Turn of the Moon (Royal Shifters #1)(13)

I stood there, smirking, with my hands on my hips. “Don’t think so. I’m not afraid of the big, bad wolf.”

“We’ll see about that.” He jumps to his feet and chases after me, and all I could do was laugh. It slowed me down, but I wanted to get caught. We’re running through the trees out in the middle of nowhere, with only our footprints in the snow. It’s not long before Ryker lunges and we go tumbling down to the ground. Chuckling, he pins me down.

“I let you catch me,” I say to him.

He smirks. “You would’ve tired out eventually. We both know I’m stronger.”

“Want to put that to the test? I’ll fight you, right here and now.”

Brushing his thumb across my lips, he leans closer, smiling. “So stubborn. You said the same thing to me when we were kids. I wish you could remember. We used to play out by the lake and ice skate. Every time you would fall, I’d laugh. It used to piss you off.”

“Please tell me I kicked your ass after that.” I don’t remember those times, but I long to get those memories back. One way or another, it’s going to happen.

He shakes his head, smile growing wider. “Nope, but you did break the ice and I fell through.”

“Serves you right.”

“You weren’t saying that when I never resurfaced.”

My smile disappears. “What happened?”

“Nothing bad, just playing a little joke on you. I heard you screaming my name and then watched you jump in the water to save me. You were so young and small, there was no way you could’ve gotten me out of the water. It was then when I knew something had changed. I had the overwhelming sense to protect you. When you couldn’t find me in the water, you panicked. I ended up rescuing you and getting you out. I felt horrible for playing the joke on you.”

“You knew I was your mate back then?”

“I’m not really sure what I knew, but I knew you were special. Mine to protect.”

“And what do you know now?” I ask.

Cupping my cheek, he leans down and kisses me, long and deep. He pulls back and gazes down at me. “I know that whatever happens, I’ll protect you no matter the cost, mated or not. I love you.”

I look up at him and smile. “I love you too.”

“Bailey!” Gasping, I woke up from the vision with Ryker staring straight down at me, his gaze concerned. “Did you have a vision?”

I nodded. “You didn’t see it did you?”

“Something held me back. Was it you?”

“Not that I know of, or at least not consciously.”

“What was it about?”

I closed my eyes and remembered every second of it, only giving him images from it. “I guess you’ll have to find out when it happens,” I teased.

He bit my lip. “Fine, but while you were out, take a look at this.” He traced his finger over my nipple where he had drawn blood just a few short minutes earlier. The wound had completely healed.

“Wow, do all mated couples have this ability?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No, that’s something completely new. If just bonding through blood makes us this strong, imagine how powerful we’ll be when we actually complete it.” Biting his lip, he slid his fingers up my thigh and I shivered. Chuckling, he gazed down at me, his wolf eyes shining through. “I know you don’t want to move too fast, but we can always give our wolves a taste of what they want.”

Opening my legs, I smiled. “Oh yeah, like what?” My hand traced down his body, to the V of his lower abs.

He pushed his hand between us and rubbed a thumb over my clit before pushing a finger inside. “Like this.”

I moaned. “But what about this?” My fingers found his cock and I stroked him, squeezing the tip on each upstroke.

He swore out loud and thrust his hips into my grip. “We wouldn’t want to disappoint our wolves, now would we?” I shook my head, unable to respond, and he lowered his lips to my breasts. Sucking on my nipples, he went back and forth between them both. My thighs were drenched, growing wetter as my release drew near. I could feel it building more and more the harder he pushed inside of me.

Our hips moved against one another in time with our hands. When I was close, I pulled his fingers out of me and brought them to my mouth. Sucking on his fingers, I looked deep into his eyes and rocked my clit up and down the length of his shaft. Pushing against one another, I gave into the need, screaming out his name as I trembled. His abs jerked and spasmed as he coated our stomachs with his release.

His dark chuckle echoed in my ear and I could feel his warm breath tickling my neck as he kissed me. “I love hearing my name on your lips.”

Pushing him over, I sat on him and looked down. “Next time, I’m on top.”





Ryker

“Take this,” I said, handing Bailey one of my credit cards.

Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and took it. “What’s this for?”

I glanced down at her bare chest and then over to her one set of clothes on the floor. “I think you need more clothes. Don’t get me wrong, looking at you is nice, but I can’t have you meeting the pack naked.”

She giggled. “Probably not. Did you sleep okay?”

“It wasn’t too bad.” After our time in the woods, we came back and I let her have my bedroom while I slept in one of the spare ones. The temptation to fully claim her was too strong to even consider sleeping next to her.