Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack (Siren Publishing Classic) (32 page)

He chuckled around her nipple and sucked a little more before he stepped back and pulled her shirt over her head. She met his gaze with her own desires heating her blood, the wash of lust shutting down her thinking. But Julianna fought her Sister’s arousal with determination. Sebrina’s warning about pre-ceremonial sex brushed through her mind. She didn’t want Jeff to lose his position of Successor because he’d succumbed to his hormones.

“You have to stop, Jeff,” she said, ignoring her body’s screaming protests. “I won’t lose you because we’ve jumped the gun. You could lose your position as Successor—”

“That’s never happened before.”

“So there’s no precedent, but there’s always a first time.” She held him at arm’s length, and he leaned against her hands. “I
am
your True Mate, but I won’t lose
my
candidacy because I’ve fucked you early! Do you hear me?”

“Such language from the future Luna of the pack.” He tsked, a predatory smile creasing his face. “I might just have to spank you for being so naughty.”

He’s lost his mind.

Jeff’s grin only widened at her incredulous stare. He tried to push her down onto the bed, but she twisted sideways, her heart pounding in her chest. She wanted him to chase her.
No, no, no! I have to get away before we get in trouble
.

With a yip of excitement, he caught her hand and used her momentum to drag her back into his arms as she pivoted. Triumph filled his expression until Julianna bent her knees. Her intent to escape backfired as she slid down his body, leaving her face level with his bulging crotch. They both froze.

The scent of Jeff’s arousal enveloped Julianna, and her Sister whimpered with desperation.

Please, let me just taste him a little!

Julianna stared at his hard cock pressed tightly against the fly of his shorts. Jeff looked down at her, his face flushed, his eyes wild. His chest rose and fell, stretching his shirt against the hard muscles she ached to touch. His beauty and power filled her with rampant desire to submit to his dominance. Julianna felt his strength like flames on her face, and her smile widened. She’d tease and torture him to get her way, but she
would
get her way.

Sliding her hands up his thighs, she pressed her breasts against his knees and felt him tremble with surprise. Julianna grasped his belt buckle and released the belt with a hiss of leather in the charged air. Her fingers pulled open the top button and slowly eased the zipper down until his shorts hung loosely on his hips.

“What are you doing?” Jeff panted, bracing his legs far enough apart to keep himself upright. His eyes blazed with scorching lust.

“I’m compromising, as any good politician must.” Julianna shoved his shorts and boxer briefs over his ass and down to his ankles. His cock pushed forward, gently thumping her nose. “I’ll give you pleasure to relieve the edge of your need, and you’ll wait to fuck me until after the choosing ceremony. Deal?”

She rubbed her tongue around the rough edge of the head of his cock, and he shuddered.

“Oh, Holy Goddess!”

“Deal?” She stroked the skin of his balls with her nose.

Jeff whimpered, actually whimpered, and nodded vigorously when Julianna licked from the base of his balls all the way back up the shaft to the head. Then she sucked his cock into her mouth, massaging the tip and enjoying the feel of the hot, smooth skin on her tongue. He tasted the way he smelled, like the desert after the rain combined with musky, aroused male.

She tightened her lips around him and pushed her head down. His cock slid slowly deeper into her mouth until the tip pressed against her throat.

She swallowed.

“Oh, sweet Goddess!” he groaned and fisted her hair.

Julianna dragged her tongue and lips back up his shaft, pausing only to suck on the head before she pulled back and nuzzled his balls. The soft sac drew up tight against his body, but the muscles relaxed a little as she stroked them. Jeff’s scent changed around his scrotum, becoming more earthy and wild, and she reveled in it. She dropped teasing, wet kisses on the crinkled skin and wiry hair, laughing when he grabbed her head and thrust his cock back into her mouth.

Jeff moaned his pleasure as she moved her head forward and back, matching his slow thrusts. Julianna slid one hand up under his shirt along the line of hair rising from his groin, and the muscles of his belly contracted. Each stroke of her lips over his taut cock hardened him more, filling her mouth with his earthy taste. Julianna increased the pressure, scrubbing her tongue-tip over the sensitive spot just behind the head.

Jeff growled and thrust faster. He’d thrown his head back, his eyes closed in furious concentration. The muscles of his chest bunched under his T-shirt as his fists opened to hold her head where he wanted it. Julianna dropped her hand to the base of his cock and held his hip with the other as he shuttled in and out of her mouth.

“Your mouth is heaven, Julianna!” he rumbled, meeting her eyes with his molten gold gaze.

She growled around his cock, and he grinned in ecstatic amazement.

“You like taking me, my sweet Lupine?”

Julianna winked at him and tightened her grip on the base of his cock as she tickled the ridge of his head with her tongue. Jeff groaned and closed his eyes, tipping his head back on his shoulders once more as he slammed his hips forward. The room filled with the sounds of his rasping breaths and the wet slide of skin against skin. Julianna knew he’d reached his peak when his cock turned to stone in her mouth, and his belly contracted with his building pleasure. Fierce triumph made her Sister howl, and her body wept in sympathetic arousal.

“Oh, Goddess, you’re gonna make me come!”

Julianna wanted to swallow down his seed, but some sane part of her made her pull back and finish him with her hand. The change in venue didn’t make a difference to him. He let loose with a roar, thrusting the last few times as his release shot out over her hand, scalding her skin with its erotic heat. She reveled in the scent of sex and satisfaction, both hers and his. This was
her
Mate and her male. And she gave him enough pleasure to elicit a roar.

Finally, he stopped with his eyes still closed. Julianna rested her head against his hip and tried to catch her own breath. Jeff had been magnificent in his pleasure, even better than in her dream, and she wished she could have felt his release in her throat.

“Thank you.”

She tilted her head to look up at him and met his eyes. They’d returned to their green-gold glory, but they brimmed with gratitude and relief.

“My pleasure.”

“Not yet, but I have plans about that.” He reached out and lifted her to her feet, straight into his arms. “Thank you for thinking beyond the satisfaction. You probably saved us a world of hurt.”

Julianna delighted in the warmth of his body against her naked chest, but her own arousal snarled in the background like her rabid Sister.

“Only in the eyes of the pack,” she remarked tersely, but she softened it with a smile.

Jeff’s relaxed amusement faded into concern. He slid one hand up her neck to cup her face, tilting it to lay a soft kiss on her cheek as he inhaled her scent.

“Oh, my little minx, you’re too devious for your own good.” He growled with amused satisfaction. “I can scent your arousal. You’re burning with it, aren’t you?” He chuckled, dropping his hand to her peaked nipples. “I can help you with that, you know.”

“Oh, I’m counting on it. But after the ceremony. Now, I have to take a shower.”

He grinned. “Me, too. Let me help you with that.”

“We can’t have sex, Jeff.”

“What definition of sex are you working from?” he countered, leading her down the hallway to the guest bath. “I mean, didn’t we just do something defined as sex?”

The large bathroom had a golden marble floor and walls painted a rich terracotta red. A stand-alone shower large enough to fit three people stood beside a huge marble bathtub across from the door. The room felt warm and inviting, especially with Jeff’s resplendent body striding across the marble tiles.

He stole her breath as he opened the shower and adjusted the water to the proper temperature. Then he drew her shorts off her hips and threw his shirt to the floor. The muscles in his back and arms flexed in a symphony of motion, the view flooding her pussy with erotic cream and weakening her knees. Julianna sagged against the bathroom door, fighting her desperate need to throw herself at him. As if sensing her needs, Jeff reached for her and pulled her into the stream of hot water with him.

“You never answered my question.” Jeff slid his hands and lips over her body.

“What question?” Her breath hitched when Jeff’s hands followed the flood of water down her belly to her mound.

“Your definition of sex.” His fingers dipped between her lips, sliding through her cream. “Mmm-mmm, you’re wet.”

Humor surfaced from beneath Julianna’s arousal. “I’m in the shower.”

He chuckled and rubbed his thumb against her clit. “Not that kind of wet.” Then he pressed a finger into her tight cleft, and she gasped. “
This
kind of wet.”

“Oh, God, Jeff!” Julianna arched her back to push his hand deeper.

“That’s it, my little minx. Ride my hand.”

Julianna groaned and rocked her hips against his thrusting finger, seeking relief from the overwhelming lust and desire. Jeff pressed her up against the wall of the shower, the cold tile against her back making her squeak in surprise. He grinned at her and inserted a second finger, stretching her tightening pussy.

“Come on, sweet Lupine, let me give you pleasure.” He scraped his teeth along the cords of her throat, and she whimpered, thrusting her hips harder against his hand.

The scent of sex and lust filled the shower space, and Julianna felt like she’d explode. Jeff groaned at her neck when her pussy involuntarily clamped down on his fingers, and he thrust them harder into her. Thick steam clouded the glass door when Julianna reached her peak. She dug her fingernails into Jeff’s shoulders as her body ruptured with pleasure. A wail of rapture escaped into the noise of the shower and he caught the tail end of it by sealing his lips over hers.

Jeff’s hard arousal pressed against her hip, and his tongue danced in her mouth, branding her through the bliss soaking her mind. His kiss was brutal with his fierce joy and desire, but he slowly pulled his hand out of her clenching slit and reverently rested it on her thigh.

“Goddess, Julianna, you’re so beautiful when you come. I’ve never enjoyed watching an orgasm as much as I just did with you. You’re magnificent.”

“Thank you. I so needed that.”

He chuckled again as he drew her away from the wall. “I’m happy to provide any pleasure you ever need. All you have to do is ask.”

“Oh, believe me, after the ceremony on Friday, I’ll definitely be asking you for everything.”

He did nothing more than touch and kiss her, but she knew he held back only because she’d asked. The hard cock between his legs assured her he wanted more.

Jeff’s mesmerizing green-gold eyes flared with desire, but he didn’t say another word while he washed her body with great care and gentleness. Julianna’s joy cascaded through her, building momentum and fury until she felt she’d burst. His sweet intimacy touched her heart in ways their mutual desire never had. His cock rose to half-mast while he smoothed soap over her breasts and ass, but he kept his hands soft and his touches practical.

Jeff turned her to soak her hair, and she bent her head beneath the spray, reveling in the slide of his hand over her back and buttocks. Pulling her out of the water, he filled his hands with shampoo and rubbed it into her hair. He attended to her ablutions with an aching tenderness that melted her heart.

Maybe he feels more than just lust.

When he rubbed his hands softly over her swollen nether lips, cleaning her release and the scent of feminine arousal, she acknowledged the shift in her own emotions. She didn’t just want Jeff for his body or the powerful pleasure he gave her. She’d always loved Jeff on some level, but her feelings had deepened from an immature crush to something stronger during the testing period. She’d found real love under the infatuation.

Her heart bloomed with comprehension, and she wanted to scream with excited joy. Instead, she whirled around and threw herself into his surprised arms.

“Thank you so much, Jeff.”

He laughed a little uncertainly. “You’re welcome to whatever it is I’ve done now.”

Julianna pulled her head back to look up into his eyes. “You’ve given me pleasure without getting us into trouble.”

“I told you it all depends which definition of sex you’re using.”

She laughed and squeezed him harder. “I see that.” She leaned her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes. “I love you, Jeff.”

He froze under her hands, and his breath caught. “You do?”

“Yes.” Julianna hoped she hadn’t made a mistake. “I really do. I think I always have. It just came out as lust and attraction. But that’s not all I feel.”

Jeff pushed her back and lifted her chin with one hand so he could meet her eyes. His wet hair hung in tendrils around his face and water droplets made glassy constellations on his cheeks. She searched his eyes for any emotion, but he wore his typical half-smile that hid everything. She wished she could read his thoughts as he laid a tender kiss on her lips.