“Thank you,” he said, lifting his head to send a quick word of gratitude skyward.
“What are you doing?” Tasha poked him in the ribs.
“Just saying thanks to the Goddess for sending you to me. You’re amazing, baby, utterly amazing.”
She flushed scarlet, his Wolf eyes seeing it even in the darkened interior of the cab as she batted at his arm. “Shush.”
She fingered the gold chain around her neck, opening the locket and showing it to him. “This is my mom and dad. She gave it to me a couple of years ago. It was hers, my grandmother gave it to my mom, and my mom changed the pictures and said I should have it. I’d like you to see how they looked.”
Rafe looked at the tiny image, a strong tall, dark haired man standing behind a smaller fair haired woman, arms around her waist. The woman’s head tilted upwards looking back at the man with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eyes. It was obvious to anyone how much they were in love with each other.
“They look happy, and in love. Your mother is beautiful, Tasha, you obviously take after her.”
Tasha smiled sadly. “Thanks, and yes, they meant the world to each other. She wouldn’t have left him even if she could have.”
“I can understand that,” Rafe replied softly. “I could never leave you either.”
Tasha looked up, her lips tugging up at the sides. “Me too.”
Rafe leaned down, his lips caressing hers in a ghost of a kiss. A promise of things to come.
“We’re home.” Jacy said, interrupting, as he pulled to a stop in front of the Alpha cabin. “And not a moment too soon. I expected you two to start the mushy stuff any minute. I’m outta here. See you around . . . sometime. When you surface that is.”
Jacy tugged open the door because Rafe had broken the handle earlier in the day, laughing his head off.
“You cheeky . . .” Rafe stopped, there was no point in continuing as Jacy disappeared. Instead he got out, reaching in and offering Tasha a hand. “Come on, we’ll go have a nice warm shower.”
“Together?” She asked, eyebrow raised.
“Together sounds perfect.” He grinned, helping her out and leading her inside.
His mom must have been in and left lights on for them, there was also a tantalizing aroma floating through from the kitchen. Rafe’s stomach rumbled. “We can eat later.” He smirked as he headed upstairs, his mate on his heels.
“Later is good.”
As they reached the bedroom door he stopped, palming his forehead. “Shit! I didn’t think earlier. What with everything going on. What about your things? We can go back tomorrow and get what you need, or want.”
Tasha reached up, patting his cheek. “I asked Levi to get Myrtle to help him pack up some stuff from my bedroom. That’s enough for now. We can go back in a few days and I’ll sort through everything else. It’s not just my stuff, Rafe. I’ll need help in contacting any relatives of the rest of the Pack in case they want to come and claim anything. But that’s not for today, or tomorrow. That can wait . . . until after we’re mated.”
“You’re right. There’s more to do than I first gave thought to, but I’ll help. We’ll all help.”
“Thank you.” She tilted her head. “Can we have that shower now?”
Rafe pulled her after him straight into the bathroom, picking her up and sitting her on the space between the two sinks before turning on the shower. When he returned he leaned in, eyes open, his lips covering hers in a soft kiss which quickly turned hot and heavy. Their tongues clashed, tangling together as their hands fought to release the other of their clothes. She groaned into his mouth when his hand cupped her breast, finger and thumb tweaking her nipple into a hard bud. Groaning louder when he released her lips to duck down and suck her bud into his mouth. His eyes lifting to watch her head fall back, her spine arching as she pushed her breast further into his mouth.
Rafe’s fingers made quick work of undoing her jeans, sliding them down over her hips as she lifted her backside up so he could slip them off completely. As soon as she was naked, his fingers massaged her inner thighs, spreading them apart and slowly, slowly making their way higher to caress her warm folds. Dipping one finger inside, her hands wound in his hair, grabbing on tight, gasping his name.
Her soft mewls had his cock pulsating with need, but he wouldn’t take her for the first time here. No. Not like this. This, here and now, was just a taster of things to come. His thumb slid into her warm sheath, coating it with her juices before going in search of that most magical of places: her pleasure center.
Rafe left her breast when he found it, his eyes on her face as he circled her clit with his moist thumb. Eyes wide, mouth open, Tasha locked gazes with him. “Oh my god!”
Grinning he swirled faster, using more pressure until he saw the moment she was about to fall over. Her hands left his hair, falling behind her as she screamed his name, her body shuddering her release. He kept up his soft rubbing, milking her orgasm until she leaned forward, head on his chest, mumbling. “What about you? And we didn’t mark each other?”
Rafe laughed, loudly. “Babe, that was just the start. We’ve got a long way to go.”
“Holy shit, you’re gonna kill me.” She groaned as he picked her up and carried her to the shower.
After a long, hot, and very steamy shower they finally made it to the bed. A freshly made bed
