Page 104 of Wulf's Pack
She slides her hands around my waist and tucks them beneath my shirt, brushing her fingers up my back. Her delicate touch sets me on fire. I pull back long enough to rip my shirt over my head, and then I’m right back to it. I press us together, plunging my tongue into her mouth, needing to taste her. To consume her.
My hands slip beneath her shirt, and I lightly grip her ribs, only just stopping myself from touching her chest. Breaking our kiss, I look down at her and silently seek permission to take this further. She bites her lower lip as she nods, so I slowly, gently remove her shirt and bra. She lies still, nervous and vulnerable, while I take in the sight of her. The breath leaves my lungs. I’ve been with countless women over the years, but the sight of my mate instantly replaces every memory I have of any previous lover. “You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” I rasp.
She blesses me with the smallest smile. It’s shy, but pleased, and there’s just enough happiness in her eyes to dissolve any lingering hesitancy on my part. I dip my head down and explore her perfect chest with my mouth. She gasps and digs her hands into my hair. When I give her a gentle nip, she lets out a surprised cry of pleasure, and I take her mouth again. The intensity of this kiss is unlike any I’ve ever experienced. I ache for her.
I break the kiss and move my lips to her jaw, kissing a trail to her ear. I breathe deeply, and relish her sweet honeysuckle scent. When I drag my tongue down her delicate neck, she shivers, and I release a low growl. My body throbs with the need to claim her. My wolf pushes forward, and my teeth scrape her skin where her neck meets her shoulder. She leans into me, and her wolf rises to meet mine. “Are you sure?” I ask, though I’m so consumed by need I’m not sure how I get the words out.
There’s no hesitation in her response. “Yes,” she gasps. “Bite me. Claim me. Make me yours, Wulf.”
My wolf takes over, and I sink my teeth into her flesh. She cries out again, arching her back off the bed and pressing my head to her shoulder, holding me firmly against her while our souls fuse together.
Magic washes over me, immersing me in warm tingles. It courses through me, overwhelming my senses. My wolf howls in my head with the need to complete the bond. He reaches for Skylar’s wolf, frantic and begging. I’m nearly out of my mind. And then a small pinch breaks through my scattered thoughts. A stinging pain in my shoulder where my precious mate has laid her claim on me quickly turns to unbelievable pleasure. I let out a groan and shudder so violently that I nearly collapse on top of her.
The magic of the bond swells around us. My heart nearly bursts from my chest as it speeds up. And then I feel her. Thethump,thump,thumpof my heart slows to match hers, and our spirits reach out for one another, twining themselves together until I can no longer tell them apart. Her feelings flood mine—joy and peace like I’ve never experienced. And lust. So much lust. Skylar is as desperate for me as I am for her.
We share another scorching kiss, and then we’re lost in a frenzy of kisses and touches. “Please,” she begs on a breathy moan that sends white-hot desire straight to my groin.
“Please what, baby? What do you need? I’ll give you anything.”
“I need you inside me. I need to feel you.”
I let out a growl and start to shake, my wolf riding me hard to claim her body the way we’ve just claimed her soul. I pull back and look into her eyes. They glow with the presence of her wolf. I quickly strip us out of our clothes. My wolf balks when I find a condom, but I shut that train of thought down immediately.Skylar will carry my pups one day, but I want her to myself for a good, long while first.
I settle myself over her again, fighting the urge to take her hard and fast. I want nothing more, but this is Skylar’s first time. She needs gentle, and she deserves loving. Taking a deep breath to calm myself, I claim her lips in a soft kiss and explore her naked body with slow, teasing touches. I press my lips to the crook of her neck, kissing the bite that has already faded to a soft, pink scar. Skylar squirms beneath me. “Wulf.”
It almost sounds like a complaint.
I grin against her skin and start trailing kisses down her chest. “Relax, baby. It’s your first time. Let me make it good for you.”
She wriggles some more. “It’s already good for me.”
I flash her a wicked grin. “It’s about to get better.”
Ignoring her huff of impatience, I work my way down her body, kissing and tasting every inch until I reach a spot that has her forgetting her own name. I quickly work her back into a lustful frenzy and feast on her until she’s panting and writhing beneath me. She buries her hands in my hair and tries to tug my face back to hers. “Wulf,please.I can’t wait anymore.”
The sound of her begging is too much to handle and has my wolf smugly preening in my chest. My patience cracks, and I return my lips to hers in a searing kiss. “Are you ready?”
She releases the most adorable, impatient growl I’ve ever heard. “I’ve never been more ready for anything in my life. Take me, mate.Now.”
I chuckle. I didn’t know she had it in her to be so demanding, but I like it. A lot. Almost as much as I like her calling memate. “As you wish,mate.”
I sink into her slowly, with gentle movements, giving her body time to accept me. She gasps at the new sensation and digs her fingernails into my back. When we’re finally as close as twopeople can be, I press my forehead to hers and allow myself to be swallowed up in the feelings assaulting me. A shiver rocks me from head to toe, and I say something I never thought I’d ever say to a woman. “I love you, Skylar.”
It was fast, but there is no denying the truth of my words. I love this woman. She stumbled into my life and changed everything. Altered every belief I had about myself. She transformed me into a man I hardly recognize, but a much better version of myself.
She swallows hard and smiles at me with shining eyes. “I love you too, Wulf.”
The words pierce me all the way to my soul. My wolf howls with joy, and my heart is so full in my chest I can hardly breathe. I pour all of the love I’m feeling into a deep kiss, and then I start to move, claiming my mate in the only way left.
I’ve had plenty of sex before, but being with Skylar is an out-of-body experience I never could have imagined. With our new mate bond, we’re connected on a level that shouldn’t be possible. Her thoughts, her emotions, and her physical pleasure are all mine. We share it all. We are one, and we make love together until we come apart in each other’s arms. It’s not until the sun starts to rise that we succumb to exhaustion. I fall asleep knowing I will never be the same again.
Chapter
Thirty-Five
Skylar and I spend the next day wrapped up in each other, but after two nights away, it’s time to get back to reality and to the pack. The next few weeks are every bit as chaotic as the last, but in a good way. We’re finding our footing as a pack. Every day we settle in a little more and grow stronger and more confident. Unfortunately, the more we firmly establish ourselves, the more people want information about us. After two weeks of hounding from the media, I finally break down and agree to some interviews.
While I turn down the talk shows and gossip rags, I have Elise set up a press conference. We were going to hold it in the pack’s new conference room, but there’s so much interest we’re forced to move the location to one of the ballrooms in Parker’s hotel. The suite Skylar and I christened a couple weeks ago is set up as a base of operations of sorts. Members of the pack as well as the FUA and FBI come and go all morning. Right now, there’s a very annoying woman covering my face with powder. I wave her off when she comes at me with what looks like blush. “Stop. I don’t need that.”
