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Wolf in Heat (Mated for Life #2)(4)
Author: Sam Crescent

“I never asked for anything.”

“Is that your way of saying thank you?” he asked. “You’re not being fair to me.”

“What do you want me to do? Bend over like a good little bitch?”

“Fuck, Heather. I’ve only treated you with kindness, but you make me out to be a monster. And I think you’re the only one who doesn’t believe we’re mates.”

The word hung heavily in the air.

The entire forest seemed to silence at that moment.

“I never said that,” she said.

“Then what? You hate me so much you’d rather spend your life alone?”

She turned to glance at him. The moonlight highlighted his naked form. He was the perfect male specimen. And, even though she wouldn’t admit it, she liked this dominant side of him better. It was starting to get annoying having him dote over her every chance he got. She was already so uncertain about everything in her life, she almost craved a male who could take control. To ground her.

“I’m not sure what I want.” It wasn’t so easy bringing down her walls, but it felt liberating.

“Stop pushing me away,” he said. “Even when I can scent your desire, you deny me.”

“I’m used to everyone rejecting me. If I open up, you could do the same.”

He shook his head. “That’s not going to happen.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’ve been waiting for you, dreaming about the day I’d find my mate. From that first day in the forest, I knew you were the one. I think you did, too.”

“It scared me. I wasn’t ready. I lost my family and found my mate on the same day.”

“And now?” he asked.

She shrugged. “I don’t know what I am or how I should feel. Sometimes I feel like a rogue wolf.”

“Well, you’re not.” He took a step closer. “You’re mine. There’s only so long we can put off the inevitable.”

“Your pack tolerates me.”

“No, they want you to accept them. Besides, if they don’t accept you, they don’t accept me. Mates are for life. That’s a long time, Heather.” He reached out a hand, beckoning for hers.

She bit her lip. Her natural tendency was to reject, but instead, she obliged him. He hoisted her up to her feet, their nude bodies briefly crashing against one another. His body was rock hard with the muscle and strength of a male wolf. Every cell inside her came firing to life, the coolness thawing in an instant.

He kept her close, breathing in at her neckline. She felt her body react to the heat and rugged scent of his skin. The man was tall and built of solid muscle.

“Bethany was human, and I know Caleb had a lot of trouble courting her. It’s supposed to be easier with shifters, as natural as breathing.” He ran his tongue along the shell of her ear. “Don’t fight what your wolf wants.”

She closed her eyes, savoring all the sensations bombarding her. The rush of the leaves in the branches above her, the glow of the moon, the feel of David’s body, the deep whisper of his voice, and the way her pussy tingled just from their proximity.

He ran his hand down her back, and all the little hairs on her skin stood on end. As his fingers grazed the top of her ass, she gasped.

“You’re a virgin. That’s good,” he said.

“It is?”

“I don’t like the idea of sharing what’s mine,” he said.

She liked the thought of being owned by him, claimed by his wolf. Her deep-seated wolven instincts kept rushing to the surface. It was impossible to fight them, and did she even want to? Her sister had accepted the new pack. Even her eccentric uncle had settled in. It was time for her to stop pushing back against the inevitable.

If her mother were still alive, she’d be celebrating this day. Becoming a mated she-wolf was an honor, the beginning of forever. Since becoming orphaned, nothing had the same joy. But, deep down, she knew she couldn’t mourn her old life indefinitely.

“What do we do now?” she asked.

“You need to stop fighting the mating heat. It’s not healthy. It’s not natural.”

It felt too sudden to go from accepting her fate to fucking in the span of an hour. “You want to claim me right here, right now?” she asked.

“Yes, but there’s no rush. Knowing you accept me as your mate is good enough for me tonight. This is a day I’ve been waiting patiently for.”

She smiled. “You have been patient. I’m sorry for being such a bitch.”

Heather recalled how far he went to impress her, to make her feel included. He didn’t single her out for being vegan. Instead, he bought her things she loved, researched ways to cook for her. There wasn’t a thing he did that went unnoticed by her. He was one in a million and all hers if she could give up her stubbornness.

As soon as she acknowledged the mating bond, her wolf and human selves seemed to instantly be at peace with one another. The war constantly playing inside her settled down to a simmer. She was meant to be with David, she knew that now.

****

David filled gas canisters at the highway truck stop. One of the joys of living off the grid. They ran their property with the help of several generators. He usually hated coming out here, but nothing could get his mood down now. He’d finally made progress with Heather. After months of dealing with her pushing him away, she’d opened up, admitting she felt the mating call.

Now he needed to be sure not to scare her off. To show her he wanted her for life, not just sex. The other night when he’d seen her in the forest, naked and near feral, she’d been a beautiful sight. He loved all those lush curves, so unique amongst she-wolves. There was a depth to her that pulled him in. Every instinct within him told him to claim her, to force her to her knees and take her virginity. But he called on his human side to keep his cool and hold back. Now he was sporting blue balls and anxious to get things moving forward.

She was getting closer to the mating heat. He could feel it. It was more important than ever for her to accept him, but he wouldn’t push her before she was ready.

“You’re cute.”

David turned around, the gas nozzle still in his hand. It was one of the truck-stop whores, and he had no interest. His loyalties were wholly with Heather now.

“Thanks.” He returned to his work. Three more canisters to fill.

“I’d even fuck you for free, big boy.”

She was getting close to him, despite the fact he’d been trying his best to ignore her.

“I’m sure someone else would be interested. I’m not,” he said.

There were plenty of big rigs on the periphery of the truck stop. Many of those men were quick to buy sex. He wasn’t one of them.

“Trust me, you don’t know what you’re missing.”

“He said he’s not interested.”

This time, the new voice caught his wolf’s attention. He returned the nozzle to the machine and turned around. It was Heather. Had she followed him way out here?

Her eyes were glazed over in a subtle yellow, a warning her she-wolf was close to the surface. The mating heat was taking hold and her impulse control would be dangerously poor.

“Why don’t you find your own man,” said the whore.

Heather lunged forward, her claws breaking through her fingertips. David grabbed her around the waist before she could make contact with the human. She thrashed and growled in his arms.

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