Wanted: Devils Point Wolves #3 (Mating Season Collection) (7 page)

“I really hope it is. But I think we should wait.”

The hesitation in his voice chipped another piece of armor from around her heart. If he felt half of what she did then the kind of restraint he had to employ was impressive.
 

“Diego, we’re not kids. We can handle this.” She freed her hands from between them and cupped his face. “You probably should remove these wet clothes though.”

Not waiting for a response she lifted onto her tippy toes and kissed him. Not just any kiss, mind you, she poured everything she had into that slow kiss making sure he got the full extent of what she meant.
 

When he slid his hands down to her buttocks and lifted, she smiled into his mouth. It didn’t make a lot of sense that she would fall for him so hard, but it was there whether he wanted to admit it or not.

Maybe there was some mystical force at work but mostly it was just him. He was fair and charming, protective and sexy, and he thought she was beautiful.
 

She pulled free from the kiss and whispered, “I’m hungry.”

Chapter Ten

Diego groaned. The wet bundle of heat currently wrapped around him was too much for him to resist. It hurt him to know that she needed something he could easily give.

He lifted her and turned, pressing her backside into the shower wall. With the jets coming from multiple directions, water poured over them. He leaned in and licked some of the moisture from her neck before nipping the tender skin lightly with his teeth.
 

No breaking the skin, but he’d leave a mark nonetheless.
 

He’d barely had time to register her nudity when he first entered the shower, but now every glorious inch was plastered to his front and he wanted to explore.
 

Diego nuzzled between her breasts, admiring their perfect size. He drew back until her nipples appeared, puckered and ready for his mouth. Too tempting not to taste, he swiped his tongue across one peak before drawing the next in his mouth.
 

Holy shit she tasted good.
 

Allison gasped, her hands tightening on his shoulders. He moaned, taking more plump breast in his mouth. As he moved back and forth, giving equal attention, he realized part of him wanted to do this all day. Except there was a hell of a lot more he wanted to get his hands and mouth on.
 

While his body heated the more he explored, he noticed that some of the pain from unmet desire had begun to recede. He had his beautiful mate right where he needed her.
 

He didn’t fully understand how she got so affected without a bite, but at the moment he not only didn’t care, he was grateful. To miss out on this would be Mother Nature’s cruelest trick to date.
 

Using his tongue, Diego made a trail that started between her breasts and moved down to her navel. He teased the indentation and smiled when her stomach muscles clenched. Now squatting, he grabbed her thighs and nudged them apart, revealing the sweet scent of her arousal that already intoxicated him.

He leaned forward and placed a chaste kiss on the neatly trimmed spot between her legs a moment before he slid his tongue over her clit.

Allison moaned, tilting her hips so he had a better angle, giving him an unspoken invitation to continue. He chuckled, the sound drowned out by the jets of water still pelting her skin. Diego grabbed her hips to steady her and moved in to get his fill of the perfection that was his mate.
 

When her body sagged, he applied more pressure to keep her upright as he slid his mouth over her opening and teased the succulent flesh waiting for him.

Her hands went into his hair, fingers tightening on the strands. She tried to guide him where she wanted more, but he was way ahead of her. He pressed his tongue inside her in leisure thrusts designed to drive her to the brink.
 

It would never be enough for either of them until he filled her with his cock. For now though, this would do.
 

“Diego,” she whined. “Please.”

Despite her pleas, he didn’t sway from his plan. Instead he savored her, enjoying this first moment with his mate and her heat. She tasted so—hell he had no words for how wonderful it was. But he was getting drunk on her with every passing second.

The sting of her hands pulling tighter on his hair only suffused him with satisfaction as he looked up to find her rolling her head back and forth on the shower tiles.
 

Impressed with her response, he moved his tongue faster and faster across her slick skin. She cried out as her body began to convulse with pleasure and he drank in every moment.
 

Watching her come was a sight to behold and one he’d never forget no matter what tomorrow brought them.

When he was satisfied that his mate was sated, he rose and stared down at her. Her eyes fluttered between open and closed and her gorgeous mouth looked ripe as hell.
 

So he kissed her.
 

When she responded by opening for him and grabbing his shoulders, he took them both deeper, looking for that hunger that still nagged at them both.
 

Her hands went crazy, roaming over his still clothed body and he cursed the fact he didn’t bother to remove them earlier. Not that something like wet jeans deterred her. Her hands were at the fastenings working them roughly until she got them open.
 

He started to protest and she ignored him, her hand diving inside and encircling his erection.
 

Holy fuck. He couldn’t breath.

She stumbled for a moment more and then he was free. Long, hard and standing out straight to her belly. Apparently determined to see this through, she again gave him no chance to stop her before her hand was stroking up and down his length.

He wrenched free from her mouth and gulped for air. She was squeezing and pulling in perfect tandem and his mind threatened to explode from the ecstasy of each tug.
 

Diego grabbed his pants and yanked them out of the way so she could get a better grip and began thrusting his hips to get more.
 

“Holy hell, Allison. You are a beautiful genius. So damned beautiful.”
 

She smiled at him and quickened her strokes before leaning in to attack his chest and neck with her teeth. Each little nip ignited a jolt of pleasure that went straight to his cock, the intensity almost too much to bear. His need for her went so deep inside him he knew he would never get it out. This woman would be his until the end of his days.

He grabbed the wall and braced for the oncoming explosion as he thrust into her fist as hard as he could. She was so warm, and smelled so good. Not to mention he still had the sweet taste of her lingering on his tongue…

“Allison!”

He grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her tight against him. He thrusted and came as if he was inside her, making her see what it would be like when he finally fucked her.
 

Allison smiled, her eyes flashing hot and then she bit him a lot harder than before.
 

Diego lifted his head and released the wolf, who howled so loud it probably shook the windows. Everything about this moment was more beautiful and sensual than he ever dreamed it could be. There was no pain. Only joy that he had found her. It now seemed painfully obvious that he could never let her go. The way she made him feel whole was unlike anything he’d experienced before. In that moment, with the water still raining down on them and his dick in her hand, he felt more at peace than he remembered.
 

Except he did have to let her go for now. She still had a decision to come to when she was not so hungry. Diego kissed her and held her tight for a few minutes more. He really didn’t want this moment to end.
 

“Diego, I want more,” she whispered against his skin.
 

“I know, beautiful. I do too. But we have to wait. To get inside you now, I don’t think I could stop myself from biting you and making our connection permanent.”

“I think I’m okay with that.”

The wolf growled in his head, warning him not to disappoint the mate. But the human in him wouldn’t allow her to make that decision while need still clawed at her gut.
 

Not that he wasn’t as greedy as the wolf. He had to use an exorbitant amount of restraint to let her go and step out of the shower.
 

“Tell me how you feel after a good night’s sleep. If you still feel the same way tomorrow, no one will be able to stop me,” he said.

“I really don’t think a few hours are going to make any difference, but I find it extremely gallant of you to make us wait.”

Diego chuckled and reached for a towel. “Remember that thought. You’ll soon learn that gallant is hardly in my vocabulary.”

He began drying her off, enjoying this moment almost as much as his orgasm. Caring for her, admiring her luscious body... Damn she was one fine woman.

Once she was taken care of and she began dressing in his t-shirt, he quickly ripped the rest of his soaking wet clothes off and quickly dried. Only when he heard a soft gasp did he look up to discover her watching him.

“What?” he asked.

“You’re still hard.”

He smiled, enjoying the hell out of her shocked look. “It happens. During mating season especially it’s not uncommon to come several times a day.”

Her face flushed bright red. “Seriously?”

He nodded and tossed his towel into the laundry hamper. “Now off to bed you, or I might not be able to resist showing you.”

She smiled and looked at him with hunger, but fortunately followed his command and headed back into the bedroom, wiggling her lush ass the whole way.
 

“If I’m sleeping in here, where will you sleep? I don’t want to take your bed.”

He smiled at her as she climbed under the covers.
 

“I think this bed is more than big enough for the two of us wouldn’t you agree?”

She nodded, already looking a little sleepy as she snuggled into the pillows. “I really like your house you know.”

“Thank you. I'm pretty fond of it too. Took a long time to get it right.” He climbed in the opposite side and rolled toward her. He didn’t think he’d sleep a wink if he tried to hold her, but nothing could stop him from resting his hand on her hip.

Eventually, the air around them settled and both their heart rates slowed. It had been a long day and night and he was beginning to feel the fatigue take over.
 

“Allison?”

“Mmmhmm?”

“Why did you shoot my brother?” It was the one question still nagging at him. If she had no intention of killing him, then why?

She rolled over and looked up at him. “I was feeling desperate. After weeks of trying to hunt my brother, I was no closer to finding him. I feared I was running out of time. So I took a risk and shot at your pack, hoping that when you captured me, I’d find out something—anything that would help me find Brody.”

“That was quite a risk.”

She shrugged. “He’s my brother. I’d do anything to save him.”

Diego thought about this. Her plan had been insane at best. But it had worked. It seemed his mate was going to keep him on his toes.

“Diego?”

“Yes, beautiful?”

“Tell me about her.”

“Who?”

She touched his cheek and he turned and kissed her hand. “The first woman you tried to take as a mate. What happened?”

He closed his eyes. This was not the conversation he ever wanted to have with her. But she answered his question so he owed her the same. “She left me not too long after we agreed to bond. When I went after her to bring her home she shot me.”

Allison gasped. “Why in the world?”

“That is the million dollar question I guess. And one I never got the answer to. I died the night she shot me.”

“I’m so sorry,” she said.

“No, I mean that literally. She nicked my heart and it quit beating. If not for my brother and his EMT skills, I wouldn’t be here today.”

“What a bitch. Where is she now?”

“Why? You want to go beat her up?” he smiled at her outrage.

“How about an arrow through her nasty heart. Remember, I do have skills.”

“How do you know I didn’t deserve it?”

“If you were willing to do the whole mate thing with her I seriously doubt you deserved to die.”
 

He stared at her for half a heart beat.
Aww screw it
. He pulled her into his arms and snuggled her so close they were almost one. She’d sleep in his arms whether he slept or not. He didn’t want a night to pass she didn’t feel how much she meant to him.
 

“Go to sleep, Allison. It’s been a long couple of days and we’ve got plenty to do tomorrow.”

“Okay, Diego. But just so you know I’m going to dream about hunting her. And I’m going to be very happy about it when I catch her.”