“Did I hurt you?” he said.
“No – no, you feel amazing,” she managed to say.
“It’s my wolf. When it wants to mate, I can’t always keep it under control.”
“You don’t need to,” she said. It was only half a lie; her body wanted him, wanted all he had to give her. But she was also a little scared of what this wolf was capable of.
“I’ll be as gentle as I can, I promise,” he said, as if reading her thoughts. Slowly, he began to move inside her and she gave a moan of ecstasy. She loved the way he was filling her, possessing her completely. The throbbing in her pussy evolved into blissful ripples, and her muscles gripped his cock. She lifted her thighs and wrapped her legs around his waist, allowing him to go deeper. He took it as a sign that he could thrust harder, and his pelvis butted against hers as he fucked her in long, delicious strokes. At first, he kissed her, with hard, bruising kisses, but as her breath began to come in pants, he arched above her, a dark, muscular mass of a man, with wild amber eyes. She gripped his ass in her hands, loving the feel of his muscles tensing as he plowed in and out of her. His skin became slick with perspiration and he exhaled in growls and snarls. She tried to pull his face towards her, so she could look him in the eye, but he wouldn’t. He turned his head away, and, as his movements became very rough and jerky, he hid his face in the comforter.
“It’s too much, Melissa,” he muttered. “I can only just keep it inside.” She knew he meant that he was holding his wolf back, and the thought was very hot to her. As his movements became faster and faster, she exploded again, climaxing around his cock, as he drove it deep inside her.
Just as her orgasm subsided, Harley’s body trembled all over, he gave three or four sharp thrusts, and he came with a roar, filling her with his seed.
He collapsed on top of her, his whole, delicious weight pressing on her body. She stayed motionless, her legs still wrapped around him, not wanting to lose that feeling of intimacy. At last, he lifted himself and turned onto his side, bringing her with him. She laid her head against his chest, listening to the slow, steady thud of his heart.
“That was incredible, Melissa. Actually, more than incredible, but no words can describe it,” he said. “I’ve dreamed of this since before I even knew what mating felt like.”
“It was incredible for me too,” she said, eyes shining with emotion. Doubt flashed across his features.
“Are you sure? Having sex with a werewolf is a little different from having sex with a man. It’ll be rough, all the time. I love to pleasure you with my hands and my mouth, and I could spend all day lying between your sweet thighs. But when it comes to mating, it’ll always be rough. There’s you, there’s me, and there’s a wolf trying to get out of me. I hope that won’t be too much for you?”
“No, I love it!” she said. “I think that’s every woman’s fantasy. What girl wouldn’t love to have attention lavished on her, and then taken with such a fierce urge?” He smiled and stroked her cheek.
“I just knew you’d be the perfect mate for me,” he said. “Both in life and love. Now I know you’re mine. All mine. Forever.” Melissa gave him a smile of pure happiness, and they fell into a kiss, long and full of emotion.
Melissa awoke in the early morning. She was lying on her side, and Harley was spooning her. His cock was hard, pressing into her ass and his arm was wrapped possessively around her waist. She needed to go to the bathroom, but she waited a moment longer, luxuriating in the feeling of being in Harley’s embrace. This big, sexy man who said he wanted to be with her for all time. Her mate. She carefully extricated herself from his arms and crept out into the hallway. The bathroom was bathed in a blue light. She looked out of the window. The snow had settled heavily, half burying the cars on the sidewalk, and the road was invisible beneath a crisp, white blanket. There was no way she’d be able to make it to the office this morning. When she’d used the bathroom, she returned to the bedroom and switched her alarm off. It was going to be a snow day.
Harley stirred as she climbed back into bed. She snuggled close to him, easing herself back into the same position as before. He was still hard and as her ass made contact with his cock, he moved back and forth a couple of times. His hand moved up and cupped her breast and her clit tingled. As his hand squeezed a little, the tingle became an ache. His breathing was still slow, as if he was more asleep than not. His hips moved again, and his cock rubbed back and forth against the cleft of her ass. God, this is turning me on like crazy, she thought, and a mischievous thought came into her mind. She scooted up in the bed, and now his cock rubbed against her pussy instead. She was wet again. She could feel him getting lubricated with her juices. Every movement bumped against her clit, building on her arousal, while her pussy muscles spasmed, demanding his attention. She moved her hips a little more, so that the head of his cock pushed at her entrance. His hips kept moving and she wriggled, and suddenly his cock was entering her. She helped it to slide in slowly, an inch at a time, until she was full of him. Her pussy fluttered, tremors running all the way inside her. Harley made a sleepy sound and began to thrust a little more strongly. Melissa bit her lip to keep herself from moaning as he glided on her wetness. This was so different from before, but every bit as pleasurable.
“Baby,” he muttered into her ear, and planted a million little kisses on her cheek. The hand that had been cupping her breast moved between her thighs, and he stroked her clit. It didn’t take her long to come again; a long, shuddery climax, streaking pure silver behind her eyelids. She felt Harley’s teeth graze the back of her neck, and he began to fuck her harder, his hips bumping against her ass. Somehow the motion knocked her into another orgasm and as her pussy muscles gripped his cock hard, he exploded again, his teeth clenched to suppress a roar.
They stayed coupled up as sleepiness overcame them again.
“Looks like you’ve already figured out how to get me to be gentle,” Harley said with a chuckle. And that was the last thing she could remember before she drifted off to sleep.
Chapter Seven
A few weeks later
Melissa and Harley were lying in a huge circular bathtub, being massaged by soft Jacuzzi jets. They were in a beautiful, elegant loft room in a hotel. The skylight was unscreened and they were looking out at the moon. It was very low in the sky, and three quarters full. A sheen of frost blurred its edges, and its rays came through the glass and bathed the exposed areas of their bodies in an unearthly light.
There were only ten days to go until Christmas. Melissa’s parents were coming to stay in Hope Valley for the holidays. Her sister and her sister’s husband had agreed to take care of the farm to give her parents their first break in years. She was looking forward to all the festive fun and excitement, but it was bound to be a hectic time, and Harley would be on call most days, so the two of them had treated themselves to a weekend away together, to enjoy each other’s company, uninterrupted. They were staying in a mountain lodge, in the most romantic room ever. The bathtub was in the bedroom, and there was an open fire. They’d only left the room to eat in the lovely restaurant and Harley had been out for plenty of runs, enjoying the opportunity to explore unfamiliar countryside.
Harley laid his hand on her belly.
“I love you, baby,” he whispered in her ear.
“I love you too, sweetheart,” she replied, nestling into him.
“And do you know what’s coming in a few days?” he asked.
“Yeah, Christmas!” she said. He flicked some bubbles in her direction.
“And what’s happening before that?”
“Uh, would that be the full-moon mating frenzy, where you’re going to do your best to make me pregnant with your pups?” she said.
“Yeah, you’ve got it,” he said with a laugh. “So how about it?” Melisa pressed her lips together.
“You know I can’t wait to have your pups, but I need a couple more months. I want to be around to help the girls, and it’ll be crazy if we’re all having b
abies at the same time. Besides, I want to enjoy that hot body of yours for a little longer, before I get too big to do all those crazy positions we like.” Since they’d been together, Melissa had been making up for lost time, and their sex life had been intense. They’d tried out every position in the Kama Sutra, and her appetite for trying new things seemed infinite.
“I don’t blame you,” he said. “You can’t blame a wolf for trying though. But, there is something else I want to ask you.”
“What’s that?” Melissa turned her head and met his eyes, hearing the seriousness in his tone.
“I was wondering what you were doing for New Year’s Eve?”
“I don’t know. Hopefully hanging out with you,” she replied with a grin.
“Great. Because I was wondering if you’d do me the honor of publically becoming my mate, in a shifter mating ceremony?”
“Harley!” Melissa screamed, and spun around in the water, making half of it slop out of the tub. “We’re having our ceremony on New Year’s Eve? That’s the most romantic thing I can think of!” Harley broke into a grin.
“I hoped you’d be happy with that,” he said. “It just seemed to me like a really poignant moment to have it, right on the cusp of a new year, when the past and future come together, just like in our relationship.”
“I agree. And you’re so clever!” she said, throwing herself on him, wrapping her arms around his neck, and pulling him into a long, loving kiss.
Two weeks later
Harley couldn’t have a werewolf mating ceremony. He had no family members to carry out the old rituals for him. So he had a bear ceremony instead. Dressed in their warmest clothes, he and Melissa spoke their vows to each other in a sacred outdoor space, deep in the forest, with Lauren, Dina, Kristin, Connor, Logan, Roman, Tamika and her husband watching them. It was beautiful in its simplicity, and tears shone in Melissa’s eyes as Harley told her that he would be her mate always and forever. He’d said this to her many times over the past weeks, of course, but it was incredible to hear him saying it in public. The bears had given him permission to tell their history, of how they’d been at school together, and he’d always known that she was the girl for him. And then how they’d lost each other, and he’d thought he’d never see her again, but then how the birth of Lauren’s baby – and a little help from Shiftr – had brought them together. By the time he’d finished the story, everyone’s eyes glistened with emotion.
When they got back to Harley’s house, a party was waiting for them. All of the bear clan and Harley’s friends and patients were there to help them celebrate, and the party went on well into the new year.
At one point in the evening, Tamika drew Melissa aside.
“I’m so, so happy you’ve got together with Harley,” she said. “I always thought there was something about that young man. Something a little dark, a little tortured. I don’t know what you’ve done, but you’ve brought him into the light, Melissa.” Melissa grinned and squeezed her hand.
“He brought me out into the light too, Tamika, believe me!” she said.
THE END
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A sweet, sexy and heartwarming story about loss, redemption and family reunion, perfect for the holidays!
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Despite his smoldering looks and charismatic personality, Brock hasn’t found a mate because a girl named Madison stole his heart many years earlier, before she left town for good.
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Determined not to let her slip through his fingers again, he tracks her down at the town’s Christmas parade. But before he has time to find out if she’s single, her niece goes missing in the mountains. The three bears are the only ones capable of looking for her in the middle of a blizzard, and they don’t hesitate to go on a hunt.
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Ruthlessly ambitious and fixated on a big-city career, Andrea Bianco returns to Hope Valley after nine years of living in New York. She claims she’s on a break from her high-powered job, but old friends Melissa and Kristin just know she’s hiding a big secret from them…
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