"Yes, Dominic. Claim me completely."
He gave her the most reverent, most powerful kiss he'd ever given her. He pulled back and rolled her over on her tummy; she looked over her shoulder with an eyebrow raised.
"This is how shifters mate, from behind. Normally I'd get you up on all fours but with your wrists, that won't be happening for a while." He pulled a couple of pillows down and tucked them under her tummy so her bottom was raised in the air. She felt so vulnerable and open to him--which she guessed was the point. She was showing him she trusted him.
He leaned over her back, placing a fist into the bed on either side of her shoulders, he bent his head down and nuzzled her neck. As he slid himself into her wet heat, he gently bit her neck, just above her collar bone. Using the sensitive flesh to pin her under him, dominating her. She loved it. She felt surrounded and filled with Dominic's power and love. Oh, what she would give to be able to freeze time right now and feel like this forever.
~ * ~
Dominic had never felt such bliss. His mate was beneath him, accepting his dominance. He began pumping in and out of her glorious wet heat. After a few strokes, he felt her walls ripple. She was getting close which was a damn good thing, because he wasn't going to be able to last long; the feel of his naked erection sliding in and out of her core was more than he could stand. After a few minutes, he felt her tighten up around him as she began to climax. He released her neck and sat back, gripping her hips in his hands and roared as he joined her. His right hand was perfectly placed just above her hipbone when he felt the magic roll through him and his claws ripped through his fingertips then into her flesh. He dragged his hand around to her side, marking her before he placed his palm over the mark. He pulled himself from her body and rolled her onto her back. He lifted her encased right hand to his chest. Her sharp claws looked so right coming from her fingertips. He used his fingers to help her curl the tips over and scratch down his pectoral over his heart. He then took the palm of her left hand and placed it over the mark. He leaned down to kiss her but didn't make it. She cried out and started to shake.
Dominic wasn't sure what was happening, but he was in an instant panic--his mate was in pain. Mating wasn't meant to hurt. He reached for his phone to ring his dad to ask him for help when a blue glow started forming around Adele's body. What the hell? She was shifting? How on earth...
"Baby, don't fight it. Go with it. It won't hurt if you go with it. I don't know how or why, but you're shifting."
He saw the panic in her eyes before the blue glow engulfed her, and she reappeared as a stunningly beautiful snow leopard. He reached over to stroke her fur. He was totally dumbstruck...lost to his mind stumbling over itself. Until he heard her whimper, oh hell, bugger the whys and hows. His mate was hurting, confused.
"Adele, you're okay. You just shifted. It's okay. We'll work it all out. Dad will know why. Just relax your mind. Think about what you look like as a human and focus on it." It took her a few minutes, but eventually the blue glow began to shine and she returned to human form. Before either of them could speak, she grabbed her left wrist and screamed out in agony. Shit, the cast had shattered when she'd shifted and now her broken wrist was out of line. Moments later she passed out on the bed. Dominic sunk down next to her, stroking her face and taking some deep breaths to collect himself; that was so not how he planned on finishing their mating.
Finding his pants, he pulled out his phone, rang Clint and explained what happened. Clint told him Adele needed to get back to the hospital ASAP to get her wrist re-set and checked over. He dressed then he put Adele in clean underwear and wrapped her up in her robe before gently carrying her out to his car and laying her on the rear seat. He locked up the house, jumped in the car and drove to the hospital.
While Clint was x-raying and re-setting Adele's wrist, Dominic rung his Dad.
"Hey son, kind of late for a phone call. Everything okay?"
"No, Dad, nothing is okay. Adele, she shifted."
"Come again? She what?"
"We completed the mating. I marked her and she marked me. Then she cried out, started shaking and shifted to a snow leopard. I don't get it, Dad. She's human."
"I think I might know what is going on. I'll come over to explain. Where are you? At Adele's?"
"We're at the hospital. The shift shattered her cast. She shifted back and was in agony from her wrist. She passed out. So I rung Clint and bought her in. She's just in getting it re-set now."
"Okay, I'll come down to the hospital. Go be with your mate, son, I'll be there soon."
~ * ~
Jake quickly rose and dressed ready to head to the hospital. Suddenly, what Choden had said to him made sense. There was no point wasting time looking for another future Alpha because Dominic was in fact mated to a shifter. He scrubbed his hands over his face as he sat on the edge of his bed. As he put his shoes on, he figured he better ring Tristian and let him know they found a Lost One with a French background. He glanced at the clock, eleven forty pm. That made it mid afternoon in France. He picked up the phone and dialed. Tristian picked up on the second ring.