His brain was on overdrive by the time he found himself in her dorm and knocking on her door.

When it swung open he could see she had been crying. Quinn threw herself into his arms and started sobbing. Rain picked her up and carried her into the room, kicking the door closed behind them. He sat down on her bed and maneuvered himself so that she could sit across his legs. He looked over to the other side of the room and knew that he’d chosen the right bed. The other bed looked like it might smell like weed and Funyuns.

“Baby, shhh,” Rain said quietly. She was hiccupping and crying and he didn’t want her to hurt herself. Maybe this wasn’t the time to tell her his plans for the weekend.

“I…I wanna…go to the woods,” she said, gasping between words.

“The woods? Baby?”

“Yes, your place. The woods.”

Well damn, that was easy. “You mean you want to go to my parents?”

“Parents, cousins, whatever. Just away from here. Why does she hate me?”

Fuck that broke his heart. “Quinn, she doesn’t hate you. She’s terrified for you. She just doesn’t realize there is no reason to be. Can you imagine what kind of hurt she’s gone through to be so afraid?”

Quinn let out a long sigh. “Why do you have to be so good?”

“You sound like you’re accusing me.”

“I want to be mad at her and hate her for being such a bitch. You’re trying to see things from her viewpoint. Good people do that.”

“Babe, you are good. You’re just too close to this to not be hurt. Your mom will come around. I’ll prove it to her that I am the man for you. I’m not worried about it. I always win people over.”

“I bet you do. You certainly have with me.”

Rain dropped a finger under her chin and tilted her face up towards him. “Have I?”

“I may not be as easy with the words as you are, Rain. I may never be,” she said like she was telling a big secret she didn’t want to share.

“I don’t care about the words, Quinn. I care about what’s going on here,” he said, moving his hand down to her chest. “If your heart beats for me, that’s all I will ever need.”

“I’m scared, Rain. I feel so much and it’s so heavy that it almost chokes me.”

“My job is to always ease that load. I love you, Quinn. That will never change. You feel overwhelmed or like things are getting too big for you, all you have to do is say my name. I’ll know what you need.”

“Promise?”

“Baby, if there was a better word than promise, I’d use it.”

Rain wasn’t sure if he was soothing her or not. His bear was pacing in his head, wanting to lash out at someone for his mate’s pain. But there was nothing else he could do except hold her.

They sat for a while as he rubbed her back and rocked her. He could have stayed like that all night.

“How about going to see my family this weekend? I’ll just let Cash know we are coming and we can stay with him. It’s quiet. Well, outside is quiet. Inside is a storm of toddlers and sugar.”

“That sounds nice. They won’t mind?”

“No, they’ll be over the moon. Oh, and Quinn?”

“Yeah?”

“My niece and nephew? Axel and Jett? They’re bears too.”

Quinn shrugged. “Okay.”

“No, I mean they can’t control that part of them like I can.”

“So what does that mean?”

“Ever see a bear cub in PJs?”

Tucking her head back into his chest she said, “One thing at a time, Mr. Rochon.”

* * *

“Baby, open for me.”

Quinn had woken up twice since she and Rain had lain down on the bed. The first time was when her phone beeped and she thought it could have been her mom, but it was Harmony telling her she was staying at Lars’s place for the night. The second when was Rain’s mouth was on her stomach kissing and nipping at the soft flesh there.

In her mentally exhausted state she had relaxed and let Rain play. He’d stripped off her clothes with very little effort on her part and he’d been teasing her for the better part of an hour. Light touches intermixed with scorching kisses that had her whimpering into his mouth.

Rain moved down her body and had kissed her all the way down to her toes. Now he was moving back up her legs and had made his request.

Quinn did as he had asked and felt his hands slide up her inner thighs. He did like to take his time, but he’d also driven her to the edge with his touch.

“Rain, you going to keep teasing me like this forever?”

He placed a kiss high on her inner thigh then blew over her hot pussy. “Yes.”

She should have known that would have been his answer. Greedy Quinn wanted to come, girlfriend Quinn wanted to see how long he could keep this up without making her crack.

How quickly her life had changed. At twenty-one years old and she was someone’s girlfriend for the first time. And not for nothing, Rain was no slouch in the oral sex department. There were moments when he looked so blissfully happy she could totally believe that he was so inexperienced. You can’t fake the immediate delight when you had literally found your happy place.

Quinn heard a low growl that was not human and she couldn’t hold back her smile. Then she stopped smiling and gasped as his tongue swiped against her hot center. Her back arched off the bed and she reached for his head.

“Damn…”

There was another growling sound and a soft nip on her thigh. “Like that do you?”

“What do you think?” she asked a little exasperated.

“I think when I growl against your clit your pussy gushes like it wants me to lick up the sweetness.”

“What can I say? It has a mind of its own.”

“You keeping making honey for me, I’ll keep eating your pussy. I think it’s an excellent trade.”

Quinn had to agree. He was using his fingers to spread her wide as he licked and sucked her tender flesh. She couldn’t help but roll her hips towards him and grind her pussy into his face. It was like the first few drinks before you got drunk. All warmth and pleasure. She almost didn’t want to come because that would mean it was over.

Rain’s tongue felt rough and somehow longer, her instincts told her that was because he was different. Her human side just accepted it as a hidden talent. Rain had slid a finger inside her and was now increasing his speed and pressure. He clearly had plans and she wasn’t about to start directing the show now.

“Rain, that’s sooo good.”

He didn’t respond, nor did he alter his course. All she had to do was gasp or moan and his next move was just what she wanted. It really was like he could crawl inside her mind. She also knew for some strange reason that he was in seventh heaven too.

She could feel his pleasure coming off him in waves, an aggressive vibe of domination. It was all around her but it was clear to her that he was in control and focused on her.

A tiny part of her thought she wasn’t participating enough. Was pushing his head further into her pussy helping? It was helping her that was for sure.

She could feel the pressure building and she didn’t want to come without him inside her. His cock stretched her so perfectly; she wanted to be wrapped around him as she came.

“Rain, I need you,” she moaned.

“You have me.”

“No, I mean you. Hurry,” she begged.

Rain gave her clit a hard suck and slid up her body. She hadn’t noticed when his clothes had come off, but the light dark hair on his chest tickled up her stomach to her breasts. She couldn’t remember ever being a fan of body hair, but Rain’s body was solid muscle.

He wasn’t bulky, just solid and trim. His biceps were big and firm when she wrapped her hands around them. His stomach was flat with abs that rippled down to his cock.

Rain placed a hard hot kiss on her neck, sucking the skin into his mouth. “Damn, I want to bite you,” he growled.

“I didn’t know you were into that kind of thing,” she said, nipping at his shoulder.

“No, it’s different for my kind. It’s part of the bonding of mates and I was going to wait a while to tell you about it. I didn’t want to freak you out. But as shifters, we bite our mates to mark them and share our blood. I’m not saying I would do that to you without permission. I just wanted you to know that I’m holding back for both our sake.”

“Time out. You mean like draw blood?” Quinn saw his eyes start to glow at the word. “Shit.”

“I would never ever make that choice for you. We have all the time in the world to figure that out. But I really like neck stuff, and I don’t know if I can give you that right now.”

“I think every girl likes neck stuff. But I don’t think it’s fair that you can bite me and I can’t bite you. That’s some bullshit right there.”

Rain gave her a confused look. “Humans don’t need to bond that way. Besides, your flat little teeth couldn’t hurt me.”

“Oh, and yours can?”

She watched Rain’s eyes start to change shape, get wider and larger. Then he opened his mouth to smile at her with a perfect set of white teeth that now had much larger canines that looked sharp.

“Fuck me,” she whispered.

“I’m trying to, but you wanted to have a discussion.”

“Fine, but for the record, me getting scarred up and you getting to just walk away unscathed is sucky.”

“Your complaint has been recorded. Now, can we get on with this?” He looked a little frustrated but mostly amused.

“Oh yeah, sure.” It wasn’t like talking to him cooled her jets at all. Those teeth on him were sexy as hell and it made her pussy clench thinking about those sharp points dragging over her skin. Great, now she was a perv. “We’ll get back to the biting thing later.”

Rain didn’t say anything as he fitted himself against her and slid into her heat. She closed her eyes for a moment to luxuriate in the feeling. She opened her eyes and saw his were closed. He looked happy. Then as she was appreciating how handsome he was, his eyes popped open in shock.

“Shit, babe, I need a condom,” he said as he started to pull out.

Quinn wrapped her legs around his thighs and pulled him back tight to her body. “Stay.”

“Quinn, you’re not ready for this. Hell, I might not be. It’s too fucking good to have your pussy squeezing my dick. You’re so hot and soft, I’m barely holding on.”

“You feel good. We’ll deal with it later. I’m clean if that’s what you’re worried about. I get tested.”

“Babe, totally not concerned with that shit. But if you let me fuck you and fill you with my cum, I may start talking you into letting me bite you. You’ll smell like me to other shifters. I will be marking you from the inside and it will be as big a flag as a bite mark on your skin.”

“Hmm, you want to fill me with your cum? You so sure you’re up to the challenge?” She shouldn’t tease him because she had no idea what that would feel like. She always practiced safe sex like she was going to be graded on it. Before this moment she would have said that it didn’t feel any different using a condom versus not.

She was totally wrong. It felt so freaking good that she didn’t want there to be anything between them ever again.

“Quinn, I’ve dreamed about filling your pussy. I want to fuck you after I come to make sure you are full of me. I want you to sleep with me inside you and my bear wants nothing more than for you to get pregnant.”

“I’m on the pill, so that isn’t a problem. Don’t stop now, Rain. I won’t regret this, I promise.” Quinn sealed her promise with a squeeze of her pussy around his cock.

Rain dropped his head to hers and groaned. “Vixen,” he hissed.

“If it makes you move, you can call me whatever you want.”

Rain gave her a hard look before he tipped his hips back into her. “How do you want me to move? Slow?” He started to drag out of her and she grabbed on to his ass to keep him from pulling out of her completely.

“You’re mean.”

“Mean because I love the way your slick pussy tries to hold on and not let me go? Or mean because I might just have more patience than you?” Rain moved back into her at the same agonizing pace.

“Fucker,” she said, slapping at his ass.

“Stop, I might like that. Who knows?”

“We’ll try that later. Right now I need you to stop screwing around and make me come.” It was a little pushy and demanding but his slow pace was torture to the swollen flesh that was pulsing with her heartbeat.

“Anything you say, Goddess.”

“Oh, I like that. Call me Goddess whenever we’re in bed,” she said as she rocked her hips up to meet his.

“Fuck you’re tight, baby.” Rain was fighting to keep his eyes open as he thrust in and out of her. He was still going way too slow for her taste.

“Or you’re just huge,” she admitted.

“Well, no man hates hearing that.”

“Rainier Rochon, I will shout from the rooftops how big your cock is. Just make me come.”

Rain’s hand slid between them and he found her clit and rolled it between his thumb and finger. “Like this?”

“That’s a start,” she whimpered.

Quinn couldn’t remember ever talking this much during sex. Then again, this wasn’t just sex and she’d be a fool to call it that. It was more, she cared about Rain. She felt more connected to him with every moment they spent together.

She ran her hands up along his strongly muscled back and dragged her nails across his shoulder blades when he hit a particularly sweet spot.

Deciding that his fascination with her neck might translate to something he’d like, she leaned up until her mouth reached the corded tendons of his neck. Kissing him there, she scored his skin with her teeth and felt a rumble go through his body that wasn’t human. She kept up her kissing and nibbling.

It was working as Rain had picked up his pace and was no longer trying to prolong the experience. His cock was slamming into her and it was hard and hot. Quinn brought her legs up around his waist and locked her ankles behind his back.

Rain’s hand was still between them and was providing the perfect pressure on her clit that had her spiraling towards that release she’d been asking for.

“Rain,” she warned as she started to feel her body tense and her pussy gushed hot and slick around him.

“Come for me, Quinn,” he ordered.

Quinn was happy to comply as her vision went blurry and she closed her eyes to see the sparks of color crackle behind her eyelids. There was a pain in her muscles as they locked, then the sweet splash of pleasure coated that pain with pure bliss. She wasn’t sure if she screamed, called his name, or just gasped. All she could hear was the sound of her own blood rushing through her body.

Rain didn’t stop moving and Quinn’s climax rolled over and over through her body. It didn’t seem to end and she didn’t want it to.

There was a moment that Rain moved off her clit and it was the exact moment she would have shoved his hand away. That was if she could move her hands. Somehow they had fallen over her head and were now lying limply on her pillow.

Rain had latched onto her nipple and gave it a hard suck before he pulled her thigh back up over his hip and started fucking her into next week. Quinn managed to rock against him with every thrust and she squeezed against his thick length seeing if she could get a freebie out of his orgasm.

“Got one more for me?” he asked through clenched teeth. He was close and she wasn’t going to make him hold back any longer. Leaning up to his ear, she whispered. “I want your cum, Rain.”

Rain let out a roar, his eyes closed and his head tilted back. Quinn felt the hot spurt of cum coat her on the inside. She was surprised she could feel it and liked that it mixed with her juices, soothing her flesh. Rain was jerking above her, all the muscles in his body seemed rock hard as his cock pumped inside her.

When he finally took a breath, his eyes opened, scanning over her face. “I love watching you come, baby. You’re a fucking masterpiece.”

“I’m going to have to take your word for it,” she murmured.

“Good, I’m always right,” he said as he rolled his hips and she gasped.

It felt good but she was burnt out. Still, it was like an itch she was afraid to scratch.

“I told you I wouldn’t be done when we finished. I want my cum so deep inside you, it’s there forever. You’re mine, Quinn. Your pussy is mine, your heart is mine, and I don’t care if I sound like a caveman.”

Quinn couldn’t even muster up a speech. She was his. She didn’t want anyone but him in her pussy and as for her heart; that was most certainly moving into his possession.

“You’re making me break all my rules, Rain Rochon.”

“You make your rules, right? So you can’t break them if you change your mind. You are in control.”

She pushed back the hair that had fallen over his forehead, “You make it sound so easy.”

“Not easy, just not difficult. Follow your heart, baby. That’s all I ask.”

“Are you really so sure that I’m going to fall in love with you?”

“Aren’t you a little already?”

Quinn wasn’t ready to say yes, but Rain read her eyes and smiled. He kissed her and rolled them onto their sides. He was still inside her as she fell asleep, safe and satiated in his arms.