shared on the cold, damp stone floor of a ghost town jail cell, it was theirs and it felt like the most precious in the world.
“Yes, Cody,” Jessie said. He yanked her panties down and she gripped him with her thighs, urging him to enter her. She felt like if she had to wait too long she’d begin to crumple into herself. It was all passion and heat. She knew that. But it didn’t make it feel any less real and the tears she’d managed to hold back came brimming up into her eyes again as she trembled with anticipation.
“Don’t cry, my love,” Cody whispered. “It’s okay... It’s okay, I have you. I won’t let you go. I’ll never let you go, baby.”
“I’m... ” Jessie tried to speak, but could only sight as Cody pressed up against her, the firm length of him teasing. “I’m just crying because... because I can feel... I can feel how much I love you.” She wept for love of him and smiled despite everything, pushing back the dark hair falling into his eyes so she could look at them, those brilliant and fiery dark eyes that reminded her of her own. “I love you so much, Cody, please... ”
“I love you too,” Cody murmured. He kissed her once, deeply, and guided himself inside her and accepted him with a sigh, throwing her head back. “I love you so much, I could die of it.”
The floor was icy cold and so hard against her ass and the back of her thighs, yet that bit of discomfort made Jessie feel all the better as he thrust inside her, slowly yet firmly, swelling yet more as she clenched around him as if she would trap him there forever.
“Please, oh please, Cody more, more, always more, oh God... ” She was rambling, breathless and incoherent. The cell was a blur around her as his heat and scent seemed to surround her. She felt herself merging with the bear within her that called out to his. Their most primal animal selves cried out to each other as he plunged inside her, faster and harder, as if searching for some impossible satisfaction that would never quite be met. There would always be more bliss and more love to find and as that struck Jessie, she shook, clutching him, delirious with the epiphany of sensation and faith in the two of them together like this; becoming one person and also becoming the most like their animal selves they could be and still be human.
“Yes, baby, I’m right here... ”
Cody snapped his hips and hit just the right spot and all at once the world went white and hot all around Jessie as she wrapped her arms around him, holding him still, keeping in that perfect place of bliss. She felt him pulsing, spilling inside her, and she tasted her own tears even as he kissed her, moaning into her mouth, their pleasure mingling and tangled up together.
When they had finally come down from their mutual euphoria, Cody doted over her. He was softly growling under his breath. If she closed her eyes, she pictured him as a bear, his growl was so deep and restless as he gently smoothed down her skirt and helped her pull up her panties before enfolding her in his arms there on the floor.
She could still feel him inside her as she fell asleep and heard him whispering in her ear: “My love... my mate... ”
54
Cody
A full day passed in the cell. They clocked the time by the movement of the light through the window as morning turned to afternoon and evening again. Cody did the best he could to comfort Jessie, racking his brains for how they might get out of this. He had to think they would try for an escape eventually, but he and Jessie opted to bide their time. If the guards were still keeping them there, that had to mean that the rest of the sleuth was still in Black Bear Lake. Or at least that’s what Cody hoped. That would mean the cubs were nearby. If so, it would be better to let the guards get complacent and then strike, on faith that his brothers were free to have his back as they no doubt would.
In the meantime, there was just waiting and worrying. They listened for the guard’s voice, always trying to track how many bears were around at any given time. Usually, there were only two and Cody