by K. S. Martin
I am switching the camera feed from my office to my computer only. I’m going to lock them out. I don’t need that kind of screw up again. None of them has said anything but I know they saw her. I will retrieve that video as soon as I get a second with my laptop.
“Still no good picture of her face sir.” Rollison says. I nod. I’ve already contracted an outside security firm to install cameras at eye level and on the floor pointing up. They’ll be installed in the wall base to gaze up at an angle so if she ducks her head, I will still see. If we could just catch her, I could end this. I still want to know who the fuck she is and why she is here. I’ve called Doug and he is having his video emailed to me but there aren’t many cameras in the restaurant. I’m not hopeful but I will review it just the same.
“I’ve sent all of you the video from the phone. Run facial recognition on it.”
“I’m working on that. We need a good shot of her face in the building to press charges.” I nod. I know that. I just want this done with. I wonder which cop I owe a favor to this time. For the facial recognition to be usable in court it has to be on the up and up.
The carpentry crew is coming in the morning to change the entry way to the apartment. I hate that I have to do it but having Lucinda sit in the open lobby is not as effective as her sitting in the foyer. That woman could sneak up the elevator shaft. I’m having reinforced walls put up and a security door installed. Jane will be safe and we will be alone. It’s going to cost me triple time for a crew of six to have it finished over the weekend but she’s worth it. My mate is worth it. I want pups and she’s thinking about them. Anything that I can do to speed that along I will. I don’t expect her to cave on the year thing but I can hope. I want her to be comfortable. If I have to adjust a few things to achieve that I will. I need to get back to her. I thank Rollison and tell him to keep looking then I go back upstairs.
Jane is curled up in a ball on top of the comforter. She is probably cold. Jane is weird that way. Most wolves run hot but she gets cold. It’s just one of the things that endear her to me. I strip my clothes off quickly and push the comforter down then move her. I climb in and she instantly cuddles up to me. My dick goes hard. Shit.
She nestles her ass right up against it and gets comfortable. “Are you awake?” I whisper. Nothing. Damn. I kiss her neck, temple and the top of her head. “Wake up baby.” I murmur against her ear. Her breathing changes and she turns her head a little. “I’m sorry.” I tell her but she doesn’t answer me. “I moved Lucinda to the lobby. We’re alone like you wanted.”
“Thank you.” She says softly then wiggles her ass again.
“I’m switching the cameras in the house to manual. I’ll control them at all times so we don’t have any more interesting video for the guys.” She cringes. “I’m also having a new entry way installed first thing tomorrow. The elevator won’t open into the house anymore, there will be a new door.” She makes a face. “Lucinda is more effective if she’s blocking the entry. I want to protect you Jane and I want you to feel safe as well as comfortable.”
“You want foyer sex.” She says and leans up to kiss me. She’s right, I do want foyer sex.
“Right now I want regular sex.” I growl into her neck and she giggles. She’s fallen asleep in her robe. I untie it and open it. She takes my breath away she is so beautiful. I immediately clasp onto a tightened pink nipple. The cool air has snapped them both to attention. Jane moans under the ministrations of my mouth. She rolls to her back and I follow. I trail kisses down her center and bury my tongue in her core. She cries out and that only brings out the beast in me.
I’m on her in less than a second. She’s soaking and I thrust into her deeply. God she feels good. No other woman ever felt this good. Just Jane. She’s wrapping her legs around me. I love it when she does that. I pound into her. How could she ever think I’d be interested in Lucinda? She’s not half the woman that Jane is. She’s tightening around me. It feels incredible when she wraps her heat around me and clenches down. She’s trying to keep me inside but I power through it and it’s even better. She cries my name, she’s coming. I want to come at the same time and my balls tighten ready to burst. I feel her shudder under me and that feeling shoots straight down my spine until my balls spill their load into her.
We stay that way for a while. Her panting and throbbing, me heaving hot breath into the crook of her neck. She’s still wrapped around me so I don’t move. Whatever she needs, she gets. She finally releases me and her muscles relax. I roll off and pull her close. I’ll hold her for as long as she lets me. The carpenters will be here in two hours. Rollison will let them in and stay with them. I let sleep claim me. It’s been a long damn day.
***
I feel her stir next to me but I don’t open my eyes. I wonder what time it is because it seems like I just laid down. She moves again and gets up. I open my eyes. Jane is putting her robe on. “What are you doing?” I ask.
“I heard a noise.”
“It’s the carpenters, lay back down.” She gives me that quizzical look. “I told you that they were putting a door in this morning so the elevator is on the other side of a security door.”
“On Saturday?” She says it like she doubts me. I grin and nod then pat the bed. She crosses her arms over her chest. Uh-oh. “You hired carpenters to put in a door on a Saturday just so Lucinda can sit in the foyer?” I nod again. I’m not sure if she’s mad or not it’s hard to say. “You waste a lot of money Jake.” She’s scolding me. I grin.
“I make a lot of money so…”
“I don’t care. You waste money. That was unnecessary just like ripping my underwear was unnecessary.” Underwear? What the…oh, last night.
“I will replace them.”
“Jake.” She huffs. “That’s not the point. The point is you waste money and you shouldn’t. You don’t know how long you are going to make this kind of money. What I know is that pups are a lifelong responsibility.” I can’t help but grin again. I love it when she talks about our future. “What?”
“Nothing.” I shake my head. She puts her hands on the robe’s tie.
“Tell me.” She says and pulls it just a fraction. I’m eager for it to come undone. My dick’s hard again with that small fraction of untying she did. I wonder if it will always do that. I think it will. She’s magnificent naked.
“You said pups again.”
“Again?”
“Yes again. That’s the second time in two days. I’m anxious to put them inside you.” She bites her lip. Shit. If she knew what that did to me. “I’ll wait of course but every time you say it, I hope.” She pulls the tie the rest of the way and takes the robe off. I inhale trying to relax because I am suddenly on edge.
She’s crawling toward me. Her breasts are swinging with the movement. I reach to cup one in my hand. I love the weight of them. They will nourish my pups soon. She eases down beside me. “Jake, I know that you want them but…” I know where this is going and I stop her with a kiss.
“Shh. I know you aren’t ready. I’ll wait. I’ll wait for as long as you need.” I kiss her forehead and she relaxes. “I’ll do anything that you need.” I kiss her nose and she closes her eyes. “You’re mine Jane. I will take care of your every need. Promise.” I kiss her mouth again. The banging starts down the hall and she flinches. Shit. She squeezes her eyes closed. “Let’s shower and go out for breakfast.” I say. I know she won’t be comfortable or receptive if she can hear them. There are people in the house and who can concentrate with all of that noise. I’ll take her to breakfast then show her around her new office. No one is there today.
“How should I dress?” She asks.
“Nothing fancy.” She nods and I follow her to the shower. When she leans over to turn the shower on I want to shove inside her again. I don’t know if she’ll always be ready for sex without foreplay but right now at the beginning of our mating, she is. It’s good because I cannot control my dick for the first time since I was thirteen.
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nbsp; She steps inside and I follow. I push her up against the wall and she hisses. It’s cold. I turn the shower head to spray the wall behind her and she relaxes. You can’t hear the banging in here with the water blasting us from three sides. I turn her around and skim my teeth over her wet skin. She trembles and I get harder. My cock is resting against the cleft of her sumptuous ass. I palm one cheek and she tries to move away. Jane is self-conscious about her size.
She’s not a big girl, not really. She’s average height for a wolf but she isn’t covered in muscles like most of them. Jane feels like a woman should under me. She doesn’t feel as though I am wrestling with a man. I squeeze and she hisses. I slap her bottom when she tries to wriggle free. “This is mine.” I growl in her ear. I squeeze again and bite her shoulder. She whimpers. I love that sound. I reach around and cup her mound, let my fingers sink inside her wet flesh. She’s getting weak in the knees. Good. I push up inside of her heat. A moan escapes me. God she feels so good. Hot and wet. I cup one of her breasts and pinch her nipple.
“Please.” She cries.
“Don’t worry baby, I’ll take care of you.” I pull her ass away from the wall so she’s bent. It gives me better access and I pound into her. Jane detonates. I’ve never heard her cry out so loud and I’m almost afraid that I’ve hurt her until she screams my name. Her core wraps around me hard and strangles me. My balls burst and spill their load into her. I bathe her womb with my seed. If she was human she would already be carrying my child. Jane isn’t in heat though, not yet.
For a she-wolf it only happens once a year. It’s usually spring. She’ll carry my pups for nine or ten months. It’s fall now, so I have five months at most to convince her or I’ll have to wait another year. She’ll be in a frenzy when it does. I won’t let her get the shot the doc would usually give her. Even in the frenzy though if she doesn’t want them she will push me away. I need to convince her.
Wolves have adapted and evolved over the centuries. Our females are drugged to combat the heat when they are unmated. Drugged and locked away. Not having it. Mated wolves work together to satisfy without the shot especially if they already have pups. Those shots are awful. She would be out cold for four days and I will be a walking hard on. I could wear a condom and hope it worked or I could satisfy her with toys and my mouth. I would rather fill her with my offspring. Technically, if she goes into heat on time, the pup wouldn’t come until after the year mark anyway. All I have to do is convince Jane.
“Jake?” She’s standing with her back to me and my arms are wrapped around her. I’ve spaced out dreaming about pups again. I kiss her shoulder and slide out of her then grab the shampoo.
“Wet your hair sweetheart.” I pour some into my palm and wash her hair. She’s relaxed. She likes me massaging her scalp. I let her rinse then pour shower gel into my palm and wash her body. I’m easy on all of the places I have abused in the last twenty-four hours. I want to take her again but we need to eat. I feel hollow. I grab the shampoo again and scrub my own hair. She looks disappointed but if I let her put her hands on me, I will fuck her again. “Get out and dry off babe, I’ll finish up in here.” Her face falls so I’m bluntly honest. “Jane if you touch me we are never getting out of this shower. We both need to eat. Go get ready. You take longer than I do.”
She feels better about it and I lean over to kiss her chastely. “Go on.” I growl and she giggles then steps out. I finish up and turn the water off. The carpenters are still hard at work. That banging is annoying. I dry off and brush my teeth then hair. Jane has already left the bathroom. I saw her pull her hair up in a ponytail after she brushed her teeth. She’s never been much on makeup, no more than lip balm anyway. She doesn’t need it. She’s beautiful without it. I think she wore it at the funeral because she thought she was supposed to.
I follow and do the same minus the pony tail. She’s getting dressed in her closet when I come around the corner. I lean in the doorway and watch her hop around on one foot to put her sock on. There’s a perfectly good chair but she doesn’t use it. I shake my head. She pulls it on and stands. Jane is a magnificent sight in her bra, panties and socks. I could take her in that chair. I bite the inside of my cheek. The wolf is pushing hard. He’s a real bastard lately. All he wants to do is fill her and fuck her. I’ve got to tame him or we’re going to have huge problems.
I head up the hall to my office and leave the door open so she can find me. I log in and retrieve the video of Jane in my office dropping her dress. It hasn’t been copied as far as I can tell from the code. I remove the two minutes and save it to my private drive. You can’t see much of her from where she’s standing. Only her back and her bra straps. I decide to show it to her. When I look up she’s coming in the door in her jeans and another tee shirt that belongs in the trash. “I’m ready.” She says.
“Come here and see yourself strip in my office.” Her face turns red. I click play. “They didn’t see anything.” I say and she looks relieved. I’ve removed it from their archives so they can’t ever watch it again.”
“Thanks.”
“Want to repay me?” She chuckles. “Go change that shirt. I don’t like tee shirts with words on them.” She thinks about that then nods and leaves. I didn’t think that would be so easy. I check some emails and she’s back in a pretty fall blouse that looks good on her. It’s rust colored and has a round neck. A tan skirt is under it. I like it. I shut the computer down and stand. I hold my hand out and she takes it. We head for the stairs. I don’t want to interrupt the workers. Mack stands as I open the door. “We’re going to breakfast across the street then to the office.”
“Should I radio command?”
“Let them know my plans, we can make the trip alone.” I feel Jane shift on her feet beside me. I pull her toward the stairs and we walk down one flight to the help level. I open the fire door and find Lucinda pushed up against a wall getting well fucked by Jamison. They’re grunting and do not hear me. He’s a cheetah and she’s a wolf. I cringe. Jane has her face behind her hand. She doesn’t like the show. I hear the radio crackle then and Mack is announcing where I’m going. I clear my throat.
“You’re both fired.” I say calmly. “Get out.” What is up with my staff lately? I go in the command center to find Pete. He’s watching the cameras and switching around from camera to camera. “Peter.” I say and he looks up. “I’ve just fired Jamison and Lucinda. Did you know they were screwing in my hallway?” He makes a face.
“Sir, what they do out of my view and during their time off is none of my business. My job today is to watch the cameras.” I agree with him and give him a nod.
“Look!” Jane says suddenly pointing at one of the video feeds. That blonde bitch is in my building again. She’s in the stairwell between four and five. I text Mack then the front lobby. I lock down all of the fire doors with my code. No way out for her now. I put Jane in a chair. Her eyes are pinned to the screen. I tell her to stay put and I take my elevator to four then ease into the stairwell. I have an earpiece in my ear so I can hear the team. They’re silent. I climb the stairs. She’s trying the door on six. It’s locked. I smile. I climb quickly, the lobby team is behind me.
I see her peek over the rail. That’s when I know.
~12~
Jake is going to drive me crazy with this stuff. I’ve never been rich so I don’t know what it’s like. I know that not everything lasts forever. My mother proved that. I didn’t want Lucinda in the house so he pays extra to have a door installed early on a Saturday morning. I’m not sure if he needs this wall so bad to protect me or so he can have his way. He wants Lucinda sitting in the foyer watching the elevator when she isn’t glued to my side.
I don’t want her in either place. I don’t think it’s because she’s a wolf, that’s only part of it. I don’t want another female in my house, no, I don’t want anyone in my house. I can live with the housekeeper because she will leave at the end of the day. Jocelyn is okay, she’s a lot older than we are and if he wanted her
he would’ve had her already.
The whole thing is exhausting and the incessant banging is on my very last nerve already. That noise is poisonous to a wolf. The shower was nice. I couldn’t really hear it in there. I pull on a blouse because Jake didn’t like my Taj Mahal Arcade shirt. He doesn’t know art when he sees it. That shirt is a classic. They have the last standing Asteroids arcade game in the state. I put the khaki colored skirt on that is hanging with it and take my socks and shoes off. There are a pair of tan leather flats so I wear them instead.
I think he’ll like this. It has a low round neck and it’s a dark rusty color, like the fall leaves. I wouldn’t have chosen it in the store but I have to admit it looks good on me. I go back down the hall to find Jake again. When I go into his office he’s shutting the computer off then takes my hand. He looks me over and gives me a smile. Who needs Lucinda when I have him?
We go to the stairs because there are men in the foyer banging on drywall. It’s all I can do to not cover my ears. When we get to the stairwell, there is a big guy standing there at attention. He calls him Mack. Jake talks to him while I look down through the center of the stairwell. It’s a long drop and I think someone is down there. Maybe the cleaning crew. Jake is pulling me along and he stops at the first floor we come to and pushes through the door.
Oh gross. Get a room. I hide my face because I don’t want to see sweet Lucinda getting pounded into by what smells like cat. Sick. Very professional. Jake tells them to get out and that they’re fired. Good. No more body guard. We go into a room full of monitors and there’s a guy sitting there actively clicking through various feeds.
I don’t know how he knows where to look. Jake calls him Peter and tells him about the show in the hall. I’m looking around at all of the rooms on the screens and then I spot her. “Look!” I see that little bitch and my wolf pushes. I want her blood. She’s in my territory and it is not welcome. Jake springs into action. He has everyone scrambling before he pushes me into a chair and tells me to stay. He runs out and I’m left with Peter. Great. He looks over at me and I smile.
