Miles raised himself up and slid close to me, kneeling right between my legs, the thick heaviness of his cock resting in the cleft between my thigh and hips. My hands were shaking, and he caressed the skin on my stomach and breasts.

“Are you ready?” he whispered.

I nodded quickly, not trusting myself to speak. I swallowed to ease the dryness in my throat. I kept my gaze glued to him, and what he was doing. I couldn’t look away even if I wanted to. So many years of waiting and wanting, all culminating in this moment. I was exhilarated, excited, and ready to explode.

He took hold of his cock and moved it downward. I held my breath as he slid the head back and forth across my clit. My eyes rolled back in my head. “Fuck,” I hissed.

He teased me like that for what felt like an eternity, getting me close to coming before he even started. Static pleasure buzzed at the edges of my mind. Then, with no more warning, he slid his full length inside me. I raised myself up on my elbows, my jaw dropping open, my stomach muscles clenching. It was the most amazing sensation I’d ever experienced.

Looking down and seeing him buried inside me like that made my mind reel. Miles started slowly, moving in and out of me. I collapsed back on the bed, waves of ecstasy flowing up my body.

“Are you okay?” Miles whispered.

“Yes, oh fuck, yes,” I whispered with a smile. Then I put my hands on his chest, wanting to feel him as he made love to me.

“Do you want me to move faster? I don’t want to hurt you.”

I nodded. “Yes, I’m fine. As fast as you want,” I panted.

He took the cue and began thrusting into me. A groan escaped my lips. Every movement felt better than the last. It was everything I’d dreamed it would be, but better. I wrapped my hands behind his neck and pulled Miles down, kissing him hungrily. My nipples brushed his chest muscles, adding to the pleasure between my legs.

Miles’s breathing quickened. He grunted, and his skin was glistening with sweat. He was getting close. So was I. That familiar sensation of climbing a mountain, the peak within, washed over me. My body tightened, preparing. I moved my hips in time with his. I wanted to come with him.

“Claim me,” I whimpered.

His lips brushed my ear. “I’m going to come.”

Hearing the words was enough. Knowing my body was giving him that much pleasure pushed me over the edge. An explosion of agonizingly intense rapture swept through me. I pulled him close, my mouth open in a silent scream, my nails digging into his back. Fireworks seemed to burst behind my eyelids. Then I felt his teeth pierce my flesh between my collar bone and shoulder. Miles shuddered and thrust his hips into me harder. I could feel his cock throb as he came. Somehow, the pain from the bite increased the pleasure from my own orgasm. I cried out, thrusting my hips against him as I came a second time.

Finally, both of us spent, we held each other. Miles rocked gently inside me, riding out the end of his orgasm. I lay there in his arms, gasping, staring at the ceiling, and grinning like a madwoman. Until I felt the next sensation. Warmth radiated from the bite across my body, and I suddenly felt like I wasn’t alone with Miles. I glanced around the room but saw no one.

“Miles?”

He sat up, hearing the fear in my voice. “What’s wrong? Did I hurt you?”

I caressed his face. “No, no, no, it was amazing. So amazing. It’s only, I think something else is happening.”

“Oh shit? Are you serious?”

I nodded. “I feel like…there’s something inside me.”

He smiled at me. “It’s okay. It’s fine. It won’t hurt you. Come on.”

We got up, cleaned off, then got dressed. Every minute that went by, my body felt like it was seething with newfound energy. I sat on the couch and held my head in my hands. I didn’t feel bad, but I was definitely experiencing something weird. I was even getting flashes of emotions that I knew weren’t entirely mine. It wasn’t really the way I’d thought this would go. I’d sort of imagined snuggling with Miles and drifting off to sleep in his arms.

“All right, let’s go,” Miles said, grabbing our coats.

I glanced up. “Go where?”

He laid my coat on my legs and knelt in front of me. He took my hand and looked me in the eyes, smiling. “Let’s go meet your wolf.”

Once he said it, I knew he was right. My eyes widened as the thought finally sunk in. It was really happening. I was…becoming something else. The fear and exhilaration of losing my virginity was nothing compared to this. I was changing from a human to a being that, until a few weeks ago, I’d believed only existed in books.

I stood and followed Miles out the door without another word. He led me down to his truck and drove us out to the countryside. I breathed deeply as I sat in the passenger seat, my body caught in some strange combination of panic, fear, and excitement. Miles drove with his left hand and used his right to hold my hand. I tried to focus on the sensation of his skin on mine, but things were getting intense. By the time he pulled intoa field on the outskirts of the park, I was on the verge of a full-blown anxiety attack.

Once the truck was in park, I opened the door and stepped out. The frigid winter air felt amazing, and it was then that I realized my skin was hot. I suppressed the urge to strip my clothes off and feel the breeze on my body. Instead, I walked out into the brown grass of the winter meadow and paced back and forth, breathing deeply.

Miles jogged over to me once he was out of the car. “It’s okay, Celina. I know it’s strange.”