She rolled her lips into her mouth, biting them with her teeth. “How does all that happen?”
I grabbed her hair at the back of the base of her neck and leaned her to the left. With my other hand, I tickled her shoulder. “I’ll bite you here, sink my teeth into you while my cock is buried deep inside you.”
She panted heavily, and I could see her nipples harden under her shirt. I pulled the blanket around her and tightened it. “Stay here. Don’t let Anaki see your hard nipples, or I’ll have to dig his eyes out with my claws.”
Her eyes widened, and I laughed, running to the bathroom to shower as quick as I could.
Chapter Nineteen
Nadia
“Quick,comewithme!”Anaki jumped over the couch and reached for my hand.
He didn’t rip the blanket away from me, force my hand from the covers, or drag me by my feet. Anaki greeted me with a smile on his face and a sense of urgency in his voice. “Come on now, let’s get you out of Bear’s clothes and get you into some of yours that he ordered you. Come on, little miss!”
I tilted my head to the side, a curious expression on my face, as I slid my hand out from under the blanket and reached for his. His smile broadened like he won the lottery, pulled me to standing, and raced me across the room. Bags were dropped on the floor I hadn’t seen before. He ruffled through them, humming to himself, and grabbed several articles of clothing.
“Technically, Delilah and I picked these out, but Bear is going to love it. Now, go put these on, quick, before he gets out!” Anaki shoved the clothes in my arms and pushed me into Bear’s bedroom. He shut the door and slapped the wood. “You have three minutes before I come in there!”
I quickly took off Bear’s shirt, slightly disappointed I was taking off his clothes. It smelled like him, the masculine, musky scent, but I was curious what I would wear that would fit my figure.
I’ve hidden myself in Bear’s clothes. I had almost forgotten what I would look like in feminine clothes.
I pulled on the white cotton panties with a single blue bow in the front, then the pale blue shorts that were way too short. They could pass off for underwear, really. Next, the white shirt with a teddy bear on the front with a leather vest that says, “Don’t mess with me.”
It was cute, but not something I would wear in front of someone, anyone. This is something I would wear alone in my apartment on a rainy day with nothing to do.
This has to be a joke.
I scoffed and cracked the door, Anaki practically dancing with excitement. He grabbed my hand and the knee-high white socks that were held in my other. “Put these socks on while I do your hair,” he ordered.
“I don’t think this is for me.” He forced me to sit down on the stool in front of the couch.
“Certainly, it is.” He brushed my hair that was down my back and parted it with a comb. He twisted them into two pigtails and began spinning one side. “Bear will love it. He has been hiding your body in those big T-shirts. This is what Bear’s woman should be wearing. Something innocent yet sexy. Once I heard you call him Teddy, I knew this outfit had your name written all over it.”
“Oh dear.” I fiddled with my fingers as Anaki finished.
He pulled me up to stand and brought me in front of a door-length mirror near the bedroom door. I didn’t want to look. I haven’t looked at myself in a while. I think I was too afraid to. The first time I did, I looked gaunt, still too skinny to look at, but when I looked in the mirror this time, no longer hiding under the big bulky T-shirt, I saw myself for the first time.
“Ah, see there you are.” Anaki smiled. “Look how beautiful you look?” My hair was done up in space buns, too large space buns because my hair was so long. My mother used to do it for me when I was a child. She did it for me well until middle school because she knew it made me happy.
“You think so?” I blushed, staring up at Anaki.
“Little miss, I would never lie,” he said seriously. “I think you’re gorgeous, and Bear will think so too. You even look like you have big teddy bear ears, just like Bear!”
I bit my lip to keep it from wobbling. I didn’t know why that felt so good to hear. All I wanted to do was blend into the crowd, to be invisible. Look like everyone else and not draw that much attention. My parents said it was vital for survival, and so I lived by that.
The doorknob turned, and steam fell into the living room. Bear had one hand on his hip, holding a towel to his waist. “I forgot my damn pants,” he announced. He pivoted on his foot, and when he did, his eyes fell on me.
Both of our breaths escaped our lungs, disappearing into the cool air. Water cascaded down his drenched figure, forming small puddles at his feet. The passing seconds seemed to stretch as I fixated on him, and my senses heightened. His knuckles clenched tightly around the damp towel, his lips slightly parting as our eyes locked, a silent exchange of emotions. I no longer felt Anaki beside me; it was just Bear and me in the room.
Did he like what he was seeing?
I swallowed heavily. I could hear my heartbeat thrumming in my ears.
“Mate,” he breathed, his voice barely a whisper.
The word carried a weight that surpassed the significance of my actual name. It was as if a surge of electricity coursed through me, igniting every nerve ending. My body surrendered to the power he possessed, feeling irresistibly drawn towards him. His voice, like a siren’s call, urged me to step closer, yet my self-consciousness held me back, my foot refusing to lift towards him.
