Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 26479 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 132(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 88(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26479 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 132(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 88(@300wpm)
I lean in and look into her beautiful eyes. “I’m sorry that happened to you,” I say. “If anyone ever says a horrible thing about you again, they’re going to have to deal with me. You’re my girl now, Hazel. You’re under my protection. You say the word and I’ll travel to Florida, find that tennis player, and shove his racket up his ass.”
She laughs. “He’s not worth it. I’d rather you stay here with me.”
After dinner, we move over to the couch. The fire is roaring in the fireplace and the room is nice and cozy. We sit on the same couch with the bottle of wine we found in the cabinet and gaze into each other’s eyes. I’m already so in love with this angel. I can’t get enough of her.
“We should be safe here tonight,” I whisper as she flicks her hair back and gets comfortable on the couch. “But I’ll have to leave tomorrow. These guys are magicians when it comes to following a scent.”
Her eyes harden as she stares at me. “You mean, we’ll have to leave tomorrow.”
“It’s too dangerous,” I tell her. “At least for now. If you didn’t come crashing into my life, I would have given myself up, but now… well, you’ve changed everything. My bear feels different. I thought he was past saving, but now, I don’t know. I’d like to see how he does in the next few days. Maybe it’s a permanent change.”
“I’ll tell you what’s a permanent change,” she says as she rests her palm on my chest over my heart. I wonder if she can feel it beating harder under her palm. “Me in your life. You’re not getting rid of me. I’m coming with you.”
“But these shifters are—“
“Not going to hurt you,” she says with a certainty that somehow makes me feel better. “We’ll make them see that everything is different.”
“But when they come,” I say with my stomach in knots. “My bear is going to get angry with them around you. They’re never going to see this side of him.”
My mark is not on her neck yet. My grizzly is going to be even more protective, more outraged to have any rival shifters around our mate.
She seems to sense what I’m yearning for because she reaches up and lightly touches where my mark should be—On her neck, below her right ear. That’s the spot. That’s where I’ll make her mine. Permanently.
“Like I said,” she repeats with a grin as she leans in close. “You let me worry about your bear. I’ll tame him properly.”
Her soft supple lips are a breath away from mine. My eyes roam down her gorgeous face, over the dusting of freckles on the bridge of her nose and cheeks, all the way down to her tempting luscious mouth.
I lean in with a moan and kiss her softly as the fire crackles beside us. She puts her wine glass on the coffee table and then wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me into her as she kisses me back.
Our lips part and I slide my tongue into her hot tasty mouth, groaning as I begin to claim her. When our tongues touch, the urgency increases. I kiss her harder, deeper, as our hands explore.
She moans into my mouth as I cup her cheeks and tilt her head up. Her hands are running along my hard arms, her fingertips tracing the curves of my muscles.
We may only have this night together. It might be my last.
I’m going to make every second count. I’m going to show this sweet girl what it means to be my mate.
I slide my hands to her hips and pull her closer. She sucks in a breath as I pull my mouth away from hers and kiss her neck. She smells so good. I could devour her.
She moans when she feels my hardness digging into her thigh. I’m kissing her harder, sliding my hand up her ribs as she holds her leg against me, not shying away from my hard cock.
“Oh, August,” she moans when I cup her breast with my big hand. This girl makes me fucking crazy. It’s taking everything I have not to shred her clothes off and fuck her like an animal.
I slide my hand under her shirt, pull down her bra, and cup her bare breasts, one at a time. Her hips are rolling against my erection. Fuck, it feels good…
She suddenly sits up, grabs her shirt, and yanks it off. Her perky little tits are pushed up over her bra and a low growl rumbles out of me when I see her perfect pink nipples staring back at me. She’s gorgeous.
I graze her shoulder with my teeth as she reaches behind her and unclasps her bra. She tosses it onto the coffee table and lays back down, each movement making those beautiful tits jiggle and bounce. They’re begging for my attention. They’re irresistible.