Moon Shifter 02 - Primal Possession

tweaked her nipple with his thumb and forefinger, she jerked against him.
    After last night he shouldn’t be surprised, but it still awed him how reactive she was to everything. He barely touched her and she was panting for more. Not that he was any better. His cock pressed mercilessly against his jeans, demanding to be unleashed.
    But first she needed to be naked. He quickly shoved her jacket all the way off. As he started to lift her sweater, she shivered. There wasn’t snow on the ground, but the sky was overcast and the weather was right for snowfall. Pausing, he held his hands still on her waist.
    Her blue eyes flashed hungrily. “Why are you stopping?” With flushed cheeks and swollen lips, she looked good enough to eat. He wouldn’t even have to take her sweater off. He could just push her jeans down and slide into her. He could use his body heat to keep her warm.
    But she deserved better than that and he didn’t want their first time to be rushed and on the ground. “Your teeth are practically chattering.” He tugged her sweater fully back in place.
    She started to shake her head when she shiveredagain. This time it was more pronounced and she leaned closer into his embrace. “Maybe you’re right,” she murmured. “But if we hurry, we can be back to the ranch soon.”
    His cock jumped at her words. Reaching behind her, he grabbed her jacket and helped her into it. Wordlessly, she zipped it up, then headed for the horses while he packed up. No more words were necessary. Once they made it to a warm place, he was going to sink inside her and stay that way for hours.
    We need to talk.
Connor’s voice sounded loudly in Liam’s head as he and December arrived back at the ranch. Not all shifters, even related ones, could communicate in telepathic form, but he and Connor could. But they didn’t do it all the time. If they could call or text each other, they often chose that option. Liam was especially careful about that now that his brother was mated. He didn’t want to interrupt Connor if he was getting busy with his mate.
    I’m with December. We’re about to put the horses back in the stable. Can it wait?
    No. Meet me at the main house.
    Liam bit back a sigh. “I’ve got to talk to my brother for a few minutes. Do you mind heading back to the house by yourself?” he asked as December closed the stable door.
    She shook her head and her cheeks tinged red. He couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but whatever it was, it was good for him. The woman was so turned on right now and the lust coming off her was so potent, she was practically combustible. Once he got her naked and underneath him, there’d be no turning back for either of them.
    Leaning down, he brushed his lips over hers but stopped himself from fully claiming her mouth. If he did, he knew he’d throw her over his shoulder and forget about talking to his brother. Liam watched as December strode toward the guesthouse and once he saw her reach the front porch, he headed across the yard to the main house.
    As soon as he stepped inside, he scented that it was a full house. From what he could tell, Ana and her sister Noel were upstairs with Vivian. He found Connor in the living room standing by the stone fireplace waiting for him.
    “Everything all right?” He didn’t bother sitting on one of the couches because he didn’t plan to stay long.
    “Just got off the phone with Jayce. He took Erin with him to a biker bar on the outskirts of town to follow up on a lead and—”
    “What?” Why hadn’t his brother told him about it?
    Connor set his jaw firmly. “Liam, your woman needs you right now and I’m not sending you off for something Jayce can easily handle. He’s in town to investigate the APL, so I’m letting him do his job.”
    His brother was right but he didn’t like being kept out of the loop. Not for anything that involved him or, more important, December. “What did they find?”
    “Unfortunately not much. They questioned one of the guys who knew the men who took Kat a few weeks ago, but he’s not part of the APL. Just a local biker. He admitted that some APL members hang out at the bar and he’s heard that something big might be going down soon, but he didn’t have any details.”
    “And they believed him?”
    Connor lifted his shoulders noncommittally. “The guy was terrified and Jayce took down his address from hisdriver’s license to prove a point, so I’d say yeah, he was probably telling the