Southern Shifters: Purred Promises (Kindle Worlds Novella) (5 page)

He gripped her hips. “Come home with me, Genesis. The parking lot is no place for us to get to know each other.”

She smiled and relaxed, going up on her toes and brushing her lips against his. He growled, eager for another kiss,
but
she leaned away. “If we start that, we won’t get far. Take me home, Jair.”

She didn’t need to ask him twice.

Chapter 6

Genesis’s mind was racing as Jair helped her into
his truck and shut the door. The truck smelled like him – a mixture of the
autumnal
scent of wolf and the hot jungle of tiger. The bar was full of both purebred shifters and hybrids. Her senses had been assaulted
by all the smells in the room; everything from wolf to bear.

Jair sat heavily behind the wheel and turned the key. She could see a faint dusting of fur on his forearms
,
and she knew he was struggling to contain his beasts. Brushing her fingers up the fur, she asked, “Is it hard to have two beasts?”

He shifted the truck into gear and left the parking lot. “Yes and no. They often fight for dominance inside me. The cat
has
his own ideas of how I should live my life, and the wolf does as well. Sometimes I feel like they could tear me in half. On the flip side, I have the best of both of their natures. I can scent and track better than a purebred wolf, and I can be stealthier than a purebred tiger.”

“The best of both and none of the worst. That’s pretty cool.”

“Sometimes,” he said, flashing a smile at her.

She studied him in the few moments of silence that followed. He was the sexiest guy she’d ever met. Her
cat wanted to roll all over him
and saturate herself with his scent. He was built like a m
ountain, tall and broad, with thick layers of muscles that made her mouth water. The tight
-fitting jeans and shirt he wore did little to hide his amazing physique.

Without even realizing it, she had her fingers buried in his thick dark hair, scraping her nails on his scalp and leaning close.

He purred, the sound rumbling in his chest like an engine. His jaw tightened and he ground out the words, “Sweetheart, you’re going to get us killed with your distracting fingers.”

“Sorry,” she said. “This is new for me.”

“It is for me, too. I don’t want to rush you, but I also don’t want to wait a second longer to claim you.”

Resting her cheek on his shoulder, she closed her eyes and absorbed his words. How simple it seemed
: boy meets girl, sparks fly, claiming and lot
s of nakedness ensue. The
problem was that she wasn’t entirely sure if what they were doing was legal in the neutral zone
. Mona and Dillon had
n’t been upset at Jair’s claim, though. T
hey hadn’t tried to stop her from going with him.

“What are you thinking about, sweetheart?”

“The leader.”

He tensed and she lifted her head. “Why are you thinking about him?”

“I haven’t ever been anywhere but my chain. I wasn’t allowed to choose my mate. I was just wonder
ing if what’s happening between us is okay.”

“It can’t be wrong,” he said with conviction. He shifted the truck into park
and turned to face her. “There are rules here, but it’s not like with the purebloods. We’re true mates, not chosen. Our beasts chose each other. Not claiming you in the parking lot took almost all my willpower.”

“We don’t know each other.”

He put his big hand over her heart. “In here we do. I want to know everything about you. If you want to take things slow, I can do that, but we’re going to have to get out of the truck so I can get some fresh air. Your scent is making me crazy.”

She wasn’t sure she wanted to take things slow. Her cat was banging in her skull to strip him and map his body with her fingers and tongue. It was getting too difficult to keep her hands to herself.

“I want to touch you,” she whispered, her sex tightening as his eyes flashed and he grinned.

“Hell yes.”

He moved so fast, she had to laugh. He was out of his seat and opening her door
in
a blur. He lifted her into his arms and kicked the door shut, carrying her into his home. Closing the front door, he put her down gently, turned the deadbolt, and then faced her.

She glanced around briefly and found herself in the family room
. Although
it was
furnished, there were no wall hangings or pictures. She turned her attention back to
him, and for the first time she noticed that his eyes were two different colors; one was sapphire blue and one was pale jade.

“That’s kickass,” she said.

“What is?”

“Your eyes. They’re beautiful.”

He snorted and lifted her into his arms once more, as effortlessly as if she weighed nothing. “You’re beautiful, Genesis. Gorgeous and all mine.”

Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pressed her mouth to his throat and licked his skin as he carried her into the bedroom
. “You’re mine
, too.”

He laid her down on his bed and leaned over to click on the small lamp on the bedside table. She’d never really felt wanton before, but she couldn’t stop thinking about claiming him and letting him claim her. Everything she’d ever had in her life before had been given to her by her father. For the first time, she could make her own choices
, and she chose Jair.

She’d also never taken the lead before. Sitting up, she grabbed a fistful of his shirt and pulled him down, rolling until he was under
neath her on the bed and she
was straddling his waist. He chuckled against her lips as his hands framed her face
,
and he nipped her lower lip. “Sneaky girl.”

“You could’
ve stopped me. You’re bigger and stronger than me.”

He wiggled his brows. “Anytime you want to be on top is
fine with me
. Just do me a favor.”

“Anything.”

“Take off your shirt.”

* * *

Jair
was in heaven.
Genesis kissed him and then straightened, pressing her pussy against his dick as she wiggled and removed her top. Her skin was the color of fresh cream. Sliding his hands up her waist, he marveled at how soft she was. Her lush curves were tantalizing. She tossed her shirt to the floor. Her large breasts were hidden behind pale green lace
, but she twisted the center of the bra until it unhooked
.
She slipped it from her shoulders and let it join her
shirt on the floor.
Cupping her breasts, he ran his thumbs across her nipples, watching the rose-
colored tips tighten. He sat up enough to bury his face between the
m
, inhaling her scent and rubbing his cheek against her lush mounds. She wrapped her arms around him and moaned softly, grinding against hi
m.

Kissing the swell of her breast, he nuzzled her and then gently bit down on her nipple. Her head tipped back and he buried his fingers in the thick golden brown strands as he sucked the tight bud into his mouth.
When he’d sucked one nipple into a perfect peak,
he turned his attention to the other, biting and sucking until she was gasping and making the sexiest sounds. Her hips flexed rhythmically against him
, until he was ready to explode.

Giving a gentle tug to her hair, he kissed both nipples one last time and stretched her onto her back, maneuvering them both until
he was able to undo her jeans and slide them down her body. Her panties, soaked with her heavenly scent, were the same pale green as her bra. He slipped from the bed so he could wrangle her jeans from her body, baring her short but shapely legs to his gaze
, and then shed his own jeans.

She arched a brow as he straightened. “You always go commando?”

“Will you think I’m less sexy if I say that it’s because I need to do laundry?”

She smiled widely and laughed. “You’re the sexiest guy I’ve ever
met, and y
ou’re letting me see you naked. There isn’t anything you could do right now that could take away from how I feel toward you.”

For a moment, he forgot about his tight hold on his beasts because she looked so lovely and perfe
ct. Her nipples were tight,
her chest was heaving, and her legs were splayed open so that her scent was hitting him full force.

His beasts rushed forward, and he couldn’t control their
joined reaction. With a sharp growl, he
turned her onto her stomach and pulled her halfway off the bed, sliding his hands down her thighs and roughly tugging
her legs apart. She moaned loudly as he ripped her panties off and positioned his dick at her entrance.
Pushing her upper body off the bed, she
pressed back against him. T
he wolf in him grasped her neck with his teeth to hold her in place.

She went still,
and for a brief moment he was able to see through the haze of lust and wrangle back some control. Then she reached back
with one hand and clutched
her fingers into his hair. “Just like that, Jair. Take me. Hold me. Don’t ever fucking let go.”

His control snapped. Growling
as his fangs elongated, he pierced her flesh, his hips flexing, driving into
her. She felt so good that his eyes crossed. He pushed hard and fast into her,
her
sweet heat beckoning him to fill her fully, until their bodies touched and all he could do was growl. Lifting his fangs from her neck and seeing the mark that bound them as mates, he howled and roared, gripping her hips as he pulled from her pussy and sank back in.

He willed himself to stop for a second, to remind his beasts that this was their mate and the last thing they wanted was to start off their future acting like a caveman and taking pleasure without giving it to her first.

Easing from her, an act of willpower
he wasn’t sure he’d be able to accomplish, he scooped her into his arms and climbed onto the bed, laying her on his pillow. She blinked pleasure-hazed eyes at him.

“Why did you stop?” she asked as she gripped his shoulders.

“Just detouring,” he replied, pressing his lips to hers. He teased her lips open with his tongue, drawing her closer as he willed his beasts to give her this time. They were moving fast; it was the nature of true mates to claim each other immediately, but that didn’t mean he should be an asshole. In the space of bare minutes, she had come to mean everything to him.

She chased his tongue with her own, her fingertips exploring his shoulders and back as she moved against him. He wanted to do everything to her at once, and also do nothing but just enjoy the hell out of their kiss.
Pulling away from her addictive mouth, he nibbled on her lower lip with a soft growl.

Her eyes opened slowly
. T
hey were a beautiful brown, mixed with the sandy-
gold of her beast. Between her parted lips he could see the tips of her delicate fangs. He wasn’t sure he’d ever seen anything more beautiful.

He wanted to say something romantic, but he could hardly think past the incredible scent of her arousal.
Moving his hand slowly down her stomach, he slipped
his fingers between her thighs and touched the wet heat of her pussy. Her flesh was bare and slick with her arousal, and it took all of his effort not to just roll on top of her and take her. She pressed her hand to his and lifted her hips,
allowing two of his fingers to slide
into her. She groaned and pressed harder, and he rubbed her clit with his thumb as he gazed down at her.

He curved his fingers and searched for the place that would send her over the edge into a deep climax. She let out a so
ft gasp when his fingers curled, and he knew he’
d found the right spot. Rubbing his fingers over that place, he worked her clit in a fast rhythm.

“Fuck, Jair,” she moaned, her pussy fluttering around his fingers as he pushed her toward climax.

He buried his face in her neck and sucked her flesh into his mouth, biting and lapping
as the scent of her arousal deepened. Her pussy gripped his fingers tightly and her back bowed as she screamed, the sound a mixture of her cat and her human sides fusing together in pleasure. With his fingers buried in her pussy, he lifted his head and stared at her, finding her eyes had bled to the
prettiest pale gold color he’d ever seen.

He lifted his hand and sucked her honey from his fingers, groaning at how sweet she tasted.

“I could feast on you for weeks and never get enough,” he said roughly.

She slid her hands into his hair and angled his mouth down to hers. She kissed him hungrily, desperately, and then tugged on his bottom lip. “I need you. Right. Now.”

Without
wasting another second, he rolled on top of her and gripped her thigh as he slid into the cradle of her hips and pushed into her. He didn’t think it was possible for her to be any hotter or tighter, but
she felt so good he could barely stop himself from coming.

She wrapped her legs around his waist and hooked her ankles together, tilting her pelvis up and allowing him to go even deeper into her sweet depths. They groaned together. His beasts rolled inside him, fur pushing from his
skin
as they rocked into their mate, sliding out and pressing in. He slid his hands under her shoulders and pulled her down to meet his thrusts, increasing the pace until they were moving hard and fast. She dug her nails into his back and held on, lifting her head and grasping his neck
between her teeth. He felt the press of her fangs as she bit down swiftly, and he pulled his hand from her shoulder to grip the headboard, giving himself more leverage. The bed knocked into the wall with the force of their movements. He ground his teeth together
when she purred with her fangs in his throat and pleasurable vibrations coursed down his spine.