He bore down.Ouch.Suddenly her senses came alive in a whole new way. His balls slapped her ass and the smell of sex filled the air. At last he came with a bellow, and she climaxed with him. Her vaginal muscles contracted around his cock and milked every drop of his essence.
They stopped moving and fell forward. Both of them took in deep, gasping breaths.
Konrad’s weight on top of her felt good, as if she were covered by his protection, owned and yet not without her desire to be. Possessed, in a splendid, freeing way.
He shifted his weight off of her. Still panting, he murmured, “I love you.”
“Mmm…love you too.” She touched the ache where her neck met her shoulder. When she looked at her fingers, she saw only a tiny smear of blood.
Then they both drifted into a deep, dreamless sleep.
***
“Are you serious?” The mattress dipped as Konrad propped himself up on his elbow. “You want toseeme shift?”
Roz nodded.
Why would she want to do that?“Are you sure? It can be frightening for a human to witness. I remember the first time my brother and I watched a whole pack shift. I dropped to my knees, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t breathe for a minute or two. I almost passed out.”
Roz sat up and hugged her knees. “I want to be part of your life; all of it. This is a big part of who you are.”
“No, Roz. It’swhatI am, not who I am.”
“Wrong word, same diff’. I should know what to expect. Wouldn’t it be better than springing it on me sometime?”
He rubbed her back. “Why would I do that?”
She shook her head. “I don’t know. Maybe by accident? Merry said Jason unintentionally shifted in front of her without preparing her for it. She totally freaked.”
“That wouldn’t happen. I have great control over my shifts. I can arrange to be elsewhere at midnight when it has to happen if I haven’t shifted voluntarily before that.”
“What if I walked in on you as you’re halfway transformed?”
Konrad thought about it as he got out of bed and stepped into his black jeans.It might not be a bad idea. If she can handle watching, I won’t have to send her to another room every time.
“I know. And if we were away someplace where I didn’t have a separate room to go to—”
“Oh, you heard that, huh?”
She smiled. “Yeah.”
He pulled his T-shirt over his head. “Well, I’d say, ‘I’ll think about it,’ then put it off until you forget the whole thing, but that’s no use.”
She chuckled as she got out of bed. “I’m not apt to forget something like this.”
“Uh-huh. Besides, you can probably tell what I’mnotthinking as well as what Iamthinking.”
“Handy, considering how much I hate being lied to.”
“And there’s that.” He hung his head. “Boy, I can tell this is going to be a fun and challenging marriage.”
Roz stopped buttoning her blouse, turned, and stared at him. “Did you just saymarriage?”
“Well, yeah.” He lifted his shoulders. “Since we’re mates for life, I just assumed—”
Her eyes narrowed. “I don’t even get a proposal? You justassumedI’d want to marry you?”
He cocked his head. “Don’t you? I mean, you’re a woman. Don’t little girls dream about their wedding day from the time they get their first Barbie doll?”
