Wolf in his Heart (Salvation Pack) (11 page)

It was also turning her on. The ache inside her grew until she wasn’t certain anything would ever be able to satisfy it. She ground her mound against his leg, using it to stimulate her clit.

Her breasts ached for his touch. Rina wanted more but didn’t quite know how to ask. She sucked his cock deep one more time and then released him. He tightened his hold in her hair before slowly letting her go.

They were both panting for breath, their skin slick and the scent of their arousal overpowering the perfume of the trees and flowers around them. “Sage.”

“Fuck, yes.” He reached down and dragged her up his body until their lips met. He didn’t just kiss her, he stole the air from her lungs and then returned it in a huge breath. He ate at her lips, nibbling and licking.

“Take me inside you,” he commanded. “Ride me, Rina.”

She rubbed her aching nipples against his chest, seeking some relief from the storm of desire raging inside her. Sage groaned and she felt the nudge of his cock against her slick opening.

The throbbing in her pussy grew even more frantic. This was what she needed. She squirmed, trying to get him inside her. She needed him. Now.

She heard him calling her name but ignored it. Nothing mattered but joining them together.

“Wait, baby. I don’t want to hurt you. You’re so damn tight.” Sage wrapped his hands around her waist and lifted. “Sit up, Rina.”

She didn’t want to sit up until she realized he was trying to make it easier for her to take him. Then she got on board with his plan in a flash. She rose over him, her knees on either side of his body. He guided his cock until it was in place. “Take it slow.”

She didn’t want to take it slow. She wanted him, all of him, and she wanted it now. Rina gasped when the tip of his cock pushed past her body’s natural resistance. It was a tight fit. She planted her hands on his abs and stared into his eyes. She could see his desperation and need, and it comforted her to know she wasn’t alone in her desire.

Rina took a deep breath and forced herself down on his cock. Sage closed his eyes and tipped back his head. The cords on his neck tightened and a muscle flexed in his jaw. He looked like a man in great pain, but she knew it was a good kind of pain.

She felt it too. His cock filled her completely and her inner muscles relaxed and contracted around him. She took several deep breaths as her body struggled to accept him.

“Jesus, you’re tight.”

“I’ve never done this before.” The words were out of her mouth before she could stop them.

Sage’s eyes widened and he stilled. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? We need to stop.”

She shook her head. “No, I want this.” She was more sure about that than anything else in her life. Sage was the right man and this was the right moment.

“God, Rina. I wish I’d known. I’d have gone slower.” He placed his hands on her thighs and rubbed up and down. He watched her, his blue eyes glowing in the darkness.

She suddenly became aware of their surroundings. The night sky had never looked so beautiful, not even the Northern Lights in Alaska. The warm breeze surrounded them like a comforting blanket. All was quiet except for the sound of their breathing. They were joined together, as close as two people could possibly get.

Rina swallowed heavily as the beauty of the moment settled over her. She’d done something totally stupid. She’d fallen in love with Sage Gallagher. Completely, utterly, and irrevocably.

There was no going back.

Her wolf already knew that Sage was theirs.

The only question remained was what she planned to do about it.

“Rina?” It continued to surprise her just how giving and understanding Sage was. Here he was, his cock buried to the hilt inside her, and he was concerned about her.

“Love me.” That was what she wanted, right here and right now. “Love me.”

Chapter Eleven

Her pleas for him to love her made his balls clench and his cock flex. “I will,” he told her. “I will.”

Sage didn’t know what was wrong with Rina. Something had broken through the sexual delight to trouble her. She didn’t seem sad or scared, just thoughtful. It was taking everything he had to keep from coming. He’d recover quickly, thanks to his werewolf heritage, but he wanted this first time to last.

She was a virgin. Or had been. Hard to believe a woman so vibrant and beautiful wouldn’t have had men falling all over her. Of course, it was different in the packs. Her family would have protected her. He didn’t want to hurt her anymore than he already had.

Still, he could not deny her pleas. So with his hands anchored on her waist, he helped her rise and fall around his cock, careful to gauge her reaction. Her slick channel squeezed his dick, and Sage saw stars even with his eyes closed.

He forced his eyes open. He didn’t want to miss one second of watching her. She was so open and giving with her passion. Her natural sensuality was a complete turn-on. Her lips parted on sigh, and he had to kiss her. Sage surged upward and captured her sweet mouth. It drove him wild that he could taste himself on her lips. He loved that she tasted like him, smelled like him.

In truth, he wanted to rub his body over every inch of hers so that every other male would know who she belonged to. Not exactly modern thinking, but then again, Sage wasn’t fully human. His true nature was primal and wild.

He brought his knees up behind her and urged her to lean back. He almost howled when she did so without question. The new position arched her back and thrust her breasts upward. He leaned forward and closed his mouth over one stiff peak.

Rina undulated her hips and her inner muscles closed around him like a vise. He buried his face between her full breasts and rode out the almost painful wave of pleasure. “I can’t wait.”

“I don’t want you to.” She bucked, trying to move but unable to get much leverage.

Sage lay back down on the quilt, reached between her spread thighs and found her clit. He rubbed the sensitive nub with his thumb and Rina went wild. She ground her groin against his, her movements fast and jerky.

He meant for her to be in control. He really did. Then her pussy rippled around his cock, her slick heat milking him. She cried his name as she came and something inside him snapped.

Sage had her flat on her back in a heartbeat. He hooked his arms beneath her thighs and hitched her legs high on his arms, spreading her wide. Then he began to fuck her.

He meant to take it slow and easy, but her inner muscles tightened around him and he lost it. He drove into her again and again. Never able to get quite deep enough to satisfy the desperate need beating at him.

A bead of sweat rolled down his spine as he continued to thrust. Rina gripped his biceps and dug her nails into his skin. Her pussy spasmed and she cried out his name. Sage lost all awareness of his surroundings, lost in the explosiveness of the orgasm that ripped through him. He was blown to bits and then reformed, stronger and more determined than ever.

The base of his cock swelled, locking him inside her. She gasped and moaned, and he felt another orgasm ripple through her. His cock responded and he came again. Impossible for a human, but not for a werewolf. Even a half-breed like him.

The muscles in his arms trembled, and he released her legs and collapsed on top of her. They were both breathing harder than they’d been when they were running earlier this evening. Neither of them spoke, simply allowing the quiet of the night to surround them.

Finally, he forced himself to move. His cock was still hard, but the base was no longer swollen, allowing him to pull out. Rina groaned, turned onto her side, and pulled her knees up to her chest.

“Are you all right? Did I hurt you?” He wasn’t sure what he’d do if he had.

She shook her head but didn’t answer.

“Rina? Baby, look at me.” Worried, he rolled her onto her back and brushed several strands of damp hair off her forehead. Her eyes were clenched shut but her breathing was almost back to normal. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to lose control like that.” He should have kept his dick in pants and seen to her pleasure. Instead, he’d rutted on her like a raging bull, and it had been her first time.

“Why not? I did.” It took him a second to understand what she was saying and then he slowly smiled.

“So you lost control too?”

She opened her eyes. They were luminous and filled with some dark emotion he couldn’t quite understand. “You know I did.”

Sage rested his hand on her stomach. “Truthfully, did I hurt you?” He had to know.

Rina shook her head. “You didn’t hurt me.” She nibbled on her bottom lip and he bent down and ran his tongue over the small sting. “You destroyed me.”

“That’s only fair because you did the same to me.”

“Really?” she asked.

“How could you not know?” He shook his head, flopped back on the quilt, and sighed. “I totally lost it at the end.”

She rolled to face him. He lifted his arm and she snuggled up next to him. “I’m not sorry this happened.”

He stared up at the stars, letting the peace of the night wash over him. There was so much he wanted to say to her but settled for simply holding her in his arms. His cock was still hard, but he ignored it. That wasn’t what Rina needed right now.

“What did you do after you left home?” He had a burning need to know about the time she’d spent on her own.

She tensed, but he ran his hand up and down her arm and side, soothing her. Rina didn’t speak for so long he began to think she wasn’t going to answer him.

“I didn’t have much money, but I caught a plane down to Canada. I had to get out of Alaska. Too many people knew my family, knew I’d been banished from the pack.

“From there, I zigzagged eastward through the prairies and down into Montana. After that, I just kept moving around until I ended up in Tennessee. I wasn’t sure if they’d send anyone after me at first.” She curled her fingers against his chest. “I was afraid.”

Those three simple words almost broke him. He kissed the top of her head. “You don’t need to be afraid any longer.”

She lifted her head. “How can you say that? I have a human hunting me.”

Sage patted his shoulder, and she eventually lay back down. “We’ll take care of that. No matter what happens now or in the future, you’re not alone. Do you understand?”

She shook her head and kissed his jaw. “This is not your problem. I’m not your problem.”

Fear, thick and ugly, churned in his gut. “You’re not a problem. You’re everything to me.”

Rina was still feeling relaxed and sated from her multiple orgasms. This was the first time she’d ever really talked about what had happened to her. Maybe it was a temporary situation brought on by their lovemaking, but she felt closer to Sage than she ever had to any other person.

She appreciated him telling her she wasn’t a problem, but they both knew differently. The fact that he wanted to help her, to shoulder her burdens made her love him even more.

“What did you do to live?” he asked.

In the dark, under the moon and stars, she told him. “I lived in the woods for a while, camping out.” Licking her emotional wounds was more like it.

He tightened his arm around her, as though he wanted to protect her from the past. “And your parents just let you go?” He seemed to be having a hard time with that idea.

“Yes. The alpha had spoken. That’s the way it is in the packs.”

He snorted. “Not where I come from.”

She was curious about his unusual upbringing. “Tell me about your parents.” She wanted to know everything about him. How he’d turned into the amazing man he’d become.

Sage ran his fingers up and down her back, his touch reassuring and relaxing. “Dad first saw my mom when he was in Anchorage. He always said he knew she was the one for him the moment he set eyes on her.”

“What did she think?”

Sage chuckled. “That the big, bad wolf was after her. Seriously though, he was a full-blooded werewolf and she was a half-breed. She was scared to death of him.”

Rina could understand that. Most packs raised their members to disdain those not of full blood. “How did they get together if she was so afraid?”

“Dad was persistent, and she finally accepted that he was earnest. They made plans to run away together because Dad knew his pack would never accept her. My Uncle Elias and my father were close. When Uncle Elias found out about my parents, he went with them. By then, they’d discovered Mom was pregnant, and that left her more vulnerable.”

It was like something out of a fairy tale for Rina. She couldn’t imagine a male werewolf giving up his pack for a woman, knowing he’d never see the rest of his family again. “And your uncle just went with them?”

“Yup. They moved around a bit at first, working in construction. Eventually, they settled in Michigan and started their own business. We stayed there until Mom and Dad were killed.”

“I’m so sorry you lost them.” He’d told her his parents had been killed in a car crash. She petted his taut abs and then put her hand over his heart. The loss must have been enormous for the small family. She knew what it was like to lose the ones she loved, only her people had voluntarily let her go.

“Me too. But I had Reece and Uncle Elias.”

Rina snuggled even though it was a warm night. She just wanted to be closer to Sage, to offer him some comfort. “What I don’t understand is how you ended up here.”

He lightly dragged his nails over her back, sending shivers down her spine. “That’s a long story for another night. But we found a new home here with the Salvation Pack.”

She accepted that, for now. His life fascinated her. It was so different from her upbringing. “What’s your brother like?” She couldn’t imagine being part of a twin.

She tilted her head back when he didn’t answer right away. Sage was smiling. “Reece is a force of nature. He might be the only half-breed werewolf able to shift. Technically, we’re three-quarters werewolf, and that likely makes the difference.”

Rina couldn’t wrap her head around that one. Half-breeds weren’t supposed to be able to shift. Of course, the odds of Sage’s parents having a child were astronomical. The odds of them having twins was completely off the charts. She’d never, ever heard of such a thing happening. Since the twins were special, it wasn’t all that surprising that Reece could shift.

“Do you resent him?”

Sage kissed the crown of her head. “For about five minutes when we were teenagers. Reece is my best friend.” He shook his head. “I’m not sure I can explain it. I know how he’s feeling and when he’s upset. If he gets hurt or bothered about something, I’d know.”

“He knows about me?” She wondered if Reece would approve of her or not. Then she wondered why she cared. She wasn’t staying long enough for it to be an issue.

“He knew something had me worked up. I told him about you when I spoke with him earlier.” She sensed there was more Sage wasn’t telling her but let it go for now. She didn’t want to push. The evening was one of the best of her life and she didn’t want to ruin it.

“What about your brother?” Sage asked.

“Mikhail?”

“Yeah. Were you two close?”

“He’s older than me. Quite a bit older. I was a later-in-life baby for my parents. In many ways, Mikhail was more father to me than my own was.”

“Then why didn’t he stop what happened?”

She didn’t want Sage to think badly about her brother. “He was away on an extended hunting trip. Mikhail often goes into the wilderness by himself, sometimes staying a month or more. He hires out as a guide to a lot of hikers and climbers who come from all over the world, as well as researchers and camera crews.”

“Impressive.”

She nodded. “He is. I was long gone by the time he would have returned.”

“And you’ve never called him?” She could hear the disbelief in Sage’s voice.

“I’m afraid,” she admitted. “If I don’t call him, he can’t turn on me the way my parents did.”

“Oh, Rina.” He banded his arms around her and rocked her in his embrace. She blinked, holding back the tears that threatened. “I think you should call him. You don’t need to tell him where you are if you don’t want to, but if you were as close as you say, he’d want to know you’re alive.”

She knew Sage was right. It was time to stop being a coward and put her past to rest once and for all. If Mikhail turned on her, she’d be okay because she wasn’t alone. Once again, Sage was giving her a gift she could never put a price on.

They both went quiet for a long time, each of them lost in their own thoughts. When the sky began to lighten in the east, Sage stirred. “Want to see my gardens?”

“I do.” It surprised her just how much she did want to see where he worked. He patted her butt. “Up you go.” She stood and stretched, feeling slightly sore but more content than she’d ever been in her life. It was a pleasure to watch Sage pull on his jeans and sneakers.

She looked down at her bare skin. “I’m feeling slightly underdressed.”

Sage tugged her into his arms and skimmed his hands over her sides. “I think you look perfect.” The sensual growl in his voice made her nipples tighten, and she rubbed them against the warm heat of his skin.

“Keep that up and we won’t be going anywhere.”

“Is that such a bad thing?” She nuzzled his neck and licked his collarbone.

“Not bad.” He cupped her ass and squeezed both mounds. “I just figured you wouldn’t want to be out here naked when Uncle Elias or the others come looking for us. And they will look.”

She hadn’t thought of that. She was so used to being on her own and answering to no one, she’d forgotten others didn’t live that way. Especially in a pack. “I’m still naked,” she pointed out. Not that she cared. She could always shift if one of the others came along.

Sage reached down and plucked the quilt off the ground. He shook it out before he wrapped it around her. “There you go. We’ll detour and get the clothes you left outside when you shifted earlier.”

She’d forgotten all about her clothes. That wasn’t like her at all. She didn’t have much. She’d had to abandon clothing and her few belongings when she’d fled the diner. There hadn’t been time for her to gather them. Everything important was in her knapsack, but she was severely lacking clothing. “Sounds good.”