Page 26 of Unbreakable Bond
“Me too.” She nipped his lips right back and he growled ather.
That sound. Oh, that sound was going to drive her crazy. It made her wet and needy and she wiggled in his lap until he securely held her still with his hands on herwaist.
“Zoey, focus.” He met her eyes but there was a mischievous glint there that she thought she might become addicted to very, very easily, “I have an idea but I need to ask you somethingfirst.”
“Okay.” She bit her lip and nodded as seriously as she could manage with heat running through her veinsagain.
“Do you want me to bite you and give you a wolf? You won’t ever be rid of me if you do. I’ll never leave you. I’ll protect you from everything, including myself. I swear I’ll be yours and only yours and I’ll do my damndest to be the kind of man, and mate, that youdeserve.”
Zoey tangled her hands in his hair, “Rafe, you’re already my mate. I trust fate. I trust you. And I trust your wolf. I told you, I’myours.”
The relief that washed through her was his. She was already getting better at picking out her emotions from his. She was made for this. For him. She’d trust him enough for the both of them until he learned he could trust himselfagain.
“If I bite you tonight, my wolf might be more controllable tomorrow. Maybe. I don’t know for sure but… I think if I mark you then he’ll understand that you’re already ours and there’s no need to hunt you down andtakeyou.”
She swallowed hard at the way he said it. His wolf hunting her down and ravaging her definitely didn’t sound like a nice way to spend their first full moon together. She wanted his wolf to like her, want her and trust her. That wouldn’t happen if he thought he had totakeher, as Rafe putit.
“Then bite me.” She smiled softly, “Mark me. Claim me, Rafe. I want it. I wanted it in thewoods.”
“Your head wasn’t clear in the woods. I’m still not sure it’s clear. Thebond…”
“Is getting stronger, just like you said.” She cut him off with a soft kiss, “I know you’re scared but you don’t have to be. Not anymore. You’re not in thisalone.”
He tangled his hand in her hair, a low sound coming straight from his chest that made her wince because it was so sad. He’d been alone for so long. He’d lost his family and his mind and control of his wolf that day in the woods. He’d left Michael behind and he’d lost the pack and his position in the process. He’d been out there running wild, all alone, ever since. But now he had her and she wasn’t going anywhere. He needed to understand that from thestart.
Rafe pressed his forehead to hers, “The bite, it’ll bind us together forever. No going back. You’ll be a wolf and she’ll be as mated to mine as I am toyou.”
Sweet, broken man, so worried about her that he was still giving her ways out of this but she shook her head, “Bite me,Rafe.”
“Mywolf…”
“Mark me.” She cut himoff.
“It mightnot…”
“Claim me.” She wrapped her arms around him and straddled his lap, “Claim me, Rafe. I’m yourmate.”
His eyes looked pained as she pushed away the blanket he’d wrapped her in even as a low growl worked in his chest, “Zoey…”
“I trust you.” She met his eyes again, “Now, let me seehim.”
Rafe frowned but his wolf was already so close to the surface she felt the ripple of magic and power even before his eyes flashed wolf. The gold glowed and the growl in his chest went from sexy to dangerous in a split second. She didn’t flinch, simply met those gold eyes and softly stroked her mate’scheek.
“I trust you.” She told the wolf in her man’s eyes, “Don’t hurt me.Please.”
Rafe squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head firmly, “Never.”
