My climax built inside me until I couldn’t stop it. Every thrust of his cock touched the exact place I needed him to be. Fireworks exploded in my brain, a rainbow of color and light. My fingernails tried to dig into the logs of the wall to keep my balance. My feet lifted off the floor as he adjusted our position. He had me entirely in his grasp and pounded into me as my brain slowly floated down to earth.
One last growl and he strained, his entire body taut. His arms squeezed me to him, tight, as he came inside me. I gasped, a warm sensation spreading through my body. I’d never felt anything like it. It was beyond an orgasm. This was like being wrapped in contentment then dipped in satisfaction. The sensation traveled to every part of me, all the way to the tips of my fingers, to the ends of my toes. It was hot and tingly and delicious in an addictive way. For a long moment, I forgot to breathe.
Slowly, my mind came back into myself. What the fuck was that? I felt owned. I’d never had sex with another shifter before.Was this what always happened?My skin eased from its near-constant itch; the swelling of my tongue lessened.
Kane set me on my feet and stepped back. The loss of him inside me made me groan. My body wanted more.
I turned, searching his face for the man I knew him to be, but only found the bear—a disoriented and dazed bear inside the man’s eyes.
He stumbled to the side. It looked like everything about him was shutting down, all energy spent. I stepped out of the sweatpants bunched on the floor and into his path. If he hit the floor, I wouldn’t be able to get him back up.
“Kane?”
His brow furrowed like he was trying to figure out who I was. I took his hand, closed the front door, and limped my way to bed with him in tow. “This way,” I murmured. He stumbled after me.
And when he fell into bed, weak, I crawled in after him wearing only his shirt.
13
KANE
Morning light stabbedthrough the window, high on the horizon. I didn’t usually sleep this late.
I stretched my arms over my head, then paused. Something was different. Something had happened. I rolled to my side, then froze. I wasn’t alone in bed. There was a warm woman beside me. Brooke. She was snuggled against me, her delicious bare bottom pressed against my hip. The T-shirt she wore slid down her shoulder, exposing bite marks. A bear bite.Mybite. Remorse punched me in the stomach. I’d hurt her.
Fuck.
The events of yesterday came back to me in a disjointed blur. There was a helicopter. I’d shifted. Men had tried to take Brooke. A cougar shifter. I’d attacked them. My body shuddered in realization.
I’d killed them all.
But that wasn’t the only thing that had happened. I’d… We’d…
All of me was bare, naked. I’d shredded my clothes when I shifted. My gaze went to the door where the sweatpants I’d given Brooke lay in a heap by the wall. Turning, I examined her peaceful face, her cheeks stained pink in a flush, and her lips parted. My scent clung all over her body.
I’d been inside her.
Please.I remembered her desperate voice, remembered the way she felt, how amazing it was to fuck her.I need you.I shook my head to clear it, not sure if I was remembering correctly, everything so disjointed that I couldn’t trust my memories.
I hadn’t impregnated her.Thank fuck.She was still in heat; I could smell it. If I’d gotten her pregnant, then her heat would be over. Instead, her intoxicating scent overwhelmed the space beneath the blankets.Lucky.I didn’t have condoms. Who the hell would I have used them with before now?
The urge to gather her in my arms and inhale the scent of her throat made me sit up and swing my legs over the bed. Her warm hand touched my bare back. I stiffened. The hand dropped away.
“Kane?”
I got up and moved away from her hesitant voice. She’d seen me at my worst. I’d lost control of my animal. She’d witnessed the bear taking over. Had I been too rough? Too crude? I couldn’t look at her as I opened my top drawer and took out a shirt, putting it on without seeing it. Next came a pair of jeans.
The mattress shifted, the springs squeaking as she moved to the edge of the bed. I needed to get out of here before I grabbed her and fucked her again.Her scent.It was too much, and it was everywhere in the cabin, smothering me. A flash of a fleeting image made every part of me throb, the memory of taking her against the wall, of how she felt inside… I’d never experienced anything so good in my life. The bear in me demanded I take her again so she wouldn’t forget who she belonged to.
Dammit.Even now, the bear was trying to gain control. I’d claimed a mate and needed to exert my dominance. This was so very dangerous, and I needed to escape before I did something more stupid.How much further can I go?
I stalked toward the door.
“Kane.” This time her voice was firm, making me pause at the door. I turned my head but didn’t look at her fully. She appeared small and lost beneath my shirt, her hair a wild mess of golden curls around her head. I fisted my hands.
“You were gentle. You were perfect.”
A savage growl erupted from my chest. I strode through the door, slamming it behind me.
