Enchanting the Bear
Page 9
My animal’s incisors, even when I extended them in my human form, were large. Claiming required a bite. A bite that had to be painful and would leave a scar. Hence the claiming mark that all other males in my world would recognize and know Leah was taken.
My bear, on the other hand, was in complete agreement with Leah. He wanted to see his mark on her body, to know she belonged to us, and that no male would dare come near her afterward.
“No.” I was interrupted by a bark. Bear, who’d been staying with us, rose on his hind legs and pawed the comforter where it hung over the side of the bed. He’d had another incident with a porcupine, and Leah had volunteered to take care of him for the next few days while Nick tracked down the prickly animal and found a good place to relocate him.
“He probably needs to go out.” Leah squirmed to get off me.
“He can wait, but I can’t.” I gripped her hips and rolled her onto her back, positioning the tip of my cock near her wet and inviting entrance.
Since Mandy mentioned that the dog liked to sleep on their bed, it was probably the reason for his interruption. I wasn’t in the mood to share. “Bear, go lie down,” I ordered, then grinned when he groaned and headed for the bed Leah had made out of blankets for him on the floor in the corner.
I snagged her nipple into my mouth, sucked long and hard, then teased the tip with my tongue.
“Not fair,” she moaned, digging her fingers into my scalp and arching to give me more access.
Not fair was my inner turmoil, the need to make her mine, yet I feared I might hurt her. I wanted to be buried deep inside her, to feel her writhing beneath me. I slowly inched my cock forward, taking my time, savoring every sensation.
“Bryson...please.”
I knew that tone, knew what she wanted, but I wasn’t ready to give it to her. Instead, I pumped slowly, steadily leading her toward that pleasurable climatic peak, but refusing to give her that final push that would send her over the edge.
“Fine, if you won’t, then I will,” she said.
Comprehension, the knowledge that her words had a deeper meaning, didn’t come fast enough. Leah dug her heels into the backs of my thighs, clutched me tightly, then sank her teeth into the fleshy muscle of my right shoulder.
“Leah.” I groaned, unable to keep my bear from responding to her challenge by elongating my teeth. Instinctively, I bit the spot I’d mentally marked the first time we’d made love. At the same time, I thrust into her hard and deep.
Leah screamed against my skin, her climax instantaneous. The taste of her blood mixed with her unique scent drove me over the edge. An animalistic growl tore from my throat. My body shook, quivering through the most intense orgasm I’d ever experienced. It left me drained and panting, with barely enough strength to retract my teeth and brace myself to keep from crushing her.
After my pounding pulse eased and my breathing returned to normal, I rolled the tip of my tongue over the bite on her shoulder and licked off the remnants of blood. “I can’t believe you bit me.”
“I love you with all my heart.” She pressed a kiss to my cheek. “But you were taking too long.”
“How did you know that a bite would trigger a claiming?” I asked.
She grinned. “You’re not the only one who can ask people for advice.”
“You talked about this, about us, with someone else?” Who had she talked to? I’d made Mandy and Berkley swear to secrecy about their role in helping me when I was dating Leah. That left Nick. I really didn’t want to hurt the wolf, but if he’d been giving my mate sex advice, then we were going to have a problem.
“Yes. I consulted an expert.” Leah giggled, appearing proud of her accomplishment.
“No,” I groaned after realizing the culprit’s identity. “Please don’t tell me you talked to my mother.”
“You’d be surprised what she knows.”
No, I wouldn’t, since my mother had happily shared her wisdom with her children and anyone else who would listen for years. On one hand, I was glad my mother approved of Leah and welcomed her into our family. On the other, I was dreading what their close relationship meant for me.
I couldn’t decide if I wanted to throttle Leah for consulting my mother or torture her with sexual pleasure. Now that our bond was permanent and she was mine, the latter held limitless possibilities.
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Excerpt for Enticing the Wolf
REESE
What is he thinking? I stared at the computer screen sitting on the worn and scratched surface of my office desk, then reread the email I’d received from my father. Unfortunately, the message was still the same, and I had four days before Clayton Reynolds arrived and threw my nicely organized life into major chaos.
He’d avoided spending quality time with my sister Berkley and me since we were children, so I had no idea why he suddenly thought a visit was important. Over the last year and a half, I’d spoken on the phone with my father twice, and both times I’d been the one to contact him. The first was to tell him about my grandfather’s death; the second was a few days later to tell him he had another son. It irritated me every time I thought about the text I’d received, the one with the lame excuse for not attending his own father’s funeral or making time to meet Nick, my recently discovered half brother.
Commitment had never been a word my father understood. He’d been a terrible husband, a worse father, and was never going to win any awards for his parenting skills. He was, however, family, and though I wanted to reply and tell him not to bother coming, I couldn’t.
I puffed out a heavy sigh, skimmed my hand through my hair, and glanced at the forest outside my window. Normally, the tranquil greenery had a calming effect, but today it wasn’t helping. No matter how much I wished I’d never seen the message or that the damned thing would magically disappear, it didn’t alleviate the dread creeping along my spine. A dread that involved upsetting my siblings when I told them about our father’s unexpected visit.
Of the two, telling my younger sister was going to be the most difficult. Berkley had grown up resenting our father, especially after he’d abandoned our mother and us to pursue a younger female. Constantly being disappointed by our sire, coupled with a cheating ex-boyfriend, had reinforced her resolve to avoid having a meaningful relationship with any male.
It had gotten so bad that when she’d met Preston, our new head of security, I’d been concerned she’d never accept him as her mate. Fortunately, my longtime friend was a determined cougar whose patience and persistence had eventually gained him my sister’s heart.
Nick, on the other hand, was unpredictable. He’d never met our father or asked for an introduction, so I had no idea how he’d react. Berkley and I hadn’t known our half brother existed until James Reynolds, our grandfather, had died almost two years ago and left the Seneca Falls Resort to the three of us.
Surprisingly, when I told my father about my half brother, he’d actually admitted to having a brief fling with Nick’s deceased mother. He hadn’t shared much about the relationship other than to say he�
�d met Audra Pearson when she worked for a traveling carnival and they’d shared a couple of wild nights together. It was unclear if he’d known she was pregnant before he’d walked away from their brief encounter. Though I knew about his philandering ways, I would have preferred not hearing the descriptive details of how he’d cheated on my mother.
Since he had a habit of shunning responsibility for his children, I wasn’t sure I believed him. Though he lacked the desire to tell the truth unless it was beneficial, there was a good chance that Audra really didn’t know how to find him after he’d left.
Nick had been a drifter and rarely talked about his life before coming to live with us. If he decided to share any information about his past, it was usually with Berkley. Her persuasive abilities to get people to talk about personal things, even when they didn’t want to, was remarkable.
Up until I’d received the email, my father hadn’t shown any interest in getting to know his other son. Now he couldn’t wait to meet Nick and attend his upcoming wedding. A wedding I was certain he hadn’t been invited to. Since my mother had been invited, it wasn’t hard to assume he’d found out from one of their mutual friends.
A rap on the door startled me and drew me from my troubled thoughts. My heart rate jumped even higher when Berkley poked her head through the doorway. I’d never heard of wolf shifters having psychic abilities, but my sister had an uncanny way of showing up when I was thinking about her.