STORY EXCERPT

Vanilla. His mate smelled like Vanilla. Kane liked Vanilla. Really, really liked it. In fact, he could barely suppress the need that would have himself going after her and licking her body from head to toe. Kane couldn’t believe what just happened. Not only had he just met his mate, but he had hurt her in the first two minutes of being in her presence. He watched as his obviously timid mate put away the books that had fallen over when she took her tumble and then quickly escaped around him into the back room before he got a chance to even find out her name.

“Shit!”

“Stop cussing, Kane. I do have children who like to come in here with their parents to look at picture books,” Carla said.

He looked over to find her leaning against the counter with a look of amusement on her face. Perfect. She knew exactly what had just happened.

Without even replying to her earlier comment he asked, “Who is she? Where did she come from? How long has she been here? Does she have a boyfriend or significant other?” Firing off the questions, Kane didn’t give Carla a chance to respond before he started pacing like a caged wolf. In that moment of time, that was exactly what Kane felt like. He waited for her to answer his questions, mostly anxious about the last one concerning her relationship status. Kane just needed the name of the person to kill so she would be single.

“Calm down, Kane. She hasn’t been here very long. Her name is Jessa Collins and she came here when she was kicked out of her home by her mother when she turned eighteen. It was actually your grandparents who brought her to Wolves Valley. They found her walking on the side of the road from the Lexington bus stop. They brought her here and took her in briefly. I gave her a job because she has a passion for books that even I have never seen and I’m renting her a room and board as part of her wages here.” She paused for dramatic flair before finally putting him out of his misery.

“Oh, and she’s single. Jessa’s pretty quiet but she has a peaceful way about her that affects others.”

Kane had given a relieved sigh when Carla had mentioned Jessa’s age and the fact that she was single. His wolf didn’t really care about her age, just that she was theirs, but Kane wasn’t that interested in getting arrested.

Jessa. Jessa. Ours. Mate. Want. Make happy. Mate. Breed.

Dammit. Ignoring his wolf was going to be a full-time job just so he would be able to concentrate on getting his mate.

Calming his animal down, Kane realized that Carla had been staring at him in awe.

“You are really struggling with this, aren’t you?”

Suddenly she started laughing and, as if in pain, gripped her sides and laughed even harder.

“This isn’t funny, Carla!”

“Says you! Oh man, wait until your family finds out! Your brothers are going to have a ball with it. And your grandmother! Hahaha, oh man, when she finds out—”

Kane growled at her laughing form and turned to stare at the door through which his mate had escaped. He just couldn’t believe that he just met his mate. Not only that but that she was drop-dead gorgeous.

A curvy body created for sinful purposes made him as hard as a rock. Long brown hair made him want to run his fingers through it. He could just imagine gripping that hair in his fist as she took him into her mouth, sucking him with those incredible lips that just begged for a man’s cock. No, not just a man’s, but his. Just his. No one had better go near his Jessa or there would be blood running through this valley.

He must have been snarling and causing a scene because Carla was snapping her fingers in his face, apparently trying to get his attention.

“So she lives with you, then?” he asked. “Good. That will make it much easier to keep her safe. I’ll send over Jonah and Mike to watch your place.”

“Why? Kane, we live in a town filled mostly with shifters. For crying out loud, I’m a shifter! I can keep her safe while you properly court her.”

She gave him a Cheshire cat grin and added, “Plus, even if I wasn’t a shifter, the arsenal in my house could take over a small country.”

Kane shuddered at the thought of Carla on the loose with her guns, knives, and who knows what other surprises hidden up her sleeve. He looked Carla in the eye for a moment before he turned once more to stare longingly at the door.

“Don’t you understand yet, Carla? She’s my mate. My future wife. The future mother of my cubs. Not only that, but she is your future alpha mate. Once that becomes public knowledge, people will turn against her. She’s human and we are basically feeding her to the wolves. Pun intended.”

Sighing in defeat, Carla said, “Fine, I understand. So, oh mighty alpha, what is your plan to capture the interest of your mate? Flowers? Chocolates? Dead deer offering on her doorstep?”

With a smile that looked more wolfish than anything else, Kane peered over at Carla and asked, “How are your baking skills coming along?”

ADULT EXCERPT

Kane couldn’t believe how lucky he was. As alpha, he had to do some pretty shitty things for the good of his people. Fighting, bloodshed, the life of an alpha was never a safe and secure one. That fate would give him such a sweet and beautiful mate was astonishing to Kane. The fact that she was innocent was something that gave Kane a deep, primitive feeling of possession. He would be the first and only one to ever know the joys of his mate’s body. He would be the only one to ever know how sweet her juices were that he could smell flowing from her sweet virgin pussy. He would be the only one to bury deep into her ass as her played with her clit, driving her towards completion.

Kane had to adjust himself as his cock suddenly got even harder and more uncomfortable in his jeans. His eyes feasted on the delicious sight of Jessa spread out on his bed with her legs spread open and her juices flowing from her slit. From the moment that she opened her door and he saw her “fuck-me” boots, Kane knew he had to see how she looked spread out on his bead with only them.

“Fucking perfect. Jessa, you have no idea what you do to me.”

Kane, unable to help himself, slid from the end of the bed up Jessa’s body, eyeing her like a predator who just found his next prey. Her heavy and fast breaths caused her chest to rise and fall quickly. This gave Kane an amazing view of her huge breasts with puckered nipples that looked like they needed some attention. He slid his tongue around the areola until he firmly latched on to the puckered nipple. He gently tugged, sucked, and nibbled until Jessa started moaning and writhing. Releasing her nipple, he switched to the other breast and she continued to moan and whimper.

“Kane ... please.” She gasped in a lustful, need-filled voice.

Knowing exactly what she needed, he slid back down her body, kissing and licking a path straight to her pussy lips. Kane took a deep breath as the smell of her juices turned him on even more and he had to grip his cock at the base to keep himself from coming too early.

Kane licked her from ass to clit before spearing her on his tongue. He sucked her clit into his mouth and sucked and nibbled on the tiny bundle of nerves.

“Oh God. Pl-please, Kane. I need ... mmm. More, Kane.”

Kane grinned against her pussy and continued teasing her writhing form. He had never tasted something as exquisite as Jessa’s juices. It was all her, womanly and needy. That it was him that she wanted still shocked the hell out of him. He knew she was close so he speared his tongue once more into her cunt and watched as she exploded around his tongue, her tight virgin pussy squirting out the delicious juices that only came from his beautiful mate.

“Oh Kane. Ohhhh.” Kane had never seen such a beautiful sight than Jessa coming down from an orgasmic high.

After a moment of silence, she opened her eyes and looked at him with an expression of pure want.

“Kane, please, please make love to me. I feel like something is still missing. I need it. I need you.”

No words had ever sounded so beautiful, and so right to him and suddenly, all that mattered to him in the world was getting inside her tight pussy. Claiming her, marking her, and mating her was all that existed in this moment. He needed to fill her up with his seed and bite her so that all will know that she is taken. He slid of the bed and quickly shed his jeans, suddenly grateful that he decided to go commando tonight. Going over to his dresser, he took out a brand-new tube of lube and quickly applied it to his aching, throbbing shaft. He was already so hard that he could pound nails and Kane wondered if he could even make it inside of her before coming. Giving his length a couple of strokes, he turned back towards the bed and admired the view. Jessa’s legs were splayed out and Kane could see her pussy lips and ass covered in her juices. It was the most erotic thing he had ever seen. Her eyes went wide when she first caught a glimpse of his cock and Kane couldn’t help the satisfied smirk that crossed his face when he smelled a fresh gush of juices flow from her cunt. She moaned and her eyes narrowed, watching him with heavy-lidded eyes and a mischievous spark appeared in their depths.

“Are you waiting for an engraved invitation or do I need to get myself off?” Jessa asked as she slowly raised one hand to cup her breasts and lowered the other hand down her body to her pussy lips. Kane watched as her started touching her clit, giving him his own very personal show. His cock’s tip was oozing pre-come and Kane had to tightly grasp the base just to keep himself from coming prematurely.

“Are you sure you’ve never done this before? Because baby, I really have to tell you, the attitude is really turning me the fuck on.” Kane deep, husky in a voice filled with not a little bit of lust. “And baby, you keep up that show and I’m gonna tie your hands and feet to the bed so that you’re completely at my mercy.”

He smiled as he smelled another gush of juices escape her. She smirked before dipping one finger into her pussy and then started circling her clit. Her other hand was pulling and tugging at the puckered nipple.