Bear the Burn(33)

“I think we should go public with what IESA has done to you and your brothers. We can’t live our lives thinking people like Shayna will come back and try to tie up loose ends. I think we should go in front of the town, and tell them what has happened. About how you’ve been treated, so if we go missing, there would be consequences for the agency. There has to be some accountability for IESA.”

“That’s assuming humans give a shit about what happens to us.”

“You’re wrong about humans, Dade. Not all of them are bad. And if we want to be a part of society and be accepted, animals and all, we have to be open so that the public doesn’t fear us. So that people have a chance to understand us.”

“You have so much faith in people.”

“Because they deserve a chance. I don’t want to wake up always wondering if we’re still in one piece. I don’t want to live my life thinking you could be taken from me.”

Dade’s lips crashed onto hers. His tongue drove inside her mouth as a soft whimper escaped her throat. He smelled like fur, and his eyes flashed like fire when he eased back just far enough to lift the T-shirt over her head. “No more talk of losing me, woman. I already told you I’m not going anywhere.”

Quinn gasped as he spun her, then pulled her on top of his lap as he sank onto a wooden bench at the edge of the porch. Desperately, she pulled at the button of his jeans and unsheathed his thick cock. It was red and swollen, ready for her, and she yanked the fabric down his thighs.

“You’re mine, Dade Leland Keller.” She positioned herself over him and slid down, taking him slowly.

Dade bit his lip and rolled his eyes closed as he leaned back on the bench. When she’d taken all of him, she rolled her hips and gripped the back of his hair. His hand kneading her breast, Dade let off the feral sound that said he was barely in control as he pumped his shaft deeper into her, matching her stroke for stroke. He pulled her closer, hugged her tight as the pressure inside of her built to blinding.

“There she is,” Dade whispered, stroking her cheeks just under her eyes. “Can you feel her?”

Quinn’s insides pulsed with power she’d never felt before. “Yes,” she panted out, rocking against him.

His bear was calling to hers. She could feel him drawing her out, seducing her until a wild growl rattled Quinn’s throat. “Oh!” she cried out, closing her eyes against the intensity of her pleasure.

Mindlessly, she leaned forward and sank her teeth into Dade’s shoulder until he growled out her name. When she opened her eyes again, her mate wasn’t the man she’d been with last night. Gentle Dade was gone, and she reveled in the fact that she’d murdered his control.

Gold eyes blazing, Dade gritted his teeth and stood, then pulled out of her and bent her over the bench on her locked arms. Good bear, doing exactly what her animal wanted.

She threw her head back and cried out his name as he slammed into her from behind. His thick erection drove into her, faster and faster as the growl in her throat rattled until her body vibrated with it. He leaned across her back and cupped her sex where he was entering her, pressed on her clit as he grazed his teeth against her neck.

Faster, deeper, she was gone now, freefalling into nothing. Orgasm crashed through her as Dade swelled and shot jets of warmth into her. Her voice echoed across the clearing as her body pulsed around him. Erratically, Dade bucked into her until he emptied himself completely, filling her until it was too much for her to hold. Slickness trickled down her thighs, and she grinned in triumph as Dade relaxed behind her.

As their breathing slowed, Dade rubbed his fingertips down her ribcage and rocked languidly into her. His lips pressed little random patterns against the sensitive skin of her back, and she gasped softly as she came again.

“You bit me,” he whispered as her aftershocks pulsed on.

“You bit me first,” she accused through a satisfied smile.

Dade pulled out of her and spun her around, then cupped her cheeks. “To bear shifters, the bite is a way of claiming your mate.”

The smile dipped from her face at how serious his voice sounded. “Good,” she whispered, gripping his wrists to keep him there. “Then we’ve claimed each other.”

****

“You don’t have to be nervous,” Dade murmured. He gripped Quinn’s thigh and gave her a comforting squeeze before he dragged his gaze back to the road.

“I’m meeting the entire Breck Crew for the first time. Of course, I’m nervous. What happens if they don’t like me?”

“First off, it’s impossible not to like you, and second, I’d maul anyone who doesn’t.”