Unwrapping Tess (A Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance)(Vegas Mates Book 5): Christmas Encounters Read Online Free

just wanted him safe and the real grizzly to get lost.
    He swung his gaze toward her, golden eyes glowing with fierce determination. The move cost him dearly and the other bear lunged. Patrick was caught off guard and Tess whined. When the grizzly bit into his shoulder, Patrick’s painful growl tore at her heart.
    No. No. No.
    She tensed, ready to lunge, but a second later, Patrick broke the hold and bit down hard on the back of the grizzly’s neck. A loud crunch made her stomach clench. Then the bear was still.  
    Scarlett blood stains painted the snow around the two bears and Patrick huffed a few times like she’d heard Scott do when he was irritated. Then he shifted and stalked toward her, naked and glorious, but with a bloody shoulder that made her feel a little green, even as a wolf.
    He reached the cave entrance and she backed up as he crawled through. She approached him slowly, her instinct to clean his wound overruling her queasy stomach. He winced at the first touch of her long tongue and his hands dug into the fur on the scruff of her neck, but she kept going.  
    Magick surged between them and his wounds stopped bleeding in only a few minutes. She sat on her haunches and stared at him. His blue eyes stared back, slicing through her resolve.
    “Why are you running from me?” he asked, scratching behind her ears.  
    Tess shook her head and he pulled back his hand. She let the change wash over her. When she looked up at him again it was in human form. The rock floor bit into her knees, but she didn’t care.
    “I’m sorry. I just … I wasn’t prepared for it to be you. I love it here at Woodhaven, but I’m scared to leave the pack. I’m an Alpha’s daughter.”
    “Royalty.” His voice was low. “Will they let you leave?”
    “I think so.” Tess’s voice wavered, unsure what Jason or her aunt would really say. Everything was different … or used to be different. Now that the council didn’t exist anymore, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad.
    She crept forward and he opened his arms, pulling her onto his lap. He pressed a soft kiss to her forehead and tucked her tightly against his broad chest.
    “Fate wouldn’t have matched us if it weren’t meant to be.”
    She could feel the bond starting to build between them—a roaring river of emotional exchange. His warmth and compassion filled her heart as did his desire, sparking hers to life even more. She wanted him. All of him.  
    She ran her hands over his hard muscles and liquid heat pooled between her legs. He smelled like the forest, like strength, and home. He was where her heart wanted to be already. She drew her hands up to his face and covered his mouth with her lips.  
    He tasted like heaven. The bond between them surged again and she melted into his arms. He slid his hands into her hair and took control, plunging his tongue into her mouth. He groaned and slid his hands down her back until they rested on her hips.
    Grasping her waist, he lifted and turned her so she was facing him. She took the initiative and straddled him, his hard cock pressed against her entrance. One more move and he would be inside her. The anticipation made her entire body ripple with excitement.  
    “Please,” she whispered into his mouth. She knew he’d been waiting. He might’ve followed her into the forest after she asked for space, but everything they’d done since, she’d initiated. He was letting her have control, something she knew was probably very difficult for him.
    “With pleasure,” he said, kissing along her jawline.  
    He pushed down with his hands and up with his hips, sinking his cock deep. She arched her back, taking him even deeper. A moan of pleasure slipped between her lips and she started to move slowly, his hands moved to play with her breasts as she undulated up and down on his hard length.
    She was so full and so aroused—her breasts filled his hands. He rubbed his thumbs over her erect nipples and she gasped. A moment later he’d