as connected as we can be. I want your baby, and I want to be a shifter like you.”
“I’ve never changed anyone before. It’s a huge responsibility.”
“Let me be your first,” she said, cupping his face with her hands.
She brought him towards her, and he pressed his lips to hers. She opened to him, running her hands down his back. She was ready for this. She wanted him more than anything she could ever remember. It wasn’t just the pheromones. It was everything.
He was right for her, and she knew how lucky she was to have found him. Being with Zach these last few days had been the most fulfilling days of her life, and she never wanted it to end.
He pushed inside her. She gasped at the pressure. She’d never been so full, so complete.
“Zach,” she groaned.
“I love you, Maisie,” he whispered into her ear as he buried himself inside her.
“I love you, Zach. So much,” she moaned.
Zach pulled back and thrust again, making her gasp with desire and longing. She would explode if he increased his rhythm, but he continued to move into her in infuriatingly slow waves. She pulled him toward her and their tongues danced.
It was only them in that moment, together, perfect. She gazed up into his eyes as he moved slowly inside her. His ice blue irises shone with love and desire. She tilted her head and arched her back as he licked her neck.
Zach increased his pace, thrusting decisively and firmly as he held her close. His sharp canine teeth descended, pressing hard against the pulse point on her neck.
“Yes,” she breathed, so close to release.
His teeth sank deeper, breaking the skin. She screamed, but no sound came out. The pleasure and pain of his bite shot through her.
Maisie’s body exploded, her orgasm pulsing from head to toe with ecstatic release. Zach bit down hard, his own orgasm shooting deep inside her womb.
He held her close, their bodies bound together. She could feel the venom from his bite enter her blood. Not only had she been bonded to him as his mate, he was sending out the fluid that would turn her. She would be forever changed into a bear like him.
Slowly, with a trembling breath, Zach retracted his teeth and licked her wound clean. She would always bear this mark as a symbol of their devotion.
She ran her fingertips over the bite marks, letting out a quivering breath. Zach rolled over beside her and took her in his arms, holding her close.
“It’s done,” he said, his voice solemn.
“Don’t sound so serious,” she said, lifting up on an elbow to look him in the eye.
He cupped her cheek in his hand, his eyes smiling.
“The connection is growing stronger.”
“Yes.” She could feel it too.
“What do you feel, mate?” he asked her.
“I feel your love. Your desire. Your pride. It’s magnificent.”
“Yes.”
“When will I change?” she asked him.
“When you are ready. The bear will develop inside before she can come out. Can you feel her there?”
“I feel something. It is growing. Something wild and wise and innocent. It’s like discovering a whole other side of myself.”
“Your bear might take a few days to be ready to come out. Until then, you should rest.”
“Speaking of rest, I’m exhausted.”
She snuggled in close to Zach and they slumbered together under the warm, luxurious comforter in the lodge’s nicest suite.
In the morning, Maisie felt like a new woman. The day before had been terribly frightening, but today she felt at peace.
She could feel the fledgling polar bear growling at the back of her mind. The strength of the animal pulsed through her veins.
17
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When she’d asked him if he would mark her and change her while they made love for the first time, it set off all the alarms in his head. But
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