Page 3 of Claimed By the Hunter

He got out, went around, and helped her out of the truck.

“Will I have the same room?”

He shook his head. “No. You’ll be in mine. It’s bigger, and we’ll have a little more privacy.”

In the kitchen, he sat her down, walked to the refrigerator, and looked inside. “What are you hungry for?”

“I’m not hungry.”

He closed the door, walked to her, and sat in the chair beside her. He maneuvered them until they faced each other and had her legs in-between his.

“I know this is a lot to take in, Mate.”

“Ya think?” she said sarcastically.

He snorted and took her hands. “I promise you, everything will be all right.”

“I’m trying start a bakery, and my other partners can’t put their whole attention on it, and now this thing with us, I doubt it will ever open.”

“I guarantee it will. You have the whole town ready to help. From what I’ve heard, everyone is excited about it.”

“My friends told me how it felt, but I thought they were being dramatic or exaggerated. Hunter, I feel like I’m burning up inside.”

He pulled her onto his lap and sighed when she tucked her head under his chin. “At first, it’s going to feel like that, but in time we’ll both get used to it, and it will mellow a bit. We’ll be at each other for the first few days just about every hour, and that will dwindle to a few and then just one.”

“What if I can’t handle it? It’s been a long time for me, and it never felt good to me.”

Hunter gritted his teeth to hold back the growl that built inside him at the thought of another man touching her.

“Because you instinctively knew you had a mate out in the world. A human can have a romantic relationship but never feel fulfilled with anyone other than their mate.”

She seemed to think about it before she nodded. “I remember your brother saying that.”

He could feel her heat getting stronger, and it was making her wiggle in his lap and her pussy cream slide from her body, wetting the jeans she wore and through his pants. If he didn’t get in her soon, it would start to become painful for her, and it would take longer to resolve, and she was already going through enough.

He rubbed her back as she tried to relax against him. Her body was pulsing with the need to mate.

“I know this is a lot to take in, and we just met, but I’m the only one that can help you, baby. Let me take you to bed. I can make you feel better quickly,” he said. “We’ll get to know each other later.”

She wrapped her arms around his neck, making blood rush through his veins. Besides his mother, she’d be the only woman to touch him like that. He’d never want another woman’s hands on him. Unless it were his offspring, no female would ever be able to feel her skin against his. He’d try hard to keep any other women away from him. The thought of it made his jaw tighten because it was so abhorrent.

He moved up the steps, down the hallway to the end, and into his bedroom. After placing her on the mattress, he started pulling her clothing off until she lay in front of him naked.

“Jesus, Mate. You’re so fucking beautiful.” She was perfectly formed with medium-size breasts with pink nipples, a slender waist, and rounded hips. She didn’t have her bones sticking out, but she looked like a woman should look.

The flush of passion was getting darker, and he could feel her pain, telling him he needed to take care of her. He stripped out of his clothing and stood over her, stroking his aching cock. He’d never felt this sensation before, and he now understood why his brother and friends were obsessed.

Now, he had to keep it together, give her all the pleasure he could, and help ease her pain, at least for a bit.

Chapter Three

Nicole’s gaze slid over the man that the universe had deemed her mate, and she thanked it from the bottom of her heart because the man was so fucking hot and big all over. His skin had a darker tone and a small patch of hair in the middle of his chest. She would have guessed he’d have more hair because he was a wolf.

Hunter came down on top of her, and she automatically spread her legs to give him room. He cupped the back of her head with one hand and used the other on her hip to keep her steady. He looked down at her with an expression she didn’t understand and had never seen. She let her hands run over his chest and up around his neck, trying to pull him closer.

“First, I need a kiss, Mate,” he said.

His head dropped, and his lips took hers in a kiss so powerful and hot she could have come with that alone.

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