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“I have no problem with that,” he said huskily.

Kajakti grabbed his shirt by the back of it and roughly
dragged it over his head. With a toss, he sent it flying over the side of the
bed. It didn’t take him long to strip Jaren’s off as well. He looked down at
her bra-covered chest, bent his head and licked the top of each of her breasts.
Her nipples were hard little points that stood out, just begging for his mouth.

With his arm around her waist, Kajakti sat up and positioned
Jaren so she straddled his lap. He traced kisses along her collarbone as he
reached behind her and undid the clasp on her bra. Jaren dragged the
undergarment off, then threw it away to land on the floor.

Jaren put her hands on his shoulders and arched her back in
offering. Kajakti cupped one of her breasts and lifted it. He circled the taut
peak with his tongue before he sucked it inside his mouth. His mate moaned,
riding his erect cock through his jeans.

Kajakti switched to her other breast, sucking it hard, while
he dropped his hands to the top of her pants and undid the button and zipper.
He brushed a fingertip along the soft skin of her belly just above the
waistband of her panties. The scent of her arousal increased.

He released her nipple, and with his hands on her hips,
urged Jaren off his lap to kneel between his spread legs. He took hold of the
top of her jeans and pushed them down past her hips. Once they reached her
knees, she helped him peel them the rest of the way off.

Kajakti skimmed his palms along her sides until he reached
the top of Jaren’s panties. He circled one hand to the front and ran a
fingertip down the lacy material. He stopped at her pussy and stroked her
there. She sucked in a breath, her legs spreading a little wider to give him
better access.

“You’re already wet,” he said as he continued to play with
her through her panties.

“And you’re hard.” Jaren reached down and cupped his
erection.

“That feels good but I’m not done with you yet.”

Kajakti pulled Jaren’s hand off him, then slowly lowered her
onto her back. He hooked a finger into the waistband of her panties and tugged
them down her legs and off. He ran his gaze over her body, loving every
delectable inch of her. His mate was curvy in all the right places.

He straddled her legs and held his body up on his hands and
knees as he took Jaren’s lips in a searing kiss. Once he had her moaning,
Kajakti left her mouth and paid attention to her more-than-a-handful breasts.
In turn, he sucked each nipple past his lips, gently scraping his teeth along
them.

Continuing his downward journey, he left her chest and made
a trail of kisses down her stomach. It quivered with each brush of his lips.
Once he reached her pussy, Kajakti lay on the bed and wedged his shoulders
between Jaren’s spread thighs. He looked at the opening to her body and saw it
glistened with her juices. He licked his lips in anticipation of tasting her
for the first time.

Kajakti dipped a finger into her wetness and circled her
clit with it. Jaren arched her hips and moaned. The smell of her arousal
increased. His cock jerked inside his pants but he ignored it. He was going to
make his mate come with his mouth and then would bury himself deep inside her.

With a half growl and half groan, he lowered his head and
licked Jaren’s pussy from bottom to top. The taste of her went to his head,
sending a shot of desire through his entire body. He swept his tongue along her
opening, swirling it around her clit until he had her panting and clutching the
covers beneath her.

He continued to suck on the small bundle of nerves that was
the center of her pleasure as he pushed one finger inside her. He slid it in
and out, then added a second. Jaren’s inner muscles gripped his plunging
digits, her hips lifting to match each stroke. Kajakti raised his head and
looked up to watch her face as he worked her. Her eyes were closed and she had
her bottom lip between her teeth as she panted and gasped.

Kajakti angled the thrust of his fingers higher. Jaren’s
moans grew louder. At the first flutter of her orgasm, he pulled the digits out
and replaced them with his mouth. He licked and sucked, stiffening his tongue
to spear it into her pussy as she came with a whimpered cry.

He rose between her legs and kissed her belly. Kajakti kept
his eyes downcast, knowing they had to have taken on a muted glow with his
arousal. He shifted to lie at Jaren’s side and worked on opening his jeans. Her
hands joined his and helped him shed his pants and then his underwear.

Once he was as naked as she, his mate closed her hand around
his hard cock and pumped it up and down. He thrust his hips, pushing his length
tighter into her grip. Pre-cum leaked out of the head and onto Jaren’s fingers.
He grew harder, liking how she stroked his shaft.

Needing to be inside her, Kajakti pulled her hand off him
and pushed her to her back. He settled between her legs, the head of his cock
butting against her pussy. He pushed inside her, working himself deeper with
each thrust. Jaren’s inner walls wrapped around his length and held him tight.

Seated to the hilt, Kajakti slid almost all the way out
before he thrust all the way back inside. He took her in long, shallow strokes.
He couldn’t hold back the soft growls of pleasure that rumbled out of him. He
hadn’t been with a woman for ten thousand years before Jaren. And he was glad
she was his mate because he never wanted another.

He took her faster, harder, increasing the pace he’d set for
them. Jaren met him stroke for stroke. She held on to his biceps as he strained
atop her, pushing them both closer to their release. She lifted her bent legs
to either side of his hips. He sank deeper, and grew longer and thicker.

“Just like that,” Jaren said on a moan. “I’m going to come.”

Kajakti thrust harder. “Don’t hold back. I’m right there
with you.”

Her fingers dug into his arms as she arched her back. He
pumped in and out of her pussy half a dozen times. She let out a keening moan.
Her inner walls clutched and released his plunging shaft with her climax. It
milked him along his entire length, squeezing him tight, throwing him into his
own orgasm. Kajakti groaned as he pulsed deep inside her, his cum filling her
up.

Chapter Five

Jaren fought to catch her breath as Kajakti collapsed on top
of her. Even though he’d come, his cock remained hard and buried deep inside
her. Sex had never been this good for her, not even with Matt, whom she’d been
with for a year. Making love to Kajakti was more intense. He seemed to know
exactly how to touch her body to wring the most pleasure out of her. Kajakti’s
skills in the bedroom also proved her ex had been far from adequate.

And now that she was sober, Jaren also came to realize how
much of her emotions came into play while she was in Kajakti’s arms. It wasn’t
sex for the sake of having it. What she felt was deeper, and it scared her. She
couldn’t already be falling for him, but she was very much afraid she was.
She’d once thought herself in love with Matt. Now, she realized that wasn’t the
case. It was more as if she’d become comfortable with him and had grown
complacent.

Kajakti raised himself onto his bent arms, and Jaren moaned
when his hard cock shifted inside her pussy. “You’re still ready to go,” she
said as she reached up and played with his long hair, which had fallen forward.

His eyes were only open a crack, and he smiled. “Yes. I want
you to come for me again.”

Those words sent a shiver of desire through her. She let out
a small whimper as he pulled out of her, but soon found herself rolled to her
side while he rested on his and spooned her from behind. His erection nestled
between the cheeks of her ass. Jaren pushed back against him, her arousal
building once more.

Kajakti eased one arm under her so he could palm her breast.
With his free hand, he lifted her leg and placed it over his hip. In that
position he had her spread and open. His fingers plucked her nipple while he
nudged her hair away from the crook of her neck with his nose. He nibbled the
flesh there, causing her to shiver. Jaren closed her eyes, getting lost in his
touch again.

He shifted, then his cock slid between her legs. Kajakti
thrust against her, not entering her, just pushing his shaft along her slick
folds. He had her moaning and squirming, wanting him back inside her pussy. He
continued to stroke her that way, causing more of her juices to flow.

Jaren was about to beg Kajakti to give her more when he
slipped the head of his cock inside her. Two hard thrusts and she had taken him
until he was buried to the hilt. With a hand on her hip, he pulled back, then
pushed into her again. The pace he set was slow and hard. The sound of their
flesh meeting and heavy breathing filled the room.

She pushed back, meeting each long stroke. Kajakti’s cock
grew harder inside her, filling and stretching her to capacity. It felt so good
Jaren knew she wouldn’t last long. Already her orgasm built, gathering steam to
explode through her.

Kajakti’s hand left her hip and trailed down her stomach to
her pussy. His fingers delved between her legs until he found her clit. He
rubbed and pinched it as he pistoned his hips behind her, his cock spearing
into her. Jaren’s climax tore through her, milking the hard length that
continued to fill her.

With a deep moan, Kajakti slammed into her harder. His hand
returned to hold her at her hip, keeping her in place. His teeth bit down on
the skin where her shoulder and neck met, and a noise that sounded suspiciously
like an animalistic growl rumbled out of him. It wasn’t the first time he’d
made it, and Jaren found it arousing. Kajakti pushed into her one final time,
then went still as his cock pulsed deep inside her pussy. The warm splash of
cum hit her inner walls as his orgasm took him over.

Once they had quieted and they no longer breathed at a fast
rate, Jaren pulled away. She turned in Kajakti’s arms to face him. She smiled,
then glanced down at his cock. “You’re still hard.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“Are you always so…raring to go?”

Kajakti chuckled. “You could say that.”

“Hmm, interesting. I can see that being a bonus.”

He kissed her forehead. “I like to think so, but we can save
it for later.”

“Later sounds good.”

Jaren snuggled into his embrace as he tugged her closer and
tucked her under his chin. She breathed in Kajakti’s masculine scent and closed
her eyes. She was more than content to stay exactly where she was. Now that
they’d made love again, she felt even stronger for the man who held her so
tenderly. She had no idea what she’d do when she had to go back to British
Columbia. The thought of leaving him behind didn’t sit well with her.

She turned her head and kissed Kajakti’s muscular chest.
There was no point thinking about that now. As things stood, she had no idea
when that would be. Today Jaren would focus solely on the man she wanted to be
with. Tomorrow was Monday and she’d ask someone to take her to the Canadian
consulate to work on getting a new passport.

* * * * *

As Kajakti had predicated, Durlach spent the entire time in
the kitchen with Jaren while she prepared the evening meal. She didn’t mind,
though. She put him to work chopping and stirring pots on the stove when she
needed to do some other task. Kajakti had told her about Durlach’s penchant for
mixing ingredients that had no right being together. It hadn’t taken very long
to find out how true that was. She’d had to stop Durlach from adding his own
twist to what she had cooking. His favorite ingredient seemed to be ketchup.
She’d had to explain it usually wasn’t one that was frequently used by a
trained chef. He’d quickly put the bottle back into the fridge with the promise
he’d only use that condiment for hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries.

After spending a great deal of time up in Kajakti’s bedroom,
making love three times, they’d emerged and Jaren had headed straight for the
kitchen. Kajakti had stayed with her for a bit until Durlach had arrived.
Kajakti had said he’d only get in the way, and left, after he’d given her a
breath-stealing kiss, to see what the other occupants of the house were up to.

As they cooked, Jaren started a conversation with Durlach
that would help her learn more about the new man in her life. “Kajakti tells me
you and the other men of the house are all Tlingit. Are you from the same
tribe?”

Durlach, who stood at the stove stirring the contents of a
frying pan, turned her way and nodded. “Yes. We all lived in the same village
before coming to Juneau.”

“So you all grew up together?”

He smiled. “Basically. Our village wasn’t very big. Everyone
knew everyone.”

“You make it sound as if it’s gone or something.”

Durlach stiffened, then turned back to the frying pan. “I
guess to us it is no more. We all knew once we left we wouldn’t ever return.”

“What about your family? You must still talk to them.”

“No, I don’t.”

When Durlach didn’t elaborate, Jaren figured he no longer
wanted to talk about that particular subject. “Well, I think it’s great that
you all are such close friends that you don’t mind living together. That can
sometimes put a strain on friendships.”

He looked at her and flashed a big smile. “I don’t think
that will ever happen to us. We’ve been through a lot together. We’d be lost if
we had to move out and find our own places to live.” Durlach winked. “So if you
decide you want to stay with Kajakti you get to be a roommate too.”

She chuckled. “So it’s like a package deal? I get Kajakti
and all the rest of you.”

“Yes. Kajakti may think he’s gotten something he waited a
lifetime to find but I will have won too. I get a live-in trained chef to teach
me how to be a better cook.”

“It sounds as if you have everything already planned and me
moving in for good.”

“Well, it’s not as if you can leave.”

“What do you mean?”

Durlach stopped mid-stir, then let out a laugh that came
across as strained and forced. “Did I say you couldn’t leave? I don’t mean you
physically can’t. What I meant was it would break Kajakti’s heart if you did
go.”

Jaren stared at Durlach, not sure how to respond to his
statement. “I don’t know about that,” she said slowly. “If things don’t work
out between us, I doubt he’d have a hard time finding someone else.”

This time Durlach’s smile appeared genuine. “I’ve known
Kajakti for a very, very long time. It has only been a day since you met him,
but believe me, you’re the woman meant for him. You’re not like the other women
he has been with in the past.”

A warm feeling went through Jaren. She wanted to believe
what Durlach said was true. And if it was, what was she going to do about it?
After spending the day in Kajakti’s bed, thinking about leaving him and never
seeing him again made her feel as if she couldn’t catch her breath. It was
almost as if an anxiety attack wanted to sneak up on her and grab hold. And
she’d never had one in her life. Not even after Matt had left her stranded.

“Say that’s true and Kajakti tells me that very thing. What
about me?”

Durlach gave her a questioning look. “I don’t understand.”

“I was in a committed relationship with Matt, my ex, for a
year up until yesterday. Who is to say what I’m feeling for Kajakti will be
strong enough to last? Subconsciously I could be using him and what I think we
have is only me rebounding. Those types of relationships never amount to much.”

Durlach put the spatula on the spoon rest then walked over
to her. He looked her in the eyes. “Do you really think that is what you have
with Kajakti? That you only feel for him the way you do because he was there
when you needed someone to lean on the most?”

His questions forced Jaren to take a much closer look at her
feelings for Kajakti. As she’d figured out earlier, they weren’t the same as
what she’d had for her ex. She hadn’t really loved Matt. She hadn’t cared if
she didn’t see him every day. And it had been she who hadn’t wanted them to
live together. She’d thought she just liked her space too much. With Kajakti,
not once had she felt smothered by him. She was comfortable being around him,
he made her actually want to have someone to lean on. And it had nothing to do
with what he’d done for her the day before.

“No, I don’t,” she finally said. “What I feel is stronger
than that.”

“Then you’re not going to be a problem.”

“But, as I told Kajakti, I can’t just stay here without
going back to Canada. I have an apartment and all my things are still there.”

“Then take Kajakti with you when you go home. He can help you
get those organized for you to move here. Plus, he’s never been on a plane
before. None of us have, except for the girls I think.”

Now that was a good idea. Jaren wouldn’t have to say goodbye
to Kajakti even for that short amount of time. And with that thought, that
uncomfortable anxiety disappeared.

She leaned in and kissed Durlach on the cheek. “Thanks. When
did you get to be so smart?”

He smiled. “I do have my moments. I consider Kajakti one of
my brothers. I like seeing him happy. And you do make him feel that way. Even
though he has never said anything, I could tell he felt a little lost in his
life. Now that he found you, that’s changed.”

Jaren shook her head with a smile. “Do the others know you
watch them that closely?”

Durlach chuckled. “No, and don’t be telling them.”

“My lips are sealed. Now let’s get back to finishing dinner
before we end up burning something.”

As she worked, Jaren continued to think of Kajakti and what
she wanted to do after her holiday was supposed to end. As she’d told Durlach,
she and Kajakti really hadn’t discussed their feelings for each other. Yes,
Kajakti had talked about her not going back to British Columbia and staying
with him, but he’d never actually said he was falling for her. Confused, not
sure if she was jumping too far ahead of herself, she decided to let it go for
now.

* * * * *

Kajakti sat out on the deck with Edensaw while Jaren was
busy in the kitchen cooking with Durlach. His alpha had come out with him while
the others had stayed inside. It didn’t take much thinking on Kajakti’s part to
realize Edensaw had made sure they would be alone.

Kajakti pulled the windbreaker he wore a little closer
around him. The nights were starting to get cooler, and the daylight wasn’t
lasting as long as it did in the high of summer. Fall was fast approaching.

He looked at Edensaw. “So what is it that you wanted to talk
to me about?”

His alpha smiled. “What makes you think I have something to
discuss with you?”

“Well, we’re out here by ourselves. I think you planned
that.”

“Okay, maybe I did. I thought you’d feel more comfortable
without our wolf brothers around to hear.” Edensaw paused. “When are you going
to tell Jaren about what you are?”

Kajakti blew out a breath. “I don’t know. I now understand
why Wachei and Ketah didn’t tell their mates right away. It’s not something you
can just blurt out and expect a mortal to accept.”

“True, but you’ve already claimed Jaren as your mate. The
only thing that has saved you has been the fact she is staying with us. And you
know you can’t let her continue to think she can go back to Canada without you,
let alone remain living there.”

“I know.” Kajakti tucked some of his hair behind his ear. “I
thought to wait until Jaren settled in a little better. I don’t want to add any
more stress on her than what she already has because of her asshole ex.”

“I realize that, but you’re running into the risk of one of
us letting it slip or something happening that will force you to reveal what
you are before you’ve had a chance to explain.”

“Like a run-in with a dark wolf.”

“Precisely. They’re still out there. You know that. Until we
can find Tanner, and in turn this Andre who creates the dark wolves, there’s
always a chance they will try something else to weaken us.”

“And with that looming over us, it would be better if I
turned Jaren. That way she’d be immortal and not as fragile as she is now.”