The Breed: Nora's Choice (8 page)

They pawed at each
other wildly, tugging on clothes and not giving a damn that they were outside
in the midday sun, the shed being the only thing blocking them from the view of
the entire embassy.

 The rough pads of his
hands shoving her sports bra up made it impossible to give a damn where they
were.

Strong fingers devoured
her naked breasts, teasing her nipples into hard peaks, making them ache.

She wanted more, needed
more.

With a strangled moan
she jerked his pants away from his waist and slid her hands below. The silky
shaft barely fit inside her palm as she wrapped her hand around it. 

He flung his head back
to let out a throaty moan, but before she could continue he grabbed her elbows
and pushed her against the shed.

She looked up
questioningly when he pulled her hands away from him.

“You had your fun in
the hospital, it’s my turn now,” his eyes were full of a dark heavy lust she
had never felt.

Her blood was boiling
with his hands everywhere; touching, massaging, teasing. She dug her nails into
his back and tried to hold on as he yanked the flimsy fabric of her pants
down. 

Any other man would
have looked smugly at her, bragging about how desperately she wanted him after
pushing him away so hard yesterday. They would want to call her out on her
pride.

As she looked up at
Quinn she didn’t see any of those emotions. He was passionate, and relieved to
be here with her. He honestly had expected her to run from him forever, and was
overjoyed with this opportunity.

She should feel
complete happiness that he wasn’t going to challenge her ego, but a small part
of her felt guilt and regret for what she had put him through.

The moment his finger
slid across her wet clit however, everything she was thinking flew out the
window and her body exploded in sensation.

Her skull bounced
against the shed as her body writhed. It had been so long since she had let her
guard down and let a man touch her this freely. She was wide open and exposed
to him in every way, but it felt too good to give a damn about the
repercussions now.

Dipping his head down
he took her breast into his mouth as he possessively explored every inch of her
most private area. If he had a flag, she was sure he would have planted it on
her.

The moans flowed from
her lips unrestrained. She had never been known to be a quiet girl.

~

Every instinct in
Quinn’s body was screaming for him to push her down, spread her wide, and pump
himself inside her.
Hard
.

He wanted to claim her,
to make her his in every way he could, but he knew it had to wait.

He had to keep control.
This wasn’t just a make out session, this was the playoffs. She wanted to play
games, so games were what he was going to give her.

Just a little taste was
all she would get. No matter how much his body hated him for it, he had to keep
himself on a tight leash and give her just enough to make her come back for
more.

It was obvious that he
could take her completely right now. The way she was rolling her hips and
biting her fingers to keep from crying out told him he would have no problems
giving her everything she was asking for.

Tomorrow, however, she
would regret how quickly they had moved, and how easily she had given into him.
She would go right back to avoiding him, and that was something he couldn’t
handle.

He’d rather jerk off
later to the thought of her aching for him, than have to figure out another
plan to get her to open up.

Pushing himself between
her legs, he forced her to open wider, then plunged his fingers deeply inside
of her.

She bit down on his
shoulder, whimpering hotly against his skin.

He couldn’t wait to
have her alone so he could hear what her lungs could really do. He would make her
scream his name until she lost her voice.

His fingers pushed
farther into her moist body, and his cock throbbed to follow. With how tightly
she was clenched around his fingers, sinking his thick shaft into her would be
the greatest pleasure of his life. Like every other woman he had been with, he
would stretch her wider than she had ever been before.

She dug her nails
deeper into his flesh and drew blood from her bite as he drove her towards an
orgasm.

“Come for me girl,” he
demanded, growling in her ear as he picked up tempo, the soft slapping sound
his fingers made every time they entered her drove him wild, made him hungry to
feel her climax.

Gasping for air she
threw her head back, and he took her throat. His lips made their way all along
her luscious skin, kissing and biting their way up to her ear.

He sucked her ear lobe
between his teeth and loved the way she cried out from it.

His left hand worked
her hard little nipple between his fingers, teasing it tighter and tighter.

The way her body began
tensing he knew she was close to coming. He took her lips hard, muffling her
screams.

She tried to throw her
head away from him, desperate to cry out, but he smothered her mouth. As badly
as he wanted to hear it, he had to keep her quiet.

Her moans became higher
pitched, her breaths coming out quicker, her nails shredded his shoulder
blades.

“Let me feel it,” he
gasped between hot kisses. His heart hammering so hard in his chest, he was
surprised he had breath to speak.

Finally he felt her
tightly spasm against his fingers. She screamed against his lips, and he loved
it, never wanted it to stop.

He pushed her for more,
his fingers sliding deep into her slickness while he drove her spasms on.

At last he held her
sagging body upright, and broke their kiss. Her eyes slid out of focus, her
lips were swollen from his kisses and her body glistened with sweat.

It was the most
beautiful she had ever looked.

Her legs quivered as
she leaned harder into him. His woman was completely satisfied, and his pride roared.

“Let me do that to you
every day,” he whispered into her hair as he wrapped his arms tightly around
her.

“
Fuck
that was
good,” she sighed deeply against his chest.

               
Having
Quinn walk her to the door of her nursing classes filled her with a giddiness
that she studiously ignored.

            She had
wanted to separate almost immediately, but he had insisted on escorting her.

            It made
absolutely no difference to her that he had just given her the strongest orgasm
of her life, or that the rumors about intimacy with your mate being better were
true; she shoved all those thoughts and feelings out of her mind.

            As they
approached the classroom she folded her arms over her chest and waited. Any
minute now she knew he was going to cling to her and start trying to convince
her that what just happened between them was a sign that they needed to be
something more.

            He would
attempt to push her to be with him, but she was ready for it. She had a get
lost speech prepared that was so angry and hateful he would leave her alone for
the next month.

            “Alright,
I’ll see you tomorrow then,” he gave her a quick wave goodbye as he suddenly
turned on his heel.

            “What?” she
blurted out.

            “Have a
good one,” he gave her a casual wave over his shoulder, without even bothering
to turn around.

            Still
astounded she stood stock still and watched his back disappear around a corner.
Irritation prickled through her at the fact that he didn’t even spare her a
backwards glance.

            She was
still staring dumbly in the direction he had left from when Remy popped up and
towed her inside.

            “Alright
details,” she whispered excitedly as a doctor and two nurses walked in behind
them.

            “I don’t
kiss and tell,” Nora replied flatly, her mind still trying to process what had
happened.

            Men did not
just walk away from her. She was the
leaver
, not the
leavie
.

            “Yeah
right,” Remy rolled her eyes, looking disappointed.

            “I just
don’t want you guys getting excited over something that isn’t gonna happen,”
she pursed her lips.

Things
had gotten out of hand today, but she didn’t plan on making that mistake again.
If she decided to be intimate with him again, which she wouldn’t, she would
make sure to be in total control. A hundred different thoughts and emotions
flooded through her, none of which she was interested in thinking about, and it
was all because she had let him pull one over on her.

            The girls
sat in silence for the next half hour and listened to the instructor explain
the program. Since they were the first ones to attempt it, the doctors and
nurses would be using them as guinea pigs to see if they should start teaching
it to the mass population.

            The more
the doctors spoke about what they would be doing and learning, the more excited
she became. This was the break she had been looking for, something to occupy
her time in a positive way and give her a feeling of accomplishment.

            After their
last encounter with the hunters she had considered joining one of the defense
teams. Kicking some serious ass in the fight had felt good, but after a few
days of personal reflection, she didn’t think she would be right for the job.

 She
loved hanging out with the boys, and relished the physical battles, but she had
never liked the idea of following a leader. Fighting to defend herself was one
thing, becoming a warrior was another.

Nursing
people, helping the sick and wounded; now that was something she thought she
could do full time.

The
two doctors finally left, leaving only the female nurses, Sissy and Lauren,
behind to take over.

Day
one of the twice a week class would focus on CPR, and the difference between
giving it to humans and Breed members.

To
Nora, giving CPR to a human was as easy as flipping the page of a book, and she
felt terrible for the hard time Remy was having.

Sweat
covered her face as she attempted for two solid minutes. As they moved on to
the Breed members, with their much thicker bones and chest cavities, she gave
up entirely.

The
only problem Nora ran into throughout the session was working on human
children. She had to be so gentle with them that it seemed impossible to not
break their bones in the process, and she prayed she never had to do it outside
of the practice room.

Two
hours later Nora was feeling beyond accomplished as she left the classroom with
Remy, who was still sweating profusely.

If
there was ever another battle, not only was she going to be able to fight, she
would be able to help the wounded.

“Between
the nursing classes and those training sessions I’m gonna be ripped,” Remy
laughed before they separated in the hallway.

The
training session.

She
had forgotten all about it while in the nursing classes, but now that she was
alone again, slowly shuffling through the hallways, the memories were almost
overwhelming.

A
shiver ran up her spine at the memory of his lips on her body.

Cut
it out
, she warned herself.

Freezing
November wind cut across her face and a realization stopped her in her tracks.

She
had been intimate with Quinn, and she hadn’t had a PTSD attack.

~

Quinn
couldn’t help but throw his shoulders back as he met the rest of the team for a
debriefing. The look on Nora’s face had been absolutely priceless and he had
had to fight off a laugh as he coolly strolled away from her.

She
had expected him to beg and plead with her. Not a chance.

They
had had their first real match against each other, and it had been a complete
shut out.

He
needed to keep his eyes on the prize however, he couldn’t start thinking that
victory was in the bag. He loved that he aroused her, but sex wasn’t all he
wanted from her. He wanted his mate mind, body, and soul; no matter how long of
a process it would be.

Everyone,
except for Memphis, was in the defense department as he entered.

“Oh
shit!” Jax whooped, clapping his hands together.

All
the heads in the room swiveled to stare at Quinn.

“What?”
he asked looking behind himself.

“Something
good finally happened with Nora,” Jax nodded his head excitedly.

A
collective groan went around the room as everyone went back to what they were
doing.

“Oh
come on, every man knows that strut,” he imitated the way Quinn had been
walking.

 “I
don’t know what you’re talking about,” Quinn shrugged and pulled up a chair.

“We
all know you got a good piece of-”

“Piece
of what?” Memphis asked from the doorway, completely unaware of the
conversation Jax was stirring up.

All
the blood drained from his face as his eyes bugged from his head.

“Pie,”
he answered, his voice cracking, “piece of pie.”

Kain
snorted with laughter and buried his head deeper into his paper work.

“You
giving out pie? I love pie,” Memphis looked around hopefully, as if to see a
slice sitting somewhere.

“I’ll…
I’ll bring you some after the meeting,” Jax slowly nodded his head, and backed
away.

“Don’t
forget mine,” Cass eyed him darkly, as if to say
this is what you get big
mouth
, “Tessa’s favorite is blueberry.”

“I’ll
take apple,” Kain managed to say with a straight face.

“Make
that two,” Ghost added.

“Well
if everyone else is getting one, I’ll take cherry,” Quinn winked at him.

“You
are the best man, thanks,” Memphis clapped him on the shoulder and took a seat.

“Alright,
first things first,” Casstiel grabbed hold of the meeting, “Quinn, look through
these photos. If you recognize anything, we need all the details you can give
us. The location Sebastian went to last night turned out to be another empty
laboratory.”

“So
we’re looking at a list full of their labs,” Memphis pulled his long dreadlocks
back with a rubber band.

“Empty
labs,” Kain grunted, unhappy with the news.

“Maybe
not,” Cass sounded hopeful, “Sebastian could scent that the lab was inhabited a
few days ago. We just missed them.”

Anger
and bile rose up in Quinn’s throat. His pack could have been in there, and they
had missed them by a matter of days.

“I’ve
never been there,” he replied, angrily flipping the photos over so he wouldn’t
have to look at them anymore. The thoughts they brought up sickened him.

“This
is getting interesting,” Kain leaned farther back in his chair, stretching his
arms over his head, “they’re running scared, but why?”

“We
need to investigate the rest of these labs as quickly and quietly as possible.
They’re one step ahead of us and I can’t stand it,” Cass slammed his fist down
heavily, “we’ve got to catch them off guard.”

The
more Quinn got to know his new brother in law, the more he was beginning to
like him. He was a good leader, someone he didn’t mind following, not to
mention a good match for Tessa. With him being so intense and serious, and her
being a giant goober once you got to know her, they balanced each other out
perfectly.

“We’ll
be doing surveillance every night and day from now on. We need to capture some
of these bastards and bring them in for questioning. Finding a bunch of
abandoned property isn’t getting us anywhere,” he stared down each and every
one of them, daring them to complain about their newly lost social lives.

Quinn
couldn’t wait to get out there and work. The idea of standing around idly while
his pack was suffering ate at him every day. He needed to find them.

“Speaking
of which, Sebastian might have set a trap for them,” Cass began explaining his
brothers’ plan, and Quinn felt a spark of new hope.

All
they needed was one hunter high up the food chain, and they could ‘convince’
him to tell them everything they needed to know.

“Aright,
we’ll split into groups of two at a time to cover more labs, and we start
tonight. Quinn with Ghost, Kain and Memphis, Jax, you’re coming with me,” Cass
dictated.

The
sound of scraping chairs and scuffling feet rose up as Quinn became lost in his
own thoughts. He found his mind racing between work and Nora, unable to
completely focus on one, because the other had so much going on.

“Oh,
and Jax,” Casstiel’s voice rang out through the crowd, “don’t forget the pie.”

~

Nora
was royally screwed.

Her
best reason for kicking Quinn to the curb had just blown up in her face.

He
had blindsided her in more ways than one today, coming across all Mr. nicey
nicey, then the minute he got a hard on, boom! Sex God.

What
the hell was that? She smacked her fist into her palm.

Then
her body didn’t even have the decency to have an attack afterwards so that she
would have an excuse to not see him again. Her heart and body had both betrayed
her today, she shook her head.

He
was up to something and she knew it. Today wasn’t a coincidence, he was
scheming something and tomorrow she’d be better prepared for it.

When
he tried to bet her something like an innocent little kiss, she would tell him
to shove it up his ass, pride or no pride.

Looking
down at her watch she wondered what Tessa was doing. She’d gone through a lot
today, and missed her best friends company.

Tessa
answered her phone on the fourth ring.

“Hey
you busy?” Nora asked, really wanting some girl time.

“Me
and Casstiel are playing strip monopoly, but he’s losing pretty bad, so I don’t
think he’d mind stopping the game,” she laughed, and Nora heard the distinct
sound of a board game being flipping over in the back ground.

“Strip…
what? You guys are such dorks,” she laughed in disbelief.

“Yeah,
it was my turn to pick our date night, and since he’s going to be gone all
night for some top secret mission stuff, I thought he needed to suffer a
little,” she teased, “anyway, wanna meet for dinner in the café? I’ll call Remy
and have her meet us.”

“See
you in a half hour,” she hung up the phone and went to look for something to
wear.

Twenty
minutes later Nora was thoroughly enjoying a margarita as Tessa and Remy walked
in together.

“Finally
decided to open up and dish?” Remy excitedly gathered up the layers of her long
flowy skirt and scootched into the booth.