When Selena rejects what he’s telling her and sends him away, her billionaire boss with secrets of his own shows up. He becomes aggressive with her and tries to force himself on her. Luckily for Selena, she’s made some good friends in Lazy River, and they won’t leave her to deal with him alone.
All of the town’s secrets are brought to light as Selena is forced to look inside of herself and see if she has what it takes to not only change her life, but her whole way of thinking.
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CHAPTER ONE
Conner could feel Selena’s hard nipples through the clothing he was caressing. It was no longer about just wanting her. He physically needed her, had to have her. His raging hard-on took on a life of its own as she reached down with one hand and caressed his hardness. The feel of her hand and the heat of her touch ignited a new inferno in his gut. He had to know how her soft, hot skin was going to feel against him, had to taste her.
Selena couldn’t believe how turned on she was. It was never like this with Tony, and she had loved him. Their lovemaking had always been some kind of obligation that felt mildly good but even at its highest point it had never felt this good, and she and Conner hadn’t even taken their clothes off yet.
When she had reached down and touched him, it had been like she was in a trance. She’d had to feel it and when she did, he had emitted the sexiest sound from deep in his throat that she’d ever heard. It was almost like a growl and it had caused the wetness between her legs to spread beyond anything she had ever experienced before. His lips slipped down to her neck, and he wasn’t just kissing any more. He was nibbling with his teeth, taking soft, erotic bites of her skin. It didn’t hurt; instead it made her almost want to go into some kind of sexual frenzy. Her breaths were coming in short gasps, and she could hear him trying to get his under control as well. He was panting, and it was turning her on even more.
There was something about him that was so demanding and intense that it frightened her, but it aroused her at the same time. He was taking off her blouse as he kissed and tasted her. Claimed was the word that came to her mind.
Conner had already taken off her blouse and he had his hand covering her breast, fingers inside her bra now, lightly flicking the nipple, but mostly wanting to feel the pounding in her chest. It felt like her heart was going to explode, and it fed his sense of power, knowing that he had done that to her. His lips left her neck and made their way up to her earlobe. He flicked his tongue along the inside of her ear and then nibbled the lobe as he reached around to unhook her bra and free her lovely breasts.
She heard him growl again and felt his body tremble as her bra fell away, and he took in the sight of her breasts. He lowered his mouth down to then, and she knew if she had any resistance left in her, it was gone when his lips reached her areola. He used his tongue to gently trace each one first, and then clamping down on one he began to suck. Selena felt like she was freefalling. Her head had gone light, and if she had a rational thought she wouldn’t have recognized it. His mouth was making love to her breasts. She had no idea it could be like this.
He stopped, and she wondered why, but it was only to bring his lips back up to hers as he pushed her back on the bed and skillfully slipped off her pants, never taking his lips off of hers as he did. Her face was so hot she could feel the hair sticking to her cheeks as sweat trickled down from her brow. He reached up with one rough hand and softly brushed the hair back off her face. That simple touch sent waves of shock reverberating down her spine and once again she soaked through her panties.
His lips kissed softly across her abdomen, down to the waistband of her underwear. She was imagining herself grabbing his head and pushing him downward, making him taste her. But she was enjoying the feeling of giving herself to him completely and letting him do whatever came next. It was an abstract feeling to her, but one she felt completely out of control of. She put her hands in his soft hair as he kissed her belly, shuddering when his lips moved down to the sensitive part of her inner thighs.
He spent time there, tasting the juices that had escaped the wet panties as she squirmed and moaned beneath his touch. The whole experience was so surreal. When he sat up, she could see the ripple of his hard muscles reflected off the sliver of moonlight that shone through the blinds and she shivered. Her hands reached for him but only caught his strong shoulders as he bent down again, hooking his fingers in the waistband of her panties and pulling them down.
He lifted himself up off of her, and she was suddenly so cold she could feel herself trembling. He was only adjusting his weight and then he was back on top of her again, and the searing heat coming from his body once more penetrated her skin. His tongue was back in her mouth, and she ran her hands across the muscular planes of his back. She could feel his hardness pressing against her thigh, and she had never wanted anything so badly in her life. As he kissed her, his hand had drifted down and underneath her and he kneaded her cheeks with his fingers.
Conner was aching to be inside of her. He felt physical pain as her beautiful, perfect body squirmed and she moaned underneath him. He didn’t want to rush it though, he wanted to make it last. The pack could tell him that he can’t have her, and he wanted at least to have the memory of their coupling seared into his brain so that he could recall the taste and the smell and the feel of her if he needed to. He lifted up just far enough to look at her. She was the most desirable creature he had ever seen.
She was laying there watching him, and he could see the pure animal lust in her eyes. It was spurring him on. He kissed her again…deeply and then he slid his hand around front, finally dipping his fingers into her warm wetness. She moaned louder now as his fingers found her swollen bud. He massaged it, incensed by the motion of her hips and the feel of her hot skin against his erection.
Conner worked his way down, needing to taste her suddenly, stopping only to give each still rock hard nipple a lick and a nip. He kissed her sweet soft belly once more before finally reaching his destination. He tried to go slowly but his body was taking on a mind of its own once his tongue had gotten a taste of her. She had her hands wrapped in his hair, pulling it as she raised her hips off the bed to meet his lips. She was making soft animal noises as he pleasured her, and he didn’t stop until she screamed out in climax.
Selena felt like she was having an out-of-body experience. That sex-starved nymph on the bed screaming as her juices gushed from her body couldn’t be her. The woman, who was now begging for him to enter her, couldn’t be the starkly professional one who had gotten off an airplane in a strange place only days before. The funniest part was that she didn’t care who this woman was, all she knew was that she wanted more.
No, she needed more. This time, when his lips covered hers and his tongue slipped in between her lips she could taste herself there and it drove her wild. He had his hand down between her legs again, but that wasn’t what she wanted. For the first time in her life, Selena completely forgot who she was and how strong she was and how independently she had lived her life.
“I need you inside of me, Conner… Please. Take me. Please let me feel you inside of me.”
He grinned and then she almost blacked out from the sheer pleasure as he finally gave her what she wanted so badly, what she suddenly felt like she couldn’t live without. He plunged deep inside of her and then pulled out, slowly. She was raking her nails across his back and she had wrapped her legs completely around him, using the muscles in them to pull him back in. They fell into a rhythm, gentle at first, but gaining momentum with each new thrust. She lost count of how many times he brought her to climax before she finally felt his body tense, every muscle from head to toe. Then his whole body shuddered, and he collapsed on top of her.
Conner had the most mind-blowing orgasm that he had ever experienced. He liked sex, but he had never known it could be this good. What he had just experienced had to be a consummation with his mate. The pack had to let him have her…
Conner had shifted his weight so that he wasn�
�t crushing her, but they were still wrapped in a tangle of arms and legs as Selena drifted off into the most comfortable, satisfied slumber of her life.
Conner didn’t sleep. He lay awake and listened to the howl of the wolves under the seductive moon, and he wondered what he would do if they said no. Could he leave his pack to their own devices? Could he walk away from his responsibilities…his very life as an Alpha? He looked over at her face, so peaceful. The corners of her lips were turned up in a sweet smile and the gentle rise and fall of her chest was evidence that she was completely satiated and content to be here in his arms. He would do whatever he had to do now to be with her. He had found his mate and, Alpha or not, he would follow her to the ends of the earth if he had to in order to be with her.
CHAPTER TWO
When Selena woke up, the first thing she noticed was that she was alone. She sat up and looked around the room. The bandages and the first aid kit she had used to patch up Conner the night before were gone, and the whole room had been tidied up. She threw back the comforter that Conner must have put over her before he left, and when her feet hit the floor, she heard a loud bang from the living room. She shuddered as she remembered what had happened out there last night. What if they were back? There had been nothing but a wide open space where the window had been when she’d lain down with Conner last night. There could be dozens of them out there, waiting for her. She was frozen, nude on the side of the bed, unsure of what she should do.
She heard another bang and then a voice saying, “Stop being so damned loud, she’s sleeping.” It was Slam’s voice, and Selena felt a wave of relief wash over her.
She grabbed her big terrycloth robe and slipped it on, stopping to survey her face in the mirror. Her hair was in complete disarray, and her lips were swollen and so red they almost looked bruised. Timidly, she pushed down the robe just off her neck and she saw the marks Conner had left there. She shivered as she remembered how he had tasted her. She pulled the robe back up over them and brushed her hair off her face into a ponytail before opening the bedroom door.
She saw Slam and another guy putting a new window in the empty frame. He grinned when he saw her; he looked so much better than the last time she saw him.
“Good morning, Miss Selena,” he said. “I’m sorry if we woke you up with all the banging.” He shot the other guy a scornful look.
“No, no one woke me. Thank you for doing this, Slam. You didn’t have to.”
“Sure we did,” the other guy said. “Conner told us to.” That earned him another look from Slam.
“Miss Selena, this here is Cub…my little brother.”
Selena smiled at the name. “I’m pleased to meet you, Cub. Thank you both. Have you seen Conner, Slam?”
“He said to tell you that he had some business to attend to, but he would like it if you went to the lunch and festivities at the Burly Bear festival with him later this afternoon.”
Selena hadn’t let herself think about it yet, but she had been a little worried that Conner had gotten what he came for and left. Hearing that he’d left a message for her and he would be back made her feel warm all over again.
“Okay, thanks. You boys want some coffee?”
“Sure, Miss Selena,” Slam said.
“You got any bacon?” his brother asked, earning him a smack to the back of the head.
Selena grinned. “I actually do, Cub. Would you guys like some eggs and toast, too?”
“Nope, just bacon,” they both said at the same time.
By the time Selena finished making the bacon, the brothers had finished putting in her new window. It looked as good as new. Selena thanked them again and asked how much she owed them.
Slam laughed. “You don’t owe us nothing. Conner took care of it all. It’s Plexiglas, too, Miss Selena, so if them pesky wolves try and jump through again, they’ll just end up with one hell of a headache.”
Selena laughed, too. “Well, I guess Conner just thinks of everything.”
“That’s why he’s the Alpha,” Cub said around a mouthful of bacon. That netted him another smack. They polished off a pound of bacon like it was a snack.
“I’m sorry, guys, that was all the bacon. I still have those eggs though.”
Cub looked like he was going to say yes but was stopped by a look from Slam.
“That’s fine, Miss Selena, we need to get going. I’m judging the slippery fish contest this afternoon.”
Selena giggled. “How does that work?”
“They have to grab a fish out of the big tub and run with it to the finish line. If they drop it, they can pick it up, but it wastes a lot of time.”
“Well, I certainly hope I get there in time for that,” she said.
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Conner texted Selena at one and told her he was on his way. She was ready, and she had giant butterflies in her stomach in anticipation of seeing him. She had put on a comfortable pair of jeans and a turtleneck when she got dressed. It wasn’t cold enough for the turtleneck but she hadn’t had a hickey since she was sixteen, and she just couldn’t bring herself to go out in public with them. She grabbed her purse and her phone when she heard Conner’s Jeep drive up. She was surprised when she went out on the front porch and saw that he wasn’t getting out. She smiled as she approached the car, and he gave her a tight-lipped one in return.
“Hi,” she said when she climbed in the Jeep.
“Hey,” he said. “I see Slam got your window fixed.”
“Yes,” she said with a bright smile. “Thank you.”
He shrugged. “I guess now that we work for the same company, the money all comes from the same place.” He still hadn’t really even looked at her. He put the Jeep in reverse, then flipped it around and pointed them toward town.
After about ten minutes of uncomfortable silence, Selena said, “Conner, what’s wrong?”
She couldn’t see his eyes under his sunglasses. She found herself wondering what color they were today. “Nothing,” he said, continuing to drive in complete silence for another five minutes.
“If you’re not in the mood for this…”
He slammed on the brakes and pulled to the side of the small gravel road. He was frightening her but before she could say another word he reached over with one arm and grabbed her. He pulled her across the seat and before she had any time to react, he had her facing him on his lap with his lips covering hers.
She tried to resist at first, but he was a lot stronger than her, and she realized after about ten seconds that she wanted to kiss him as badly as he did her. He reached up and pulled off both of their sunglasses, throwing them across the seat of the truck and then he got back into the kiss.
When he finally eased up enough for her to lift up her head, she had to take big gulps of air to replenish her depleted lungs.
“What the hell was that?” she gasped.
Instead of answering her, he took her face in his hand and brought it down to his and kissed her again. He had the other hand underneath the back of her shirt, and she was angry with herself for enjoying the feel of it so much as he rubbed her soft back. He stopped kissing her again. Her lips were so swollen and sore from last night that they actually throbbed.
“Conner, stop it. Tell me what is going on.”
He still had her in his lap, and his face was only inches from hers. In spite of her better judgment, she kept looking at his lips, thinking about going in for another kiss. His eyes were dark today, almost black like his mood.
“We need to talk,” he said.
“You think?” she asked, trying to ignore the fact that she could feel he had another raging hard-on underneath her. She scooted herself off his lap and back onto the seat. Then, just to make sure he wasn’t going to grab her again, she scoot herself all the way across and opened the door.
“Are you leaving?” he asked.
“I just didn’t want to get manhandled again,” she said. “What is your deal today?”
Conner put his face in his hands and
rubbed his face. “I’ve never done this before…”
“What? You’re not trying to tell me you were a virgin, are you?”
That significantly improved his mood as he laughed heartily. “Um…No. But thanks for the laugh. I have to tell you something, Selena, and you’re not going to believe me, so then I’ll have to show you and then you’ll be afraid of me and not likely to let me kiss you like that again. So, I’m sorry for the urgent kiss, but I had to have at least one more….”
“If you were trying to clear things up, Conner. I have to tell you that I’m only more confused.”
He looked her in the eyes then, his suddenly changing to a deep violet. “I’m a werewolf. I’m the Alpha male of my pack.”
Selena stared at him, waiting for him to laugh, or at least crack a smile. His face was completely serious, however, and his damned eyes kept changing colors. The wheels in her head were turning faster that she could keep up with them. A werewolf? That was ridiculous…wasn’t it? Conner just didn’t seem like the joking type, so what was his angle for telling her this? Was he crazy?
“I don’t even know what to say to that,” she said at last.
“I want you to be my mate,” he said.
Now she did laugh. She let herself out of the Jeep and started walking. Conner jumped out and walked after her.
“Selena,” he called after her. “Selena, stop!”
She stopped. “I don’t know if this is a cruel elaborate hoax or if you’re crazy, Conner. Either way, I’d just like to go home and forget I ever came to this place.”
Conner reached out for her, and she took a step back. He looked angry, and his eyes were dark again. “Watch,” he said, in a tone that left no room for argument. She watched as he started taking off his clothes.
“What are you doing?” Selena started reevaluating her choices the last couple of days. Did she have the best sex of her life last night with some kind of crazy pervert? Was he spouting all this werewolf nonsense out of some kind of crazy bestiality fetish or something? While these things ran through her head, he continued to strip until he stood before her in all of his magnificent glory.
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