Waking the Beast(44)

He shifted his shoulder, trying to ease the ache centered between them. It had nothing to do with the backpack and everything to do with what was inside him. If it was a lion, then it was itching to bust free of his skin and run. He could feel it stretching inside him, and the damn thing seemed to want command. It was a fight for Tah just to maintain control at times. It scared him. He was afraid if the lion took over, the beast might not let Tah have it back.

He shook his head. If anyone knew the crazy shit he was thinking, they’d commit him in a heartbeat. Well, anyone but Abby. She’d be down the hall from him in her own padded room. And just the thought of her being separated from him had his skin itching and the beast inside setting his chest to rumbling with a growl.

“You okay?” Abby stopped and turned around to face him. “The turn is still another mile ahead.”

He took her in his arms and pulled her close. Dipping his head, he took her mouth with his, thrusting his tongue deep and rubbing along hers. He slid both hands down to cup her ass and lift her against her cock. She rubbed wantonly against him, and he wanted nothing more than to strip those damn jeans down her legs and spread her wide.

She broke the kiss with as gasp, and he realized he needed air as well as they both gulped it in.

“Do you need to go off somewhere?” she whispered the question to him, and his heart soared. This woman loved him so much. He could smell her pussy and knew she was wet for him. And that was throwing him for a loop as well. Abby had been a virgin when he first took her. And they’d had sex since then that would leave even a porn star sore. What was he doing to them?

He knew Abby was changing too. She hadn’t needed glasses since he bit her. Whatever was in his saliva was getting in her and making changes to her as well. Plus, her sex drive was revving up to match his. There was no way they could keep up this pace. So what was going on? How long would it last? And would he and Abby be the same once it was over?

“Tah?”

He could see the question in her eyes and finally got it together enough to shake his head. “I’ll make it to the cabin, Abby. Promise.”

She nodded and took his hand, lacing their fingers together as she turned and tugged him along behind her as she walked. They hit the turn and headed toward the cabin. He could feel Abby’s excitement growing the closer they got. She seemed to put so much stock in the ability of her friend to help them, and he hoped the woman lived up to Abby's expectations.

“It’s just ahead,” Abby said with a radiant smile. God, she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

He loved her, and the strength of that love scared him. He’d never loved anyone the way he did Abby. He’d loved his parents with a child’s faith and trust. Then he’d lost them and gone to live with his grandmother. He’d loved her, but more cautiously. He was desperately afraid to love and lose again, and his grandmother hadn’t been a young woman when she took him in. He’d lost her his senior year of high school, just days before he graduated and left for Marine boot camp.#p#分页标题#e#

Not once had he looked back. And he’d built a wall around his heart to protect himself. Women were soft and beautiful, meant to be cherished and respected. He took what was willingly offered and moved on. Repetition built expectation, and he wasn’t a forever kind of guy.

His glance fell once more on Abby. Or at least, he hadn’t been before her. Maybe he’d just been waiting to find her. Maybe the animal sharing his body had known things he didn’t, and protected them both, even as he slept. At this point, he didn’t find any possibility preposterous.

“Holy shit! You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” Logan’s comment drew Tah’s attention toward him. He stood just a few feet up the path from Tah and Abby.

Tah and Abby hurried to reach him, and Tah shook his head as he glanced between Abby and the sight in front of him. “A cabin, huh?”

Abby laughed. “That’s what he called it. I told you it was a hell of a lot bigger than any cabin.”

It was so big there was no way it should blend and look natural, but it managed to anyway. As they stood there watching, a woman stepped out on the porch and lifted her hand in greeting. Abby practically vibrated as she saw her.

“Jess!” she yelled and tugged away from Tah, practically running the last bit of distance to reach her friend.

Tah was okay, until a man stepped around the corner of the house directly in between the two women. A roar left his mouth before he could hold back, and he was sprinting after her. He was at Abby’s side in an instant. He was fast, but it helped she’d stopped and turned around when he let loose that roar.