Free The Mating Project by Sam Crescent Page B

kind didn't know the answers to the most
fundamental questions? When had shifters become so out of touch with their
unique abilities, and more importantly, why did he care so much all of a
sudden?
    Maria,
of course, that's why. The woman was like a drug to his system, and he had no
idea how he was ever going to get her out of his bloodstream, or even if he
wanted to.
    "Here,
I'll run you a bath, and then I'll find you something else to wear. I'm sorry, I've been rather hard on your clothes. I'm not
normally quite so aggressive. Not exactly sure what came over me. "
    Maria
smiled and shook her head.
    "It's
the mating bond. I couldn't help my responses either." She bit her lip and
didn't look at him, and that made him angry.
    "Let's
get one thing, straight, Maria. I'd have wanted to fuck you, irrespective of
any mating bond, and I refuse to believe that we simply couldn't help each
other. I'm human, or at least I was, and I knew exactly what I was doing. I
wanted you, and fuck me if right now I don’t want you again. I don't regret
what happened for one minute, not even you biting me, because, damn it, that was the best fucking orgasm I ever had. Now, what
the fuck we're going to do about this, and what it means, I have no idea, but
know this. You might have been the one who bit me, but
I have no intention of letting you go, and if your father is going to give you
grief over it, then he'll have to go through me first."
    Silas
had to smile at Maria's wide eyed expression, and he pulled her to him and
kissed her. This right now felt so right, like coming home, and she felt it,
too. It was there in her sigh of submission, the rumble of her cat, and the way
she clung to him and kissed him back with all the passion she was capable of.
When they broke the kiss they clung to each other, and Silas rested his
forehead on hers to get his bearings back.
    "This
is all moving incredibly fast, baby, but I don't want to stop this … us."
    "I
don't want that either," Maria said.
    "Good,
then you'll stay the night and let me pamper you a bit."
    "I'd
love that, but I need to get my work clothes from the car. I've got work in the
morning." Maria whispered the words, and Silas kissed her nose.
    "You
mean you don’t wear that killer outfit to the zoo?" he asked.
    "No,
that was just for your benefit. I dress rather more conservatively for the
zoo."
    That
thought sent a warm glow through Silas's veins, and he kissed the top of her
nose.
    "Good,
well, then let me get those conservative clothes. You
soak in the bath, while I do that. We'll need to move your car anyway. Give me
your keys, and I'll park it in our private car park."
    Silas's
smile deepened as she pulled away and frowned at him, before the most impish
smile appeared on her face.
    "I
couldn’t do that. Surely that's going against all of your principles, driving a
car?"
    "So
is getting involved with a shifter and actually caring about your whole sorry
council business, so sue me."
    Maria
laughed and didn’t stop him when he grabbed the keys off the side board she'd
put them on when she came in.
    "Bath
is at the end of the hall. Make yourself at home. I'll be back soon."
    Silas
got her sigh of happiness loud and clear in his head, and it started an echoing
bubble of happy in his heart. He grabbed a jumper off the coat rack, pulled it
over his head, stepped into his shoes, and slammed the front door shut behind
him. The sooner he got her car back here, the sooner he could join her in the
bath. That thought made him even harder, and he smirked at his predicament as
he fell into a jog. It was damned hard to run with a boner the size of the
Eiffel Tower.
    ****
    The
slam of the front door echoed in Maria's ears, and she hugged his shirt to her
body. He'd barely left, and she missed him already. This was insane. A blast of
his scent wafted in through the open window, and Maria stepped up to it just in
time to appreciate the view of his denim clad ass jogging away at high