Scent of a Wolf's Mate (4 page)

Terrified, her gaze darted around the room
for something she could use as a weapon. All she wanted now was to
get out of there alive. The doorknob rattled behind her, and Serena
swung around with a cry. Then, before her disbelieving eyes, the
door was kicked in and Connor was standing there with glittering,
angry eyes. Everything about his stance appeared taut, as if he was
ready for a fight.

Screaming, Serena turned and ran into the
kitchen. She began opening drawers in a frantic search for
something that she could use as a weapon. Then she saw the knife
block on the counter and reached for the biggest one. As her
fingers closed over the wide handle, she heard Connor enter the
kitchen. She turned around to face him, her heart pounding with
fear.

“Stay away from me!” With nowhere to go,
Serena felt like a trapped animal.

“Little fool, you’ll hurt yourself with
that.” Connor crossed the distance between them so fast that Serena
didn’t have a chance to get ready, and he grabbed the hand holding
the knife. “How much did you hear?”

“Enough to know that you’re crazy.” Serena
struggled wildly, but she was no match for his superior
strength.

“Good. I won’t have to repeat anything then.”
He tossed the knife onto the counter and pinned her arms behind her
back. The movement forced their lower bodies together in an
intimate alignment that made her shockingly aware of his cock.

“Let me go!” she shrieked. A new fear spread
over her when she felt his shaft begin to harden against her, but
she wasn’t afraid of rape. She couldn’t explain it, but she felt
unexplainably drawn to him.

Something was happening to her again. As in
her dream, she was feeling something intense and raw, an emotion
she couldn’t understand. It was arousing, saturating all of her
senses and body with strong desire. At least she had thought it was
a dream, but as everything came back to her with stark clarity, she
somehow knew it hadn’t been. The same thing was happening to her
now, she was being consumed by a growing hunger that had to be
appeased.

Her senses were suddenly heightened with
awareness of the man holding her, and she realized that she was
becoming aroused. She glared at Connor, seeing the awareness flare
in his eyes.

“You feel it too, don’t you,” he rasped. “I
can see it in your eyes. I can
smell
it.”

Serena shook her head vigorously. “No.”

“What you heard was the truth, Serena. You
are my mate, and I will have you.” She shook her head again. “In
fact, I think I’ll have you now.” His expression looked savage, and
his eyes appeared more golden than brown.

How is that possible?

Serena thought back to the dream she’d had.
There’d been a time when she’d been mindless with desire, looking
for anything that would set her free. She’d reached between her
legs to touch herself when her fingers had tangled in hair. She
couldn’t fathom that it may have been his hair. It wasn’t possible.
It had been a dream!

She opened her mouth to protest but in truth,
his passionate words only turned her hotter. When Connor’s mouth
covered hers, she kissed him back, parting her lips beneath his and
welcoming his tongue against hers. Serena moaned, unashamedly
offering her body to him. Words weren’t necessary. They seemed to
convey their needs through other means.

She felt a draft of cool air when he parted
her robe, pulling it halfway down her shoulders. The only reason it
didn’t slide the rest of the way down her arms was because he still
held them behind her. Then his large hand was on her breast,
caressing and shaping it roughly in his eagerness. Serena moaned,
feeling excitement building between her legs.

“Connor!” she cried out when he pulled away.
He was a stranger, but something beyond her control was happening
to her. She struggled to pull free so she could touch him too, but
he was too strong for her. He was kissing his way to her naked
breasts, taking them into his mouth, and loving them passionately,
pulling on her nipples until Serena was squirming with mindless
arousal. “Oh!”

He growled, spending equal time with both
breasts. Serena arched away from the counter, thrusting her mound
against his huge cock, wanting him inside her but terrified at the
same time.

“Connor, I need to touch you!” If her hands
were free, she would be able to touch him, too, reach inside his
pajama bottoms and caress his hard, torrid flesh.

As if sensing her need, he pulled her away
from the counter. In a lightning fast move, he pulled the robe down
her arms and let it drop to the floor. When Serena was completely
naked, he stepped back. The scorching heat of his gaze roamed over
her body as if committing every curve to memory.

“You have me at a disadvantage.” Serena
didn’t know what had come over her, but she liked it. She had never
felt so empowered or exhilarated. Without hesitation, she reached
for the tie to Connor’s pajamas.

Their gazes met and clung as she slowly
pulled the tie until it slipped loose. The size of his erection
parted the built in split but it wasn’t enough. Serena took hold of
the waistband and just as slowly pulled his bottoms down. She
dropped with them, keeping her gaze on Connor’s but very aware of
how close his sex was to her face. The musky scent of his arousal
sucked her in.

Serena couldn’t help it. As she began to
rise, she stuck her tongue out and gave his cock a long sweep from
where it jutted out at his balls, to the dripping, bulbous head.
She heard Connor suck in his breath, and then Connor was hauling
her into his arms, and kissing her breathless.

Being crushed against his naked, aroused body
fueled Serena’s pleasure to dizzying heights. His cock slid between
her thighs and over her pussy like a hot poker, burning her while
turning her wild. She was sure she was melting inside from the
inferno in her blood. She instinctively moved her hips back and
forth while running her hands over his muscular outline, learning
his strengths and power, discovering his pleasures.

Without warning Connor picked her up. She
wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck as
he walked them to his bedroom. Every inch of her skin that met his
hot flesh was singed with overwhelming sensation. When he reached
the bed, he lowered them together, placing Serena beneath him.

“I don’t want to hurt you.”

Serena knew without asking that he was
talking about the size of his cock. Her instincts warned her that
it was extraordinarily big, but his size only made her want him
that much more. She arched beneath him, spreading her thighs in
silent invitation for him to take her. She could sense his
hesitation in spite of the rough passion of his kiss, but the only
thing Serena knew was that she was burning up inside, and he was
the catalyst to bring her release.

She pulled her mouth from his. “Now, Connor,
please!”

“Serena—”

She ignored the warning in his tone. “I need
you, Connor,” she whispered against his lips. “I don’t know what’s
happening to me but I’m burning up inside.” She’d never felt this
way before.

“You’re in heat,” Connor explained, reaching
down and slipping a finger inside her. “Your first wolf’s heat. The
scent of your mate set it off.” He nibbled at her lips, thrusting
his finger in and out of her channel.

“You?” He nodded. “I don’t understand any of
this!”

“It will be okay, little mate.” He inserted
another finger inside Serena, exploring upward until he located her
sweet spot.

“Oh God!” she cried, twisting beneath him.
What’s that?
The pressure was too much and she was going to
explode. “I can’t take much more,” she shuddered.

Connor removed his fingers and put the head
of his cock at the entrance to her wet pussy. He moved it over her
clit several times, causing them to moan with combined pleasure.
Then, as if he’d reached the end of his control, he thrust forward,
impaling her on the full length of his cock.

She screamed.

Connor became still. “Christ!” he swore in
obvious shock. “You’re a virgin!”

“I’m sorry, but please don’t stop, please. I
need you.” Serena didn’t know what possessed her to lean forward
and bite him. She stopped short of drawing blood, but the pain she
must have inflicted did the trick. Suddenly Connor was pounding
into her.

The intense feelings he roused in her were
mind-blowing. Serena had never imagined that making love would feel
so exquisite. His cock filled every inch of her pulsing channel,
and with every thrust forward she arched her hips, feeling his
blood-engorged shaft caress her clit until a strong orgasm consumed
her.

As she convulsed uncontrollably, Connor
continued to thrust into her until he came. “Aaaaaaggghh!”
Grunting, he held Serena’s hips tightly, releasing jets of cum
inside her body. Seconds passed until he collapsed on her with his
cock buried deep inside her body. It remained hard.

“I had no idea you were still a virgin.”
Connor said, raising the top half of his body off her so their eyes
could meet. “Are you okay?”

She nodded, totally exhausted. “I… don’t…
understand… what… just… happened.” Serena was so out of breath she
could barely get the words out.

“Serena, I can’t leave your body just yet.
When wolves mate a knot forms around the male’s cock to keep him
inside the female. It’s designed to lock his seed inside her, to
impregnate her.”

She should have felt panic at that thought,
but Serena was still trying to come to terms with what was
happening to her. She’d accepted Connor, a stranger, as if they’d
been lovers for a long time. She’d always heard that the first time
would hurt and be uncomfortable, yet the act had seemed so right,
as natural to her as breathing air, and the pleasure equaled no
other.

“What are you thinking?” Connor asked her,
staring down into her eyes.

“You’re not a wolf.” Serena whispered, able
to breathe now. Maybe if she said it enough she’d keep believing
it.

She felt a rush of heat spread to her cheeks,
realizing that the pleasant sensation of fullness she was feeling
was because he was still inside her. She didn’t want to like it but
she didn’t have a choice, she couldn’t control the way her body was
reacting to him.

“Yes I am, and so are you, little red riding
hood. You just don’t know it yet.”

Serena gasped.
Little red riding hood,
where did I hear that recently?
Then it dawned on her, and her
eyes rounded with disbelief. It was the last thing she’d heard in
the woods the night before, right before darkness had descended on
her.

The wolfish grin that spread across Connor’s
handsome features didn’t convince Serena that he was a wolf, and
she had to have imagined the gold eyes and sharp fangs she’d caught
brief glimpses of earlier.

Oh God, she had to be dreaming. She closed
her eyes tight.

Connor stared down at Serena’s lovely face.
Wolves relied on scent to assess the world around them, it’s what
alerted him when she’d first entered his zone. It was the same
distinct scent that told him she was his life mate. The fact that
Serena was easy on the eyes and had a luscious body designed for
fucking was an added bonus. They’d just had their first coupling,
and he’d been satisfied beyond measure.

Incredibly, his cock was hardening inside
Serena as the wolf lust took control of his senses. Connor knew
that if it were any other woman beneath him he wouldn’t have a
problem getting up and walking away, but he had no control or power
when it came to his mate.

Serena’s eyes flew open, and there was no
denying the glazed desire that made her pupils dilate. She felt it,
too. She whimpered, saying softly and in awe, “It wasn’t a
dream.”

Connor could well understand her confusion
and disbelief. He’d been raised as a wolf since the day he was
born, in a shadowy, dark world of shifters and family clans, where
he’d carved out an existence next to unsuspecting humans. It was a
lineage that went back for centuries, and he knew the history,
culture, and rules that kept them alive, thriving and
undetected.

He knew he had his work cut out for him where
Serena was concerned, and he hoped that he had the patience to give
her time to come to terms with her birthright. Right now, all he
could think about was what she felt like underneath him, and those
soft pouty lips that were just begging for his kisses.

Connor lowered his face, fully intending to
take that kiss, when Serena’s hands pushed against his chest. He
reared back with surprise.

“I’m scared.”

He knew she wasn’t talking about him or his
intentions. Their one mating had started the change in her, she
could feel it moving through her blood, but she wasn’t quite ready
to acknowledge it. By the end of her cycle he would have mated with
her enough times to seal her fate. His had been sealed on the day
she was born.

“I’ll never hurt you,” Connor said, pushing
her hair back from her face.

His cock swelled and began to throb inside
her pussy. Serena caught her breath, bringing Connor’s attention
back to her sweet mouth. With a groan of weakness, he lowered his
face and kissed her, deep and hard, pushing her further into the
pillow. Whether she opened her mouth in protest or desire, he
didn’t care. He took advantage and thrust his tongue against hers,
enjoying the texture and passion.

Fuck!
He wanted to flip Serena around
and take her in the way of his kind, fast and furious until he
exploded deep inside her cavern, filling her with his seed. But
that would come later, when she was less of an innocent. Right now
he had to control his animal urges, or he might hurt her, or worse,
she might turn from him in fear.