Shifter On Ice (Shifter World - Book Two) (Series of 13 Short Stories)
Chapter Three: Tiger Mates

“Don’t stop,” Lyvia whimpered, watching the emotions play across his face.

“I should have….”

“You did what we’re meant to do. Now fuck me!”

She heard his tiger growl, and their bodies moved as one.

“So good,” Raj groaned. Who’d thought he’d ever replace his mate?

She’s perfect. Beautiful and a tiger like him. Fuck, he wouldn’t care if she was a baboon.

He paused in his thoughts. Are there baboon shifters out there?

“Where has your mind gone?” his mate asked.

He looked at her and smiled, then told her what he was thinking.

She laughed. “Not something I would think you’d think about while fucking your mate for the first time. But thank you for thinking me beautiful and not caring if I was a baboon.”

He grinned. “I already like you. I think we’ll get along great.”

She snorted. “I hope so. Because there will be no one else for me.”

He kissed her for the first time, and his brain exploded.

“Oh my God,” Lyvia moaned against his mouth.

Everything tingled, and the pain had only been there for less than a minute. Now, it was pure pleasure.

His tongue touched hers, and she felt her mind melt. She couldn’t think of anything but his kiss, his cock inside her, and the way his skin felt against hers.

“So beautiful,” he mumbled against her lips.

She sighed. “You’re not so bad yourself.”

He chuckled. “I saw the way you were looking at me.”

She laughed.

He moved to sit up, and a sensation neither of them had felt before rocked through their bodies.

“Holy fuck,” Lyvia moaned.

“Yeah,” he said, out of breath.

She moaned when he wrapped her legs around his hips and got to his feet. He slammed her back against the lockers and started fucking her so hard she cried out. Sensations built up and then exploded, taking her to a whole new world of ecstasy.

“Fuck yes,” Raj groaned as he slammed into her, hard and fast.

He doesn’t even know his mate’s name. How can he call it out when he spills his seed inside her?

“What’s your name?” he asked as he buried his face in her neck.

“Lyvia,” she panted.

“Lyvia,” he whispered, chills running down his spine. “I’m Raj.”

She smiled. “I know.”

He chuckled. “Of course, you do.”

Lyvia squealed when he pulled out and set her on her feet. The mischievous look in his eyes had her excited about what he would do next. He spun her around, so she faced the lockers, then pressed down on her back until she was bent over. He entered her, and she cried out his name.

“Holy fucking shit!” he cried out as he fucked her from behind.

“Have you read any books on Fated Mates?” she asked as she grabbed hold of her tits to keep them from slapping her in the face.

“Yeah,” Raj said as he leaned over her back. He slid his hand down to her mound and easily found her clit.

“Oooohh,” Lyvia moaned as sensations exploded through her body.

“I’ve been reading them with the Kraftman brothers since we were cubs.”

“Right,” she moaned. She’d forgotten Raj is friends with the brothers.

“Fuck! I’m going to cum,” he said, then suddenly, her front was pressed against the lockers, and his forearms were against hers, their fingers laced together.

“Holy fuck!” she cried out as an orgasm exploded through her body.

When her pussy tightened around his cock, he called out her name, and his seed released deep inside her. She felt the knot form at her entrance, but that wasn’t what had her attention. Her wrists were burning, and they felt like someone had set them on fire.

She screamed as the pain seared through her body. He cried out and laid his forehead against her shoulder. She continued to scream as the pain continued to consume her.

“It didn’t say anything in the books about this,” Raj growled.

Her pain was hurting him more than his own. He hated to hear his mate in so much pain. His tiger growled and whined as the pain continued, and their mate screamed.

Finally, the pain subsided, and a strange feeling flowed through his body. Like he was getting stronger.

“Oh,” she whispered. “It’s true,” she said with a sigh. “Our connection strengthens us.”

He kissed her shoulder. “At least we won’t have to endure that searing pain again.”

She nodded.

“So,” he said, nipping at her shoulder. “Dustin said it takes about thirty minutes for the knot to soften. Maybe we can use that time to get to know each other.”

She giggled. “Sounds better than standing here in silence.”

~🐯~

Shar cringed when she heard Lyvia’s screams.

“What the fuck is he doing to her?” Tate asked, staring at the door to the locker room.

“It’s the bonding ritual,” Dustin said as he pulled Shar against his chest.

“Sounds like he’s killing her,” Tate said.

Shar shook her head as a chill ran down her spine. “It feels like someone is burning your flesh.” She looked at her own markings.

“But then it feels like you’re the most powerful being in creation,” Dustin said, kissing Shar’s wrists.

“So basically, the Goddesses brand you,” Tate said, looking at Shar’s wrists.

Shar looked into her mate’s eyes. “We kind of thought of it that way too. They do look like brandings.”

Dustin nodded. “Maybe it’s the Goddesses’ way of branding their creations.”

“The screaming has stopped,” Dylan said as he leaned his head against the wall across from the door.

“Thirty minutes, and they’ll be ready to go,” Dustin said, looking at his watch.

~🐯~

Lyvia felt the knot soften and sighed. The knot didn’t hurt; it was just uncomfortable while standing there pretty much on her tippy toes.

“Want to let our tigers have some fun?” he whispered into her ear.

Lyvia looked at him over her shoulder, and her tiger purred. “Hell, yes.”

Raj grinned.

“Have you done this before?” she asked, unsure if she wanted to know the answer.

He shook his head. “Our beasts only mate with their true mate.”

“Right.” She nodded. She hadn’t gotten that far into her reading yet.

“Ready?” he asked, kissing her shoulder.

“Are you going to pull out first?”

He chuckled. “Nope. We’re doing this now,” he said as he started to shift.

With a wild growl, she let her tiger take over. She fell to all fours, Raj still inside her from behind.

~🐯~

“It has been thirty minutes since the screaming stopped,” Dustin said, looking at his watch again.

“I hear growls and grunts,” Tate said as he pressed his ear to the door.

“Get back, you pervert,” Dustin said as he opened the door.

They walked down to the end of the walkway and stopped when they saw two tigers going at it.

“And you called me a pervert!” Tate laughed as he turned and left the locker room.

“They’re beautiful,” Shar said, her cheeks crimson. She could swear she heard the tigers laughing, and Raj didn’t even stop…

“Okay, it’s time to go.” Dustin took hold of Shar’s shoulders and turned her from the mating tigers. “You guys have one hour, and we’re dragging you out of here whether you’re knotted or not!” Dustin called out as they left the locker room.

“That wasn’t something I wanted to see tonight,” Daryl said as he paced the hall outside the locker room.

“They’re lucky.” Dylan smiled as he looked at Shar and Dustin. “Even luckier than you two.”

“How so?” Shar asked.

“Because they’re both shifters and the same species of shifter. They can fuck in their beast forms,” Dylan said with a deep sigh.

Shar frowned.

Dustin kissed her cheek. “Don’t listen to his stupidity,” he whispered in her ear. “You and I are just as lucky.”

She nodded but didn’t feel as lucky as she had before Dylan pointed out the slight problem to her. She’s not a shifter.

“Stupid dipshit.” Tate slapped Dylan upside his head.

“Damn it, Vampire. What the fuck?” Dylan growled as he placed his hand to the back of his head.

“You just made your sister feel less of a mate because she’s not a shifter,” Tate growled.

Dylan looked at Shar with wide eyes. “I’m sorry, Seliana. I didn’t mean it like that.”

Shar shrugged. “It’s okay.”

“No, it’s not,” Dustin growled. “I hope when you replace your mate, she’s a human. Then we’ll see where you stand,” he said, glaring at his brother.

Dylan’s eyes widened and then softened. “I’d be proud to have a human mate,” he said, looking at Shar. “If she’s anything like you, that is.”

Shar chuckled. “Your mate will be her own person. And you will love her, anyway.”

Dylan chuckled. “You’re right.”

~🐯~

“Hey, everyone,” Lyvia said with a smile as she and Raj stepped out of the locker room to replace their friends waiting for them.

“Oh my God,” Shar said as she flung herself at Lyvia.

Lyvia laughed. “I wasn’t gone that long.”

Shar chuckled. “No, I’m happy that you found your mate.”

Lyvia smiled up at her mate. “So am I.”

Raj grinned and placed his arm over Lyvia’s shoulders.

“It was suggested that I start The Fated Mates Club.” Shar nudged Lyvia. “You in?”

Lyvia laughed. It actually sounded like a good idea. “Sure, we can get together twice a week and talk about our mates.”

“Exactly.” Shar laughed.

“I just thought of something,” Dylan said, watching the two new Fated Mates.

“What?” Lyvia asked, watching her friend check out her new markings.

“Fated Mates can’t be separated for very long, or they can go insane with need,” Dylan said.

Everyone stopped and stared at him.

“Which book did you read that in?” Dustin asked.

“Fated Mates and the Bonding,” Dylan said.

“Right. I remember reading something like that,” Daryl said with a nod. “The bonding must be regular, or the mates can lose themselves.”

“Then we’ve been doing it right.” Dustin grinned.

“Eeww, not a vision I needed,” Tate gagged.

“Shut up.” Shar gave the vampire a shove. In her wildest dreams, she’d never thought she’d be shoving a vampire. “We’re trying to start our family.”

Tate grinned at her. “You can stop trying.”

“Not nice.” Shar pouted.

Dustin stopped at his friends’ words. “Tate?”

Lyvia’s mouth dropped open. “Shar!” she cried out as she pulled away from Raj and attacked her friend.

“What?” Shar asked. “I don’t understand why you’re all looking at me like that.”

“Shar, Mafilia,” Dustin said as he pulled his mate from Lyvia’s arms.

He could hardly believe what his friend was saying. But if Tate has sensed something. He looked up at his friend. The vampire nodded, and Dustin burst into tears. What the hell? He doesn’t cry!

“What’s going on?” Shar asked, staring at Dustin.

“Shar, you’re already carrying my cub,” Dustin said as he kissed her.

“I hope you’re not playing a joke here, Vampire,” Daryl said with a growl.

Tate grinned. “She’s just over a week pregnant.”

“That’s when I stopped taking my pill,” Shar squealed.

Dustin chuckled. Their first time making love with her off the pill had created a life.

“Twelve more weeks,” Lyvia said with excitement.

“Do you think we started ours, too?” Raj asked, pulling Lyvia against him.

“Oh God,” she said, looking up at her mate. “I hadn’t even thought of that.”

“Tate?” Raj asked, looking at the vampire.

“What am I, the cub guru?” Tate grumbled as he walked over to Lyvia and sniffed her neck. “Nope, not yet, Raj.”

Lyvia sighed with relief.

Raj looked at his mate. “Do you not want to have my cub?”

Lyvia looked at Raj and shook her head. “Oh no, I do. But I hoped to get to know you first.”

He smiled at her. “How about we start with me taking you to dinner tomorrow night?”

She nodded. “Yes, I would like that.”

“Wait a minute. What did you mean by twelve more weeks?” Shar asked. “Don’t you mean nine more months?”

Everyone looked at her.

“Sharissa, Mafilia,” Dustin said, holding her close. “Shifters are only pregnant for thirteen weeks.”

Shar’s eyes bugged out. “But I’m human.”

“Doesn’t matter.” Tate smiled. “You’re carrying a cub, not a baby,” he reminded her.

“Twelve more weeks, and you’ll be a mama.”