Free Ava's Mate by Hazel Gower

words ‘locked inside’ she froze and clarity came back to her for a moment. Shit! She was in heat. Her body was locking Logan inside her because he was her mate. If they kept going she would get pregnant. Fucking hell, she could already be pregnant.
    Logan noticed her still state, and he mumbled, “Sweetheart, it’s okay. You can tell me.” He kissed his mate mark and ground himself closer to her.
    Taking a deep breath, she debated what to tell him. Her wolf snarled that they should talk later, make more love now, but Ava knew with Logan only now just really accepting her, she needed to tell him the truth. “I’m in heat.”
    Logan chuckled against her skin. “You’re joking, right?”
    She ground her arse against him to help prove her point. He moaned and his head fell back from her shoulder.
    “Okay, so what do you mean by in heat? Like an animal?”
    She couldn’t help the snarl that escaped. “Yes, like an animal.”
    “Does this mean what I think it does?”
    “What do you think it means?” she whispered.
    “You mean to tell me that your body is trying to get pregnant?”
    Ava nodded and waited to hear him say something more. He didn’t, he just lay there, his hand caressing her clit. His cock slowly slipped out of her.
    Not knowing what to say as he lay quiet, she babbled out, “Let’s order take-out and have it delivered to the house. We can sit and watch a movie on cable.”
    She sighed in relief when Logan shrugged and pulled her tight, turning her to face him. “That’s sounds good, but I have to ring and cancel the reservations I made at the Mexican restaurant.”
    Her fingers drew circles on his chest. “I wrecked your clothes. I can’t have you going naked.”
    Logan paused and brought her hands to his mouth, kissing her fingers. “I have all my things in the car. I needed a change so I decided to change barracks.”
    She snarled and held him closer. “It was your friends from your barracks that did this to you?” Ava gently kissed both his eyes and nose.
    * * * *
    Logan felt no pain any more. Getting up off the bed, he held Ava to him and noticed she barely weighed anything. He turned to the mirror only to stare shocked at himself. His eyes weren’t swollen anymore, the bruises looked days old. He held Ava to him like she weighed no more than a feather. Falling back on the bed, he looked up at Ava. “What else have you done to me?”
    She stared down at him, then sat next to him. “I told you to stay away, to go away. I said I couldn’t hold her off any longer. But you didn’t listen.” She got off the bed and wrapped a robe around herself. “I mated you. Bit you.”
    Logan couldn’t help reaching for the bite mark and rubbing it.
    “When I bit you and made you my mate I gave you…” Her eyebrows furrowed. “Gifts. I gave you gifts. You will now heal a lot faster, and have a lot more strength. You will be immune to diseases. Oh, and you will live a lot longer.” She bit her bottom lip. “My wolf wanted you safe, she…I didn’t like you with those bruises, being in heat just makes it all worse.”
    He stared, trying to comprehend what she’d said, but it was hard to concentrate with her scent filling his head again. If what she’d just told him was true it explained why his brother was stronger than him and had recovered from the big ordeal in the tunnels so quickly. He watched as Ava paced the room. “I’m not a werewolf now, am I?”
    Ava laugh like he’d just told the funniest joke. “No. You can only be born a wolf.”
    He nodded as his mind swirled with so many questions. “Why don’t you help the humans with this miracle? Does the military know about this? What do I do now?” Logan wanted to ask more, but those were the first ones that popped into his head.
    “We can’t help other humans because what I did only works on our mates. The military and human part of the government doesn’t know much about the mating…well, not that I know of. And lastly,