by Crissy Smith
The horrible sounds of a human dying only lasted seconds but even after all was quiet, she could still hear it in her head.
She flinched when the wolf raised his head. Blood dripped from his muzzle, making his dark fur mat. Katy raised her eyes and gasped.
She knew the moment her gaze met that of the wolf’s exactly what Cameron’s secret was.
“Oh crap,” she managed before she finally passed out.
Katy didn’t want to open her eyes. If she did she would have to acknowledge everything that happened to her and what she had witnessed.
“Come on, baby,” Cameron encouraged her. “Open your eyes.”
She could feel his hard but comforting body around her. Her hands were free and he was rubbing her wrists.
“Katy, I know you’re awake,” he whispered against her ear.
She took a deep breath and did as he asked. Tears threatened to fall at the soft, worried and scared look on his face.
“Cameron…” she murmured.
“Shh, I know, honey.”
“I saw… You were…” She couldn’t get the words out.
“Yes,” he confirmed as he began to rock back and forth.
“How?” she asked before she noticed the room was full of people. She saw his partner taking pictures aided by her deputy Davis. She kept her focus above ground level to make certain she didn’t see the body in case it hadn’t been removed yet.
Cameron gently held her chin while he turned her to meet his eyes once again.
“I’ll tell you everything, I swear. I know you have questions but I promise to answer them. Don’t pull away again, Katy,” he pleaded. “I already thought I’d lost you forever once tonight, please don’t let that happen now.”
Katy closed her eyes and rested her forehead against his. It didn’t matter what he was. Did it?
He was different, like her, but in entirely another way. It didn’t matter. She loved him. She’d sworn to herself that if she made it through, she would fight for him.
She blinked open her eyes, unable to hold in her tears. “I love you,” she whispered.
“Oh God, baby!” he choked. “I love you too.”
He stood with her in his arms. Katy buried her face in his chest, unable to look around. It didn’t matter if that made her weak. With Cameron with her, she felt like she could take on the world.
It was still dark outside when Cameron carried her out of the building. He walked over to the waiting ambulance and Katy started to object.
“You took several good blows. You need to go to the hospital,” he cut off any excuse she would have made. He set her on the gurney and she noticed he was naked.
“Um, Cam?” She chuckled.
The worry and exhaustion on his face lessened. “Yeah, yeah, I know,” he said. “I’ll get dressed and then I’m riding in with you.”
Katy watched as he walked to the vehicle he and Ryan had rented. There was no shame evident, but he moved quickly. Both paramedics were looking after him, though. Katy knew the two from her work and cleared her throat.
The young woman, Stacy, blushed, but Ned, who she’d gone to school with, laughed. “Looks like we missed one hell of a party,” he said.
Katy grinned. Oh, he had no idea how much he missed. Actually neither did she. Cameron had found her pretty quickly.
Ryan and Davis hadn’t been too far behind obviously. But how was she going to write this in her report? A wolf jumped through the window? Oh yeah, that would go over well with the town folks.
She closed her eyes and leant her head against the hard surface of the gurney. So, okay—Cameron was a wolf. Part wolf? And he had saved her. Had he changed back before Davis got there? If so, how would they explain why he was naked?
She felt a gentle hand on her cheek and opened her eyes. Cameron, fully dressed, bent over her.
“Let’s get you checked out and then we’ll work through this.”
She nodded. What else could she do?
* * * *
They wanted to keep her for observation. Katy tried to argue with the doctor but between Cameron and Allysa, there was no way she was going to win. She gave up and let them take her to a private room.
While she was rolled down the hall, she pressed her hand to her head. They had cleaned her wounds, but she still felt the sticky residue from the blood in her hair. She needed to take a shower. She wondered if she would be able to manage at least that when she got into her room for the night.
The orderly who was taking her for the ride kept talking about all the interesting cases he’d seen since he started working at the hospital. Katy grunted when she figured it was needed since that was all she could manage.
Her head was starting to get fuzzy. She’d told them no painkillers. They made her loopy and she hated that.
Her mouth went dry and she could taste the medicine from her IV. Damn, they had given her painkillers.
Katy groaned as her eyelids started to droop. The orderly announced they were there and swung the door open. Katy grinned when she saw Allysa and Cameron inside waiting.
“My family,” she said happily before she was out.
Her head pounded and she had a terrible taste in her mouth. Katy opened her eyes but had to squint at the bright light in the room. Damn, that hurt.
She must have made a sound because Cameron leant over her, blocking out the light.
“You okay, babe?” he asked, his voice soft and husky.
Katy blinked her eyes several times to try to clear her vision. She licked her lips but there wasn’t any salvia in her mouth. “Bright,” she managed.
Cameron nodded and quickly made his way to the window. He closed the blinds before turning to her. Katy watched him, trying to notice the differences. Should she have known he could turn into a wolf?
Cameron met her gaze, letting her take her time assessing him.
“I had no idea,” she told him, her voice husky.
He nodded.
Katy had so much to say but none of it seemed as important as having him close to her. She shifted in the bed until she was sitting up. He continued to stay across the room.
“Cam…” she called to him and held out her hand.
He shuffled his feet as he slowly approached.
“Hold me,” she requested as their fingers touched.
“Oh, baby,” he whispered and gathered her gently against his chest.
Katy just soaked up the warmth he provided and rested her eyes. He felt solid and good. He felt like home. After everything that happened, she was so glad to be able to touch him that her eyes began to fill up with tears.
She didn’t wipe the moisture from her face. Instead, she buried herself deeper against Cameron and let herself cry.
“Oh, honey, baby,” he soothed, hugging her and running a hand up and down her back. “Shh, it’s okay. It will be okay.”
She tried to stop trembling but it was no use. She’d lost control of her emotions. She sobbed loudly and clung to Cameron.
“Let it go. Just give it to me,” Cameron urged.
“I love you…love you so much,” she chanted as they rocked.
It took several minutes to calm herself but when she did she took a deep breath and lifted her face to his. “Don’t ever leave me. I love you,” she declared.
“You’re all I’ve ever wanted, Katy,” he responded. “I’m not going anywhere. I know we have a lot to talk about. I need to explain things to you, but now that I have you, I will never let you go again.”
Katy had every intention of holding him to that promise.
Chapter Twelve
Cameron pulled in front of the Sheriff’s office with his truck loaded down with everything he could fit. It had been a long three months he’d been away from Katy and he couldn’t wait to see his mate.
Plus he knew the surprise he had for her would leave her speechless.
He turned the vehicle off and stepped out just as Katy exited the office and stepped onto the sidewalk. Her sungla
sses were in her hand but she just paused and squinted at him. She blinked several times before she whooped loudly and ran to him.
Cameron barely had time to plant his feet before Katy launched herself through the air and into his arms.
“Cameron!” she shouted happily.
He laughed and pulled her tight against him. Their mouths collided in a messy, passion-filled kiss. Cameron’s cock hardened and he had to pull away so he could remain in control and not drag her to the truck to ravish her. “Hey, baby,” he greeted.
“I thought you were coming this weekend,” Katy questioned as he set her back on her feet.
Cameron stole another quick kiss. “I couldn’t wait another minute,” he admitted.
“Thank God!” she said on a laugh.
Cameron laughed with her. He’d only made it back for a couple of weekends over the last few months and all but one she’d had to work. She had tried to spend as much time as she could with him when he was in town but a Sheriff’s job was never quite finished. That had given him time to look around the town that would be his new home. He’d been pleasantly surprised with everything he found. It had taken a lot of help from his family, friends, and Allysa but finally everything had been put into place. The plan had come together. Starting that very night, Cameron was home.
He was there to stay. Both his and Ryan’s transfer to the El Paso office had gone through smoothly, so next week he would start making the forty-five minute drive to his new office.
He would stay in town with Katy, while Ryan had rented an apartment in El Paso. The commute every day was worth it to Cameron.
He couldn’t wait until he was able to go to bed and wake with Katy beside him every day. Which was why the surprise he had in store would be even sweeter.
“Come on,” he urged. “I have something to show you.”
Katy gave him a curious look, but with a shrug let Cameron lead her to the passenger’s side of his truck. He’d had every intention of stealing her away when he reached town. He didn’t think she would have put up much of a fight.
Once he got her inside, he slammed the door and hurried over to the driver’s door. He climbed in quickly, his entire body jumping with excitement as he started up the old truck.
“Where are we going?” Katy asked as she reached out to run her hand over his thigh.
Cameron’s entire body tightened at her touch. Just the faint scent of her could make him go rock-hard in seconds. Her taste, the feel of her hands on him, drove him crazy.
Cameron bit back a groan as Katy lightly ran her nails over the zipper of his jeans. “You’ll see,” he told her.
“Hmm,” she breathed. “I wonder where you will take me, Special Agent?” she asked as she teased. The sound of his zipper lowering echoed around the truck and he tightened his hands on the steering wheel.
“Katy…” he practically begged. He could smell her arousal and it mixed perfectly with his own. “Honey…you can’t…” He trailed off as she spread the jeans material apart and pulled out his hard erection.
The open air brushed against his sensitive member as she fisted his cock. “Oh, how I missed this…missed you,” she commented, lazily stroking him.
Cameron dropped his head back against the seat but managed, barely, to keep his eyes on the road. “Oh God, baby,” he complained. “We’re still in town.”
Katy chuckled. “I know.”
Next he heard the sound of her seatbelt being released. He jumped when she dived across the seat and swallowed his dick. “Fuck,” he yelled and slammed a fist against the steering wheel.
Katy hummed in agreement around his cock.
Cameron left one hand on the wheel and buried the other in her thick hair as she sucked and teased. “Don’t stop,” he pleaded.
Her response was to tease the heavy vein that ran under his prick. He bucked his hips, automatically trying to get deeper into more of that hot, wet heaven.
“Suck me,” he urged. “Yeah, baby…good.”
He was almost out of the town limits. Just a little longer to hold on. But her mouth, little tongue, everything was so much.
Katy pumped his cock with one hand as she continued her attentions while with the other reached into his jeans to play with his balls. Cameron spread his legs as much as he could to give her room to work.
They drove past the population sign outside of city limits just as she started to tongue the slit of his prick. His balls tightened, warning him he was close.
He jerked the wheel to the right before slamming on the brakes. His hand in Katy’s hair held her in place and as soon as the vehicle came to a stop, he started to pump into her mouth.
Katy moaned and took him deeper.
“Almost…yeah, yeah…” He continued to speak as he full-on fucked her mouth. “Yes!” he cried out and emptied his seed down her throat.
She swallowed every drop and licked him clean before lifting her head. “I missed you,” she murmured.
Cameron used the hand still buried in her hair to yank her mouth to his and ravish hers. He shoved his tongue down her throat, tasting his release and her own unique flavour. She threw her leg over his and straddled him before releasing his seatbelt, which had remained locked in place during the wonderful blowjob.
Cameron broke the kiss to growl and yank at the button of her slacks. “Off, off,” he demanded.
Katy lifted onto her knees and together they removed her pants and panties. Cameron ran two fingers through her wet folds before pushing them inside her sweet, hungry pussy. She clenched around the digits as he fingered her.
“In me… Please,” she begged, riding his hand.
Cameron pulled his fingers free and let her lower herself until the tip of his cock kissed her cunt.
They locked gazes as she slammed herself down on him.
Katy gasped and trembled above him. Cameron wrapped his arms around her waist flatting her chest to his. Katy’s pussy’s velvet walls convulsed around his prick, tightening and releasing.
It felt like home.
Katy started to rise and slowly began the smooth glide up and down.
His mouth was open and he was speaking but had no idea what words were coming out of his mouth. It didn’t seem to matter because Katy had begun to ride him hard and fast. Her head fell back on her shoulders, her mouth slightly parted, as her hips moved furiously.
Too soon and at just the right time, she cried out, dug her nails into his shoulder and climaxed. Cameron pumped half a dozen more times and followed.
Katy grinned with her face buried in Cameron’s shirt. If a citizen—or, God help her, one of her deputies—came up on her and Cameron, a FBI agent and the sheriff, having sex on the side of the road, she’d have a lot of explaining to do. But it was hard to care when she was held so lovingly by the man who’d become her world.
With regret at having to separate from him she leant back. Cameron wore a look on his face that could only be called one of deep satisfaction.
“Thanks for showing me that,” she teased.
Cameron laughed. “Oh, that wasn’t it, and you know it. We’ll just call that a detour to your destination.”
“Whatever you say,” she agreed readily. She was so relaxed and happy, she didn’t care what he called it.
Cameron helped her pull her clothes back on before he did up his own. Instead of moving back to the passenger’s side, she stayed in the middle, close to him, and belted the lap strap.
He threw an arm around her shoulder and held her close as they resumed their drive. They were headed to her house, so she had plenty of time to enjoy Cameron.
It had only been a few months since he’d had to return to Dallas and wrap up the case so he could make arrangements to be with her, but it seemed to take forever. Finally they could start their new lives together.
A bit of dread was mixed with excitement. They had committed themselves to each other. Not in the way of marriage, but by Cameron claiming her as his mate.
They would
still have a formal ceremony where his Alpha would introduce them as mates but that would come in the future. Katy had stuck with the promise she’d made to herself never to give Cameron up. She would fight to keep the man forever at her side.
Lost in her own thoughts, she almost missed the fact that they passed her house.
“Hey, Cam,” she started but he just squeezed her shoulder.
Confused, Katy sat up straighter. Her street would dead-end at the end of the block. The only thing past that were the woods. “Where are we?”
“You’ll see,” he said secretively.
“But…” She trailed off when Cameron pulled his truck into the drive of the last house, a huge two-story house that looked recently fixed up. “This is old man Adams’ house,” she spoke her thoughts out loud. “I didn’t know anyone had bought it. Why didn’t I know?”
Cameron just sat quietly so she turned to look at him. And she got it. “Cam! You didn’t… You couldn’t… How…?”
He simply shook his head and undid both seatbelts. As he opened the driver’s door, he reached for her hand, pulling her out with him. Katy stood next to him and stared up at the house. The wrap-around porch had been redone, the wood pristine and beautiful, with a large double swing sitting up there, looking so inviting.
“Allysa said you’d always loved this house. When I found out it was for sale, I knew it was meant for us,” he confided in her.
Katy was speechless, so touched he’d done this. “But how?” She waved her hand around.
“With Allysa’s help, some friends, and family. I wanted to have a place to call our own.”
Katy’s heart pounded in her chest. He’d remodelled her favourite house for her…for them. She never would have expected she deserved such a man.
“I love you,” she whispered as tears of joy trailed down her checks. “God how I love you.”
They embraced before he murmured against her ear, “Well, that’s no secret—anymore.”
