He felt a bit cocky at the thought of that.
But he wanted the first time to be with him inside her.
Cody was breathless, his eyes wild and his mouth hanging open as he shoved down his trousers and boxer briefs and knelt on the couch. He took off his shirt, tossing it over the back of the couch. Jessie’s legs were spread wide, one foot down on the floor.
“Please,” she whispered. “I’m... I’m saying please please, Cody... ” Her eyes strayed to his cock, hard and thick and jutting out as if on route to her pussy, rosy and hot and waiting for him to plunder.
“Okay... ” He chuckled under his breath, a little dazed but amused at how she almost seemed worried he might refuse.
No fear of that.
Cody crawled on top of Jessie and when he looked into her eyes as he guided himself inside her, he felt something deep within him bloom like a flower in the sun. Even as pleasure washed through him, keeping him dangerously close from ending things too soon, something else was happening between them. Their breath mingled as they stared into each other and Cody thrusted inside Jessie who met him in tandem, the two of them easily finding a rhythm together.
“Cody... Cody... ” She only said his name, over and over, as he picked up the pace and she held onto him with her thighs, as if to bring him in deeper and deeper, as if he would never be deep enough. “Yes... ”
“Jessie, I... ” He didn’t know what he was about to say. I love you, maybe. But he kept his mouth shut. He couldn’t say so now, even if his bear knew it to be true while his stupid human self insisted it was just the sex and feeling of everything. So instead he said her name as she whispered his and all at once as he plunged into her once, she screamed out, holding onto him and the sensation of feeling her against him as she came with him still inside her, sent him tumbling over the edge too. He spilled into her and damn the consequences.
They shook, clinging to each other, in a haze of bliss that he wished would never end.
I love you, his bear thought. It wanted to roar that into the heavens.
I love you, Jessie.
43
Tobin
He’d lost track of the cubs.
But the adult female with them was clear as day. He’d tracked her scent to the Black Bear Lake Lodge. It had taken longer than he wanted. All the better, he supposed. The sleuth that had hired him was a bit violent and also not too savvy. He’d be able to sucker them out of twice the fee they owed him. And anyway, he thought he deserved it. He’d been ready to give up countless times, but he had the bitch now.
It was nice actually, the ski lodge. He didn’t know such places were even open in summer but the grounds and lake were pretty and the place was buzzing with guests, many of them bear shifters.
Tobin was good at keeping a low profile and not being seen. He had plenty of his own cash on hand plus the stipend the sleuth had given him. He got himself a room and didn’t miss the wary look from the concierge at the front desk. His name tag said Eric and he looked at Tobin as if he knew there might be trouble. But Tobin only smiled sweetly and took his room key card.
He considered this to be a victory. He knew he had her when he’d found her car in the employee parking lot of the lodge. That meant he didn’t have to worry about her leaving and the job of tracking her down once again.
He had her.
To celebrate, Tobin went up to his room. He had only his carry-on sized suitcase he’d been living out of for the last few weeks. He needed to do laundry and even better, there was a promenade of shops and boutiques at the lodge. He figured he’d buy himself something new when he got the chance. Treat himself.
For now, he took a bath and drank Grey Goose vodka until he was good and buzzed.
The girl’s smell was everywhere. It lingered even in his suite along with others.
He figured she must be one of the maids who cleaned the rooms.
He liked that idea. Maybe she wore one of those cute little maid outfits. In the bath he closed his eyes