Chapter Six

Edon

With one taste, one hint of her scent, I am a changed man. I ought to take this thing slow, let her take time to accept what we will be. I cannot go slow. Bessi will know everything soon. Once I have mated her, I will be able to calm down. With my mark on her skin, there will be no doubt that she belongs to me.

Speeding through the woods, I head for my cabin at Camp Midnight Storm. We're too far from my cabin in Whispering Peaks, part of the mountain range that surrounds Moon Haven. Right now, all I can think about is mating her, marking her as mine, and I can't wait another moment.

Once I have marked her, I can take her home. My beast will calm down. Bessi will love my little cabin, I think. I gave special attention to the kitchen, never knowing why. Now I know it was because that is what she would want. And as I promised, I will give her anything she wants—because she is giving me everything.

"Where're you taking me?"

"To bed. I need to have you," I growl against her throat as I clutch her to me.

Bessi just laughs her sweet, musical laugh, her arms going tighter around my shoulders. I am throwing a lot at her. I have not admitted what I am, though I have not tried to hide it. I am not afraid of what she will think once she knows—I sense she will understand.

Rushing past the meadow where I first found her, I see her brows pop up as she sets sights on the sprawling camp. It is just beyond the clearing and teeming with campers. Exactly why I had to stop her from going further that night we met.

"You did not want me to see this place."

Wincing because yes, I kept her from this place at first, I nod. "Yes. It is a place just for others like us. For them to be kids, to meet others who have the same struggles. Their own kind."

"It must be a special place," she stuns me as her voice softens.

Stopping in the middle of the camp, with dozens of other shifters watching us, I smile down at her. I must look a fool to the campers, but I do not care. I am besotted. Smitten. I have found the woman for me and knowing that, knowing I won't be alone anymore, it sets my spirit singing, it soothes my wild wolf like nothing ever has.

"It is the most special place I have ever been. I will show it to you, sunshine. Not yet.... first, I must get you to my bed."

Again, she laughs, shaking her head as she lets me carry her past all the campers who just stare. I guess they're not used to seeing me this happy. I could preen because I am so pleased with the beautiful creature in my arms.

We make it to my cabin on the edge of the camp. I kick the door shut after us, pausing long enough to lock it. I want no interruptions. If I had my way, we'd be locked in here for days, mating as I try to breed her with my pups.

"Edon," her voice trembles as I set her on the bed.

"What is it, sweetheart? Am I scaring you?"

Smiling down at me as I kneel before her, she shakes her head. Her beautiful green eyes sparkle as she makes room for me between her thighs. I fit myself there, breathing in her sweet scent, letting my hands slide up her thighs. I want to rip her clothes off and get inside her, but I am holding myself back, trying to be gentle, to be patient.

"No," those eyes sparkle down at me in the darkness as she sits forward, touching her brow to mine. "I think I ought to be scared by what I am feeling. How drawn to you I am. I'm not scared, Edon. Can you tell me why I am not scared? Why it feels...natural to be here?"

"We've been seeking each other without even realizing. If you ever looked for someone in a crowd, it was me you were looking for. Whenever I was aching from being alone, it was just you, no one else in this world, who could take that ache away. We're two halves of the same spirit, Bessi. You're my mate. The one who will complete me."

Staring down at me, she cradles my face in her little hands, her eyes searching mine. Whatever she sees there is enough for her. Bending, she brushes her soft lips over mine, both of us sighing at the contact. It's gentle, brief, but it turns on every need, every want, every desire inside of me.

My hands move beneath her skirt, my fingertips hooking in her little cotton panties. God, cotton covering her little pussy is hot for some reason. Pulling back, both of us grunting as I break the kiss, I yank the panties off one foot. I bring them to my face and inhale her sweetness, my beast going wild inside of me.

"Mine," I growl, my roar louder than the wild creature inside of me. "Mine. It's mine . You belong to me, Bessi. You are all mine."

Pushing at her skirt, I fit between her thighs to dive face first into her pussy. I lick her open, suckling noisily at the sweet dew coating her pink folds. Bessi whimpers, her hands coming to the back of my head, her hips lifting. She feeds me her sweetness, moaning louder and louder as I lick her greedily, stuffing my tongue inside her to fuck her the way my cock will soon.

"Oh...oh, yes," she pants, her hips twisting as my tongue flicks and licks at her swollen clit.

Reaching up, I rip at her top, tearing it in half. Her little gasp is full of heat as she stares down at me, a tiny smile at her lips. Oh, hell. My girl likes me being wild. I palm her breast, loving the weight of the perfect, round flesh. Her nipple buds up against my palm and I toy with it, rubbing it, pulling at it, making her pussy wetter, he need soaking my beard and running down my face.

Her whole body stiffens with I curl my fingers inside of her, finding that sweet spot that made her come earlier. Covering her with my mouth, I pump my fingers as she starts to come again, sucking greedily at every drop of her sugary sweetness.

"Stop, stop...no, no, don't stop. I'm coming. Edon...please!"

"That's my girl," I growl, biting at her clit until she falls back with a soft thud, her thighs quaking around my head. "Come for me. Let me see how good I make you feel. We've just gotten started."

Sucking at her for a little bit longer, I bring her to the edge once again. Stopping just when I feel another orgasm tearing through her, I tear at my own clothes. I ought to take things slow. Make it soft and romantic for our first time. I can't. Not when my need is wild in my head, my beast roaring, my desire pounding in my veins.

Crawling over her, I grab her hands as I pin her beneath me. I pin them above her head, my big hand circling both of her wrists. Pushing her thighs up and out, I fit between them, my cock bobbing, aching, ready to fill her. Holding her gaze, I line up and slam home, roaring as I bury myself balls deep inside of her.

It is a huge mistake—the worst thing I could do.

"Oh, sunshine. My sweet girl," I whimper as I pull back, my eyes dropping in shame. Her innocence stains my shaft, a faint pink rim of wetness mixed with her own sweet cream. "I am a monster."

"No," she purrs, pulling me down, her hips lifting to draw me back inside of her. "Not a monster. Even if you were...you would be my monster. I want you, Edon. I have thought of nothing but you since you came out of the shadows. I want you. I need you, please."

"Never beg, ever. I am yours, I will always be yours. Nothing and no one will ever change that. Even if you do not want me, I will always be yours. I have no choice."

Bending close, I take her mouth in a gentle kiss, my hips moving slowly. I try to be gentle. I try to go slow. My needy girl won't have it. Beneath me she circles and undulates her hips, fucking herself on my cock. I growl as I grab her hip to pin her down, taking the lead back.

"That's my girl," I whisper against her lips. "You were made for me. Sweet little body was made to take mine. To give me babies. You will be such a beautiful Luna. My wolf adores you like he will adore your wolf. Can you feel her inside of you? Don't you feel it?"

Bessi mewls and nods, but I know she cannot be sure of what she is feeling. My wolf is whining, talking to the dormant creature waiting to come to life inside of our girl. Our Luna. Our entire world is this woman, her wolf, and the cubs she will give us.

"Once I mark you, they will all know. You want them to know, don't you sunshine?"

"Yes! Yes! I do."

Humming, I take her hard, fast, forgetting this is her first time. It is my first time too. I never wanted a woman this way. Never even considered taking a woman who would not be my mate. I will be gentle and slow later. Right now, I just need to feel her, I need to be deep inside of her as her scent surrounds me, calming my beast and soothing the rawness that a lifetime alone has created within me.

"Mine. You're mine. Say it. Say that you belong to me."

"I do," she coos, staring up at me as I thrust into her again and again, her skin pink, her face flushed, her eyes wild. "I belong to you."

Roaring, I bend to sink my teeth into her shoulder. Not enough to pierce the skin. Not to mark her the way I will once we mate for good. Just enough to leave a bruise. To leave proof that I had her. That she was beneath me and mine, that I was inside her and hers.

"Edon, please," she shouts, clawing at my back as I pound into her, the bed shaking, the entire cabin rattling.

Sinking my teeth into her soft flesh, I rut harder, faster, going as deep as she can take me. I feel it just before it happens. Before her little body tenses and she shouts my name again and again. Her pleasure sets off my own, but it's more than an orgasm.

Bessi's entire body starts to shimmer. It glows the way the full, bright moon does in a dark sky. Her green eyes glow brighter as she comes, her mouth moving without sound. My body begins to shake, a rhythmic shudder working its way through me before it hits her too.

"Oh hell, yes," I shout, pleasure spearing through me as I empty myself inside of her, our mouths fusing as we come together.

Collapsing against her, I roll, cradling her atop me. Still buried inside of her, we both tremble with aftershocks as I jerk inside her, flooding her with my seed. Pressing my lips to her forehead, I tell her how perfect she is, how good we're going to be together.

I pass out with her snuggled close—but when I wake sometime later she is gone. Which means I go out hunting.