“You ready to let me off my leash, Bay?” I ask, my blood beginning to sizzle in my veins.
“Jason?” she says softly, looking at me with big, beautiful doe eyes.
“Hm?”
“That thing that happened to me on your lap last night?”
“Mm hm…” I smile, remembering it vividly.
“That was the first and second time that ever happened to me with someone.”
My spine snaps straight, and I’m suddenly feeling as serious as a heart attack.
“Um… and… Jase?”
I jerk my chin up. Because it’s all I can do.
“You were my first kiss, too.”
I scoop her up, making her squeak with surprise.
I storm out of the cabin.
“Where are we going?” she asks, looking freaked out.
“Home. I’m claiming you in my bed.”
“Oh,” she says.
“And fair warning… I might not let you out of it for a week.”
Her lips part. Her eyes are huge.
“You set your sights on a super alpha shifter, Bailey. You wanted me, knowing you’d be the sole being responsible for satisfying my hefty sexual appetite. You might think you know what you’re in for, but–”
“I really don’t. I’ve never been touched that way.”
I laugh with supreme satisfaction. “Well, brace, baby. Because not only are you mine, but you’ve also been denying me what’s mine for too long. So, you’ve got a male who’s beyond ready to show you what it means to be claimed by an alpha.”
“I’m scared, Jase.”
“You should be.”
She pales.
My voice goes gentle. “I’ll take care of my sweet little mate, Bailey.”
“You will?”
“Promise.”
“Good,” she whispers.
“But that doesn’t mean I won’t take my fill and leave you unable to move afterwards. I promise you’ll like it, though.”
“Um… okay.”
I laugh and I’m worried it’s coming across as sinister, but the expression on her face means everything, because she no longer looks afraid. My Bailey looks excited.