Wild Mate: BBW Bear Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen Page A

wasn't right.
    Holding on to her umbrella
with both hands as the wind whipped it in all directions, she marched
across the street and right up to him.
    “ Get up,” she
said.
    He raised a brow at her. “I'm
quite comfortable here. Thank you.”
    “ Oh, for heaven's sake,
get up and get out of the rain!” she snapped, tapping her foot
impatiently on the sodden ground.
    He grumbled as he squeezed out
from under the slide. She let him take the umbrella from her, and
huffily led him to her house.
    “ Oh, don't just stand
there. Come in!”
    He stood at her doorway,
dripping wet. He had leaned the umbrella towards her, shielding her
completely from the wind and the rain with his broad body. A puddle
was forming around his big boots.
    Rebecca went to him and
ordered, “Take off your jacket.”
    “ I...”
    “ Just take it off. I'll
dry it for you. And leave your boots by the side of the door.”
    “ You sure...”
    “ Yes, yes, just come in
already. Really. You've been out there for hours, watching over my
house. The least I can do is dry your clothes, and...feed you.”

     

CHAPTER NINE

    Her house smelled of warm food
and...her. Her sweet, feminine scent was everywhere.
    A growl erupted from him at
the glorious smell. But the sound didn't come from his throat. Levi
stared down at his stomach, trying to silence it with his most
intimidating, ferocious glare.
    Rebecca pulled him into the
house and locked the front door behind them. “I'm about to
eat,” she said. “I'll get you a bowl.”
    “ It's really all
right...” he began, and his stomach rumbled again, louder and
longer this time.
    Rebecca took his jacket from
him and beckoned him into her kitchen. She stared at his drenched
t-shirt and motioned for him to remove that as well. “I'll
throw them both in the dryer. They'll be ready when you finish your
meal.”
    “ It's really...”
    “ You've been out there
all night. Feeding you and drying your clothes is really the least I
can do.” She put one hand on her hip, and the other hand out
for his shirt.
    Levi held Rebecca's gaze as he
slowly tugged his t-shirt out from his leather pants and pulled it
over his head. He saw Rebecca blink, and drag her eyes down his
chest and torso. Her lips parted slightly and he heard her swallow.
    “ I...I'll put them in
the dryer now,” she said breathlessly, her eyes still glued to
his bare body.
    There was a growl, but this
time it wasn't from his stomach.
    Rebecca was aroused. He could
scent it, and he saw the flush in her cheeks. She was aroused by
him, her mate.
    She doesn't know she's your
mate. She can't even remember you! Levi mentally screamed at
his bear.
    He watched her bend and push
his clothes into the dryer. The sight of her generous buttocks
sticking out and quivering a little under her micro shorts almost
drove him to his knees.
    He pulled out a chair and sat
down, hearing the chair creak and groan under him.
    What was he thinking? Levi
shook his head hard.
    Coming into her house was a
very bad idea.
    Being so near her, having his
senses filled with her scent and her presence was going to drive his
bear mad. How could he just sit here and not touch her? Did she
even know the effect she had on him, what she was doing to him?
    Levi clenched his fists and
his jaw. He was a disciplined man. And he would control his beast
and his lust.
    An aromatic bowl of pasta
appeared in front of him. “Eat,” she urged. “I'm
not much of a cook, so...”
    Levi dug in with gusto. “What
are you talking about? This is great! The greatest!” He ate
like he hadn't eaten in days. He hadn't realized how hungry he was.
Shoveling the last spoonful into his mouth, he looked up and saw that
her bowl was still full.
    “ Why aren't you eating?”
he asked.
    She smiled a little
sheepishly. “I like watching you eat.”
    Levi wiped his mouth with the
back of his hand. “I eat like a hog.” He grinned. “But
that's because you're a great cook.”
    She actually blushed at