Chapter 10

CHAPTER TEN

ODETTE

My pussy was aching between my legs. The moment I laid eyes on my mate, the urge to seal our bond took hold of my fox. It was stronger for me during our initial meeting because my fox was in control. She did not understand why we weren’t already fucking and exchanging mate bites. The fact that I was traveling on the back of my large Kodiak mate with my niece clutched in my mouth while we followed a black bear down a flooded tunnel did not matter to her in the slightest. She wanted my mate now .

I know my mate can feel my desire. I can feel his pouring off of him in waves. More than that, though, I can feel the need to get me to safety and then to follow through on sealing our mating. My lusty vixen was not so concerned about safety. To her, our mate was here and he would protect us. Hurricane be damned.

Before Rodger and Garrett shifted into their bears, it was determined that I would keep Amelia with me on Garrett’s back. When we got to the drop where the bears would have to swim their way up to the surface, Rodger would take Amelia and Garrett would keep hold of me. I was not looking forward to him scruffing me like I was a naughty kit, but it was going to be the most secure way to get us up. I explained to Amelia she was going to have to hold her breath and not panic. I could only hope Rodger was capable enough of holding onto her and fast enough to get up the tunnel before Amelia was out of breath. Her fox would not be happy about getting wet, but we had no choice.

The experience was worse than I imagined and I felt like I was holding my breath for so long my lungs would burst. But we finally broke through the surface.

My fox gasped for breath, still dangling from my mate’s mouth like a kit. I looked around frantically for Amelia.

Rodger had shifted back, standing in waist high water. He was frantically rubbing at Amelia’s back. I thought my heart was going to burst until I saw her little body move on its own. I let out a yip to let her know I was here too. She turned in Rodger’s grip, trying to find me.

Then a sight came to my vision that made me question my sanity.

My sister, her mate, and our parents were headed towards us on the back of a frickin elephant . Had I drowned? Was this some sort of sickness from holding my breath too long?

I heard Garrett’s deep chuckle in my head. That’s Dameon. He’s part of my sleuth.

A sleuth of bears was home to an elephant? Well, I’d officially seen it all.

My sister was trying to scramble off of the elephant, Dameon’s, back. “Amelia! Amelia!” But her mate was holding her back. The flood water had to be at least four feet deep. My sister was slightly taller than me at five-three.

Rodger made his way through the mud, water, and foliage to meet the elephant halfway. He handed her up to them.

I started to wiggle, wanting to see my family too. Garrett moved one large paw up, allowing me to drop safely onto the large pads. His claws are huge and pointy, so I was careful to avoid them. Once on his paw, I worked my way up his front leg to his shoulder and then onto his back once more. We’re both drenched and my fox takes the opportunity to shake herself out.

Garrett’s bear chuffs as even more water lands on him.

My fox chuckles. I climb up his neck until my front paws are on the top of his head. I bark, getting my family’s attention from where they’re all curled around Amelia’s little body.

My parents look over at me and I wag my bushy tail.

Garrett, though, steps away from my family, Rodger, and the elephant.

Where are you going? I demand of him.

To make you mine.

My fox made a purring-like noise, very content with his answer. As much as I wanted to see my family, I also didn’t argue. I wanted my mate more.

We continued further into the woods and eventually rose up out of the flood waters. But even the higher we went, we still saw damage. Wind had ripped apart the forest I’d called home for over two centuries. Garrett did stop by a downed tree. He used his large paws and immense strength to push the tree off of a clump of berry bushes.

Then he lowered his head to the ground. While he didn’t speak, I could feel his need to have me eat. My fox gratefully jumped into the bushes that had been protected by the tree trunk. After gorging herself on berries, she started to pick one up between her teeth and offer them to his bear. No human would have believed the sight if they saw it, a fox feeding a bear.

I understood the mating ritual, though I was antsy for the finale. My body hummed for my mate, needing to complete our bond.

Garrett must have picked up on something in my thoughts though. Beyond my excitement and anticipation, he saw my nervousness. You’re a virgin, he stated without question or accusation.

I stared up into the dark brown eyes of his bear. Why would I want another when I knew you were out there somewhere?

A low growl started in his chest and then it rose in crescendo. He smacked his massive nose against my fox. I landed on my back on the forest floor, away from the thorns of the berry bushes.

Shift, mate . As his mental command sounded in my head, he shifted before my eyes. His powerfully built bear body transformed into a massive human man with wavy brown hair, full beard, and intense brown eyes. I stared in awe as my heart pounded heavily in my chest. His forearms were wider than my human waist. And his enormous, thick cock…

My body shifted without me consciously deciding to and he saw my human form for the first time. I was so small in comparison. I could only claim five feet in height if I stretched my neck like a giraffe.

But he looked at me like I was something precious.

“Beautiful,” he corrected. Kneeling on the ground, he crawled over me. “I’ve waited over six hundred years to claim my mate.”

“Then what are you waiting for?” I asked him.

He slid a hand behind my neck. A whimper escaped me as he grabbed my nape with just enough strength to let me know I’m his.

Then his hot mouth is over mine and I let out a moan. I’ve never been kissed before, but I understand the idea of it. It was so much better than I could have imagined. The need, the desire, the taste of him… I could not only feel it through our mental bond but now I could feel it through his body.

His tongue takes my mouth, thrusting in and out like he’s mimicking how he’s going to take me.

My hands grip his muscular back and forearm, my nails digging into his skin. My fox needs to claim ownership of him as much as his bear does me.

Suddenly he flips me. I gasp as my chest and stomach hit the sodden forest floor. He looms over me, massive and strong. He opens my legs with a swipe of his knee. I feel his hot breath on the back of my neck.

Despite his human form, his bear is more in control than he is. I am soaked between my legs, my fox more than ready to receive him. My nails dig into the earth beneath me as I feel his enormous cock against my backside. I know he is not taking me there, but I still shiver at the dark anticipation of the idea.

He chuckles into my ear, but it’s different. More bear than man. “Not today, vixen. Today, I take your pussy and plant my seed in your womb. Once you’re pregnant then I’ll take your ass.”

“Oh God!” While I did not believe in a deity, the human expression fell from my lips all the same.

Then the mushroomed tip of his cock reached lower. While shifters anatomy was the same as our animal or human when we were in our respective forms, some parts of each other still crossed over. Whereas a human female would require foreplay to take a man Garrett’s size, I did not.

He pushed inside, a carnal grunt of passion escaping him. I felt his need to breed me, to see my belly swollen with his cub… I wanted it too. My body is so hot for him, it’s a miracle the forest doesn’t light on fire around us. I feel so fully, impossibly stretched, and yet he keeps on coming. I want all of him, but he’s so big. My fox is in paradise, her bear finally inside her body.

Garrett places his hands over mine in the dirt, lacing our fingers together. His weight against my back is comforting in a way. I can feel his concern, trying to go slow and allow my virgin hole to adjust to him, but I can also feel his bear’s desire to take, to claim, to breed .

As if on instinct, I turn my head, revealing the left side of my neck for him. He strikes almost instantly, the enlarged incisors of his bear’s teeth piercing my throat. I scream—but not from pain. From the overwhelming ecstasy shooting through my veins like a drug.

I come. Twice. My pussy pulses around his massive cock, squeezing him. Somehow, he sinks even further inside me. I can feel his pelvis against my ass. He pulls his teeth from my throat.

The mental words coming through our bond are a mixture of dirty thoughts and praises of love.

And then he starts to move. Harder, faster, deeper, he does not relent. He takes me for all I am worth. I scream into the forest as a third orgasm claims my body. I am wracked with shivers and lose all control of my limbs.

He pulled out of me and a whimper of protest escapes my throat. Limp, he flipped me onto my back again. In the next second, he’s buried deep inside me again. Bucking his hips, he pounds into me. His thickness stretches me as I moan. At the same time, he drops his head down, exposing his neck to me.

I strike. My fox’s incisors pierce his skin with ease. Garrett releases a roar that shakes the forest around us. He plunges deep one more time and then floods my womb with his seed.

The intensity of the moment rocks me and there’s a possibility I black out. I am a trembling, boneless heap below him. He is still over me, still inside me. Garrett is licking my neck where his mate bite will now permanently mark my body.

I don’t know what my immediate future holds for me. My town was destroyed, most likely the only home I’ve ever known with it. My niece has been reunited with her parents and my skulk is safe once more. I don’t know what tomorrow will look like or even next week.

What I do know is that I will have my mate at my side as I face it. I will always have him at my side.

Hearing my thoughts in his head, Garrett nuzzled me in agreement. Forever , he vows.

Forever , I repeated.

And that certainty is enough for me.

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