Free Shift Into Me (Werewolf Shifter Romance) (The Alpha's Kiss) by Lynn Red Page B

only thing on his mind, the only thing that mattered filled his mind. As Damon charged toward home, wind whipped through his fur, and his paws pounded across the dirt, but all he could think about was feeling his mate’s warmth against him.
    His need for Lily, to make sure she was safe, was what drove him harder and faster than he’d ever gone before.

Seven
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    “O h,” I said, rolling over and feeling a muscular chest under my elbow that immediately got me smiling. “Good morning.”
    A smile stretched across my face. I sorta expected him to be gone again, but waking up in Damon’s arms was everything I ever wanted. Him and me, just like this, is how every day should start.
    And maybe someday, this is how everyday will start. But right then, there were other things to think about.
    At least, other things were on my mind until I kissed Damon, intending to bid him a silent goodbye and leave him sleeping. But he opened those blazing eyes, and right that second, he had me.
    “Long night?” I asked. He had bags under his eyes that made him look a lot more tired than he probably was.
    “Oh God,” he said, groaning. “How did you know?”
    With his normal, effortless way, he draped his fingers across the bare skin on my side. Little goosebumps followed the soft sweeps of his fingertips.
    I smiled and craned my neck a little to kiss Damon’s slightly-scraggly neck. “I woke up in the middle of the night and you were gone,” I said.
    Sliding one arm underneath his massive body and another around his waist, I pulled myself close to Damon’s burning hot skin and threw a leg around him. A charge shot through me, electrifying my nerves, as his heat caressed my deepest places.
    “And...”
    “And?” he asked, tilting my face to his and kissing my cheek, then my neck, then sucking my bottom lip gently between his teeth. “And what?”
    Damon pushed his hips against me. The pressure drove a whispered sigh out of me that ended with a shudder when he moved between my legs. “And,” I breathed. “There’s dirt on your neck.”
    He smiled wide, flipped me over onto my back, and propped his elbows on either side of me in one smooth motion. I drew my legs around him, letting the size of him caress my sex when I pushed against his weight with my hips.
    “I missed you,” he said. “It was only a few hours, but I missed you.”
    There was a little tightness in his voice, and when I rested my hand on one of his shoulders, Damon winced.
    “Another fight? I thought you said...”
    He shook his head. “Not a fight. Well, not a real one. There was a fight, yes, but it was just them testing me. Making sure I was strong enough to be Alpha.”
    The idea of Damon, rock hard with muscle, fighting off other werewolves got me burning up inside. I reached down between us and felt him in my hand with slow, patient strokes. “Are you okay? That bruise looks pretty awful.”
    In the sparse morning light, I could just barely make out a purple ring around a much deeper bruise where I’d accidentally touched his shoulder. He lay down on me for a moment, then pushed up on his hands and stared straight into my eyes, straight into my soul.
    “Do you know what I thought about?” he lowered his head and kissed my neck on either side, softly at first, then sucked a little harder. “In the middle of the scrub trees, the thorn bushes. With three wolves on me, and voices in my head telling me what to do, do you know what I thought about to keep myself from being scared?”
    He’s about to say what I think he’s going to say and it’s gonna make me go one-hundred percent crazy.
    I shook my head no and bit my lip, arching my back to invite Damon to paint more of those slow, hot circles on my neck with his tongue.
    “I asked you a question,” he said softly, then dragged his tongue down the front of my neck to my collarbones where he kissed again. “You gotta guess; that’s how this works.”
    I grabbed the back of