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  Isi let out a squeak and stiffened against him. “I don’t recall inviting you into my shower.”

  “I need to be near you right now.”

  Isi tipped her head back and looked up. Garren curved his arm around her waist, sliding his palm along her belly before dipping it between her thighs. He watched as her body flushed with desire. Her eyes drifted closed and her lips parted. She placed her hand over his, directing his fingers where she wanted them most. He’d never been more turned on in his life and he wanted to give her everything she needed, and more.

  His fingers dipped between the lips of her pussy and slowly circled her clit. He felt the bud harden under his expert touch as he dragged his callused fingertips across it again and again. She spread her legs, giving him better access and he slid his other hand down. He teased her opening before thrusting two fingers inside of her body. She moaned and rotated her hips, pressing herself against his palm. As his fingers pumped in and out of her sweet warmth, she started riding his hand, fucking herself against him.

  With every up and down motion, every gyration of her hips, she rubbed against his aching cock. Her slick skin caressed him, ratcheting his desire higher. His fingers plunged into her harder and faster and he watched her breasts bounce as she met him thrust for thrust. Isi began panting, her skin turning a lovely pink as she neared her peak. Garren slid his cock between her ass cheeks, not entering her, but bringing himself pleasure just the same.

  “More, Garren, I need more.”

  “I can’t give you more without being inside of you,” he rumbled.

  “Do it. Take me.”

  He withdrew his fingers from her hot, wet pussy and slid them up the crack of her ass before circling her rosette. “Have you ever been taken here before?”

  She shook her head and pressed her hips back against him. Using her juices, he eased his finger inside of her. She let out a gasp that turned into a moan as she pushed back against him. He continued teasing her clit and added another finger, stretching her. He doubted this was quite what she had in mind when she’d demanded that he take her, but he’d be lying if he said he hadn’t thought about it more than once since meeting her.

  Scissoring his fingers, he prepared her for his cock. He rubbed his shaft along the lips of her pussy, gathering her cream on his length. Garren spread her cheeks and placed the head of his cock against her rosette. She tensed for a moment, but he nuzzled her neck.

  “Relax for me, baby. Just breathe and push out.”

  He felt her muscles loosen and he eased in, taking his time so he wouldn’t hurt her. When the head of his cock popped through the tight ring of muscle, he began sinking into her. It was the most incredible feeling, unlike anything he had ever experienced—not that he hadn’t done this a time or two before, but it was different with Isi. Just knowing that he was her first made power surge through him.

  Garren made sure she had time to adjust to his size before he began a slow and steady thrust, his fingers dancing over her clit. Her hand dove between her legs and he watched as she began fucking herself with her fingers. Everything took on a sepia tone as his beast came forth. Unable to help himself, he bit down on her shoulder, holding her in place as he fucked her. His hips snapped back and forth as he tunneled in and out of her faster and harder.

  As she cried out, her muscles clamped down on his cock, sending him over the edge. He bit harder, as his lion tried to break through, and filled her ass with his seed. The taste of her blood hit his tongue and he realized too late that he’d broken the skin. She was going to be fucking pissed at him, but he couldn’t help it. His beast had taken over, demanding that they claim their mate.

  He lapped at the wound on her shoulder and eased his cock from her body. As she twitched in the aftermath of her release, he tweaked her clit one more time before withdrawing from her completely. He turned her to face him and watched as she removed her hand from between her legs, her cream coating her fingers.

  Garren tipped her chin up and pressed a kiss against her plump lips. “You’re probably going to be sore later, but hopefully, it was worth it. I know it isn’t an experience I’m going to forget anytime soon.”

  “That was amazing,” she admitted. “I never thought I’d want someone to take me… you know, there, but it was beyond incredible.”

  He smiled. “Does that mean you’ll let me do it again sometime?”

  “I’d be pissed if you didn’t.”

  He caressed the mark on her shoulder. “I’m afraid my lion got a little carried away.”

  “I think your bite intensified the pleasure. I’m not saying I’m not mad that you did it without asking, but I enjoyed it.”

  “Does this mean you’re done with that nonsense about us not being mates?”

  “Whether I like it or not, you’ve marked me as yours. Don’t think this means you get to go all caveman on me and drag me around by my hair. Just because you’ve marked me doesn’t mean I’m going to give in to you on everything.”

  “I wouldn’t want you to. I love your sass.” He caressed her nose with his. “I probably shouldn’t admit that.”

  A soft smile curved her lips. “I’m glad you like all of me, even the sassy part. But can we keep this whole claimed thing between us? I don’t want the guys thinking I gave in too easily.”

  He chuckled. “Honey, you didn’t give in, I just didn’t give you an option. Truthfully, I thought you’d be fighting mad when you realized what I’d done.”

  “Oh, I’m sure I will be later, but right now I’m still riding the high of the most intense orgasm I’ve ever had.”

  “Come on, I’ll help you get cleaned up and then we really need to go downstairs. I’m not sure if your alpha is still here after all this time, but we should investigate and see if there’s anything we can do to help.”

  With a nod, she reached for the bottle of shower gel on the rack hanging on the side of the shower. She squirted a liberal amount in her small hand. Rubbing her palms together, she smoothed the gel across his chest, down his abdomen and grasped his cock. He closed his eyes in bliss as she washed him. He’d never allowed anyone to be so intimate with him before. Yes, he’d fucked many women, but that was different. He’d never let them get too personal. They were just nameless faces that eased his urges and nothing more. But Isi was definitely something more.

  After she’d soaped him from head toe, he returned the favor, his hands lingering on her breasts. They really were rather spectacular. Once he was convinced she was good and clean, he gave her a gentle push under the water to rinse. He wanted to keep his hands on her, but knew that was a bad idea. It would only lead to more fucking and he was fairly certain she needed a break.

  They hadn’t really discussed her experience with men, but something told him she was damn near virginal. There’d been no barrier when he entered her, so he was sure there’d been someone in her life at some point, but he really didn’t want to think about that. It was unrealistic of him to think there wouldn’t have been someone before him, but just the thought of another man’s hands on her had him wanting to track down the unsuspecting male and do some damage to him.

  When it was his turn, he rinsed as quickly as he could and then shut off the water. He opened the shower door and grabbed two towels for them. They dried themselves off before walking into the bedroom. He couldn’t hear any sounds coming from downstairs, but that didn’t mean anything. Just because the alpha wasn’t yelling anymore, didn’t mean he was gone.

  He watched hungrily as Isi dressed, hiding her body from him one piece of clothing at a time. God, but she was sexy! He’d love nothing more than to curl up with her in a bedroom, lock the door, and shut out the world while he loved her long and hard, all day and all night. He’d give anything to lose himself in her.

  He mentally shook himself as he zipped his pants and pulled on a tank top that hugged his body. He smirked as he watched Isi devour him with her eyes.

  The denim shorts she’d donned, so short they were barely
there, hugged her ass. She’d pulled on a gingham short sleeve shirt and tied it at her waist. He’d never seen anything so adorable in his life. Pulling her into his arms, he kissed her long and hard before swatting her on the ass and releasing her.

  “Ready to go see what kind of damage your alpha has done?” he asked.

  She nodded.

  Garren took her hand and led her out of the room and down the stairs. He heard murmuring from the direction of the kitchen and followed the sound. When they entered the room, he saw an older man at the table with his crew. He had no doubt the man was the alpha of the McGraw pack, he exuded power.

  “So nice of you to finally join us,” the man said in a gravelly voice. “Isi, go pack your bags. You’re going home, and these gentlemen are heading back to wherever they came from.”

  Garren looked at his team before returning his gaze to the alpha. “With all due respect, sir, we aren’t going anywhere. Not until I know the threat to Isi has been neutralized.”

  “We could just take her with us,” Parker said. “There’s no reason for her to stay here.”

  “I don’t give my permission for her to leave the pack,” the alpha said.

  Garren stared him down. “I don’t recall asking what you wanted. Isi is no concern of yours.”

  “She’s part of this pack. Maybe not by birth, but her parents made her my concern when they adopted her.”

  “You didn’t give a shit about her when she was kidnapped, so pardon me if I don’t give a flying fuck what you want now,” Garren growled. “Isi isn’t leaving my side, and my team and I aren’t leaving until we know who tried to harm her.”

  The alpha rose, his chest puffing out. If the man was trying to intimidate him, it wasn’t working. All the old man was doing was pissing him off. Let the men responsible for nearly killing Isi go free? Not damn likely.

  “This is my pack, my land, and you’ll do as you’re told. And I’m telling you to pack up and leave.”

  Garren released Isi and moved closer to the alpha, looking down at the smaller man. He had no doubt that if it came down to a fight between them, he’d win. And if that was what it took to prove that the alpha couldn’t push him around, then he’d do it. He wouldn’t mind getting his claws on him anyway, just for his prior treatment of Isi.

  “Do you really want to do this?” he asked softly.

  “You can’t stay in this house.”

  “Then we’ll just have to find a place to rent while we’re here, because we aren’t leaving. As for Isi, she stays with me, where I know she’s protected. Obviously, you did a shit job of it before and I’m not about to rely on you to keep her safe.”

  The man’s face turned red, but he pressed his lips together and fought back whatever comment he wanted to make. With a short jerky nod of his head, he stepped around Garren and headed toward the front door.

  “I’ll give you an hour to pack and get out of this house,” the alpha called over his shoulder. “After that, I’ll have my pack escort you out.”

  Garren snorted. He’d like to see some lame-ass wolves try to budge him and his men. They weren’t going anywhere until they were damn good and ready. Now they had another problem to face. Where were they going to stay? He didn’t kid himself and think it would be easy to rent a place in the village. The alpha was probably on the phone even now telling everyone to turn them away. Well, Garren would just have to give them an offer they couldn’t refuse. A decent sum of money, and their life. Because if anyone stood between him and his goal of protecting his mate, he’d rip out their throats without a second thought.

  The front door slammed and Isi placed her hand on his arm.

  “You’re going to have to leave. There’s no way you’ll find a place in the village, especially not one big enough for all of us.”

  Lee cleared his throat. “When Parker and I went to get our bags, we saw a big place up on a hill, nearly hidden in the trees. Blue Victorian looking thing with a white porch wrapped around it.”

  “That’s the McKutchen place.”

  “What’s the story with it? Is it for rent?” Parker asked.

  “It’s been empty for years. The McKutchens died and left it to their only child, a son who decided pack life wasn’t for him. He joined the Army and no one’s seen him since.”

  “What’s his name?” Garren asked.

  “Joseph McKutchen.”

  Garren nodded at Dagan. “See what you can dig up on Mr. McKutchen and a way to contact him. If we play this right, we might have a place to stay.”

  “If it’s been vacant for years, I doubt it’s livable,” Lee said.

  “Someone cleans it every week,” Isi said. “His parents had it set up in their will so that if Joseph ever returned the place would be in decent shape.”

  “I’m on it,” Dagan said, as he powered up the laptop sitting in front of him.

  Parker moved around the table to look over his shoulder. “Dude, I’ve never seen someone with so much SPAM before. When’s the last time you cleaned out your email?”

  “A while ago,” Dagan muttered. “Could you give me some room?”

  Parker eased back a little. He pointed at the screen and threw back his head and laughed. “Seriously? How many of those do you get?”

  Isi looked intrigued. “Those what?”

  “Local sluts want to sleep over—Free dating for life!” Parker snickered. “Maybe you should take them up on their offer, Dagan. I can’t remember the last time you had a date.”

  “Shut it.” Dagan cast him a dirty look. “Just because I don’t whore around like you do, doesn’t mean I don’t date. I’m just a little pickier about where I stick my dick.”

  Garren coughed. “Language. There’s a lady present.”

  Isi’s eyes widened and she looked around. “Where?”

  Parker laughed so hard Garren worried he’d bust a gut.

  “Cute,” Garren muttered.

  Dagan tapped away on the laptop and then he smiled broadly. “I think I have him.”

  “Already?” Isi asked. “Isn’t that kind of fast?”

  “Well, there’s only one Joseph McKutchen currently in the Army. He’s stationed in Colorado. Give me another minute and I’ll have his phone number.”

  Isi frowned. “How did you do that so fast?”

  “Dagan has a backdoor into all military personnel files. We’ve had to use it a few times in the past, so he’s memorized the way in.” Lee smiled. “He may not act it all the time, but he’s pretty damn smart.”

  Garren tugged on her hand. “Come on, sweetness. Let’s go watch TV and relax until we hear something. Let’s let Dagan do his thing without such a large audience.”

  Isi melted against his side and nodded her head. If anyone noticed her sudden compliance, they kept their mouth shut. With that super-sensitive shifter hearing they all had, he had no doubt that they knew exactly what had taken place upstairs. He wasn’t sure how he felt about that. The last thing he wanted was for anyone to be picturing Isi without her clothes.

  They settled on the sofa and Isi curled into his side. Garren figured she was still feeling the effects of her orgasm if she was being so agreeable. He didn’t doubt there would be a blow up in his future, once she truly realized what happened. It hadn’t had time to really sink in yet that they were connected forever.

  Garren wrapped his arm around her and toyed with her hair. He’d never felt so content before and he knew he owed it all to the woman at his side. He hadn’t believed his luck when they’d found her out in the desert. Thankfully, their leads had panned out, otherwise they wouldn’t have gotten there in time. Just the thought of losing her before he really had her sent a shiver down his spine. A shifter spends his entire life looking for his other half, his destined mate. What would have happened to him if he’d never found her?

  He wasn’t sure how much time passed, but the next time he glanced at the doorway, Dagan was standing there. His friend looked a little worried.

  “What’s up,
Dagan? Did you reach Joseph?”

  Dagan nodded. “Yeah, I reached Joe, and he didn’t have good things to say about this village. He remembers Isi though. Said she was always a sweet girl and he was sorry she was having such a rough time of it.”

  “What else? I can tell you’re holding back.”

  “He suggested that we might be looking for more than one person. He said if we had back-up, we might want to call them.”

  Garren cursed. “Where the hell would we put them? Even if Eli’s team was willing to come out, there isn’t enough room.”

  “Supposedly, Joe’s house has six bedrooms and a small guest house with another two bedrooms. Some of us would have to double up, maybe even fit three to a room, but it’s doable. And with extra men, we could have someone awake at all hours patrolling.” Dagan shrugged. “It’s something to look into.”

  “Who’s on Eli’s team? Do we even know? I don’t want just anyone out here.”

  “Dylan Weathersby, Colton Ford and Dallas Strickland. I’m not familiar with Dallas, but I know Dylan and Colton. They’re both good guys. I think Dallas just mustered out about two months ago, but Dylan and Colton were on a team together. Colton was scouted by the CIA for their Special Activities Division when he got out, but he turned them down.”

  Garren tapped his leg with his fingers. “Go ahead and make the call. I’m assuming from the way you’re talking that Joe gave us permission to use the house.”

  Dagan nodded. “Yeah, he said we could stay there as long as we needed.”

  “Then make the call. Let’s get our stuff rounded up and we’ll get out of here.”

  Isi cleared her throat. “We’re going to need transportation. We can’t exactly walk that far.”

  “What did you have in mind? Something tells me there isn’t a car rental place around here.” Garren lifted a brow.

  “No, but we could use my car. I mean, it’s tiny, but it’s better than nothing, right?”

  “You think four big men, and you, are going to fit in a tiny car?” Garren grinned. “I think we’re going to need something a little bigger.”

  Isi bit her lip. “Grace.”