She was having a ball play-fighting Adam, breaking off from the fight and then running off again. He was on her tail in a flash. She was trying her darnedest to keep out of his path. She was a fast runner, but so was he. And she loved it. How fun would that be if he could never catch up to her? No fun at all!
He tackled her again. Okay, she really needed a head start!
Then she heard her mom woof, wondering where they’d gotten off to. Sierra woofed back to let her know they were fine as Adam was chewing on Sierra’s neck in a play bite. She retaliated with a bite to his muzzle, and he mouthed hers back. God, she loved him. She had so been missing this in her life.
Adam gentled his play-bites and nuzzled her muzzle. She figured he wanted them to rejoin her family. Which was fine by her. She had just wanted to get some of her wolf aggression out in playtime with him first. Every chance she got.
She waited for Adam to run off so she could nip at his tail for a while, but he was panting, smiling at her, giving her the evil wolf eye. He wasn’t going for it. Fine. Next time, she was chasing him!
She raced off and he tore off after her. Give me a head start the next time!
He nipped at her tail and she rounded on him. They weren’t going to get very far like this. But what did they care? They were having a blast.
After finally visiting with her family for a while as wolves, they all headed back to the ranch house. Sierra would have raced off to play some more with Adam after their hour or so restful walk through the land, but she was enjoying the walk with the family. She hadn’t done this with the whole family together in a long time. She’d run with Brad and Janice since she had arrived in Oregon though. It could be a while before she would have time to run with her parents after they moved here.
They finally reached the house and shifted and dressed. Janice had shifted and dressed and was already in the kitchen getting glasses of water for everyone, though they had all been drinking down at the stream as wolves before they returned to the ranch house.
Then they all said their goodbyes.
On their way home, Sierra said to Adam, “Did Dad lecture you about anything while Brad was grilling the steaks?”
“No. He thought I was the right mate for you.”
She smiled. “Ice cream still next on the agenda?”
“You bet.”
Chapter 25
When they finally arrived home, Sierra pulled into his garage and parked the car. She closed the garage door, and she and Adam got out of the car. “I had fun, but I’m glad to be home,” he said. With Sierra.
He wanted in the worst way to tell her he had to have her for his mate for all time.
“That was a great weekend. Busy, but great,” Sierra said.
He felt the same, but he hadn’t had this much fun in a long time. Though he wished he had more time to spend alone with her.
“I mean, as far as helping Tori with her unpacking and the next day seeing my family and yours, the boat excursion, dinner, and the running as wolves. And ice cream both nights. Everything was fun.” She looked like she’d had a great time, and he was glad about that.
“I agree. Weekends can be boring for me, just chilling out, while Josh is having fun with his mate.” He was about to pop the mating question.
Sierra smiled at Adam. “Yeah, it sucks when your best friend gets hitched and leaves you all alone.”
He sighed. “Sometimes I would go out with Ethan or Josh’s brother, Maverick. But they can be busy on the weekends too.”
“You’ll still get to plan outings with them. Or we can do, um, couple stuff with Josh and Brooke too,” she said.
That was just the prompt he needed to lead him into the mating question. “About the couple stuff, I don’t know how you feel, but—”
“About us?” She went into the kitchen and poured a glass of burgundy for both of them and drank some of hers.
“Yeah.” He drank some of his wine.
She sighed and set her glass down on the kitchen counter. “I’ve waited forever for the right wolf to sweep me off my feet, and now that I’ve finally realized what I’ve got, I’m not letting you go. I just wouldn’t allow myself to see what I knew was right before my eyes all these months.”
Hell yeah! “So you’re saying—”
“I love you? Yes! With all my heart.”
“All right! I love you too.” He wasn’t waiting any longer to mate his wolf.
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. “No matter how many times I try to consider the cons of mating you, all I can think of are all the pros.”
He encircled his arms around her waist and kissed her forehead.
“When it comes right down to it, I know just what I want. You.” She kissed his mouth, tongued his tongue with rapture, then pulled away before he could get more into the kiss. She grabbed his hand to haul him toward the bedroom and get down to business.
But he swept her up in his arms and carried her into the bedroom, then set her down on her feet. She began unbuttoning Adam’s shirt, and he leaned down to kiss her willing mouth as she lifted her head and offered her sweet lips to him. She kissed him back, nibbling on his lower lip. Then her hands tugged at his shirt as if she were eager to undress him. She kicked off her sandals and made him sit down on the bed. Then she began to remove his shoes and socks.
Adam was over the moon about it as he rose to his feet and unfastened his belt.
He began kissing Sierra’s soft lips again, their bodies pressed together with interest and intrigue. He kissed the tender skin below her ear, and she sighed. He had wanted this between them for so long.
Already his cock was hard and ready, her seductive body pressing against him, making his blood burn white-hot. His fingers itched to yank off every article of clothing she was wearing, but he fought the inclination. He wanted to savor this moment for all time.
She ran her hand over the front of his Bermuda shorts. It made him think of wearing his suit for work now and coming home to peel out of it and make love to Sierra every night. After a day on the boat, she was wearing a thin-strapped tank top and jean shorts.
She ran her hands up his abs in a sensual caress and then thumbed his nipples, sending a streak of need shooting straight to his groin. Slow and steady wasn’t going to do it.
He began pulling off her tank top, and she lifted her arms for him. Then he pulled her top off and tossed it aside and stared at the sexy bra she was wearing. He was so busy getting dressed this morning for the boat trip that he hadn’t noticed what she was dressing in, only what her street clothes looked like. He ran his hands over her formfitting bra and felt her nipples pressed against the intimate see-through fabric trimmed in lace.