Free NocC 013 - Katie Reus - Protector's Mate - Harlequin 2012-04 by Nocturne Page B

have recognized that they were intended mates, his human side now knew without a doubt that he wanted Felicia to be his forever.
    Not just wanted—needed.
    They might not know everything about one another but he knew the important stuff. She had the kindest spirit of any person he’d met and he planned to spend the rest of their lives making sure she was protected and taken care of. She’d have no doubt of her place in his heart and the pack. To him, she’d always come first. He would do anything for her. Even defy his Alpha if he had to. That knowledge jarred him, even while it awed him. He wanted to tell her he loved her, but the words caught in his throat. Talking was overrated anyway, especially when he could show her what she meant to him without words.
    When her fingers threaded through his hair and cupped the back of his head in that proprietary hold he found he was coming to crave, he shuddered, knowing this was her touching him. He slid his hands around her body until he grasped her from behind.
    Hoisting her up, he lifted until she wrapped her slim legs around him. He might have already seen her naked and even tasted her, but it did nothing to alleviate the tension and desire humming through him.
    He wouldn’t be sated until he sank deep inside her and marked her. The world needed to know she belonged to him. His canines ached as he thought about it.
    As he stretched out on the bed with her underneath him—her legs still firmly tangled around him—it took all his control not to plunge deep inside her. But he knew he couldn’t do that. No matter how much his primal side wanted it.
    Surprising him, she reached between them and grasped his cock. It pulsed in her hand and the sheer pleasure of her soft fingers wrapped tightly around him was almost too much for his control. But he refused to lose it this way. When he came it would be deep inside her.
    She pulled her head back from his, breaking their kiss, and stared at him. Her blue eyes lit up with a deep-seated longing as she watched him. When she lightly squeezed his shaft he nearly came undone.
    “I feel I’ve been waiting forever to have you inside me,” Felicia murmured.
    He could barely think after that blunt honesty, let alone manage a response. There was nothing coy about her. Everything she said she meant and he loved that she was about to belong to him. When she began to lightly stroke him, he grasped both her wrists and held them above her head. He couldn’t take her touching him like that. Not yet.
    She didn’t struggle against him, but simply arched her back, rubbing her breasts against his chest. The feel of those perfect, rock-hard nipples against him made him shudder. She was soft in all the right places and the contrast of her body to his was wildly erotic.
    Holding her wrists with one hand, he slid his other down the flat plane of her stomach until he cupped her mound. She rolled her hips against his hand as he teased her with his fingers.
    Gently he stroked between the lips of her wet slit, barely penetrating her. She let out a frustrated moan when he slowly inserted one finger. She was wet but he needed her to climax before he took her the way his body demanded.
    As mates he didn’t have any doubt she could take him, but she was still inexperienced and he didn’t want to hurt her.
    When she let out another agitated sound, he bit back a chuckle and increased his stroking. As he did, she kissed and teased his neck, intermittently raking her teeth and lips across his skin. The feel of her stretched out beneath him and kissing him was almost too much for his control. All he wanted to do was sink deep into her until they were both sated.
    Moving his finger in and out of her, he paused only to add another, gently stretching her body. The moment he did, the pressure of her teeth on his neck increased and she let out what he could only describe as a purr. Satisfaction surged through him, knowing he’d elicited that reaction. But he wanted to