Page 59 of Widow

She swam closer to me and turned around, surprising me. Her back wasn't dirty, but I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to touch her. I shouldn't touch her, but it was getting harder for me not to.

Especially now that she had mated with the other two. I wanted to growl but bit the inside of my cheek instead.

She stood so her back was out of the water, and I scooped up some of the fine sand on the bottom of the pool and began rubbing it on her back. Her muscles were tense, but as I rubbed them, she began to relax under my touch.

"God, that feels good."

I moved my hands to her arms and stepped closer. Mere inches were separating my hard dick from touching her ass. I wanted nothing more than to close the distance.

I put my mouth against her ear, and she took in a sharp breath of air. "Let me make you feel even better."

It had been some time since I'd been with a woman, but I wanted nothing more than to bend this woman over the rock next to us and take her.

"Alaric..." Her voice was shaking.

I kissed down her neck and rubbed my stubble against her neck. She whimpered and pushed back into me, my dick pushing against the crack of her ass.

I could control myself. I could get us both off without sticking my dick inside of her.

I moved my hands from her arms to the smooth skin right underneath her breasts. She leaned back into me as I brushed my thumbs over her nipples.

"Don't stop," she moaned, and I grabbed her chin and brought her lips to mine. It was an awkward angle, but I didn't trust myself to turn her around just yet.

A flash of lightning struck not far from us, immediately followed by a roll of thunder that made the water ripple.

"Fuck." I grabbed her around the waist and pulled her towards the edge of the pool. "We have to go, like five minutes ago."

"What? What's happening?" She looked up at the trees as another bolt of lightning struck even closer, followed by another rumble of thunder.

I jumped from the pool and grabbed both her arms, yanking her out. I snatched all of our clothes and shoes off the rock. "We need to run. Now."

Her eyes went wide, and I gave her a little nudge to get her moving. The lightning struck again, fifty yards away.

She took off at a sprint in front of me. I'd been in a situation like this before, not with a gorgeous naked woman running in front of me, but with lightning striking at my feet. I hadn't been hit by it, but my packmate had.

It sucked the light right out of him and turned him feral.

I yelped as the lightning struck less than ten feet away. It was chasing us, and I wasn't sure we would make it. If my timing was accurate, it would hit me just before I got to the cave.

Before I could doubt my decision, I shifted and with one big leap, pushed Lia into the cave, the lightning striking right at the entrance as I passed through.

Pain ripped through my tail as I rolled head over tail and came to a stop. I laid there panting, as the lightning struck again, trying to get inside.

I tried to lift my head to tend to my tail, but my body wasn't cooperating. Had the lightning hit me fully? If it had, I was a goner. I would be forever lost to my beast.

"Ric?" I felt hands on me, checking me over.

My ears swiveled to the sound of her voice, and I let out a whimper. I sounded like such a pup, crying over what was hopefully just a singed tail.

My head was pulled into her lap, and she stroked my ears. She smelled so good, I almost forgot about the pain in my tail.

"Hold his head so he doesn't bite me." Lucifer. The ass.

Lia held onto my head as a hand went to my tail. My immediate reaction was to turn and bite the shit out of whoever had touched it. Warmness spread along it, and I untensed my muscles.

Lucifer was healing me.

Mates.

---