Page 10 of Thayne
Thayne looks torn between pride that I’m checking out his package and fear of shifting in front of me. He might be afraid of his animal hurting me, but I’m not. Mates cannot hurt each other, well not physically at least. I decided to reassure him by winding my body through his legs and rubbing my fur against his legs. All right, I just wanted to mark him with my scent again, but reassuringly.
It happens almost instantly, one minute I was brushing up against human legs and the next I’m rubbing fur against fur. My fox sits down and just stares at the monster in front of me. Most predators are bigger than me; I’m used to that, but Thayne’s snow leopard, like his cock, is freakishly big. Leopards themselves tend to be close behind the jaguar in size, but Snow Leopard’s fall below Cheetahs, typically. Only Thayne’s Snow Leopard did not get the memo about typical sizing for Snow Leopards.
Standing under him my head didn’t even touch his chest, there was a good six to eight inches between us. I could make a whole jungle gym under his body to play in and probably still have room. Did he take a bath in some toxic chemicals along the road or get exposed to gamma radiation?
I feel him huff out a breath that sounds a lot like a laugh against my head. Turning around I’m looking into the golden eyes of his leopard and I’m frozen. Well my fox is frozen. Even though logically we know this man, well beast, is our mate, his sheer size is intimidating. He moves away from us, rolls onto his back, and looks over at us expectantly.
Colton is eyeballing us with a mixture of curiosity and wariness. Is he afraid Thayne’s leopard will hurt me? Was Thayne afraid his leopard might hurt me? Based on his size Thayne could easily crush me with a single paw, but instead he is waiting patiently for me on his back, showing me his belly.
My foxes' curiosity is piqued, but she’s still unsure so she crawls on her belly over to him. His fur is almost completely white with a patchwork of black mixed in. My fox sniffs the air and then gives Colton a questioning look; Thayne doesn’t like it and lets out a low growl bringing our attention back to him. Someone’s got a jealous side. Why do I think that’s hot?
I run my nose against his fur and it feels softer than anything I’ve ever felt against my nose. When he doesn’t move away from me I get bolder, rubbing my entire body along the length of his side. His body vibrates with what sounds like a purr. Emboldened by the need to make him smell like me I rub my head against his and he rubs his back against mine. We both let out a sigh of relief as I lay down beside him, touching my nose to his, and looking into his gold eyes.
My fox is quiet as we stare into each other’s eyes. It’s like the rest of the world disappears and everything narrows down to us, just the two of us, here on the ground. Without words, without being in our human forms, we are making a connection, a bond. He is the only one I ever want to do this with, and I am the only one I ever want him to do this with. At this moment we are no longer two separate individuals, we are becoming one together. I’m just about to rub myself against him again, okay in all honesty I was totally going to jump on his belly, but I don’t get a chance to.
Suddenly my body feels like it’s folding in on itself. My fox is whimpering. Our body is pulsating, like a tuning fork and I feel like my bones are breaking. There is a feeling of fire flowing through my veins, like I’m being consumed by it. The last time I felt this kind of pain was when I shifted the first time. Wait.
Thayne has jumped up and he is prowling around me, creating a big circle. His eyes bounce between me and Colton as my legs buckle under the pain. My breaths are coming inloud pants, my heart feels like it’s going to jump out of my chest, and then nothing. Everything stops as suddenly as it started and I’m left panting on my hands and knees.
Wait. What? I looked down and I have human hands and knees. Oh shit, and tits, I see tits. Looking up I see a very naked Thayne grinning from ear to ear looking down at a very naked me. He starts moving his hands to speak to me, but I don’t know sign language so I shake my head.
“Sorry bud, you're going to have to teach me that stuff.” I manage to croak out from my much unused vocal cords.
“Holy shit that actually worked! I gotta let everyone know.” Colton slaps Thayne on the back and suddenly Thayne is moving at lightning speed to place himself between me and Colton. There is an unmistakable growl emanating from Thayne.
“Okay, okay. I’ll go grab the blanket out of the truck to cover her.” Colton puts his hands out in a placating motion but Thayne is still vibrating with aggression.
Realizing if I don’t do something soon Thayne will try to go after his friend simply because I was naked. Standing on shaky legs that haven’t been used in too long I reach out a hand, touching Thayne’s back with just the tips of my fingers. My whole body comes alive at just that small touch, like lightning bolts were sparking through me at an alarming speed.
Suddenly Thayne’s intense green eyes were directed at me along with his very naked, very large body parts. I can’t help myself when my eyes dip down to catch another glimpse of the behemoth he’s got hanging heavily between his legs. It jumps, seeming to come alive as I stare it down. My tongue darts out to moisten my suddenly dry lips and I hear what sounds like a groan coming from Thayne. Bouncing my eyes back up to his eyes, they mirror my own needs.
Thayne
I can smell her arousal;I can practically taste it on my tongue. Her body is calling my name. No, scratch that it was screaming my name. My cock was ready to answer that call.
Only there was one problem, okay two problems really. The first, Colton was here. The second being she’d only been human again for less than five minutes. I was pretty sure even though her body was giving me all the green lights she needed time to adjust. Hell her legs looked like they were barely keeping her upright.
Before I can pick her up and carry her to the truck, Colton throws a blanket at my back. Colton is already facing the other direction when I turn to grab the blanket. He’s on his phone talking to Katia, his arms moving excitedly. Based on his thoughts, he’s telling her how Scarlet finally shifted back to her human form.
Turning back around I wrap the thin blanket around her body before pulling her against my body. The feel of her body against mine, even thru the blanket, is testing my restraint, but it’s worth it. Once she’s covered, I grab up my clothes and start getting dressed while keeping an eye on Scarlet. I’m afraid if I look away she’ll disappear and her fox will be in her place again.
As soon as my jeans and shirt are on, I scoop her up into my arms. She doesn’t protest, instead she turns her head into my chest, taking in deep breaths of my scent. A primal part of me finds pleasure in the knowledge that she wants my scent on her just as much as I want her scent on me. If I had any doubts about whether she was my mate or not, this moment would solidify it for me. She’s mine and as soon as the time is right I’m going to claim her completely.
Sitting her down in the passenger side of the truck, I tuck the blanket around her so she’s completely covered. Colton is still on his phone talking as he makes his way over to the truck. My leopard instantly goes on the defensive; he doesn’t want Colton near our mate until we’ve claimed her.
He’s not sitting next to our mate. I will chomp on him like a fucking chew toy. Keep that pretty boy away from our mate.
Instead of arguing, I shrug my shoulders at Colton when he stops and gives me a ‘what the fuck‘look. He looks like he’s going to argue but then thinks about how protective he is of Katia. His mind goes to all the times he’s threatened to eat shifters who got too close to her.
“Fine! Will this make that asshole happy?” Colton asks as he raises his hands and moves to the back of my truck.
Fine he can sit back there, but can we at least mess up his pretty face a little.No, now stop being a dickwad. My leopard huffs out a frustrated breath before agreeing Colton can sit in the back of the truck.
I give Colton a nod of approval and he jumps into the back of the truck while rolling his eyes. Not that I can blame him for being annoyed at me, I was the one who asked him to come out here with us just in case the asshole that is my leopard decided Scarlett was a snack.
Told you I wouldn’t hurt her numbnuts. She’s our mate. We protect our mate, never hurt.Yeah well forgive me for not taking you at your word. He doesn’t respond, instead he turns his back on me and sticks his tail in the air as if to say kiss my ass. See that right there is why I couldn’t trust you to behave yourself around our mate.
Jumping in the driver side seat I reach over and pull Scarlett across the seat until she’s flush against my body. Just having her close to me is feeding something deep within my soul. She smiles up at me, but her mind is going a million miles a minute like always. Right now, she’s wondering if I think she’s pretty, or if she smells funny. I use the only language we have right now to tell her yes she’s pretty and no she doesn’t smell funny, she smells fucking amazing. If we were alone I’d show her just how good I think she smells.
