Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 21817 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 109(@200wpm)___ 87(@250wpm)___ 73(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 21817 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 109(@200wpm)___ 87(@250wpm)___ 73(@300wpm)
I swallow hard as I look at the makeup on my face. It’s beautiful, but it’s not really me. None of this is. I pull the pins out of my hair and shake it free.
If anything is going to happen here, I want it to happen with the real me, not with this fake persona that I can’t possibly keep up.
After my hair is hanging loose, I wash the makeup off my face with water and soap. I wipe my cheeks and eyes with the towel until my familiar face is looking back at me in the mirror.
I hope I’m enough for him…
With a deep breath, I head into the room with my stomach churning and find him sitting on the bed.
He looks up at me and stares in awe, like I’m the most stunning girl he’s ever seen. Like I’m even more beautiful than before.
“Wow,” he whispers under his breath. “You’re incredible, Ava. I didn’t realize you were so beautiful under all that makeup. I mean…” He closes his eyes and shakes his head like he screwed up. “Not that you weren’t beautiful before, it’s just… Look at you. Wow.”
He keeps staring at me with those gorgeous hazel eyes and I just have to kiss him. I march over, straddle his big body—my torn gown hiking up my thighs—and crush my lips to his, kissing him so hard I practically shove my tongue down his throat.
He doesn’t seem to mind in the least. His big arms wrap around me and he holds me tight as he kisses me back.
“I waited for you,” he says between kisses. “I’d wait a lifetime for you.”
I stop and look into his shimmering eyes as heat blooms inside of my chest. “What do you mean? You’ve never…?”
He shakes his head as he stares at me.
“With anyone?”
“Never. Not even a kiss.”
He’s so hot that he could have had any woman he wants. I’m sure there were hundreds of them throwing themselves at him over the years. Maybe even thousands. And he never even touched one? For me?
“I only ever wanted my mate, Ava,” he whispers as those possessive hands slide onto my ass. I moan when I feel his strength. “I only ever wanted you. And now that I’ve finally met you, I know why. You’re the most spectacular girl in the world.”
“But no other girl? Really?”
He licks his lips and the sexy sight makes me so wet that I squirm on his lap. “I don’t think you’ll ever know how much I fucking want you, beautiful girl. We’re mates. That’s all that matters to a bear shifter. It’s all that matters to me. You might not feel the connection as strongly right now, but you will. Every day that we’re together, our bond will get stronger. And once my mark is on you, you’ll start to really understand. There will be no doubt in your mind that you’ll be mine forever.”
The spot on my neck under my ear begins to tingle. I reach up with a trembling hand and touch it.
“That’s right, sweet girl,” he says in a low rumbling voice. “That’s where my mark will go. Once I sink my teeth into that spot, you’ll understand the full power of being a bear shifter’s mate.”
I swallow hard as I look at his mouth. I want to feel it on me. I want to be his.
“Oh, Elias,” I whisper. “I’ve waited too. I never kissed a man either. I’ve never done anything. You must think horrible things about me for being in that auction, but I… I don’t know. I just felt so compelled to go.”
“That was fate,” he says as he slides his hand into mine. He traces a circle on my palm. “She was giving us a helping hand. She was bringing us together.”
“We’re together now…” I whisper as a hungry need begins to take over.
He growls low as those big hands slide back onto my ass. “Yes, we are.”
His eyes fall to my parted lips and I shift a little closer to him. We both moan when my pussy lands on his hard cock.
“Oh shit,” I moan as he starts rocking my pussy along his throbbing erection by moving me back and forth with his big strong hands. He’s gripping my ass cheeks and making me so turned on I feel like I’m going to melt as my aching pussy moves up and down his thick shaft.
Tingles erupt along every inch of my skin as I slide my fingers up the back of his head, threading them through his soft hair.
“Oh, fuck,” I moan uncontrollably. “Oh, Elias…”
I start bucking and grinding against him, moaning uncontrollably as the pressure and tension inside builds to a crescendo. I can’t stop moving my hips. I can’t stop feeling that hard dick on my pussy. The force is unbearable. The intensity overwhelming.