Forever Claimed

Chapter Three

After they finished their lunch in what seemed like record time, Algar had Kamryn by her elbow and hurried her out of the food court. Not that she minded.

While they'd eaten, Algar had watched her, his hunger-filled gaze growing hotter as the minutes passed. Once her plate was empty, he'd picked up the tray and dumped their garbage. He returned to the table and silently held out his hand for her to take.

Now, they hurriedly made their way to the mall's entrance, and Kamryn became more aroused as she thought about what she was about to do. Algar didn't slow their pace until they reached his Jaguar. Once he had her strapped in, he slipped into the driver's seat, and they were pulling out of the mall's parking lot within seconds.

At her hotel, Algar parked in the visitor parking and whisked her into the lobby.

Inside the elevator, Kamryn pushed the button for her floor. Though they were alone, he made no move to touch her. He silently followed her off the elevator when it stopped and then to her room. With hands that shook ever so slightly, she took the keycard from her purse and unlocked the door.

She didn't wait to see if Algar followed her inside as she stepped over the threshold and crossed the room to the small round table. She put her purse, the shopping bag, and the keycard on the table. Kamryn jumped when Algar came up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders.

Slowly, he turned her so she faced him. "You're nervous."

"Kind of. I haven't done this before."

"You haven't had sex?"

She shook her head. "I didn't mean that. I've had sex before." She took a deep breath and swallowed. "I've never slept with a man I just met. I usually ease into it."

Algar smiled. "We can take our time. There's no rush." When she lowered her head, he put a finger under her chin and forced her to meet his gaze. "And just because we're going to sleep together now doesn't mean I'm going to leave as soon as we're done. I like you, Kamryn."

She felt her cheeks warm. "I like you, too."

He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. "If you're uncomfortable with anything I do, tell me and I'll stop."

Algar lowered his head and gently took her mouth with his lips. Kamryn kissed him back, opening to allow him entry when he dragged his tongue along the seam of her lips. As he tasted her, twining his tongue with hers, all nervousness melted away.

Arousal thrummed through her body, taking its place.

She settled her hands on his muscular chest. The hard length of his cock rested against her belly. The feel of it, thick and long, had her pussy growing wet. Letting herself go, she pressed against his shaft, eliciting a deep groan from him. She increased the pressure of her lips and sucked on his tongue.

His mouth still moving over hers, Algar backed her toward the bed. Kamryn slid her hands up his chest to his shoulders and pushed his jacket down his arms. He let go of her only long enough for the jacket to fall to the floor. Without a second thought, she reached for the bottom of his t-shirt and yanked it up. Algar pulled it over his head and dropped it on top of his jacket.

Kamryn ran her gaze down his naked chest, drinking him in. She stroked his smooth skin, tracing the large muscles. Going lower, she encountered cut washboard abs that she longed to drag her tongue across. She'd never been with a man as muscular as Algar, but she'd always wanted to. She had fantasized about what it would be like to kiss and lick every inch of a hard body. Now it looked as if she was going to get her chance to turn her fantasy into reality.

Algar thumbed her taut nipples through her top. She met his gaze, finding his eyes heavy with desire. Her breath caught. Kamryn leaned into his touch, wanting more. Understanding showed in his gaze as he pulled off her top.

As she stood in her bra and jeans, Algar bent and pressed a string of kisses across the top of her breasts while he unhooked her bra at her back. His hands skimmed the straps down her arms and off. He covered her breasts, stroking his thumbs back and forth across her nipples.

"So beautiful," he said against her skin, kissing his way down to one of her breasts.

Kamryn gasped when Algar's tongue circled a tight nipple before he sucked it into his mouth. While he sucked, wetness leaked out of her pussy, dampening her panties. Her heart raced in anticipation.

She brought her hands to his face and threaded her fingers in Algar's hair, holding him to her. "Just like that," she moaned.

Algar shifted to her other nipple and gave it the same attention. His hands stroked her sides to the waistband of her jeans. While continuing to suck at her breast, he undid the button and zipper. He pushed her jeans past her hips; they fell to pool at her ankles. Kamryn stepped out of the jeans and kicked them away.

He lifted his head, wrapped his arms around her waist, and lowered her slowly to the bed. She watched him climb up beside her, stretching out at her side.

Algar took her hand and led it to the large bulge his jeans constrained. "Touch me, Kamryn. I want to feel your hands on me."

Not having to be asked twice, she undid his jeans. With no underwear to hinder it, his cock sprang free when she parted the front. She trailed her fingers along his shaft before circling the head with the tip of one finger. He moaned and a bead of pre-cum surfaced.

Shifting to her side so she faced him, she wrapped her fingers around his thick cock and stroked. He pumped his hips, driving his erection into her grip. She looked down, feeling herself get wetter, as she watched him strain against her.

Algar pulled her hand away and nudged her onto her back. He lifted himself up on one elbow and used the tip of a finger to draw lazy circles around her nipples. "I have to taste you, Kamryn. The scent of your arousal is driving me crazy, in a good way."

She lifted her hips in invitation when Algar skimmed a hand down her stomach to the top of her panties. "Yes," she breathed.

Hooking his fingers into the waistband, he pulled off her panties. Once she was free of them, Algar shifted lower on her body and settled between her thighs. He licked the underside of her breast before he kissed a path across her ribs and then down her stomach. At her belly button, he swirled his tongue inside it. He continued downward and used his shoulders to spread her legs open even wider. Kamryn held her breath when he blew across her pussy. But instead of going where she needed to be touched the most, Algar rubbed his cheek against the inside of her thigh.

Doing it twice more, he had her clutching at the covers beneath her, ready to scream in frustration.

"Algar," she panted.

"Is this what you want?" He dragged his tongue against her pussy.

"Oh, God. More."

When he did it again, she arched her back, lifting her hips off the bed. Arousal pounded inside her. Her body quivered, needing the release Algar could give.

Spreading her folds, he circled her clit with his tongue before he sucked on it. An intense wave of pleasure shot through her body. She let out a whimpered moan. Algar lapped and sucked on her clit until she was grinding against his mouth. Her body coiled tighter as her orgasm edged nearer.

One finger, then another, pushed inside her. Algar pumped them in and out, while he stroked her clit with his tongue. Kamryn squeezed her inner muscles around his fingers, increasing the pleasure coursing through her body. Lifting her hips in time with his moving fingers, she moaned.

"I'm going . . . to . . . . Ah." Kamryn could barely form the words with her orgasm almost upon her.

"I want you to come," Algar said. "I want to taste you while you find your release."

He replaced his fingers with his stiffened tongue and used his thumb to stroke her clit at the same time. It was enough to send Kamryn flying. Moaning, she climaxed against his mouth. He continued to lick her pussy until he wrung all he could out of her. When it was over, she went boneless on the bed.

Algar moved up her body and buried his face into the crook of her neck. She expected him to take off his jeans and sheath his still-hard cock inside her, but he didn't.

He only lay on top of her, panting.

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "Algar?" He may have given her a great orgasm, but she wanted his cock inside her, bringing her to another one.

"Just give me a minute," he said against her neck.

She stroked his back as he took in great gulps of air. It was almost a full minute before he lifted his head. He stared down at her with a mix of emotions flitting across his face. The look of hunger remained, but a look of tenderness had now joined it. He lay motionless atop her and made no move to finish what they'd started, though his erection lay nestled between them.

Starting to feel as if she may have done something wrong, Kamryn asked, "Are you all right? I thought you wanted—"

Algar cut her off with a brush of his lips. "I still want to, but I've decided I don't want to rush things. I think I'm moving a little too fast. I want to be able to take my time, make love to you until neither one of us can move."

At Algar's words, her body started to respond again. Her pussy clenched with arousal. She smiled suggestively. "I don't have anything else to do today."

He smiled back. "You might not, but I do." He ran the pad of his thumb along her bottom lip. "I want to do this right, Kamryn. I have something to do tonight, but I want to spend what is left of it right here in your bed. Will you let me come back even though it'll be really late?"

Kamryn wasn't about to refuse. She wanted him any way she could get him.

"Yes, you can come back. I'll probably still be awake anyway. I haven't quite adjusted to the time change."

"Then I'll come back."

Algar proceeded to kiss her until he had her moaning into his mouth and straining against him. Breathless, lost in a haze of arousal, Kamryn watched him get off the bed and do up his jeans around his still erect cock. She ached to have it buried deep inside her pussy.

After he put on his t-shirt, he picked his leather jacket off the floor. "I'll see you tonight." His heated gaze ran over her naked body. "I'll make the wait worth it. I promise."

With those words, he turned and walked out of her hotel room. Kamryn rolled onto her side and smiled. She had a feeling tonight would be one she wouldn't soon forget.

Algar pulled onto the long, gravel drive that led to the manor house where he and the rest of Tiw's warriors lived. After he parked his car, he made his way inside.

Voices drifted from the living room, but since Raed's wasn't among them, Algar continued on to the kitchen.

Lexi, Raed's mate, stood in front of the fridge. Her long, light brown hair fell forward when she leaned inside with the door open. Lexi turned with a water bottle in hand. She smiled when she saw him and closed the refrigerator door. "Back already?

Did you find her?"

Algar's gaze fell to Lexi's stomach when she rubbed a hand across it. At five months pregnant, she was just starting to show. "I found her. Is Raed around? I really need to talk to him."

Lexi shook her head. "You just missed him. He went out for a few groceries." She opened the water bottle and took a drink before she said, "If you want to talk to Raed about the girl, you can always talk to me. The way you're taken with her, I'm getting the feeling there'll soon be another mate added to the ranks around here."

Algar sighed. "I don't know, Lexi. It's kind of personal."

She rolled her dark blue eyes, took him by the arm, and moved him to the kitchen table, persuading him to sit. She took the chair next to him. "I'm mated to Raed.

I have just as much experience in that department as he does. If anything, I would know more about what it's like from your girl's perspective."

Lexi did have a point. She also had no clue as to what Raed was in the beginning.

"When you put it like that, maybe you're the one I should talk to."

"Well, I'm all ears."

"All right. I think Kamryn—that's her name—is my mate. I'm drawn to her and her scent. She also affects me more than any other woman ever has."

"She got to your wolf, huh?"

"Every time I smell her scent, my wolf throws back its head and howls. And then there's the whole business about my eyes going wolf and my claws."

He'd had a hard time hiding the changes that came over him while he'd been pleasuring Kamryn with his mouth. He'd known his eyes had gone wolf when his sight had become much sharper. Keeping his eyes adverted had been easy enough, but when his claws had pushed through his fingertips, he'd had to watch how he touched her.

Just before Kamryn had come, he'd had to use his mouth instead of his fingers to bring her to completion.

"I take it you fooled around with her a bit. Have you made love yet?"

"No. I'd planned to, but when the other things started to happen I held off."

The first time Raed had taken Lexi to his bed, he'd found his eyes going wolf and his claws coming out during sex weren't the only things that were different. While making love to his mate, just as he reached orgasm, his cock went like a wolf's as well. It swelled, locking him to Lexi while he continued to come a lot longer than was normal.

Raed had confided in Algar, worried Lexi wouldn't be able to accept him with all the differences.

Lexi gave him a knowing smile. "You're worried you'll swell just like Raed does with me? That isn't exactly something you can hide from her."

"I'm not really worried, more like at a loss as to what to do about it. Ideally, I'd want her to get to know me better before I have to explain about my being immortal and a were. I don't want to scare her away. Though, I'm going to have to work fast, since she's only here for a fortnight."

"Where's she from?"

"Niagara Falls, New York."

"A fellow American." Lexi was originally from Tampa. Raed had met her when she'd come to Norwich on holiday over the summer. "The only advice I can give you is don't try and act as if nothing out of the ordinary happened. Raed hoped I wouldn't notice in the beginning, which was stupid, really. I did notice. And if she asks about it, don't try to hold her off. Just do what you can to ease her into it slowly. She may freak a bit, but that's understandable."

"So you think I should just go ahead and make love to Kamryn? Let the chips fall where they may?"

"If you really think she's your mate, why not get the proof that she is? And if she is truly your mate, after you make love to her, Tiw's mark should start to appear. That will be a for sure sign."

Just as Tiw had marked his warriors, he'd also marked Lexi with the same White Wolf emblem the men carried on the cap of their left shoulders. Instead of being on the same spot on her body, Tiw had placed it high up on the right side of Lexi's back near her shoulder, marking her as a mate. He'd also given Lexi immortality.

"I plan to go back to Kamryn's hotel after I finish hunting tonight. I just wanted some advice from someone who's already gone through this."

"Well, you came to the right person." Lexi stood. "If Kamryn does end up being your mate, and she has a hard time accepting what you are, bring her to me. I can help her understand."

"Thanks, Lexi."

As Raed's mate walked out of the kitchen, Algar hoped when he did tell Kamryn everything she wouldn't 'freak out', like Lexi said. If she was his mate, and she shunned him for what he was, he didn't think he'd be able to let her go.