ACougarsDesire (4 page)

Inside her apartment, Katarina motioned for Jase to go into
her living room. “Take a seat and I’ll bring us each a beer.”

He did as instructed. As he sat on the couch, Jase noticed
the bill for the door’s repairs sitting on the coffee table. He took some money
out of his pocket to cover it, then placed it on the piece of paper.

Katarina returned and handed Jase a bottle of beer before
she sat next to him. “You didn’t have to give the money now.”

“I don’t mind. That way I won’t forget.” He took a sip of
his beer. “Since you didn’t say anything, I take it Caleb hasn’t come back.”

“No, he hasn’t. You never said exactly how he tried to kill
your uncle.”

“He poisoned him. My uncle had been sick for over half a
year before we found out it wasn’t an illness causing it. His sons confronted
Caleb about it, but he managed to run by using my cousin’s wife as a shield.
I’ve been trying to locate him ever since.”

“I still think you should be leaving that to the police.
It’s their job, after all.”

Jase needed something to distract Katarina from the topic of
having the police involved in Caleb’s capture. He leaned toward her and took
her lips in a kiss. Remembering how good the other one they’d shared at the zoo
had been, he slanted his mouth more firmly over hers and pushed his tongue
inside. Hers twined with his, stroking and tasting. A surge of intense desire
shot through him. His cock grew hard. Purrs rose out of him he couldn’t hold
back. As if someone had set a match to gasoline, he burned for her.

Katarina hungrily kissed Jase back. All it took to bring her
to almost full arousal was his lips against hers. She wanted him. Her pussy
grew wet as desire flooded her. A year was a very long time to go without sex,
and her body craved it, especially now that he held her in his arms. The hours
she’d spent with him, she’d caught herself more than once imagining what he’d
look like naked. How his skin would feel under her hands, and all those hard
muscles under her lips.

Jase purred as he’d done back at the zoo. That just ramped
Katarina’s desire up even more. With her eyes closed to better experience the
sensations shooting through her body, she blindly reached out with her beer
bottle to put it on the coffee table. He took it from her. Without letting her
go, he accomplished what she’d tried to do. His soon followed.

Now that she had both hands free, Katarina reached up and
wrapped her arms around Jase’s neck. He held her along her waist, then lifted
her and settled her on his lap facing him. The meeting of her pussy and his
cock through their clothes had both of them moaning. She sucked on his tongue
as she buried her fingers into his hair to hold him exactly where she wanted
him.

Jase ran his hands up and down her back before he shoved one
under her shirt and deftly undid the hooks on her bra. He reached around to her
front and pushed the garment out of the way. He cupped one breast and brushed a
thumb back and forth across her taut nipple. Katarina pushed closer, needing
more of his touch. No longer able to remain still, she rocked against his
erection.

Jase broke contact with her mouth and held her gaze as he
slowly lifted her shirt, giving her the chance to stop him. She didn’t. She
wouldn’t. He’d more than passed her tests. It was time she took another chance
on a man. And right now he was the one she wanted to do that with.

Katarina took hold of her shirt and finished pulling it over
her head, taking her bra with it. After tossing them to the floor, she reached
for Jase’s shirt and stripped him of it.

She ran her gaze along his broad, muscular shoulders, then
his defined chest and abs. From what she’d bared of his body so far, she
definitely liked what she saw. Katarina trailed a finger from the hollow of
Jase’s throat, down the center of his pecs to his pendant. She brushed a finger
against the cougar head. It felt warm to the touch from the heat of his body,
though it seemed a little warmer.

With her bottom lip caught between her teeth, Katarina
continued her downward journey. Jase’s abs tightened, showing off more of his
six-pack once she reached it. At the waistband of his jeans, she ran her finger
under it before she traced the outline of his hard cock. It jerked beneath her
touch.

Jase grabbed her finger and brought it to his mouth. He kissed
the very tip before he released it and leaned forward. He ran his cheek over
her nipple as he purred like a big cat. He did it twice more before he circled
it with his tongue. Katarina held on to his shoulders and arched her back in
invitation.

“You smell so damn good,” Jase said in a husky voice. “I’m
going to make love to you.” He looked up and met her gaze. “Unless you want to
stop.”

“Hell no.”

Katarina ground her pussy against the very large bulge in
Jase’s jeans. She sucked in a sharp breath as he leaned forward again and this
time took her nipple into his mouth. She couldn’t hold back the loud moan of
pleasure that pushed out of her. Wetness leaked into her panties and her heart
beat faster in anticipation of what was to come.

Jase continued to suck at her breast as he dropped his hands
to the button on her pants and quickly undid it. The zipper was pulled down
next. His knuckles brushed against the front of her panties as he parted the
material of her jeans. Katarina stilled her movements and waited to see what
he’d do.

She didn’t have long to find out. He caressed her lower
stomach before he took hold of her hips and lifted her off him, placing her to
stand in front of him between the couch and the coffee table. He tugged her
jeans down until they reached her ankles. She stepped out of them and kicked
them away.

Jase spread his legs and hooked the front of her panties
with his finger, using it to tug her forward to stand between them. His hot
gaze swept her body. He purred. “Cats are partial to cream. And I know where I
can lick some up.”

Katarina couldn’t tear her gaze off Jase as he pushed down
her panties and waited for her to step out of them before he tossed them away.
He ran his hands up the insides of her thighs and gently nudged them farther
apart. She held on to his shoulders, then gasped as one of his fingers dipped
into her pussy. She watched as he brought it to his mouth and sucked it clean.

“Oh, there’s definitely cream there,” he said.

Her legs just about gave out on her. She was so turned-on
her body shook with the need to come. She wanted his mouth on her, licking and
sucking her to orgasm. Already at a fever pitch, it wouldn’t take much to
achieve that.

Jase lifted her again. This time he maneuvered them both so
she lay on her back on the couch with her legs hanging off it while he kneeled
on the floor in front of her. He yanked her bottom to the very edge of the seat
cushion, then licked her pussy with the flat of his tongue.

Katarina gasped and lifted her hips as he lapped at her like
a cat would cream. All the while Jase continued to purr, sending shock waves of
pleasure through her. Her body coiled tight. She reached down and held him to
her as she rocked against his mouth.

He sucked on her clit and pushed one finger into her pussy,
then stroked it in and out. A second soon joined it, scissoring, stretching
her. That, added to what he did to the small bundle of nerves that was the
center of her pleasure, was enough to send her over the precipice and into
release. Katarina let out a keening moan as her inner muscles clutched and
released the digits buried inside her.

Once the last sensation hit her and she went limp, Jase held
on to her bottom, and with his free hand, undid his jeans. He pushed them down
past his hips and sprang his cock. Katarina lifted her head and got her first
look at it. It was thick and long, and she couldn’t wait to have it in her
pussy.

He fisted himself at the base of his shaft and led it to the
wet opening to her body. Jase dipped the head into her juices, then rubbed her
clit with it. Katarina lifted her legs and wrapped them around his waist.

Jase aligned his cock with her pussy and pushed forward
until she’d taken the tip of him. He pulled back before he thrust deeper. He
continued to work his length into her a little bit at a time. Once he was
seated to the hilt, he grabbed her hips and took her in long, hard strokes.

Katarina matched the pace he set. She squeezed around his
plunging cock, increasing the pleasure she felt. Jase groaned. He kept hold of
her and bent his upper body over her as he thrust faster. She lifted her hands
behind her and braced them on the cushion to stop her head from knocking into
it. His shaft grew even harder, stretching her even more. The sounds of their
heavy breathing and bodies meeting filled the room.

She sucked in a breath as something warm landed on her
chest. Katarina looked to find Jase’s cougar head pendant resting against her.
She soon forgot about it when he angled his hips in just the right way for his
cock to stroke her G-spot. Another release quickly built. She locked her ankles
at his waist and thrust up to meet him.

Jase pistoned into her, purring and groaning at the same
time. “I can’t hold back anymore.”

“Come,” she said on a moan. “I’ll be right there with you.”

His fingers dug into her hips as he pumped once, twice, then
held her to him as his cock pulsed deep inside her pussy. Katarina’s sounds of
pleasure joined his as she too climaxed. This one lasted longer than when she’d
come against his mouth and was more intense. By the time it ended, she was
completely wrung out and didn’t think she could move to save her life.

Jase had to be squishing Katarina, but the thought of
lifting himself off her seemed beyond his capabilities at that moment. He’d
come so hard he felt as if all his bones had turned to jelly. He tried to catch
his breath. Their mingled scents filled his nose, causing little aftershocks
through him. Making love to her was like nothing he’d experienced in another
woman’s arms.

He finally managed to brace his weight on his forearms and
lightly kissed Katarina. She put her arms around his neck and played with the
ends of his hair. Jase took satisfaction in seeing the satiated look she wore.

“Want to do it again?” he asked with a crooked grin.

Katarina smiled. “Give me a few minutes to catch my breath.
The couch was fine, but for round two, I’m going to suggest we move to my bed.
I don’t think my back will stand another go here.”

Jase put his arms around Katarina’s waist, then lifted her
as he sat on the floor. He held her to him to keep his softening cock inside
her as she straddled his hips. “This better?”

“Much,” she said and brushed his lips with hers. She glanced
down his body. “How come I’m naked and you still have your jeans mostly on?”

“That’s your fault. You made me so worked up I got impatient
and couldn’t wait to have you. I didn’t feel like waiting to remove them all
the way.”

“I guess I can overlook it then.”

“Well, thank you.” He kept hold of her and stood with her in
his arms. One handed, he hiked his jeans up enough for him to walk unimpeded
before he carried her toward her bedroom. “Rest time is over. Let’s get back to
the fun.”

* * * * *

Jase came awake to the pleasurable sensation of having his
cock sucked. He groaned and lifted the sheets to see Katarina under them with
him buried in her mouth. Her head bobbed up and down as she slid him in and
out. He flipped the covers off her and watched until his point of no return
edged close.

He took hold of her by her arm and gently urged her up his
body. She made a trail of kisses as she went and stopped with her lips hovering
above his.

“Good morning,” she said.

“Good morning. I have to say you really know how to wake up
a man.”

“I couldn’t resist. You were lying there all naked. I didn’t
think you’d mind.”

Jase reached between their bodies until he encountered her
pussy. She was wet and ready for him. “And I can see you didn’t mind either.”
He dipped a finger inside her. She moaned.

Katarina shook her head. “No, I don’t. In fact, I want more.
It seems I can’t stop craving you.”

“Then take what you want.”

She didn’t hesitate to do exactly that. Katarina positioned
herself over his fully engorged cock, then slowly impaled herself. Purrs he
couldn’t hold back rumbled out. He’d made love to her most of the night, but he
hadn’t come anywhere near slaking his need for her. Each time he took Katarina,
he only wanted to possess her more.

Katarina put her hands on his chest, sliding him in and out
of her pussy. Her strong inner walls gripped him, wringing more purrs out of
him. He could get lost inside her and never want to come out.

She sat up, then raised and lowered herself on him. Jase
looked up at her to see she had her eyes closed and her bottom lip between her
teeth. He shifted his gaze to where their bodies were joined. The sight of her
pussy taking his cock was the most erotic thing he’d seen. He lifted his hips
and surged up into her as she rode him.

Jase’s balls rose closer to his body as his climax edged
ever nearer to the surface. To make sure Katarina came with him, he reached
between them and found her clit with the tip of his finger. He rubbed it as she
rode him faster, her breath coming in pants.

The first flutter along his cock heralded her release. She
moaned his name, her movements growing jerky. As her pussy milked his shaft in
a tight fist, he could no longer hold off his orgasm. He thrust up into her one
final time, lifting her knees off the mattress, and emptied himself inside her.
She collapsed on top of him once there was nothing left for him to give.

“If we keep this up, I don’t think we’ll be leaving the bed
any time soon,” Jase said.

Katarina slid off him and propped herself on her bent arm as
she lay on her side to look down at him. “I think you’re right. As for myself,
I blame it on the year of celibacy I forced on myself.”

“A whole year? That does deserve a marathon of sex, but if I
don’t get up and go home, I have a feeling my brother Grady will come looking
for me.”

“You two live together?”

“Yes, and with my parents as well.”

Katarina gave him a stare that said she wasn’t sure what she
thought about that. “Really? Your parents?”

“It’s not what you’re thinking. I haven’t moved out because
I can’t stand living away from Mommy and Daddy. It’s a tradition of my family.
I’ll be blunt here. We’re rich, very rich. I live in what you’d call a mansion,
I suppose. My bedroom is more like an apartment, maybe a little bigger than
yours.” He reached up and tucked some of her brown hair behind her ear. “I’ll
take you there and show you.”

“If you’re that rich, I take it you don’t have a job.”

“No, I don’t. I have a lot of investments that have done
very well. One of them being the software company my uncle started.” Jase said
the name and saw by Katarina’s expression she recognized it.

“If you own stock in that corporation, then you can’t be
hurting.”

A loud knock sounded on the door, breaking into their
conversation. Katarina shifted as if to get off the bed. Jase grabbed her hand
and pressed it to his chest before she could.

“Leave it. Maybe the person will go away,” he said.

Katarina pulled out of his grasp. “Unlike you, I have to
work for a living. I’m the superintendent, remember? I have tenants knocking on
my door all the time or calling me about something. It’s my job to take care of
it.”

She got off the bed, then headed for her closet as the knock
came again. Katarina took out a thick bathrobe and pulled it on. She tied the
belt around her waist as she walked toward the bedroom door that stood open.

“You’re not answering the door like that,” Jase said as he
sat up.

Katarina rolled her eyes. “I’m completely covered. I’m not
getting dressed until after I’ve had a shower. It wouldn’t be the first time
I’ve done this.”

She continued on her way. Jase remained in bed and listened
to Katarina open the apartment door. With his sensitive cougar shifter hearing,
he was able to hear as if he stood next to her. At the sound of the voice that
answered when she asked what she could do for the person outside in the hall,
he quickly climbed off the mattress and yanked on his jeans. He was almost out
of the bedroom when Katarina came to get him.

“Grady is here. You won’t have to worry about him calling
you, after all.”

“I’ll try to get rid of him.”

Jase gave Katarina a quick kiss before he walked around her.
Once he stepped into the living room, he saw his brother standing near the
closed apartment door. Jase came to stand in front of him.

“What are you doing here, Grady?”

“When you didn’t come home last night and didn’t answer any
of the text messages I sent, I wondered if you’d had a run-in with Caleb.”

“So you came here to make sure I was still with Katarina,”
Jase said as a statement rather than a question.

“Give me a break. Caleb’s apartment is across the hall. He
could have gotten the jump on you.”

Jase held out his arms to either side of him and did a quick
turn. “As you can see I’m perfectly fine. You can leave now.”

“I was thinking while I was here, the two of us can go check
out Caleb’s place and see if he left any clues behind. Your new girlfriend will
be able to let us in since she’s the superintendent of the building.”

“I’ll ask Katarina, but if she won’t do it I’m not going to
push. I don’t want her to think I’m trying to take advantage of her.”

Grady smiled. “By how thick her scent is all over you, and
how you smell like sex, I’d say you already did. You’re a lucky bastard. She’s
gorgeous.”

Jase decided to ignore what his brother had said. “I’ll go
ask. Wait right here.”

He left Grady by the door and headed back to the bedroom. He
found Katarina sitting on the bed, waiting for him. She gave him a questioning
look.

Jase shook his head. “No, I didn’t get rid of him yet.” He
paused as he came to stand in front of her. “Would you be against letting us
into Caleb’s apartment to have a look around? Grady thinks there’s a chance
Caleb would have left a clue behind as to where he could have gone.”

“I don’t think I really should do it, but considering what
he tried to do to your uncle, I’ll bend the rule just this one time. Whatever
you do, don’t break anything, and be quiet. The tenant one door down is an
older lady, and she knows everything about everyone who lives here. I’m sure
she’ll set up a fuss if she learns I let you in. She’s gone over my head a few
times and brought issues up with the owner, who in turn came down hard on me
because of it.”

“You have my word we’ll be as stealthy as cats.” Which
wouldn’t be hard for him and Grady. His kind could move without making a sound
when they wanted to.

“Just see that you do. You two can look around while I’m in
the shower. I’ll let you in now.”

Jase followed Katarina out to the living room. She stopped
only long enough to get a ring of keys from the kitchen. Both he and Grady fell
into step behind her as she walked across the hall to Caleb’s place. She
unlocked it and stepped aside for them.

“I’ll lock the place up after you’re done,” Katarina said.
“I’ll be in the shower.” She turned and walked back inside her apartment.

Jase opened Caleb’s door, then stepped through it with Grady
before quietly shutting it behind them. A quick glance showed the window that
Caleb had escaped through had been shut. Other than that it was the same as
it’d been the day before.

“You want to start in here and I’ll take the bedroom?” Grady
asked.

“All right. Try not to disturb anything. We don’t need Caleb
to come back and find out we’ve been snooping around his things. He might
really run then. As for our scents, I doubt he’ll be back soon enough to be
able to smell them. After all, scent trails don’t last that long.”

“Gotcha. I’ll be careful.”

Once Grady disappeared into the bedroom, Jase started his
own search out in the main part of the apartment. After a closer inspection of
the furniture, he had a feeling Caleb had rented this place furnished. His prey
wouldn’t have had the time to pack all that stuff up and move it there in such
a short period of time. And then there was the fact everything was mismatched
and on the old side. They didn’t match the Caleb he knew.

A thorough search of the living room didn’t turn up
anything. Not that there were many things there to hide something. Jase went to
the kitchen. He looked through the cupboards, which were mostly empty. There
was only a plate, bowl and cutlery for one person with a couple glasses. The
inside of the fridge didn’t hold anything but a few bottles of water.
Obviously, Caleb hadn’t been eating there. The freezer was bare, and there were
no canned goods anywhere.

Jase was about to head for the bathroom when Grady called
his name. He hurried into the bedroom to see what his brother had found.

“Did you find something?” he asked as he closed the distance
between him and Grady.

“Well, I have a feeling Caleb will be coming back soon. If
anything, he’ll want to get this.” Grady held up a clear plastic zippered bag
that had a thick wad of cash in it.

“Where did you find it?”

Grady snorted. “Under the mattress. What a bonehead.”

“I have to agree with that, considering the neighborhood.
Put it back. And you’re right. He won’t leave that amount of cash behind.”

“I’d suggest you find a way to stay with Katarina so you can
be here when Caleb does return, but your scent will give away your presence. If
he were human that would be another story.”

Jase blew out a breath. “I still don’t think it’ll be within
the next couple of days. I scared him off, but I have to agree about not having
my scent hanging around. I better not stay at Katarina’s place again. The fresh
scent will tip him off.”

“Then where will you take her to do the nasty?” Grady asked
with a laugh.

“I’ll bring her home.”

His brother instantly sobered. “You would take her to our
house? Where Mom and Dad are?”

“Well, yeah.”

“Aren’t you worried about what their reaction will be to you
bringing a human into our home?”

“No. I doubt they’ll be too upset by it. Both their nephews
are mated to humans, and our leader has accepted them into the family group.
Our uncle has had a complete reversal in opinion about them.”

“That does help. And I do have to say our parents are more
open about them than others.” Grady chuckled. “At least you’ll be the first one
to bring a human home and not me. And if I happen to one day, they’ll have
adjusted to it by that point.”

“I’m so glad I can be your guinea pig. Anyway, did you find
anything else?”

“No. There’s hardly anything in here. Just a few articles of
clothing hanging in the closet and stored in the dresser. What about you?”

“Nothing. There’s not even food in the kitchen. I have a
feeling this was only a temporary place for him to stay. We won’t find any clue
here to where Caleb can be. I’m going back to Katarina’s place. I’ll see you
later.”

Grady smiled. “I guess you won’t be going out to the bars
with me for a while now that you’re with Katarina. It won’t be as much fun if
I’m alone.”

Jase fished his cell phone out of his front jeans pocket,
then brought his contacts list up. “I know the perfect person who would go out
with you. Remember Blaise’s friend Draven?”