“It’s okay. I’ll be fine,” I said while my teeth chattered. The temperature had dropped by several degrees in the last hour. Fall had finally arrived.
Maverick went into full protective mode, his grief momentarily forgotten as instinct took over.
“Let’s get you tucked under the covers in my bed.”
I let him lead me through into the bedroom and strip us both. I tried not to ogle his glorious muscles and thick cock bursting out of his boxers; throwing myself at my bear was a bad idea. He needed time to grieve, not a horny witch sexually assaulting him in his home.
It was difficult, but I shoved down my selfish desires and crawled under the covers. Maverick climbed in beside me and tugged me close.The blazing heat of his body soon warmed me up, and I sighed with happiness.
It was rapidly dawning on me I wasn’t a fan of the climate up here. Having a sexy shifter mate would be a real goddess-sent gift come winter. I’d have to figure out personal heat spells too. Glynda had mentioned they were useful for staying warm while outdoors. Nobody had ever taught me this stuff, so I had a lot of catching up to do.
I also needed to research a location-tracking spell. That was way more important than a heat spell, I reminded myself.
Maybe I should confide in Glynda? She was much more studious than I was. I bet she’d know where to find the textbooks I needed. I resolved to ask her in the morning.
A yawn escaped as I snuggled closer to my bear. He wrapped his arms around me more tightly, and the rumble rattling through his chest grew louder. My lips curved up in a smile as I closed my eyes.
Seconds later, the sound of feathers rustling from the window ledge disturbed me, but I was too tired to focus. Probably a bird on the roof. I heard Maverick cuss as I slipped into sleep, but the words didn’t register.
Maverick lay on his back, snoring softly, when I opened my eyes. The room had lightened, which told me dawn was close. I lifted my head and cringed when I realized I’d drooled all over his chest while sleeping. Goddess, save me. How gross. Thank the stars Kenji wasn’t around to tease me.
“I’m outside,” a familiar voice said. “Like a fucking stray cat. Honestly, I may as well hand myself into the nearest shelter at this point. It’s a wonder animal control hasn’t picked me up.”
I frowned in confusion. “Why are you here instead of in my room in the dorm?”
“There was a lesser demon lurking in the forest. I came to warn you, but the incubus got here first. He went off to deal with the demon scum. I stayed out here to keep watch.”
Knowing a demon had been sniffing around made me nervous, but I trusted Maverick to protect me. He wouldn’t let anything bad happen.
I must have drifted off to sleep again because when I next woke, it was fully light outside. Maverick curled around me, but when I tried to extricate myself from his arms, he stirred and cracked an eye open.
“Where are you going?”
“Um, the bathroom?” I focused on a spot on the wall behind Maverick. It seemed easier than ogling his chest or paying attention to the tented sheet above his dick. Nope. Definitely not looking.
He rolled me over and pinned me down with his body. A deep growl rattled through his chest, telling me his bear was very close to the surface. The sheet twisted around between us, but I could still feel every delicious inch of him. Naked and needy because, at some point, he’d removed his boxers.
Unlike me, who’d kept her panties and vest top on. Last night, we’d both been too tired to do anything other than sleep, but it seemed as if my bear wasn’t willing to let me go.
“Mine,” he growled.
“I should get dressed,” I squeaked. “Head back to my room.”
“Mine,” he repeated, louder this time. Oh no. The bear was in the driver’s seat. He leaned down and sniffed my neck, nuzzling a spot justbelow my ear. Then I felt a slight sting, followed by the scrape of a wet tongue. Was my bear… licking me?
“Bad bear,” I grumbled. “You can’t eat me.” Maverick smirked, but from the glow in his eyes, the bear still had his claws in him.
“I want to eat you, little witch,” he chuckled.
Before I could protest and whine about needing a shower, he shuffled down the bed and settled between my legs. When I tried to move, he used his arms to pin me to the mattress. With one quick movement, he’d torn my panties away to reveal my pussy.
My face flushed red, but he was too busy staring at the spot between my thighs to notice. Then, to my absolute shame, he pressed his nose into my sex and inhaled deeply.
“You smell delicious, little witch.” I was pretty sure I didn’t, but I lost the power of speech when his wet tongue licked a stripe from my clit down to my opening.
All my reasons to protest flew straight out of the window. My first class started in less than an hour, but the thought of leaving this bed unsatisfied made me want to scream and throw things. Luckily for me, my bear had no intention of letting that happen.
He pressed a thick finger inside me while sucking my clit. I nearly flew off the bed as pleasure hit me hard and fast.
