She heard a high, piercing sound mixing with a low, deep growl and echoing through the room. When she felt his warm cum spurt inside of her, it threw her over again.

She must have passed out for a brief moment because she didn’t realize he was fighting to keep his weight off of her. She’d known him less than a day but still trusted him more than anyone to care for her and not hurt her.

Nicole ran her hands up and down his back and arms, trying to settle him and help him regain control. He lifted his head and stared down at her. The look he gave her made her cunt spasm and her body cry out for him again.

“Jesus, I can feel you, Mate. You need another fucking?”

She nodded.

“Let’s go slow this time,” Hunter said.

He started sliding his cock into her. This time there was no desperate need she’d felt before, so she wasn’t begging him to hurry. This slow loving affected her emotions more, they couldn’t take their eyes off each other.

It felt like it lasted hours before the need to come forced them to move faster. This orgasm was as spectacular as the last, but in a different way. Hunter rolled them to the side while still deep inside of her and then smoothed the sweaty hair from her face.

“I want to bathe you and then tuck you back into bed. I’ll go down and grab us some food after you’re settled.”

“You don’t have to do that,” she said.

“I know. I have a burning need to take care of you. So, you’re going to let me.”

Nicole snorted. “You’re not always going to get your way, you know.”

He grinned. “I’ll find ways to get my way.”

Her eyes narrowed. “We’ll see about that. I should go back to the bakery.”

“Not today. In the beginning, we’re going to need to mate every hour.”

Her eyes widened. “What?”

“You’re going to get sore, but I’ll put a cream in you that will help.”

“Why so many times?”

“The first twenty-four to forty-eight hours is the time our cells mutate. We’ll both become stronger, and you’ll heal faster than you ever have after the brief initiation.”

“I won’t shift into anything, will I?”

He chuckled. “No.”

She exhaled. It was one less thing to worry about. She liked being human, and she wanted to stay that way.

Chapter Four

Hunter looked up from the paper he was reading at his desk when someone timidly knocked on the door.

“Come in.” His brows bunched together when he saw the female wolf he’d been helping. “Hello, Tamara. “

“Hi, Hunter,” she said.

“What can I do for you?”

“Can you come to my house? I’ve got a clogged sink.”

He’d known the girl since they went to school together. He started helping her out after her mother died because she was left on her own. He felt sorry for her. Her life hadn’t been easy, and as the Beta of the pack, he felt responsible for helping her. But he felt she’d been getting too clingy, and he had decided he would need to back off and have a talk with her. Having found his mate was the perfect excuse.

“Tamara, how about I send a plumber over?”