Free Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Protecting Us (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Magan Vernon Page A

room was large and open with sliding glass doors on each side that gave breathtaking views to the ocean. There was a stainless steel kitchen to the right and a winding staircase that I knew had to lead to the bathroom and two bedrooms above.
    “This is breathtaking,” Maya said, stepping toward the sliding glass door.
    “And so are you,” I whispered, stepping behind her and putting my hands on her shoulders.
    She slowly turned toward me. “You didn’t have to do any of this.”
    “I know, you keep saying that. But I wanted to. I wanted to do something to show you that I want you, Maya. I want all of you.”
    She bit down on her bottom lip, looking down slightly.
    I let out a breath and put my fingers under her chin, forcing her eyes to meet mine. “I don’t think you realize how damn sexy you are.”
    A blush crept up her cheeks which made her even sexier.
    “I hope you don’t think I’m going to sleep with you just because you got us this beautiful villa and drove here,” she said with a slight smile.
    I took a step back, appalled, shaking my head. “I would never think that.”
    She closed the distance between us and wrapped her arms around my neck. “I want you because you’re you. It’s like you said earlier, I want to be more than what’s holding us back. My shifting always held me back, but you seem to like me even more because of it. What makes me different somehow makes me special in your eyes, and aside from the fact that I find you sexy as hell, the fact that you accept me for me turns me on more than anything.”
    With that, I did the only thing there was left to do, I crushed my lips to hers and groaned when she let out a little gasp and nipped my bottom lip. She pressed her body against mine and my dick instantly hardened just feeling her heat. All I could think about was taking her. Making her mine.
    I broke the kiss slightly only to peel off her shirt. Her breasts spilled out of the top of her black lacy bra and I instantly moved my mouth down, pushing the fabric aside with my nose to get my tongue on her pretty pink nipples.
    Maya moaned as I sucked and nipped at each little hardened bud.
    “Calder. Oh, God. Calder.”
    I growled, moving my lips up to her neck, kissing a trail to her ear. “Tell me this is what you want, Maya. I’ll stop if you want me to. I just need to know you want this too.”
    She gasped as I nibbled at her ear lobe. “I’m yours. All yours. And you’re mine,” she groaned, pulling my hair and forcing me to meet her eyes.
    That was the hottest thing any woman had ever said to me. The alpha male in me wanted to claim her, but having her tell me I was hers as well, was a new kind of turn on.
    I moved my hands down to her ass and she squealed, wrapping her legs around my waist as I lifted her up and walked toward the stairwell and up the winding staircase.
    “Calder, where are we going?”
    I didn’t stop walking until I kicked open the door to my left, then threw her down on the large white bed. “If I’m going to have you, this moment deserves a bed.”
    I whipped off my shirt and watched as her eyes scrolled down my chest, the smile growing on her face.
    Leaning down, I crawled onto the bed and crouched over her, but she put her palms to my chest and shook her head. “Legs off too.”
    “What?” She couldn’t be serious. Sleeping was one thing, but being intimate? No way.
    Maya put her hand on my cheek and traced my jaw line. “Besides Googling you I also did some research on making love to an amputee.”
    I winced. I hated that term.
    “I found chat rooms and other forums. Men with injuries said it felt better when they didn’t have the prosthetics on. I may have only felt you, but Calder, I want to see all of you. You’ve seen me, now let me see the man I’m falling in love with.”
    I swallowed hard at the words ‘love’. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d said that to anyone. I barely knew this girl, but in my heart I knew I was already