It was too soon for that. I had to hold back, and I did by mentally wrestling my wolf back into the lower recesses of my mind. Avery and I were barely getting back on good footing. It was too soon to claim her. She had to know that it was okay to choose me again. If and when we were back where I wanted us to be, I’d bring up claiming.

When we finally broke apart, we were both breathless and smiling shyly.

“I hope that was okay,” I said.

Avery ran a finger across her lips and nodded. “Um, yeah. It was okay.”

Taking backward steps toward my truck, I said, “I’ll see you later?”

“See you soon, Cole.”

The entire drive back to my house was spent in a haze of sexual frustration. My cock strained against my pants, aching to get out. Once I was home, the need hadn’t dissipated. I had to take care of it. I locked the door and headed straight for my bathroom. Images of Avery filled my mind as I turned the shower on and stripped off.

I stepped in under the stream of water, steaming hot liquid pouring over my head and down my body. It didn’t help. All I could see was Avery. Not the young Avery from before. The mature and gorgeous woman she was now. A woman I’d never had the pleasure of having. Groaning, I wrapped my hand around my throbbing cock, closed my eyes, and let a fantasy play out in the movie screen of my mind.

Avery’s eyes looked up at me, lust and desire oozing from them as she stared into my eyes. She was on her knees, unzipping my jeans and thrusting her hand into the fly. A moment later, her cool and soft fingers tugged me free.

“I missed this,” she whispered as she stroked me.

“I missed you,” I managed to say, then she sank my cock into her mouth, and I groaned in pleasure.

Her lips slid down, farther and farther, until her lips brushed the hair at the base. She pulled back, sucking as she did, then swirled her tongue around the tip.

“Oh my God,” I moaned.

Taking my words as a command to go on, Avery wrapped her hand around the base of my cock and slid her head back and forth, fucking me with her mouth. My hips jerked forward, pushing deeper down her throat, unable to stop myself.

While she worked me into a frenzy, I ran my fingers lovingly through her hair. She was so beautiful, so amazing. Avery stroked me hard as she sucked, and my climax built. Avery, sensing my approaching orgasm, let go of my cock and clutched at my ass.

“I’m coming,” I hissed through clenched teeth.

Avery grunted in acknowledgment and suckled at the head of my cock as I exploded. I cried out in pleasure as wave after wave pushed through me. Avery kept sucking, her lips moving over my shaft until I was fully spent.

I needed no time to recharge. I lifted her up and tore her clothes off her body until her breasts stood out, nipples hard, milky skin smooth and soft. I bent her over the bed and sank to my knees behind her. Pulling her ass cheeks apart, I shoved my tongue into her pussy. She tasted of salt, flesh, honey, and life—a life I’d missed and would never lose again. She writhed beneath me, moaning as I sucked at her clit, my cock hard, twitching in time with my pulse.

Pulling my face away, I stood and gripped Avery’s hips. She looked back over her shoulder.

“Fuck me, Cole. Please.”

With one quick thrust of my hips, I sheathed myself in her. Wet, tight, and hot. I shouted out a cry of delighted surprise at the feel of her and moved my hips in desperate desire.

Avery moaned, crying out as I slammed into her over and over. Her fingers grazed my cock as she reached under her to rub at her clit while I fucked her.

“Come for me, baby,” I hissed.

“Harder!”

Doing as she asked, I reached forward, grabbed her shoulders, and crashed into her, pulling her onto my cock with each thrust. Avery’s breathing turned into quick, almost panicked gasps. Her fingers moved furiously on her clit. A moment later, her back arched, and she screamed out, bouncing her hipsagainst me as she clenched around me. With two more quick thrusts, I came again, spurting cum into her as a new and even more powerful climax took me.

The water began to cool, and I jerked my cock, the spasm of orgasm twitching deep inside me. I sucked in a breath, my hips moving of their own accord as the pleasure built like a bomb, ready to detonate. My hand slid up and down my shaft until my climax came like a thunderclap. I grunted, resting my head on the wall of the shower as waves of ecstasy throbbed within my balls, cock, and pelvis.

Heaving a breath, I let the cool water cascade over me as I tried to recover. It had been the most powerful orgasm I’d had in… well, since the last night I spent with Avery.

“Holy fuck,” I muttered, then slammed the handle down, turning the water off.

Stepping out of the shower on shaky legs, I grabbed a towel and dried off. The whole time, I thought about the fantasy that had just played through my mind. No matter what I did, I couldn’t stop hoping and wishing it had been real instead of a vivid movie playing in my head.

I walked to the mirror, wiped the condensation off the glass, and stared into my own eyes.