All in the Chemistry [The Royal Wolves 4] (Siren Publishing Allure) (18 page)

Guiding her out to the car he took a slow and deep breath, no one had touched the car but for him and her. Opening the door he helped her inside and then moving quickly, he got in and pulled out of the lot. Looking to her he reached over and took her hand in his. “You know that I’m a Prince, one of the last five of the Wolf kingdom, right?” he asked her softly.

“I had heard rumors.” She hadn’t had confirmation but yep, she had heard the rumor mill. The mates of his brothers had also told her a little, not a lot, saying it was Kristof’s place to share all that information with her. “Go on. I don’t know a lot of the story, Kris. To be honest I never paid much attention. I was always too busy in the lab to care about anything outside of my very small bubble of influence.”

Throwing her a look he grinned slightly, he was the same way. “Well that rumor is true, Laszlo is the uncrowned King of our people ever since our parents were murdered,” he told her softly, trying to keep his mind from going back to that night. But it was hard and the faint smell of smoke and piercing screams echoed in his head for a moment as he forced his focus to the road. “There have been rumors flying for years that there are factions that want the King and all possible ties to the Throne dead, hell they have been trying to kill us for decades,” he let out a soft snort. “Anyway, apparently there are some of the Wolf Nation that really are not happy with the leadership they’ve had forced on them since the Rebels killed our parents. They have been revolting against the Rebels and want the King back on the Throne,” he said, throwing her another look to make sure she was following along.

“And now that the Princes are starting to find their mates.” She had a seriously sinking feeling with this one. “The accident, what happened to me. Do you think it had anything to do with all of this? With the fact that I am yours and you are mine?”

“I think, from what Mik has dug up, that the accident had nothing to do with you being my mate and more because your former bosses do not like letting their little geniuses go. From what he’s found it looks like your former bosses are pissed that you’ve told them you no longer want to be their instrument. But, if the Wolves that want the Royal line terminated had found out, it’s likely they would have encouraged them to kill you.” Squeezing her fingers he looked to her briefly. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you, love, I promise.” He’d nearly failed before but he wasn’t going to again, not because of his own damned stupidity.

“Now that the Princes are finding their mates the Rebels are panicking, for if we have children it just strengthens the lines and ties we have to the people. Before, when we were single, we stayed out of the light and below the radar of the Wolf Nation for the most part. But now that we are mating it’s giving hope back to those that were hiding from the Rebels and strengthening the call for us to come back and for Laz to retake the Throne.”

“Which makes sense because if they see you procreating, then it only makes them realize that they could have been wrong, the Rebels.” She sighed. “This scares me, Kris, because I want your children, I really do but how do we keep them safe?”

“The same way that we’ve been safe all this time, we keep our friends close and have eyes on the enemy at all time,” he said with a shrug. He knew he was used to the feeling of being hunted, he’d been hunted his whole life and it was just part of his existence. But for her…She’d had a good life, protected and safe until she came into his corner of the world. “No one will get near you, love, we’ll take things step-by-step and just be careful.”

“All right.” She believed him. She believed in him and trusted him so she nodded and then smiled. “So we still are on the same plan? Go home and make love after I shave the forest from my legs and then”—she licked her lips—“then you make me all furry all over?”

“Same plan,” he told her as he squeezed her fingers once more before lifting their joined hands to press a kiss on her inner wrist. “We’ll set up, get down and sweaty and then we’ll start the process,” he added as he turned out of the city onto the long road that led to the grouping of houses.

“Thank goodness because”—she moved his hand over her heart—“my heart is thundering in need, in hope for what is to come, Kristof. You and I both need this final step and you know it as well as I do.”

“Yes we do,” he murmured softly fighting to behave himself especially while he was driving. Glancing to her he let out a slow breath of pure need. “You’re killing me, love,” Kris told her with a groan.

“I don’t mean to hurt you, Kris, but maybe you should drive faster?” she suggested none too gently.

“I am driving fast, love,” he told her softly. “You’re just all revved up from the last weeks of having to behave,” he commented and knew he was in the same state.

“And it was horrible, behaving like that. I’ve missed you and while we’ve had our dreams it hasn’t been enough, Kristof. I need you. Dammit,” she added with a grumble and a smile.

“I know, love, and I need you, too.” More than she’d ever know. Having held the Wolf at bay for the last weeks had put him into a dangerous state that he’d been very, very careful to hide from her. Thankfully she hadn’t thought to ask Laz about the repercussions of chaining a Wolf down from touching his mate.

They were far too far from home and as she shifted in her seat she knew it. “I can’t wait,” she whispered. “We will have to de-fur me later, I need you, Kris, pull off the road and grab the blanket. You need me far too much to wait and I sure as hell need you far too much to wait.”

“We’re ten minutes out, Courtney,” he told her even as he felt the Wolf clawing at the inner walls of his mind. “Crack the window, love,” he muttered, he needed her scent dissipated slightly. “We’ll be there soon,” he told himself now trying to keep the Wolf calm for the most part. He would not bloody well stop and fuck his mate on the side of the road like an animal. She’d been hurt, she needed care still, and he was man enough to remember that it was the beast that was having an issue with those details.

She rolled her window fully down and wiped at her face. “I think that you’ve turned me into a nymphomaniac, Kris, because I can’t sit here and not think about having you as a part of me. It’s killing me right now to not make demands for you to stop.”

“Trust me, love, I’m there with you, Courtney, my whole body is on fire and my cock is throbbing with the need to fuck you hard and long.” He probably shouldn’t have said that but he was losing his grip on the humanity and it was getting harder and harder to remember why he was waiting. “When we reach the house I need you to go inside alone and to the bedroom, can you do that?” he asked softly. “My control on the Wolf is tenuous as it is right now and I will not hurt you, but it’s getting too close.”

She reached out and touched him. “Only if you are right behind me, Kris. If you can handle my furry leg I will be right there with you at the door. I need you to fuck me, I need you to fuck me hard and deep Kris. As soon as we are inside, I don’t give a damn about propriety, all I care about is how fast I can have you deep inside of me once more.”

“I’ll be close, but you need to be somewhere we won’t hurt you, that’s why I wanted you in our bed, Courtney,” he told her as he tried to keep his mind from playing out scenes of just taking her in his mind. But it was hard, the images too easily coming up of him fucking her against the door, bent over the sofa, on the table, on the floor, any floor.

“You won’t hurt me and I need rough, want it, Kris, and I swear to all that I hold dear if you aren’t inside of me in the next six minutes, I will likely scream.” She tugged off her jacket and tossed it behind her and pulled her bra off through the arms of her shirt. “The pants are coming off with the panties as soon as we hit the drive, Kris, and I’m going to be naked as I run for the door so you better damn well be ready.” She wasn’t playing fair, but she hurt, physically hurt for him to be with her again.

Growling low, the Wolf starting to take over, “That is just mean,” he grumbled to her, his hands tightening on the steering wheel so that it creaked. “Don’t you dare hurt yourself in your run or you’ll be without sex for a hell of a lot longer than five minutes.”

“Don’t plan on it. And if you are really fast you can just pick me up on the way and carry me in.” She looked over and reached out, her hand covering his. “I know that’s mean but dammit all to hell and right back again, Kris, I need you. You wouldn’t stop and I’m hurting for my mate, for the man I love.”

“I know,” he said, his whole body a live wire of pure energy, every move she made having him tense a little more. “Two minutes,” he told her pulling out the remote for the gates and punching in the code held it in his hand for when he was in range.

She nodded and slipped her shirt off, tossing it behind her and then peeled herself out of her pants. She was aching and hurt, but there was nothing in the world going to stop her from having him, nothing. “I’m ready for you, Kris, so ready.”

He knew that, he thought, as he hit the button on the remote, letting the gates start the swing even before they got there. Peeling into the drive he hit the remote once more as he took the drive a little on the fast side. Screeching to a halt he hauled the keys from the car and gave them to her with her only warning. “Run,” he told her, the Wolf right there in his eyes and voice.

She took the keys and naked as the day she was born she “ran” toward the house. It wasn’t graceful, it wasn’t fast but it was a little more than a hobbling walk as she made the stairs before she felt his arms closing around her and lifting her up to all but leap up the stairs.

Slamming the car door open Kris shredded his clothing with quick and decisive slices of his claws. Giving chase he took a second to admire her lush body before the Wolf kicked in.

An arm around his neck, she reached down and unlocked the door, tossing the keys to the side as he closed it behind them. “Now, Kris, I need you now.” She growled as she leaned in and took his lips with hers.

Growling in pleasure he caught her mouth with his and kissed her for everything he was worth. Pressing her back to the wall as he lifted her high he nudged at her wet opening. When she wrapped her legs around him, he let the Wolf go and felt the animal surge forward to impale his mate on his shaft.

Releasing his lips she let her head fall back and gasped in pleasure. “God that feels so good, Kristof.” She panted as she braced her hands on his shoulders. “I love you, god I love you.” She moved with him. “Harder, Kris, I’m dying” She was, too, she was needing to come, quickly.

Scraping his teeth over her throat, he nipped lightly at her flesh, ever aware that she was still human. Soon though, soon she would be his forever. Gripping her hips tighter in his hands, he pushed her back harder to the wall and held her there, driving into her with force, so much so he was sure they’d be flying through the plaster board at any time.

It didn’t take her long before she let her head fall back hard and screamed as loud as she could with the breathless state she was in. Fingers dug deep into his arms as she came over and over again in an almost endless string.

Snarling under his breath he pushed his full cock deep into her on one last harsh thrust and came in a shudder that nearly pushed him to his knees from the force. Panting hard, he held her to him as he filled her over and over with his hot seed.

She was completely spent and was thankful that he was holding her up because if not she would be a limp puddle on the floor. Her forehead against him, she smiled and rubbed her nose against his neck, breathing in his sweaty scent of their lovemaking when she finally whispered, “If that was just the beginning, I’m not sure I will survive when you truly take me, Kris.” Because they both knew that this was only the beginning, this was just to take the edge off of both of them so that she could do her toilette and then be with him again before they could change her.

Growling softly he slid his tongue slowly over her throat taking her scent and taste into him deeply. “You will survive, you may not be walking for a month, but you will survive,” he promised when he had enough breath to speak. Lifting his head slowly he eased his hold on her body so he wouldn’t bruise her. “You should do what you need to, love, because I am already feeling the need to take you again.”

“And I’m in the need for you as well, Kristof.” Courtney however nodded. “I need to get away and go and shave and have my bath, Kris. Let’s you and I go and take care of the furry leg and get us both showered before we start round two and end at round twenty before we start my change.”

Easing her down he shook his head. “You go and do your leg, love.” He grinned softly. “I want to get a few things for us and then I will meet you up in our bed. Go and do what you need to, I won’t be far away.”

“I won’t be long, Kris, if I’m not in bed I will be in the shower.” She leaned in and impulsively pressed a kiss and then nibble at his racing pulse. “This is going to be some homecoming,” she whispered and smiled. “I’m going. Get what you need for us, love, and I will be waiting for you.”

Growling at her as she scampered away, Kris let out a slow, calming breath. Shaking his head he went to the kitchen and then headed for their bedroom. Drawing the curtains he began to place the candles around the room and doused the lights. Setting out the champagne with the chilled glasses, he pulled the covers back and, used a light spritz of a lightly scented fabric spray on the blankets to add to the experience they would be sharing.

When she walked out with damp hair and a towel around her body, she breathed in deeply and smiled. “You have been busy.” He had set the stage for seduction, for love. “Hello.” She moved slowly to him, still hurting slightly but moving through and past it. “Have you been thinking of just how we were going to come together long?”