Pleased beyond reason, Merry saw that on either side of them were all of her strange new neighbors. Morgaine, Gwyneth, and Joe Murphy on one side. Sly, Konrad, and Nathan on the other. Sly’s shiny, black hair had been cut and styled. It was swept back from the sides and widow’s peak, and he looked quite handsome—in a dangerous, vampiric way. She wondered for a fleeting moment if Chad was around. The place was packed.
Someone had sold her out. She glanced over at Roz. Hermaid of honor winked at her.Ah ha. Her best friend had been in cahoots with her husband-to-be and planned a surprise—the big wedding she had always wanted.
Merry kissed her dad and took her place beside her happy groom. When she linked her arm through his, she gazed up at him through the tears shimmering in her eyes. He grinned at her and kissed her forehead. At that moment, Merry knew for sure her ultimate dreams were coming true.
Epilogue
It was almost time for Jason to return from practice, and Merry had just arrived home from her shift at the local children’s hospital. She opened a bedroom window and let the warm Florida air inside.
As soon as Jason flew over the windowsill and landed on the bed, she started to peel off her clothes. When he appeared in falcon form in front of her, carrying a piece of something in his beak, it could only mean one thing. The last step of their bonding was about to take place, and Merry’s panties dampened. She didn’t even look to see what he’d brought.
“How was the game, lover?”
He shifted and folded his hands behind his head. “Fantastic. I just wish it had happened in the regular season. You’re good for my batting average.”
She gulped when glancing at his erection. How could a man become so unbelievably hard so fast? When it came to her man, there didn’t seem to be any occasion he couldn’t rise to. She chuckled to herself as that thought ran through her brain.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nothing. Have I told you how proud I am of how well you’ve learned to control your shifts?”
He smiled and held his arms out to her. “Maybe, but you can tell me again.”
“Well, I am. You must have worked hard.”
“I did. Nathan put me through the paces so many times, I thought I was learning a whole new professional sport.”
As soon as she was naked, she dove into his arms where all rational thoughts vanished. Jason could melt her mind in seconds. Heat rushed to her nipples as their lips fused. His strong hips braced hers and she grabbed his smooth buttocks asthey rolled together.
His scent seemed to intensify, swirling around her in clouds of rugged, primitive man. His tongue swept her mouth in deep swirls as his hand found her breast and massaged it. Waves of hot, wanton need undulated through her.
As he broke the kiss, his body slid downward. Merry shivered, unable to tear her gaze from him, knowing he was about to consume her bare breasts. As joyfully anticipated, he latched on and sucked. Immediately her womb clenched and she arched further into his mouth. He suckled her thoroughly, then gave her other breast the same attention, creating shivers of sweet sensation.
“Oh, God. What you do…” Coherent words went the way of coherent thoughts.
“Are you ready for this? I mean, this is the final step in our bonding.”
“Bring it on, stud.”
Jason ran his hand over her pussy and inserted a finger into her aching passage. She moaned as her cream lubricated his path. He pulled back, inserted two fingers, thrust in and out of her core, and returned to sucking her puckered nipples.
“I love… I want…”
Jason let her breast pop out of his mouth and asked, “What do you want, darling?” He slid downward again and without stopping his fingers he added his tongue to the onslaught.
She gasped. “You… I want… you!”
He stopped licking long enough to say, “You have me, baby. I’m yours.”
Her breathing grew ragged as she rolled her hips to keep him flush to her lower body. He continued his skillful strokes, making love to her most intimate parts. Decadent sounds reached her ears. That’s all it took to launch the rippling sensations that signaled her impending orgasm.
Suddenly bolts of electricity shot through every nerve ending. Her thighs tensed and her body spasmed. She screamed her release with complete abandon. She crested and came again and again, generating white heat. Beads of sweat popped out on her brow.
Jason rode the wave of her climax until her body weakened. When he finally stilled, she melted into the mattress. Even though she was spent, her legs continued to tremble.
“I love how hard you come,” he said, smiling.
Between heavy panting, she managed to say, “It’s all you, lover.”
