Zeke’s hold on me tightened as he grumbled, “I do, but your wolf’s reaction to her scent is confusing.”
“It is,” Kace agreed with a nod. His attention shifted to me. “Do you have any sisters? Maybe it’s a family connection he’s sensing.”
I shook my head. “Nope, I’m an only child. My parents are too, so I don’t have any female cousins either.”
“I’m not sure what it could be then.” Kace grimaced as he shrugged.
“Maybe it’s one of your best friends,” Zeke suggested. “Since you live with them, a trace of their scent would be embedded in your skin.”
“Roommates? That could be it,” Kace agreed.
“I’m not sure about all that,” I drawled, my lips curving up in a tiny grin as I tried to picture this bossy man with either of my friends. Although it would be cool if my friends found shifters of their own, I couldn’t see it because Kace would butt heads with Larissa and steamroll over Calliope. “I mean, my best friends and I do share a dorm room. But from what I understand, I can’t tell them about shifters so I’m not sure how this is all going to work. We’ve known each other since kindergarten, and it’s going to be difficult to keep the truth from them when they’re really good at telling when I’m lying. Not that I have much practice at it since they’ve always been a part of any trouble I’ve gotten into growing up.”
Zeke chuckled and pressed a kiss against my neck. “What my mate is trying to say is that she’d like permission to tell her best friends about us.”
“I’ll consider the request,” Kace conceded. “After she’s had the chance to settle in a little and learn about life in the pack and what it means to be mated to my beta.”
I twisted my neck to stare at Zeke. “Beta?”
“It just means I’m Kace’s second in command,” Zeke explained, his hand stroking down my back in a soothing gesture.
“I thought you were the sheriff?”
“Many betas tend to be in law enforcement,” Kace added. “It’s one of those shifter things you’ll learn over time.”
“Adjusting to pack life and the shifter world is nothing you need to worry about. I’ll be with you every step of the way, sweetheart,” Zeke swore as he stared into my eyes.
I was still a little worried about how I would fit in, but I had no doubt Zeke would do everything in his power to help me. After giving him a soft smile and nodding, I settled against his chest. With the change in position, his hard on pressed between my legs. I felt the heat of him against my core and bit back a moan, squirming in need.
“Like I said before, stop smelling my mate.” It took me a moment to figure out why Zeke felt the need to give his alpha that warning again. When I realized it was because their superior sense of smell meant they knew my panties were damp. My face burned with heat, and I buried my face in Zeke’s shoulder.
“I’ll give you two some privacy.” Kace stood and strode over to the front door, pausing to look over his shoulder as he pulled it open. “But I’m going to want to know more about Allegra’s friends when I come back.”
I waited until the door closed behind him to turn to Zeke and ask, “What in the heck was all of that about?”
Zeke shrugged his broad shoulders and shifted my position so I was straddling him. “I’m not sure, but whatever it is can’t be more important than me giving you the orgasm your body is crying out for.”
When he put it that way, who was I to argue?
10
Allegra
I twined my arms around Zeke’s neck as he stood and carried me up to the bedroom. He dumped me on the mattress, his dark eyes raking down my body. “Strip,” he commanded as he tugged his clothes off and tossed them on the floor. “I need you naked for everything I’m about to do to you.”
Spurred on by the hunger in his tone, I yanked the sweatshirt over my head. His hands beat mine to the pants, and he ripped them down my legs. I let out a surprised shriek when he rolled me onto my stomach and lifted my butt into the air. Then he slid a pillow under my hips, raising me higher. I didn’t have the chance to react before he shoved his head between my legs and started to devour my pussy. His hands gripped my hips while his tongue fucked in and out of me.
I buried my face in the pillows as he quickly forced me to the edge, nipping and sucking at my pussy as though he was starving for the taste of me. His deep groan sent shivers down my spine as his tongue stroked through my slit to circle my clit. Then he added his fingers into his sensual assault, and I couldn’t see straight. My head thrashed back and forth while he worked one finger, and then another, into me.
“Come for me, sweetheart,” he growled against my damp flesh. “I want your sweet nectar all over my face and dripping down my throat when I sink my cock into your tight pussy.”
He twisted his wrist, and his fingers found just the right spot to send me flying. Replacing them with his tongue, he stroked in and out of me until my pussy stopped clenching around it. My body was still trembling from the power of my orgasm when he flipped me over, my butt landing on the pillow beneath me. Yanking my thighs apart, he settled his body over mine. One of his hands pressed into the mattress at my side to hold him up over me while the other cradled my cheek. “I’m so fucking lucky I found you, sweetheart. I know it’s only been a day, but you make me happier than I’ve ever been before.”
My heart felt as though it was overflowing with emotion. I stretched my neck up to brush my lips over his. “It’s the same for me, handsome. I never expected something like this to happen to me, but I don’t have a single regret. I wouldn’t change a thing.”
“Good, because I’m never letting you go.” He lined his cock up with my entrance and slowly sank inside me. “Fate picked perfectly for me, and I’m already falling in love with you.”
“I—”
He cut off what I was going to say by claiming my mouth in a deep kiss, his tongue sweeping inside to tangle with mine. When he lifted his head again, he whispered, “You don’t have to say it yet. I know we’re moving fast compared to most human relationships.”
I nipped his bottom lip and smiled. “Sure, it’s crazy fast, but that doesn’t change my feelings. You’re more than I could have ever hoped for in a husband, and I’m falling in love with you, too.”
“I’ll do whatever it takes so you never regret loving me,” he promised.
I glided my palms down his back and wiggled my hips. “You could start by moving.”
“Your wish is my command,” he rumbled as he slowly withdrew, only to slam back inside me. “Especially when you want me to fuck you. I could stay in this bed for weeks with your tight pussy squeezing the hell out of my dick, the scent of your desire filling my lungs, and the sound of your cries ringing in my ears.”
He circled his hips and made me gasp, “Holy crap, that feels good.”
“I can do better,” he promised, licking over the mating mark on my shoulder.
I felt the touch of his tongue all the way in my core as though there was a string connecting the two places on my body. I tilted my head to the side and panted, “Please.”