Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 28245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 141(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 141(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
He shakes his head and closes his eyes, looking like he’s about to tear up. “What did we do?”
I rub his back and lean in close. “You didn’t know, Cain. You had to do something. Those bears were rabid and out of control. They could have killed someone.”
He nods as his mouth tightens into a straight line. “Yeah. We did the best we could. I just wish we could have done better.”
“You’re the new AFA director,” I say in an uplifting voice. “You can change it. You can bring the agency into a new direction.”
He sighs as he turns to me. “I’m not going to be the director anymore. They’d rather put me down than have me back at the agency.”
I hate to admit it, but he’s right. My grandfather will never trust him again.
“I’m still a danger to everyone,” he says, looking like his heart is being squeezed into a tight little ball. “I’m not even sure it’s safe for you to be next to me.”
I put down my coffee and stand up. “Bring him out.”
“What?”
“You heard me. Bring him out.”
“My bear?”
“No, the little elf in your pocket. Of course, your bear! I want to meet him.”
“Out of the question.”
“You’re never going to trust yourself around me until we do this. Until you prove to yourself that he’s not a threat anymore.”
“I can’t do that.”
“And I can’t have just a part of you,” I tell him with a seriousness to my tone that frightens me. “I can’t have you holding back. I can’t have you worried whenever we’re together. I want all of you, Cain. You’re my mate and I think I deserve that, especially since I’m going to give you all of me.”
He looks at me for a long time and then closes his eyes. “It’s too dangerous,” he whispers. “I’m sorry.”
“Then, I’m leaving,” I say as my chin quivers. “It’s either all-in or nothing. I mean it.”
“You don’t understand,” he says with a crack in his voice. “He… wants something from you.”
“What…?”
He shakes his head as he looks at the grass between his feet. “He wants to mark you.”
My hand darts up to the tingling spot on my neck. It’s right below my ear. It’s been tingling since I met him, but right now, it feels like it’s vibrating. It feels like it’s missing something. Like that spot belongs to Cain and his bear and my body is waiting for them to claim it.
“That’s it,” he says when he sees my fingers stroking my neck. “A shifter has to mark his mate. Until that time comes, being around my bear will never be safe.”
“Then do it,” I say as I squeeze my hands into fists, steeling myself for whatever comes next. “Mark me.”
A deep shudder rips through his body. Those big shoulders quake.
“Stop,” he warns. “You don’t know what you’re doing.”
“I think I do,” I say as I pull back my hair and tilt my head to the side, exposing the part of my flesh that’s destined for my mate’s mark. “Put your teeth on me. Mark me.”
“I’m scared…” he says as his body begins to shake. Even his voice is different. It’s deeper. More monstrous. “…to hurt you.”
The words are coming out rougher, like they’re passing over sandpaper. His arms start swelling up, his shoulders rising as they grow. He looks at me and I gasp when I see his eyes shining with a bright golden color.
A part of me wants to flee down the hill, but a bigger part wants to stay here. It wants to have this man dominate me and leave his mark on my skin. It wants to be his in every way. It wants to be owned by him. Consumed by him.
“Mark me, Cain. Do what you need to do. Make me yours.”
His lips push out as his teeth grow sharp and long. My pulse is racing, my pussy aching as I watch him transform into a half-man, half-beast. I’m so wet. The desire is like a wildfire burning through me. I want him to devour me.
His body is almost double its normal size. I wonder if his cock has grown too. It was big before. It must be enormous now. Still, I want to feel it inside of me, stretching me out as he sinks his teeth into my neck.
He’s struggling to hold the beast back. His hands are squeezed into fists, his teeth gritted tight, but there’s excitement in his golden eyes as he watches me. It’s time to push the savage beast over the edge. It’s time to tempt him with everything I got.
He starts breathing heavier as I take off my clothes.
“Don’t,” he growls as I yank off my shirt and unclasp my bra. He lets out a low possessive growl as he watches my breasts tumble free.