around that one, but wolf I’m not.”
“Well, right now you smell, sound, and act a lot like a she-wolf.”
Jealousy cracked her harsh whip. “And you know a lot of she-wolves?” Sidda’s tone rose with anger.
“I’ve met a few,” he said absently. His eyes studied her.
Sidda’s head throbbed harder. The pain made her want to close her eyes, to hold her head in her hands and press the throbbing away. The bones in her knees popped. Pain shot up her legs. She bit her bottom lip between her teeth to keep from grunting in pain.
Jasper eased her back to look down at her through worry-filled eyes. “We should go. Call the doctor on the way there. Tell him it’s an emergency. You’re sick. I can feel it inside me.” He grabbed a blanket to wrap around her before making her sit down on the couch. “Hang on. I’ll get your things, and we’ll go.”
Sidda didn’t want to leave. Leaving meant they’d be thrust back into the real world, and she wasn’t ready. A pair of her pants landed next to her feet, followed by a bra. She glanced at Jasper. He pulled clothes from her small overnight bag. A pair of pants from years before were in the dresser. He pulled them up over his taut ass before he grabbed a white tee shirt.
“You need help?” His tone dipped to a commanding tone as he turned. “’Cause I meant it when I said to get dressed. You’re in pain. I won’t allow that.”
“I’m not in pain. Well, not pain enough to leave here. And since when did you think you could allow something?” She raised her eyebrows but pulled on her shirt anyway. Hell, if he was dressed, she wasn’t going to sit bare-assed.
“When it comes to you, I’ve always thought it.” His hands circled her wrists, and with no more than a slight tug, she was lifted into his arms. “Now, do I have to call the doctor myself or what?”
“I’ll call, but you’ve forgotten one thing, pup. No truck.”
“Called Cole first thing this morning. He was eating dinner at the new diner and said he’d bring it up. Thank goodness for small towns. He said he’d leave the truck half a mile down the trail. Now call the doctor.”
He handed her the phone, but the jostling from his hard steps on the soft ground distracted her. She couldn’t recall ever being carried. The feel of his warm hard body holding hers made her stomach do weird little twists. Her mind raced with thoughts of straddling him, letting him push her against a tree and fuck. Yes, fuck, because that is just what it would be.
She shook her head, wondering where that thought had come from. Her brain was definitely lust fried. Her breath came faster, shallow. Jasper’s arms tightened around her, his breath just as hard and shallow.
“Out of my head, pup.”
“You opened your mind, and with the mark, it’s easy for you to send me stuff. I didn’t do anything, but if you don’t stop thinking like that, I will fuck you right here, right now against a tree.”
“Promises, promises.” She told him in a sing-song voice. He shifted her some so that he could take one hand and pop her rear.“Ow! You gotta stop doing that.”
His eyes gleamed with amusement. “Not a chance in hell. I owe you so many spankings, you’ll be lucky if you’re able to sit when I’m done with you.”
“Excuse me?” She narrowed my eyes at him. “I don’t know who you think you are, but that is not going to happen. Alpha or not, you are not spanking me.”
She pushed against his chest, struggling to get down. He was skirting a thin line with the spanking talk. Part of her said, Hell yeah, spank me hard and fuck me harder . While the other part screamed You touch me and I’ll rip your balls off and shove ’em up your ass.
His chest shook as he tightened his grip on her. “We’ll be going with the first.” He winked.
“Stay out….”
“I can’t help it. You’re mine, every inch of you including that brilliant mind of yours, and I won’t apologize for wanting to know