She asked so sweetly, but this was no request. This was a demand that he give himself to her fully this time. “We can do that for—”
He almost said forever. He wanted to. He would someday soon. “—as long as you want and need me, zhin moya.”
Helena's smile came all the way from her heart, maybe even her soul. She pushed Aleksei back so he was seated, and then straddled his lap. “It's my turn to make you feel good first.”
She sank down onto his erection and it took all he had not to throw his head back and bark to the moon that he had found his own personal goddess. He did let out a low approving growl.
“I love it when you go all wolfy on me. Growl for me again, and let me see those sexy-ass fangs.” Fully seated on him, she squeezed her inner muscles and threw her own head back, enjoying this as much as he was.
Aleksei's fangs were already out and he licked his tongue across them, staring at her bared throat. He grabbed her hips and moved her up and down on his cock, thrusting into her.
The muscles in her legs tensed. “I'm not too heavy for you, am I? I figured you were big enough that I wouldn't squish you. I wouldn't normally try this, but...”
“Look at me and listen, because I want you to understand. You're perfect. Making love to you like this is the best fucking thing ever. I love that you're tough and strong and I don't feel like I'm going to break you. You are my every wet dream and fantasy come to life. I'm the one who needs to worry that I won’t be man enough for you. Don’t ever think you're too much woman for anyone.”
Helena closed her eyes as if his words gave her as much pleasure as his body. He hoped that they did. When she opened them again, she moved her hips faster, sliding up and down on his cock. Every move she made had him so close to coming that he had to grit his teeth to keep from coming.
She would always come first. Always.
In a few more thrusts her breathing spiked and her nipples pebbled. Her legs were trembling and Aleksei took over, lifting her and dropping her back down, jerking his hips so she would feel him deeper inside her than any other man in her life before. Her eyes fluttered shut and she bit her bottom lip.
“Look at me, Helena. I want to see your eyes when you come.”
When she stared down at him, the blue glow from his wolf reflected back in her own eyes. It took his breath away to see a glimpse of what she would look like as a wolf and it was more than he could handle.
“Ya lyublyu tebya, zhin moya, Ya lyublyu tebya.” He slipped into Russian to tell her he loved her, and together they both came, staring into each other's eyes.
Helena didn't say she loved him back. She likely had no idea he'd just splayed his heart out for her anyway. She bit her lips and groaned low until her body locked and it took her breath away. Then she collapsed forward onto him and buried her head in his shoulder.
He'd never felt so incredibly connected to anyone in his life.
Together they breathed hard, the beat of their hearts and lungs matching each other's rhythms. When Helena wriggled on his lap, he realized she wasn't going anywhere. Not only were their souls locked together, their bodies were, too.
His wolf had made its own claim on her body with the bulge of his knot at the base of his cock. He wouldn't be able to pull out until the wolf was satisfied she was thoroughly his. Not that he minded this instinctive ritual from his beast within. It gave him more time to be close to her, one with her.
Aleksei gently laid back so Helena was spread out on top of him and rolled them to their sides with her leg thrown over his hip. “I want to hold you like this all night, love.”
She snuggled tight and her reply came out drowsy and contented. “I'm glad you didn't just pull out. I like the feeling of still being connected with you.”
Ah, so his wolf knew what it was doing after all.
He held her tight until she quietly fell asleep. Only when she was peaceful and resting in his arms did the knot subside. He hated to break their connection, but he did, knowing they would be one again soon.
Aleksei drifted off to sleep with her scent wrapping him in a welcoming warmth he'd never known. He awoke again a few moments later, the bitter scent of betrayal. loss and fear tainting the air.
The lone wolf howled from right outside Helena's house.
The Nothing
What the fuck was that?
Aleksei was an animal in bed. Not literally. Although Helena's heart rate and lust skyrocketed the second he brought out those wolf fangs. Holy saints above, the way he scraped his teeth across her skin was so fricking sexy, she thought she'd orgasm from that one touch alone.
Now they were snuggled up in her bed and he'd done the one thing she craved after sex but never got. He'd stayed buried deep inside of her. Dudes were always pulling out and waving their dicks around before she was even done coming, if she got to come at all. She wanted to snuggle, to continue to feel close to him, be connected both spiritually and physically for a little while longer.
God, this was heaven. Plus there was still that pie to be smeared all over him and eaten back up.
She loved pie.
She also loved Aleksei.
Yep. Loved. She was head over heels for this grumpy guy who she was just supposed to be having a fake relationship with to get through the holidays without being harassed. Something had changed between them tonight. They'd gone from something superficial and convenient, to sexy as fuck, to an open and deep link that felt as if it went all the way down to her soul.
This must be what Heli was talking about when she got all mushy and gooey about Kosta. Did it have something to do with his wolf nature? Were there supernatural forces at work to make her feel this way? Naw. That was ridiculous. Her feelings were her own. Nothing could take away the happiness and joy fluttering around her chest like a flipping butterfly on rainbow steroids.
She snuggled deeper into his arms, loving the warmth of his chest against her cheek and his cock nestled in her pussy. She felt so full, in her heart and in places down below. She sighed and let herself fall into the most comfortable sleep of her life.
Helena dreamed of running through a forest, the Reserve at the edge of town. The dirt was cool beneath her feet, but she wasn't cold even with the wind whipping across her face. Something warm and furry wrapped around her keeping her safe. She was free and alive like never before.
But there was something evil in the woods. She could smell it. The scent was like pure vodka burning her nose. Eyes peered at her from the shadows. These weren't filled with the strong blue glow like Aleksei's wolf, they were an abyss, darkness, the absence of light.
A wolf the color of darkest storm clouds emerged from the underbrush and stalked toward her. His growl hit her full in the chest like the rumble of thunder. His teeth gnashed like lighting. But his dark gaze wasn't directed at her.
Oh no. He was after Aleksei.
“Lisichka, wake up and don't make a sound. Shhh.” Aleksei's deep voice pulled Helena from sleep. Pulling her from a dream that had suddenly turned into a nightmare.
His tone wasn't soft and soothing, but filled with foreboding, and he held her tight to his chest to keep her silent, not to hush her scared cries leftover from the dreamworld. Every muscle in his body was tense, spring loaded, ready to pounce. What in the hell was going on?