I should probably stop this. This isn’t right. Is it?
I told my brain to fuck off. What did he know? Whatever this was, it obliterated every other kiss before it. Wiped them from my existence.
No one had ever laid claim to every part of me with just a kiss. The feel of his palm gripping the back of my neck and his arms banding around my waist, holding me to him like I weighed nothing, was incredible.
God, he smelled good. How did he smell so damn good?
His mouth hypnotized me. Was that even possible? If this was a dream, I didn’t want to wake up.
My fingers felt the light beard he always seemed to sport, and it wasn’t spiky. It was actually soft.
I moaned when he turned me so my back was against the wall of the house, and he ground his hard—oh my days—just like every other part of him that, too, was huge.
My hole clenched, and I wanted to feel that cock sliding inside my body.
My dick leaked in my jeans, and I knew my hole would be slick, ready to take him.
Gabe nibbled on my bottom lip before dipping his tongue back in, and all I could do was whimper. It wasn’t enough.
Gabe made a sound that was half moan, half groan into my mouth, and I drank it in. No one had ever made me feel this wanted.
The most incredible kiss of my life suddenly stopped. Gabe looked into my eyes, and his were so dark they could be black. I saw lust and need there. And I wanted everything the look promised, but then I was suddenly back on my feet, and it was a miracle I didn’t puddle on the ground at his feet.
He stepped back, and in a voice that seemed to be dragged from his soul, he said, “You have no idea…” He pushed his hands through his hair. “You don’t leave. Swear to me you won’t leave.”
I nodded like a marionette on a string. And the next thing I knew, he was gone.
Did he realize he’d just run from his own house?
Sighing, I let myself slide against the wall till my ass hit the ground. I wasn’t sure what had just happened. But it had to happen again.
Minutes ticked by, and then it dawned on me that I’d dropped my iPad during all that. Dammit, was there even an Apple Store in a ten-mile radius?
Maybe I would come to, and this would be an elaborate hallucination…or a fever dream.
I sure hoped not.
Also, was I meant to wait here till he came back? I banged my head gently against the wall. Fuck, this Alpha was giving me whiplash. So why did I want to run towards him and not in the other direction?
10
Gabe
That hadn’t happenedto me in a long time. In fact, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d lost control of my bear. Maybe when I was six or seven. But kissing my mate had brought me so close. My bear was extremely pleased after that kiss. We wanted more. Finally having Kian in my arms. It was everything I’d wanted it to be. Kian had responded to me so well, his body ready and willing. All my bear had wanted was to claim him, and Gods, I wanted it too, but…
Yeah, even I was getting sick of coming up with reasons why I couldn’t.
I’d gotten as far away from my house as I could before letting my bear take over, but that led to a fight about returning to Kian, and now here I was, back at the house I’d grown up in. Thankfully, there were still sweatpants stashed in the laundry room, or I’d be screwed.
I kicked my feet and got the porch swing moving again and sighed. I wasn’t even sure why I’d come here if I was being honest.
Hearing Kian say he might leave… It’d felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. Even though I hadn’t claimed him yet, I knew he was close by. Even without being mated, the mate bond had already begun forming, and I could feel when he was close by. But if he left…
For the first time in my life, I knew I wouldn’t be able to put Asheville or my den first. I would go after him… I would follow him wherever he went.
I didn’t know what to do, and I felt like an ass because the logos he’d come up with were great, but what would happen if I approved one? There would suddenly be a clock on his stay here.
I needed more time.No, what you need is a damn plan.
