Page 23 of Driven Wild By The Grizzly

“N-no, I think I feel it too—” she stammers. She’s scared to show her emotions, but so brave, my girl. She deserves everything I can give her and more.

“I’m falling for you, Jessica. Big time. You’re more perfect than I imagined in my wildest dreams.”

“Oh, I’m falling for you, too,” she whispers.

Warmth fills my chest and my bear bounds in joy. I’m silent while I absorb this incredible news. It’s time to tell her.

“I’m gonna give you my mark,” I say.

“Your mark?” she echoes.

“When it’s time. On the back of your neck.”

“Oh—” She lifts her hand to the spot where I almost marked her several times already. “I remember… your teeth.” She gives a small smile. “I thought you were giving me a hickey.”

“It’ll be way better than a hickey,” I growl. “It won’t turn purple and fade after a few days. It’ll be there always. Show the whole world you’re my property.”

Her eyes get very bright. “I-I like that,” she says slowly. I hear a catch in her breath, and the tell-tale perfume of her arousal drifts to my nostrils.

Damn.It took all my self-control to not give her my mark last night. And now, she’s practically asking me for it.

My beast surges inside me, and before I can stop myself, I snatch her up from her seat and pull her onto my lap. I nuzzle her neck, inhaling her sweet, pure scent.Damn.I’m dying to possess her. Sink my cock all the way home, and give her my mark right now.

I pepper her soft neck with kisses, and she sighs and shivers, and whispers my name. It’s fucking delicious.

“Why didn’t you give me your mark last night?” she gasps out.

“I thought it was too soon. I want to make sure you’re ready for it.”

She draws back, cups my rough old face in her delicate hands and fixes me with a serious look. “Ethan, I’m ready for it, trust me. I’m a lot tougher than I look.”

She is. I already know that about her. But she’s so beautiful. So human. But I’m worried she needs more than living as the partner of a solitary bear.

She frowns. “What is it?”

“I’m a beast, and you’re human.”

She tilts her head to the side. “A human whose destiny it was to find a shifter mate.”

I grin. I can’t argue with that.

“I want all of you, Ethan. Man, beast, everything.”

My bear lets out a purr; a deep, rolling sound of satisfaction.

“Show me,” she says. Her voice is hoarse with desire, and I can’t hold back any more. I kiss her long and fierce, plunging my tongue deep into her mouth. And she takes it all, sucking on it, tangling her fingers in my hair. I hold her tight, running my arms up and down her lovely body, then she shuffles around, and lifts her leg until she’s straddling me.

Holy hell. The heat of her pussy is spilling through her panties, and my jeans. And she’s grinding back and forth, like she’s hungry to have me inside her again. I slide my hand down the front of her panties. So wet and soft and tight, clenching around my fingers—

A sound comes from outside.

My head snaps up. What’s that?

A shuffling, grating sound of feet, coming from the forest and striding down my pathway.

Then someone knocking on my door with the flat of their hand.Bang-bang-bang.

They’d better have a darn good reason for disturbing us right now, or I’m gonna tear them a new one.

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