“You were made for me, Keeley, you're my mate. Granted,”—he wiggled his brows at her—“it might be a bit of a tight fit, but we will get it all in there.” He smiled. “And it will be a hell of a lot of fun getting there. Trust me.”

“You're enjoying this.”

“I would rather be enjoying you if you ever shut up for longer than five fucking minutes,” he growled at her.

She unhooked the clasp of her bra, then moved her shoulders slightly, allowing the material to fall away from her breasts and pool in front of her. The warm night air caressed her nipples, puckering them into tight beads. Then, she hooked her fingers in the hem of her panties. Her hands trembled as she removed the scrap of material covering her pussy. She resisted the urge to hide herself. She’d never been so exposed before in her life, voluntarily. Keeley reached deep and steeled herself to his perusal.

“Fuck, you're beautiful” He ran the back of his hand across her breast. The roughness spiked the arousal blooming inside of her. “So fucking responsive.” He cupped the full mound in his palm and teased her nipple with his thumb and forefinger. Her nipple pearled under his ministrations.

Keeley sucked in a breath.

“Like what I’m doing to you? I bet if I touched your pussy, you’d be all wet, wouldn’t you, sweet cheeks?” He ran his thumb across her nipple again.

“Oh God,” she whimpered, going to her tiptoes. She gripped his forearms, trying to keep herself steady.

Kalkin lowered his mouth to hers. His lips brushed over hers once, then twice before settling in. He teased the seam of her mouth with his tongue, silently demanding entrance, and when she moaned, he took advantage. Their tongues tangled, retreated and met again. He took everything she gave him and then some, yet she didn't care. She wanted this man with a single-minded focus. She pressed the palms of her hands to the wide expanse of his chest, allowing his natural warmth to seep into her. The steady beat of his heart also calmed her. Settled some of her fears.

He broke the kiss and picked her up to lay her down on the bed he had made for them.

“Kal,” she whispered. She threaded her fingers through his hair as he pressed kisses to her neck then her collarbones and between her breasts.

“Shh, baby, I’ve got you.” He slipped between her thighs, holding himself apart from her. “Just a little taste. I have been yearning to know what you taste like.” He pressed a kiss to her belly, then one to her hip. “What you’ll look like when you come on my tongue.” He pressed his mouth to her inner thigh and nipped the flesh.

“Oh God. Oh God,” she chanted as her hips jerked in anticipation of feeling his lips and tongue on her. “Kal!” She tugged at his hair. The rough stroke of his tongue made her see stars.

Each excruciating lap and lick prolonged what she wanted most. The blasted man made sure he touched her everywhere but the one place she wanted his mouth. On her clit. A fine sheen of perspiration covered her body as she arched and writhed below him. Her breath came in soft pants. Her mind splintered. He rimmed the opening of her pussy, teasing her while he brought his fingers up and slowly spread the lips of her pussy, opening her to his gaze.

“So pretty. So pink.” He moaned against her pussy as he slipped his tongue into her, slowly fucking her with it, pushing her toward her release. She tried to clench around his tongue, in an attempt to hold him, as her body hummed with pleasure.

“Please,” she begged when he shifted positions and moved up a bit. She wasn't exactly sure what she begged for—more, maybe? Help in relieving the aching need building within her? She rode his face, holding him tightly against her pussy. He took her clit between his lips and sucked the tiny swollen bud into his mouth. He lashed it. Circled it. Drove her insane with the many different ways he teased her to the point of pain.

She screamed, her back arched off the bed, as the walls of her vagina tightened with expectancy, then began their rhythmic pulse as her release washed over her. Kalkin kept at her, lapping every single drop of her climax from her pussy.

Stunned, she stared up at the moon while trying to catch her breath. She couldn’t find the words to describe what just happened to her. Nor the sensation of having a man gently ease her down. “Wow.” She realized she still held onto him and whispered an apology before letting him go.

Kalkin crawled up her body, placing kisses to her pubic bone then each hip bone before he settled himself between her legs and stared down at her. He spread her wide, to accommodate his size.

“I am not an easy lover, Keeley.” His roughened voice turned almost gravelly, like he warred with his wolf for who'd be in control. “I like sex rough.” He leaned down to nip at the curve of her full breast. Her hips jerked and she was able to feel his cock against her. “I’m demanding. Do you understand me?” He nipped at the other breast.

“Yes-s-s.”

At least she hoped she did.

“Can I touch you?” She reached for the thick, hard length jutting up toward his belly. “Taste you?” She licked her lips.

“Fuck, sweet cheeks, not now, later.” He grabbed her hand to prevent her from getting anywhere near his body.

“Why?” She frowned while rolling her hips. The action rubbed her pussy across the crest of his erection and added to the eroticism of the situation.

“Because my control is being held together by a very thin string right now.” Kal ran his tongue around the nipple of her right breast, sending shivers cascading through her body. “All I want to do is sink my dick into your snug, wet little pussy and not stop ‘til I’m balls deep with you coming around me Fuck, don’t you get it, baby? I’m on edge. You touch me now and it’ll be all over before I get to the gates of heaven.”

“Nothing is stopping you,” she whispered, her voice husky, filled with need for the man who loomed above her.

“Other than the fact that it might hurt you,” he grumbled. “Unless of course, my sweet, you enjoy a bit of pain with your pleasure.” He drew her nipple into his mouth and bit down on the hardened point until she cried out from the mixture of both. Then he released it with a pop. “Do you, Keeley?” He groaned. “I think you do. Your scent is thick with your arousal.”

“Do I, what?” She blinked up at him, attempting to focus on what he was saying, almost completely blissed out.

“Enjoy a bit of pain with your pleasure?” Kalkin's voice dropped even lower, while his predatory gaze flared with desire.

“I-I’m not sure,” she stuttered as he leaned down, seemingly enthralled with her breasts. She felt marked and a different pressure began to build within her. One that left her teetering on the brink.

He had amped it up for their play, and she found she did, in fact, like a bit of pain with her pleasure. His entire body loomed over her, supported on his left forearm, while his free hand captured her right breast. He tugged and rolled her nipple between his thumb and forefinger. Each pass built the growing need inside of her, causing her hips to buck.

She cried out as he released her.

“Uh huh. Don't bother denying it either, because I can feel all that sweet cream coating my dick every time I increase the pressure on these sweet nipples.” His voice rumbled with satisfaction. “We're going to have a lot of fun, for damn sure.”

“Fuck me, Kal. Please, no more. I need you inside me,” she pleaded with him. She groaned, digging her fingernails into his shoulders as he teased her clit with his tip. The bastard got off on seeing her suffer through his onslaught. She jerked when he did it again, sending bolts of pleasure ricocheting through her body.

He lifted off her, and she sucked in a breath. A moment of fear flashed through her mind. What if he figured it out? What if he didn’t want someone like her? What if he went too fast and hurt her horribly? For a split second, she thought about stopping the whole thing then she called herself all kinds of names for being such a foolish little girl.

Keeley took a moment to admire his gorgeous form. All male. All power and grace. The tip of his cock glistened with precum and she wanted to lick it off of him. Taste the man's essence. Would she like it? Would she become addicted to it? Would he allow her to have her way with him whenever she wanted as well as when he wanted? She licked her lips as she reached out, wrapping her hand around his girth. Her fingers didn’t meet, though.

Kalkin groaned, adding his hand to hers. “Fuck. This is dangerous, sweet cheeks.” He showed her how he liked to be stroked. He tightened her hand around him. The warm, silky length jerked in her palm and he groaned. He flexed his hips counterpoint to her pumping his engorged flesh. “Shit.” He hissed, throwing his head back while continuing to help her jerk him off.

God, he was beautiful.

She gathered the drops of his precum onto the tips of her fingers before releasing him, then slowly brought her fingers up to her mouth. She raised her gaze, catching his ice blue stare. The first taste of his essence exploded across her taste buds when she licked her fingers. He was sweet, like honey with a kick, added to something spicy.

Kalkin wrapped his hand around the base of his cock then leaned forward, pushing the crest of his dick against the folds of her pussy. He took a moment to rub it against her distended clit before he slipped into the entrance of her vagina. She brought her legs up, wrapping her thighs around his slim hips, urging him to keep going and not stop. If he stopped, he might figure out the truth and she couldn’t handle if it disgusted him. He pushed slowly into her bit by bit. Her back arched as she rolled her hips in an attempt to sink him deeper into her.

“All of it, Kal,” she whimpered “I want all of you in me.” She clenched around him, trying her damnedest to keep him buried within her.

“Christ, sweet cheeks, leave me some control,” he growled as he moved over her body. He rested his elbows on either side of her head, then buried his face in her neck. “Fuck, you're tight.” He retreated, then with one hard thrust, he filled her almost completely. He shuddered above her and gasped. His eyes narrowed on her as a sharp burst of pain radiated through her body.

Oh no. She stared up at him as a mix of emotions played over his features. First awe, then anger, then lust and love, and then rage. She braced herself, expecting the worst. After the one time, when she’d been a teen, she never tried to have sex. Never even thought it would be possible for her to let go enough. She closed her eyes, expecting the worst.

“Fuck, Keeley, why didn't you tell me!” he demanded. “Why didn’t you warn me so I could make this better for you? So I could do this—”

“Gently?” She scoffed. “I’m not a little girl and I wanted it done and over with. If I’d told you, we wouldn’t be here.”

“Over with?” He pulled back then canted his hips, going deeper. “No, this is a fucking mating. It's never over with.” He fisted his hand in her hair, then crushed her mouth with his. He stole her ability to breathe. To think. He pulled back and slipped forward once more. His body mimicked the way he kissed her.

She gasped. “I thought you wouldn't want to if you knew the truth.” She placed her hand over his heart, feeling the rapid beating of it and realized it matched her own. “It doesn't hurt anymore, I promise.”

Keeley located the faint pathways she used at the hospital the other day and reached out to him, connecting with him again through that link. His eyes widened for a moment, then narrowed on her as understanding filled his blue gaze.

Kalkin snarled, snapping his hips against hers. The deep, penetrating thrusts touched her in spots she didn't know could feel so good. She twisted below him, not exactly sure how to explain what she needed from him, but silently hoped he'd understand her.

“I am going to spank your ass, later,” he grunted. “Then fuck you properly.” His grip tightened in her hair. “You make me wild, mate. Completely unhinged and knowing I own every inch of you is driving my wolf insane. He wants you, too. To feel your sweet pussy ripple around my cock. To see your sweet cream coat me. Fuck!”

Their pleasure combined through the link and she cried out. She could feel the glide of his dick, along with the way the walls of her vagina quivered around him. The sensation was indescribable. It had been like a million kisses to the tip of his cock, but more intense. Her eyes rolled as they fluttered shut. She should pull back on their connection, yet she didn’t want to miss a second of whatever this was between them.

“Look at me, mate.”

Her eyes snapped open, meeting his darkened gaze. “Please.”

“Watch me fuck you, Keeley,” he demanded.

Her gaze lowered to where they were joined, and she watched as he proceeded to ease his dick out of her. Her juices coated his thick shaft before he shoved inside of her. She got off on the way his muscles bunched. The corded lines of his forearms as he balanced himself. He entranced her. Hypnotized her.

“Give me your hand,” he murmured. His cheeks were slightly flushed, and he was clenching his jaw like it took all of his strength and willpower to take his time with her. Droplets of sweat rolled down his temple to his cheek, then his jaw. The impulse to lick the next drop that rolled down his body gut-punched her. She never thought of herself as being such a hedonistic person. So out of control. Wild. Dirty.

“Hand, babe.” He retreated to the tip, playing with her until she complied with his command.

“Sorry,” she muttered, feeling like an idiot. She placed her hand in his, then watched with rapt awe as he brought it down between them. He maneuvered her hand so her fingers formed an O around his base and her palm fit against her clit.

“Ohh,” she mewed as she stroked him with those fingers, while also bumping her clit as he slid into her. She could feel the slickness on his cock. She rippled around him.

“That's it,” Kal whispered in her ear. “Keep doing whatever you're doing because you feel so fucking good. You’re the sweetest fucking sin. I swear I could die in your arms and be a happy man.”

He killed her with pleasure. The slow, intense way he built her up, then kept her right on the edge of climaxing, destroyed her in the best of ways. She shivered in anticipation. It was the best kind of torture. She couldn’t explain why she enjoyed it so much.

Keeley palmed his ass. She caressed the firm globes, then dug her nails into them as he ground his hips against hers. The friction sent sparks of bliss crashing over her. Her clit throbbed as her orgasm washed over her.

“Keeley!” His pace grew more urgent. He grunted and groaned, riding her through the best sensation she’d ever felt.

It was as if she jumped from the highest point in the world and free fell back to the earth. Her stomach lodged in her throat. Her heart pounded.

Tiny aftershocks rippled through her at his tone.

Kal cocked a brow at her when she giggled and smacked his ass. When he began to move again, his pace took a decidedly slower turn. She enjoyed the way his cock dragged against her sensitive walls. He hitched her legs over his elbows and he slipped deeper, stroking over her sweet spot. Her eyes widened as a deep growl vibrated from his chest. Over and over he hit that spot, causing her pussy to clench around him and her clit to swell and throb as he pushed her toward another release.

“More, Kal,” Keeley begged.” I need...oh fuck!” He pulled all the way out to the tip, then plunged inside of her. She flexed around him as she grew wetter. The slickness coated both of them. She bent him down to her so she could kiss him again. He swallowed each of her moans. Her unabashed pleasure sent a surge of power through her.

“Harder,” she groaned, her gaze never leaving his. “Fuck me harder.” I trust you, mate. You won’t hurt me. I know it.

“You're so fucking tight, so hot and wet. You’re making this impossible to keep going.” Kal chuckled then groaned. “Shit. This is about to get fucking interesting.” He flipped their position with one graceful move. She glanced over her shoulder at him as he filled her once more. His features tightened, and his lips were parted. He hunched into her as he wrapped an arm around her middle. He held her still, taking his own pleasure from her body.

He nibbled and sucked on the sensitive part where her neck and shoulder came together while his little groans and grunts filled the air. His teeth scraped across the delicate skin, causing her to tighten further as his pace increased.

“Kal?” She couldn't help the slightly panicked sound of her voice. This approaching orgasm felt different than the others he had given her. More intense. She figured it might have to do with the fact that his dick was ramming into her pussy, but she felt something. It didn’t make sense to her, or her brain possibly couldn’t comprehend it. No. No way.

“Go with it, baby. Let it happen and I swear I’ll explain. You feel so fucking good.” Her eyes widened as he appeared to thicken further within her.

“Give it to me, Keeley. Let it happen, don't fight it.” He grunted. “I am almost there. I want us to cum together. Do you understand me? Don't lose it on me now.” Kal captured her chin in his left hand. “Stay with me, Keeley. I got you. It's me. It's me fucking you. It's my dick giving you all that pleasure, all me, mate. It's all in you.”

He lowered his hand and found her distended clit. He circled the hard bead, adding more pressure with each thrust of his hips.

“Oh...Kalkin!” she screamed his name as he pushed her into the soft bedding and her release rushed through her. Her pussy clenched hard around his dick, and she could feel the trickle of her cream coat him.

Kal swelled inside of her, growing even larger, forcing him to shorten his strokes. He couldn't believe it was possible. Kalkin knotted her like his wolf counterpart—tying them together. Holy shit.

Before she could ask him anything, his mouth clamped down on her neck and his teeth pierced her flesh. She screamed as another smaller orgasm sparked within her. The snaps of electricity coursing through her caused her to continue to pulse around him as he spilled himself deep within her depths. She shuddered under him, giving over to him as he reared back and howled in triumph.

He lowered them gently to the ground, spooning his body to hers, as she came down from one of the most amazing experiences of her life. She thought she would be freaking out, and maybe she still would, but instead, a strange sense of satisfaction settled over her. He completed her in the most basic of ways.

“You uh…did you just um…” She suddenly felt shy around him, unable to broach the subject of her mate knotting her pussy like a wild animal would.

“Knot you?” he asked, his voice rough and still filled with passion.

“Yeah.” She blushed, covering her face as she groaned. “I hate this. I hate not being able to ask you point blank the things that shouldn’t matter now. I mean, hello…” God, she needed to get it together.

“Yes,” he responded, while he wrapped his arms around her, then rolled them so that he was on the bottom and now she was on top. The slight movement caused the knot to pull on Keeley's already tight, overfilled sex. She groaned as pleasure rippled through her body. She wasn't the only one affected either. Kal throbbed once more as he flexed his hips.

She could get used to this, but…she still had more questions.

Keeley tucked her bottom lip between her teeth while trying to figure out the best way to frame her questions so she didn’t sound like a lunatic, which right about now, maybe she should. “Will that only happen during the full moon, or will it happen all the time?” God, I hope that happens all the time.

Kalkin laughed. “It will happen during the full moon. It’s when both the wolf and their mate is the most fertile. It’s why we put all the younger children at the rec center on the full moon. We don’t want unplanned pregnancies, or angry parents forcing matings. The boys are kept with one caretaker and the girls with another.”

She blinked down at him. “Oh, so this has happened to you before.” She couldn't hide the disappointment in her voice, nor did she want to.

Kal positioned her over his wide chest. The motion jolted her and gave the knot another tug, causing them both to shudder in response. “No, Keeley. This is the first time for me also. My brothers and I avoid full moon cycles as best as we can. It’s not really a mate thing.” He sighed. “It’s complicated. I knew you were my mate the first day I saw you. My wolf wanted you. I haven’t had a partner in years. Never even been interested in anyone outside of the full moon and let me tell you, Rosie and her five sisters have helped me through more than a few cycles.

“Rosie and her…oh! Oh wow…” Heat bloomed in her cheeks as she traced one of his tattoos. “Well, I’ll have to thank her later.”

He chuckled.

She couldn't help the big smile that floated across her lips. “But you knew it was going to happen?”

“I knew it would happen, just like I knew I was going to get all of my dick inside of you, mate,” he growled at her.

“How long will we stay locked together?” She laid her hands on his chest, resting her chin on them.

“Not really sure. I am told anywhere from a half hour to an hour,” Kal murmured as he began to caress her back. “Are you in a rush to get away from me?” His eyes narrowed at her. “Because I should warn you, if you are, I will find you. I will bring you home and tie you to the bed.”

She laughed. “I figured as much. You don’t have to worry, though. I was curious when we could do it again.”

He immediately relaxed and began to caressing her back again. The intricate pattern he drew relaxed her. “You're going to be sore. I wasn't easy on you, and don't think I have forgotten the fact that you were also a virgin.” He gave her ass a smack.

“Are you upset I was a virgin?” She cocked her head to the side. Being able to think somewhat clearly now, she realized she should have told him earlier. However, she’d allowed the fears of her past to creep into her present. Here he asked her to trust him and she still withheld it. She could blame the fact it kept her and Danielle alive, but it became a crutch, too. If she didn’t tell anything about herself, she never really had to open up. She could keep everyone at arm’s length and never have to take the leap of faith.

“What do you think?”

“I’m asking you. I’d prefer not to argue with you about this. I understand I should have told you…I got scared.” She glanced up at him. “I’m sorry. I’m not good at this stuff.”

He chuckled before kissing the crown of her head. “You’re pretty damn good at it, for never having sex before. Trust me, it’s a fucking turn on to know I’ll be the only one who’ll get the pleasure of knowing you this intimately. It’s the fact you didn’t believe in me enough to tell me. There are to be no secrets between us, nothing you can't tell me. Ever. Got it?”

“Well I got it now,” she teased. “We’re mates after all.” She sat up slightly and jerked the knot. White hot pleasure seeped into her and she whimpered. “What happens now?”

“Nothing. We’re mates. The next three days will be intense as hell. You’re going to feel like you’re crawling out of your skin at times, but don’t worry, you won’t be alone.”

She laughed. “Good to know.”

“So, all of the shifters in town are doing this tonight?” She couldn’t help the curiousness in her tone.

“Yep. We have special sections roped off. There are some deputies who patrol the area and keep everyone safe.” He rubbed her arm. “We’re like any other small town, only there is a twist to us.”

“A big fucking twist,” she snorted then yawned. “Promise me, you’ll tell me all about you guys and how you came to settle here, later?”

“I promise.” He eased her head back down on his chest. “Sleep, sweetheart. We have a long night ahead of us.”

She smothered another yawn. “Okay.”

“Wow, no argument. Color me shocked,” he said playfully.

“Watch it, bub, I can still kick your ass.”

Kalkin laughed. “Sure you can, sweet cheeks. One of these days I’m positive you’re going to prove it to me, too.”

“Damn straight, I will.”