Bear Naked and Bite Marks (17 page)

“You think you can come in here and fuck
up everything I’ve worked for?” This time it was Robert who laughed, but it
sounded maniacal.

“You stupid asshole.”
Declan snapped his big head over to Melissa and growled low at the fact she was
only instigating this fucker’s anger. Now was not the time for her to cause a
distraction or stir shit up. “I told you he would come for me, and if I wasn’t
tied up right now I’d kick your ass myself.” There was a chorus of grunts
behind him, and he knew the other males in the room knew exactly what it was
like to know a determined female.

“You stupid fucking bitch.”
Declan bared his teeth at Robert, but the meerkat was already charging toward
Melissa. Declan lunged forward, but Robert was fast on his feet, far quicker
than Declan’s massive bear, and he got to Melissa in record time. Robert
brought his fist across the side of her head. Her pain and the smell of her
blood filled his nose. A ferocious sound left him, but right when he would have
tackled Robert a gunshot went off and Robert fell to the floor with a bullet to
his head. Everything stilled as he looked at Robert’s now lifeless body, and
then swung his head to Manny. The other meerkat now stood right out of the
kitchen, his arms outstretched, and the
handgun
 
in
his shaky grasp.

“I told you not to touch her, Robert.”
Manny spoke to himself, had his gaze trained on his brother, and he almost
seemed like he was in some kind of trance. Slowly Manny turned toward Melissa,
and everything in Declan tensed. “I just love you so much, Melissa, but if I
can’t have you no one can.” Manny pointed the gun at Melissa, but before the
Wylde bears could
react
Declan charged the few feet it
took to get to Manny, threw himself on the male, and felt the searing pain as
the gun went off and the bullet tore through his body. Rage and adrenalin pumped
through his veins. Pressing his paws down on Manny’s chest and curling his
claws into the other male’s shoulders, he leaned in and made a low, threatening
sound. But there was no fear coming from the meerkat, just the cold, dead look of
a psycho. But before his bear could deliver retribution hands latched onto his
body and hauled him back.

“Declan, think about your mate. Get
control of yourself.” Maverick’s voice of reason penetrated his anger, and he
pushed the males away and went toward Melissa. Charlie and his brothers had
untied her already. Trace and Link stood by Robert. Ford was watching Manny,
and Maverick was on the phone, presumably calling the authorities. Declan kept
his gaze on Melissa. Tears streamed down her cheeks, and then she was rushing
toward him.

“Declan…” Her voice hitched as she
looked at his gunshot wound. He wanted to tell her he was okay, that everything
would be okay now, but he wasn’t in the right state of mind to shift back to
his human side. “Declan.” She swallowed roughly and fell into his body, wrapped
her arms as much as she could around him, and breathed out. “I was so scared
when I saw you attack Manny and heard the gun go off. All I could think about
was that I would never see you again.” The scent of her tears intensified. He
wanted to hug her back, but instead he nuzzled her head with his. Nothing and
no one would ever stop him from coming after his mate.

Epilogue

Six
months later

Melissa moaned as Declan ran his tongue
from her clit, down her cleft, swirled the muscle around her opening, and
continued moving until he was between the cheeks of her bottom and licked at
her anus. Before Declan no male had ever put his mouth on her back there, but
even if they had Melissa knew it wouldn’t have felt this way. It wasn’t just
that Declan knew how to touch her, stroke her, and lick her until she was
begging for more. The fact they were mates, he was her protector and lover—even
if he pissed her off more times than not—and that she loved him so deeply she
sometimes felt lost in the feelings, had Melissa realizing over and over again
that she hadn’t know what she was missing until he had come in her life. The
males she had been involved with had been fillers, ones that had momentarily
made her feel good, but as soon as they were gone there was this emptiness
inside of her once again.

Declan squeezed and released her ass
cheeks as he licked at her tight hole. Over and over he fucked her asshole,
sucked on the tight ring of muscle, probed the hole, and then licked it all
over again. He moved away slightly, but she still felt his warm breath over it.
Glancing over her shoulder she watched as he stared at her back hole. And then
he dove right in again. He spread her cheeks until the pain from her flesh
stretching uncomfortably filled her. He was a madman as he ate out her asshole,
and the wet, sloppy, suckling sounds of him doing just that filled her head
like a drug until she was high from it. He moved his hand around her belly to
tease her clit with his thumb, and then she was coming for the third time in
the last hour. He was teasing her, no, torturing her, with every part of him
until she was a liquid mess.

When her pleasure receded she fell to
her side. Declan had already gotten off, but he had wanted her to come for him
again. She sucked in a great lungful of air and felt beads of sweat trailing
down her spine. Declan moved so he was facing her. Brushing a piece of hair
from her forehead, he smiled at her and leaned in to kiss her on top of the
head. The act was gentle, but she had learned a long time ago that Declan
wasn’t just this overbearing and powerful grizzly bear. He was also this gentle
giant. He was just as sweaty as she was, and she had to admit that rumpled,
just had sex look was very good on him. But for as dirty as she had wanted it,
with a bit of spanking, maybe some restraining, Declan had been overly soft
with her. He moved his hand down her shoulder, over her waist, and across her
abdomen. He started rubbing her slightly rounded belly. Melissa lifted her hand
and ran it through his short dark hair. He wasn’t keeping it as short as he
normally had it, and she had to admit she liked the longer length.

“I wasn’t too demanding, was I?” He
continued to run his hand over her belly.

“Declan, I am only a few months along.
Believe me, a little sex isn’t going to break me or hurt the baby.” He worried for
no reason, but she found it endearing. “Believe me, women have been having sex while
pregnant since before time was recorded.” That had him chuckling.

“Yeah, but I worry that I might … you
know,” She lifted a brow in question. “I’m worried that I might hit the baby
with my dick.” She threw her head back and started laughing. He grumbled
something, and she tried to stop laughing.

“Declan, as big and long as you are,
there is no possible way you can touch the baby with it.” She rolled onto her
back, and he picked up her left hand and ran his thumb over her wedding ring.
She watched him do it, and couldn’t help but smile. They had gotten married a
few months back, and she had been lucky enough to get pregnant right away. But
it wasn’t like she was getting younger, and from what Declan said he wanted
several more. After everything with Manny things had gone surprisingly smooth.
There were no hiccups in her and Declan’s relationship aside from the fact he
was a very protective and possessive mate. But even if Manny hadn’t done that
shit, she knew that was just the breed of male Declan was. But she wouldn’t
have had it any other way, because for the first time in far longer than she
even wanted to remember, she felt wanted for more than just a few hours. Yeah,
Manny had claimed to love her, but the kind of love he had for her was the sick
and twisted kind. Now he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison for everything
that he and Robert had done, the lives they had taken, and everything else
their sick minds had come up with. But that was a far better fate than what
could have happened to him.

“I wish I could marry you all over
again.” Declan’s deep voice drew her out of her thoughts. He pulled her close
to his body, and she started to run her finger over the healed bullet scar that
Manny had caused. Just thinking that she could have lost him had emotion
clogging her throat and tears prickling behind her eyes. “Hey, now, no crying
or feeling sad.” He kissed her on the forehead again, and she snuggled against
him, resting her head right under his chin. “I love you, baby.”

“I love you, too.” She smoothed her hand
over his thick bicep. “You can, you know.”

“I can what, baby?” He sounded drowsy,
and she didn’t have to look at him to know he had his eyes closed and he was
minutes away from falling asleep.

“Marry me again. It’s called renewing
your vows.” His body lightly shook from his laughter. “But if you want to do all
that I think I’ll want the big wedding each time.” She leaned back to look at
his face. His grin was big.

“Baby, you can have anything you want.”

She smiled and rested her head on his
chest once again. They lay there in silence, but nothing needed to be said.
Since getting married by the Justice of Peace, they had had a small reception
with their closest friends and family. Well, they were mainly Melissa’s guests,
but everyone loved her grumpy grizzly bear. Her house was where they called
home, since it was bigger than Declan’s one room cabin, but right now it suited
them. But it was only so big, and if he wanted as many kids as he said, then
they would definitely need a place big enough to fit a small baseball team.

“I’d be careful about saying that to a
female.”

He chuckled again. Declan may still do
the work that had initially brought him to Sweet Water, but he didn’t travel,
didn’t hurt people, and only took cases that required him to have the offenders
judged by a court of law. Had that been her decision? No, she didn’t tell him
what to do or demand that he change. She didn’t want him hurting anyone, didn’t
want him getting harmed in the process, but she hadn’t needed to say any of
that because he had told her what his plans were, and they had suited her just
fine.. She had grown to love him as he
was,
mercenary
and all. It had been Declan’s decision to do less high profile, dangerous
cases, and she loved him even more for that because he was thinking about the
family they were creating.

“You
regretting being
tied down to me yet?” She couldn’t help but grin like a damn fool. He was
teasing of course, but that didn’t stop her from pushing up so she could brace
her upper body on her elbow, and stare him right in the eyes.

“Never.
I just wish I would have met you years ago, and then I wouldn’t have had to go
through all the bullshit to finally get my happily ever after.” Declan pulled
her into his chest, and they settled back on the bed. And that was where they
stayed until sleep was too hard for her to fight, and she was slipping into the
protective warmth and security that only Declan could provide.

The End

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