by Alanea Alder
"Humph. The next two are the twins Duncan and Emmet. They own a construction business and the hardware store. They also help me out at the garage when they can." He nodded at the twins. They waved at her.
"Then there is Finnian..." he started.
"Just Finn, call me Finn," Finn interjected.
"Your Ma did not give you a name for you not to use it, boy," Pa said, then continued.
"This is Finnian. He works at the school. He is teaching first grade this year." Pa smiled.
Aleks was willing to bet cash money on the fact that Pa found reasons to stop by the classroom with candy or treats, the smaller the child the harder his Pa fell.
"And last but not least is Gavin. He is our grumpiest bear, but a darn good vet," Pa said with pride shining from his eyes.
Gavin eyed Rebecca up and down then turned to Aleks. "Her hips may be too narrow to birth cubs. She may even be too small for sex." Gavin tilted his head and continued to eye her as if she were a specimen under a microscope. Rebecca's mouth dropped. Pa reached up and cuffed Gavin in the back of the head.
"Gavin!" Aleks growled.
Rebecca recovered and put her hands on her evidently small hips. "I don't know about having cubs, but there better not be any issues with sex." She looked around the room and realized what she said. Connor snorted first then laughed, which set Rebecca off. Then Finnian joined in while Emmett and Duncan stood there with shit-eating grins wagging their eyebrows at Aleks who grinned right back.
"Okay, boys, leave your sister alone. It's time for dinner," Ma said from the kitchen, and they all filed in to sit down.
*****
Dinner was noisy and fun. Each brother had something funny to share about Aleks, much to her delight and his chagrin. When it came time for dessert, Ma brought out her cakes and cut a piece for everyone. As each boy took a bite, the room quieted.
The table was eerily silent after such a loud and boisterous dinner. Rebecca started to get nervous. She looked over to Aleks, who sat frozen with his fork hanging in midair in front of his face. She felt a flush of panic and quickly took a bite. Everything tasted okay. She looked up at the sound of a chair hitting the floor. Duncan's eyes darkened as he reached for the cake. Emmett intercepted him with a growl. Duncan put him in a headlock and both disappeared into the family room. She heard more noise to her left and saw Connor had Benedict in a similar headlock and they were now on the floor in the kitchen. Finnian and Gavin saw the two cakes on the table and each went to grab one before a low growl froze everyone. Ma let out one more low growl, calmly picked up one of the cakes and put it in front of her. Pa scooted close and accepted the forkfuls that Ma shared with him. The boys resumed their brawls for the remaining cake. Aleks was about to jump in when Rebecca reaches out to stop him. He looked down, worry in his eyes that she might be scared at their barbaric table manners. She wiped away tears of laughter.
"Let's head home," she said. And just like that his eyes lit up. She knew it was because she had called his house, home.
"Okay, baby," he said as they both stepped around his fighting brothers.
"Goodnight Ma, Pa," Rebecca called.
"Goodnight, baby girl," Ma yelled over the boys fighting. Pa waved and smiled.
Once they were in the truck she couldn't hold it in anymore. Holding her sides, she continued to laugh out loud. She felt tears rolling down her face. He went to buckle her in, and she slid down the seat and onto the floor trying to catch her breath. He gave up and drove slowly back to their house. She was still cackling when he pulled up into their driveway. He put the truck in park as she started to calm down.
"We're not always like that. It's just that bear shifters are known for loving their sweets," he said, sounding embarrassed.
"It was fun. That's how family should be," she said, climbing into her seat.
"They were kind of rough," he admitted.
"They are guys," she said simply.
"It was kind of funny."
She shook her head. "Their tumbling wasn't why I was laughing," she admitted.
"Why were you laughing?" Aleks asked.
"Because I made three cakes," she said, grinning up at her mate.
Aleks froze, then darted out of the truck and into the house leaving her sitting in the driveway. Rebecca smiled and made her way inside. She found him in their den, in his recliner with the entire cake in his lap.
"I can't believe you're my mate and you can make this cake," he said, eating forkful after forkful. She watched in utter amazement as the cake began to quickly disappear.
"I may have to ration out the cake for favors," she remarked.
He grinned up at her, finishing the last slice. She was slightly concerned with how fast he inhaled the entire cake. He stood slowly, setting the pan aside.
"What kind of favors would you require?" he asked, his deep voice making her shiver.
He stalked closer to her, his eyes dark. When he nonchalantly removed his shirt she nearly swallowed her tongue. Her imagination in no way prepared her for him. His shoulders were broad and his chest and abs were perfectly defined. His skin looked golden, and he had a dusting of dark hairs over his chest in a trail down his stomach. Subconsciously she licked her lips. When his hands reached for his pants, she stepped back and pulled her shirt over her head. He froze. She stood there, her shoulders bare except for the thin satin straps of her bra. Her full breasts were encased in pink lace. She took advantage of his immobility and one-upped him by quickly removing her jeans. She stood before him in her pink lace bra and boy shorts, her sex-kitten act fading in the face of the reality that she was nearly naked before him. She felt her body flush with embarrassment.
He stepped forward and ran a finger down her neck and shoulder. She shivered again. He picked her up and carried her upstairs to his room. Gently he set her on her feet next to the bed. He moved his hands over her shoulders and pushed the straps down her arms. He reached behind her and released the clasp. The bra fell to the floor. He seemed to drink in the sight of her breasts. He took both in his hands and kneaded them gently as her head fell back. He leaned forward and took one nipple into his hot mouth. He rolled his tongue over it and pulled on it with harder suction. He released it and then blew a breath of cool air over it.
He dropped to his knees and pulled her lace boy shorts down over her hips. She carefully stepped out of them. He lightly touched her soft curls. Her hands came down to his shoulders in an effort to stay upright. He leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss on her mound. He stood, scooped her up and tossed her into the middle of his oversized king bed before removing his jeans. She laughed as she bounced, but it was cut short at the sight of him crawling toward her. Her eyes widened as she saw his cock for the first time. She swallowed hard and licked her lips.
She lay there and watched him advance, her knees pressed tightly together.
He smiled and shook his head.
"You are keeping your honey from me, baby girl, and you know how bears are about their honey." He placed a hand on each knee and parted her thighs. When he looked down, his eyes hooded. She squirmed under his gaze. He raised an eyebrow and began to push her boundaries. He placed his hands on her inner thighs and spread them wide until she lay completely exposed. She gasped and tried to close her legs.
"Aleks!" she protested, and he chuckled.
"Easy, baby girl. I need to get acquainted with what is now mine," he said and lowered his head and kissed her rounded belly. He slowly kissed his way down her mound. Using his thumbs, he spread her folds wide, exposing her completely. He flattened his tongue and ran it from the bottom of her slit to her clit then stopped as his canines dropped.
"Mine!" he growled.
"Yours," she breathed.
He returned to run his tongue up and down, drinking her down. He nibbled on her small nub, and she went wild above him. Her hands found his hair and she held on. He wrapped his lips around her clit and pulled as he eased a finger in her tight channel. She screamed and clamped
down on his finger. She shook then came hard.
"That's one," he said before nipping the inside of her thighs.
One? She tried to catch her breath. She felt his teeth on her inner thigh and sighed. She was just starting to breathe normally when he inserted another finger. Unable to help herself, she moved her hips. She wanted something else, something more.
"More," she whispered.
He shook his head.
"Not yet, I'm not going to hurt you." He plunged two fingers in and out of her channel slowly. She felt something else starting build.
"Pull on your nipples, baby. Let me see how much you want me," he said.
She brought her hands up to cup both breasts and pulled on her nipples. She felt electricity travel down her body straight to her clit. She continued to pull and moved her hips, wanting to take his fingers deeper.
She slowed when she felt herself being stretched and looked down. He had added a third finger. Very slowly he continued the in-and-out motion. Soon the burn began to fade and her pleasure came back. He brought her to the brink then backed away. He teased her mercilessly.
"Please!" she cried out, tears in her eyes.
It seemed he was waiting on her desperation. She looked in his eyes as he quickly replaced his fingers with the head of his cock and began to slowly sink into her. If she thought she had been stretched before, she was wrong. He was stretching her too much!
"Too much!" she cried out.
He stopped and pulled back slowly. He waited until she relaxed and then began to push forward again. He repeated this over and over. She noticed that each time it was getting easier and he was going deeper. She wanted him. She wanted all of him.
"More," she said, looking into his face. He nodded and she noticed his eyes had shifted to a dark brown, almost black. He pushed forward, going the deepest he had ever been. It hurt, but she knew that it would get worse before it got better. She ground her teeth and looked back up.
"More," she whispered. He must have seen the determination in her face. He withdrew and plunged all the way in, pushing past the tight flesh that had been keeping them apart. She tensed up and grabbed his arms that were on either side of her body, holding him up.
"Relax, baby," he said, his voice deeper than usual and rougher.
She relaxed and tried pushing out. He slid in a fraction deeper. They both moaned. After a minute she looked up at him.
"Okay," she said. He pulled out then plunged in again. There was a bit of pain, but it faded quickly. He slid in again and again, his pace quickening. The pain was gone now and the fire that he had started came roaring back. She began to move her hips up to meet him as he thrust forward again and again. There was so much coiled strength and tension in the man above her. Knowing that she was the cause of it spurred her on, she opened her legs wider to accept every inch of him.
He lowered himself so that he rested on his forearms, his hips still snapping forward. His nose nuzzled her neck, and she felt his teeth graze her shoulder.
"More," she said and brought her legs up to wrap around his waist. She gasped as this changed the angle.
"More, please, God, more, I'm almost there, Aleks please!" She couldn't get him deep enough on her own.
Finally taking her at her word, he began to slam into her repeatedly. She held on as he pushed into her body time and time again. This is what she had been waiting for all her life!
"Yes! Don't stop, don't ever stop!" She cried out, clawing at his shoulders. His pace began to quicken, and she knew he was close. Without thought, she clamped down and he hit that elusive spot deep inside her. As her orgasm exploded, she felt him lean forward and bury his teeth in her shoulder. With each pull from his mouth, she felt as if he were pulling her soul into his. In the space of a single heartbeat, both souls expanded as one orgasm ended and another began. A new soul was created then split as a portion of each one settled back into their hearts. Time resumed as they slammed back into reality, and the pain of his canines sent her into a tailspin of another orgasm. She screamed out her final release, and then her world went dark.
When she woke, he was seated at the end of the bed, his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.
"What's wrong?" she asked, sitting up. She winced but then smiled. She had earned her discomfort.
Go me! I'm such a slut now. She giggled at her own thoughts.
He turned around and her good mood evaporated. He looked as if someone died.
"Oh my God, what happened?" she asked, scooting next to him.
"I hurt you," he said brokenly.
"Not really, you made me feel real good, baby," she said, smiling and kissing his shoulder.
He turned and looked at her. She could see his eyes were wide and he looked kinda shocky.
"Talk to me, baby, please." She hugged his arm, bringing it between her breasts.
He pointed to her shoulder and at her legs. When she looked down, she saw a small smear of blood. She knew exactly where his mind was, and she didn't like it. She stood and climbed up so she straddled him and could look him in the face.
"Aleks, listen to me. I am not her. I am okay. I may be human, but evidently I can take a pounding." She smiled then winked at him. She saw some of the fear leave his eyes and his mouth twitched.
"That's not funny," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Yes, it is. I'm a little sore, but it's a good sore, like how your muscles feel after a really good deep-tissue massage." She grinned. "You definitely massaged some deep tissue." She giggled. Finally he smiled then laughed.
"You're really okay?" he asked, holding her close.
"I'm more than okay, I am perfect. I have everything I have ever wanted. You are everything I waited for and more." She cuddled him, and when she put her ear to his chest, she heard his heart beat begin to slow down and regulate.
He fell backwards, taking her with him. They laughed and got under the covers.
"So when can we do that again?" she asked, and he groaned.
"Let's give your body a chance to recover," he said, pulling her into his arms.
"So, in the morning?" she asked.
"Go to sleep," he said.
"Tomorrow afternoon? A nooner?..." she started.
"Sleep," he said.
"But..."
"Sleep," he repeated kissing the back of her neck.
"Okay." She sighed. "I love you, my grumpy-ass bear," she said.
"I love you too, my itty-bitty human." She smiled and fell asleep.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
"We didn't have any problems having sex!" Rebecca stuck out her tongue at Gavin the next morning when the entire family was eating breakfast at the main house. He looked up startled and dropped his fork. Aleks began to choke on his waffle, turning a deep red, and Connor and the twins began to laugh, leaning on each other in their seats in an effort to stay upright. Pa smiled down into his plate, and Ma was beaming.
"Good for you, baby girl! Did you want another waffle?" she asked.
"Yes please," Rebecca said.
"Rebecca!" Aleks said when he could breathe.
"What? It's not like they don't know we're having sex. I've moved in. It's not like I'm in the guest room," she said, biting into her bacon.
"But still it's my Ma and Pa!" he said.
"They have seven boys, Aleks, I'm pretty sure they know all about sex," she said, munching away at her breakfast. All seven boys at the table shuddered and made faces. It was their Ma and Pa after all.
"I don't want to know," Aleks said, holding up a hand. Rebecca just giggled and ate her waffles.
"What are you going to do today, baby girl?" Ma asked.
"I'm going back to the library. Some of the older volumes are drool worthy, but the entire place needs to be brought into the twenty-first century. I don't think any new books have been brought in, in over thirty years," she said. Aleks was staring at her.
"What?" she asked.
"Baby, you're my mate," Aleks said.
"Yes, I know," she said, looking at him.
"You don't have to work. Being Alpha Mother will take a lot of your time," he said. She would have thought he was joking except for the extremely serious look on his face.
"So what you're basically saying is that what I want doesn't matter and my job is to be your mate?" she asked carefully.
He was nodding absently until Pa cleared his throat, quickly shaking his head at Aleks.
"No! I mean no, baby, but maybe you would like to take a break and enjoy learning about the town," he said, and his Pa started nodding his head.
"What better way to learn about the town than to dive into the town's old newspapers and archives?" she asked, taking another bite of her waffles.
"What about working at the diner with Ma and Connor," he said. She read between the lines. 'Where you will be safe.'
"No offense, Ma, but I do not want to work at the diner." She finished her breakfast and looked up at him. "Aleks, I am not sitting around the house naked all day making you cake. As short lived as that fantasy was, wave it bye-bye," she said.
"Hmmm, God, that cake was good," Aleks said, smiling.
"How would you know? You left after only one bite." Connor laughed. Evidently he had gotten the largest portion of the second cake and had been bragging all morning.
"Because she made three cakes. I had one all to myself." Aleks grinned at his brothers.
"Son of a bitch! It's not fair. She is perfect and can make that amazing cake!" Duncan exclaimed.
"Duncan! Language!" Ma said.
"Sorry, Ma," he said, still pouting.
Rebecca grinned and thought of a way to get what she wanted. She turned to Aleks.
"Now, I know you have to work, but you'll be worried about what I'll be doing." He went to speak but she held up a hand.
"If one of your brothers promises to spend the day with me so you won't worry, I'll pick up ingredients to make another cake for that good brother," she said, smiling at the men staring at her.
Instantly the boys started to argue.
