Page 17 of Riding With the Grizzly

“Me?” he rasps, turning me on my back so he’s hovering above me with one hand on either side of my head.

I nod. “You,” I confirm, tracing the bridge of his nose with my finger. “You really do want to take care of me, don’t you?” I don’t know if I’m asking myself or Jude anymore.

“I do,” he answers, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

“Show me,” I whisper, leaning up and brushing my lips against his.

Jude’s green eyes flash with hunger a second before he takes my lips in an all-consuming kiss. I shamelessly rub my nipples against his chest and grind my aching center against his thick, hard cock. “You want me to take care of you, mate?” he asks, his lips tickling down the side of my neck.

I let out a soft moan when Jude nips at an extremely sensitive spot beneath my ear. He licks the same spot, and I swear I can feel his velvety tongueeverywhere.

“Love how responsive you are. Love everything about your gorgeous fucking body,” Jude whispers as he kisses my shoulder, my chest, lower, lower. He rolls me on my back and lifts my shirt so he can kiss my stomach.

My man keeps working his way down my body, nipping at the waistband of my leggings. I nod in encouragement, loving how eager he is. I know we’re not going to sleep together tonight. I’m not quite ready for that. Plus, the mating moon is almost here.

That doesn’t mean my body isn’t crying out for more of Jude’s touch, his hot breath on my skin, his teeth scraping down my flesh.

He has me naked from the waist down in the next second, nearly ravenous for me. God, it’s such a turn-on knowing this man wants me. This… extraordinary man, well, shifter, who has done nothing but try to earn my trust and keep me safe. I really love knowing we’ll be each other’s first everything.

I’m pulled from my thoughts, letting out a surprised gasp when he grips my thighs and spreads me wide open. My first instinct is to cover myself up, but I want him to see. I want him to take whatever he needs.

“Mine.”

It's the last word I register before Jude flattens his tongue and licks me from bottom to top. I whimper at the foreign and fierce pleasure rocketing through me and stealing my breath. He rolls his tongue against my clit and then sucks it into his mouth, ripping an unexpected orgasm from deep in my core.

Jude growls hungrily, never letting up as my muscles tense and release over and over. He slides his hands under my ass, squeezing my soft flesh as he pulls me forward and devours everything I’m giving him.

He licks my pussy as though he’s punishing it, the fingertips of his right hand slowly creeping up my inner thigh until they reach my sensitive folds. His thumb teases my entrance with terrible, wonderful nudges.

My skin grows heated and so, so slick as he massages my pulsing hole and flicks my clit with his tongue. Jude sucks it gently, and then his middle finger slides inside my tight channel, pushing in deep and stretching me wide. My hips flex as I moan and claw at his back.

“Oh my God...oh fuck...ohfuck,” I shout, bowing my back off the mattress. Jude spreads his hand over my stomach andpushes me back down, forcing me to feel every stroke of his tongue on my swollen, sensitive flesh.

I grab his hair and hold him close as I rock my hips against his teeth and tongue. Jude growls roughly, the vibrations rattling through me and spiking my pleasure. His hands slide up my torso, under the hem of my shirt, until they cup my breasts. I whimper when he pinches my nipples, feeling the sweet, painful ecstasy all the way down in my throbbing pussy.

He does it again, this time biting down gently on my clit. Sharp, exquisite pleasure slices through me, breaking me open as I cry out my release. Jude drinks me down and licks me clean before looking up at me. I can’t speak, I can only gasp for air and tremble as the last of my orgasm leaves me, taking all of my strength with it.

“Fucking beautiful,” he whispers harshly before kissing his way up my torso. “I’ll give you that and so much more, every single day, if you’ll let me.”

Jude hovers over me and cups my cheek with one hand. I nod, brushing my lips against his. I taste a hint of myself, and to my complete surprise, it sends a wave of tingling pleasure down to the very tips of my toes.

I go in for a real kiss, ready for more. Jude groans and tilts my head, consuming me, breathing me in, somehow satisfying my need while making it deeper at the same time. I think I'll always need him, but I know now he needs me, too.

He breaks the kiss, nuzzling into the side of my neck, and heaving out a breath. I feel his thick cock grind against my thigh through his jeans. I reach down to touch it, wanting to give him the kind of pleasure he just gave me, but Jude loops his fingers around my wrist and pulls my hand away.

I give him a questioning look, but he just smiles at me and gently turns me on my side so my back is facing his front. Judecurls his big, muscular frame around my body, wrapping me up in his embrace and holding me close.

“What about you?”

He chuckles and kisses the back of my neck. “I’ll be fine, sweet girl. You need rest and I wanted to make sure you were relaxed. Are you relaxed?”

“Mmhm,” I mumble, closing my heavy eyelids.

His lips curl up into a smile against my skin before he kisses my shoulder. “Good.

It’s the last thing I remember before falling into the deepest sleep I’ve ever had.

CHAPTER EIGHT

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