A/N***** There is a Rated "R" Version of this chapter in a separate book if anyone is interested********

 *****Edited by krisgee*****

 2011 © All Rights Reserved

Chapter 19 (Amy)

            All too slowly consciousness came back to me.  I felt so warm being wrapped in familiar arms.  I inhaled the scent that I have become so accustomed to and sighed in blessed contentment.  Mate.  That one single word called out to me.  We were skin to skin and my wolf called out to his wolf.  Mate, she said again.

            In a rush and totally uninvited all the memories of the night came crashing back to me.  Zach holding my Mr. Hunky Chocolate Brown Eyes by his throat, watching him struggle for breath ripped into my heart.  My wolf bursting out of her skin to protect what belonged to her.  The blood lust.  Oh God, that was the worst part.  How could Zach have been so thoughtless?  He was my twin brother. 

            Mate, my wolf whispered to me.  She was urging me to bind myself to our fated partner.  Again, I inhaled his scent as it surrounded me and certain parts of my body began to stir to life.  Mate, she whispered once again.

            “Stevie,” I called out not knowing if he was awake or sleeping.

            “Yes Princess,” his husky voice answered. 

            I paused for a moment thinking of how exactly I wanted to broach this intimate subject. 

            Deciding to go with simple I said in the most enticing voice I could muster, “Mate me.”

            I felt his body automatically tense and I turned in his arms.  Facing each other I could see the lust swirling in his eyes as he battled with my words and what he thought would be the honorable thing to do.  I gave him a quiet laugh as I wrapped my arms around his neck, “I want you to claim me.”  He groaned, and instantly I thought he was going to deny me.

            “Princess, I would love more than anything to do that but what about your parents?”  On a sigh, I frowned.  I offer him my body and he is seriously asking me about my parents.  Determined to have my man claim me, parents be damned, I lifted my chin and squared my shoulders.

            “I don’t care about my parents, I don’t care about Zach, I only care about us.  I thought I lost you tonight,” I said and I could feel the tears threatening to spill from my eyes.  On a mere whisper I repeated my desperate request, “Claim me”.

            Sealing my intentions I placed a kiss on his bare chest and heard his hiss of pleasure.  That was the instant when I knew he caved.  He was going to give me what I wanted, what he wanted, what our wolves wanted.  He was going to claim me.

            His mouth came crashing down to mine and all of the earlier tenderness in his kisses was gone.  His kiss was now raw, needy and wild.  His tongue delved into my mouth and took complete control of our little intimate dance.  I was merely happy to savor the new feelings blooming in parts of my body that I had never felt before.  I was appeased to just let him lead me to the point of no return. 

            His hands seemed to be everywhere all at once.   They caressed my back, rubbed up my arms and rested on my shoulders while his mouth took its fill.  Minutes passed while we kissed and tasted each other’s desire.  His hands found their way to frame my face and he pulled back a bit so that he could look at me directly into my eyes.

            “Princess, are you sure about this?” he asked with such a sweetness in his tone that made me want to grab his head and pull his mouth back down to mine.

            I nodded to him and confidently replied, “Positive, I want this more than anything.  I want you in me, Stevie.”  Again he growled and quickly flipped me onto my back.  Throwing the covers off of us he sat up on his knees and just stared at me in amazement.

            “God, do you know how beautiful you are?” he said in such a tone that made me truly feel beautiful in his eyes. 

            Smiling up at him I retorted, “Do you know how divine you look?”  Bringing his large body over me he bent down to my forehead and began placing small butterfly kisses all along my hair line.

            “Divine, huh?” he murmured in between his strategically placed kisses.

            I lifted my neck offering it to him and once he reached that special sweet spot right behind my ear, I sighed in gratification.

            Breathlessly, I answered him while I let my hands roam a little on their own, “Mmm Hmm, Greek-God-like divine.”

            “Ooh, I like the sound of that,” he affirmed.

            “I am going to kiss and worship every inch of this precious body,” he said as his hands trailed the length of my body from my shoulders to my toes.  He lifted my toe as if it was the most fragile piece of glass and while our eyes were connected to each other he sucked it into his mouth.

            Holding my breath not sure what to expect, I shivered when the warm heat of his mouth surrounded my small toe.  I never thought that something so simple could turn out to be so damn erotic.  A smile curled on his lips at my obvious reaction to his advances.  Releasing my toe his tongue slid sinuously along the instep of my foot to my ankle where he stopped to place another perfectly placed kiss.  My skin was heating up and I itched to touch him.  He was driving me insane.

            “Stevie,” I called out to him in his mind.

            “I know Princess; patience,” he breathed aloud.  “Trust me; you're going to like this.”

            His mouth and that tongue of his that should really be outlawed continued its path up my leg doing things to my body that I couldn’t understand.  All I could do was feel, and those feelings were driving me out of this world.  I was burning, shivering, and going nuts with all the newness of what was happening to me.

            “Stevie,” I moaned.  I needed something, but not sure exactly what that was.  I pulled him closer to me and arched my body into him.  I was writhing uncontrollably underneath him. 

            Letting my hands slide from his hair I let them drift down his back and outlined all of his toned muscles with my finger tips.  He shuddered under my touch and that gave me an incredible sense of power.  I marveled at the fact that I could make my man respond to me like that with just a simple touch.  Thrilled with my new found power, I continued my explorations to his finely rounded ass.  His muscles bunched and stiffened underneath my hands.  I could only smile at his reactions. 

            “Princess,” Stevie said in a warning tone as he pulled my hand away.  “If you continue that then this will be over before we ever get started.”  I puckered my lips in a pout. 

            “We can’t have any of that, Princess,” he said as he captured my lips playfully in between his teeth.  I chuckled at his childish antics.  His touch and his lips continue to worship my body in all the right places.

            “Stevie?” I called out while fisting my hands in the sheets.

            “I- I can’t, I don’t know,” I began to babble as his tongue continued its ministrations.  Lifting his head to me he placed a finger along my lips.

            “Sshhh, let me take care of you.”

            Before I understood what was happening his massive body covered me and I felt his member resting at my overly sensitized center.

            “Princess, are you sure you want this?” he asked once again.

            Still panting from the incredible orgasm that he gave me I managed to say “More than life itself, claim me now," and ended on a growl.

            In one quick thrust he entered me and I yelped from the sudden sharp pain caused when he broke through my virginal barrier.  Tears leaked from my eyes and he lay still, apologizing profusely.  Breathing slowly through my nose the pain began to ebb and I lifted my head to kiss his mouth.  He looked so concerned for me and that is when I knew that I loved this man.  I would love him forever. 

            “Are you okay?” I heard his voice in my mind.

            “If you start moving, I will be more than okay,” I answered back while placing a kiss on his shoulder. 

            He rubbed his hand over my cheek while staring deeply into my eyes and started to slowly move. We were connected as one and I have never felt anything like the connection that I was feeling with my mate now.  He kept the pace slow and caring as he made sweet love to me until the fires began to rage out of control.  The pace instinctively increased and I felt the familiar burning start to build again in my core.  His mouth licked at the juncture of my neck and I knew the moment was coming.  Faster and faster the pace moved and all I could do was hold on for the ride.  Finally, fireworks exploded as I flew apart in his arms and called out his name. 

            In the same instant his teeth found my neck and pierced my skin as he came with me.  Once his teeth locked on to my shoulder my whole world flew even higher. 

            We both started to come down slowly and he released his teeth from my shoulder and licked lovingly at the wound.  It would heal and bear his mark, making me his forever.  I grinned at the lingering sensations that his tongue caused brushing over my mark.   

            “Mine,” he said as he rolled over and pulled me into his side.

            Tired and completely sated I answered, “Yours.”

            "I love you," he whispered lovingly at my ear.

            "I love you, too," I answered back as I snuggled further into him.

            We lay in the bed together for several hours holding each other as if we were afraid that one of us would disappear.  As the sun rose and light filtered into the room I reminisced of how beautiful the claiming had been. It was so much better that I had ever expected.  Words can’t describe how I felt right now.

            “Good morning, Princess,” I head the gruff voice from behind me.

            “Good morning,” I answered while I pulled the hand he had around my waist to my mouth and placed a kiss on his hand.  We sat there in companionable silence for several minutes before it hit me.

            “Oh shit,” I barked as I jerked up into a sitting position.   

            “What’s wrong?” Stevie asked clearly worried now.  Holding the sheet covering my chest I ran my fingers nervously through my hair.

            “I’m going to go in heat,” I said while shaking my head back and forth.  “I’m going to go in heat and my father and my brother and every other wolf in the vicinity is going to know.”

            “Oh shit,” Stevie remarked.  “I am so freaking dead.”