Falling For a Hybrid Page 3

Torger watched her sleep for a few minutes, then headed to the apartment door. He turned the lock on the knob before he closed it behind him. As he walked down the flight of stairs to the street, he smiled. Having his mate in his arms had felt more than right. He couldn’t wait to get her into bed and see how passionate she could be.

  Chapter Three

  Rikki slowly came awake and stretched. As her hand hit the pillow next to her, she realized she was in her bed. She had no recollection of getting into it. The last thing she remembered she’d been with…

  She threw back the covers, sat up and looked down at herself. She wore the same clothes she’d worn yesterday. Crap. She must have fallen asleep on Torger, and he being the nice guy he was, had put her to bed. Rikki was surprised she hadn’t woken up when he had. She normally didn’t sleep that deeply. The move had to have tired her out more than she’d thought.

  Now that she was awake, Rikki figured now would be a good time to have a shower. She slid off the bed, then went in search of the box where she’d packed her towels. She was going to have to make a concerted effort to get everything unpacked today. Even though she’d shared her former place, she’d still had stuff in a storage locker. She’d moved all of it when she came to Lemmon. It’d been a fair amount, even without furniture being included. She had to wonder if she had a bit of a hoarder in her.

  After finding a towel, her toothbrush, toothpaste and a comb, Rikki brushed her teeth, then showered. As she dressed, she figured before she got into the unpacking she should do some grocery shopping. She had the leftover Chinese food for lunch, but nothing to make for dinner.

  The one nice thing about living on the main street of a small town was the fact most of the local businesses could be found there. The grocery store was only a block away. She could have walked there, but since she needed to do a big shopping, it’d be easier to drive instead of having to carry all the bags home.

  Rikki left her apartment, then went to the back of the building before she got into her car. Less than a minute later, she drove into the parking lot of the grocery store. It’d be considered small for a big city, but it was the only one the town had.

  She walked through the store’s entrance, then grabbed one of the shopping carts at the front. Rikki headed to the fresh produce section. She hadn’t made a list of what she had to buy since she basically needed everything.

  She’d reached the end of the produce when she caught a quick glance of a blond-haired man, who she thought could be Torger. He’d been tall enough and had the same build. Rikki hurried after him.

  “Torger,” she called.

  The man turned toward her. He smiled. He definitely wasn’t Torger, but he had very similar looks. Plus, now that she really looked at him, his hair was a lot longer.

  He came closer. “I think you mistook me for my brother.” He smiled again. “I’m Brolach. And I’m thinking you must be Rikki.”

  Rikki grinned and nodded. “Yes, I am. I take it Torger told you about me.”

  “He did. I understand you moved to Lemmon yesterday.”

  “Yes. Torger was nice enough to help lug some of my boxes up to my apartment.”

  “He said he had. Since you live across the street from my wife’s family’s coffee shop, where we work, I expect we’ll be seeing each other often.”

  “The chances are pretty good,” Rikki said with a grin. “I’ve already planned to go there for lunch sometime.”

  “If you hang around Torger long enough, you’ll be going to the shop quite a bit. He, my sister and our close friend, Cameron, stop by for coffees and donuts almost every day.”

  “So that’s how Torger saw I was moving all by myself. He had to have been there.”

  Brolach smiled. “Yes. I should let you finish your shopping. I look forward to seeing you again, Rikki.”

  “Thanks. And me too.”

  Rikki watched Brolach walk away and chuckled to herself. Well, that was one way of meeting a family member of a guy she hoped to have a relationship with. And Torger’s brother definitely wasn’t hard on the eyes.

  She continued her shopping, then went to the check-out. Rikki couldn’t help but cringe a little when the cashier told her what her total came out to be. At least she was stocked up for a while.

  After she loaded the shopping bags into the trunk of her car, she headed to her apartment. As she parked behind the building, she wished there was a back entrance to her place. It would have made it a bit easier to get the groceries upstairs. She ended up making three trips. Her back and legs screamed at her. The move had made her sore, and carrying bags up the stairs was just more of the same.

  She put the groceries away, then ate some of the Chinese food since it was pretty close to lunchtime. After getting rid of the empty containers, Rikki set to work unpacking dishes, cutlery, glasses and mugs. She washed each one before putting them into the cupboards and drawers.

  Rikki moved on to the living room. She didn’t have many things to unpack for that room, except for setting up her work “office,” which was basically her desktop computer and printer. Once she did that, she checked her emails.

  As usual, getting on the computer led to her doing more than checking if anyone had emailed her. She went to her favorite social media site, and the time slipped away. It was as if she’d blinked and a half an hour had gone by. Rikki forced herself away from her desk and then went to the bedroom to finish the rest of the unpacking. She had a new editing project she should start the next day.

  She’d just finished putting the last of the towels and bedding into the linen closet when someone knocked on the apartment door. Rikki went to answer it. After she pulled it open, she smiled. Torger stood on the other side.

  “Hi,” she said.

  “Hi,” he replied. “I thought I’d see how the unpacking was going. Plus, Brolach told me he saw you earlier at the grocery store.”

  “Come on in.” Rikki stepped back so Torger could come inside. Once he did, she shut the door behind him. “I finished the unpacking just as you knocked. And yeah, I met Brolach. We didn’t talk for very long, but he seemed nice. I have to say good looks run in your family.”

  Torger put his arms around her and tugged her up against his chest. “I’m glad you think so.”

  Rikki lifted her face to meet Torger’s lips halfway as he claimed hers in a heated kiss. A surge of arousal shot through her as he pushed his tongue inside to duel with her own. No man could make her melt in his arms quite like he did. Aflame with desire, she wanted him to give her sex-starved body exactly what it craved.

  *

  Torger held Rikki tighter as he deepened their kiss. He’d been waiting most of the day to get her into his arms again. Last night, he’d had several erotic dreams of her. It was his werewolf side making sure he claimed his mate. He woke up feeling a bit on edge and with a raging hard-on.

  He lifted his head and looked Rikki in the eyes. “I think we’d better stop here or I’m going to let things get carried away.”

  She gave him a sexy grin. “Who says we have to stop? I did finish my unpacking.”

  Torger let out a quiet wolf’s growl as he reclaimed her lips. There was no way he’d be able to pass up having her when she was willing. The scent of her arousal just ramped up his desire. After dreaming about having her, his body was well-primed.

  Rikki clung to Torger as he lifted her off her feet and then carried her down the short hallway to her bedroom. She put her legs around his waist and shoved her hands into the sides of his hair as she enthusiastically kissed him back.

  So overtaken with his need to have her, he stopped halfway to the bedroom and put her back up against the wall. He ground against her jean-clad pussy as he feasted from her mouth, tasting and sucking. The little moans and groans she made filled his ears, and had his cock aching and straining against the front of his pants.

  The slight pain of Rikki tugging on his hair had Torger remembering exactly where they were. He didn’t want to take her this first time again
st the wall. It was all right for a quickie, but not what he wanted to do to her right now.

  He kept kissing her as he walked the rest of the distance to the bedroom, then crossed over to the bed. He placed her onto the mattress and followed her down so he lay stretched out on top her with his hips wedged between her thighs. The passion that burned between them was hot, and quick to flame.

  Torger left Rikki’s lips and bent his head to nuzzle the side of her neck. His fangs extended, something he had no control over once he was really turned-on. “This is your last chance to say no,” he said huskily.

  She moaned and rocked her hips against him. “Not going to happen. I have you exactly where I want you.”

  He dragged a fang across her soft skin, and she shivered beneath him. “Just the answer I wanted to hear.”

  Torger slid off Rikki to lie at her side. He made sure he kept his mouth closed so she wouldn’t see his fangs. He took hold of the bottom of her t-shirt and lifted it off over her head. She undid the front clasp on her bra and removed it before he had a chance to do it. She tossed it over the side of the bed.

  He stared down at her breasts. Her nipples were taut, beckoning him. Torger bent his head and carefully sucked one into his mouth. He pinched and pulled at the other with his thumb and index finger. Rikki arched her back, pressing closer.

  As he sucked, he trailed a hand down her body until he reached the top of her jeans. He undid the button and then opened the zipper. He peeled the material past her hips. She wiggled to help him get them the rest of the way off. He sent her pants in the same direction as her bra.

  Torger went up on his hands and knees, straddling Rikki’s body. He took her lips in a heated kiss before he worked his way lower to her flat stomach. He swirled his tongue inside her bellybutton before kissing a trail to the top of her panties. He ran a finger just under them. Her belly quivered at his touch.

  He hooked the waistband of her panties with his fingers and slid them off her hips before pulling them down her legs to remove them. He ran his gaze over the length of her body, then settled onto the mattress with his shoulders between her spread thighs. The sight of her glistening pussy caused his cock to throb.

  Torger dragged a finger through Rikki’s wetness, then meeting her gaze, he licked it. Her head fell back as she moaned. She lifted her hips in invitation. He bent his head and swiped her pussy with his tongue. He had to have more.

  He set to work pleasuring her with his mouth, lapping and sucking. Torger soon brought a finger into play. He stroked it in and out of her slick opening, then added a second. She moaned his name as she rode them, matching the pace he set. Her inner muscles squeezed them.

  He continued to thrust into her as he focused his attention on her clit. Torger flicked it with his tongue, then sucked on the bundle of nerves that was the center of Rikki’s pleasure.

  Torger would have made Rikki come that way, but she yanked on his hair until he rose above her. “You have too many clothes on,” she said huskily. “I want my chance to explore you as you did me.” She gave him a kiss, then shoved him onto his back.

  He gave her a closed-mouthed smile. “Go ahead. I know it’ll be my pleasure.”

  She grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it up and off. Rikki threw it over her shoulder. “And mine as well.”

  She ran her gaze over his upper body, and Torger could almost feel as if it were a physical caress. Next, Rikki set to work undoing his jeans before she removed them. He was now as naked as she.

  “Commando,” she said as she licked her lips. Her gaze landed on his fully erect cock.

  “Always,” he said in a strained voice. At two thousand years old, he’d never taken to wearing underwear when he’d spent the majority of his life not adding that undergarment to his wardrobe.

  “Good to know.”

  Rikki positioned herself over him and took the same trail down his body that he’d used on hers. She started at his chest and kissed across each pec. At his nipples, she dragged the flat of her tongue along one and then the other. He sucked in a sharp breath.

  Torger fisted the sheets to stop himself from pushing Rikki lower on his body to where he ached the most. Unaware, she continued her exploring, using her lips and tongue. She slowly worked her way to his stomach, gently nipping the muscles there.

  As she came closer to his straining cock, Torger couldn’t hold back a growl. He lifted his head to see what Rikki’s reaction was to it, but she didn’t seem to notice and kept kissing her way ever lower. He couldn’t tear his gaze away.

  Another growl escaped him as she reached the place on his body where he wanted her to lavish with attention. She fisted his shaft and pumped her hand up and down his length. She continued the movement until a bead of pre-cum appeared on the very tip. She held him tight at the base and licked the moisture away.

  Torger groaned and lifted his hips, unable to stay still any longer. Rikki gave him another lick before she opened her mouth and took his cock inside. She sucked him back as far as she could manage, then slid him almost all the way out. Having his mate suck him off was the most erotic thing he’d ever seen. He grew even harder.

  Her head bobbed as she took him in and out, sucking hard and stroking his base. He thrust his hips to match the pace she set. She made him so damn hard. It’d be so easy for her to make him come this way, but he’d stop her before he reached that point. He wanted to be buried as deep inside her as he could get when he did that.

  As if she’d read his mind, Rikki released his cock, then shifted so she straddled his hips. She took hold of his shaft, lined it up with her pussy, then slowly worked him inside. Having her inner muscles embracing him, holding him tight, was the best thing in the world.

  Torger watched his cock move in and out of Rikki’s pussy as she rode him. She angled her thrusts to put him right where she wanted him. She panted and moaned. He looked up to see she had her eyes closed, and she wore an expression of pleasure. He reached between them and found her clit. He stroked it, hoping to push her over the edge into release.

  That did the trick. Rikki’s movements became jerky, then she threw back her head and let out a long, whimpered moan. Her inner walls clutched and released his cock as she climaxed. He fought to keep his orgasm at bay, wanting her to have her pleasure first.

  Once the spasms ceased, Torger held on to Rikki’s hips to keep them joined as he flipped her over onto her back. He propped himself up onto his bent arms, then surged in and out of her. She lifted her legs to either side of him, which had him sinking deeper. He grew even harder.

  As his climax built, the urge to feed from Rikki took hold. The sound of her rapidly beating heart called to him. His fangs throbbed in time with his dick. He buried his face in the crook of her neck and dragged a sharp point over her skin. He fought to hold back from biting her. This was new for him. Over his long life, he’d had plenty of sex with human women. Not once had he bordered on losing control of his feeding. With his mate, instincts ruled, and they urged him to make the first blood exchange.

  Torger thrust faster and harder. He forced himself to lift his upper body onto his straightened arms to avoid temptation. Rikki cried out as she came a second time, which was all he needed to follow her. He growled as his cock pulsed deep inside her with his release.

  He collapsed on top her. The need to bite was there still, but not nearly as strong as it’d been before he’d climaxed. As his shaft softened, he pulled out of her, then rolled to his back. She snuggled up against him with her head pillowed on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her. Neither of his sides had claimed her as mate, but he had a feeling it was going to be only a matter of time. And there wasn’t much he could do to stop it.

  Chapter Four

  Rikki allowed herself to bask in the moment as Torger held her close. Making love to him had been everything she’d hoped for and more. It was something she didn’t regret. How could she when it was the best sex she’d ever had, and she didn’t think that way only because sh
e hadn’t had any in a while.

  She tilted her head and kissed Torger’s chin. “That was nice. Really nice, actually.”

  He ran a caressing hand up and down her back. “It was. I plan to do it again, many times.”

  “I like the sound of that.”

  Rikki expected Torger to initiate a second round of lovemaking right then, but he kissed the top of her head before he pulled away and sat up. He swung his legs over the side of the bed.

  “Are you going somewhere?” she asked as she sat up behind him.

  He looked over his shoulder and smiled. “We both are.”

  “I thought maybe you wanted to, you know, make love again.”

  Torger leaned back and gave her a kiss. “Don’t worry. We’re going to do that. Only it’ll have to wait until we come back here.”

  “Where are we going?”

  “I figured we’d go across the street to the coffee shop so you can meet Kaisa and Cameron. They’re probably there now. Brolach and Waverly won’t be since they have the day off work.”

  Rikki shifted to sit at Torger’s side, then ran her hand up and down his muscular thigh. “Are you sure you want to go this instant? There’s plenty of time for me to meet them another day.”

  He picked up her hand and kissed the tips of her fingers. “True, but I think you should get to know them as soon as possible, especially Kaisa.” Torger smiled. “Remember I said I’d try to break you of your loner ways.”

  He let go of her, stood, then picked his jeans off the floor. Torger put them on before he grabbed his t-shirt. Rikki really didn’t understand why he wanted the meeting to take place now. Obviously, he wouldn’t be put off, though.

  Rikki slid off the bed and then gathered up her clothes. She headed to the bathroom. After using the toilet, she dressed. She came out to find Torger waiting for her in the hallway.

  “All ready to go?” he asked.

  She nodded. “Yes, but it’s still not too late to change your mind.” Rikki gave Torger what she hoped was a sexy grin and not a goofy one.