Force of Nature Series Boxed Set (Books 1 - 4) (73 page)

He liked that idea more and more. Hunt the man down and kill him. He would be a hero. The man had killed a lot of people to steal his money and he wasn’t going to let him take any more.

“You know where he is? All I’ve been able to find is where somebody with the last name is. Of course I know where his territory is, but I can’t enter it without permission.” He waited until his other self stopped laughing. Suddenly, he didn’t like the other person.

“
You don’t need permission, you got Mr. Equal. And if you have no need for permission then you can simply go there and kill them all until you get the right one.”

Rich laughed. “Thanks. Next time you need help, you let me know. You’re all right.”

Rich went to find his directory and realized it had burned up in the house too. After conferring with his other, he was trying to think up a good name for himself when one of them suggested the phone book. He was looking it over when someone knocked at the front door.

Chapter 13

Dallas opened the door when he heard her on the porch. She looked winded and wild, just the way he liked her. She smiled shyly at him.

“You ran here.” He flushed when he realized how stupid that sounded. “I’ve been busy since we talked.”

“Where did you send everyone? I didn’t think the houses were done as yet.”

He shook his head.

“Then you’ve thrown them out?”

He laughed. “No. Some of them decided to stay at Phil’s.” He didn’t tell her that they’d found out they were newly mated and nearly knocked him over to get out of the house. “He had to promise them that he’d not feed from them nor would he eat their children. The things people believe.”

He’d been little better when he’d found out about the vampire. Phil was nice and all, but he’d been terrified of him at first. Then when he’d found out that Holly was his mate, he’d been a little on edge with him. But Phil had saved CJ’s life, as well as a few other friends of theirs.

She nodded and stood on the porch still. He moved to the side and hoped she’d enter on her own. For as much as he wanted to drag her to the floor and take her, he knew she needed him to give her something more tonight. And he’d tried.

Stacy moved into the living room of their home and stood back. He’d tried to clean up before everyone left, but again, as soon as the women staying there found out, they’d moved through the house like a tornado. He probably had the cleanest house in five counties. But the added touches made him hope she wasn’t going to think he was a sap.

She walked toward the kitchen where the first of their night together was to begin. He darted ahead of her to take the steaks out of the oven when the timer went off. He pulled out her chair and asked her to sit.

“I had help with dinner. I’m not a great cook, but I can cook some things. Tonight’s dinner was courtesy of the ladies. They gave me instructions on how to put our plates together.” He held up the list and then turned to take the salad out of the fridge. “I have wine too if you’d like.” He had to rub his hands on his jeans. Suddenly, he was completely out of his element and over his head. He took a deep breath and looked at his notes.
Stay calm and talk softly.

So far, so good.

He tossed the salad with the dressing and glanced over at her. She was watching him intently. He wasn’t sure if it was because she was waiting for him to mess up or if she was thinking he might poison her. He hoped not. He wanted her to be with him for the rest of their days.

He looked at the note again.
Small talk.
What the hell was that? Talking in short sentences? He knew that wasn’t it, but he did smile at her and tried to think of one thing to say.

“Phil thought maybe he could find the alpha of the other pack now that he had his scent.” He cringed when he said that.
Right, you big idiot. Remind her that she has no scent
.

“I had heard that he had looked for him. What is it I can do to help you? I feel like I should be doing something.” He shook his head. “At least let me pour us some wine?”

He handed her the bottle that Phil had brought over. He said it was already breathing, but to leave it out and serve it at room temperature. Breathing wine? Small talk? He was going to fuck this up.

He managed to get the plates looking reasonably nice. He had slopped a little bit of the butter onto the steak, but it had melted so fast he didn’t think she’d noticed. And the parsley he’d been told to put near the steak looked a little wilted, but he was fine with that too when Stacy smiled at him.

“It is very lovely.” She took one of the rolls he’d had to cut the bottom off of when he’d gone to open the door for her and had forgotten about. “Hum, this is very nice, Dallas. I have not eaten all day.”

“Thanks. I just hope you don’t get too sick from this.” He looked at her when she cut the steak and sighed with relief when she actually could. He’d been terrified it would have been as tough as his boots.

“I have been thinking about what your brother has said. I believe that he is correct in thinking that I could help with capturing my father.” She was cutting her potato up so she missed his flash of anger, for which he was glad. “I would also like for you to go with me as far as we can so that you are close if something should go wrong.”

That made him stop with the fork halfway to his mouth. “You want me to go? I thought you were mad at me because you didn’t want me to be around because of…well, because.”

“I did not say that. I said I thought it a good idea for you not to go. I think if you stayed back and away then I could go in and do whatever it is they think I can do. If there is a problem then I could easily call for you.”

He liked that idea and finished his bite before answering her. For some reason, he didn’t want to get his hopes up that she may actually need him. He frowned when she laughed.

“What’s so funny?” He grinned when she shook her head. “I’m making an effort here. Tell me.”

“Okay. First, I love you. I have never said that to anyone before, but I do. Secondly…secondly, this is the worst meal I have ever eaten.” She laughed again and showed him the bottom of her steak and the undercooked places in her potato. “Also I do not know who helped you make this, but they should be barred from the kitchen.”

He looked down at his own meal. She was right. He picked up one of the rolls and tossed it at her. She ducked, but some of the blackened part of it sprinkled on her face. She picked up her potato and threw it at him, sour cream, butter, and all. After that, it was an all-out war.

When he ducked from the steak, he charged her. Taking her to the floor, she smashed one of his rolls in his face and then smeared butter all over his hair. He had to work to grab her hands, but when he got them together and above her head, he held her down with his body.

“You’re going to pay for that, girl. I worked really hard on this dinner to romance you.”

She licked his nose and grimaced at the taste.

“And I hope you know that you’re cleaning this mess up.”

“Really? I do not think so.” She wrapped her legs around his and then her arms around his neck. “How about we toss for it?”

“Toss what?” He was having a hard time concentrating on what she was saying the way she kept shifting under him. If she kept that up, he was never going to make it upstairs to their bedroom. “I have a surprise upstairs for you.”

She pulled his mouth to hers. The kiss was soft and too brief, but held a lot of power. “I like it here. And I still want to explore you. You said that I could.” She ran her fingers down his neck to his shoulders. When she tried to push him over, he allowed himself to be turned and she straddled him. She sat over his waist and fingered the buttons on his shirt.

“May I unbutton this from you?” Her voice was heavy, yet low. He could feel her need now and his body was feeding from it. He nodded at her question.

“Yes. What is it you want from me, love? You want me to lay here and let you touch me, or do I get to touch you as well?” He wanted to touch her, but also knew that if he started, he’d take over, and he desperately wanted her to touch him.

“I would like for you to guide me to pleasuring you. I want to touch, explore. I would like to taste your skin on different areas of your lovely body.” She unbuttoned the first three buttons. “I would like to try riding you. I have heard that it is an experience that one does not forget.”

Her words did not match the woman that sat over him. While what she said was seductive and bold, her hands and body showed a woman without knowledge of what she wanted.

“It won’t be for us. I have to be naked for you to ride me, as do you.” He reached up to pull her shirt over her head and tossed it behind him. “Scoot down to my thighs and I’ll undo my pants.”

“I will do it.” She moved down to where he’d told her to and held his breath when she undid his belt and then the snap on his trousers. When the zipper went down and her fingers brushed across his hard cock, he hissed out in pain.

Lifting his ass from the floor, she took his pants to his calves, but left them there. Before he could tell her how to proceed, she was wrapping her cool hand around his cock. He actually felt his eyes roll to the back of his head.

“You are thick, are you not? And not at all what I had thought a man would look like. It’s like velvet over steel, yet you are so sensitive here as well.” He growled when she lowered her head to his cock and licked. “You taste of male. Nature as well. I love the feel of your tongue when you take me. It is so stimulating.”

“If you stimulate me much more, I’m going to finish way before I wanted to.” She leaned down and took his engorged head into her mouth. “Stacy.”

She took his breath away. And if he died right here, right now, he’d be a very happy man. Before he could stop himself, he wound his fingers into her hair and held her to him tighter.

When she let his cock go, he could see her wolf crawl along her skin. His wolf responded as well. Letting go of her hair in case he pulled her back down, he fisted his hands at his sides.

“I would like to ride you now.” She moved up his body, narrowly missing his balls before she settled over him once again. When she wrapped her fingers around him again and slowly lowered herself over him, he didn’t move. Didn’t so much as breathe. Afraid that he’d come with even the slightest touch of her, he rocked up into her and stilled.

His shirt came open the rest of the way. Her body moved in jerky movements at first so he wrapped his hands around her tiny waist and showed her how to move so that they both enjoyed it.

She was an incredibly fast learner and soon he was hanging on so that when he came, he didn’t shatter into a million pieces.

“I’m coming.” Her shout of release caught him by surprise and when she stiffened over him, throwing back her head, he watched her orgasm take her. She was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. When she collapsed over him, he lifted her head by her hair and looked at her dark eyes.

“I’m not nearly finished with you.”

She grinned at him.

“I would love to take you upstairs and take you there, but I need to finish what you teased me to.”

“I would love that very much.” Before she could say anything more, he rolled her to her back and settled between her legs. “My, but you are very fast.”

“Nope. Not with this. I’m going to go as slow as I can, but I’m telling you right now, I want to pound you until you can’t walk.”

She hummed her approval. “That sounds very nice. What do I need to do for a good pounding?”

He stopped moving. Not because he wanted to, but suddenly, there was no blood in any other part of his body but his cock. He could see her down on her knees and him behind her. He rolled off her so quickly that she whimpered.

“On your knees and lower your head to the floor.” Urgency was evident in her speed. She was in the position he’d imagined and her ass was right in front of him. “I’m going to fuck you like this then I’m going to come deep in your pussy.”

“Oh yes. I would like that very much.”

His cock was straining almost to reach her and he fisted it as he moved up behind her. Sliding into her heat, he felt her tighten around him. It wasn’t enough and he needed her now. Grabbing her hips, he pulled her flush to him. Christ, he wasn’t going to last long.

Moving in and out of her, he watched her breasts swing to and fro. Wishing he could pull one of her hard nipples into his mouth and nip at her, he leaned down and laced her fingers into his as he took her nearly to the floor.

“Dallas, please. Help me, please, to come. I need to have a release.” He moved his hand down her body and then into her soaking curls between her legs. One touch of her clit and she screamed out his name.

He felt her milking him and, try as he might, he couldn’t have stopped from joining her if he’d had a gun to his head. When his release came, he threw back his head and howled. Then lowered his head to her shoulder and bit.

~~~

Waking when he picked her up, Stacy snuggled into his arms. She loved this man and would do anything he wanted. And if he ever wanted to let her explore him again, she would take him up on it. His chuckle made her realize that she’d been talking out loud.

“You missed this.” He still held her as he turned on the light. At first she didn’t see what he’d done to the room, but after a few seconds, it all became clear. He’d actually been trying to seduce her.

There were roses on the bed, hundreds of petals, as well as about a dozen roses. And not just red ones either, dark purples and blue, yellows and white. There was a mixture of the blooms on the bed as well. And in the middle of the pillows, there was a single red rose.

The fireplace fire was dying down. She could feel the warmth all over the room and that’s when she found the bottle in the champagne bucket. As well as a basket of cheeses and crackers and fruit.

“The ladies worked on the kitchen stuff and I worked up here. Phil helped with the champagne too. He said women liked to be wooed and that if I did this correctly, he’d buy me a case. What do you think this goes for?” He poured her a glass and then showed her a bottle. “Since we both know how Phil is, I’m assuming that he paid more than six bucks at the gas station for it.”