and amusement mixed with a hint of surprise. “Are you going to just sit there or are you going to join me?” I asked as I turned, slipped out of my panties and dove into the chilly water, not sure what had gotten into me.
When I popped back up I saw Yeager lying on his back having fallen in an attempt to get his boots off too fast. I laughed at him and he glared back at me as he struggled, “What’s so funny?”
“You are!” I said and swam away. I’m not sure what I was doing but it felt good. I barely knew this man but he’d saved my life and his story was obviously legitimate despite its implausibility. I mean, it was the stuff of movies and books and if I hadn’t witnessed what I had, I wouldn’t have believed it. But I did witness Dolan’s gang in their wolf form and Dolan himself begin to change before my eyes. However, now that I had no choice but to believe Yeager, it actually sounded pretty amazing. I’m sure it was Yeager’s presence that had me feeling so relaxed and I didn’t care.
I heard Yeager dive in as I swam and then his fluid strokes as they broke the water. I looked back and he was almost on me. I squealed and tried to outrun him but I wasn’t exactly a great swimmer. Suddenly, Yeager grabbed me and I squealed as he turned me round and pulled me to him. He stared into my eyes with his amber eyes and I stopped giggling. His arms felt so good around me as we bobbed in the mountain lake. I felt a strange attraction to him, a deep need, a sexual urge.
“Are you doing this to me?” I asked. Yeager squinted as he tried to guess at my meaning. “Are you making me feel this way about you?” I clarified.
“No! I’m not magic or anything. You feel the way you do because you were born for me,” he replied.
“How do you know that?” I pressed.
“Because I feel it too. I knew it seven years ago when I scented you. Shifters like me, we mate for life with a specific woman. We find her by her scent, by instinct. I can’t explain it. I just knew it when I scented you. Cassie, I’ve been waiting seven years to do this,” he said and kissed me. I stiffened but only for a moment. As his warm lips met mine, I felt it too. I couldn’t explain it either but I knew he was the one. I could feel it in my core, sense it somehow.
I relaxed as Yeager kissed me, holding me tightly to him. The cold water failed to cool the fire building inside of me. I took his face in my hands and desperately kissed him back. I wrapped my legs around his waist and we sank below the surface but I barely perceived it. Only when Yeager broke the kiss did I realize I was under the surface and let go of him. I came back to the surface and found him chuckling softly.
“Sorry,” I told him.
“Don’t be. That was everything I’d hoped and more, Cassie,” he said. I hadn’t anticipated his kiss and I had no expectations but it was pretty incredible.
“We should go back to shore,” I told him.
“Cold?” Yeager asked.
“Anything but. You’ve waited seven years and I don’t want to make you wait any more,” I said and began swimming towards the edge of the lake. Yeager didn’t follow immediately, stunned I think by what I’d said. By the time I stood and walked out of the water, he was there next to me. He scooped me up into his arms and carried me to a patch of grass and laid me down gently.
“You’re beautiful, Cassie. I’ve ached for you for so long. You were in my thoughts when I awoke every morning and still there when I went to sleep at night. I can hardly believe you’re laying here before me. I never thought this day would come,” he told me. I ached for him in return. I could almost feel his pain and longing because I felt it too. I knew in my heart I was this biker’s mate and I let myself accept it. I let myself embrace it. Suddenly, I wanted him as much as I could feel he wanted me.
“I don’t know why but I feel connected to
Angel Payne, Victoria Blue