Free Nailed (Black Mountain Bears Book 3) by Ophelia Bell, Amelie Hunt Page A

anyway.
    “Fuck you,” she said, glowering at him. “Fuck all of you. Tell me what you need for a change.”
    She surprised him by reaching out a shaky hand and gripping his cock through his shorts and squeezing.
    “There are rules,” he said gruffly, standing and moving away from her. He stared at her sidelong. Her arms wrapped tighter around her torso and she gritted her teeth. Her entire body shook now, and her eyes were red-rimmed as though she were wracked with fever, though it wasn’t an illness that gripped her.
    “Fuck the fucking rules,” she spat. “I don’t have the patience to walk you through what I need, and I’m pretty sure you know much better than I do, anyway. Please, help me.”
    He watched her for a moment longer, a glimmer of an idea sprouting in his mind. This was Jade Stonetree, one of the highest-ranking females in the Sanctuary. Not even Autumn possessed such a rank. If he could please her well enough to choose him, his prayers would indeed be answered. He would have a mate, and a name again.
    But at what cost? She would be stuck with a broken man for her mate, never able to have children, thanks to his personal affliction. And he felt like he owed it to her brother not to do that to her. No, she was better off with the two fools who had left her. Except they weren’t here right now, and Aidan was.
    Letting out a deep sigh, he knelt down before her again. “Lie back,” he said.
    Her brows twitched uncertainly. “Why?”
    “You said it yourself: I know better than you do what you need, so just do what I tell you and I’ll get you through this, all right?”
    “Thank you,” she whispered and lay down on his bed, her hands still tightly clutching her abdomen.
    Aidan gently moved her hands away and opened the blanket, revealing one of the most beautiful, luscious bodies he’d ever seen. She was smaller than Autumn, but fuller in both breasts and hips. Her breasts were large, but still possessed a firmness that betrayed her youth.
    His cock pulsed in appreciation. His goddamn cock, the bane of his existence, just had to have an opinion, but it wasn’t going to get the better of him this time. As lovely and irresistible as she was, she didn’t need a man like him. He’d keep this as impersonal as he could and just hope she didn’t get attached.
    “By the sound of your argument, I take it this is your first estrous. Have you ever had sex before, when you lived Outside?”
    Jade shook her head, but otherwise watched him steadily through fever-glazed eyes.
    That did change things a little. A virgin going through her first estrous was tricky. He could simply service her and be done with it the way he had with Autumn the week earlier, but he knew Autumn’s body like the back of his hand, and Jade was entirely unknown to him. He’d have to take his time if he wanted it to at least not be traumatic for her.
    He urged her to move over a little and lay down beside her, propping his head up on one hand.
    “I’m going to touch you now,” he said. “Please tell me if anything either hurts or feels really good. I want this to be good for you.”
    “Okay,” she whispered.
    Gaia save him, but he was looking forward to just touching her way too much. He had incredible self-restraint after nearly two centuries of practice, but this might prove difficult even for him. The power she exuded left him just a little bit dizzy from desire. But she was the one in need here, not Aidan.
    He rested his hand gently on her hip and slid it up, reveling in the softness of her skin. She had faint remnants of a tan line, but signs that she’d been sunbathing nude lately. With his fingertips, he traced the outline of that faint difference in coloration on her breasts. She let out a soft sigh and smiled up at him.
    Even a touch as light as his could provide some relief and his fingertips tingled slightly from the magic seeping from her skin and into him. He had wondered if he would even be capable of absorbing