CHAPTER ONE

 

Conner could feel Selena’s hard nipples through the clothing he was caressing. It was no longer about just wanting her. He physically needed her, had to have her. His raging hard-on took on a life of its own as she reached down with one hand and caressed his hardness. The feel of her hand and the heat of her touch ignited a new inferno in his gut. He had to know how her soft, hot skin was going to feel against him, had to taste her.

Selena couldn’t believe how turned on she was. It was never like this with Tony, and she had loved him. Their lovemaking had always been some kind of obligation that felt mildly good but even at its highest point it had never felt this good, and she and Conner hadn’t even taken their clothes off yet.

When she had reached down and touched him, it had been like she was in a trance. She’d had to feel it and when she did, he had emitted the sexiest sound from deep in his throat that she’d ever heard. It was almost like a growl and it had caused the wetness between her legs to spread beyond anything she had ever experienced before. His lips slipped down to her neck, and he wasn’t just kissing any more. He was nibbling with his teeth, taking soft, erotic bites of her skin. It didn’t hurt; instead it made her almost want to go into some kind of sexual frenzy. Her breaths were coming in short gasps, and she could hear him trying to get his under control as well. He was panting, and it was turning her on even more.

There was something about him that was so demanding and intense that it frightened her, but it aroused her at the same time. He was taking off her blouse as he kissed and tasted her. Claimed was the word that came to her mind.

Conner had already taken off her blouse and he had his hand covering her breast, fingers inside her bra now, lightly flicking the nipple, but mostly wanting to feel the pounding in her chest. It felt like her heart was going to explode, and it fed his sense of power, knowing that he had done that to her. His lips left her neck and made their way up to her earlobe. He flicked his tongue along the inside of her ear and then nibbled the lobe as he reached around to unhook her bra and free her lovely breasts.

She heard him growl again and felt his body tremble as her bra fell away, and he took in the sight of her breasts. He lowered his mouth down to then, and she knew if she had any resistance left in her, it was gone when his lips reached her areola. He used his tongue to gently trace each one first, and then clamping down on one he began to suck. Selena felt like she was freefalling. Her head had gone light, and if she had a rational thought she wouldn’t have recognized it. His mouth was making love to her breasts. She had no idea it could be like this.

He stopped, and she wondered why, but it was only to bring his lips back up to hers as he pushed her back on the bed and skillfully slipped off her pants, never taking his lips off of hers as he did. Her face was so hot she could feel the hair sticking to her cheeks as sweat trickled down from her brow. He reached up with one rough hand and softly brushed the hair back off her face. That simple touch sent waves of shock reverberating down her spine and once again she soaked through her panties.

His lips kissed softly across her abdomen, down to the waistband of her underwear. She was imagining herself grabbing his head and pushing him downward, making him taste her. But she was enjoying the feeling of giving herself to him completely and letting him do whatever came next. It was an abstract feeling to her, but one she felt completely out of control of. She put her hands in his soft hair as he kissed her belly, shuddering when his lips moved down to the sensitive part of her inner thighs.

He spent time there, tasting the juices that had escaped the wet panties as she squirmed and moaned beneath his touch. The whole experience was so surreal. When he sat up, she could see the ripple of his hard muscles reflected off the sliver of moonlight that shone through the blinds and she shivered. Her hands reached for him but only caught his strong shoulders as he bent down again, hooking his fingers in the waistband of her panties and pulling them down.

He lifted himself up off of her, and she was suddenly so cold she could feel herself trembling. He was only adjusting his weight and then he was back on top of her again, and the searing heat coming from his body once more penetrated her skin. His tongue was back in her mouth, and she ran her hands across the muscular planes of his back. She could feel his hardness pressing against her thigh, and she had never wanted anything so badly in her life. As he kissed her, his hand had drifted down and underneath her and he kneaded her cheeks with his fingers.

Conner was aching to be inside of her. He felt physical pain as her beautiful, perfect body squirmed and she moaned underneath him. He didn’t want to rush it though, he wanted to make it last. The pack could tell him that he can’t have her, and he wanted at least to have the memory of their coupling seared into his brain so that he could recall the taste and the smell and the feel of her if he needed to. He lifted up just far enough to look at her. She was the most desirable creature he had ever seen.

She was laying there watching him, and he could see the pure animal lust in her eyes. It was spurring him on. He kissed her again…deeply and then he slid his hand around front, finally dipping his fingers into her warm wetness. She moaned louder now as his fingers found her swollen bud. He massaged it, incensed by the motion of her hips and the feel of her hot skin against his erection.

Conner worked his way down, needing to taste her suddenly, stopping only to give each still rock hard nipple a lick and a nip. He kissed her sweet soft belly once more before finally reaching his destination. He tried to go slowly but his body was taking on a mind of its own once his tongue had gotten a taste of her. She had her hands wrapped in his hair, pulling it as she raised her hips off the bed to meet his lips. She was making soft animal noises as he pleasured her, and he didn’t stop until she screamed out in climax.

Selena felt like she was having an out-of-body experience. That sex-starved nymph on the bed screaming as her juices gushed from her body couldn’t be her. The woman, who was now begging for him to enter her, couldn’t be the starkly professional one who had gotten off an airplane in a strange place only days before. The funniest part was that she didn’t care who this woman was, all she knew was that she wanted more.

No, she needed more. This time, when his lips covered hers and his tongue slipped in between her lips she could taste herself there and it drove her wild. He had his hand down between her legs again, but that wasn’t what she wanted. For the first time in her life, Selena completely forgot who she was and how strong she was and how independently she had lived her life.

“I need you inside of me, Conner… Please. Take me. Please let me feel you inside of me.”

He grinned and then she almost blacked out from the sheer pleasure as he finally gave her what she wanted so badly, what she suddenly felt like she couldn’t live without. He plunged deep inside of her and then pulled out, slowly. She was raking her nails across his back and she had wrapped her legs completely around him, using the muscles in them to pull him back in. They fell into a rhythm, gentle at first, but gaining momentum with each new thrust. She lost count of how many times he brought her to climax before she finally felt his body tense, every muscle from head to toe. Then his whole body shuddered, and he collapsed on top of her.

Conner had the most mind-blowing orgasm that he had ever experienced. He liked sex, but he had never known it could be this good. What he had just experienced had to be a consummation with his mate. The pack had to let him have her…

Conner had shifted his weight so that he wasn’t crushing her, but they were still wrapped in a tangle of arms and legs as Selena drifted off into the most comfortable, satisfied slumber of her life.

Conner didn’t sleep. He lay awake and listened to the howl of the wolves under the seductive moon, and he wondered what he would do if they said no. Could he leave his pack to their own devices? Could he walk away from his responsibilities…his very life as an Alpha? He looked over at her face, so peaceful. The corners of her lips were turned up in a sweet smile and the gentle rise and fall of her chest was evidence that she was completely satiated and content to be here in his arms. He would do whatever he had to do now to be with her. He had found his mate and, Alpha or not, he would follow her to the ends of the earth if he had to in order to be with her.