Page 16 of The Blood Wolf

Thor laughed in triumph and slung her over his shoulder. Nicola yelped and then started to laugh.

"They left, Thor," Bjorn's voice boomed from somewhere to their left. "Ah… I can see you are busy. We'll take care of the bodies. Don't worry about it."

"Good. My mate and I need to have a discussion about her jumping between me and my enemies in the middle of a fight," Thor said.

"I wasn't going to let them hurt you," she snarled and then yelped as his hand came down on her ass. "Don't you spank me for defending you!" She smacked his ass in return.

Bjorn laughed. "She really is your mate, myjarl."

Thor growled out something in a language Nicola didn't know, and he was striding through the snow toward the hall.

"Put me down!" she protested, which earned her another smack on the ass that had her pussy clenching.

Thor carried her back to his chambers and tossed her onto the bed. "Now, my mate, I will get myrealtaste."

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Nicola stared at Thor in awe as he looked back at her, taking in her disheveled state. His hands clenched at his sides, and he took a step back from the bed.

"I said I would never force you, so tell me to stop now if you don't want to move past kissing," Thor said, his accent growing thicker. "Because if you don't, I'm going to strip you out of those clothes and bury my face between your thighs."

Nicola's pussy clenched in excitement, and her heart sang at the thought that, even in the aftermath of battle lust, he was still making sure she wanted his touch. So there would be no mistaking her intentions, she undid the top button of her jeans.

"You talked some big game about how much pleasure you could give me, Halfdansson, so you had best put your money where your mouth is. Or, more to the point, your mouth where my pussy is."

Thor's laugh was deep and infectious. "You need me to prove it to you? That is a woman's right and a task I'm happy to perform. Take those clothes off and be quick about it."

Nicola tossed off the rags of the shirt and bra and shimmied out of the wet and bloody jeans. Thor gently pushed her hands away when she reached for her panties.

"Let me unwrap that treasure," he purred.

Nicola smiled and lay back. "Are you going to take that shirt off for me and give me something to look at?"

Thor pulled off his ruined shirt, and Nicola got her first look at all of the delicious muscle she had felt earlier that day. He had scars of various shapes and sizes that he must have gotten before he was turned. Dark blue tattoos of runes, animals, and trees were done in the ancient Viking style, and Nicola wanted to lick every single one of them.

Thor's big hand wrapped around her right ankle before slowly stroking up her calf. "You are so soft I could stroke your skin for hours."

"Then do it. I like to be petted and touched," she admitted.

Most wolves did, but because of her status in the pack, she had been denied a lot of physical touch because they worried her father would start cutting off hands if he found out.

"It's always made me feel edgy and vulnerable, but I think I like the idea of being touched by you," Thor replied. His hands wrapped around her ankles once more and tugged her to the edge of the bed. "Will you tell me what you like?"

Nicola nodded uncertainly. "I don't have a lot of experience other than brief hookups, so I don't really know."

"We will find out together then," Thor said with a satisfied little smile.

"You don't care that I'm not a virgin?"

"Seems a stupid thing to care about. You are a grown woman, Nicola, and you have needs and desires like everyone else. I don't care that I'm not the first, but I'm going to work hard at being the last," Thor said, dropping to his knees. "Starting tonight."

Nicola's breath shuddered out of her as his warm lips kissed the side of her knee.

"Relax, little wolf. I'm going to make you feel so good," he said, his calloused hands moving in soothing strokes over her thighs.

Nicola swallowed the flutter of anxiety creeping up her throat and took one of his hands, guiding it to her breast. Thor smiled in wonder and cupped her. She bit her lip as he teased his fingers over her dark nipple.

"Freya truly blessed me when she gave me such a lovely mate." Thor's breath was warm against her skin as he worked his way further up her thigh. Nicola got lost in the sensation of his hands moving over her, caressing and squeezing in a way that had her writhing.

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