Wild Craving (8 page)

Neha released
Kiel’s hair and dropped her hands to the bottom of his t-shirt. She pulled it
up to his chin, then tore her mouth from his to tug the shirt up and off. As
she threw it onto the floor, her gaze was caught on the tattoo he had where his
shoulder and neck met on the left side. It was all done in black with a
circular intricate Celtic knot work with two howling wolves, heads thrown back,
facing each other. It was about the size of her palm. She found it sexy as hell
and couldn’t resist going on tiptoes and dragging her tongue across it.

Kiel moaned, his
grip tightened on her ass as he ground his erection into her. Neha nipped his
chin before she pressed her lips to the hollow of his throat. She nuzzled him
there, breathing in his intoxicating scent. She hadn’t lied when she’d told him
it made her ache. She was becoming addicted to that smell.

Neha dragged her
fingertips down Kiel’s washboard abs to the top of his jeans. She didn’t
hesitate to undo them. Once she spread the material wide and tugged it down
past his hips, which sprang his cock because he’d gone commando, she took hold
of his hard length. It was thick and long, and would give her a good ride. He’d
fill her completely. She couldn’t wait to have it inside her.

There was
something she wanted to do first before they got to that part. Neha pumped her
hand up and down Kiel’s cock, squeezing tight, until a drop of pre-cum beaded
on the very tip. He thrust into her grip as an animalistic growl punched out of
him. She stroked him a few more times, then grabbed the top of his jeans and
pushed them down his legs until they pooled at his ankles. He quickly stepped out
of the garment and kicked it aside.

Neha ran her
gaze over Kiel’s naked body. He looked hot in clothes, but with nothing on, he
made her mouth water. There wasn’t an inch of fat on him anywhere. He was cut
and well-padded with heavy muscle. Her gaze became glued to his cock, which
stuck out straight from his body. She licked her lips and it jerked.

She slowly went
down on her knees in front of him, licking and kissing as she went. Once she
was eyelevel with his cock, she gripped it at its base and circled the very tip
with her tongue. Neha then licked him as she would a lollipop. Another growl
pushed out of him as his hips jerked.

Neha opened her
mouth and took him as far back as she could handle. She sucked him in and out,
stroking the flat of her tongue just under the head. His male scent filled her
nose along with the other one he kept giving off. It was enough to make her
head almost spin. She squeezed her legs together as wetness leaked into her
panties.

“Yes,” Kiel
groan with a slight growl. “Just like that.”

He thrust his
hips, matching her pace and fucking her mouth. She tightened her grip on him,
sucking hard enough to hollow her cheeks. His heavy breathing filled the room.
She tasted more pre-cum before she decided she’d better stop. She wanted him
buried inside her pussy when he found his release.

Neha pulled away
from his cock before she stood. Kiel growled and set to work stripping her of
her clothes. She found herself naked and placed on the center of the bed in a
matter of a minute. He came down on top her. She spread her legs wider as his
hips settled between her thighs, expecting him to thrust home, but he had other
ideas.

Kiel kissed her
until he had her whimpering. Neha clutched his back, her hips lifting off the
mattress. He pressed her back down before he released her mouth, then slid
lower on her body. He stopped once he reached her pussy. She gasped as his warm
tongue came out and dragged through the juices at her slick opening.

She gripped the
covers under her as he lapped at her pussy. Neha tried to tell him she was more
than ready to have him take her, but Kiel took her clit into his mouth and sucked
while he pushed a finger into her. A second soon joined it, stretching her as
they stroked in and out. All she could do was gasp and moan.

Kiel took her to
the very edge of release before he pulled his fingers out of her and worked his
way back up her body. He hooked one of her legs over his arm, then slid the
head of his cock into her pussy. He took her in short, shallow thrusts as he
slowly worked his full length into her. Once he was seated to the hilt, Neha
squeezed her inner muscles around his shaft. He stretched her to full capacity,
and she loved it.

He pulled back,
then pushed all the way into her again with one stroke. Kiel released her leg
and rested most of his weight on his bent arms as he set a pace of in and out
that would have her coming in no time. His cock grew even harder, and he angled
his hips in such a way his shaft rubbed against her clit each time he pushed
into her. She moaned, her climax edging nearer.

Kiel thrust
harder and faster. He buried his face in the crook of her neck. The sensation
of sharp teeth being dragged over her skin where her shoulder and it met made
her shiver. She then moaned as he bit her. There was a flash of pain before she
was swamped with pleasure. Her orgasm tore through her, the most intense one
she’d ever had. It went on and on.

He let loose
with another growl, then lifted his upper body on his hands. Kiel took her in
hard strokes. Unbelievably, another climax quickly built inside her. She fell
over the edge once more as he threw back his head and groaned, his cock pulsing
deep inside her as he followed her into release.

Once it was
over, Kiel collapsed on top her. He kissed where he’d bitten her. Neha wrapped
her arms around him, holding him tight, as she fought to catch her breath. Emotions
she hadn’t expected coursed through her. It was as if something invisible had
clicked into place between them. It suddenly hit her that he was the only one
she’d ever want. She felt as if she’d instantly fallen in love with him, not
lust, but love. And it was as if he was fated to be hers and she’d only had to
find him.

Neha closed her
eyes as the intense emotions swirled inside her. They were so unlike her. This
was the first time she felt possessive toward a man. It was more than a little
shocking. A part of her wanted to tell Kiel what she felt, how she felt about
him, but she couldn’t get the words out. She was afraid he’d want to leave once
he realized she’d fallen for him after having the best sex of her life.

Not wanting to
wreck the moment, Neha closed her eyes and gloried in the feel of Kiel’s weight
pressing her deeper into the mattress. She’d wait to tell him that he already
owned her heart.

Chapter Eight

Kiel lay on top
Neha as the invisible link that joined them together as mates formed between
them. With it came the swirl of emotions that were tied to it. His love for her
grew, cementing to last for life. She was his now. He’d bitten her, claimed her
as mate. Since she was human, he had no idea if she felt what he did. A female
wolf shifter would have. Neha remained quiet, not giving him any clues as to
what went on inside her.

He lifted his
head slightly and saw his bite mark had already begun to fade and in its place
was the mate brand, the exact same one that marked his skin. The intricate
Celtic knot work was colored in blues, reds and greens, just as his would now
be. At least that worked as it was supposed to. And since she healed just as
quickly as one of his kind, he had to wonder if his bite had given her that
ability. Maybe there was even a chance she’d now be as long-lived as he was,
but that was something they would have to investigate at another time.

Kiel wanted his
mate again. He’d claimed her, but he needed to strengthen the bond that had
forged between them. And the only way to do that was to make love to her again
and again. Each time he took her it would make their link stronger, more
permanent. It would tie her to him, and him to her. That was the way of a wolf
shifter mating. They fell hard and fast for one another in a matter of minutes
after the male claimed the female, and it lasted a lifetime with nothing able
to sever it.

He kissed Neha,
gently at first, but soon it became heated as his cock hardened once more
inside her. He pulled almost all the way out of her body before he pushed back
in until she’d taken all of him.

“Hmm,” Neha said
as her eyes blinked open. “Again? Already?”

“Yes. We aren’t
through. I don’t intend to let you out of this bed for the rest of the day.”

“Oh, god, yes.”

Kiel pulled out
of Neha. She whimpered and clutched his back to try to keep him against her. He
gently loosened her hands, then maneuvered them both so she was up on her hands
and knees while he kneeled behind her. He was a wolf and he wanted to take his
mate as one would.

He held on to
her hips and rubbed his cock along her clit. She rocked back against him,
moaning. He did that a few more times until she whimpered. Kiel positioned the
head of his shaft at her pussy, then pushed home with one stroke. He bit back
the howl that wanted free as her inner muscles gripped him tight.

He stroked in
and out. She took him deeper this way. He butted up against her cervix with
each thrust into her. She pushed back, matching him stroke for stroke. The
sounds she made, and how her pussy hugged his cock tight, had his point of no
return rushing up to meet him. He reached around her and found her clit. He
rubbed it as he kept thrusting. As she moaned and her inner muscles clutched
and released his length with her orgasm, he came at the same time. His shafted
pulsed deep inside her.

Kiel wrapped his
arm around Neha’s waist, then took them both down to lie on their sides. His
softening cock slipped free of her body as he spooned along her. He was far
from done, but he’d give them both a breather before he made love to her again.

* * * *

The sound of a
car horn brought Neha out of a deep sleep. She blinked, not sure what day it was
or the time. She and Kiel had been up most of the night making love and all she
wanted to do was sleep. She snuggled closer to him as he slept on. He’d taken
her in every position she could imagine, and had exhausted the both of them.
She’d never been with a man who had his stamina.

The next she
heard was someone pounding on the door. “Neha, Kiel? You two in there?” David
shouted from outside.

Neha shot
upright. David was at the door. That only meant one thing—she and Kiel had
slept in. She grabbed her cell phone off the nightstand. She hadn’t turned off
the alarm. It should have gone off. The reason why it hadn’t worked quickly
became apparent when the screen remained black when she touched it to bring it
awake. The battery was dead. Without electricity in the cabin, she’d forgotten
she needed to charge it in Kiel’s pickup with the car charger.

“Neha, are you
there?” David called loudly.

“Oh shit,” Neha
said as she shot out of bed.

Kiel sat up with
a growl as he scanned the room. “What? What’s the matter?”

She grabbed her
bathrobe from her suitcase and slipped it on. “We slept in. The others are here
already. Can you answer the door while I take a quick shower? Then you can have
one after me.”

Neha didn’t wait
for Kiel’s answer. She raced out of the bedroom and into the bathroom where she
brushed her teeth as fast as she could, then tried to set a new world record
for the fastest shower. After she dried off, she didn’t bother combing her
hair, didn’t even look at her reflection in the mirror to see if she had dark
circles under her eyes from lack of sleep. If they were there, Joan would have
to fix it.

She returned to
the bedroom. Kiel was there. After a quickly glance, she saw he was dressed
only in jeans. “Is David upset?” she asked.

Kiel grinned.
“No. He just wants us to hurry. I told him to keep everyone out of the cabin
until you were done your shower. I’ll go take mine now. You can let them in
once you’re ready.”

Neha nodded as
Kiel walked out of the room. She hurriedly pulled on a blouse and a pair of
jeans. She didn’t bother putting anything on her feet. Once she accomplished
all that, she went to the cabin door and opened it. Joan and Ron stood on the
porch, holding the tools of their trades.

“About time,”
Ron said. He looked at her hair. “In a bit of a hurry, were you? Thank goodness
my hair dryer and irons are all rechargeable. With no electricity in this
place, we’d be doomed.”

The two got set
up, then Neha sat in one of the kitchen table chairs Ron was using so he could
do her hair. As she sat, the bathroom door opened and Kiel came out wearing
only a towel. She followed him with her gaze, the love she had for him taking
her breath away.

Once the bedroom
door closed, Ron said, “Hon, you are one lucky woman. That man is seriously hot
with a drool-worthy body.”

Neha smiled.
“And he knows how to use it, if you know what I mean?”

Ron shook his
head. “Don’t tease.”

He then
proceeded to comb out her hair before he took the hair dryer to it. He did the
sides first. The warm air caught inside the top of her blouse, which she hadn’t
buttoned very high. His gaze became fixed on a spot on her neck.

“Ah, hon,” Ron
said, “I hope you made the right decision with that. You just started seeing
Kiel. I would have thought getting something so permanent would be a big
decision.”

Neha’s brows
drew together. “What are you talking about?”

“The tattoo. Is
that why you got David to shut down the shoot early yesterday? So you could go
into Helena to get the same tattoo as Kiel has?”

She laughed.
“You must need glasses. I don’t have a tattoo.”

Ron picked up
the hand mirror he’d placed on the table, pulled the left side of her blouse
open for her to see her neck and shoulder. Neha sucked in a sharp breath when
her gaze landed on where the two met and saw the identical Celtic knot work,
except it was colored with jewel tones, and wolves all in black that Kiel had.

“What the hell?”
she asked as she rubbed at the mark. It didn’t even smudge. She handed the
mirror to Ron. “Give me a minute.”

Neha stood and
marched into the bedroom. She closed the door behind her, then crossed over to
where Kiel stood pulling on a pair of jeans.

“Can you tell me
how this mark came to be on my neck?” she asked as he turned to face her. She
pulled the collar of her blouse to the side.

Kiel blew out a
breath. “I planned to tell you this morning before everyone got here, but we
slept in. I guess you didn’t see it when you took a shower.”

Neha’s gaze
landed on Kiel’s tattoo, which had changed. His knot work was colored the same
as hers. “What did you do? Please don’t tell me you drugged me, then tattooed
me.”

“It’s not a
tattoo.”

“Did you use
permanent marker? It’s not coming off.”

“It’s a brand. A
mate brand.”

“You actually
want me to believe you burned it into my skin. I’m sorry, but I would have remembered
that, and it would hurt like hell even now.”

“I would never
do that to you. A mate brand is something that appears when a male and female
of my kind become mated.”

“What? Your
kind?”

“I’m not like
you.” Kiel took her hand in his. “I’m a wolf shifter, and yesterday I claimed
you as my mate. When I bit you, I linked us and the mate brand marked you as it
marked me before I found you.”

“You want me to
believe you’re a man who can turn into a wolf? And that I’m your mate?”

“Actually, I’m a
wolf who is able to turn into a man. You’ve already seen me in my base form. I
was the wild wolf who spent the night with you.”

“Riight,” she
said. “Do you know how crazy you’re sounding? I thought you were perfect. I
guess you were too good to be true. And I had to fall in lov—” Neha cut herself
off there.

Kiel met her
gaze. “You fell in love with me last night. As I did with you. That’s the way
of a mated pair. The male claims his female and they’re bonded for life.”

Neha was about
to call Kiel crazy when Ron opened the door and peeked around it. “Sorry to
interrupt, but David is getting antsy. I need to finish with your hair, Neha,
like now before he gets pissed off.”

She pulled her
hand out of Kiel’s grip, then walked toward Ron. “Coming.”

As she walked
out of the bedroom, Neha didn’t look back at Kiel. Everything had been going so
perfect before he’d spouted all that crazy ass shit about him being a wolf
shifter and mates.

* * * *

During the photo
shoot, Neha kept taking sideways glances at Kiel. Why did he have to be a nut
job? Even though she knew he was one, her feelings for him hadn’t changed. She
was stupidly still in love with him. She had a feeling the only way she could
break it would be for her to return to New York and never come back to Canyon
Creek.

The day ended up
being longer than she’d expected. David pushed them, wanting to have the shoot
finished that day. Neha kept her distance from Kiel unless they were posing.
Mia must have noticed since she sent Neha questioning looks, which she ignored.
Kiel didn’t push her, but his gaze seemed to follow her wherever she went.

Vlad also must
have noticed the change in hers and Kiel’s relationship. They’d just finished
the last few pictures when he asked to talk to her. Neha reluctantly agreed,
thinking she’d use the opportunity to make it very clear they would never get
back together, even if things hadn’t worked out with her and Kiel.

He led her away
from everyone else and into the trees that surrounded the cabin until they were
out of sight of it. Neha remembered she’d done the same thing with Kiel the day
before and how good it’d been to be held in his arms as he’d kissed her
senseless.

She quickly brought
herself back to the here and now as Vlad stopped walking and turned to face
her. “Whatever it is you want to say, hurry up and finish,” she told him.

“Things haven’t
worked out with Kiel, have they?” Vlad asked as he took a step closer. “I’ve
made it no secret I want you back. Now that you’re done with him, give me
another chance.”

“Vlad, I’ve
already told you repeatedly back in Yellowstone my answer is no.”

“I can change
your mind if you’d let me.” He took another step closer.

Neha walked
backward to put more space between them, but Vlad followed her. She came up
short when her back hit a large tree. “I’m not interested.”

“We’ll see about
that.”

He was on her
before she realized what he intended. She yanked her head to the side as he
tried to kiss her. His mouth landed on her cheek as he brought his hand up and
squeezed her breast. He used his body to keep her pinned to the tree.

“Get the fuck
off me, Vlad,” Neha said in a raised voice. She tried to push him away, but he
was stronger than her.

“No. Not until
I’ve showed you how good we are together. Not until you take me back.”

She reached up
to smack him, but he caught her wrists in his hands and lifted them over her
head. He held them there as he continued to try to take her mouth with his and
ground his body against hers. Neha struggled and was about to work her leg up
to nail the asshole in the crotch when a loud animalistic growl came from
behind Vlad.

“Get the hell
away from my mate.” Kiel’s voice was not very loud, but it was threatening all
the same.

Vlad let her go
and turned in Kiel’s direction. Neha sidestepped until she no longer had the
tree at her back and wasn’t behind Vlad. She had a perfect view of Kiel, who
stood facing the other man with his hands fisted at his sides.

“She’s not
yours,” Vlad said with a sneer. “So butt out.”

“You touch Neha
again and you will pay for it.”

Vlad laughed. “I
will, will I? How? You going to beat me up? You do and I’ll go to the police
and get your ass put in jail for assault.”

“Go ahead. Try
to explain this to the police without them thinking you’re crazy.”

Kiel’s body
blurred and a huge black wolf took his place. It was the wild one Neha had
spent a night with. He’d been telling the truth. He was a wolf shifter.

She was frozen
in place as Kiel the wolf lowered his head, his gaze fixed on Vlad. He snarled
and growled deep in his throat. Kiel took a step toward Vlad, then another and
another. His hackles rose the closer he came.