Page 15 of Alpha's Second Chance

He shook his head. “I saw that coming a mile away.” He rolled his eyes. “And no, I am not going to make a joke about coming.”

“Too bad.”

He pressed his mouth against mine. “Raincheck once we’re at my cabin?”

“Definitely,” I said, letting my hand pass down his back to squeeze his firm backside before we shifted.

He grabbed my hand. “I’ll be thinking about it the whole way up,” he said with a rumbling growl.

I lifted my head to the sun, and I let the change flow over my body. Beside me, Owen shifted into his bear. After we changed, he rubbed his nose against my fur, then he looked to the west, asking if I was ready.

I was more than ready. I took off at a slow lope, letting him catch up to me easily.

I’d thought my earlier shift felt freeing, but this shift moved beyond that into euphoria. As I’d told Owen, when I’d been focused on escaping from Bull’s men, I hadn’t been able to fully experience the magic of the transformation. I loved being in my human form, but I wasn’t human. I was a shifter. And I’d denied that part of myself too long.

The vivid green trees on the mountains stood out in stark contrast to the clear blue sky. As a bear, I smelled the sharp pine needles, the fresh dirt, the melting snow. In the distance, I heard the call of a hawk and the beat of a wild goat’s hooves.

I took off, ready to feel the wind on my face. When I pretended to be human, I was only half of myself. When I was with Owen, I had a connection I’d never find with a human. Had I done the right thing ten years ago by leaving our clan?

Could I have found another way? Could I have done it without walking away from him completely?

Owen

We ran for several hours as bears, farther from the city, and toward Red Cliff. My bear was pissed that I wasn’t taking Eve to my real cabin in Avon. He wanted her in our home.

Give it up, show off. We aren’t going to push her.

“Here it is,” I said as soon as we’d shifted. I’d built the little cabin myself, about five years ago.

For the first five years after Eve left, I’d been unable to stomach building something that I’d always thought we’d live in together. Eventually I moved on, I quit obsessing over her, and I constructed the cabin, board by board. I didn’t live here most of the time, but it was an effective safehouse and weekend getaway.

Avon was my favorite, but Red Cliff was a good place to hide out. It wasn’t even a real town now, so we were safe from all but the most avid backpackers and hikers.

I’d traveled all over the world, but I’d never found a place that was half as beautiful as the western part of Colorado. We had high mountains, but we had trees and green grass too.

“It’s beautiful,” she said.

Was it lame that her approval made my heart beat a little faster? I considered offering her a tour, but instead, I was going to act on her earlier interest.

I put my hand on her arm. “You want clothes? I have plenty here.”

She draped her arms over my neck and breathed against my skin. “No, I feel fine just like this.”

I took her face in my hands. After ten years of not having her, I wanted every part of her. Not just sex, but talking, kissing, making out. We were already naked, so my arousal was clear. She tipped her head back and parted her lips for me.

As we kissed, I let my hand wander. I rubbed her back, then let one palm rest on her backside. She sighed, and leaned in closer, which pressed her bare chest against mine. She shifted, standing with her legs apart. I put one hand on the back of her neck. I loved the way her thick hair felt against my arm. I brought my other hand to her breasts, where I gently squeezed her nipple.

She gasped loudly, and rocked against me. The motion brought her wet sex in contact with my leg. For someone who’d been a virgin just yesterday, Eve sure did know what she was doing.

I groaned at the feel of her soaking pussy on my thigh. I grabbed her backside, pulling her tight ass towards me. My cock pressed against her stomach. Needing to concentrate on something besides my own impending orgasm, I took one hand and lowered it to her pussy. I carefully rubbed one finger over her clit. She cried out as her knees buckled, and she sagged against me.

She grabbed onto my shoulders and dropped her head on my chest. “Whew.”

I guided her to the couch and sat down, intending to pull her onto my lap, but she didn’t follow. “I’m going to try something,” she said, and she knelt down in front of me.

“Oh god,” I breathed.

I never thought I’d see the day when Eve would get on her knees for me. She took my cock in one slender hand. She leaned her head forward, and a curtain of dark hair hid my view. I scooped her hair into my hand, holding it in a side ponytail. There was no way I was going to miss seeing her mouth take me inside.

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