Free Galen by Tianna Xander Page B

about me bothering you.”
    “God, Galen, is that what you think? You think that you’re wanting me bothers me?” She shook her head, leaned across the seat and rested her hand on his arm. “I want you to want me.” She smiled, her gaze meeting his. “I need you to want me.” She took a deep breath. “I don’t know why. I don’t know what’s the matter with me because I certainly don’t come onto men I’ve just met like this, but I want you more than I can say. You’re confession to wanting me didn’t scare me away. If anything, it only made me want you more.”
    Galen met her gaze, his expression one she thought to never see in a man’s eyes and directed at her. “It’s not just a want, Kendra. I don’t just want you. I need you. I need you with every cell, every molecule of my being. My wolf needs you.” He took a deep breath, his hand covering hers on his arm.
    “Then it’s a good thing we’ve found this motel, isn’t it?” She gave him a tentative smile and tilted her head. “We can get a room and take care of all of that.”
    “No.” Galen squeezed her fingers, and then released her hand, pulling his arm free of her touch. “It’s not something one night will cure, Kendra. My wolf needs yours, it craves yours just as my human side needs you and craves your company. One night will never do.” He shook his head. “Two nights won’t do. Hell,” he said, lifting his hand to rake his fingers through his hair. “A lifetime won’t do. We need forever or nothing. If we make love tonight, my wolf will imprint on yours and we’ll be mated forever.”
    “Forever?” Kendra’s stomach did that weird little flop again and she swallowed. “What do you mean forever ?”
    “Werewolves are just like our full wolf counterparts, sweetheart. We mate for life. If I make love to you tonight, any night, my wolf will mate you and I will never look at another woman. I’ll never want another woman for the rest of my life.”
    “And I’ll never want another man for the rest of mine?” She didn’t see how that was a bad thing. Her biological clock had been ticking for a few years now. She’d wanted to get married, but never found a man with whom she’d been willing to spend her life.
    This man was honorable. She’d seen that side of him already. He would risk his life to save her. She’d seen that already and he didn’t even know she was the one he wanted then. Kendra looked at his buff body and handsome face. And he was very easy on the eyes. What swayed her the most, though, was that strange feeling she kept getting in the pit of her stomach.
    All of the signs her grandmother had said she would feel when she met the one for her were there. Did she ignore them, or should she grab onto them and hold tight?
    Galen did that do her every time she looked at him. The thought of kissing him nearly sent her into a swoon. He had to be what her grandmother called a soul mate. What else could he be?
    “Wait here. I’ll go get the rooms,” Galen said as he got out of the truck and headed into the motel office. The doors to the SUV locked just as the door closed behind him and she smiled. Even in this remote location, he thought to keep her safe from harm. Would she ever find a human man who would do that for her? Did she want to?
    The last hours that she spent with Galen helping her, showing her how to shift from human to wolf and back again showed her a side of him she might not have seen had they met under normal circumstances.
    Kendra wasn’t sure if it was her wolf hormones driving her now, or if it was her human biological clock ticking away that urged her to move forward with Galen. Whatever it was, the thought of living her life without him seemed impossible. Could she really do it? Could she make love with him, let him mate her and stay happily with him for the rest of her days?
    Something deep inside her screamed, Yes! Yes you can. Take him now! Kendra suspected it was her wolf. Did that strange