Page 25 of Prey

My pulse races a little because I’m in a pretty dangerous position right now with a shifter that’s about to lose control of his animal, but also with adrenaline from my fight or flight because I’m not a hundred percent sure I can trust him based on his actions so far.

Deciding to chance it, I tilt my head back exposing my throat to him. If I can’t show him in any other way that he can trust me, maybe I can appeal to his lion instead.

He growls again and then swipes his nose and tongue up the column of my throat and says low, “Mate.”

Finally.

He pulls us away from the tree and walks us over to the bike. What is he doing? He turns me around facing it and pushes me down over the bike.

Oh ok, so we are going to do this. He yanks my pants down around my ankles and thrusts up inside of me in one fast movement.

He didn’t even give me any warning. Why is that so sexy?

He’s thick. Kadi is very decently sized too, but Ethan is definitely thicker.

Kadi is pretty dominant, but right now, I can see why Ethan is the leader.

He grabs my ponytail and yanks my head back, almost too far, and my pussy clenches around him.I must be messed up right?If this is hot? We were literally just fighting two seconds before this. We weren’t having a good time. But, we sure the hell are now.

“Gods dammit, Shasta. Your pussy is gripping me like a vice. You must like a little pain with your pleasure.”

I can barely nod, but I try. It's very clear right now that I do and as he fucks himself up into me the only thing I can do is let him use me.

I moan low. It feels so damn good.

“You’re doing such a good job. I’m going to ruin you, Shasta, and then I’m going to bite the other side of your neck and finish making you ours.”

He takes his hand and moves it around to my front, rubbing my clit between a finger and thumb. Shuddering, I pulse around him again. He is so deep inside of me now. Between his dirty talk, the depth he’s reaching, and his fist in my hair, I’m not going to last much longer. I start pulsing slowly around him and I know he isn’t too far from it himself as he growls and starts thrusting into me harder.

My pussy is dripping wet and I clamp down hard on his cock.

“Shasta, are you ready?” he growls out.

He tilts my head to the side and bites down right where my neck meets my shoulder and as he does, I feel his barbs extend just as we both start to come.

My pussy clenches over and over as he rocks into me. I go from one orgasm to another. The bond clicks into place on his end and I feel his emotions rush in. It's a confusing mess.

As I come down from the orgasms, he releases my hair and leans over me, laying his head on my back. I feel fear, pain, protectiveness, possessiveness, sadness, and shame. Shame? Is he already regretting this?

“Shasta,” he says. “I’m sorry. I…didn’t mean for this to happen.”

“It’s a little late for that now Ethan,” I say angrily.

“No, no, you’re misunderstanding me. I don’t deserve this, you, a mate,” he says quietly.

“What do you mean?”

“I do hate witches in general. I’m trying to work on it, and I know now that I have to. But the person I hate the most is myself. I don’t deserve to have a mate. How can I protect you when I couldn’t even protect my parents? How can I protect you from dark magic, when I watched them burn from under the floor, unable to do anything?”

Oh Ethan. My heart shatters into a million pieces for him. I knew all of this couldn’t just be about hate.

“Hey, you were just a child, Ethan. What were you supposed to do? What would’ve happened if you had tried? Do you think your parents wanted you to get hurt or die too? You aren’t thinking clearly about this. You can be sad, you can even be angry, but don’t ever feel guilty for something you had no control over.”

I feel him take a shuddering breath behind me, and then I feel hot tears on my back. He wraps one arm around my waist and uses the other to hold himself up so he isn’t crushing me between him and the bike. Suddenly, I feel another set of arms wrap around us and I realize it’s Kadi. Where the hell did he come from?

“I, for one, am glad you didn’t because I would have had to spend my life without my best friend,” Kadi says.

“Um, what the hell?” I ask. “Have you been watching this whole time?”

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