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He lifted his head only for a moment to take in her reaction. The icy eyes that had sparked with outrage were now warm embers and her body was taking on the soft, languid quality of a woman who recognized her mate and longed for his touch despite her protests to the contrary.
Lowering his head, he kissed her deeply, letting his tongue trace the seam of her lips and then plunge inside when they parted. She seemed to be melting in his arms, leaning into him for support. His tongue danced with hers, gliding in a perfect rhythm—an indication of what he would do to her with his cock after the bonding ceremony.
His free hand moved from her breast down her torso, skimming along her skin and raising goosebumps in its wake until it reached the waistband of her breeches. He unzipped them and tugged them down over her hips and thighs until they reached the top of her riding boots. The small scrap of lace that passed for panties was easily ripped from her body and stuffed into his own pocket.
Winter started to protest, but Sean quieted her by kissing his way down her throat, bypassing her sweater and sucking her plump nipple into his mouth, nipping it when she didn’t settle down. His hand covered her sex, which was swollen and wet. As he circled her clit with his fingers, she moaned into his mouth and was lost in her own passion.
She was the most sensual, receptive woman he’d ever held in his arms, and he’d held more than his fair share. But having Winter as his own meant sex would no longer be just a biological need. He meant for their pairing to be a mating spoken of for centuries in these mountains. People would tell the tale of how he had conquered his wayward mate and made her the happiest of she-cats.
His mouth moved to her other breast as he stroked his finger down from her clit, parting her labia and gently penetrating her core, first with one and then with a second finger. He thrust them in and out, curling them up so they slid along the upper wall of her core, making her grind her sex against his palm.
As he hit that sweet spot deep inside her, he could feel her tensing—part of her body wanted him to give her what she needed and part of her was trying to find some way to resist him. As her breathing quickened and her body began to tremble, Sean used his thumb to press down hard on her clit as he lifted his head from her nipple.
“Come for me, Winter. Come for your lord and master.”
The command in his voice couldn’t be denied and Winter came with a strangled cry, her honey oozing all around and over his fingers.
“Bastard,” she hissed.
“Mate,” he responded before pulling her breeches up and her sweater down to cover her.
She should have been with him at CuraidhCastle for more than two years, taking her place at his side and tending to his needs, making his life easier. Instead, she had managed to elude him and had accomplished just the opposite.
There was a knock on the door, and he came fully awake, using the sheet to wipe his seed from his belly.
“Come,” he called.
His cousin Hamish, who was also his beta, entered the room. “I’m sorry to disturb you, but we have word that your lady has been spotted.”
Sean came off the bed, grabbing his jeans and a sweater before pulling them on and sitting on the edge of the bed to pull on his boots. “Get the plane ready…”
“Don’t you want to know where we’re going or what circumstances she’s been found in?”
“I doubt you’d disturb me to tell me she’s dead, so it doesn’t matter. I mean to fetch her home and get the deed done.”
“What if she has a mate—you know, another mate.”
“It doesn’t matter, she is mine. If he will not give her up, I will challenge him. And when I kill him, she’ll be lucky if I don’t claim her in a pool of his blood.”
Hamish shook his head. “You’re a single-minded bastard, I’ll give you that.”
“Where, Hamish?”
“Kodiak Island, Alaska.”
“There are no snow leopards there.”
“It seems when she rejected you, she was smart enough to reject all of our kind. She lives in a place called Windsong. It is the home of a Canadian Lynx clowder.”
Sean laughed as he stood up. “Then there’s no worry of another mate. Winter would never condescend to mate beneath her station. Call the hangar and tell them I want the jet ready to go when I get to the airstrip. You stay here.”
“That’s not happening, Sean, and you know it. You’re already in someone’s crosshairs. No, we’ll leave the guard on the alert.”
“And if I order you to stay?” Sean asked archly.
“Then you get to fly in the private jet, and I’ll be stuck with commercial. As my alpha, you can order me to obey your orders. I will give up my post and I will follow you as your cousin and best friend.”
“I’m not going to win this fight, am I?”
