by C. M. Steele
“You could feel my jealousy and pain?”
“I felt your pain like it was my own, and I swear I heard your thoughts.”
“If you could hear my thoughts what would I be saying right now?”
“I could have sworn I heard you say, ‘Fuck me, Hunter.’”
“Oh my goodness, you can read my thoughts,” I laughed with embarrassment because it was damn close to what I was thinking. “Has this happened to you before?” I asked.
“Nothing that we shared has ever happened to me before.” How do I admit that I was a virgin?
“A virgin?”
“You can read my thoughts, too?”
“I guess so, but how is that possible?”
“I don’t know. I never heard of mates being able to communicate like that.”
“That’s not what I was talking about. How could you still be a virgin?”
“I could ask you the same! But, as it happens, all mates are pure. We have to wait until we find our mate before we can actually fuck. I could jerk off, but I didn’t have anyone to jerk off to until you entered my dreams six months ago.”
“That’s cool! So how about we shower?” I said suggestively.
“Not right now, I want you right where you are,” he rumbled.
He stepped back and turned me around, pressing my belly against the cool edge. Roughly he parted my thighs with one of his. I watched as he looked at me through the large mirror in front of us. Then I read his thoughts. Mine. You’re mine, Catherine.
I responded back without speaking. Always yours, Hunter.
Without taking our eyes off each other, he pushed his way into my wet pussy. His pleasure was mine and it seemed to only make it more intense. I was already shaking as I watched us in the mirror while he rutted into me from behind. It was so sexy, the way he gripped my hips, his teeth biting his lower lip. So fucking sexy, Cat. Touch your tits, he commanded. With an eagerness to please him, I squeezed on to both of them as he supported my body. Mashing them together and teasing my nipples, I parted my lips and gave out a deep sigh, sending him into his orgasm. The feel of his ecstasy brought about my own. His heart was pounding so hard I was worried something was wrong. I’m fine my love. My heart just beats faster than a human’s.
He didn’t pull out of me when he lifted my face to his for a kiss. Instead, he just lifted me higher up his body and drove up into my pussy, and with a growl whispered, “I’m not done with you yet, my mate.”
“Goodie!” I looked into the mirror and realized how small I was compared to him. My knees rested on the counter as he kissed my neck and pumped into me. I could still see some of his chest and arms and his massive thighs as he worked my body into surrender.
I cried out as he fucked another orgasm out of my body. Then I felt his fangs dig into my flesh, piercing my skin, and the euphoria of his bite. This time it was magnified, like I could feel it as he was. My body shook with such immense pleasure and my legs weak, his grip on my waist and chest was the only thing keeping me up.
“My love, I could feel your ecstasy, and it amplified mine,” Hunter whispered in my ear before taking me into the shower.
Soaping up his hands he started washing my body. I tilted my head onto his chest, absorbing the feel of his touch on me. I don’t know how we’ll ever be able to keep our hands off each other.
“I know, my love. I can’t wait to be in you again,” he whispered as he started scrubbing my hair. “Damn it,” he growled.
“My phone is ringing again,” he grumbled with a shake of his head.
“You can hear it?” I asked, turning toward him and letting the shower rinse my hair.
“Wolf, baby.” he said with a smirk. That smile was a lady bits’ killer.
“Oh, duh,” I said lightly slapping my forehead. I didn’t like him thinking I was absentminded. I’d spent the last six months feeling like a mindless zombie.
“Hey, babe, this is all new to you. Soon you’ll get used to it,” he replied, answering my unspoken concern. I watched as he grabbed the bar of soap and started scrubbing his chest muscles. The water darkened the hair on his chest, making it look thicker. Hunter Grey was a delicious specimen.
Trying to shake off his involuntary effect on me, I hissed, “Well, let’s hurry then. Unless you plan on leaving me here?”
His expression changed; he looked at me like I was out of my mind, but I felt his worry. “Hell no! You’ll be with me. Think of me as your permanent shadow.”
“But you have to work,” I countered. I didn’t want to get in the way of his job.
“What did I just say?” he bellowed.
Feeling his power without the outward display of dominance, I responded meekly, “You’re my shadow.”
“Yes, I am. I’m also your mate,” he said gently, tipping my chin to look into his eyes. I knew he understood I was taken aback by his inner strength.
“Do all mates stay together all the time?” I asked. Didn’t they want time apart?
“No, but you’re not one of us. I need to make sure you’re safe. As a human you’re not as strong as any of the females or even a weak teen pup,” he choked out, clearly the thought frightened him.
“Oh. Will people hate me?” I asked with worry.
Wow, I felt the violent anger consume him for a moment before he regained his composure. “If anyone says anything about you they’ll be looking for a new pack or buried.”
I pressed my hand on his chest, partly because I wanted to touch him again, but also because he needed to calm down. “Sticks and stones, Hunter. You don’t have to do that if someone insults me.”
He looked down at me with a sweet smile, making me all warm inside. “Yes, I do. Catherine, something I didn’t tell you was that I’m the Alpha. My word is the end all. The only ones that ever get away with giving me shit are Chloe and Gage, and that’s because they’re my siblings.”
I couldn’t believe he was the Alpha, but it explained a lot. They did everything he said, and that one guy called him Al by accident earlier. I wondered if I needed to toe the line, too. “What about me?”
“I want you to do what I say—always, but I can’t guarantee we won’t argue. All I ask is that you don’t do so in front of others. We need to maintain a united front as the Alpha couple.”
“You’re the Alpha. I must be a lucky girl,” I admitted. I was feeling a little intimidated.
He turned off the shower and reached for a towel, wrapped it around me, and said in all sincerity, “No, love. I’m the lucky one. I’m thirty-two and have been waiting for my mate the past seven years.”
“We’re both lucky then,” I admitted. The moment he walked into the room yesterday all the fear and worry about my future seemed to disappear. I knew we belonged together and all would be right.
“Come on, let’s get dressed before I do you again,” he growled, rushing us out of the bathroom towel drying his short black hair.
Pity, I could do with another fix, I thought completely forgetting that he could read my thoughts.
“Fuck it,” he snarled, pushed me against the wall, dropped down to his knees in front of me, and lifted me up onto his shoulders. I barely took a breath before he started lapping at my pussy. I tossed my head back and ran my hands through his hair, clawing at his scalp. I felt how much he enjoys eating my pussy and all I can think about is wanting to suck him off.
I heard him let out a low growl. Damn it, love. I’m already leaking on the floor here. I want your lips wrapped around my cock.
His thoughts set me off and I screamed out harshly, cumming and shaking from his pussy devouring. He just let me down off his shoulders but instead of standing, I dropped to my knees. His blue eyes blazed; he knew what I wanted and I knew what he wanted. Luckily it was the same thing.
As I looked at his massive cock, I tried to block my thoughts. It was fucking big, beautiful, and smooth. I was wondering if it was too big for me, but he was mine and I could feel his need, it was adding to my own again. Serio
usly we were going to be late all the time. I took my left hand and wrapped it around his weeping cock and slowly started to stroke it. I felt his shudder as I brought my mouth to his tip. I licked the pre-cum that was dribbling. I let out my own little growl before I sucked the head in. I could tell he was close and I didn’t need to suck much more than a little, but I wanted him to explode with fucking gusto.
“Fuck, suck…I’m going…to cum,” he panted. He didn’t have to tell me because I could feel it. I’d just came and I wanted to cum again. This was insane. I moaned from my new building heat and it sent my lover over the edge. He pumped his hips and roared as he emptied his balls down my throat. The moment his cum hit my throat my orgasm spontaneously combusted.
“Fuck, Cat, another one?” I could only nod as he lifted me up to hold me tightly in his arms.
Chapter 6—Hunter
We hurried to get dressed because I got another call from Rex, my building engineer. There were some structural issues I needed to deal with. Taking her with me was a must, but I was nervous that something would happen. She asked me what was wrong and I told her there were some issues at the resort, but she could tell I wasn’t being honest. That was when I noticed that I could hide my true thoughts from her. She could still feel my mood, but I was able to block thoughts of losing her that invaded my mine. That was good, especially if I wanted to surprise her for her birthday or something.
“How did you learn to block me out of your head, Hunter?” she asked angrily.
“What makes you think I did that?” I replied suspiciously.
Her eyes narrowed at me and she barked, “Because I can feel your worry, yet I can’t make out what you’re thinking. That’s not nice.”
“Babe, I don’t know how, but if I don’t want you in my head I just think of it.”
Asshole, she thought.
“Now, that’s not nice,” I grumbled.
“Damn it, it didn’t work, did it?” she hissed, crossing her arms in anger.
“Sorry, babe. It might be because I’m an Alpha or that I’m a shifter to begin with. I don’t know enough about it. Maybe I can take you to go see Creed up in Redding. It’s where I was when I sent Chloe and Gage for you.”
“So that’s why you didn’t come for me yourself?”
“Yes and no. If I came for you, we wouldn’t be able to leave your place. I’d have been fucking you on any damn surface. Second, we don’t have human mates, so there was so much that I didn’t know. I needed answers just in case I could hurt you or something.”
“Can you shift and hurt me?” she asked. I couldn’t blame her for that assumption. I was already over a hundred pounds heavier than her.
“No, I can’t, but you can crush me,” I admitted sorrowfully. The thought of her wanting someone else would end me. It would be like she had died. Creed didn’t tell me that outright, but I understood his warning. Just like any of us wolf shifters, if we lose our mate we follow them to the grave.
“That’s bullshit. I’m not as strong as your teenagers you said,” she said disbelievingly.
“No, you’re not physically strong enough to kill me, but you can leave me for someone else, and I can’t live without you.”
“I wouldn’t ever leave you, Hunter,” she promised. Fuck if I didn’t want to take her back to the house to lay her out and dominate her pussy. She deserved it for her honesty. She was getting nailed somewhere in the resort today.
It took only fifteen minutes to get there, but it seemed like forever. All I kept thinking about is how I could smell her desire and ways to make her happy. I wondered what she liked to do for fun. Did she go out with friends? What about her parents? Did she read or listen to music?
“Cat, so tell me about your parents.”
“My father is a lawyer and my mother is a stay at home wife. They live in Michigan, but are in Florida on vacation.”
“Do you see them often?”
“Not really. They weren’t too happy with me and my choices.”
“What, bad boyfriends?” I asked in a low growl.
“No, they had a problem with me dropping out of college.”
“You didn’t like it?”
“No. It wasn’t that. It was some blue-eyed wolf who made concentrating on anything else but what he did to me at night impossible.”
“Same here, babe. You don’t know how many people thought I wasn’t fit to be Alpha anymore. I was so irritable and searching for you.”
“Hopefully now that you got me, you’ll be happy.”
“Oh I’m happy, but it doesn’t mean I won’t be irritable. I’m already getting pissed because I want to be in your pussy so bad.”
“I know. My pussy tingles every few minutes, and I know that’s your dirty emotions.”
“Damn right. Just know I will be fucking you in a little while.”
We walked into the resort and several heads turned to us, but it was my engineer who approached. “Rex, I’d like you to meet my mate, Catherine.” I turned to her just as she thought about him. Oh my, it’s the guy from the restaurant.
What guy from the restaurant? You know him? Jealousy grew immediately, and I wanted to rip Rex’s face off right at that second.
It’s nothing, he was just at the restaurant I worked at with his wife.
You’re lying to me.
“So Cat, this is Rex, but I’m gathering that you two already met,” I implied angrily.
“What is she doing here?” Vivian, Rex’s wife said.
“Dear, this is Hunter’s mate,” Rex responded nervously.
“Oh…but she’s human.”
“Is there a problem with that?” I snarled.
“No! No not at all, it’s just I thought it was just a rumor,” she muttered.
“So you met my mate at her former employment?” I asked menacingly, glaring at Rex and ready to rip him to shreds.
“Yes,” he admitted.
“Hunter, I think there are more important matters to discuss besides who I met before you.” I knew she was trying to break up the tension, but she didn’t understand that these weren’t just my employees, they were a part of my pack and needed to respect and obey me without question.
“Catherine, please. I want to know what the three of you are hiding and I’m giving you a minute to tell me the truth.”
Hunter, don’t get angry, but I was almost fired for staring at Rex.
You wanted him? My heart was racing, and my wolf was almost making itself known. I turned to him and snarled. He shook slightly and his wife wrapped her arm around his, not to stop him, but to keep him from running.
Cat grabbed my hand so I turned to my mate, my eyes glowing with the white hot burn of jealous rage. No, not at all. I saw his eyes, and they reminded me of you, so I was lost in the memory while I was still looking in his direction, and she got mad and reported it to my boss. I promise I wasn’t interested one bit. I just noticed the bright blues. It wasn’t the first time that something would trigger a memory of you and I would be lost in my fantasy of you and I. I was embarrassed several times and that’s why I failed my last semester and dropped out.
Really?
Of course. I never wanted anyone else but you, and that’s why my boyfriend and I broke up.
Boyfriend? You’re not helping your cause, but now is not the time.
I turned back to Rex and said, “Tell me what’s wrong with my resort.”
“There was a water main break, and we couldn’t figure out how it happened. Also, there was a small fire started outside one of the rooms on a balcony. The thing is it was arson. Rocky and I could smell the gasoline when we rushed to put it out.”
“Someone is daring to sabotage my place? Where is Rocky right now?”
“He’s right here,” I heard behind me and saw Rocky standing alongside Gage.
“So did anyone notice anything suspicious before this shit happened or did anyone call the sheriff?”
Rocky just stared at Catherine, and I knew he could smell my
mark on her before he turned and responded, “My cousin was out dealing with the humans camping out in the reserve. He’s supposed to be coming soon.”
“Fine. So what’s being done to rectify the damage?”
Vivian, who acted as Rex’s assistant responded first, “We’ve replaced the busted pipes and have closed off the two rooms that were damaged. The fire was put out quickly so the damage was only on the outside of the room, and the crew is already resetting the wood balcony.”
“Thanks for the update. Rocky, Chloe already told me you met my mate.”
“Yes, but she said she was the manager, not your mate.”
“Well, she didn’t know she was the one until I came home last night, but it doesn’t matter because as my mate she’ll be working alongside me until our pups are born.” I turned back to Vivian and added, “So, when you get some time this afternoon, I’d like you to go over the general operations schedule with her.”
“Yes, sir.” She bowed. I knew that if they knew the truth about Cat’s daydreams that she wouldn’t be worried about any human. Not that we left our mates, but humans were nuts. They killed for people they couldn’t have. Since we didn’t have that urge, we didn’t do shit like that.
“Please excuse us. Let me know when Grayson gets here.”
“Will do,” Rex replied.
“Come now,” I said in a low growl as I gripped Cat by the hand. I wasn’t in the mood for socializing, not after what I just learned. I needed to put my stamp on her again. The heat in my loins was growing stronger by the second.
“Not so fast, I’m short remember?”
“Sorry, love.” I was too horny to walk at her pace, so I scooped her up and threw her over my shoulder and into my temporary office.
I slid her down me and let our bodies feel the slight tingle of our touch before I turned her to face my desk. “Do me a favor and keep your cries of pleasure in your head. There are too many wolves around, and I’m on the verge of biting one of their heads off for no real reason.”
Pressing her down body down onto my mahogany desk, I gripped her skirt and hiked it up baring her panties and round ass to my eyes. With a low growl, I unleashed my cock, and in one single move buried myself to the hilt in her wet core.
