Claiming His Need by Ellis Leigh

Author:Ellis Leigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy Paranormal, Wolf Shifter, Ellis Leigh, Claiming His Need, Feral Breed Series
Publisher: Kinship Press

We ran through the woods along the trails leading to the houses of various packmates. Weaving in and out of trees, following in the footsteps my ancestors had tread for hundreds of years. The air rushed by, ruffling my fur and bringing with it the sounds and scents of nature around me. I loved the land I’d been raised on, loved the freedom the relatively remote location brought us. Even in the depths of winter, when the cold and the snow battered the peninsula and forced the humans indoors, I loved to run across the terrain as my wolf. There was nothing like the feel of fresh powder under my paws and a brisk, icy breeze teasing my nose.

Gates ran right behind me, his black-as-night wolf following me over the hills and across the flats. When we reached a heavily wooded section not far from the coast, I turned to go around, but Gates yipped and led me to where three pine trees had grown closely together. Their bottom boughs hung heavy, creating a kind of cave under the branches. Gates led the way inside, and then shifted into his human form.

I whined, the sight of his naked thighs making me want to follow his lead and shift, but he shook his head.

“I want to talk to you, beautiful. And if you shift, you’ll be naked. And I’m naked. And that’s not quite where I want this conversation to go. At least not yet.”

I huffed and spun, racing out of the den he’d found and across the grassy field. He yelled after me, but I didn’t stop. I ran all the way to the edge of the hills where my brothers and I had often played as children. Inside a hollowed out tree trunk were three cloaks. The pack kept them scattered about the land in case we needed them, though none of us was particularly uncomfortable with nudity. Clothes were more of a hindrance than a necessity most of the time, but one never knew when humans would wander onto our land.

I pulled a cloak from the pile with my teeth and ran back the way I’d come, returning to the little pine den my mate had found.

“Smart girl.” Gates smiled when I rushed in, tan fabric in my mouth. I dropped it in his lap and curled up next to him, his thigh brushing against my fur. He wrapped the cloak around his hips and sat back against the center tree trunk.

“I heard what Chinoo said”—his eyes met mine—“and I saw your face. I don’t want you to think that my not coming for you yet is a sign of rejection. If it weren’t for these nomads putting you in danger, we’d be deep in the Rites of Klunzad right now. But I can’t lose my focus and put you at risk.”

I sat up and faced him, eye to eye with the man who would be mine. His eyes turned dark and intense as he stared into mine, his face serious.

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