Chapter Eleven
Harper stood deep into the forest, staring up at the full moon. She had already stripped out of her clothes and was simply enjoying the feel of the tingles from the miraculous event up and down her skin.
She was waiting.
Mateo wasn’t far behind.
All day, she’d been thinking of tonight and what it would mean. She had no idea what she was going to do.
Franny wasn’t helping matters, and it would seem she was on Mateo’s side, which was kind of nice. If Franny could forgive him, that meant she had a chance as well.
Harper lowered her head, staring down at her naked feet where they connected with the earth. The first night she turned was one of the worst experiences of her life. Now, she looked forward to the full moon.
Her wolf was so close to the surface.
He’s coming.
She sensed Mateo’s arrival.
And sure enough, she turned her head and watched as he came out of the thickness of the bushes. He was naked, and Harper sensed a difference in him, but she also noticed it in herself. There was a hunger between them.
Mateo didn’t say a word. He closed the distance between them, and then gripped the back of her neck, drawing her close, and she didn’t fight him. The moment his lips were on hers, she gave herself over to the need.
Mateo hadn’t kissed her like this before. There was a hunger, verging on desperation, and she loved it.
Everything felt more powerful. She had no idea if that was because she wasn’t fighting her desires for him, or if it was because of the full moon. Maybe it was a mixture of both. She didn’t know for sure, but she didn’t want it to stop.
He drove her crazy, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him close, holding him tightly against her.
“Fuck, you’re so beautiful,” he said.
His hands ran down toward her ass, and she cried out, wanting him inside her.
“Fuck me,” she said, not knowing where that demand came from.
He smiled. “Soon. First, we run.”
She wanted to protest but as soon as Mateo let her go, he changed so effortlessly into a wolf. She’d never seen anyone’s transition so graceful.
Within seconds, she joined him, and her wolf was so happy at being close to him, she rubbed against him, not wanting to stop. Harper understood her. They had missed this. Seven years they’d been so lonely, and now, they were finally free.
Mateo nudged her side, and in response, she took off, running through the forest, feeling the wind gliding through her fur. This felt good.
What also felt exciting was knowing Mateo chased her. She sensed the other pack close, but she always opted to run on her own during the full moon. Harper had been accepted within the pack, and she was more than happy to be part of them, but they were not her own pack.
They were not Mateo, and now she finally knew the difference she’d been hiding from herself all this time.
She veered off to the left, then quickly took a right.
Mateo was by her side the whole way, nudging, teasing her, and she loved having him close.
She didn’t know exactly how long they ran, but when he suddenly captured her and they spun, finally landing in the ground, she changed back into her human form and stared up at him.
Mateo had also changed. It was like they were finally tuned to one another.
She put her hands on his chest, and Mateo already took her lips in a possessive kiss. Moaning his name, she pulled him down.
Mateo pressed his palm between her thighs, and he started to tease her. She cried out his name as he broke the kiss, and then trailing his lips down her neck, sucking at her pulse.
His kisses and teases were a little hard, but she relished them. They were going to leave marks tomorrow. This felt … hotter than before. Harper didn’t know why, but in that moment, she didn’t care. She was fueled by her body’s needs, and that was all that mattered to her.
Mateo didn’t come back to kiss her lips, he trailed his lips down her body, going toward her tits. He cupped them both within his palms, pressing them together, and he emitted a low growl that sent a pool of heat straight to her pussy. With her breasts pressed together, she watched Mateo as he licked across each hardened nub. She whimpered his name, as the pleasure went straight through her core.
He moved between each nipple, sliding his tongue back and forth, and then he bit down, making her cry out.
“That’s it, baby, let me hear it.”
Suddenly, he let her tits go, but he didn’t stop moving down her body, and Harper had no intention of stopping him as he got closer to her pussy. He spread the lips of her sex open. Another moan escaped her, and he’d not even properly touched her yet.
His tongue traced across her slit, circling her bud, and it was the lightest of touches that drove her crazy. She needed more. This time, she growled at him to give her what she wanted, and in response, he let out a little chuckle.
“All in good time, princess,” he said.
His tongue slid down, going toward her entrance, and she expected him to come back up to stroke at her clit, but he didn’t. He penetrated her, making her moan. He wasn’t as big as his cock, but it felt so good. His hands moved beneath her ass, and he held her tightly as he thrust his tongue in and out of her.
Once he began to move at a steady pace, Harper felt the pleasure start to build within her, making her moan. She wriggled her hips onto his tongue, and he growled in response. All too soon, he’d stopped, but he wasn’t done with her, as he went to her clit.
“Mateo,” she said, moaning his name, as he took her nub between his teeth and began to saw back and forth, sucking her into his mouth. It felt so good.
“Come for me, baby.”
He let go of her clit, but his tongue didn’t let up on his teasing. Mateo pushed her higher and higher, sending her shooting for the sky, and the moment she flew right up to that point of no return, Mateo held onto her.
This was right.
He was her mate.
He held her when she needed it most, and she didn’t want him to stop.
This was how it was always meant to be between them. It was one of the greatest feelings in the world.
****
The full moon was always an unpredictable beast. For most wolves, they had no choice in what they did. They were at the mercy of the moon. For Mateo, he had known there was going to be this pull, like a calling, that drove him toward Harper. He’d not even explored the forest, surrounding the Silver pack, and yet he’d known exactly where to find her.
That was the call of mates.
Harper had been waiting for him, and he’d gone straight to her.
Mates found one another no matter what.
His parents had always done the same, and now he knew what they meant. The other problem was, he realized what he’d fucked up by rejecting her. There was no getting away from what he did. He didn’t know if he was ever going to be able to make it up to her. The full moon was helping him have a taste of her, but he also knew it was the only thing giving him a taste of her. Harper would have gladly cut him out of her life, and he accepted that. He couldn’t do anything else.
“Mateo,” she said, moaning his name.
The sounds were driving him crazy, and pushing her over the edge into oblivion, he struggled to see her reaction, but knew it was there.
Harper was giving in to him.
With the taste of her still on his tongue, he grabbed her hips, and using his strength, he spun her around, making her go to her knees before him.
She whimpered his name, and he moved her into position, spreading her legs, and then slowly he began to fill her. Sliding his cock in deep. They both moaned at the same time. Running his hands from her hips up toward her shoulders, he held her still as he basked in the aftermath of her orgasm.
Her pussy was still rippling, and he gritted his teeth. She felt so fucking good.
He wanted to take her, hard and fast, to make her forget everything he had ever done and said to her.
“Mateo,” she said.
He was getting used to his name being said with a moan.
Sliding his hands back down toward her hips, he held onto her, and then started to ease out of her tight cunt. Another growl escaped Harper, and he stared down at where they were joined, seeing her pussy open around his cock. It was such a beautiful sight.
She was soaking wet, and he groaned, slamming all the way inside her.
“Fuck!” she growled and he loved hearing her say it. “Please.”
He knew exactly what she wanted, and he didn’t hold back. Gripping her hips, he began to pound inside her, feeding her his cock, taking her harder, driving deeper within her. She released a whimper, and he slowed down because he felt the answering pull within his own body, and he didn’t want to come just yet. He didn’t want this night to end.
Running his hands up her back, he slid them around and took hold of her tits, teasing the hard nipples. Another moan fell from her lips, and then he went back to grabbing her hips, but this time he didn’t go fast, he slowed down.
“Touch your clit,” he said.
Harper hesitated, but he didn’t stop. He spread the cheeks of her ass, but he wasn’t interested in her anus, no, he loved seeing her cunt filled with his cock.
Pulling all the way out until just the very tip of him remained, he slammed in, going to the hilt within her. The moment she touched her clit, Mateo saw stars, it felt that fucking good.
She stroked her clit, but then surprised him still by reaching down, and then started to stroke his cock as he moved in and out inside her.
“I want to feel you,” she said.
He had no choice but to clench his jaw and count to ten, then to twenty. He was so close to his release, and he refused to spoil it.
“Baby, if you keep that up, then I’m going to be gone.”
Harper giggled.
“Why?”
“You’re driving me crazy and I think what is worse, you know it.”
“I don’t know anything of the sort.” She did sound innocent.
Taking her from behind had its benefits with the angle, but it wasn’t what he wanted to feel, so he pulled out of her and easily flipped her over, onto her back. He spread her legs, and he didn’t make her wait long before he plunged balls-deep inside her cunt. This time, he got to look into her eyes.
The moon cast enough of a glow for him to make out her reflection, and she was beautiful. He didn’t want any distance between them.
He refused to let Harper be afraid of him, afraid of what they could have together.
Plunging deep inside her, he felt her pussy ripple around him.
Neither of them spoke, and he stared into Harper’s deep-brown eyes.
“I’m sorry,” he said.
Harper frowned. “What?”
“For everything. I … fucked up. I should never have rejected you. I should never have sent you away. That is my mess, and one day I do hope to clean it up.”
“Mateo, don’t.”
“No, I know what tonight is. I know there is a chance that come morning, you’re not going to want me around, because reality will set in. There is nothing I can do about that. I fucked up. I know this, but I also know I love you, and I want to spend every waking moment making it up to you. I’m not asking you for forgiveness. I don’t deserve it.”
He saw her eyes glisten with tears. Leaning down, he took possession of her lips, kissing her, and now he slowly made love to her.
At first, he expected reality to set in and Harper to push him away, but she didn’t. She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly, as he made love to her.
To Mateo, this felt like more of a desperation for him. He didn’t want to lose her.
Now he understood what his father meant after all these years. The biggest mistake he ever made was rejecting Harper. The second one, was letting her go.
What the fuck did he do now?