I rolled my eyes. “We really don’t know each other. You shouldn’t just assume. Just because my body is physically weakened doesn’t mean my mind is all messed up, too.”
Bear sat up and leaned his back against the large bed frame. The bed frame wasn’t simple at all. He’d carved out a family of bears walking through the forest and headed to a stream with a cave on the other side in it.
“I do not think you are weak, my mate. Not in the slightest. I just thought it was a lot. You just saw Hawke shift that morning. That is a lot for a human. That is a lot for anyone who has never seen such a thing. Journey nearly passed out when she saw Grim half shifted.”
I pursed my lips and crossed my arms as I sat up.
Bear laughed. “You are cute when you try to be angry.” He tried to tickle my jaw with his finger.
“Am not!” I slapped his arm. “You’ve managed to ignite a fiery anger within me.” I glared at him. “Ah, such big words for a tiny bee.”
It was hard to stay angry, especially when he moved his pecks back up and down. I covered my mouth, trying to muffle the laughter, but he obviously saw right through me.
“See, you are not angry.” He pulled down my arms. “I admit I should have told you sooner. It was hard to find the right time. I was barely holding on with not touching you the way it was. I wanted you so fucking bad, and then you weren’t letting me touch you as much as I wanted. I thought you were pushing me away. I thought you didn’t like how I pleased you. I didn’t know what to do. I don’t think I could take another rejection.” He pushed a strand of hair behind my ear.
I frowned. “You thought I didn’t like you touching me, like the first night?” The light was dim, but I could see the tint of red on his cheeks. “Bear! Did you not think I liked it?”
He shrugged his shoulders. “I didn’t know.”
“I liked it a lot.” I cupped his face. “All those showers I took, I was trying to cool off. I didn’t want to be near you so much because I was always so… hot and turned on. And I knew you had a mate, and I didn’t think it was me. Now that I know, I’m more…” I paused, my cheeks darkening with embarrassment. “Receptive.”
Bear sighed heavily. “Thank fuck.” He crashed his lips into mine. At first it was hard, wanting, passionate. Then he backed away and pressed tender kisses on my swollen skin.
Was it so bad that I was getting my first kiss at twenty-four? I never wanted my first kiss to be some lukewarm deal with a guy or girl I wasn’t attracted to. I wanted it to be with someone I had heat for. And the waiting—was well worth it.
Bear grabbed the back of my head, pulling on my hair to lean my head back. My lips parted, and he slipped his tongue into my mouth. He tasted like a mountain spring as he rubbed his tongue next to mine. My hands—I had always wondered what I would do with them, but they found their way around his neck and tugged at his tousled hair.
Bear groaned, his grip tightening on my back, his other hand sneaking its way to the front part of my body and squeezing my small breast. The darkness of the room only added to the atmosphere as he kissed me. It was dark, quiet, only our breaths intermingling with each other. The sweet kisses grew needy, and my pussy fluttered, my body becoming greedy, wanting more, and my questions falling further into the back of my mind.
I knew he was my mate now. Nothing else really mattered. I’ve waited for my younger years to experience my sexuality, and damnit, I really wanted it now.
My hips moved and landed on something hard, harder than I expected. Bear grunted, his hand roaming down to my ass and squeezing hard, and he rubbed me up on his length.
“Fuck, baby, are you needy right now?”
“Mmhm, please.” I nipped at his lip with my teeth, causing a growl of approval.
“Good girl, how do you feel about me tasting you? Letting me lick that pretty pussy and tasting your honey?”
A shiver ran down my spine, my body both excited and terrified at the thought. It felt amazing when Teddy took one lick, but to have Bear continuously lick it? How would that feel?
I nodded, and Bear smiled in the dim light of the room. He shifted the both of us, laying me on my back while kissing me, keeping me occupied before I changed my mind.
“You got this, baby. I’m going to make you feel so good.” He kissed my neck, his hands roaming up my shirt and squeezing my nipples. “Let’s take this off, hmm? Let your Teddy have a look at what’s his?”
He rolled me over, and I held tight to the sheets, still worried about how I looked. I didn’t have large breasts; in fact they were on the small side. Bear shook his head and kissed me again. “You’re my beautiful mate. As long as I have a tit to suck on, I’m one happy bear.”
I giggled, covering my eyes.
Bear returned to the shirt, ripping it from top to bottom. I gasped, covering myself, and he shook his head. “Let me see what’s mine, baby. I want to see all of you. Every mole, birthmark, and love bite I’ll leave all over your damn body.”
Shit.
Dropping my hands away, Bear growled approvingly and took his tongue and swirled around my nipple. My hands wrapped around his head as he sucked, licked, and nipped.
“Mmm, so good. I’ll have to play with these more later. Right now, I’m hungry.” He winked at me, let his nose trace down my body, and pulled the shorts down my legs ever so slowly.
Kill me. He was going to kill me.
