When The Fur Flies (12 page)

“Umm...” Alexa leaned back as Allison laughed merrily at her expense. “You do realize I’ve taken a vow of celibacy to be the Keeper?”

“Times are changing, cousin. Go where the fates take you. Love is stronger than any vows or spells.”

“You are burning up. Reginald, come away from the door and bring me a cold cloth for her head.” Allison heard him move quickly to do her cousin’s bidding. Yes, this strong alpha male was a good man. She felt herself blush all over when she realized he’d been hanging in the doorway. There was no way his Wolven ears had missed her telling her cousin about how good sex with him had been. She couldn’t meet his eyes as he crossed to the bathroom.

***

Reginald came to stand on the other side of the bed to place a cold cloth on her forehead. Allison sighed as she covered his big hand with her own. Her legs relaxed a little as she held his hand there. His concern for his mate’s condition rose as the Keeper lifted her serious gaze to his. “Of course.” She smiled at him in reassurance. “Tell me, when she gets this way, what eases the spells?”

“I don’t know. The last time she was burning up like this I took her to the lake.”

“You took her into cold water?” He nodded as his other hand brushed through Allison’s dark curls gently. Allison turned to look up at him, and he smiled down at her. “What else?”

“I used a creation spell to expend this energy growing inside me,” Allison answered before he could. “You should see it, Alexa, an underground lake with white calla lilies and roses.”

“It sounds beautiful, cousin.” Alexa looked up at him. Reginald saw concern in her green eyes. “Did you touch her, make love in the water?” Her blunt question had him staring at her, alarmed. “Did you?”

Reginald was fast to recover. He cleared his throat, his ears reddening with embarrassment before he met the Keepers frank look. “Yes. She seemed better then.”

“I thought so.” Alexa pulled a black pouch out of a hidden fold in her green skirt. She dumped the contents on the edge of the bed next to Allison’s arm. Her fingers rummaged through tiny pouches of dried herbs, several rune stones, a needle wrapped in black thread, and a small half used roll of Tums. Hurriedly, she shoved the Tums into the velvet pouch before replacing every article but one. She held up a big pink rose quartz. Placing the stone in her cousin’s hot palm, she smiled gently.

“Allison, you need to charge this for me. Fill it up with as much power as you can manage. Reginald you need to stop touching her for a moment, please.” She waited until he pulled back before releasing the stone into Allison’s heated hand.

“I see. You think I’m spell-sick. That makes sense.” Allison smiled weakly as she enfolded the crystal in both palms and proceeded to chant an empowerment spell. Her hands lit up, rays of energy sending light through her fingers as her eyes turned completely black. Her energy centered and transferred to the crystal. When she finally opened her palm, there sat a big oak seed. She handed it to Alexa, who studied it with a nod before she placed it into her velvet pouch and stood up.

“Blessed be. Now, you should take her. Her body is going through a state of withdrawal. This mating will require that you be together as much as possible.” She bent and placed a kiss on Allison’s forehead.

“By together you mean—”

“She’s in heat, Alpha, mating heat, which has her magic pulsing with her biological dependence on your DNA. She needs the genetic material in your semen and saliva to keep the change going in her system. Don’t blush, Alpha. You are a big boy. I’m sure you are more than capable of taking care of her needs.” Alexa grinned up at him, and he felt the burn of heat in his face and ears. “I will wait in the outer room with your mother until you both are ready to see me. Feel better, cousin. Blessed be.” She straightened, smiling at Reginald. “A shower might be in order. You might as well kill two birds with one stone, Alpha.” She winked and left the room.

“I feel dirty,” he groused beside Allison.

“Me too.” She gave him a shy look as he grinned down at her. A soft moan escaped her lips as he scooped her up and carried her into the small bathroom. There was a toilet and a bathtub with a shower head. “You don’t have to do this.” She protested as he set her on her bare feet in front of the shower. His concern increased as he studied her feverish look. He gently stroked her cheek with his big hand as he held her against him. He couldn’t stop touching her. It should have had him wanting to run away from her, from their mating, but all he wanted to do was hold her close, keep her safe.

***

“You are my mate. You’re health and comfort is my responsibility and my pleasure, Kitten.” His husky voice rubbed across Allison’s nerves, and she shivered as the ache in her body seemed to ease into a fever of a different kind, but one she recognized easily.

“I think Alexa might be on to something. Did you bring her here to help me, or did she come here on her own?” Her cousin had a habit of finding her when she didn’t want to be found. The Keeper had pulled her out of too many close calls to count.

“You might say her visit was a surprise.” He pushed a hand into her damp hair as he studied her pale face. “You have enemies in high places, mate. The High Priest and the Tri-Species Council paid me a visit.” He slowly lifted her chin as she cringed. “Don’t worry. I sent them packing. No one gives me orders here within the Den.”

“You can’t fight everyone, Alpha.”

“Watch me. You are mine to protect, little cat.”

“I don’t want your protection, Wolf.” She pushed his hands away, taking a couple steps away from him. “I’m a fully grown woman who can protect herself. We are going to have problems until you realize that I don’t want or need a father figure, a hero, or a bodyguard.” She reached up and pulled the white T-shirt off, aware of his hungry sapphire gaze on her hands and the flesh she was revealing with the bold move.

“My mother told you.” His white teeth showed as his eyes narrowed in irritation.

“Told me about your security business? Yes. I should apologize for accusing you of preying on humans for your survival. To be fair, I didn’t know much about you. Most of what I knew came from the Elders. I suspect they wanted us to fear and hate your kind.”

“Gee, I wonder why?” He shrugged a big shoulder and turned to flick the water on in the shower. Her mouth watered as she watched the smooth muscles in his back ripple with controlled power. Goddess, did he have to be so solid and strong? She fought the overwhelming urge to rip his clothes off his hard body with her teeth!

“Tell the truth, mate. You wouldn’t be happy with a lap kitty. One who jumps at your every command?” She couldn’t help smiling as his mouth dropped opened as she teasingly dropped the shirt to the floor. Her hands went to the waistband of her shorts and a growl, deep and harsh left his strong chest as he moved.

All thoughts of arguing with him vanished the instant she watched him disrobe. The man was amazing! She almost drooled as she ate him up with a long look. Reginald tossed the T-shirt into the corner, then unbuttoned his jeans and bent to take them off. A soft purr of appreciation vibrated in her throat as she ran her feverish gaze over his rugged shoulders and chest, then down over a washboard stomach to follow the dark black happy trail of hair to the obvious proof of his manhood.

“Like what you see, Kitten?” Those blue eyes held a teasing challenge as he lifted each foot in turn to strip off his socks. He raised his head to smile at her before he turned his focus on her.

Reginald approached her with a slow, sexy stride. A sigh of surrender and acceptance left her parted lips when his big hands touched her. Here was something she hadn’t expected from her life. Here was acceptance and caring. He might not love her like a hand-bonded Witch might, but he needed her, wanted only her comfort, and she could live with that...for a while, until it all turned to shit.

“Are you going to talk, or touch me, Alpha Leclair?” She wasn’t sure where her courage was coming from. Whether it was from her pride’s need to meet him on equal ground in their sex life, or from her body’s desperate need to find release in his strong arms, she wasn’t sure. She didn’t care as he wrapped his big hands around her waist and yanked her against his hot flesh.

“I’m at your service, Alphina.” His growl sent a shiver of awareness and anticipation racing through her to settle with hot, lusty needs in her lower belly. A cry of delight left her as she was attacked, consumed by the need of his seeking hands, and devoured by hot, moist kisses. The shorts ripped off her with one simple yank of his strong hands. Somehow he managed to get them both into the shower beneath pelting warm water without breaking the kiss.

Allison sighed, pleasure building as her wet body slid up against him with delicious caresses. She lost herself in the pleasure of reacquainting herself with his hard body. His deep growl vibrated straight to her woman’s core as her hand found his silky erection between their bodies. A shudder shook him as he pushed her up against the hard, smooth rock behind her.

“Kitten, you don’t know what you’re doing.” His teeth clenched as she slid her fingers slowly along his satin flesh.

“Pretty sure I do.” She countered with a smile. “I want to taste you.”

“Not right now.” Reginald easily spanned her waist with his hands, and lifted her up to the right height so he could clamp on to her breast with a moist mouth. She gasped, her hold on reality lost as she grabbed on to his shoulders to keep from falling.

“Hey, this is the position that got us into trouble last time.” She grinned as he lifted his head, one dark brow raised in question. Her breath caught in her throat as a wicked, sexy light brightened his blue eyes

“You have a point, mate.” He let her down abruptly.

Disappointment and hurt turned to alarm and then curious excitement as he turned her to face the rock wall. “Place your hands on the wall, Alphina.” His tone sent a shiver of anticipation through her as she did as he asked. A deep breath left her as he placed his hands on her shoulders. He brushed her wet hair over her shoulder.

“Alpha...” She closed her eyes, her knees shaking as he moved closer to place a kiss on the back of her neck. She felt his heat against her back, his strong arms wrapped around her, penning her in and making her feel safe as his lips spread slow, sweet kisses across her shoulders.

“God, you’re beautifully put together, soft and feminine.” She felt him smile against her spine as he slowly moved his hands up to fully cup her breasts. Dropping her arms, she covered his hands with her own, a deep purr echoing around the bathroom.

“Hands on the wall,” he commanded with a growl. She opened her mouth to argue the point, but the words failed her as he dropped his hands to her hips and roughly pulled them back against him as he bit her shoulder lightly, a Wolven warning for her to obey him. She wanted to protest his alpha commands, but the sensations flooding her as his hardness rubbed against her from behind made her swallow them, and almost her tongue as well, when with a sharp thrust, he buried himself deep within her.

Her nails dug into the stone wall as he moved with a steady rhythm behind her. His hands were moving, one to cup and massage her breast while the other dropped down over her belly to sink between her legs. She cried out as his fingers found and tormented her clitoris with a teasing pressure meant to push her quickly into an orgasm. It worked.

Allison felt him smile against her shoulder as she heard herself scream out in release. She pushed against the wall, forcing herself back against him as he began to move harder within her. Deep growls sounded behind her as he stood up to hold her by the hips as he thrust against her. She looked over her shoulder, feeling a deep connection with the magnificent male who found and held her stare with a fierce look of possession.

It was the glint of need and emotion in his soft blue gaze when he looked at her that had her body clenching in yet another orgasm. This one so intense and centered that she lost her breath, making her incapable of making any noise as she clung to the wall to keep herself from sliding to the floor. Reginald tensed as her body clenched down hard on his erection. There was a glint of the wild animal within him that let out a howl as he bucked against her, his fingers holding her captive as his body convulsed in his own release. She held herself up as he collapsed against her, sandwiching her against the wet wall.

“Kitten...are you all right?” His lips moved against her ear as they both fought for air.

“How could I not be?” She felt him laugh against her back. “I do think I need a shower, though. How long will we have hot water?”

“Long enough, I hope.”

“Good. Wash my back,” she ordered regally.

“My pleasure, Alphina.” He kissed her shoulder one more time before moving away. He came back to rub at her back with a soft, soapy cloth. She realized he could make even the menial task of washing ones back seem intimate and hot. Her eyes closed as she gave herself over to his ministrations, all the while keeping it in the back of her mind that turnabout was fair play. She couldn’t wait!

***

“I can’t believe you ripped my shorts.” She smiled as his lips moved down her neck to place a moist kiss on the mark of his possession. She snuggled into the fluffy white towel he wrapped her up in.

“Don’t worry, I won’t make you walk around naked,” he said as he lifted his dark head to look at her. “Unless you want to.” His masterful lips pulled back into a cheeky grin.

“Funny, but I don’t think so.” She sank her hands into his wet hair and tugged it.

“Relax, mate. I believe you have clothes in my closet by now.” He chuckled as her eyes widened.

“What do you mean?”

“I sent a couple guys to your apartment to get your belongings. Did you really think I wouldn’t take care of your needs?” He moved his hands up her rib cage as he spoke. She shivered as his thumbs teasingly brushed the bottom of her breasts. Her eyelids drooped momentarily until she forced herself to open them wide.

“You moved my things?”

“Not me, my men. They packed everything. I asked them to have your clothes and personal items brought down here, but you’ll have a lot of things to sort through on the ground level.” He bent his head to kiss her, but she placed a restraining hand on his warm chest.