Chapter 1

 

 

"Ian, Noooooo!" Adrianna pulled the blanket back and patted the empty spot of bed beside her, hoping to entice her wolf lover to come back to bed. "Come back to bed babe."

Ian tugged his work boot on and laced it up before he lifted his icy blue eyes to meet her emerald green ones. "Wish I could. I'm already late for work and I have that pack meeting tonight."

Adrianna groaned and caught her lower lip between her teeth, attempting to give him her sexiest look. His gaze shifted to her lips and his jaw clenched, hunger flaring up in his eyes. She knew if her eyes were to drop to his groin she'd see his erection straining against the faded denim covering it.

"This is your own fault you know."

He cocked a brow up at her and grinned. "What is my fault now?" He walked over to the bed and leaned over her, his lips brushing against the side of her neck and sending a delicious shiver through her.

"You know what," she moaned softly, closing her eyes and arching her back. The apex between her legs suddenly became moist as his soft, teasing string of kisses ignited her arousal.

Ian slid a hand under the blankets and cupped her naked mound in his hand. Fisting the front of his jean jacket, she attempted to pull him down to her, but the hand he had braced at the side of her head, kept him firmly rooted where he was. Parting her moist folds he darted two fingers into her heated core, stroked her briefly and then quickly removed his hand. He kissed her lightly on the lips and straightened up.

"That's what!" Adrianna growled playfully. She opened her eyes and watched as he licked her juices from his index and middle fingers. "Damn tease."

Chuckling softly, he shrugged as he turned walking towards the bedroom door. "Later babes." Seconds later, he disappeared and she could hear him jogging down the staircase to the bottom floor.

Scrambling out of the bed, Adrianna rushed to her bedroom window that overlooked the gravel driveway of her modest country home and watched his broad, muscular frame as he walked to his Jeep.

With the Jeep door open he paused, sensing her eyes on him and turned back to catch her gaze. He gave her a smile that made her weak in the knees and a wink before disappearing into the Jeep. Seconds later he was speeding down the gravel driveway, dust and dirt being kicked up by the Jeep's oversized back tires.

Once the Jeep disappeared completely out of sight Adrianna got dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, her usual daily attire. Once dressed, she began making her morning rounds on the small farm before getting her shower and heading to work. With her mother's death, just a little over six months ago, nineteen year old Adrianna had to give up her dreams of going to college to take a full-time job as a cashier at the local grocery store to keep the bills afloat.

However, in addition to her mother's death, less than a month ago she found out that her deceased father was a wolf shifter, and that meant she had a dormant shifter gene. She doubted she'd be able to keep her mind focused on her studies anyhow. There was so much she had to learn about her roots, about Ian and the pack, and about who she may or may not become.

Ian's pack meeting was of particular importance to her, despite her not being allowed to attend. At tonight's meeting Ian would officially announce his imprinting on her to the pack and they would give their official approval of their union. While the approval was a formality, they both hoped that someone who knew her father would be willing to share what, if anything, they knew about her father and mother's relationship. Something her mother had never spoken about.