Page 32 of Unbreakable Bond
Chapter 14
Rafe watchedher sleep for a long time before finally convincing himself and his wolf that losing sight of her wouldn’t mean losing her. She belonged to them now. Just as they belonged to her. So despite his overwhelming need to keep her close, to protect her, he kissed her softly on the forehead and then crawled out ofbed.
He wasn’t sure how much he’d slept. Not much if the aches and pains were anything to go by. The heat and then his desire for Zoey had managed to conceal the worst of it last night. But in the light of day, his back was sore where he’d been shot by the tranquilizer and he felt groggy as if the drugs were still in hissystem.
As a shifter, he had enhanced healing abilities. He should have been fine by now. He could only assume that since Michael had upgraded the local jail to hold shifters that he’d also upgraded the weaponry his officers carried. There was little doubt in his mind that tranq had been specifically designed to take down a shifter if he was still feeling the effects hourslater.
Typically, the first thing he did when he woke up was go for a run. It helped to work off some of his innate shifter energy. He didn’t let his wolf out enough and it made them both restless. A good solid couple of miles in the morning worked off the worst of the agitation but he couldn’t bring himself to leave thecabin.
Not with Zoey still sound asleep in the otherroom.
He didn’t want her to wake up alone. That’s what the reasonable side of his brain told him. The reasonable side of him said that she’d been through a lot last night. He’d flipped her entire world upside down. Hell, he’d literally turned her into a different species. The least he could do was be there for her when she wokeup.
But the reasonable side of him also knew that wasn’t the fulltruth.
He couldn’t get too far away from her because if he did, she might get hurt. She might get attacked. She might wander off and get lost. She might leave him and she couldn’t leave him. Not when he’d just found her. Not when he’d finally found his mate. Found his way home. He couldn’t lose her, not like he’d lost Gabe and his parents. So he didn’t dare leave the cabin, instead choosing to shower and dress and then make breakfast for his little mate for when shewoke.
Besides, he told himself. He wasn’t being overprotective. Trouble was going to come for them sooner rather than later. They’d had the night together. A gift, really. But it wouldn’t be long now until the forces that had tried to keep them apart showed up to check the damagedone.
Michael was coming. It was only a matter of time. And Rafe intended to put himself between his brother and his mate this time. Because she was his and there was no way Michael was taking her fromhim.
Rafe scrambled the eggs in the frying pan much harder than necessary as he thought about that. She’d said last night that she wasn’t disappointed fate had given her him instead of Michael but how could she not be? He was a mess compared to his brother. He didn’t even have control of his wolf. But he’d heard the truth in her statement when she said she didn’t wish it was Michael with her now. She’d said it and she’d meant it. He could only hope that she still did today, in the bright light of morning, without the heat baring down on them or the power of the mark compelling thebond.
He was just plating the eggs and pulling the bacon off the griddle when he heard the door to the bedroom open. He steeled himself with a deep breath, but all it did was force more of her sweet scent into his lungs. He turned to face her and the simple ease of her smile caused an uncontrollable pain in hischest.
God she wasgorgeous.
Fresh from sleep, her hair tied up into a messy ponytail and her face free of makeup she looked even younger than she was. More like the girl he remembered. She’d found some clothes in the dresser, a disappointment since he was a big fan of her naked. Luckily though, the tank top and shorts she’d donned didn’t cover much and he could still see and stroke plenty of her smooth skin. Then his eyes caught on the mark on her neck and his wolf practically howled withapproval.
She hadn’t covered it up. In fact, pulling her hair up showed it off. The loose tank top cut low exposing the spot where her neck and shoulder met, right where he’d bittenher.
The wound had healed overnight but she would bear his mark for a lifetime. The semi-circle imprint of his teeth in her flesh glistened silver-white in the morning light. And just like that, he was hard and his teeth ached to bite her all over again. Everywhere. So no matter what she wore, everyone would know she belonged tohim.
“Good morning.” She grinned as she moved towardsher.
His eyebrows twitched upward, “Isit?”
“Of course it is.” Zoey pranced over to him and didn’t stop until her body was right up against his, she tiptoed up and brushed her lips over his as she wound her arms around his neck, “Would have been better if you were still in bed with methough.”
He groaned as her soft body brushed his and her taste ignited his system. Sweet, sexy little mate. He could feel desire pulsing off of her as clearly as he could feel his own. She wanted him again. Still. And he could only hopealways.
Rafe forgot all about breakfast and feasted on her mouth instead. He cupped her ass and dragged her up his body. Zoey wound her legs around his waist and moaned into his mouth. Two steps and he had her on the counter-top, a second after that he had his hand down the front of her shorts and they bothgroaned.
Wet. She was so fucking wet for him. Already. Wanted him. Neededhim.
“Rafe.” Zoey tilted her head back and arched her hips up into his touch as he stroked through herfolds.
“Love it when you say my name like that.” He groaned against her neck as he kissed her everywhere he could reach. She’d showered before coming out of the bedroom and she didn’t smell like him anymore. That was something he had to fix. Now. “Say it again and I’ll let youcome.”
“Rafe!” She cried out as he found her entrance and plunged a finger deep, pulled it out and inserted a second, curling them until he found the spot that made her shake and moan, “Rafe,please.”
“Anything you want. Always. You just tell me and it’s yours.” He rotated his fingers until he could get a third inside her and pumped them in and out while he thumbed her swollen clit, “Tell me,baby.”
“Make me come. Please, Rafe, make me come.” Zoey gasped out hoarsely and then screamed his name as he pinched her clit and she fell over the edge into her orgasm, “Rafe!”
She screamed his name so loud he was certain the other wolves could hear her in town and damn if that didn’t fill him with a sense of pride. He wanted them to know she was his. Wanted the world to know that he was the one that could give her thispleasure.
Zoey collapsed against him as the tide ebbed, “Oh myGod…”
