SWNOVELS Chapter Chapter Three: Claiming His Mate
Tamara felt her body vibrate as he kissed her. When his tongue touched her lips, she opened for him. They moaned when their tongues touched.
Is this what he meant? This feeling of belonging.
“What’s your name?” she asked when he lifted his head.
“Drezden.” he looked into her eyes. “Some of my friends call me Drez.”
She smiled up at him. “Drezden,” she whispered.
He groaned and claimed her lips again.
A phone started ringing, and Drezden grunted as he pulled away from the kiss. “One moment.” He raised a finger as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. “This better be good,” he said into the phone.
“Have you claimed her yet?”
Drezden growled. “Not yet.”
“You need to. We don’t know who else knows about her.”
Drezden grumbled. “It’s a bit harder than that.”
“How hard is it to claim your mate? Three of us already have.”
Drezden snorted. “Yeah, well, your mates hadn’t been attacked by a shifter who claimed to be her mate.”
“Fuck.”
“Yeah.” Drezden looked into his mate’s eyes. “Look, I’ve got to go. I’ll call you when we’re at her car.”
“Okay, Brother. Good luck.”
Drezden hung up the phone and placed it back in his pocket.
“How do I know if this is real?” she asked, watching him.
He grinned. “Do you feel the pull to me?”
She nodded.
“Then it’s real.”
She snorted. “How do I know the first guy wasn’t real?”
“Did you feel a pull to him?”
“Well, no.”
“Did he try to rape you?”
“Well, yes….”
He caressed her cheek. “He wasn’t real. This….” He pulled her against him. “This is real. What you feel with me, it’s real, Mafilia. I’m real. An Alpha Fated Mate would never force himself on his mate.”
She blinked up at him. “An Alpha Fated Mate?”
He chuckled. “That’s what the male Fated Mates are called.”
“A bit sexist,” she grumbled.
He laughed and kissed her, then lifted her off her feet. She sucked in a breath as her feet dangled off the ground.
“We’re the Alphas because we….”
“Have the dicks?” she asked, her eyebrow raised.
He grinned. “Nope.”
She eyed him, and he quickly kissed her lips, then set her back on her feet.
“We have a gay Fated Mate couple, and only one of them is the Alpha Fated Mate.”
She stared at him.
“The Alphas are the dominant Fated Mate. The one who impregnates….”
“Wait a minute.” She took a step back from him. “Are you telling me that I’ll get pregnant if I mate with you?”
He sighed. “It’s what the Goddesses want….”
“What about what I want?” she asked as she studied him.
“Are you on the pill?”
“Yes.”
He smiled. “Then you won’t have to worry about it until you’re ready.”
She shook her head. “That’s so confusing.”
He shook his head. “The Goddesses want us to have cubs because they’re important to the upcoming war. But it’s when our mate is ready. We won’t force them.”
She blinked at him. “Upcoming war?”
He sighed heavily. “One of my sisters can explain it better for you.”
“Is that why they need a sitter? Wait, twelve little ones, so they’re Fated Mate’s offspring?”
He nodded. “Yeah.”
She shook her head. “And I’m supposed to have one?”
He shrugged. “If you want.”
She sighed. “I’ve always wanted kids….”
He pulled her against him and held her. “When you’re ready, Mafilia.”
“What does that mean?”
He smiled. “My Mate. Or, when we’ve been together a while, My Love.”
She smiled. “So, this is real, huh?”
He nodded.
“Okay,” she whispered.
With a growl, he captured her mouth and started undressing them.
“What, now?” she asked with a chuckle.
He grinned. “I need to claim you before another shifter tries to cockblock me again.”
Tamara moaned when she felt his skin against hers.
Once they were naked, he lifted her off her feet and walked to the creek. Once they were submerged in the water, she started shivering.
“The creek, really?”
He chuckled. “Easy way to hide you if someone comes our way.” He claimed her mouth again.
She moaned against him. “Just don’t drown me.”
He grinned against her lips. “Never.”
She moaned when his hand slid down her body and found her pussy.
“You’re already wet for me,” he said when his finger slid inside her slickness. “Are you a virgin?”
She shook her head.
“Good.” He removed his hand, lifted her into the air, and slammed her down onto his cock.
“Fuck!” she cried out when he impaled her.
“Hell, yes,” he groaned as he lifted her and slammed her down again.
“Wow,” she moaned.
“Yeah.” He lifted her again and slammed her down onto his cock.
“Don’t kill me on our first time,” she said, tilting her head back.
He chuckled. “Your pussy is tight.”
“I haven’t had sex in over two years,” she admitted.
He groaned. “Me either.”
She looked at him, her eyes open wide. “Someone as sexy as you not having sex?”
He shook his head.
“Why not?”
He pulled her against him and whispered into her ear. “I was waiting for you.”
She moaned and sucked in a breath when he grabbed her ass and started pounding into her.
“Fuck, yes,” she moaned as she held onto his shoulders.
“You’re so beautiful,” he said as he massaged her ass cheeks.
“You’re not half bad yourself.”
He grinned, then kissed her. He slammed into her hard and deep making them moan with pleasure.
“Fuck,” she cried out as an orgasm took her out of this realm.
“Fucking hell,” he groaned when her pussy clamped down on his cock.
“Mmmm.” She moaned as she came back to reality.
“Fuck yeah.” He lifted her and slammed her down on him again.
“Oh, God,” she groaned.
The cold water around them started to warm as their body heat spiraled.
“Again,” she moaned, and he did as she asked.
“I need to warn you before I cum,” he said as he pulled her closer.
“What?” she asked, her eyes half-open.
“Two things are going to happen,” he said as he slowed his pace. “One is going to hurt like hell. And the other will just be a bit uncomfortable for thirty minutes.”
She blinked as she watched him. “Go on.”
“You see. There’s a way to prove you’re mine.” He grinned.
“Okay.” She nodded for him to continue.
“One. I’m going to knot after I cum.”
“Like animals,” she said, watching him.
He nodded. “Yes.”
“And the other?”
“The other is very painful.” He sighed. “But I’ll be here with you.”
“Okay.”
“We’ll bond,” he said, kissing up her neck.
“What happens during the bonding?”
“Well, our wrists will burn like they’re on fire. And markings will appear showing the world that we belong to each other.”
She grinned. “I like that.”
He chuckled. “You do, do you?”
She nodded. “Yes. If anyone comes onto you, I can tell the bitch to back off because you’re mine.”
He laughed and kissed her, hot and hard.
“Fuck,” he groaned as he started to pick up speed again.
“Yes,” she moaned.
“Shit, I’m going to cum,” he groaned as he bit into her shoulder.
“Fuck!” she cried out.
Her body vibrated, and her pussy clamped down on his cock.
“Ah shit,” he grunted when he felt his seed shoot deep inside her.
He grabbed her hands and held their arms above their heads, his wrists pressed against hers.
Tamara squeezed her legs tight around his waist as she looked up at their joined hands. She could feel his knot in her pussy and smiled. There’s one proof that she’s his. Now for the other.
She screamed when the pain started. Fuck, he wasn’t kidding.
“It’s okay,” he said, kissing her.
She whimpered as the searing pain tore at her wrists. His kiss helped distract her, but her arms felt like they were being branded.
When the pain subsided, he pulled their hands down and looked at their wrists. She sucked in a breath when she saw the scars.
“They branded us,” she whispered.
He chuckled. “Pretty much.”
“What is it?”
He turned their wrists over, and she stared at their names etched into their wrists.
“That is so cool.”
He laughed. “Think so?”
She nodded as she looked into his eyes. “You’re mine now.”
He chuckled. “And you’re mine.”
She smiled as she leaned her forehead against his. “What now?”
“Now, we wait for the knotting, then I take you home with me.”
She sighed. “Sounds good.”
~🌺~
“About fucking time.”
Drezden turned to his brother’s voice. “Daryl.”
Daryl sniffed the air and smiled at the newly mated couple.
Tamara took a step back when Daryl took a step toward her.
“It’s okay.” Drezden wrapped his arm around his mate. “This is my brother, Daryl. He’s also our Alpha. He definitely will never hurt you.”
Tamara studied the large man who’d stopped approaching her. He must have been one of the cougars that come to her rescue.
“Is she okay?” Daryl asked as he turned to look at his brother.
Drezden nodded. “She’s a bit shifter shy.” He looked down at his mate. “She wasn’t denying me personally, but all shifters.” He chuckled.
Daryl caught on and nodded. “Something happened before she came to us?”
Drezden nodded. “A shifter attacked her, claiming to be her Fated Mate.”
“Mother Fucker!” Daryl shouted with a growl that had Tamara ducking behind her mate.
“It’s okay,” Drezden said as he pulled Tamara forward.
She looked up at her mate. ’Is it really okay?’ she wondered.
Drezden smiled down at his mate. She’s going to be a bit jumpy for a while, which is to be expected with what she’d been through.
“You claimed her, but she’s still in heat,” Daryl said as he sniffed around them.
“Yeah.” Drezden looked back at his brother. “She’s on the pill. But at least she’s claimed.”
Daryl nodded. “Let’s get her shit from the car before I call the tow truck.”
Drezden nodded and looked down at his mate. “Anything important in your car?”
She nodded. “Everything.” She looked at her car. “I was moving here. Most of my stuff is in storage, but my personal and important stuff is in my car.” She groaned. “My car.”
“It’s okay.” Drezden kissed her forehead. “I’ll get you a new car.”
She looked up at him. “You don’t have to do that.”
He chuckled. “You’re my mate, Mafilia. It’s my job to take care of you.”
She smiled up at him. “You don’t have to spend money on me. I’m not that kind of girl.”
Daryl chuckled. “Get used to it, Seliana. We Kraftman brothers have a habit of spoiling our mates.”
“Oh.” She looked at Daryl. “Are you well off?”
Drezden and Daryl laughed.
“You can say that,” Daryl said as he opened the back door to her car.
“We’re each independently wealthy,” Drezden said with a wide smile.
Tamara swallowed. Wealthy? Does he mean they’re extremely rich?
“Rich is more the word,” Daryl said.
Tamara felt like passing out.
“We haven’t had anyone to spoil, and now that we do, we do it a lot.” Drezden grinned as he squeezed her to his side.
“O… okay.”
“So, what’s your name?” Daryl asked as he turned from her car and looked at her.
“Daryl,” Drezden warned.
But Tamara didn’t mind. She was getting more and more comfortable around these shifters. She guessed they were her family now.
“Tamara,” she said, watching her mate’s brother.
Daryl smiled at her. “Nice to meet you, Seliana.”
Tamara’s eyebrow arched up.
Drezden kissed the top of her head with a soft chuckle. “That means, sister,” he whispered.
“Oh.” She smiled.
“Beliono is brother; if you were wondering,” Daryl said, then went back to pulling the stuff from the back seat of her car.
She wasn’t, but it’s nice to know.