LickingHerWounds by Fran Lee

even know that I am gone.”
    Gar frowned and Cal knew his words before he spoke. “I know
that Hallie appreciated your concern tonight, brother, but your mate is alone
and I can sense her pain. No matter what we Seronta believe, Lykos have one
mate for life. This is not going to rest easy on her mind. If you love her—if
she truly is your soul mate—you must be with her only. Will your Lykos survive
thinking she is second in your life? Because right now that is exactly what
she’s thinking.”
    Cal stared at his brother. “You can sense my mate’s
thoughts?” A slow trickle of jealousy stiffened his spine and he tensed.
    Gar shifted his weight slightly, a sign that he was ready to
take a sudden attack, and Cal inhaled deeply, realizing that of all the
creatures on the earth, this was the only one he trusted with his life. Gar’s
eyes narrowed slightly as he waited to see what would happen in the next few
seconds. Cal sighed wearily and said, “Sorry. You’re right. I need to get back
to her. Who knows…maybe she will need more than I can give. If so, expect a
call.”
    Gar slapped him firmly on the back and gave a grunt. “Not
likely. Go in. She’s awake and she’s not happy.”
     
    Gar dissolved into the dark trees beside the drive and Cal
sniffed the stiffening breeze that blew from the trees beyond the old house.
Nothing but an owl. He made a quick leap from the unkempt lawn to the top of
the porch roof, then one more to the gable he had exited through, before
shifting back to climb through the window. He could smell his mate’s need, and
her pain, and he instantly felt guilty for deserting her at such a crucial
moment.
    She had awoken. He called out to her mentally. She didn’t
respond. But he could sense her irritation and he winced a little at the
thought of how she would receive his apology. If she received his
apology. She might attack him and maul him instead of accepting it. He shook
his head.
    You are angry with me. How can I make this up to you?
    No response.
    I will do whatever you want. Will you come to me, Jessie?
    The soft voice that entered his mind set his pulse afire. You
come to me. You come and beg, and maybe I will forgive you.
    This was no omega Lykos. This was his mate. The command in
her voice told him that she was, indeed, eager to punish him, but he was ready
and willing to take whatever she dished out. In fact his cock had risen to
stiff attention and he smiled. Would she render the punishment he craved?
    He stalked through the attic to the stairway leading down
and found her standing at the bottom of the steps to the second-floor hallway,
her naked body oddly less gaunt and thin than it had been earlier in the day.
Her silver eyes were in shadow but he knew that they were fastened to his
rampant hard-on as he moved slowly down the stairs to stop on the one just
above her. “Will begging get me back inside you, little wolf?”
    Slim but strong hands slid around the girth of his shaft and
he groaned as she pressed her breasts against his abdomen and licked one copper
nipple. “You mean to torture me, wolf?” His voice was rough.
     
    Jessie lost her will to be angry when he came slowly down
the stairs, his marvelous swollen cock bobbing before him. She inhaled deeply
and when he stopped and spoke she could not resist the need to touch him. The
tremor that went through that powerful body gave her a shot of the most
incredible lust imaginable…and the thought of her mate making love to her again
drove the image of him riding Hallie from her mind.
    The taste of his damp skin set her afire and without another
word she launched herself onto him. He sank backward onto the dust-covered bare
wood of the stairs, a deep growl of satisfaction rumbling from his throat.
    Straddling his hips, she wedged his thick cock head into her
wet opening, and with a cry of pure delight she impaled herself on the
unyielding shaft, listening to the rumbling purr of pleasure that came from his
hard chest