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BRANDON
I watch as Alicia makes her way down the steep part of the riverbank and into the water. She’s surefooted, every bit a wolf, as if she’s spent the last twenty years in this form. I’ve been thinking of her as a city girl, but after that hunt, it’s more clear to me than ever that she belongs here among the pack. She’s one of us.
I need her to stay.
I follow her down the riverbank and into the water. She ducks beneath the surface in wolf form, and I watch the current ripple over her body and through her fur. I see the moment she shifts, looking natural and supple beneath the water. She’s beautiful as she emerges, human, her hair slicked back from her face.
I duck under the water too. As a wolf I’m not good at holding my breath or keeping my mouth closed, so I sputter a little as river water washes between my teeth.
I stretch my limbs and shift into my human form. Even as I lose my wolf strength, a different kind of strength returns. This body is better in the water.
I’m more at home beneath the surface now.
And there’s a woman waiting for me above the water, and my human body knows exactly what to do with hers.
I surface slowly, keeping my body underwater up to my shoulders. Alicia stands a few feet away, watching me.
I hold out my hand to her, and she comes to me quietly and without arguing.
No matter how tense things get between us, no matter how unlikely any kind of future is, there are always these stolen moments in which everything is simple. Easy.
I pull her low in the water and cradle her body against mine, relishing in the feel of every inch of her. The smooth softness of her cheek resting against mine. The gentle rise and fall of her chest as it’s lifted by both her breathing and the current, her breasts pressing into me. Her long, smooth legs winding around my waist, slowly pulling me closer to her sex. The heat I can already feel coming from her there.
Fuck, I’m hard as hell already.
She exhales slowly, and her breath is warm on my cheek. “We keep finding ourselves here, don’t we?” she asks, hitching her hips tantalizingly as she says it. I’m not sure she’s even aware of what she’s doing. Her body just seems to be responding to mine, starting to undulate in the familiar ways we do when we’re together.
I’ve teased her so many times. I’ve made her beg. I’ve told her she won’t get anything from me until I’m good and ready, and then I’ve held to that and made her wait for it. It’s one of my favorite games, watching Alicia grow needy and desperate when she wants me and thinks she might not be able to have me.
But I don’t feel like playing that game today.
Today we’ve had the satisfaction of a hunt. Our wolves have been sated.
Now I want the same for our human bodies. I want to give her satisfaction.
I turn her in the water and position her so that she’s got her back to my chest. She goes willingly, trusting me to take care of her, and fuck if that isn’t the hottest thing I’ve ever experienced.
She leans back into me and presses her ass against the curve of my hips so that my cock is right between her legs. Even under the water, I can feel how wet she is, the different texture and temperature of the slickness from her body rubbing against me. It’s the most amazing feeling, especially in contrast to the water moving over the rest of my skin.
She sighs happily and rocks back into me, her pussy sliding against me. The way she feels is familiar now, and yet it’s never going to be something I’m used to. I’m never going to stop being surprised by how good she is.
“Missed you,” she murmurs, adding a circular motion to the grind of her hips.
I pinch her nipples gently between my thumbs and forefingers and roll them, feeling them grow hard to my touch. “Yeah?”
She sighs. “I always miss you when we aren’t together.” “It doesn’t feel like you do.”
“I know.” She inhales sharply as I stroke my thumbs against the undersides of her nipples. “Fuck, you should know I can’t concentrate while you’re doing that. Do you want to do this or do you want to have a conversation?”
“Mmm, we can talk after.” I trail one hand down her sternum and over her stomach. “This is more fun.”
I touch her thigh for a moment-so soft and smooth, even in the water- and then move my hand between her legs. I cup her and pull her back tightly
against me. I can feel the head of my own cock between her legs now, and I toy with it for a moment before moving my fingers to her clit.
She moans. “Fuck, Brandon, you know exactly what to do with me.” “Yeah?” I know I do. It’s obvious from the way she responds to me. But I
want to keep her talking. Hearing her say this stuff is so fucking hot.
“No one’s ever loved me like you do.” She’s babbling, and I’m not sure she really means love, but… I do. Fuck. I love her. I love Alicia, body and soul, and I’m sure she’s right when she says no one’s ever done it as hard and as passionately as I do.
And I need her to feel as good as she makes me feel. I need her to feel everything.
I position a finger on either side of her clit and move my hand up and down, applying gentle pressure. On the downstroke, I tease her opening with my fingertips, pressing in just a little bit before drawing back out again. My other hand is busy moving from one nipple to the other, still working the undersides, where I know she’s most sensitive. I press my lips to the side of her neck.
Fuck, I just want her to feel so much bliss. I just want to fill her body with pleasure and ecstasy. The thought of that alone is almost enough to make me come. I can feel myself throbbing between her legs.
She squeezes her thighs together around me, and for a moment I see stars.
My knees grow weak.
“Brandon,” she gasps raggedly, shamelessly rocking into my hand. Whatever she’s about to say, it’s not enough to keep her from taking her pleasure. It’s so fucking hot seeing her strung out like this.
“Yeah?” I ask. My voice is low and hoarse. “I need you.”
“You need me?”
“I need you inside me. I need you so bad it hurts, Brandon. Please.”
And here I thought I wasn’t going to make her beg.
I could fuck into her easily the way we’re positioned right now, and it’s tempting to that, but today I want something more intimate. I remember the day I made her look in the mirror while I fucked her…
Today I want the chance to watch her fall apart.
I let her go and step back. It’s only for a moment, but the whine she lets out at the loss of contact sends a shiver through me. It’s so primal. She really does need me.
How is she going to go back to the human world now that we’ve found this?
I take her hand and pull her around to face me. “Don’t worry, baby,” I whisper. “Don’t I always take care of you?”
“You do,” Alicia breathes.
In the water, we’re the same height, so it’s the easiest thing in the world to wrap her legs around my waist, to pull her close and fuck slowly into her. I feel her tense and contract around me. She rests her head on my shoulder and lets out a little gasp.
“You’re so big,” she murmurs. “You fill me up so well.”
We move together in slow unison. Alicia digs her heels into my ass to pull me deeper into her, and I balance my thrusts by holding onto her hips. I feel her tense and release around me, as if her body is milking mine, and fuck, I’m not going to last very long if this keeps up.
Some days, I would have stopped. Dragged it out. Done whatever I could to keep it going as long as possible. But today isn’t like that. Today, I just
want to reach the pinnacle with her. I want to feel her pleasure and mine cresting at the exact same moment, our bodies responding to each other perfectly in the way I know they can.
“I want you to come for me,” I breathe. “Can you do that? Are you close?” “I’m so close.” Her voice is shaking. “Give me your hand.”
I wrap my arm around her waist so that I can release my other hand. She wraps her fingers through mine and pulls our hands between our bodies. There’s hardly space for them-She’s pressed right up against me-but I understand what she wants.
I find her clit with my thumb and circle it, slowly at first, then faster, increasing the pressure. She gasps and grinds into me, and I feel her clench around me, and that’s what pushes me over the edge.
For a moment we’re all arms and legs, wrapped around each other, clinging to each other, our hands scrambling for purchase on each other’s bodies. My legs buckle, my feet slip out from underneath me, and we both fall below the surface of the water. Alicia’s thighs are quivering against my waist, her nails digging into my back. She’s coming so fucking hard. She’s still going. I slip a finger inside her alongside my cock so that I can feel her body squeezing me.
Our heads break the surface, and she screams in pleasure as I gasp in a mouthful of air.
I’m too exhausted in the wake of my orgasm to stand against the current, so as Alicia goes limp in my arms, I reach out for the riverbank and grab the root of a tree growing there, using it to hold us in place. I rub my hand slowly up and down her back, bringing her back to Earth.
Her breathing slows eventually and she looks up at me. “That was amazing,” she murmurs.
“Pretty good for me too,” I say, chuckling lightly.
Alicia releases her limbs from around my body, but I don’t trust her strength yet-she’s still shaking-so I catch her arm and pull her to the bank. I support her as she climbs up onto the dirt and rolls to her feet, then I haul myself out after her.
She’s moved a few feet away from me. “This was fun,” she says. I frown. “This was fun?”
“I have to get back,” Alicia says. “I can’t stay out any longer. Emmy needs me. And besides, I left Kayla in charge, and she’ll be wanting to get away from her babysitting duties-”
“No, she won’t.” How did this turn so fast? “Kayla wanted us to go out, Alicia. She told me she’d watch the baby all night if she needed to. I mean, go back if you want to, but if that’s what you’re doing, own it. I know you’re not going back because of your sister.”
“All right,” Alicia agrees. “Fine. I’m going back because of my brother. I’m going back because of Deidre. I can’t afford to get serious with you while they’re a threat to my family. And you know that.”
She turns and starts to walk away.