wolf in him, how
submissive it was. He reached a hand between them, found her clit
and rubbed it, pinched it when she groaned and shoved against him
again.
“God, Kane. Now .”
She trembled in the beginning of an orgasm. Yes, now . He entered her in one long stroke, grimacing and
forcing his own orgasm down as she clamped around him, her
contractions threatening to make him come before he was ready. It
was a losing battle, and he pounded into her, let go and came with
a growl of possession. Mine .
They collapsed in a heap, breath soughing in
and out of their lungs. She rolled to her side, giving him her
back, and he slung an arm over her waist, drawing her closer. After
a few minutes she dropped off to sleep, but he lay awake a long
time, starring into the night.
He was drifting off when she began mumbling
in her sleep, thrashing around. He whispered nonsense to her, ran a
soothing hand up and down her arm, and she finally settled. But he
was left disturbed. What plagued her in the night? Memories of her
parents? Her bounties? At least now he had a good idea why she
never slept with him. She’d see nightmares as a weakness, something
he could use against her. And she was right.
* * * * *
They traveled three more days before they
reached the outskirts of the old city. The tension level in the
group ratcheted up about fifty notches. Responding to the increased
anxiety, Calista pulled one of her pistols and rested it across her
lap. She wanted it in easy reach if she needed it fast.
Night was falling when Sebastian, in tiger
form, led them off the road into the ruins. They set up camp in a
burned out barn and since they could see campfires spotting the
hills around them, decided to risk one of their own. She wasn’t
sure that was such a great idea, but she wasn’t turning away hot
food after the last couple of days of dried road rations.
They were settling in for the night when the
attack came. She had to give it to the weres. They were fast.
Everyone spun into action, rising from where the lay or sat. She’d
been sitting next to Kane, talking quietly, and they rose as one,
turning back-to-back and squaring off.
The enemy came at them with blades. Was that
because they weren’t any better armed or had they been told to take
them alive? She didn’t have time to ponder it as a man rushed her.
She ducked low and thrust her knife arm up in a wide arc as she
rose, hitting him across the neck. She ignored the spurting blood
and turned to face the next threat, adrenalin pumping through her
veins.
They came too fast, too many of them. She
couldn’t get to her guns, and she saw Mathias and Sebastian also
fighting at each other’s backs working their way around the fire.
When they were close, Kane yelled to his brother.
“You have to get Calista out of here!”
“Like hell he will,” she growled back.
A man rushed her, and she kicked out,
catching him in the groin. It gave her just enough time and
maneuvering room to draw a revolver, and she fired it at the next
man, hitting him square between the eyes.
“Nice shot.” Mathias grinned when he reached
her side.
“Switch places,” Kane ordered. “Mathias, you
two work your way out. Sebastian and I will create a
diversion.”
She ground her back teeth, gun in one hand
knife in the other and faced reality. Odds were better than even
that one or all of them were going to die here tonight. She’d be
damned if Kane did it alone, without her at his back. A sense of
peace settled over her, something she’d been working around to the
last few days finally coalescing into clear thought.
“You are such an ass, Kane, if you really
think I’m leaving you out here. Even if two of us could fight
free.”
“Damn it, Calista. I need you safe .
When I give the signal, you go.”
“Fuck you. I love you and I’m not running
away.”
He growled. “You’re timing stinks,
woman.”
She grinned and fired at a man rushing Kane,
who now stood next to
submissive it was. He reached a hand between them, found her clit
and rubbed it, pinched it when she groaned and shoved against him
again.
“God, Kane. Now .”
She trembled in the beginning of an orgasm. Yes, now . He entered her in one long stroke, grimacing and
forcing his own orgasm down as she clamped around him, her
contractions threatening to make him come before he was ready. It
was a losing battle, and he pounded into her, let go and came with
a growl of possession. Mine .
They collapsed in a heap, breath soughing in
and out of their lungs. She rolled to her side, giving him her
back, and he slung an arm over her waist, drawing her closer. After
a few minutes she dropped off to sleep, but he lay awake a long
time, starring into the night.
He was drifting off when she began mumbling
in her sleep, thrashing around. He whispered nonsense to her, ran a
soothing hand up and down her arm, and she finally settled. But he
was left disturbed. What plagued her in the night? Memories of her
parents? Her bounties? At least now he had a good idea why she
never slept with him. She’d see nightmares as a weakness, something
he could use against her. And she was right.
* * * * *
They traveled three more days before they
reached the outskirts of the old city. The tension level in the
group ratcheted up about fifty notches. Responding to the increased
anxiety, Calista pulled one of her pistols and rested it across her
lap. She wanted it in easy reach if she needed it fast.
Night was falling when Sebastian, in tiger
form, led them off the road into the ruins. They set up camp in a
burned out barn and since they could see campfires spotting the
hills around them, decided to risk one of their own. She wasn’t
sure that was such a great idea, but she wasn’t turning away hot
food after the last couple of days of dried road rations.
They were settling in for the night when the
attack came. She had to give it to the weres. They were fast.
Everyone spun into action, rising from where the lay or sat. She’d
been sitting next to Kane, talking quietly, and they rose as one,
turning back-to-back and squaring off.
The enemy came at them with blades. Was that
because they weren’t any better armed or had they been told to take
them alive? She didn’t have time to ponder it as a man rushed her.
She ducked low and thrust her knife arm up in a wide arc as she
rose, hitting him across the neck. She ignored the spurting blood
and turned to face the next threat, adrenalin pumping through her
veins.
They came too fast, too many of them. She
couldn’t get to her guns, and she saw Mathias and Sebastian also
fighting at each other’s backs working their way around the fire.
When they were close, Kane yelled to his brother.
“You have to get Calista out of here!”
“Like hell he will,” she growled back.
A man rushed her, and she kicked out,
catching him in the groin. It gave her just enough time and
maneuvering room to draw a revolver, and she fired it at the next
man, hitting him square between the eyes.
“Nice shot.” Mathias grinned when he reached
her side.
“Switch places,” Kane ordered. “Mathias, you
two work your way out. Sebastian and I will create a
diversion.”
She ground her back teeth, gun in one hand
knife in the other and faced reality. Odds were better than even
that one or all of them were going to die here tonight. She’d be
damned if Kane did it alone, without her at his back. A sense of
peace settled over her, something she’d been working around to the
last few days finally coalescing into clear thought.
“You are such an ass, Kane, if you really
think I’m leaving you out here. Even if two of us could fight
free.”
“Damn it, Calista. I need you safe .
When I give the signal, you go.”
“Fuck you. I love you and I’m not running
away.”
He growled. “You’re timing stinks,
woman.”
She grinned and fired at a man rushing Kane,
who now stood next to
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