Free Beast Denied by Faye Avalon Page A

to reach for him, curious as to how he felt, but he’d gently pushed her hand away.
    “Tonight is about you,” he’d said, his eyes glinting in the moonlight. “This needs to be something you’ll remember. The first time with a male should be special for a girl. It should pave the way for all your future experiences.”
    With those words, the first niggling doubts had set in. She couldn’t blame him in retrospect, seeing as she’d all but thrown herself at him and begged him to make love to her, to be her first. While they’d taken their friendship to a new and different level with that full-on kiss, and Naomi had fallen for him big-time, she realized he didn’t feel the same. To him, she was just another girl. One he was happy to fuck, before moving on.
    Although she had tried not to let the thought change anything, nerves had turned to full-out tension, and when he pressed another finger inside her and pushed deeper, she’d let out a little squeal.
    “Relax,” he said, stroking her. “If you tense, it’ll be even more difficult for you.”
    But instead of relaxing her, his words had the opposite effect. The tension heightened when he slid on a condom. She watched, her heart almost thumping out of her chest. He moved over her, nudging her legs apart, until she was bordering on distraught. She tried so hard to relax, not to show her distress, but she simply couldn’t.
    He slid his hand under her buttock to raise her hips a little. The first press of his erection felt like a dull blade against her sensitive flesh. She was determined not to squeal again, because she wanted Tynan. So much. But he was pushing deeper, and everything inside her stiffened and felt so tight. She went rigid.
    Braced with his hands beside her shoulders, Tynan stilled. “You okay?”
    She gritted her teeth, her jaw tight, so that all she could do was nod.
    “It can hurt…the first time…let me know if you want to stop.”
    She nodded again. She’d heard tales, mostly from her friends, about just how much it could hurt. It could be painful for any female, but for shifters, it was worse. Something about their transition to full panther state and then reversion to human.
    Tynan tried again, this time inching in farther. He felt too big for her tight channel, and she couldn’t help but tense further against his stealthy invasion. It burned, and she tried to move away from him, pushing herself back against the ground.
    He froze above her, his breath coming in jerks. “Want me to stop?”
    Yes . She hadn’t expected it to be like this. She was so furious with herself for being so tense, especially when she’d planned for this, longed for this, for such a long time.
    She shook her head. “I’m…okay. I don’t want you to stop.”
    He waited a few moments, staring down at her, then began pushing forward again.
    The burning pain stole her breath and she thought she might die when she couldn’t take in air. Her throat hurt, her chest squeezed, and between her legs, the pain intensified. He was too big, and it hurt so much.
    Tynan gave a groan and pushed hard. The pain was so severe, it brought tears to her eyes. She squeezed them shut, arching her head back when, with one final thrust, he was in all the way. He didn’t move, and she opened her eyes to find him looking down at her.
    “Okay?”
    She gave him another nod, and he began thrusting his hips. The sharp pain had lessened, but it still hurt when he moved. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, was it? How come all her friends waxed lyrical about how great it was?
    She closed her eyes again, willed herself to let go, to find a way to focus on the fact this was Tynan. But it was impossible. Even making love with the one she’d wanted from the moment her teenage hormones kicked in, and she’d seen him for the strapping male he was, didn’t take away the piercing discomfort each time he shoved himself inside her.
    Despite clamping her teeth down on her lower lip to stop from