Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 23597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 118(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 79(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 118(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 79(@300wpm)
I still hadn’t said anything besides his name. I couldn’t speak even if my life depended on it.
“Tell me, my female, tell your mate what you need, and I’ll be happy to serve you.” He leaned in an inch closer. God, our mouths were almost touching. “It would be my fucking honor to fill you up with my seed.”
I closed my eyes and rested my head back on the wall, a soft moan slipping from me.
I heard him inhale once again, a low, needy growl leaving him. “Mmm, my mate’s a pure little virgin in her first mating heat.”
He was just so… alpha.
“Your name, my female. Tell me.” He was bossy and demanding, his words brokering no room for denial.
I wouldn’t have had the strength to deny him anything at that moment. My mind and body knew who I belonged to, who belonged to me.
This male.
“Penny,” I whispered, and his nostrils flared, his eyes darkening.
“Penny.” The way he said my name was as if he were already fucking me. “Tell me what you want and it’s yours.”
He knew what I wanted. The polar bear could smell it. And he knew he was the only one who could ease me. Denying him seemed so abhorrent to me. I didn’t know anything about this male, but when you found your fated mate, nothing else mattered. Nothing else made sense but being with them. We were born to be the other’s, like two halves finally coming together to make a whole.
I don’t know if he thought I’d have the strength to say no, but the low, dangerous sound he made told me he thought I’d try to stop this.
“We don’t know each other,” I found myself saying, but I didn’t know why. It wasn’t like it mattered.
His eyes went steely. “The only thing you need to know right now is that you’re mine.”
My heart stuttered in my chest. Maybe he saw nervousness in me. Maybe he smelled it. There was some darkness that flickered over his face momentarily before he spoke again.
“You can run,” he murmured, his lips lightly brushing against mine because he was still so close. “But I’ll chase you, sweet Penny. I’ll chase you to the ends of the fucking earth, because you’re mine.”
Yeah. I am.
5
Penny
I was fucking insane. Certifiable. That’s the only explanation on why I now found myself following a very giant male by the name of Kasias Stone to his front door.
But nothing had ever felt so… right.
There had been zero hesitation on my part when I told Tally I was leaving. The wide-eyed look she’d given me as she darted her eyes between Kasias and me were telling. She’d just nodded, mumbled she’d cover the last part of my shift, and that was that. It was like no one wanted to go against Kasias, or maybe no one wanted to go against fated mates.
And when we’d gotten outside and I was about to go to my car, a firm shake of his head and a deeply rumbled, “No, you’re with me. Always,” was all he said before taking me to his truck and depositing me in the passenger seat. Literally. He’d grabbed my waist, lifted me up, and planted my ass on the leather, his hands lingering on my body, his touch like pure liquid fire on my skin.
And the car ride to his place, which was out in the middle of the sticks, away from civilization, away from the town of Badlands Territory should have scared me. We were away from everyone and everything, completely isolated, but there was this gnawing in me, this deep-rooted need to follow him and do what he said… because going against that was like going against my very DNA.
The car ride up had been tense, but not in the uncomfortable way you’d imagine, not when it was two virtual strangers going to a house to fuck. No, it was thick because of the sexual chemistry, the tension, the need.
So here I was, a bundle of nerves, so aroused I felt how wet I was, how hard my nipples were, afraid of what tonight would be like… afraid of what would happen after the fact.
He pushed the front door open, and I realized he hadn’t even bothered locking it. But then again, judging by how people acted in the bar concerning him, I doubted anyone would dare break in to steal his shit.
He stepped aside, allowing me to enter first, and as soon as I stepped over that threshold, I inhaled. It was an instinct I couldn’t stop. His scent surrounded me, deep and dark, thick and masculine. Just like Kasias.
I was vaguely aware of the front door closing behind me, sealing me in with this very big male who looked at me like I was going to be the best meal he ever consumed.