A/N: So it has been... way too long since I last posted. I am so sorry. I know how annoying it is when stories just stop when they are getting good. I want to thank everyone who has stuck with me for almost two years *wince*. I don't want this to be too long so major points:
So So Sorry for the wait. I've had computer problems, moving issues, life crisis but I am finally back. So my story has taken a whole new turn since I started it. (I hope for the better). I have had at least 3 drafts lost in part or completely since I last updated mostly due to crappy computers so rewriting has been a long long process
So So So Sorry
Please continue to read and thanks for the support all honest comments welcome (positive and negative).
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Someone was in her room. Jordan could hear them moving around the small space as she came awake. Her senses didn't detect danger but she had learned you could never be to careful. Waiting till the intruder had entered the bathroom Jordan reached for the knife she kept under her pillow.
"Good you're awake," Jordan jumped off the bed whirling around to face her attacker. She hadn't even heard him leave the bathroom.
"Whoa Kitten. It's just me. Put your claws away," it took her a few moments to recognize the man standing before her, hands raised in reassurance.
"Xavier," she whispered sitting back on the bed to recover from her sudden adrenaline rush. Closing her eyes her memories rushed back making her dizzy. When she opened them again she jumped raising the knife again. Xavier knelt before her. She hadn't heard him move again.
"Damn, don't do that!"
"Sorry baby," Xavier said plucking the knife out of her hand and laying it on the nightstand. "I didn't mean to frighten you." Jordan just stared wide eyed at him. "Kitten, are you okay?"
A small smile lit her face. "Yeah," she answered softly as she reached out to lightly stroke his whiskered cheek and full lips. "I thought I dreamed you."
"Don't worry I'm very real."
"Prove it," Jordan challenged.
A wide grin spread across Xavier's face. "Gladly." Standing up Xavier swept his tiny mate up and laid her down on the bed before climbing up and settling between her thighs.
Jordan gasped as her mate's hard, muscular body pressed against her soft curves. His eyes darkened in passion as he gazed down at her. When he began to nuzzle her neck a shiver of excitement wracked her body. The scrape of his whiskers and the feel of his warm breath pulled a surprised moan from her lips. She couldn't believe this was happening. Nothing had ever felt as good as this affectionate touch. But as soon as his lips and tongue brushed hot and wet against her pulse all thought fled.
Xavier licked and nibbled his way across the smooth skin of Jordan's neck. Every hitch in her breath had his wolf shaking in pleasure. When he finally took her mouth, sliding his tongue past her soft lips Jordan wrapped her legs around his hips and snaked her fingers through his hair. Xavier's wolf howled in ecstasy while his human fought the pleasure coursing through his body threatening to unman him. It had been so long since he'd even held a woman it was all he could do to not rip off their clothes and take her hard and fast.
Xavier snuck his hands into Jordan's shirt, he desperately needed to feel her warm skin against his. Shock doused his arousal as his hands brushed against the bandages under her top. Jordan whimpered as Xavier pulled away from her. She tried to bring him back down for more kisses but he continued to withdraw.
She was about to question him but the intense anguish and fury in his eyes took her breath away. Gently Xavier removed her shirt, before carefully peeling away the bandages covering her stomach and arms. When his fingers found the last bandage on her hip he began to remove it causing her to freeze.
The slight odor of fear made Xavier glance up into his mate's hazel eyes. He could sense the struggle going on within her.
"I won't hurt you," he reassured her cupping her cheek in his large hand. "Let me check your wounds."
Fear warred with her instincts. They told her she had nothing to fear. Xavier would never hurt her but past experiences made her cringe, dread swirling in the pit of her stomach.
The comfort of Xavier's touch and the sincere emotion in his eyes called to the part of her that longed for him yet was afraid to trust. Trust is for suckers, her mind told her. He'll leave you like everyone else. She was about to pull away when the memory of the look on his face when she had opened the door flashed before her eyes.
Ignoring the part or her that called her all kinds of stupid, Jordan gathered her courage and nodded her acceptance. Xavier gave her a small smile before removing her jeans and the remaining bandage.
Xavier couldn't breathe. His mate lay before him wearing only a pale pink bra and panty set. Her long brown hair, that captured his attention so completely that first day, was spread out around her. Despite the abrasions and bruises marring her caramel skin she was still the sexiest thing he had ever seen. Arousal slammed back through his body making him wish he could remove his clothes and feel his naked skin against hers.
Take her, his wolf urged making his eyes glow. Goddess, he wanted to but now was not the time. When his wolf argued he remind him of her early hesitation. We just found her. If we go too fast we will scare her off. His wolf gave an aggravated huff but backed down. His human might have a point.
Jordan shifted nervously under Xavier's gaze.
"Beautiful," he breathed as his hands and mouth descended on her supple body.
Jordan had no idea what Xavier was doing until she felt his tongue sliding over a cut on her shoulder, soothing away the sting and aches. Heat flared through her body as she was caressed by her mate's rough tongue and warm calloused hands. Her eyes rolled back in pleasure, her breast suddenly felt pleasantly swollen. Her nipple puckered drawing tighter with every swipe of Xavier's tongue. Xavier slowly made his way across her body. Licking every wound and lightly touching every inch of exposed skin. When he tenderly grasped her left breast in his large hand and gently sucked her taut nipple through her cotton bra into his mouth, the pleasurable heat shot down to pool in her pussy. Her juices dampened her thin panties as she let out a loud moan.
Xavier couldn't suppress a satisfied grin as her honeyed arousal perfumed the air. He moved onto her right breast, Jordan held his head to her aching body. Xavier hadn't meant for his soothing to become so heated but his mate tasted like sin and his cock throbbed so painfully begging him to thrust into his mate's welcoming body. Her reaction to his touch made it pleasantly worse. The last wound on her hip was so close to her wet core he longed to rip off her panties and complete the mating but he wrestled his urges and pulled back.
