Free Lush by Jenika Snow Page A

became soaked and my nipples tingled. I knew the smell, had fantasised about that scent my whole life. It was as if my body knew what it wanted—and what it wanted was striding right by my cabin.
    I slipped off my porch and cloaked myself in the shadows the trees provided. I had known Chase and Xavier my entire life. They were the two males I dreamt about, the two Luecross I actually wanted to be intimate with. The only problem was they didn’t let females get in the way of their mission. Said mission was finding their mate and starting a family. This, of course, didn’t exclude them from fucking a willing female, and the fact was, never once had they shown an interest in me. I felt something stronger than just a physical pull towards them. It went bone deep, but I knew I wasn’t their mate, because if I was they would have claimed me by now.
    I knew they could smell me, knew that the mediocre darkness that shielded me was a poor escape from their highly trained and astute senses. The two men that I now desperately wanted to fuck were lethal, powerful. Their rank in our pack was high, and whether it was all of that male prowess or the fact that the mating heat was just too much, I wanted them desperately…both of them. When they passed my cabin without a sideways glance, I breathed out in relief. I wanted them, true, but not at this moment. I needed to show a semblance of control. I knew if I showed the tiniest bit of interest, they would be on me in a second.
    No male could resist a female in their mating heat.
    A gust of wind blew from the north, causing the branches to sway and creak overhead. I pushed the hair from my eyes and watched as Chase and Xavier stopped walking. My heart leapt in my chest as they slowly turned around and stared at me. I could tell they were scenting the air, knew they could smell the pheromones that were pouring off me in waves. My mouth went dry at the same time a few other males nearby stopped what they were doing and looked over at me. It seemed like I had all of the unmated males’ attention.
    For a moment I couldn’t do anything but watch them. Some growled low in their throats as they turned fully around to face me. I swallowed and quickly went back into my cabin. I shut the door and pressed my back to it, breathing out heavily and wondering what in the hell I was going to do.
    Every day that I wasn’t with a male would only make my symptoms worse. The longer I held out, the more restless the males would become. I had never known a Luecross female to deny a male during her heat. I was stubborn, true, but was I really prepared to let myself fully go? Let all of my inhibitions leave me and succumb to the pleasure only a male of my kind could give me? It frightened me, to be honest, and although I wanted to be strong and retain a semblance of control over this need inside of me, I didn’t know if I was that strong. Why did nature have to rule over us? Why did I have to go along with this just because it was the way of things?
     
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    I stayed in my house for as long as I could. I paced restlessly in my living room, knowing that just beyond the wood that sheltered me, there were males that could ease my pain. And it was starting to become painful. My nipples felt hard, ultra-sensitive as my shirt moved against them. To hell with a bra and panties. Both articles of clothing seemed to exacerbate everything.
    I decided I couldn’t stay cooped up forever. I stepped outside, instantly feeling more at ease as the cool air brushed by me. I wasn’t going to let myself change into a wolf, because all that would do is make the animal inside me more feral, more eager. It felt as if all eyes were on me, as if every single person could tell that my pussy was perpetually swollen and wet. Of course it was true since you couldn’t hide anything from a Luecross wolf, and that fact alone had my cheeks constantly warm with embarrassment.
    I headed off onto one of the worn paths behind my