Fated Love: A Vampire Paranormal Romance Novel (The Twisted Destiny Saga Book 4) by Franca Storm Read Free Book Online Page B

her chin with his index finger, forcing her to look at him. “I would’ve been a lot gentler if I’d known. Are you okay?” he asked, his gaze raking over her body slowly, studying her.
    She shrugged. “Yeah.”
    You’re lying. “You’re sure?” he pressed. “I was really rough, Jada.”
    “I’m…a little sore,” she admitted with a little giggle.
    The sweet sound of her tiny little laugh affected him and before he could stop himself, he was wrapping his arms around her and pulling her against him. “I’m sorry I hurt you,” he breathed into her hair.
    “I liked it,” she protested. “It’s how I always imagined wolf sex to be.”
    Ryan chuckled. “Normally, there’s a build up to what we did last night. I would never have taken you like that if I’d known it was your first time. You’re a tough little thing, though.”
    “Tough enough even for the Wolf King,” she said proudly.
    “You certainly were last night.”
    “After we storm the castle, you’re going back, aren’t you? To the human realm? To her?” she asked, pulling free of his embrace.
    “I’m going back for my son . It’s difficult being without him.”
    She cocked an eyebrow in surprise. “Not to her, your wife?”
    “She and I aren’t…together right now.”
    She nodded her understanding and didn’t seem at all surprised.
    “What?” Ryan asked.
    Her eyes bore into his as she said, “She’s not wolf.”
    “Jada. Listen, I—”
    Before he could get his words out, she pounced on him suddenly. His back hit the grass as she pinned him to the ground with her hands and knees, straddling him on all fours. She growled in challenge and he growled right back at her, rolling them to the side so that he straddled her. She fought him and rolled them over again. She was strong. Stronger than any of the human realm wolves he’d been with.
    “You’re strong, baby,” he said, grinning at her. He gripped her hips and growled, “But I’m stronger.”
    She yelped as he pushed her off him.
    And then he was on her, wrestling her beneath him. They continued to play fight until they were rolling down the hill, laughing and growling like a couple of wolf-pups.
    When they finally came to a stop at the bottom of the hill, Ryan looked down at her giggling beneath him. Her cheeks were flushed from exertion. Her chest rose and fell rapidly as she fought to catch her breath. And her eyes were full of joy and reverence as she looked up at him.
    He felt a freedom he hadn’t felt for a long time—a freedom where he could be himself without having to worry about his animalistic predilections. He didn’t need to worry about where his claws were, his teeth, how tight his grip was. No, with her, he could be every part of the animal that he was. She loved it as much as he did.
    A primal sensation rose within him then and he howled up at the sky, a ferocious call to the moon. She joined him, her call fusing with his.
    They both shifted. He growled in appreciation as he took in the sight of her golden wolf. Breathtaking. He curled his paw around her back with ease—he was three times her wolf size. He pulled her to him and they lay with one another, growling agreeably as they communicated in wolf tongue.

 
     
    CHAPTER 9
    Nathanial shook his head as he watched Cora hit the ground painfully. She frantically grabbed at her arm and healed the deep, bloodied scratch along the length of her forearm. It was a scratch he’d inflicted upon her when she’d failed to deflect his magical blow.
    “Fuck, Nathanial,” she grumbled at him as she climbed back to her feet.
    “That was nowhere near my full strength, Cora,” he told her, standing with his hands at the ready and his feet shoulder-width apart. He was poised for battle. He had been for the last two hours. He eyed Michael and they exchanged a weary glance. The two of them had been training Cora, teaching her how to unleash her power whilst still maintaining control over her inner demon . Well,