Free Captivation: Shifters Forever Worlds (Shifters Forever After Book 4) by Elle Thorne Page B

brunette he was in love with.
    Her lips were flattened into a line, except, not totally because full lips like hers couldn’t.
    “Fine, let’s talk.” Her dark eyes flashed anger.
    Kneeling before, perched on one knee she rose to her feet, turned around, and walked into the cabin.
    Bain followed her inside, closing the door behind him.
    “You had my daughter worried.” She crossed her arms over her breasts, her chest heaving, clearly still angry.
    “Not you?” He cocked his head. “You weren’t concerned for me?”
    The arms uncrossed and became fists.
    “Carina.” He took her by the shoulders. “I had to make sure…” He couldn’t tell her. He didn’t want to bring that ugliness between them. “How is Bree?”
    Carina’s eyes lit up, her expression softening. “She’s fine. Really fine. I think her panther is helping her cope. She’s accepting me as her mother. Her panther must have some memory… something. I don’t know enough about this. Doc said he’s not surprised.”
    “I’m glad.” Damn, but Bain wanted to lick those lips, needed to kiss those full lips, and plunge his tongue into her mouth and make her his.
    “She thinks you’re her daddy. Keeps calling you that. She doesn’t know that…” She licked her bottom lip then chewed on it nervously. “She doesn’t know that we’re not …” Another pause. “Together.”
    Heaven help him, he wanted to turn her around, and take her from behind, consequences be damned. He wanted to mark her with his couple bond while they climaxed together. His vision was almost blurry with desire.
    The hell with it.

Chapter 24
    C arina felt like she couldn’t breathe. No, that wasn’t it. She was in this tunnel with a whirlwind pulling her around, twisting her, making her emotions a delightful and scary swirl.
    Bain’s lips came crashing down onto Carina’s. He kissed her intensely, his mouth demolishing hers, overwhelming her, taking, giving, needing, yielding, demanding. His tongue charged into the depths of her mouth, imprisoning her, and every second of the kiss was kerosene added to the passion raging within her.
    His tongue untangled from hers, and his lips traveled, kissing her jaw, chin, neck, slow, languid licks following the kisses as he made his way lower and lower to the point where her neck and shoulder were connected.
    Bain’s tongue and mouth were driving her crazy. Days of pent-up desire for him, months of no contact, no intimacy, had turned Carina into a shattered bundle of sexual energy.
    “I scent what you’re going through,” Bain said, his eyes dropping where she knew her nipples were giving away her need for him.
    Then his eyes dropped even lower, where she knew he could savor the scent of her desire for him, the moisture that had pooled within.
    Flames rose to her cheeks, neck, and chest.
    He took her hand in his. His thumb was on her telltale pulse, reading her craving for him. Every pore on her body pled for his touch. She wanted to scream at him to take her, to claim her, and make her his, the way she knew he could, from the way he kissed.
    His hands glided downward, tracing the curve of her body. If she thought she’d wanted him before, that had nothing on what his touch was doing to her now.
    Her core flooded with desire as his extra-large palms and fingers cupped her ass, pulling her close onto a length of hardness that pressed against her, seeking her center, like a guided missile.
    Oh my.
    Carina needed to keep it together, but how the heck could she with him here, next to her, like this. The touch of Bain’s fingers burned into her ass, even through the fabric of her clothing. One hand rose up her back, scoring her flesh with desire as it began to trail the neckline of her top.
    If she breathed, just once, she was sure she’d leap on the man. She wanted him as much as she wanted him to take her.
    “Bain.” Was that croaky sound her voice? She sounded like a pubescent toad.
    “Mhmmmmm?” His murmur was hot,