Forbidden Bear (Bear Creek Biker Bears #1)(3)

Betrayal, her life was full of it.

“What do you want from me?” she asked.

“The same thing you want.” His eyes raked up and down her body.

“I doubt that,” she said, but found the nearness of him too powerful to put any force into it.

“I can smell you. So don’t let’s kid each other. Honesty and trust, that’s what’s between us.”

“So the stories go. But I don’t buy it. In fact I could walk away from you right now and never give you another thought.”

“Liar.”

“Really? Is that a dare?” She folded her arms to protect herself, and to cover her breasts. She could feel her nipples hardening and pressing against her tight leathers. Yes, even her body betrayed her to him.

“You might walk away. But I will consume your thoughts. Every waking moment, and all through the night you’ll dream of me, of what I can do to your body and how I can make you come like no other man ever could.”

It was her turn to laugh. “You do think a lot of yourself.” But she had to swallow down her desire to find out if that was true. Although technically, he was already correct because she had never given herself to another man, even though she had been pressured more than once. Not because she was saving herself for her true mate; she wasn’t that sappy.

More that no man had ever proved himself worthy of her. Conceited? Maybe, but none of the good men in Wolf Valley were attracted to her, and all the bad men … well, they were bad for a reason. Not something she found attractive.

“I know how you make me feel. I can only assume you feel the same way. Like you have this deep itch you need to scratch.” He took a step closer to her, leaning in to breathe his warm, sweet breath on her neck.

She closed her eyes, trying to shut him out. This was not what she wanted. It wasn’t, she told her wolf firmly when it began to wag its tail like some neutered dog. Yet her head still tilted, her lips closing in on his and then they parted and he moved fast to claim them.

Her knees went weak and she had to put her hands around his neck to stop herself sinking to the floor. Joel took advantage and wrapped one arm around her waist, pulling her in, oh so close. The hard press of his cock against her thigh told her that he wanted her, would take her right here, right now if she allowed him.

And she wanted him, too. If she didn’t grip his jacket in her fingers they would be moving right now down between their bodies and touching his hard, stiff length. Unzipping his leather pants and stroking his cock.

She sighed against him. Imagining him taking her clothes off and kissing her body. Tendrils of desire awoke, snaking up though her body, connecting all the points of her arousal. Her breasts, the taut buds of her nipples and down to the ache between her thighs, and the throbbing of her clit. Every part of her clamoured to be touched by him, to be taken by him.

“Damn it, Mia, now do you understand,” he said raggedly. And she did, she really, truly did.

However, being with him meant giving up a part of herself, and she didn’t want that. No, that wasn’t true. She did want it. But it wasn’t possible. She had to maintain her place in the Wolf Valley, and that would never be possible if they found her running with a bear.

“I can’t,” she said, feeling so feeble, so weak.

“Why not?” He fisted her hair and kissed her again, her world erupting into those stupid stars that romantics see when they are kissed by the man of their dreams under the moonlight.


She allowed him in, parting her lips for him, her body gripped with a desire so strong it took her breath away. Her tongue searched for and found his, and she tasted him, storing it in her memory bank so she could use all of her senses to remember him with. Because this had to end. Now.

The sound of motorcycle engines revving up told her it was time to go. She pulled away from him, but he reached out and took her hand, his fingers tightening around her fingertips as they slipped through his.

“Don’t run, Mia.”

“I have to.” But her body would not move away from his.

“I won’t let you.” He moved towards her and placed one hand on each of her arms.

“Joel. Listen. This whole bond thing. It works on more than one level, right?”

He nodded, and she could see the strain on his face, as he realised he was not going to like what she had to say.

“I need to leave. I am not lying or trying to mock you. If I don’t go back to Wolf Valley, my mom is going to be in trouble. I have to stay on top of this. I don’t have time to explain it all now. But that is the truth.”

“Then meet me tomorrow and explain it all.”

“I can’t. If they find out about you then I’m gone, and my mom too.”

“Then we don’t tell anyone. I swear this will stay between us, but only if you agree to meet me.”

“That’s blackmail.”

“I am not willing to let you ride out of my life on your motorbike. Meet me or I swear I will be visiting Wolf Valley tomorrow night, and I will not be leaving unless you are with me or they are scraping me up off the road.”

“That might very well happen. Wolf Valley is not a good place to be.”

“Then come live with me.”

“I can’t.” She shook her head furiously, as the sound of the motorbikes disappeared into the distance. “I have to find my helmet.”