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I moved in slow, silky strokes, giving her time to adjust to me and allowing the hunger to build. Her eyes were half-closed, her lips parted as she cried out in pleasure. I kissed along the column of her throat, grazing my teeth over her delicate flesh. My bear roared, scenting her blood, urging me to complete the bond.
She began to tighten around me, matching me stroke for stroke. My claws extended, and my incisors elongated.
Mila whimpered as her eyes met mine. “Magnus?”
I knew they were changing color, morphing to gold as my bear surged to the surface. I stilled, holding myself inside her. “You know what this is, Mila. I need you. Need to bond with you. But this is your choice. I’ll never force you. Never take away your power.”
Her eyelids fluttered. She bit her lip. My breath stalled. My bear roared. It would kill us to pull out of her now.
Then she nodded, her expression open and transparent. “I-I need you too, Magnus.”
My heart pounded. That was all I needed. Despite her fears, she was trusting me, and I wouldn’t let her down. I would take everything she offered and give her myself in return.
I pulled out and thrust deep, holding myself inside her and grinding the root of my cock against her mound. “Take from me, Mila. I want to watch you come.”
“Oh, God, Magnus!”
Her cries grew frantic as her nails bit into my shoulders. Her breath hitched, held, and then whooshed out as she arched against me. And then she splintered, clamping around my cock.
My balls tightened, and my spine stiffened as my teeth elongated. Tearing my mouth from hers, I sucked her neck… and bit into her tender flesh.
Jesus Christ, what was that? Her honeyed essence exploded across my tongue. There was something unusual. Unexpected. What the fuck?
Mila screamed as she came apart. My pumps became erratic as the mating bond hummed between us, and I spilled inside her with a hoarse groan.
Mila’s legs tightened around me, and she moaned my name again as savage pleasure exploded inside me. Ecstasy burned through me like wildfire, my chest expanding with each breath. Her pussy sucked every drop of my release from my balls. I pumped once, twice before releasing my bite.
Rolling us, I turned so we were on our sides, face to face.
“So sleepy,” Mila murmured, her eyes fluttering closed.
She was feeling the aftermath of the mating bond. Her body needed to rest and process the chemicals circulating in her bloodstream. She was safe now. Protected. Mine. I’d marked her, made her irrevocably mine. The mating bond flowed through me, my bear reveling in its completion.
I stared down at her sleeping form, watching the steady rise and fall of her chest. So fragile, so breakable. My mate.
I'd sacrificed so much to get to this point. Years of living in secrecy, hiding my true nature from a world that would never understand. The lies, the loneliness, the burden of leadership over a dying species.
I sighed, brushing a stray lock of silver hair from her face. She stirred, nuzzling into my touch even in sleep. My heart swelled. She needed care and nurturing. I would shield her from the fuckers messing with her life and mine. The enemies lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike. They’d made a grave mistake threatening what was mine. I would find them, and I would end them before they inflicted more damage. I wouldn’t fail her.
My mate whimpered, clutching my arm. A nightmare, no doubt. I smoothed her hair and whispered reassurances until she settled once more. Even in sleep, she sought me out. As I sought her. We were two halves of a whole. Nothing would keep us apart now. Our union was fated, destined by forces older and greater than humankind. We were created for each other.
Scooping her into my arms, I carried her to my bedroom, placing her gently on the bed and pulling the duvet over her.
I wanted to climb into bed with her, never let her out of my sight again. But duty called. I was still the Guardian of my family. My company. I glanced at the clock. I needed to check my mail and speak with my brothers. I took one last look at my mate's resting form. So delicate, yet with a core of inner strength. She didn’t yet know her own power. But she would.
And I had to keep my mate safe, no matter the cost. Because when I’d bitten her, tasted her, one thing had become clear. She wasn’t human. She was a shifter too.
Chapter 8
Mila
I was alone when I woke, naked in a strange bed. Magnus’s bed. I could smell his scent clinging to the bedclothes. Checking the bedside clock, I saw it was 2 AM.
I felt… different. Not only because I’d given my virginity to a man I barely knew but also on a fundamental level. As if my very DNA had been altered.
I’d wanted to give him all of me. No one had ever made me feel so wanted, so desired. And I’d never wanted someone the way I wanted him. Still wanted him.
Magnus had shown me pleasure I could never have imagined. My world had narrowed to him. He’d been all that mattered. His skin against mine. His cock buried deep inside me. The avalanche of pleasure that came with his bite. The bite!
