Page 38 of Wolf's Midlife Bite

She pulled back from him just enough so she could touch her stomach. “Are you sure? How could you know before I do?”

He rolled a shoulder. “Like I said, it’s a shifter thing. Maybe it’s a change in your hormones or something, but I’m not going to pretend I know the science behind it. It’s not like I could sense it the moment we conceived, but I can now. If you had more experience in your wolf, you would notice it, too.”

“Oh my god.” She lifted her hand to her mouth, and her eyes widened. “Brody, we’re going to have a baby?” A single tear streamed down her cheek.

He caught it with his thumb and rubbed it away. “Are you upset?”

“No. I’m so happy!” The tears came harder now, and he pulled her into his chest. “I’ve wanted a child for so long, but I thought I’d missed the chance.”

Brody felt tears behind his eyes as he smoothed her hair and kissed her head. “Me, too. I can’t wait to do this together.”

He kissed her again when she lifted her head and felt the tender urgency in her lips as they grazed against his. Brody tangled her hair in his fingers, cradling her head and bringing her closer. She was what he’d been looking for his whole life, and he’d been a fool to think he could settle for anything less than this sort of perfection.

Her breasts pressed against him, reminding him of just how marvelous their previous rendezvous had been. Her tongue slipped past his lips, seeking more than a celebratory kiss. She roved along his tongue, pulling it into her mouth and possessing him. Robin stretched against him, her hands roaming, her body wanting. “Mark me.”

The words made his fangs emerge in an instant. There in the woods, by the light of Selene, Brody swept her hair to the side and delicately sank his teeth into the warm flesh between her neck and shoulder. Robin inhaled sharply but then melted against him as he gently licked the tender wound and trailed kisses along her neck. He took her by the waist and brought her down to the bed of pine needles beneath them. Brody didn’t care about the chill of the ground, only the warmth of her body against his as cotton and denim slipped away. They didn’t have the desperation they did last time, the primitive need to strip their clothes away as quickly as they could before anything had the chance to stop them. This time, it was slow and deliberate, something they had all the time in the world for.

Nothing was going to stop them or make them change their minds. This was it, and along with their clothes, they set aside all the fears and doubts they’d had to navigate to get to this point. None of that mattered when her fingers traced his collarbone and her kisses outlined his shoulders. There was nothing for him to think about other than the way her bare skin felt against his as he pulled her close for another long, sensual kiss.

When Brody had pulled away the last bit of clothing that hid her from him, he marveled at the beauty of her body as she settled astride him. Her face, so sweet, yet full of desire as she found his erection. Her full breasts, soft and tempting, moving with her sudden intake of breath as he slipped his fingers between her thighs and touched her delicate folds, already slick for him. His free hand glided over the slight tuck of her waist just before it flared out to those luscious hips. His fingers and eyes lingered over the curve of her stomach, that sacred place where even now, she was caring for the new life they’d’ be bringing into the world. That knowledge, combined with the love in her eyes, made him want to bask in this moment forever, to know that he’d finally found his soulmate. It was in their bodies and their souls, and the swelling of emotion within him added to the riotous pleasure of his body. She was right there with him, stroking him, loving him, yet he still wanted more.

She knew just how to touch him, making it hard to concentrate as he buried his fingers into the sultry sweetness of her, rubbing his thumb in slow circles over her until he could see the agony of his efforts on her face.

Her strokes moved faster, the skin of her fingers soft but the strength demanding, and the nails of her free hand dug into his shoulder as she fought against the coming spasms to keep herself upright. Her breath came in desperate pants and then little cries of pleasure as he brought her to her peak. Her hips jerked and her core clenched, possessed by his love for her as it moved through her body. Brody watched her and knew he’d never seen anything so beautiful. He wanted to see it again. She could make him lose control, and he wanted to see that he could do the same to her. When her shoulders sagged and he knew it had passed, he moved his fingers against her again, tantalizing and teasing. Robin clutched at his wrist, but she didn’t pull him away. Her head rolled on her shoulders as she rode his hand. Those same seizures of indulgence overtook her once again, making her jerk and gasp until she couldn’t take any more.

Brody took her hips and guided her down on top of him, feeling the slow, tight sinking of himself within her. His eyes rolled to the moonlit sky above them as he reveled in the delight of her body. She was still sighing with the aftereffects of her first two climaxes as he pulled her down, bringing her breast to his mouth. He flicked his tongue over the silken skin of her nipple until it hardened. Brody lost himself in the delight of her body as she rocked her hips, lifting just enough before she came back down around him once again.

Taking her other nipple and drawing it into his mouth, he felt the rumble of pleasure in his chest as he curved his hands and locked them around her luxurious backside. He grasped her as she rocked, their bodies locked in a primal choreography that brought her surging upward once again. Brody could feel it within her this time, the clasping and clutching and needing, and he gladly tumbled right along with her.

He held her against his chest, their arms and legs entwined, with only the light of the moon to see them. Robin was his everything, and he thanked Selene for bringing her to him.

20

“Open big andwide for me, Nova. Oh, my goodness! You’re very good at that!” Robin leaned over to examine the little girl’s mouth. When her patient tried to say something, Robin pulled her hands back. “What was that?”

“What are you looking for in there?” She squirmed in the exam chair, her eyes big.

“I’m just making sure all your teeth are healthy,” Robin explained. “You know how you go to the doctor sometimes?”

Nova nodded. “They always tell me I’m getting bigger and stronger, and they give me a sticker when we’re done.”

Robin couldn’t help but smile. This little girl was just adorable. Of course, she thought that about most of her patients these days now that she was working for a small pediatric office. “Coming to the dentist is just like that, but for your teeth. We have to make sure they stay clean and healthy. I also happen to have a very cool box of stickers you can look through when you’re done.”

“Really?” Needing no further convincing, Nova opened her mouth wide once again.

Robin hummed to herself as she worked. She wished that she’d changed jobs a long time ago instead of sticking things out with the horrid Dr. Watson, but she tried not to think about that too much. The most important thing was that she was finally doing what she really loved. She was happy, and so were her patients.

“All done!” she said a short time later. “You’ve been doing a great job keeping your teeth clean, so keep it up!”

“Okay!” Nova hopped down from the chair as Robin stood, and her eyes immediately locked on Robin’s belly. “Are you having a baby?”

“That’s a rude thing to ask, Nova,” her mother chided.

“It’s all right,” Robin assured her. “I am, and I’m very excited about it.”

“Is it going to be a girl or a boy?” Nova chewed her lip.

“We don’t know just yet. We decided we’re going to wait and find out when it’s born.” She and Brody had been waiting for this moment in their lives for so long, and it didn’t matter what they had. Her days were filled with jolts of joy every time she accidentally rubbed against her belly or felt the wriggling of life within her, little reminders of just what was coming.

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