CHAPTER17
Cate pulled Gunner closer,and he followed her without question.
A deep sigh left Gunner’s throat, and he pushed her down into the dirt.
Earth’s energy surged beneath her, warming her chilled skin.
Gunner’s shoulders tensed as the weight of his body slid over top of her.
Cate traced her fingers up his jaw, feeling the prickly stubble, the feel of his skin against her fingertips.
His lips broke away from hers, and the sight of his golden eyes called to the power within, igniting her. She could feel the magic all around her, and even if she couldn’t feel it, she’d know. For she could see the reflection of her opalescent glowing eyes in his.
Her hands traveled down his chest, nails digging into his skin, feeling the slick oil mixed with hard muscle.
Her head started to spin.
Gunner grabbed her wrists, a deep growl escaping him as he pushed them down beside her. There was something in the way he touched her, the way he held her wrists…
She did not fight.
His lips found their way to her neck, and he bit at her taut skin. Razor sharp fangs drawing faint lines along the vein in her neck.
His cock throbbed against her, and she longed to move her legs from beneath him, to wrap them around his waist like a vice.
Fangs.
Gunner’s wolf has surfaced.
Finally, it’s working.
The transition is starting.
His fingernails bit into her skin as he held her with a force she could only describe as primal. Gunner ran his tongue down her collarbone, trailing hot kisses along her skin. When he stopped for a moment, Cate wanted to protest, but she was not given the chance. When Gunner took her nipple between his fangs, resistance was futile.
He released her wrists, one hand squeezing her breast tightly as he licked and sucked, the other sliding down her hips, fingers tracing lines of dirt along her thigh.
With her hands free, she abruptly fixed them in his hair, tugging at the locks.
The sound of her soft moan elicited another deep rumble from his throat.
Gunner drew his lips up from their current fascination, and he looked at her with fire in his golden eyes, lips pulled back showcasing his long, bright white fangs.
A warm, satisfying wetness blossomed between Cate’s legs at the sight, and she could not help the words that came out of her mouth.
“Take me. Now.” She breathed deep as she said the words, her body hot like fire.
“Turn over,” he growled.
Cate raised her eyebrows at the sound, for it was far too commanding and direct to be anything but the tone of an Alpha wolf.
Cate did not like to be told what to do, nor did she like to obey anyone.
She was a goddess for fuck’s sake.
She smiled haughtily. “Make me.”
“My pleasure,” he growled as he grabbed her abruptly, fingers digging into her skin. His grip was welcome, but also quite surprising when he twisted her, flipping her around like she was nothing more than a rag doll. Gunner’s voice was smooth and sexy, but in those two words she heard a darkness, a desire within it that told her he was close to the edge, close to being freed.