Gwen grinned as she laid on her bed watching Zane pull off his shirt in one smooth motion. His heated eyes were locked on her naked breasts as he moved forward with the grace of a panther.

She moaned as she felt her pussy clench, knowing what was coming. Anticipating it, craving it, desperate for it.

“This first date is turning out better than I thought it would,” she said with a grin as he grabbed the sides of her panties with two strong hands.

“It’s about to get even better,” he said, smirking at her as he slid her lacy panties off.

He could say that again.

This felt different than the last time in the kitchen. There was a tenderness and a deep love between them that wasn’t there before. It must be the bond. She could feel it warming her insides, making her skin tingle.

A low groan emanated from Zane’s throat as he gently gripped her knees and spread them apart. Normally, Gwen would feel self-conscious and a little bit shy, but this was Zane—this was her mate—so she just leaned back and relaxed her body, letting him come, and even enjoying having his eyes on her.

Warm shivers shot through her trembling body as she felt his hot breath tickle her wet folds. She gripped a handful of the soft blanket as his mouth descended on her pussy. His hot tongue gave her a long slow lick, drawing a deep moan from her parted lips.

“Oh, Zane,” she groaned as his tongue pushed in deep, swirling through her folds on the way up to her aching clit. She gasped as his silky tongue dragged across it, nearly making her come on the spot. Her gasps turned into long hard moans as he sucked, and then batted his tongue back and forth across her throbbing pearl.

“Just like that,” she panted as he wrapped his sexy lips around her clit and sucked, making her back arch off the bed. “Don’t stop.”

He slid two fingers into her dripping tunnel and kept them deep inside as he worked his sweet tongue and firm lips on her aching pussy.

She was all but spread eagle for him with her hands behind her head, yanking the sheets off the mattress as he spoiled her.

“I’m so close,” she moaned as she began rolling her hips and pushing her throbbing clit against his mouth. His skilled fingers were rooted deep inside her as she was about to come.

He sucked on her clit harder, and it was too much for her to take. Her thighs began shaking around his head as her body finally gave in, pulsing in an all-consuming orgasm.

“Yes!” she screamed as the intense waves of pleasure flowed through her body from her head to her toes, and everywhere in between.

“Fuck,” she gasped between heavy breaths. Her legs were shaking. Her eyes were squeezed shut.

When she finally opened them a few moments later, she saw Zane standing in front of her, sliding his boxer briefs down his muscular legs. His thick cock was hard as a rock as it sprang out of his underwear.

Gwen took a deep breath and climbed onto her knees, enjoying the warmth of her orgasm that was still flowing through her.

“Now it’s your turn,” she said with a grin as she laid on her stomach. Her face was level with his big dick, and she took it in her hand, surprised by the thickness and hardness of it.

“You’re so big,” she said as she stroked his shaft with a tight grip.

He moaned as her hand slid up and down along his length. Sticky pre-come oozed from the little slit on the top of his thick head, and Gwen licked her lips as she brought it to her mouth.

She puckered her lips around it, licking up every last drop with her tongue. Zane was already breathing heavily as he tucked her brown hair behind her ear, watching her every movement closely.

“Your lips feel like heaven,” he moaned as she opened her mouth further and took him in deeper.

His cock felt like heaven. She would have told him too, but she was too busy swirling her tongue around his shaft as she dipped her head forward, sucking him harder and harder.

Having him in her mouth felt so good that she lost all concept of space and time. She got lost in the moment, and it was over too soon. His big dick began to pulse in her mouth, and his hands tightened their grip in her hair, signaling that he was about to come.

“Oh, Gwen,” he grunted as his arms and chest flexed. “Oh, fuck.”

She desperately wanted to feel the warmth of his seed in her mouth, so she sucked him so hard that her cheeks hollowed.

“I’m going to come,” he moaned as his body shook. Gwen’s pussy clenched as she took him deep in her mouth, moaning hard as he shot a warm load of come into her hungry mouth.

She slowly stroked his thick cock as his jaw clenched and he grunted savagely. “Mmmm,” she moaned as she drank his seed down.

Gwen had always wanted this, she just never wanted to admit it to herself. Until now. Zane was hers and she was his. They could do this all day and all night if they wanted to, and it seemed like they both did.

“On your knees,” Zane grunted, staring at her with a fire in his eyes. “Put that curvy ass in the air for me.”

He had just come, but his dick was still rock-hard. Most guys needed a long intermission or a nap after coming, but he was already ready to go. Maybe bear shifters are different. Lucky me.

Gwen’s heart was pounding as she climbed onto her hands and knees, thrusting her ass in the air for him.

“Fuck, that’s a beautiful sight,” he said before leaning down and giving her warm pussy a long slow lick.

She giggled as he climbed onto her bed with his fist pumping up and down on his enormous cock. The giggles didn’t last long.

“Oh, God,” she moaned, as he dragged the thick tip of his cock up her folds, and then slowly slid it into her tight hole.

They had done this before, but she was still shocked at the size of him. She grabbed onto the headboard as his powerful hips drove forward, stretching and filling her with his massive cock.

He gripped her round ass cheeks, squeezing them as he thrust in and out of her, making her scream out his name.

Zane hit her with deep strong strokes, increasing the pace with every thrust until they were both sweating, crying out, and crashing over the edge together.

They both came hard, melding as one as their thunderous orgasms slammed into their exhausted bodies, sending them spiraling into paradise.

Gwen smiled as they collapsed onto the bed. Zane pulled her into his embrace as the rush of heated pleasure slowly dissipated throughout her body.

She felt so tiny in his huge arms. She had never felt so safe and protected—so loved and cherished.

This was the beginning of something great.

She never would have guessed that her neighbor from hell would make her feel like she was in heaven. She smiled as she pulled his big arm closer, hugging it tightly.

Gwen had never felt so happy to have been wrong.

* * *

“So, how many bear shifters are there?” Gwen asked as she laid in bed with Zane the next morning. They had just finished a passionate round of lovemaking and were still lying in bed talking.

“I don’t know,” Zane said with a shrug of his round shoulders. “I don’t think anyone knows that. We’re pretty good at hiding it.”

“You can say that again,” Gwen said with a chuckle. “I was living next to one for a year and a half, and didn’t even know it.”

“You were living next to five,” he corrected.

“What?!?” Gwen answered as she jerked up to a sitting position. The blanket tumbled down her naked breasts, and Zane licked his lips as his gaze fell down to them. “The other guys too?”

“Yup,” he said with a nod.

“Even Axel?”

“Even Axel. He’s hiding a polar bear inside him.”

“What?” she asked, squeezing her eyes shut. It was a lot to take in. She was still getting used to the fact that Zane could transform into a bear, let alone all of the other firefighters.

“It’s true,” Zane said. “Jax and Gunner are lion shifters. And Draven is a dragon shifter.”

“A dragon shifter?!?” she said, staring at him in disbelief. “You’re shitting me.”

He laughed. “You saw one last night. Why is that so hard to believe?”

“Uh, maybe because I’ve talked to him every day for the past year, and I’ve never noticed.”

“Well, he is,” Zane said with a chuckle. “Colwood is full of them.”

“Who else?” Zane had opened a whole new world to her, and she desperately wanted to know all about it.

“You know, Rory? The guy who’s always at your shop?”

Of course, Gwen knew Rory. He came in to buy about four buttermilk chocolate chip muffins almost every day.

“He’s a wolf shifter.”

Gwen shook her head as she stared at him with wide eyes. “You’re blowing my mind right now.”

“Come here,” he said as he grabbed her and pulled her close to his muscular body, “and I’ll really blow your mind.”

“Not yet,” she said, laughing as she placed a palm on his massive chest and tried to push him away. He didn’t budge. “I need a break. I’m not a shifter. I can’t keep up.”

He laughed as he released her and laid back down on his pillow. “We have to build up your stamina.”

“So, when do I get to see him again?” Gwen asked as she laid her cheek down on Zane’s chest. She listened to his heart beating as she traced the outline of his thick abs with her finger.

“Who, Rory?” he asked. “He’ll probably be here looking for his muffins any minute.”

“Not Rory,” she said with a laugh. “He’ll have to wait until I can buy another oven. I’m talking about your bear. I want to see him again.”

Zane smiled. “You can see him whenever you want.”

“Now?” she asked, climbing up to an elbow.

“Not unless you want your bedroom trashed,” he answered with a laugh. “He’s not very graceful in small quarters. Maybe this afternoon.”

Gwen smiled as she rested her cheek down on his chest. “I want to do something nice for him.”

“Like what?” Zane asked as he threaded his fingers through her hair.

“What do bears like to eat?”

“His favorite is salmon and elk.”

Gwen had an idea. “Do bears really like honey or is that just in Winnie the Pooh?”

“Not just in Winnie the Pooh,” he said with a laugh. “They love honey.”

She bit her bottom lip as she thought about it. “I still need an oven.” And she didn’t have any money.

Although, she did have an idea.

She sat up in bed and grinned at her new man. “I have to go see someone.”

* * *

“You’re sure you’re okay with this?” Gwen asked as she counted the crisp one-hundred dollar bills. There were thirty of them. Three-thousand dollars, just the amount she needed for a brand new oven.

“Of course,” Rory answered, already licking his lips. “You know I can’t live without my buttermilk chocolate chip muffins.”

She laughed as she looked at the wannabe cowboy. He had just given her three-thousand dollars in cash as a down payment on fifteen-hundred buttermilk chocolate chip muffins.

“How long is it going to take you to go through that many muffins?” she asked as they left the bank.

He tilted his cowboy hat as he looked up at the sky. “I’m guessing about a month.”

Gwen laughed. She glanced down at his chest, wondering if there really was a wolf hiding inside him. She was still having a hard time getting used to that thought.

“So, you’ll be back open tomorrow?” Rory asked. “I need my fix.”

“Bright and early tomorrow morning,” she promised. “I’m going to buy my new oven now, thanks to you, and then I’ll get back to work.”

“All right,” Rory said with a tip of his cowboy hat. “I’ll be there the second you open.”

She had no doubt he would.

They said their goodbyes, and Gwen hurried back to her van to drive to the store. She was excited to get the oven and try out her new idea.

It just might be the new thing she was looking for. The thing that would have everyone in the town racing to her muffin shop, desperately trying to throw money at her.

It might be crazy enough to work.

But first, she had to go buy a new oven.