Wolf Rising (SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team #8) Read online

  Jayden pulled back, breaking the kiss so quickly, she almost fell over.

  “What?” she asked, partly in confusion, partly in anger.

  He smiled, his eyes bright. Like he knew exactly how ragged her control already was and exactly what he was doing to her. “I just realized I never gave you that fifty-cent tour I promised.”

  Selena’s mouth fell open then. She was so stunned that words became impossible. Hell, thought was nearly beyond her, too. She had no desire for a guided tour of Jayden’s place at that point.

  But before she could tell him that, he grabbed her hand and tugged her out of the kitchen toward the living room area.

  “Sixty-five-inch 4K HD,” he said, motioning toward the TV mounted on the wall. “It’s amazingly clear, and the sound system that comes with it is awesome, but I think the best part of the living room is the sectional.” He glanced at her. “I really like how cushy it is, especially along the top. And the height is perfect.”

  Selena didn’t have a clue what Jayden was talking about until he placed a big hand on either side of her waist and picked her up, setting her butt on the back of the couch. He perched her there on the cushy material, and she had no choice but to balance herself as he spread her thighs apart and stepped between them.

  That’s when she finally understood what Jayden had been babbling about. The back of the sectional really was comfy, and when he wiggled himself forward a little more, making her legs spread obscenely wide and her dress hike up to her waist, it brought his denim-covered hard-on right into contact with her panty-covered pussy. She realized then how perfect sex on the back of this couch would be…and why Jayden had taken the opportunity to lead her over here.

  She was still thinking of the possibilities when Jayden slipped a hand into her long hair and tipped her head back, tilting her mouth up for his kiss. But within seconds, those magical lips of his trailed downward, tracing a line of searing fire along her jaw, then her neck. This time, she was the one growling, especially when she felt his teeth nipping at her jugular. It was light enough not to do any damage but hard enough to definitely feel.

  The whole time he did it, all Selena could do was moan and wonder what it would be like if he bit down a little harder. Where the hell had that come from?

  After the teasing went on long enough for her to think it might actually be possible to have an orgasm from Jayden nibbling on her neck, Selena somehow found the strength to shove him away long enough to grab the front of his shirt. The next thing she knew, material was ripping and buttons were flying everywhere. She was so surprised at what she’d done, she stopped and stared. She’d intended to open a few buttons so she could get her hands on some bare skin. Instead, she’d damn near ripped his shirt in half.

  Jayden didn’t seem to care. He grabbed the tattered remains of the button-down and yanked it off. He reached for her again, but she placed her hands on the big muscles of his chest, holding him at a distance so she could appreciate all that manliness. This was her first chance to see what he’d been hiding underneath that shirt, and she wasn’t going to waste it.

  “Not so fast,” she ordered. “I want to look at you.”

  He obeyed her command, standing there while she got her fill.

  The muscles of his chest, traps, and shoulders were thick and powerful. His lean abs rippled and flexed with every breath he took, and it required every bit of her control not to lean forward and lick them. He was absolute perfection. As in the kind of perfection that needed to be captured forever in a marble statute somewhere. Because he had the body of a Greek hero. Hell, maybe even one of their gods.

  As she continued to drink him in, the first thing she noticed was the tattoo on the left side of his chest. It was difficult to miss the wolf head with the word S.W.A.T. underneath, imprinted forever right over his heart. She remembered him using the word pack earlier, and she almost asked if this was why he’d said it.

  But then something else caught her attention…several somethings in fact. Lines and marks that marred the otherwise perfect shape of her dark-skinned Adonis. The most obvious was a long thin line of lighter skin along the right side of his abs, stretching horizontally from his belly button and disappearing around his back. She traced a finger over the line, feeling a raised edge and realizing it was an old scar from what must have been a significant injury. It looked like someone had tried to cut him in half side to side.

  “It was a big knife,” he said softly. “A long time ago.”

  Selena continued running one fingertip along the raised line, not stopping even when her hand slipped around his side and kept going until it reached his spine in the back. She looked up at him, shock in her eyes.

  “It was a really big knife,” he added.

  She nodded, taking her hand away from the scar as she spotted another—a shorter slash mark up near his left shoulder. She glided a finger over that mark too, the base of her fingernail tingling like mad at the curious but sensual movement.

  “Box cutter,” he murmured.

  She touched her finger to another scar, this one an inch or so above the one left behind from the big knife he mentioned. Almost perfectly round, it looked as recent as the scar on his bicep that had come from a bullet.

  She leaned close, exploring further, finding scar after scar hidden on the exquisite dark skin. Shotgun pellets, more bullets, barbed wire, even a shovel. Jayden had seen a tremendous amount of violence in his life, and it had left its mark on him.

  But rather than disturb her, the scars only reminded her that Jayden was a tough man who stood up for what he believed in. He also seemed to be somewhat indestructible. For whatever reason, that made her find the marks rather sexy. She didn’t realize how much until she found herself tracing her lips and tongue along a faint line near the wolf head tattoo on his chest, one that had been made with broken glass.

  The growl that rumbled up from his throat vibrated through his chest, into her lips, and straight to the heat pooling between her thighs.

  Oh, sweet cheese and crackers.

  Excitement vibrated through her, making her heart pound, her gums ache, and her pussy clench with need. She’d never felt anything like that in her life, which was probably why she kept moving her mouth over his beautiful chest, even taking a moment to focus on his tattoo. That ripped another growl from him.

  She was so lost in the sensations rushing through her body that she barely realized she’d stopped kissing and licking him until she tasted something slightly familiar in her mouth. She’d bitten him again. Right near his tattoo. Small beads of blood ran down the wolf’s shaggy neck.

  Selena started to apologize, but Jayden wrapped his hand in her hair and yanked her mouth in for a kiss so passionate, it stole her breath away. She kissed him back just as hard, nipping down on his lips and his tongue, wanting to taste all of him.

  Jayden lifted his head long enough to drag her dress up and off. She vaguely sensed it ended up on the floor somewhere near the front door, but she wasn’t sure. All she really knew was that she was sitting on the back of Jayden’s couch in nothing but her bra, panties, and strappy heels, her legs wrapped around his waist and her body so hot, she thought she might burst into flames.

  Selena squealed when he slid his big hands under her ass and picked her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and locked her ankles behind his back as he strode across the room. Burying her face in his neck, she inhaled his delectable scent, moaning out loud at how good he smelled.

  Just as she was becoming comfortable with the knowledge that she was getting incredibly turned on by the scent of Jayden’s skin, two other scents hit her hard enough to make her head spin. Selena wasn’t sure what she was picking up or how it was even possible to smell anything so strongly. Then she felt wetness soaking the crotch of her tiny panties, and some instinct inside told her that was one of the things she’d smelled.

  The other was coming from the big bulge pressing against her tummy, and she instinctively knew she was smellin
g Jayden’s arousal. This time, she didn’t bother questioning how she could possibly smell such a thing. It meant he was hot for her. That was all that mattered.

  Selena expected Jayden to carry her straight to his big bed—and in her opinion, they couldn’t get there fast enough—so she was shocked and more than a little frustrated when he stopped in the middle of his home gym area and casually straddled a weight-lifting bench, sitting down with her in his lap. The position brought her panty-covered pussy down onto his jean-clad hard-on. The contact left her gasping. And wondering how much longer Jayden was going to tease her. Couldn’t he tell she was already going insane?

  “And this is my workout area.” The amusement in his voice was laced with no small amount of lust, and she realized that while he might be trying to draw this out for her benefit, it was definitely affecting him, too.

  “The weight-lifting and cardio equipment cost almost as much as the entire rest of the house,” he continued. “But this particular bench is one of my favorites. It’s well-padded and wide enough to be comfortable but solid enough to take a real pounding.”

  The innuendo there didn’t escape her notice, and Selena’s heart rate began to ramp up all over again. Things only got hotter when he nudged her back so that she was lying on the padded surface of the bench, her legs still wrapped around him. She lifted her arms above her head, the position leaving her back arched and her stomach stretched tight.

  Right then, she couldn’t think of a sexier position.

  “Do you even know how beautiful you are?” Jayden murmured softly.

  He slowly slid his hands along her thighs, over her hips, then up her abs, every move leaving a fiery trail of tingles in its wake. The combination of his touch and the heat blazing in his eyes made her squirm. She nearly begged him to move faster, to pull the rest of her clothes off and take her right there on that bench.

  But she didn’t. Instead, she closed her eyes and enjoyed it.

  As for Jayden, he seemed content to keep teasing her, moving his incredible fingers back and forth from the top of her panties to the bottom edge of her bra. In between, he traced lazy circles around her belly button and along her ribs.

  Selena was so enraptured by the touch of his hands, she didn’t realize he’d slipped off her bra until she opened her eyes to see him smiling, the black lacy garment dangling from his fingers.

  “Oh, you are smooth,” she said with a soft laugh.

  Chuckling, he tossed her bra over his shoulder, then cupped her breasts, giving them a gentle squeeze. She’d never thought about it before, but she suddenly decided she liked a man with strong hands.

  Her breath caught as he captured her nipples between his thumbs and forefingers, pinching and rolling them with just enough force to make her see stars. She arched her back, thrusting her breasts out, yearning for more.

  Just when Selena thought she might scream from the pleasure, Jayden released her breasts and slid those wonderful fingers of his into the waistband of her panties. She was about to point out there was no way he was going to get them off her while her legs were still wrapped around his waist. But then there was a tug and a distinct tearing sound, and the remnants of her favorite panties went flying through the air. On one hand, she was annoyed, because Victoria’s Secret didn’t sell that specific style anymore, but on the other, having them ripped off was sexy as hell.

  She opened her mouth to make a crack about him paying for them, but the moment she saw the blatant hunger in his eyes, words failed her. That’s when it struck her that she was lying there in front of him wearing nothing more than a smile and a pair of high heels.

  His gaze locked on hers as he glided his hands over her outer thighs, moving steadily inward as he reached her hips, then heading for the triangle between her legs. With her legs wrapped around his waist and her heels locked together behind his back, she was spread wide open, completely exposed to him. Her breath caught in her throat when his fingertips drifted through her downy curls, then exploded out in a gasp as he brushed his thumb across her clit before dipping into her wetness.

  Selena whimpered, unable to believe how good that one little touch felt. She immediately steeled herself, expecting more teasing, but that wasn’t the way this was going to go down. Instead, Jayden pulled his well-moistened thumb out and pressed it directly down on her clit, making a circular motion that had her hips wiggling like mad. He clamped one big hand down on her belly, holding her still so he could do exactly what he wanted to, which at that point seemed to be making her come.

  It wasn’t going to take very long. After all the dancing, kissing, and teasing, her body was primed to explode, and Jayden definitely knew what he was doing when it came to touching her. She threw her head back and moaned, running one hand through her hair and reaching the other down to grip the hand he had over her stomach. She had this uncontrollable need to hold him right then, just so she wouldn’t fly off into space.

  Her clit had been tingling before he’d even touched her, but now the sensation intensified rapidly, expanding out from her core in waves that made her tremble. She took little half breaths, expecting the pleasure to crest any second and the weightless fall to start, like a roller coaster going over the top of the first big drop. But it didn’t happen that way. Instead, the pleasure continued to build until her whole body shook and stars flashed behind her closed eyes.

  She heard loud growls and was shocked when she realized she was the one making them. But then the overwhelming pleasure finally reached its peak. Her orgasm hit her like a physical force, and she stopped caring about what sounds were coming out of her mouth. Her entire body clenched so tightly, it almost hurt, and wave after wave of perfect bliss rocked her to the core. Darkness mixed with the flashes of light in her eyes, and she wondered absently if she was going to pass out.

  Her lover held her firm as she wiggled and squirmed, shoving the sensations of the climax higher and higher until she doubted her ability to survive it. There was a metallic taste in her mouth, and her gums were pulsing in time with her climax. She must have bitten herself in the throes of pleasure, but she couldn’t bring herself to care.

  Jayden brought her down from bliss slowly, touching her enough to keep her trembling but not going so far that it became uncomfortable. How did he know her body so well? She doubted she could ever make herself come this hard, even with all the technology available to a girl with a credit card and access to the internet.

  The moment the last tremors faded away, Jayden swept her off the weight bench and into those powerful arms. She didn’t open her eyes yet, too out of it to do more than rest her cheek against his powerful chest and pray they were heading to the bed.

  She felt weightless for a brief moment as he tossed her onto his mattress, then she hit with a soft bounce. Immediately spinning around, she crawled toward the side of the big bed. Jayden already had his boots off and was unbuckling his belt by the time she reached him, but that still wasn’t fast enough for her. After the orgasm he’d given her, all she could think about was getting him naked and between her legs—now.

  She tossed her heels across the room, then got her hands on the waist of his jeans. When the thick denim material stubbornly resisted her efforts to shove them down, she growled in frustration. She was shocked at the urge she had to rip the damn things off him like she’d done with his shirt.

  Selena somehow kept herself in control, half growling, half moaning as she got his jeans down and the big bulge in his underwear came into view. The thin cotton of his boxer briefs was strained to its limit, and she knew without a doubt Jayden was as well-built below the belt as above it. Her hands started to shake in anticipation as she reached for his underwear, but before she got there, the scent of his arousal reached her, and she nearly lost it as a wave of hunger poured through her so hard and fast, it made her dizzy.

  Any thought that she might take things slowly now and enjoy the moment quickly disappeared. Before Selena realized what she was doing, she had her fingers i
n the waistband of his briefs and had ripped them off. She vaguely heard a heated growl from him, but she ignored it as she finally got a chance to see him completely naked.

  It seemed like she’d been using the word perfect a lot when it came to Jayden, but right then, it was the only word that even came close to describing him. His long legs were as powerfully muscled as the rest of him, and the ripped muscles of his abs blended into his waist with a sexy V-shape that naturally led her eyes downward. A faint happy trail pointed the way, too, starting directly above his navel and descending all the way down to the rock-hard shaft that seemed to be waiting just for her.

  Her eyes locked on his erection, and she inhaled. It was long, thick, and as beautiful as the rest of him. Even better, it was hard as steel and throbbing with need, a glistening bead on the tip. Her mouth watered in anticipation at the thought of swiping her tongue across it and tasting him.

  Selena reached out, fully intending to drag him close enough to get her mouth on him. But as her fingers brushed his rigid shaft, he grabbed her shoulders and spun her around so she was facing away from him. There was no resisting the move, no matter how much her inner cavewoman screamed that she wanted to lick him first.

  “Stay,” he commanded in that deep, rumbling voice of his as she threw a glance over her shoulder, wanting to ask him what he was doing.

  She didn’t like the idea of staying put simply because he said so, but all movement stopped when she saw him pull open the top drawer of his nightstand and yank out a familiar foil package.

  Selena felt a surge of unreasonable jealousy that had her teeth and fingertips tingling as she realized there was a reason a man kept condoms in his bedside table. But she pushed that emotion aside as Jayden moved toward her with blatant hunger on his face, the gold blaze of lust in his eyes freezing her in place where she knelt on her hands and knees on the mattress.