Claiming Her Beasts #2 by Dia Cole

7

Hunter

I’ve always loved storms and this one was no exception. I relished the booming sound of thunder, the electric flash of lightning, and the musty scent of ozone and wet earth. Even the icy rain was a soothing balm to my cuts and bruises.

If I’d been in my old body, I could have shifted and healed those minor injuries in seconds. But I’d gladly endure the slow human healing process to escape Dom’s control. That moment in the gym when Dom realized who he was dealing with was fucking priceless.

Laughing, I ripped off the sweatshirt I was wearing and tossed it into the mud. Then I did an all over body shake. The action wasn’t as satisfying in this new body as it would have been in my old one, but that didn’t bother me either.

Nothing could really bother me after having gotten the best of my former handler. It felt fucking amazing to see the horrified look on Dom’s face when I made my big reveal.

Sure, it might have been smarter to keep Dom in the dark about my soul jumping abilities, but fuck that. I wanted him to know what I was capable of. I wanted to fuck with his head. Even more, I wanted him to fear me.

In all the years we’d been paired as beast and handler, I’d never seen him afraid. Not even during those FUBAR missions when death seemed inevitable.

I didn’t think the merciless bastard was even capable of fear until a few minutes ago. The moment Lee pulled a knife on him up in the bleachers, I’d glimpsed it in his eyes.

He wasn’t afraid of her actually using the weapon. A slit throat was nothing to a Titan like him. But he feared her turning against him.

And, as he’d taught me long ago, exploiting an enemy’s fear was the surest path to defeating them.

Lee is the key to destroying Dom.

I gave my mate a savage grin.

Her forlorn expression cut me to the bone.

She’s upset.

The same primitive instincts that drew me to claim her, demanded I ease her distress. She’s cold. I need to get her dry.

“This way,” I said, pulling her around the side of the school building. She seemed a bit dazed as I led her through the playground and into a cluster of long picnic tables protected by an overhanging roof. “Now we’re out of the rain.”

She gave me a jerky nod. Her eyes were too wide. Her skin too pale.

Maybe she’s worried about the infected attacking us out here.I tried to put her mind at ease.“We’re safe inside the school grounds.” I motioned at the twelve-foot wrought-iron fence that ran the perimeter of the school.

“I know,” she said, through chattering teeth. Her lips were taking on a bluish hue.

It’s too cold for her out here. Cursing, I realized what a selfish bastard I’d been in bringing her outside. I’d only wanted to be alone with her for a few minutes without Dom or any of those irritating humans interrupting us. “Let’s go back inside and get you warm.” I headed toward the closest door that opened to the hallway near the kitchen.

It was locked. Fuck. Of course, it was locked. I yanked at the handle wishing I had a fraction of my beast strength in this body.

Lee touched my shoulder. “We can’t go back inside.”

“Not this way.” I hid my annoyance with a shrug. “We’ll have to walk back to the gymnasium door.”

“We can’t.” She let out a deep breath. “Maybe we can find shelter in one of the surrounding buildings.” She motioned around the front of the school.

“It wouldn’t be wise to leave,” I said slowly. Doesn’t she know hordes of infected are gathered around the front gates?

“But we have no choice. We broke like ten of Dominic’s stupid rules. He’ll never let us back in now.” She tried to laugh, but it sounded like a sob instead.

Is that the reason she’s upset?“Of course, he will. In fact, he’ll beg us to come back.” Dom needed me, and as I’d just discovered, he needed her too.

She forced a smile. “He doesn’t seem the begging type.”

I snorted. “Definitely not. But he’ll want us to stay. You’ll have to trust me on this. He and I go back a long way.” Too long.

She blinked. “What do you mean? How can you possibly know Dominic?”

I rubbed the knot blooming on the back of my head not knowing how to explain my fucked up relationship with Dom. “It’s complicated.”

Even though I’d only known my mate for a short while, I could tell my response irritated her. Her full lips thinned, and her brown eyes sparked with irritation. “Reed—”

“I’m not Reed,” I growled, yanking her to my chest.

“I don’t understand what’s happening with you.” She licked her lips nervously. “Do you have multiple personalities or something?”

“Or something.” The sight of her pink tongue sent a shock of lust through my body. A sudden plan to warm her took shape.

“Let me teach you the difference between Reed and me.” I bent my head and licked a drop of rain from the side of her neck.

She shivered, and I knew it wasn’t from a chill.

“Would Reed kiss you like this?”

I claimed her mouth in a brutal kiss, loving the way her tongue danced with mine.

Within seconds we were both panting and moving restlessly against each other.

“Would he?” I growled against her lips.

“No,” she moaned. Her eyes were dilated and unfocused.

Fuck.It’d been days since I’d been able to touch her. While Reed had been restrained in the nurse's office, I’d soul jumped into several other male bodies. However, each attempt to get Lee’s attention had failed. It seemed she wasn’t interested in any guy except for Reed. And Dom.

That thought filled me with jealous fury. He’ll never touch her. She’s mine.

Driven to stake my claim again, I scooped her up and unceremoniously dropped her on top of the closest picnic table. Then I tore off her shirt so fast the buttons zinged past my head and the plastic lighter in her shirt pocket flew out.

She wasn’t wearing a bra. Fuck. I couldn’t get her nipples in my mouth fast enough.

“We shouldn’t,” she moaned. “What if—”

I bit down hard enough to make her shudder.

“Oh, screw it.” She fell back across the table. “We’re probably going to die soon, anyway.”

“Not going to happen.” I’d go to the grave before allowing harm to come to her. I moved my attention to her other nipple.

She arched off the table as I licked and sucked. “Oh, God. That’s good.”

“I know what’d be even better.” Needing to taste her, I kissed my way down her body. I took a moment to lave her belly button ring as that sexy piece of jewelry always cranked my lust into high gear. Then I licked down to the waistband of her jeans and tried to rip them off. The fucking things were plastered to her wet skin.

Laughing at my frustration, Lee kicked off her sneakers and shimmied out of her pants.

The moment she was bared to me, I dropped to my knees on the cold cement. “Would Reed make you come like this?” I buried my head between her legs and impaled her with my tongue. Her intoxicating honeyed taste was just as incredible as I remembered.

She shrieked, begging me for more.

I’ll give her more.Gripping her ass in my hand, I licked my way up to her clit and suckled hard.

She came with a scream that was swallowed by the storm.

“Would he?” I demanded, sliding two fingers inside her.

“No,” she cried. “Oh, God. Yes, right there.”

I dragged her ass further down to the edge of the table and set to work using my mouth and fingers to bring her to orgasm after orgasm.

“Yes!” She rocked against my mouth. Her fingers dug into the back of my hair, pressing painfully against my most recent injury, but I could give a fuck. I’d burn alive on a pyre if it would bring her pleasure.

I bit down on her clit and she came again, her piercing screams followed by a rumble of thunder. Pushing myself to my feet, I yanked down the waistband of the sweatpants I was wearing and freed myself.

As I aligned our bodies, I felt a pang of regret that I could never mate her with my old body. My barbed cock would savage her.

But this… This human cock would bring her pleasure.

With a punch of my hips, I slammed home.

Incredible.My eyes rolled back as I seated deep inside her body. Her slick inner muscles clenched down on me so tightly, it took all my self-control not to explode inside her.

She hissed her approval and locked her legs around my waist. “Fuck me, Not Reed.”

A jolt of masculine satisfaction pulsed through me. She understands now. Grinning, I thrust into her so hard and fast her large breasts slapped together.

“More!” Lee cried.

I drove into her over and over, fighting my body’s burning demands. As lust cranked tighter and tighter inside me, I dropped my hand between us and worked her clit.

She let out a keening sound.

She’s close.

I rubbed her harder and angled my hips so my cock reached that inner spot that drove her wild.

She went rigid.

A bolt of lightning strobed the playground. A male watched us from the swings.

I didn’t need to see his face to know it was Dom.

Let the fucking bastard watch.

I pinched Lee’s clit.

She exploded with a piercing shriek that might have temporarily cost me my hearing. So fucking worth it though.

I fell forward over her and after three frenzied thrusts I came so hard I might have blacked out.

It took her pressing against my chest for me to realize I was crushing her. Mumbling an apology, I rocked back on my heels. My knees nearly gave out and I had to catch myself with the edge of the table.

“I think I like your multiple personalities,” she said through panting breaths.

She looked so fucking beautiful with her damp hair tangled around her and her skin flushed from her orgasms. It also gave me a rush to see my cum smearing her trembling thighs.

“Christ, you didn’t even wear a condom,” Dom shouted, striding toward us. “You could have impregnated her.”

Lee bolted upright. “What the actual fuck?”

Dom continued. “And you two just violated rule of survival number three, be aware of your surroundings at all times. What if I’d been a Biter?”

“Oh, God. You were watching us!” Lee exclaimed.

“I thought you liked dangerous men watching you,” Dom quipped, stepping into view. Only someone who knew him as well as I did could tell the Titan was deeply affected by what he’d seen. Although he didn’t outwardly show it, he was aroused as fuck.

To her credit, Lee didn’t cringe away from his heated gaze. Instead, she pushed herself off the table and stared at him in challenge. “You’re not one of them.”

Dom’s pained expression came and went so fast she probably didn’t notice it, but I did. And I savored it.

Lee crossed her arms over her breasts. “And I can’t get pregnant by the way.”

Both Dom and I gawked at her in surprise.

She yanked my sweatpants over my cock and let the elastic snap me hard. “Don’t pretend like you don’t know that.”

“Right,” I said, with a nod. It was one of a million things I needed to learn about my mate.

Dom’s eyes glazed over as he watched her bend down to grab her pants.

I stepped between them, trying to block his view. “What do you want?”

“To talk,” he said, his gaze fixed on Lee.

Still naked, she dropped to her knees to fish the lighter out from under one of the picnic tables.

Dom swallowed hard.

I made a warning noise in my throat, trying to draw his focus to me.

He continued staring at her as she threw on her pants and knotted her shirt under her breasts.

Fuck. I’d have to find her something else to wear if I didn’t want to fight off every male in the fucking school.

“Eyes on me,” I growled to my former handler. It felt good to give him orders for once.

Seeming to wake from a trance, Dom blinked and cleared his throat. “Corporal Ross is waiting to give you your assignment, Ms. Walker.”

Lee looked at him in disbelief. “You want us to stay?”

“For now…” He gave her a dark knowing look.

She went still. “You heard Reed and I talking all the way at the top of the bleachers?”

“I have excellent hearing,” he replied.

“And your soldiers also overheard us talking at the top of the bleachers?”

Dom’s top lip curled. “They have excellent hearing too.”

I rolled my eyes. Titan soldiers had nearly as enhanced hearing as us shifters. No doubt he’d heard Lee’s pleasured cries over the thunder and tracked us here.

“Go speak with Corporal Ross,” Dom ordered.

Lee frowned, looking as if she would refuse.

“I’ll be in shortly,” I told her, dragging her in for one more kiss. I didn’t release her until her lips were puffy and the vein in Dom’s forehead throbbed.

Savoring his jealousy, I pinched her ass. “Go on, dirty dancer.”

She gave me a look of mock outrage.

“Or I can throw you back down on here for round two.” I patted the top of the table.

She flipped me off and turned to walk away. She didn’t get more than a few feet before spinning around. “Do you promise not to hurt him?”

I wasn’t sure if her question was directed at Dom or me, but we both answered, “Yes.”

Seeming satisfied, she rounded the side of the building and disappeared from sight.

That left me alone with the male I’d wanted to kill for the last three years.

“So,” I said, glaring at him. “What the fuck do you want to talk about?”

He returned my scowl. “Let’s start with you explaining how you got inside that hippie’s body.”