Page 11 of Daddy Wolf’s Secret Baby (Fated To The Wolf #10)

10

Josiah

J osiah dropped next to Zahra, completely spent, wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her close against him.

“Wow. That was amazing.”

“I agree.” She wiggled her body to press even tighter against him.

“If you don’t stop that, we may end up going a second round,” he said, nibbling on her neck.

“Would that be such a bad thing?” she purred.

“I’m not sure you can handle it. I’m a pretty big guy and you are a tiny woman. I wouldn’t want to hurt you. As it is, you’ll likely be sore for a few days.”

“Oh, ho, ho, you think very highly of yourself, don’t you?”

He laughed. “Yes, ma’am. I know what’s up.”

“Well, I do have to admit that I was wondering whether you were going to fit. I don’t remember you being…quite so big last time.”

“I don’t know. I never measured.”

She giggled.

He closed his eyes and rested his chin on the top of her head. It felt so right to hold her close to him. Her body fit perfectly with his.

Zahra squirmed and he felt himself getting hard.

“Girl, I’m telling you, you are going to get yourself into trouble.”

She flipped over and touched his hardening shaft. A bolt of lightning exploded inside of him. Her hand slowly moved up and down his full length.

Pushing him onto his back, Zahra mounted him, putting the large apple head just inside of herself and slowly lowering herself onto him. His hands glided over her body, following her silhouette, her skin silky smooth beneath his fingertips.

He cupped her ass as she rose up and then impaled herself on him, slowly at first. She leaned over, and her nipples rubbed against her chest as her body rocked on top of his.

A sense of wholeness filled him, as though a missing piece of him was finally being fitted into place. Their souls were entwining in a way that words could never describe.

He stared into her blue eyes, seeing her passion and something else that he dared not name.

Zahra sat up and began to move faster and faster, lifting herself up and slamming back down on him, riding his cock. Her head tilted back and she moaned loudly. Her body began to tremble as his did. Her pussy walls massaged his cock and soon he was throbbing again, shooting his seed deep inside of her.

She was frozen on top of him for a full minute and then she collapsed next to him.

Sucking in a huge breath of air she looked at him and grinned. “Challenge accepted.”

“You’re not going to be able to walk for a week.”

“Maybe not, but I enjoyed every minute of it.”

“Me, too.”

He wrapped his arms around her and she laid her head on his chest. They stayed like that for several minutes.

Josiah felt his eyes getting heavy and he wanted to lay in the bed all night long, holding her close.

Finally, she broke the silence. “I hate to have sex with you and kick you out, but it wouldn’t be right for Jace to find you still here in the morning. It likely wouldn’t occur to him that we had sex, but I don’t want him to think that the three of us will be living together.”

Josiah was very surprised that he was extremely disappointed that he couldn’t stay the night with her. He hadn’t wanted to sleep over with any other woman, including Madison. He always managed to keep an emotional distance between himself and any woman he was with.

“I understand. We don’t want him to get the wrong idea and end up very disappointed.”

He reluctantly rolled out of bed and stumbled into her bathroom. She followed and handed him a washcloth so he could clean up before getting dressed.

Zahra pulled on her shirt and panties. “I’ll walk you to the door so I can lock it and set the alarm. I’ll shower and change the sheets after.”

“I can help you shower,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows and grinning.

“No, thanks, not this time. I’m pretty sure that your kind of help will mean that I’m going to end up messier than I already am.”

“Probably, but I’m sure you can handle it.”

She shook her head at him and walked him to the door. He leaned down and brushed a kiss across her lips.

“I’ll wait until I hear the door locks.”

“That’s sweet.”

He waited until he heard the deadbolt slide home. Josiah thought about her as he drove home. She was an amazing woman.

“Most definitely a lot sassier and assertive than she was. I like it.”

Sex with her felt different than he ever had with any other woman. It was more than just a physical connection. There had been something else that he couldn’t identify.

“Maybe it’s just because she’s the mother of my kid,” he reasoned.

He hopped into the shower, and as the water cascaded over his body, he thought about her hands exploring him. Josiah felt himself becoming aroused for the third time.

“I’ve got to stop this. I’m going to end up with a perpetual hard-on.”

Forcing himself to think about anything else but her, he washed the remnants of their lovemaking off and got out of the shower. He noticed that he could still smell her scent. No amount of scrubbing could make that go away.

Josiah was well aware that when a shifter was unable to shake another’s scent, it usually meant that person was their fated mate.

“It’s way too soon to go down that road. She’s a pretty incredible woman and I have a lot of respect for her and obviously like her a lot, but I wouldn’t call it love. I would never go through the mating ceremony unless it was with someone I loved and wanted to spend the rest of my life with.”

He laughed at himself and said, “Not only am I talking to myself again, but I’m starting to sound like a Hallmark movie. I might need to go to a bar, drink too much, and get into a fight.”

Josiah did have to admit, though, that he had thought of Zahra sometimes over the last eleven years and always wondered “what if.”

His parents came home that weekend.

“Can Jace stay with me this weekend? Mom and Dad are coming back and they want a chance to get to know him.”

“Of course,” she said. “I’ll have him pack some clothes. Do you want our Uno cards or will you buy your own?”

“I guess I should probably have a deck at my place, too, since that’s his game of choice. He’s a little card shark with that game.”

They talked about what else Josiah should pick up for Jace to keep at his place since he would likely be spending a lot more time at Josiah’s house. She gave him a list of his favorite foods and food that he absolutely detested.

Josiah had a new appreciation of what it meant to raise him on her own all these years. It was a lot to keep track of.

Nevaeh and Logan were over the moon when they first saw Jace. Josiah was afraid that their exuberance might be too overwhelming, but Jace held his own.

“Mom told me about you guys and showed me pictures. She said that you guys were really nice. Mom told me that you would love the fact that I like to read so much because you used to be a librarian at the town library and that Grandpa would probably like to take me fishing.” He looked at Logan. “Mom said there isn’t a car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle ever invented that you couldn’t fix with your eyes closed and one hand tied behind your back.”

They both smiled at their grandson and while Josiah was certain they hadn’t completely forgiven Zahra for not telling them about Jace, the boy had gotten them a lot closer to it.

The weekend flew by in a flash. Friday night, they all went out for pizza and to see a movie. Saturday, they went to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. Sunday, they went bowling and had a cookout in his backyard.

Each night, Jace and Josiah stuck to his nighttime ritual of reading before bed. The boy fell asleep as soon as the lights were out.

Sunday night, after they finished reading, Josiah asked, “Did you have fun this weekend?”

“Yes. It was super busy and I ate a lot of ice cream.” Jace fixed Josiah with a questioning look. “Are they always going to be so…so…”

“Overwhelming?”

Jace nodded.

“Nah. They’re just super surprised and excited to know you. Once they get used to the idea that they are grandparents, they’ll calm down.”

“They’re mad at Mom, aren’t they?”

“They are a little upset, just like I was. Eventually, they’ll realize that your mother had a good reason to leave Angel’s Creek without telling us about you.”

“What would you have done if she had stayed and told you?”

“Honestly, I can’t say. I was very young and not the brightest, then. But it doesn’t matter because here we are now.”

Jace accepted that, hugged him, and closed his eyes. Josiah was pretty sure that he was snoring before he managed to shut Jace’s door.

Josiah had Jace up in time for breakfast and got him to school on time. It was a little more hectic than he thought it would be and he was certain that he had forgotten something when he drove away from the school, but he wasn’t sure what.

Zac looked grim when Josiah walked into his office.

“What’s wrong, Alpha?”

“There are rumors, as of yet unverified, that a group of hunters have been trailing the rogue nest of vampires and are in the area.”

Josiah groaned. “Great, that’s all we need. I’m about done with hunters.”

“Maybe they’ll be so focused on the vampires that they won’t worry about shifters.”

“And maybe I’ll be the next millionaire lottery winner,” Josiah said.

“You don’t play the lottery.”

“Nope, and hunters don’t just ignore the presence of shifters.”