Etti

Etti walked outside to find Greyson West waiting for her. He was wearing jeans that hugged his ass and a grey v-neck tee that clung to his muscles. He had a pack slung over one shoulder and smiled when he saw her. Grey lifted his sunglasses to take her in, pinning her with his smoldering gaze. She still couldn’t believe the sexy wolf shifter was all hers. God bless the mating bond.

“You ready, babe?” Grey asked.

Christ, would she ever get used to hearing him call her babe? It made her want to crawl back under the covers with him immediately.

Etti tried to get a grip on her lusty imagination as she hooked her arm through Grey’s and returned his grin. For once the world seemed like a very big place full of endless possibilities, and she was never more ready to explore it than she was now at Grey’s side. She just had one little thing to get off her chest first. Well, it was little now, but it wouldn’t be for long.

Etti needed to get this over with before she lost her nerve. “I have something to ask you, Grey” she said as they started their hike into the woods.

He raised a dark eyebrow.

“How do you feel about kids?” Etti asked tentatively.

“Kids?”

“Yeah, ya know, tiny humans?”

Grey barked a laugh, shaking his head. “I know what kids are, Etti.”

“Well, you were raised by wolves,” she teased trying to add some of her signature sarcasm to drown out her nerves.

“I think kids are great. But it’s a little early to be talking about that, isn’t it?”

Etti’s heart plummeted and before she could object, Grey added, “But our kids would be especially adorable, wouldn’t they?”

His grin soothed her.

“They would,” she murmured. “Especially if they got your eyes.”

“And your hair.” Grey smiled tugging on Etti’s long black braid.

She couldn’t help but smile. Her heart was swelling with joy. Against all odds she’d found her mate and escaped the clan of rogues hell bent on keeping them apart—for now.

And if that weren’t enough, she was carrying Grey’s baby. She knew he would love their child. She could see it in his eyes. She just had to muster up the courage to tell him that parenthood was coming sooner than they planned.

Before Etti could get the words out, Grey was kissing her, and then scooping her up in his arms. He palmed her ass, forcing her to wrap her legs around him as his kiss deepened. “I just got you back, babe,” Grey murmured. “I want you to myself for a little while before we talk kids.”

“But—”

Grey kissed away Etti’s objections. His kisses always unfurled a heat wave of passion within her, but today it was extraordinary. Etti didn’t know if it was the keen senses of her newfound shifter abilities or the pregnancy, but every stroke of Grey’s tongue against hers ratcheted a fire in her core.

Etti ran her fingers through Grey’s thick, dark hair, clawing them down the coiled muscles of his back. Mine! Her body roared as a frenzy to mark her mate took over erasing all other thoughts from her mind. She pulled his shirt over his head so she could feel his hot skin against hers.

“Easy, babe. I’ve got a full day of ecstasy planned for you,” Grey promised.

“I don’t want to wait,” Etti whimpered as Grey kissed the hollow of her throat, moving slowly toward her aching breasts.

Every cell of her body was screaming for his attention and she suddenly felt like her clothes were strangling her.

“I want you now,” Etti demanded, unbuttoning her borrowed flannel shirt.

She wanted to forget the frustrating little buttons and just shred the damn thing but she knew her best friend Wes, wouldn’t be to happy about it. He’d been reluctant to even let her borrow it after she’d shredded her own clothes during her shift. Etti gave up on the buttons and managed to tear the shirt over her head.

“Damn babe, I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but I love it,” Grey growled, his eyes glowing as he took in Etti’s bare chest.

Her large breasts were fuller than usual and more sensitive too. Pregnancy hormones were no joke! The rush of cool air over her skin made her nipples pucker and when Grey licked hot circles over them she could barely contain herself. She moaned and arched her back, pushing more of her into his mouth.

“You like that?” Grey teased her with slow flicks of his tongue over her tender buds.

“Yes,” she moaned as he sucked one nipple into his mouth gently grazing it with his teeth.

“Tell me what you want, babe.”

“I want you. Now,” Etti whispered, tugging at Grey’s belt buckle.

He grinned wickedly. “Then that’s what you’re gonna get.”

Grey batted Etti’s fumbling hands away and made fast work of the rest of their clothes. Before she knew it she was sprawled naked beneath him in the quiet woods. God, she loved her man. He was fast when necessary and slow when she wanted him to be. And she could tell from the way he was teasing her now that Grey was going to take his sweet time with her.

She trembled with anticipation as he caressed her body with his tongue. He paused between her quivering thighs, working her into a frenzy, but never letting her go over the edge. It was a torture Etti would subject herself to daily if given the choice and she vocalized her bliss with approving moans that kept Grey on task.

He was up to the challenge, following her demanding orders for more. She was throbbing with desire when Grey gazed up at her, breathing her in deeply. “God, I love your scent, Etti. Even more now than ever.”

Fear swept through her. Did he know? Cali had been able to scent her pregnancy. But she was a shifter nurse, trained for such things. Etti hoped she’d have more time to get Grey to warm up to the idea of parenthood. She selfishly wanted more time with him too—more time for just the two of them to get to know each other—more time to do this. But this pregnancy was here and now. And it was apparent from the intense sensations coursing through her body that she wouldn’t be able to hide it for long.

“You smell like you’re mine,” Grey panted still gazing at her.

“I am yours,” Etti murmured.

“Say it again,” Grey growled crawling up her trembling body. He pressed himself hard against her entrance.

Etti grinned impishly. “Make me.”

Grey slammed home, sheathing his hard length inside of her.

Etti cried out in ecstasy. She was all talk, screaming his name and calling him a god in a matter of seconds. She quivered around his shaft as he branded her, root to tip, over and over again. Pleasure erupted inside Etti until all she could do was cling to Grey, arching against his rigid muscles as he filled her with wave after wave of release.