Growl for Me: BBW Paranormal Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen Read Free Book Online

her nerves. An agonizing ache throbbed
between her thighs, driving her crazy with need.
    Mina blinked rapidly to try
to clear her foggy vision. She had wanted to see Declan lose
control. Instead, she was the one who was losing all control. Her
body was burning, aching, crying out for him.
    “Declan...” she
whispered. “Oh, Declan!”
     

CHAPTER
EIGHT

    Declan glared down at his
little human and felt his control over his wolf slip a notch. He
growled and bared his teeth, but Mina didn't seem to be afraid of him
at all. In fact, she seemed to enjoy taunting and teasing him. She
was mischievous and playful, full of life and laughter. She knew how
to play like a wolf, and she seemed to love the wild as much as he
did. Some city girls didn't like nature that much, and rather
preferred to sit in an air-conditioned office. But Mina seemed
invigorated and emboldened by her walk to the lake. Her cheeks were
rosy and her skin was flushed with her exertion. He could scent her
perspiration and her fierce arousal, as she squirmed beneath him.
    She was driving him out of
his goddamn mind.
    His wolf was clawing at him,
demanding that he take her right now, right here. The wolf wanted to
claim its mate, mark her, take her, make her his completely. By
sheer, superhuman willpower, Declan wrestled his wolf down, and
fought to control his rampaging lust for this beautiful, delectable
female.
    Mina might be human, but she
wasn't weak. She was tough, resilient, and she adapted and learned
quickly.
    Just last night, she had
been attacked by a pack of ferocious red wolves. She was new to
Misty Valley and that vicious attack was her very first encounter
with the shifters of Misty Valley. Most humans would have gone
batshit crazy and hightailed it back to the city. Not his Mina
though. She stayed.
    Declan knew that humans
weren't as sturdy and hardy as shifters. Humans just weren't built
for speed and strength. They couldn't draw on the power and
instincts of their animals. They had less energy, less reserves to
draw on, and when pushed too hard, these fragile humans just broke
and crumbled into pieces.
    Declan didn't want to break
his mate.
    He would never, ever hurt
her.
    But right now, she was
asking for it, begging for it. He could see the need and desire in
her soft, gray eyes, and feel the trembling in her legs as she parted
them for him. The tugging, urging scent of her arousal was tearing
his control to shreds. Declan considered himself a highly
disciplined man, but right now, he sorely wanted to point his nose to
the sky and howl.
    Mina whimpered as she gazed
up at him, her chest rising and falling as she took shallow, ragged
breaths. She raised her hips and rubbed against him, inflaming him
beyond all reason.
    “Declan...” she
whispered.
    He stared down the length of
her lush, quivering body and swallowed hard. His hands moved of
their own accord. Slowly, reverently, his hands trailed down her
round shoulders to her chest. He unbuttoned her blouse and spread
the two halves of her blouse wide, exposing her soft, curvy body and
lace-covered breasts.
    He saw a look of uncertainly
flicker across her eyes. “Mina,” he said, his voice
gruffer and harsher than he'd intended. “You are beautiful.
You are so perfect for me.”
    “Perfect?” She
winced. “I...I'm not slim and toned, like...” she
swallowed and let her eyes sweep down his long, muscular body.
    “You are perfect!”
he said, his eyes flashing. “More than perfect.” He
cupped her face. “And I'm going to make every inch of your
perfect body...” He ran his fingers over her breasts, skimming
the sensitive peaks. “...mine. If any male has seen you
naked...” Declan felt his claws slice out. “I'll have
to gouge out his eyes!”
    At his words, Mina gulped
and looked away. Her reaction told him that she had been naked with
a man before, and that he wasn't the first man to see and touch her
beautiful body. Declan felt a sharp pang of jealousy. He took a
deep breath