hated the thought that she might outlive her son. But Honey was right, life was unpredictable.

  “Thank you,” Danielle said. She curled up into Honey’s arms once more for a few minutes before pulling away. “I suppose I better go kiss the children goodnight.” She grinned.

  Honey placed a kiss on Danielle’s forehead before they both walked out of the bedroom, down the stairs, and into the living room where everybody was sitting, reading and talking.

  “Mummy,” Ollie cried out, seeing her first. It was quickly followed by a Dee-Dee and two children bounding up and into her arms. Danielle poured all that she felt for the two children into their hugs.

  “Isn’t it your bedtimes?” She chuckled.

  “Pops said we could wait for you,” Ollie said in a matter-of-fact manner.

  “Oh, did he now? But it’s way past your bedtime, you little monkeys.”

  “Aww, Mummy, it’s still Christmas. Sorta,” he added onto the end, giggling.

  Danielle rolled her eyes. “Oh, okay,” she said, pretending to give in. “I suppose you can stay up a little bit.”

  Whoops and shouts of glee came from two excited children before they settled in front of the fire to read their books and talk to each other. Leo’s hands reached around Danielle’s waist, pulling her closer toward his body. She could feel his hard muscles against her back, along with an impressive erection digging against her butt cheeks.

  “Are you ready?” he whispered low near her ear.

  Danielle twisted her head to look up and into her man’s dirty green eyes, the yellow rim lined on the outside of his irises gleaming that little bit brighter with his gorilla.

  “Behave yourself for a wee bit longer, will you, Mr. Silverback? Our children are still awake.”

  Leo’s chest rumbled with a groan. “Our children will be okay with their grandparents. I want to practice making more.”

  “Oh, do you now?” Danielle turned her head back toward the children and fire, trying to hide her smile from Leo.

  Her pussy was already slick with the thought of Leo’s cock moving inside of her. His seed splashing into her womb. The lacy material of her bra felt like sandpaper against her sensitive nipples. Looking around the room, she tried to stop her lusty thoughts. She was in a room full of shifters, and she was certain they could scent her thoughts coming from her.

  “Yes, and you know it. I smell your arousal, woman. I fancy a dessert of peaches, strawberries.” He inhaled deeply near her ear. “And cream.”

  “Son.” Joe perked up, a warning tone to his voice. “Why don’t you take your mate to bed? Your mother and I can look after the children. I don’t fancy peaches, strawberries, and cream for dessert, thank you very much.” Joe chuckled, twisting his head to look at Danielle and his son.

  Oh God! Mortification crossed Danielle’s cheeks in a heated blaze. Danielle strode toward the children and placed a chaste kiss on their foreheads. She whispered a goodnight to a giggling Prue, Joe, and Honey, and fled from the room. Louder chuckles from Leo’s father followed her.

  Danielle heard Honey quietly admonish her husband. “You rotten, old man.”

  “Oh, I was only having a little fun with her. Come here, little bird,” Joe replied.

  Danielle heard a tiny squawk come from Honey. It was the sound Honey made when she was surprised, which was the reason Joe called her his little bird.

  Leo’s large, muscular arms wrapped around Danielle’s waist. “He was only messing, sweetheart.”

  “Yeah, I know. I just didn’t realize he had heard what you’d whispered.”

  “I’m sorry. I forget about our super-hearing sometimes. But then in two days you should know just how super that can be.” He placed a gentle kiss below her ear before she found herself hauled up off her feet and into her man’s arms.

  “What about Ollie?” Danielle asked, her fear for her son outweighing what was going to be happening in a short time. “Your mother tried to put my mind at rest, and she did for about five minutes, but I don’t want to outlive my son.”

  Sorrow flashed in Leo’s eyes then it was replaced with a look of determination. “I had a talk with my parents after they had a discrete talk with Gracie. They agreed with me that Gracie could be Ollie’s mate.” Leo growled. “Not that I want to think of my little girl having a mate. But if there was anyone I’d want to be mated to her, it would be Ollie. But that isn’t what I want to think about tonight… Or for a good few years yet. Come to think of it...ever.”

  Leo’s arms fell away from underneath Danielle, and she found herself falling. She landed on the soft mattress, the bedding poofing around her ears. Danielle hadn’t even realized they had reached the bedroom.

  Once her body stopped bouncing, she leaned up on her elbows and looked her man up and down. He stood at the end of the bed, a sexy grin filling his face. His eyes sparkled with lust and love. She knew just what lay underneath all his clothes—his hard muscle, his tanned skin that she’d licked all over, his long, hard cock that had filled her numerous times.

  “You seem to be wearing too many clothes.” She grinned.

  “Sweetheart.” Leo grasped her ankles and yanked her down the bed toward him. “You seem to have the same problem.”

  Leo tugged at the hem of Danielle’s shorts. Before Leo, the only time she’d wear shorts was the summer. Now, she had a habit of wearing them inside the house all the time. She liked taunting Leo with the sight of her bare legs. As he pulled her shorts down her thighs, she felt his fingers following suit. Goosebumps raised over her skin. Leo trailed the material down her calves to her ankles with small butterfly kisses, all the time his eyes firmly staring into hers. When her feet were finally free of her shorts he threw them over his shoulder and grinned.

  “One down, several to go,” he said with a smile that indicated he would enjoy removing every item.

  She wasn’t going to last if he undressed her this slowly. Already her pussy was weeping, her nipples poked through her bra and top, her skin so sensitive that Leo’s touch was like a burning flame. Yanking her feet from between Leo’s hands, she jumped up on the bed and pulled her top off as fast as she could. She heard Leo’s roaring laugh as her t-shirt went up and over past her ears.

  “Yeah, yeah.” She chuckled. “Get undressed, ape-man. I have been waiting all fucking day for a good shag. This promise of…” She threw her t-shirt on the floor. “...sex… Come to think of it, I’ve been waiting since…” Nope, she wasn’t going to go there, fearful if she did, Leo might once again stop from making love to her.

  The look on Leo’s face said it all. He didn’t have to tell her he loved and adored her, it was written all over his handsome features. It was then she noticed he was naked already. His jeans pooled around his feet, and she had no idea where his shirt was, but looking up and down his tanned, muscular body, she didn’t care. His cock was hard and already dripping in pre-cum. She knew then that there was no way her man was stopping from fucking her tonight!

  With a sexy smile, Leo cupped her waist with his huge hands and pulled her gently toward him. Standing on the bed, she was the same height as he was. She found it slightly amusing that
she didn’t have to look up into his eyes; for once, they were level with hers. She could see the yellow rim around his irises already sparkling. She knew his gorilla was very close to Leo’s skin. Leo had told her his beast couldn’t wait to see her gorilla. To mate with her. To be one with her as Leo had often done. Danielle found herself eager to find out what it would be like too.

  “Are you going to kiss me, or just stand there looking?” Danielle asked, licking her lips.

  One of Leo’s hands skimmed up her back, and she squirmed against the tickling sensation. He passed the nape of her neck and tangled his fingers in her hair. He pushed her head forward toward his and met her lips halfway. Danielle wrapped her arms around his neck and reveled in the kiss. Leo put the word passionate into the smooch. His tongue danced with Danielle’s. She could feel the love he had showed earlier in his face. Danielle kissed her man back, putting her love into it.

  Leo pulled back too soon for Danielle’s liking. He placed a fingertip between her breastbone, and with a smile, he pushed. Danielle fell back, and again she was surrounded by sheets billowing up around her. Leo tugged her ankles once again, and she found herself sliding down the bed. He placed her legs over his shoulders, his face mere inches from her heated core. Leo’s fingers slid between each side of her panties, and with a tug, her panties were pulled from her body.

  “You will have to pay for more,” Danielle panted.

  “Maybe.” He chuckled. “Perhaps I like my woman going commando.” He wriggled his eyebrows up and down. “Quick access and all.”

  Danielle liked that idea.

  “Mmm. Peaches…” Leo lowered his head and licked between her sensitive folds. “Strawberries…” He licked again. “And cream.” He delved his tongue inside of her pussy and licked.

  Her hips raised off the bed at the delicious feeling. She wanted more. She wanted to feel more of his tongue… No, she wanted his cock inside her. Leo tapped on her swollen bud to add to the sensation he was filling her with. Her whole lower half sang and ebbed outward. Her legs shook. Leo licked, sucked, and nibbled on her sex. He fucked her with his tongue, then circled her clit.

  “Leo, please,” she begged. She was already so close to coming.

  Two of Leo’s fingers suddenly pushed inside of her. He curled them to touch that most sensitive place that had her crossing her eyes in delight, and stroked along her walls. Her impending orgasm washed over her, through her like a tsunami. She gulped in a breath then called out his name.

  Danielle lay on the bed feeling like a wrung-out dishrag. She couldn’t help but smile as she raised her chin to look down her body. Leo stood at the bottom of the bed sucking on his fingers.

  “Cream, plenty of cream.” He grinned, placing one knee on the bed, then his other. He climbed up and over her body until his face was level with hers. He placed a chaste kiss on her lips before pulling back. “Are you ready for this, Danielle? Do you want to be mine? To become a shifter? Do you have any more questions?”

  Danielle inhaled deeply before letting it out in a contented sigh. She shook her head. “I don’t have any questions. You answered them all earlier. I want to be yours, Leo, I have no doubts now.”

  She cupped his face. Everything she’d said was true. Her heart was at peace, and she was ready for this. She could feel Leo’s hardness laying between her thighs, and knew as soon as he entered her, and they made love, he would bite the nape of her neck and they’d be one for the rest of their lives. She’d want no other, and he would want no other but her.

  “Danielle Knight, do you consent with your heart and soul to being ours?”

  “I do.”

  “Then, sweetheart, get on your hands and knees and let me make you ours.” Leo raised himself a little so she could get on her hands and knees.

  Excitement rippled through her body. When Leo had explained he would have to take her from behind, she’d been worried she might panic again. But when he asked her to get on her hands and knees, she didn’t have a worry in the world. Leo wouldn’t hurt her; in fact, he’d killed to protect her. She pulled her long hair to drape it over her shoulder, exposing the back of her neck. Leo kissed up her back, along her shoulders, and up to the nape of her neck. A shiver ran through her at his enticing kisses.

  “I love you,” he whispered into her ear. “Don’t hold back now. I want to hear you scream my name.”

  Danielle felt the head of his cock push against her slick entrance. Her thoughts of not screaming so everyone didn’t hear her disappeared from her mind. Leo banded an arm around her stomach, holding her still, and pushed himself into her a little more. He pushed deeper, past her pussy entrance, stretching her responsive walls.

  “Are you sure you want this?” Leo asked, worry filling his voice.

  Danielle twisted her head around to look at him. “Yes.” She smiled. “I’m okay. I want more. It’s been too long.”

  Leo nodded, agreeing, and pushed forward, entering her with his large, swollen, and very firm cock.

  Danielle felt incredibly full. A moan passed her lips. Leo paused, and she knew he was making sure she wasn’t panicking. She wiggled to let him know that she was okay and she wanted more.

  With an audible sigh of relief, he pulled out until the tip of his cock was just inside of her and then advanced once again. The room filled with the sounds of sex, and groans. Each time Leo thrust he nibbled at her neck. She could feel another orgasm building. She moved her hips, meeting him thrust for thrust. His arm around her stomach held her tightly. Pleasure filled each and every pore in Danielle’s body. She was filled with Leo, her mate, who was making sure she could feel his love for her.

  Leo rocked in and out. Danielle bit down on the pillow beneath her, until she couldn’t hide her pleasure any longer. She moaned. He grunted. Leo’s thrusts became frantic, and she knew he was as close to coming as she was.

  “Do it, Leo. Complete us,” she told him hoarsely.

  He pressed on her nub between her thighs, while his other hand cupped a breast and gently squeezed. He continued to pound into her. The bed rocked beneath them. She felt the prick of Leo’s teeth around the nape of her neck. She felt a second of pain before an almighty breath-taking orgasm rocked through her body. She screamed out his name. Stars flashed before her closed eyes. She couldn’t think of any words that described what she was going through, only that it took her breath away and it was more pleasure than she’d ever felt before. Leo drove into her, extending the pleasure she was feeling.

  * * * *

  Danielle’s vagina walls pressed against Leo’s cock as he moved. She was tight, wet, and welcoming. He could feel his own orgasm building. His balls drew up against the base of his cock. He still had his mouth around the nape of her neck, his teeth embedded in her skin, the sweet taste of her blood on his tongue. He couldn’t think about anything but being inside his mate. He was finally making her his, a shifter. He couldn’t tell where he started and she finished, or even the other way around. Her walls flickered as his cock engorged a little bit more.

  He felt incredibly stupid in not taking his wonderful mate before now. But ever since the night she’d had a panic attack he had feared he could send her into another one. He didn’t want to ever do that again.

  “My first,” he grunted out. “My last. My eternal.” With the last word of the gorilla’s oath, Leo gripped hold of Danielle’s waist with both hands, and with a roar that filled his ears, he plunged inside of his mate one final time.

  He swore the head of his cock touched her womb. His seed jetted from his balls. Her pussy strangled his cock, sucking every iota of seed he had inside of his balls. Slowly, he withdrew his teeth from the top of her spine and licked the wounds he’d left behind. Two puncture wounds either side of her spine. Each wound would take the venom in his teeth into her bloodstream.

  Leo lowered his mate down onto the bed and withdrew his still-hard shaft from her body. Laying on his back, he pulled her on top of him. She was already asleep, her breathing slowing dow
n as well as her heart beat. He kissed her damp forehead and held her in his arms. She would sleep now, undisturbed, for two whole days. Her gorilla would slowly waken in that time, her mind and body adjusting to the new beast being made. For tonight, he was happy enough lying next to her, feeling the calming beat of her heart underneath his fingertips.

  Chapter 16

  The first day, on and off, Leo spent with his family, but as it came near bedtime, Ollie managed to get himself in a right tizzy; he was afraid his mother had run away or wouldn’t wake up. Leo led the small boy into the master bedroom. When Ollie saw his mother he immediately curled up with her and fell asleep. Leo left the boy where he was and curled up on the other side of Danielle. The next night was the same.

  “Leo,” Honey shouted through the house.

  Leo turned his head, the sandwich he’d been making falling to the counter. His mother had been watching Danielle while he was making himself a snack. Worried, he ran toward the master bedroom. Had Danielle woken? Was there something wrong?

  “Mum?” he questioned, skidding to a halt in front of his mother.

  “Have I not always told you, boy, not to run through the house,” she chastised him with a frown. His jaw fell open in surprise. Just as he was about to ask his mother why she’d called, a beaming smile broke out on her face. “She’s awake, son. I’ve moved Ollie to his own bed.” She gave him a knowing look.

  Way to go, Mum. Make your grown son blush. Leo placed a chaste kiss on his mother’s cheek and scooted around her to open the master bedroom door. Entering the room, he was surprise to find that the bed was empty.

  “Danielle?”

  He heard water running in the bathroom. She must already be in the shower. With long strides, he walked to the bathroom to see a most magical sight before him. His dick went hard, and it pulsed inside of his shorts. Leo had his t-shirt off in seconds. Opening the shower door, he was met with a pair of lavender eyes that had a yellow ring running around the edges of the irises.