Precious Angel (Alpha Province #4)(25)

"What the hell?" Jay knelt on one knee and lifted Kenzie into his arms.

"Her lips are turning blue." Jordan scowled at Jenson. "Go and run a  fucking bath. We need to get her core temperature up. She's got a mild  case of hypothermia. Make sure you don't make it too hot, so you don't  burn her. We can gradually add more hot water as she begins to warm."

Jenson spun on his heels and sprinted toward the house. He couldn't feel  Kenzie as well as his brothers could, but he'd felt enough. Jordan and  Jayson blamed him for the state their mate was in, and rightfully so.

He had a bad feeling that he was the reason she'd left the house. He'd  told her to leave, then practically yelled at her when she'd asked why.  He rubbed the back of his neck as he entered the master bedroom. After  turning the taps on and checking the temperature, he plugged up the  drain.

When Jay entered with Kenzie in his arms, Jenson rubbed at the ache in  his chest. There were tear tracks on her face. This was all his doing.  He felt like a first-class bastard even if he hadn't meant to make his  mate leave.

"What did you say to her?" Jay asked as he sat on the rim of the tub.

Jordan knelt and tugged her shoes and socks off. "She's soaked through."  Jordan scowled at Jenson as he chaffed Kenzie's small feet between his  hands.

"I told her to leave when she came into my bathroom," Jenson answered honestly.

"Did you give her a reason why?" Jordan asked as he and his brother removed the rest of her clothes.

"No," he sighed guiltily. "I just told her to fucking leave and not to  come back. I just wanted time to get my panther under control"                       
       
           



       

"She was leaving. Do you get that, Jenson?" Jay asked. "She thought you didn't want her anymore."

"Fuck!" Jenson scrubbed a hand over his face. "That's not what I meant. I  was fighting my animal. The fucking shit was so close to taking over I  was scared I was going to hurt her. My claws were out, and fur kept  erupting and receding."

"You should have explained," Jordan said in a growly voice. "She would  have understood. I don't know how she did it, but she managed to block  us from feeling what she was, she shut us out. If she hadn't passed out,  we might never have known what was going on."

Jenson nodded since there was no way he could refute what his brothers  were saying. He tore his clothes off and stepped into the spa bath. He  didn't care that the water was only lukewarm. He would sit in the ice  and snow stark naked if he needed to. There was no way he was going to  leave his mate until she woke again. He needed to apologize and explain  why he'd been such a bastard, even though he hadn't meant to be mean.

"Give her to me." Jenson held his arms up and met each of his brothers'  gazes. Jay sighed and then to Jenson's relief passed Kenzie over to his  care.

"We're going to be right outside the door. If you fuck up again I'm  going to pound your face with my fist," Jordan stated in a growly voice.

"I'll have my turn after he does," Jay said emphatically.

Jenson nodded and then gazed down at his mate after his brothers left  the room. He wrapped Kenzie up in his arms and pulled her tight against  him, sharing his body heat. As the blue tint left her lips, he added  more and more hot water. He sighed with relief when he heard her  heartrate picking up.

Kenzie was coming around. He just hoped she gave him a chance to  apologize and explain his gruff asshole-ish behavior. He also hoped that  he hadn't fucked up their chances of having a long happy life with  their mate.





Kenzie had been aware for a while. Even though her heart had remained a  slow steady beat, she'd felt hands tugging at her clothes. When she  heard the reason for Jenson sending her away from the bathroom, she felt  bad for reacting and trying to leave rather than confronting him.

Her confidence in herself as a woman had grown with every minute she'd  spent in her mates' company, but every now and then uncertainties crept  back in. She been downtrodden for years by her stepfather and it was  difficult to forget such long-learned lessons.

When Jenson wrapped her up in the heat of his body and rubbed his chin  over the top of her head, her heartrate escalated as the need to be  claimed by him came rushing to the fore. However, she wasn't about to  rush where angels feared to tread, even if she was no angel. At least in  her eyes. She needed for him to tell her what he'd already explained to  Jordan and Jay.

"Open your eyes for me, sweetie," Jenson demanded.

Kenzie shivered as she forced her lids up. Jenson's bass tones caused  goose bumps to race over her cool flesh. He leaned over and kissed her  on the forehead. "I'm sorry, mate. I didn't mean to hurt you. Can you  please forgive me? I was having a hard time controlling my inner beast  and was scared I was going to hurt you."

Kenzie shifted on his lap and bit the inside of her cheek when she felt  his erection against her hip. The deep yearning to turn and straddle his  lap was a hungry compulsion almost too intense to ignore, but she was  still cold and needed to warm up more. She reached for the hot water tap  and turned it, sighing with relief when she felt the water heating  further.

"You hurt me, Jenson." She blinked as tears stung her eyes again. "I  thought you'd changed your mind and didn't want me anymore."

Jenson grasped her waist, lifted, and turned her to face him before  lowering her onto his thighs again. She gripped his shoulders for  balance and to keep some distance between their bodies. Her breasts were  aching, and her nipples were hard. If they so much as brushed against  his skin, she was going to forget what they were talking about. They  needed to sort things out before they made love.

Jenson caressed his hands up her sides and she held her breath as she  waited to see if he would touch, cup her breasts, but she exhaled with  disappointment when he lifted his hands from her ribs and up to her  face. He cupped her cheeks between his hands. "Never. I want you so bad,  sweetie. I should have told you why I needed you to leave. I never  should have said what I did. My claws were out, and I was scared that  I'd dig them into your flesh if I so much as touched you. I couldn't  have lived with the guilt of damaging you. I'm sorry, Kenzie. It wasn't  my intention to hurt you or give you the impression I didn't want you."                       
       
           



       

She sighed as she pressed her forehead to his. "I'll forgive you on one condition."

"Anything," he replied immediately.

"Next time you want to be left alone, explain to me why first."

"I will. I promise, sweetie." Jenson wrapped an arm around her waist and  held her tight against him as he leaned forward and turned the water  off. He leaned back and held her in his arms. Neither of them spoke,  just savoring the heat and the skin to skin contact.

Each time Kenzie inhaled she drew in Jenson's delectable fragrance, and  her body began to respond. Her pussy clenched with need, her clit filled  with blood and started to throb, and her breasts swelled as her nipples  hardened. Her breathing escalated, and she squirmed on his lap.

His thighs tensed under her ass and his hard cock twitched against her  lower belly. Kenzie raised her head from his shoulder and met his  blazing hungry blue-eyed gaze.

She leaned up as he bent down. He slammed his mouth over hers and she moaned as she opened to him.

Kenzie's insides turned to fire as molten liquid coursed through her  veins. She needed, wanted, her mate to claim her, and she wasn't leaving  the bath until he had his teeth lodged in her shoulder.

She moaned as their tongues tangled and twirled with carnal delight.  They glided along each other's before swirling and curling in an  intimate chorography neither of them needed to think about.

Jenson released her lips and began to lick and nibble his way over her  jaw toward her neck. His tongue rasped over her skin, sending delicious  need straight to her pussy and goose bumps shivering over her flesh. She  whimpered when he sucked on the sensitive spot just under her ear, and  she sobbed with pleasure as he nipped at her lobe. A cry of burning  hunger escaped from between her parted lips when his breath blew into  her ear, but when he shoved his tongue into the canal, fiery heat warmed  her blood.

Kenzie felt as if she was on fire, her insides were so hot they felt as  if they were melting. Her pussy clenched with an empty ache, an ache  that grew and grew until she was sure she couldn't stand it a second  longer. She needed him like she needed air to breathe. She didn't know  how, but the Cannon brothers were a part of her. She didn't think she'd  be able to survive without them. They were as necessary to her as the  blood rushing through her veins.