Wish Upon a Tiger: A BBW Weretiger Shifter Romance (Fountain of Love) (9 page)

Spasm after spasm ripped through me. I lost my senses
and plunged into a hot red void, with nothing but his muscles wrapped
around me to keep me grounded.

“
Sweet
baby tiger,” he purred into my ear. “Your body obeys so
well. Now that you're softened up, I want to really make you
scream...”

I opened my eyes. He towered above me, stretched out
between my legs. His face was even with mine, and those huge arms
that had saved me two different times were planted at my sides.

“
Are
you ready? Answer me honestly, Jenna.”

“
More
ready than I've ever been.” There wasn't a shred of hesitation
in my voice.

Pleasure swept fear aside. I was giving myself to this
man, this tiger, and there was no time for lesser feelings.

Erik's hips jerked forward. He sank into me. Wet, hot,
sultry spikes collided in my system all at once.

I screamed. Something soft tore at the entrance to my
opening. It didn't hurt, but the way my walls stretched to
accommodate him deepened the wildfire racing through my body.

He held himself in me, grunting and pouring his hot
breath onto my neck. “Wrap your arms and legs around me, Jenna.
I'm just getting started.”

He rolled his cock, in and out in one quick jerk. I
moaned. My limbs trembled as I did what he asked, slowly wrapping my
hands around his thick neck. My legs pinched around his ass, and I
held on tight, digging heels into his flesh.

The pressure seemed to spur him on.

Erik began to buck, driving into me faster, more
forcefully. The bed beneath us shook violently each time he came
down, making the springs scream beneath us.

He kissed at my neck while thrusting into me. Just like
his thrusts, his kisses grew harder, blossoming into full on bites.

The pain in my womb lessened a little more with each
stroke. Now, it was buried in pleasure, a steaming cauldron of fire
my virgin body wouldn't be able to contain for long.

“
Oh!
Erik! I think I'm going to – “

“
Come.
Come as fucking hard as you can on this cock, beautiful wildcat.
Scream until the house shakes.”

I wasn't sure about the house, but my body and the
springs beneath us went wild. Erik punched forward, bring me off with
an inhuman friction.

He reared up, wrapped his hands around my ass, and
pulled me onto his fullness. My hips were automatically bucking
against him as my clit turned into a fuse.

I exploded, again and again, everything around me
turning into showery stars. And still Erik kept driving on, so deep
he raked his cock against my womb, showing me how deep his hunger
reached into my body.

My wet heat clenched around him, bracing for his sweet
chaos.

Every part of my body bucked and sang, dancing for the
fire he sent racing to every part of me. I realized this powerful
tiger was going to burn me to ashes, and I didn't even care if it
felt this good.

Forever passed. I collapsed on the mattress, sighing
beneath him. He let go of my ass and he was over my body again,
slowly stroking his cock back and forth into my wet velvet.

Teasing my consciousness back, I blinked and looked at
him.

“
You're
a little wildcat,” he growled. “My wildcat. But we're not
done here. Not by far.”

“
No?”
The single numb word was all he could manage.

“
You
haven't been properly claimed yet. That changes
now.
”

Holy shit!
My
temperature began climbing. The forceful way he said it made me gush.

I was hot and fully spread in seconds. Volcanic heat
pulsed in my core, rolling deeper, steamy and all consuming.

“
Fuck!”
Erik snorted, picking up his speed, slamming into me harder.

His muscles had hardened beneath my touch. I knew he was
getting close to coming, and when he did, I'd go with him,
surrendering to ecstasy.

“
Give
it to me!” I squealed. “Claim me!”

For a second, I wondered who was saying those words.
This devastating pleasure had created a new person, a new Jenna Argo
who embraced all the dark delicacies she'd been denied.

The headboard bounced above us, ticking away the white
hot seconds. Erik's face stiffened. I gasped when I saw his eyes, and
then looked lower. The teeth showing in his open lips looked bigger
and sharper.

I couldn't believe it. In the heat, the fire, he'd
shifted – or at least his teeth and eyes had, becoming more
like a tiger's than a beautiful man's.

Growling, he plunged his mouth to my shoulder, and bit
down hard.

My whole body convulsed. The surprise burst of sharp
teeth slammed directly into my foaming pleasure like two storm fronts
colliding.

I came instantly.

Everything brightened, furious and alive. As my legs
began to spasm, I was vaguely aware of him plowing deep, stopping at
my womb. Erik's cock bulged and swelled inside me.

A feral growl escaped his lips as he started to come.
The fire in my veins was no match for what he poured into me.

His seed came, thick and molten, searing hot and
mysterious.

My womb spasmed with the rest of me, snapping down. I
screamed until I was out of breath. My body took over my brain. It
sucked greedily at his erupting cock, drawing his sweet essence
deeper.

When I opened my eyes, he was stroking my hair. He
tenderly kissed and licked at the spot where he'd bitten me.

I reached for it with my hand, gently brushing his lips
away. There was a tiny trickle of blood – not as bad as I
thought – and the flesh would definitely be bruised in the
morning. His teeth marks would probably take time to fade.

Furrowing my brow, I looked up at him.

“
You're
the softest wildcat I've ever had in my bed. So soft and sweet there
won't be any others after tonight.” Erik smiled and pulled out
of me, shifting his head so he could touch his forehead to mine.

He looked normal again. His tiger had retreated after
the ferocious bite.

I breathed and sweated. What was happening here?

“
Just
what the hell was that?” I said, pulling away from him.

“
What?
The bite?”

I nodded. I kept one hand on the spot, gingerly rubbing
it. I'd expected a lot of craziness my first time having sex, but not
anything like this.

“
I
told you I had to claim you properly.” His eyes brightened, as
if the lights were switching on. “Forget everything you've been
told. Humans don't love like we do, Jenna. We love harder, truer,
than they do. And if you look inside your heart, I think you know
that.”

I twisted my head. The bite hurt, and shattered
boundaries between pleasure and pain, borders I barely understood.

My human side was revolted. But my tigress...she was
laying flat, licking her chops, satisfied and utterly exhausted.

“
Admit
it,” he whispered softly, hot breath filling my ear. “You
liked it. You'll be a little sore in the morning, but now you're
mine. Claimed. And every time we fuck after this, I'm gonna remind
you where you belong, and who you belong to.”

Again, the human girl stared in shocked wonderment,
slightly turned on but mostly just afraid. My tiger, on the other
hand, jumped and growled her approval.

I was torn. It wasn't like I'd just bedded a stranger,
but his roughness reminded me what he really was, reinforcing the
notion I was a long way from anything I ever knew.

The old world was dead and gone. I had a new one now –
his world – and all the rules here were scary and unknown, even
when they turned out to be wonderful.

I'd wished for a brave new world when we were at the old
fountain. Those waters had to be enchanted. I'd gotten my wish –
my crazy, unthinkable desire – though it was happening in a way
I couldn't fully process.

“
Tell
me the truth, Jenna,” he insisted, nipping gently at my ear.

“
Okay!
You're right. It's wrong...but I think I still liked it. I think,
Erik, but I don't know.” If he wanted me to be honest, then I
wasn't hiding my uncertainty.

He reached for one hand, curled my fingers into his, and
squeezed. The beautiful man above me stroked my hair and stared into
my eyes, a kind contrast with the feral beast within.

“
An
Alpha never harms his mate, even when he owns her. I get it. You're
finding your way.” He lowered his face again, rubbing soft
stubble on my cheek. “Give it a little time, Jenna. I promise
I'll show you just how much you belong here, and why you're destined
to be with me.”

Something about his soft touch made me smile. I couldn't
argue with that kind of confidence and logic, not when I was wrapped
in a tiger's embrace.

“
I'll
try,” I said. “But first, I think we better take care of
simpler urges.”

His eyes widened. He followed my gaze to the bulge
slowly hardening against my thigh.

“
Mates
already. See? We're on the same wavelength.”

Erik rolled, moving between my legs. Before he pushed
into me, he brought one hand to my face, rubbing the soft skin on my
cheek.

“
Just
don't bite so hard this time,” I said.

He paused and smiled. “I know when to stroke and
when to sink my teeth in, Jenna. You'll find out too, as long as you
remember who's claimed you.”

IV: Ghosts (Erik)

We romped like tigers all night. Hard, sharp, and
sometimes sweet, but always hungry.

The beautiful cat who slept in my head laid me out flat.
It was hard as hell to get out of bed the next morning, but somehow I
managed it.

Everything would've been perfect about claiming her –
all except the hesitation in her brain planted there by humans.

I determined to wipe out every trace of it. Half-blood
or not, she was my tigress now, and I couldn't let human weakness
mess with our relationship or her integration into Tiger Tree.

This is where you belong, Jenna. You belong to me,
I thought. The idea made my tiger
snarl possessively, and he got a lot of growling in that morning as I
thought about it again and again.

A couple weeks was all I needed. If she let down the
last couple gates and let me in, I knew it would be smooth as snow
from there. There wasn't a shred of doubt about it happening.

But I couldn't do it alone.

We had to visit Elder Brahm. Shaman, counselor, oracle,
and all around magic man with crazy wisdom nobody had ever matched.
If he couldn't shine through the fortress around the heart and show
me how to get in, then nobody could.

It was a long climb up the cracked stairs. I tapped the
bricks with my paws, slowly ambling up to make sure nothing was going
to give way. I turned, checking to make sure Jenna was safely behind
me.

The Elder's cave hadn't changed much since the last time
I'd been up. Probably two years ago at this point, when I was a newer
Alpha, seeking the confidence to protect my people.

Brahm had provided it and more.

“
Courage
and certainty, my boy. Even if the world stands against you, never
act like it does. Never let the idea consume your mind. When you're
pinned down and everything is at its darkest, that's when you'll find
a king's inspiration. You'll find it, just as long as you think like
one first.”

I remembered his words, as well as the strange litany
he'd given me.

Idea is the enemy, and tigers have no use for them.
Tigers move on instinct. Fierce and flawless.

When we reached the small path leading to his cave, I
shifted. I threw the bag off my shoulders I had Jenna strap to me
before the climb.

It was colder at this higher elevation, and the Elder's
cave would be cooler still.

She came up next to me and turned back into the
beautiful woman I'd taken. I took our cloaks out and began helping
Jenna into hers.

“
I'm
getting used to being naked around other people, you know.”
Jenna shot me the sweet and sassy smile I was growing to love.

“
Maybe
so. Trust me, you'll thank me for the cloak later. This cave is just
as dark and cold as it sounds.”

She hesitated at the summit. I reached for her hand and
squeezed tight.