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In answer, he began to pump, slowly at first. She reveled in the delicious sensation, the scent of her mate wrapped around her, making love to her. His strength, his passion. All of that hidden behind a wall of sadness now broken down, she hoped for good.
His walls weren’t the only ones crumbling, she realized. Sex before had been a cold, passionless act without a real connection, and she hadn’t even known. But now . . .
Making love with Micah was like a burst of glorious color after being locked in a dark, lonely basement. A swell of emotion nearly overwhelmed her, and she held on tight, kissing his face and neck as he moved inside her.
Their tempo increased and she met him without stopping, hanging on to him as though she’d never let go. Her desire spiked higher, climax so close, and from his moans, his hips driving into her, his was near as well.
“Come for me, mate,” he growled.
A few more thrusts of his cock, and she did exactly that, crying out as her orgasm shook her to the core. Micah followed right after, hugging her to his chest, peppering her hair with kisses. When the last of his release was finished, he rolled to his back and carried her with him, settling her on top of him.
Snuggling in comfortably, she sighed. “It’s never been like that.”
“Never?” He held her tighter.
“No. Sex without the closeness of a mate just isn’t the same.”
“True.” He paused. “I’ve never felt that either, until now, and I’m not sure how I lived without it.”
“With any luck, neither of us will have to go back to that existence again.”
Her mate’s wonderful scent filling her nose, she drifted.
And they didn’t move again for a long time.
Five
Micah shivered as Jacee traced her fingers over the scar that the demon had left on his chest. “I could’ve lost you before I even knew who you were to me.”
“But you didn’t, and I’m here.” For now. How long can I last? If the real monsters don’t get me, the ones in my head just might.
“I’m glad.”
“Me, too.” He played with her hair. “So tell me about your family. Do they live around here?”
She was silent for so long, he didn’t think she’d answer. He was about to tell her to forget the question when she finally spoke up.
“They’re dead. My whole clan was destroyed by Hunters a few years ago.”
“Oh, honey.” He squeezed her tight, his heart going out to her. To lose one’s family was devastating, a shifter without a pack even more so. “I’m sorry.”
“I escaped for the dumbest reason ever. I was spending the night in town at a human school friend’s house and wasn’t even there for the slaughter. Nobody knew about me or ever came after me.”
“That’s not dumb at all,” he disagreed. “You were extremely lucky.”
“I felt guilty for years because my parents didn’t approve of my having a friend outside the clan. But I’d begged for weeks to stay over at Marcy’s. Finally they gave in, and that night they all died. Or so I was told, but I was never able to see the bodies since there wasn’t much left, and it was deemed too traumatic for me. My friend’s parents fostered me, helped me through everything. Got me through school.”
“I’m glad you had them.”
“Me, too.”
“Did you have siblings?”
“One younger sister, Faith. She’d be nineteen now.”
“Where did your pack live?”
“In Texas, the hill country near San Antonio. I moved here three years after high school graduation and got my bartender’s license, and I’ve been here ever since.”
