Captivation: Shifters Forever Worlds (Shifters Forever After Book 4) (8 page)

A
surplus
of sensations pulled Carina into a place where all that existed was Bain, his hands, his mouth, his tongue, and the knowledge of his hardness waiting for her.

His lips and hands on her body were irresistible, but they did nothing to quell the urgently pulsing need for him.

All of him.

When he licked her nipple, she nearly climaxed. Eager for him, she pushed her clothing aside, seeking to shrug her way to nakedness, where there would be nothing but flesh between them.

During her movements, Bain’s hand didn’t miss a beat.

She gasped when he dropped his hand between her legs, slipped a finger between her folds, and found the wetness he’d created was already drenching her and had begun to make its way down her thighs.

He pulled his mouth away from her nipple and breathed in deeply. “I need you. Now.”

While one of his hands stayed on her breast, his other hand kept teasing and tempting her, running between slick folds and a tender pulsing core.

She didn’t feel embarrassed that he pulled away and watched while he touched.

“Carina, so very hot.”

She groaned, her hips arching toward him.

His fingers moved faster and faster in tight circles on her clit, leaving her breathless and tormented with pleasure and the denial of pleasure.

“Oh, god.” The words passed over her lips. She wanted him so badly.

His lips ran across her nipple, his days of scruffiness teased her sensitive skin, fueling the fire he’d created in her. She closed her eyes in pleasure. A moan followed by an exhaled breath escaped her.

His breath was hot on her nipple, his fingers moving quickly, driving her further and further, closer to an orgasm.

The heat of his breath began to travel lower, over her breast, over her sternum.

Her lungs froze, air trapped within, unable to release while his tongue made a slow, slick trail over her stomach.

She knew what was coming. She anticipated it with a fierceness that made her panther roar and pace.

His tongue separated her lips and brushed her clit.

Carina flinched at the sheer pleasure of it.

He pressed her legs further apart and the wall buttressed her to keep her from sliding down. Thank goodness, because her knees had turned to Jell-O.

Her hands held onto his head, her nails digging into his scalp as she writhed in passion.

His fingers slid into her, driving deep, then curling upward while his tongue tortured her with its persistent swiping, flicking, and sucking.

Her legs quivered in response to his attention.

When he removed his fingers and slipped his tongue into her, licking her and sucking, she bit down on her lip to keep from screaming.

Her fingers were unstoppable, digging into his hair, pulling at it, pushing him closer. His fingers quickened their pace, matched by her panting.

“Oh, god. Bain! Oh. My.” Her muscles tightened, and with a final shudder, she fell apart, against the wall, panting.

His groan pushed her further and another spasm began as she came undone again, wave after wave.

He rose, his lips shiny with her essence. Bain kissed her. She tasted herself and relished how he’d made her climax. Bain’s eyes were almost silver-blue, his expression intense.

“I need you.” He unzipped his pants.

Carina sucked air in and bit back a gasp.

Oh my, the size of him.

He was huge. She reached out, touching the hardness, the length and girth. Holding him in her grip, she tightened her fingers, gently increasing the pressure.

His groan told her the special heaven and hell he was going through. Just as she had when he’d touched her.

Carina nearly closed her eyes from the sheer pleasure of his response. She tugged on his cock moving her hand forward and backward.

“Ah, fuck,” Bain growled, his bear nearly ready to burst out. Shoving her hand aside, with one swift drive, he plunged into her, her muscles stretching to take him in, holding him deeply.

He pulled back, and pressed deeper still. She gasped when he was fully in and leaned into him to get even more of this, finding pleasure in the pain.

Bain kissed her, his tongue claiming her, plunging in repeatedly, keeping pace as his hips drove his hardness in, deeper and deeper.

In.

Out.

Over and over.

Her body took him, relishing every thrust, every plunge, every drive.

When he stopped suddenly, her eyes flew open. The golden amber glow was intense. She was looking into his bear’s heart.

“Thank you for not giving up on me,” she told his bear.

With a roar in her ear, Bain drove deeper, pulling her close, driving his mouth into her neck, baring his teeth.

She felt the sensation of his teeth breaking skin for a brief moment before the euphoria of their couple bonding overtook her.

He’d bonded her!

The thought didn’t stay in her mind long as she bit on her lip to keep from screaming his name as a climax roared through her body. She tightened around him, her body holding him hostage.

“I’d say forgive me but…” He buried his face in her neck. “I’m not exactly sorry.”

She looked into his eyes without answering.

“I won’t apologize for it. You’re mine now,” Bain said.

“I know.”

He held her gaze. “And you feel how, about it, exactly?”

She almost couldn’t see him for the tears that were beginning to brim in her eyes.

He had to ask?

“I feel like I’m home.”

His smile grew, a grin, reminding her that deep within the fierceness of her alpha male was a man who loved her.

M
ae wouldn’t hear
of it. She insisted that Bain and Carina and Bree take up a suite at the bed and breakfast that Kelsey and Teague ran for her.

And Bain and Carina had. It had only been a few days, but Bain felt already like he was home.

He rolled over in bed, looked out the window, enjoying the sun’s rising over the mountains. His body sought out Carina’s, spooning her against him protectively. He loved the way her body fit against his, every curve she had found a natural spot to rest against his body.

He felt a measure of excitement.

Braden was coming to Bear Valley to recuperate and meet Bain’s nephew Dominic.

All of the children in that compound had been taken care of. Every last one was settled into a permanent home thanks to Griz and Mac’s contacts.

Only one was missing.

That Dakotah woman. Not a shifter, but Lance said he scented that she was carrying a baby. He’d wanted to listen for the baby’s pulse but had to get back to the fighting.

She was never seen again. Not even after all of Mae’s and Mikhail’s reinforcements showed up. They tried to track her by scent and sight.

No luck, Griz had reported last night.

Bain sighed.

Against him, Carina took his hand in his. “You’re worried.”

“No,” he lied, though it was a white lie. “Not really.”

“About what?” She pretended like she hadn’t heard his little fib.

“That woman.”

“Me, too. I feel bad for her. And if she’s expecting… Let’s check on her.”

“Griz and Doc said they did everything they could. She just upped and vanished.”

“Maybe she went home,” Carina countered.

“Maybe.”

“We should get going. Braden will be here this morning, won’t he?”

A smile crept to his face.

“Are you excited?” she asked.

“Yeah.”

“And are you nervous about your father?”

Bain had called his father earlier. “No. I told him we’d come out and visit after Braden got better.”

“He said he might come out here instead,” she replied. “I hope there’s no drama.”

“Me and you both. Braden’s going to be staying at Joe’s. Joe and Sara offered.”

“I thought he was coming here to recuperate.”

“Not so much physically. I think he needs time away from the city.”

“He’ll be by himself out there, on the mountainside.” Carina’s voice carried worry.

“He’s a big boy.” Bain laughed. “He can take care of himself.”

Carina rolled over and looked into his eyes, desire flared in the dark depths of her gaze. “What about you?”

“What about me?”

“Can you take care of yourself?” Her body moved against his in a way that woke every part of him and brought him to full attention.

“I’d rather have you take care of certain things.”

Her fingers trailed across his chest, going lower. “Certain things?” Her voice was husky with need.

“This, specifically.”

“This?” she said teasingly.

Bain rolled her over swiftly, and with the ease of one accustomed to contact sports, flipped her beneath him, and perched himself above her, supporting himself with thick muscular arms.

He lowered his head. “Yeah. This. Always.”

S
HIFTERS FOREVER SERIES

Are you ready for it?

I
have
a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.

* * *

W
here’s
the best place to start? Well, probably with
Shifters Forever
.

Shifters Forever
starts the series off with grizzly bear shifters and their mates that steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart. 

•
Protection

• Seduction

• Persuasion

• Invitation

• Temptation

• Attraction

* * *

A
lways After Dark
is a spinoff with the white tiger from Shifters Forever: Vax, born Vittorio Tiero. He’s the one that helped Kane out during a shifter battle.

Follow the Tiero family, a group of white tiger shifters, as they head to America to find love... and heart-stopping danger. Full of romance, suspense, and gritty drama, this red-hot collection is sure to entertain!

• Controversy

• Territory

• Adversary

• Sanctuary

* * *

N
ever After Dark
is another spinoff that takes place in Europe. Here we visit cities along the Mediterranean and meet the old school Tiero white tiger shifters who are resistant to change.

Enter a world of sex, secrets, and forbidden love. Shifters who can turn into tigers, leopards, and panthers must decide who they can trust — and who they can’t live without.

• Forbidden

• Forsaken

• Forgotten

• Foreplay

* * *

O
nly After Dark
takes place in New Orleans. The Arceneaux shifters, led by Lézare, Vax’s white tiger cousin—on his mother’s side. The Arceneaux are the black sheep of the family. Lézare doesn’t cave to public opinion. He dictates policy in the area he rules and he shuns old school European rules and regimes.

• Desirable

• Insatiable

• Combustible

• Undeniable

• Inevitable

* * *

S
hifters Forever After
follows a group of polar bears in New York. Russian and rumored to be mobbed up, they are a powerhouse of shifters, determining the fate of many on the East Coast. Mikhail Romanoff, Layla’s father, runs this outfit with an iron fist. Layla’s sexy cousin Malachi features prominently in this series.

• Complication

• Fascination

• Motivation

* * *

u
nbound
features Mae Forester’s nephew Dane Forester
, a freewheeling, sexy, successful, movie star who uses every role and every woman to escape and forget the heartbreak he left in Bitter Falls.

• Unbound

* * *

b
arely after dark
More of Mae Forester’s nephews! Grizzly bear shifters steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart.

• Cross

• Lance

• Judge

* * *

E
ver after dark

Find the white tigers you’ve learned to love in Always After Dark, Never After Dark, and Only After Dark. See their heritage. Visit Giovanni Tiero and his brothers Federico and Tito. Get reacquainted with Isabel Tiero and meet her sister Capriana Valenti.

• Stonebound
  
• Formidable