When Lust Rules (12 page)

Her slick folds rubbed against his aching flesh as she
wrapped her legs around his waist. Damn she made him burn with need. He wanted
to fuck her fast and hard, slow and deep. Hell, he wanted it all. She used her
legs to rub that warm, wet flesh up and down his length as he fumbled for the water
controls.

A cry of eagerness tore from her lips as he stepped into the
warm spray. He couldn’t help but growl in return, which turned into a moan as
her blunt teeth sank into the flesh of his shoulder.

With only a slight maneuver, he lifted her hips and buried
himself balls deep into her tight pussy. She tried to buck her hips, whining
against the abused skin of his shoulder. Her new-found traits had definitely
made her more demanding, but his wolf wasn’t having that.

Using his weight, he pinned her body between his and the
cold tile. She released his skin with a snarl and he loved how her wolf caused
her eyes to flash golden as she snapped her teeth at him.

“Please. I need you now. Hard. Fast.”

Luken laughed as he pistoned his hips quickly against her.
“Only because you beg so pretty.”

Damn, it didn’t take long for her cries of pleasure to fill
his ears. He ground his teeth as her pussy fisted around his cock, her body now
begging for his own climax. But not yet. He released a shout as he fought hard
to pull back from that edge of release. For the first time being with her, he
didn’t have to hold back, and damn if he wasn’t going to fuck the hell out of
her before he gave in.

His wolf roared in agreement, now if it would get with the
fucking program so he could claim this sexy woman for good.

“Yes, Luken. You feel so damn good.”

The thrust of his hips became near punishing, and still his
sexy lover took what he had to give, her moans driving him on. He pulled his
chest back away from hers, wanting to watch those beautiful breasts bounce as
he moved his dick in and out of her.

“You’re so damn beautiful, Julie. I could look at you
forever.”

Her thighs tightened around him and she bowed her back with
a shout. She tilted her head, baring the slim column of her neck. His teeth
ached to mark her, yet the bond still remained absent. He wanted her. Fuck what
his wolf wanted. He wanted her and damn if he wasn’t going to keep her.

The way her cunt milked his cock was too much. He couldn’t
hold back anymore. With a roar, he gave in to the ecstasy she made him feel and
his cock spasmed as he came.

Julie swayed forward, loving how Luken’s arms tightened
around her as he deepened the kiss. All too quickly he pulled back and she
sighed.

“I have to go. Javin is waiting on me.”

She smiled. “Go. I need to get to work too.” As Luken walked
away, she turned and headed in the back door of Kele’s Boutique. It had been a
month since her change and things were going great. She’d quit her job at
Harry’s bar and Kele had offered her this one. The job proved to be a perfect
fit for her. She had always enjoyed fashion and Lord knows she’d had to keep up
on it in her former life.

The new defense classes were proving difficult. With her
wolf being more dominant than submissive, she had to learn to fight as well as
any of the patrol wolves. Luken had said she could even start running patrols
as early as a year. But he wanted her in top form first. She smiled to herself.
Between the fighting workouts and the sex, she should be in top physical form
in no time.

The storeroom was empty, but Julie could hear voices
drifting from the showroom. Kele must have a customer. Julie sat down at the
small desk and pulled out the list of goods that should be arriving today. Her
eyes flitted over it and she second-guessed herself on the amount of bras she’d
listed.

Wanting to double-check, she got up and headed for the
showroom but her name coming from the other side of that curtain had her
stopping short.

“I feel sorry for Julie.”

Kele responded. “Why?”

“Well…I’m just saying there isn’t a mate mark yet. And I
can’t see Luken putting it off if the bond formed.”

“It’s none of your business, Hattie,” Kele growled.

Julie swallowed the lump in her throat. It burned like acid
and her tummy began to churn. How had she missed it? Her gaze dropped to the
concrete floor. She thought maybe Luken was taking things slow. It wasn’t as if
she expected a marriage proposal after only a little over a month. And wasn’t
that the wolf form of marriage?

“I better go,” Hattie replied.

Julie heard the small bell chime as the front door opened
and shut.

“It doesn’t mean anything.”

Julie’s gaze darted upward and she saw Kele standing in the
doorframe. She gave a slight shake of her head as she plastered a smile on her
face. “What doesn’t mean anything?” The look Kele gave her suggested she wasn’t
buying the
I didn’t hear a thing
act.

Kele walked forward and put her arms around her. “Super
hearing and sense of smell. Remember?”

Damn it. These new abilities were nice until they betrayed
you. “Really. It’s okay. I don’t expect him to mate me just because.”

Kele pulled back and met her gaze. “You don’t understand how
it works, do you?”

Frustration and hurt mixed and she snapped a reply without
meaning to. “No. The dumbass newbie doesn’t know.”

Kele raised a perfect arched brow. “No reason to be pissy
with me.”

Julie walked away and fell into the seat at the desk,
covering her face with a hand. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap like that.”
Her hand dropped and she looked over at Kele who had come farther into the room
and now leaned with one hip against the long worktable.

“You’re in love with him.”

Julie nodded, not trusting herself to speak.

“Sometimes fate is a bitch that has no feelings. It doesn’t
mean it won’t happen. It’s just odd with the way you two are with each other
that it hasn’t yet.”

“I don’t get it. What else am I supposed to feel? I love him
to distraction and I think he feels the same. I mean, neither of us has said
it, but I think it’s there.”

Kele pursed her lips in thought. “It’s hard to explain, but
the best I can come up with is that it is deeper than love. I love my mate. But
my soul is connected to his in a way that transcends that. It’s kind of like
soul mates. You can feel them inside you nearly. Every emotion.”

Julie looked hard at the floor. What would that be like? And
what if… “What if it doesn’t happen?”

Kele lifted one shoulder. “Every wolf has a destined mate
out there. It is just a matter of time until they find each other.”

“And what if I’m not his mate? Does he have any choice in
the matter?”

A frown furrowed Kele’s brow. “I can’t imagine fighting it.
I can’t imagine wanting to fight it. I wouldn’t feel complete without Rodney.”

“Do you think it will happen between me and Luken?”

Kele turned her hands palm up and shook her head. “I don’t
know. Wolves can be around each other for a long time and the bond snaps into
place years later. But usually not if they’re intimate. Intimacy seems to speed
things along, so yeah, I’m a little baffled as to why it hasn’t happened yet.
But I don’t know that it won’t.”

A lump filled Julie’s throat as her chest tightened. Her day
had taken a one-eighty. She nodded, not trusting herself to speak. There was a
lot to be done in the shop and staying busy would probably be best. She stood
and made her way into the showroom to check on those bras, trying hard to push
thoughts of her and Luken from her head.

And so the day went. She stayed busy but Luken still filled
her mind. Kele had thankfully let her stew in peace and had handled all the
customers who walked in. How in the hell was she going to handle this? Her gaze
flitted to the wall clock and she realized quitting time had been thirty
minutes ago. She knew she couldn’t stay here in an attempt to avoid the conversation
that had to be dealt with. Why hadn’t Luken said anything?

“Are you about ready to go?” Kele asked.

Julie turned to see her friend near the back curtain, keys
and purse in hand. Was she ready? Hell no. But she couldn’t hide. She gave a
nod and headed toward the back. When Kele enfolded her in a hug it took
everything she had not to sob.

Numbly she walked home—to Luken’s house. She had started to
think of it as home, but how could she really keep up that pretense when it was
a possibility she was only there temporarily? Until his real mate came along.
Hurt and anger coiled inside her and her claws stretched. No she couldn’t
handle that. She walked up the drive and took in a deep breath as she entered
the house.

Luken came out of the kitchen, his smile fading from his
face and a growl tearing from his lips. “Who caused you to be this way?”

Julie knew he was picking up on her warring emotions and her
heart broke a little more, knowing that he wanted to deliver physical pain to
whoever had caused it. But he couldn’t do damage to himself. “Why didn’t you
tell me?” she whispered.

A look of confusion crossed his face and then realization.
“Who told you?”

“It doesn’t matter who told me. What matters is that you
didn’t. Why?”

Luken crossed to her and gripped her upper arms gently, but
she pulled away. “Julie, I wasn’t trying to hide anything from you. Hell, I’m
frustrated because I don’t understand it either. I thought the bond would form,
I’ve just been giving it time.”

“And what if it doesn’t? What then, Luken?”

He growled. “It doesn’t matter.”

“How can you say that? From what I’ve heard it matters a
lot.”

His arm snaked out and wrapped around her lower waist. She
tried to fight off his hold but couldn’t. Nor could she stop the tears as he
brought her body against his. This body she knew so intimately. This body that
she thought hers until everything came crashing down this morning.

“It doesn’t matter to me, Julie. I love you and I’m not
letting you go.”

She met his gaze and she saw such fierceness in his eyes. “And
what if your mate appears? Can you honestly say you could resist that?”

“Yes. I want you.”

“You might want to, but do you really think I could be
selfish enough to deny you that? Kele said it’s like your soul is connected to
that person. How could you still want me when you’re connected to someone else
like that? She said it transcends love. So while you say you love me, how can
you not want to leave if that happened? And how can you expect me to watch when
it does?”

His hands cupped the sides of her face. “If you don’t love
me, Julie, then I will let you go. But you have to say it.”

Tears tracked down her cheeks. She couldn’t say it. Damn it
hurt so much and she couldn’t say it. “You know I do.”

His mouth crashed down on hers and she clung to him, gripping
his powerful shoulders as she kissed him back, the taste laced with the
saltiness of her tears. Hands roamed and clothes seemed to disappear in their
urgency.

She loved him. That love may well kill her in the end, but
damn it she loved him and she wanted him. Now. Forever.

Luken released her lips and nibbled his way down her neck.
Julie let out a yelp and then sighed as his teeth dug painfully into the flesh
of her shoulder. And then he nipped her ear.

“I want to mark you. And I know it’ll fade, but I don’t care
if I have to do it every damn day. You’re mine. Fuck fate. No one will take you
from me.”

Her arms wound around his neck as he lifted her from her
feet and started toward the bedroom. She found his lips once more and pushed
her tongue passed the seam and he welcomed her, sucking her tongue deeper into
his mouth and nipping at her lips.

Contact broke as he deposited her on the bed in a rush. She
barely had time to suck in a breath before she felt his hot mouth caress her
pussy. She moaned, spearing her hands into his thick black hair. The glide of
his tongue across her clit had her sighing and arching her back. His answering
growl rumbled seductively against her sensitive flesh. Moisture rolled from her
cunt and he lapped it up. The torturous slow motion of his tongue drove her
mad. She wanted release. She wanted his big cock buried inside her. She tried
to move against his mouth but he pinned her hips to the bed with his hands. His
teeth grazed her clit and she screamed as ripples of ecstasy danced through her
core. She was so close to orgasm and he knew how to hold her there.

“Please, Luken. Make me come.”

He sucked the sensitive nub into his mouth and lashed it
with his tongue, driving her over the edge. The walls of her channel pulsed as
her muscles jerked with fine tremors. She fisted the comforter in her hands and
bit into her bottom lip as he continued to manipulate her pussy with tongue and
teeth.

Her pussy became drenched as she continued to come. Breaths
erupted in a frantic pant from her lips as her cunt tingled madly from being
overstimulated. She tried to push away from his mouth, but her legs felt like
jelly. Apparently Luken got the message though and stopped his wondrous
assault.

Julie didn’t fight as he flipped her over onto her stomach.
Damn, her pussy felt so swollen with desire and throbbed like crazy. If he
entered her now she didn’t know if she could take it. Never had she been so
ramped up on pleasure that it became a form of sweet torture. “I…can’t…too
much.”

“Shhh, Julie. I know.” Luken ran his fingers up her slick
folds. She whimpered. He coated her ass with the moisture. “That is why I’m
going to take you here.”

She groaned into the softness of the mattress as he lifted
her hips higher from the bed. He’d been stretching her over the last month with
his fingers, and now just the thought of him penetrating her ass made her want
to come again.

A moan left her as his cock glided through her labia. She
knew he was coating himself in her wetness to ease his entry. The touch had her
shaking as her pussy contracted. And then she felt the blunt head of his cock
against her ass.

“Breath slow and deep for me, Julie.”

She took in a deep breath and as she released it she felt
him push against her entrance. There was a sharp pain and she stiffened. His
fingers came around her hip and found her clit, pinching it. Ripples of
pleasure had her relaxing again and he continued to stroke her clit as he
pushed forward. Once she got past the brief pain it started to feel really
good.

“Damn, Julie. Your ass is so tight I don’t know how long I’m
going to last.”

Julie spread her legs farther and stretched her arms above
her head, ready for him to fuck her good. “Please move. I need you to move.”

And damn if he didn’t. He fucked her ass slow as he caressed
her clit and finger-fucked her pussy. Soon she screamed as her cunt creamed.
Growls and moans filled the air and she wasn’t sure who released what. Her
claws came out and she dug into the pillow as another blissful wave of orgasm
washed through her. A cry tore from her throat. Pain from pleasure. She now
knew what it meant to hurt so good.

Luken’s fingers dug harshly into her hips and she felt the
spasms of his cock inside her as he released with a shout. His body pitched
forward and his warm, sweat-slicked skin covered her. He rolled, bringing her
into the curve of his body.

The bond was still absent, but her heart was full. “I love
you, Luken.”

He placed a sweet lingering kiss on her shoulder. “And I
love you.”