Grayslake: Furrever Yours (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Georgette St. Clair Page B

had no idea where she was going or what she was going to do. This wasn’t a problem she could run away from, especially with Margaret hiding out in a cave in Grayslake, waiting for Heather to bring her food and smuggle her out of the state as soon as it was safe.
    Soon, she heard the rustling of underbrush, and realized she was being followed.
    A big wolf was keeping pace with her. She could just make out its dark form through the trees.
    She stopped and turned to yell at it.
    “You suck at being stealthy!”
    There was a pause, and then after a minute, Knox came trotting out of the bushes. Stark naked. She swallowed and stared up at the treetops.
    “Heather, what are you doing?”
    She looked down and met his gaze. “I heard you talking to Clarence. So, what would happen to me if I didn’t agree to be your mate?”
    He drew in a sharp breath, looking away for a moment. “Shifter law says that a human who knows about our existence has to be one of our mates…or has to be eliminated. Now do you understand why I never pursued a relationship with you?”
    “Eliminated?” She fell back a step.
    “I would never let that happen to you,” he said quickly, holding his hands up, palms out. “If you didn’t want me, you and I would go on the run, and I’d take you somewhere that nobody could ever find you. Nobody is hurting you, ever, whether you choose to be with me or not.”
    He’d give up everything for her. Looking into his eyes, she absolutely believed that.
    “But I do want you,” she protested faintly. “I have for the past year. Every time I see you, it makes my heart beat faster. I have highly embarrassing X-rated dreams about you, most nights of the week.”
    “Tell me more.” His eyes gleamed with hunger, and he moved closer. “What am I doing to you in these dreams?”
    Then he jerked around and sniffed at the air.
    “Everything okay?” a woman’s voice called.
    He looked back and saw Sasha standing at a distance.
    “I saw her sneak out of the house!” she yelled. “You know she was going to tell people about us! Do you need any help? Let me challenge her!”
    Fur covered Knox’s face in an instant. “Get away from us, now, or I’ll rip your hide off!”
    Sasha shifted into a lean gray wolf and ran off, tail tucked between her legs, ears flattened against her narrow skull.
    Knox returned his attention to Heather. He took a step closer to her. She dared to let her gaze wander; he was rock hard. She could see the vein standing out in relief against his thick cock, and the purplish head, and she let out a low moan of desire.
    “Where were we?” Knox growled, walking until he was right up against her.
    “Uh, I was totally embarrassing myself.”
    “No you weren’t. You were totally making me crazy. Now I’m trying to imagine all of the things I want to do to you.”
    “If…if we were going to be together, how exactly would you do that?”
    “I would claim you. While we were having sex, I would bite you on the neck or the shoulder, and that mark would show that you’re mine.”
    “That…that sounds extremely hot,” she murmured.
    He moved closer. “You could…you could do it now,” she mumbled, flushing.
    “No, I want you to get to know us a little better first. So you can be fully informed when you make the decision,” he said. “Soon, but not now. What I want right now is for you to tell me one thing you want me to do to you.”
    She hesitated, not because she didn’t know what she wanted, but because she wanted so much. She wanted it all. She felt like a kid in a candy store, being offered any sweet treat that tickled her fancy. And Knox looked simply delicious. All hard muscle, power, and smooth, soft skin. She wanted to lick him all over.
    Vivid images flashed through her mind. Knox taking her nipple in his mouth, grazing the rosy, sensitive bud between his sharp, white teeth. She could almost feel the pressure of his fingers against her breast as he fondled the soft globe.