“There’s something else I’d far prefer to take from you,” he growled before claiming her mouth.
Brie stiffened against him as she tried to resist his kiss’s enticing lure and all the delicious things he could do to her with his mouth. He was still too injured for sex, but her resistance waned as his tongue teased her lips and his breath warmed her mouth.
“You’re wounded,” she murmured.
“I’m healing fast. Besides, you can make me forget all about it.”
“You just finished one of the longest and worst transitions I’ve ever seen.”
“That’s because I’m a hunter. It takes us longer and is worse than with humans. I feel good now.Realgood.”
When he nipped at her bottom lip, his fangs against her flesh sent a small thrill through her, and she shivered with desire. She yearned to connect with him and feel him against her again. She had to reassure herself he was alive and well after everything they’d endured.
When his tongue teased her lips again, she fell into the warmth of his kiss, the pleasure of his body, and the sweet peace he created inside her. She was a castaway lost at sea before meeting him, but he’d become her salvation, and she welcomed it as his good hand pushed her shirt up and rested against her belly.
He broke the kiss to gaze up at her. “Are you okay?”
She smiled at him as she leaned close and kissed him while replying, “I’m great.”
His palm slid around to warm her back as she wiggled around until she lay on top of him. His hand moved further up her back to grasp her neck while he deepened the kiss.
Brie felt like she was falling into him as his touch swept her away. She didn’t know how long they lay entwined, kissing and touching until every part of her screamed for him, but as her body begged for release, they continued to taste and tease while exploring each other.
His damaged shoulder kept him from doing all the things he wanted to her, but with his good arm, Asher flipped her over. Brie laughed and rested her hand against his cheek as he settled her beneath him.
The vibrant twinkle in her eyes, that beautiful smile, and her magnificent laugh warmed his heart as he gazed at her. “I love you.”
Joy burst so brightly through her that it was almost blinding for a second. He’d said it before, but hearing it again was a ray of sun on a cloudy day. “I love you too.”
His grin, that amazing grin she loved so much, lit up the room. She loved everything about him and his smile and would do so every day for the rest of her life.
Bending his head, Asher kissed his way down the front of her. His injured shoulder made moving a little difficult, but he tasted and touched as he used his tongue to elicit the most delightful, erotic gasps from her.
When he’d pushed her to the brink of madness and she was wiggling beneath him while begging for release, he rose over the top of her again and gently rolled her onto her stomach. Settling behind her, he slid his cock between her legs and groaned when her wetness coated him.
Unable to take any more, he grasped his dick and guided it inside her. A sensation unlike any he’d ever known descended over him as the overwhelming feelings of possession combined with rightness.
All he could think wasmine,andI’m homerepeatedly. He bent to kiss her neck as he moved in and out of her, taking what was his and claiming his mate. The beat of her heart thundered against his lips as hunger tore through him once more.
His fangs lengthened as his heart pumped in rhythm with hers. When he sank his fangs into her vein, the hot rush of her blood and the exquisite sensation of her tight sheath clenching around his shaft unleashed a frenzy in him.
He was already taking so much, but his body clamored for more. Something was missing.
Nearly out of his mind with lust and his growing urgency to complete the bond, he pulled out of her and retracted his fangs. He relished her groan of disappointment before turning her over so he could look at her.
The beautiful ochre of her eyes had been replaced with a volatile red hue. She needed the same thing as him as she wrapped her hand around his head and dragged him down for another kiss.
Brie couldn’t get enough of him. She encircled her legs around his waist and locked them against his back as he fucked her. Her mate was inside her, her blood pumped through him, but the bond wasn’t completed, and her soul screamed for it to happen.
Unable to resist, she broke the kiss, and her lips found his vein. The second his blood filled her mouth, she came more intensely than she ever had. His skin muffled her scream as her fingers dug into his back, and he bit her again.
As pleasure built to an almost intolerable crescendo, Asher’s mind mingled with hers. His ecstasy and the joy he emanated caused her to orgasm again. Their minds entwined as the mate bond encompassed them.
CHAPTERFORTY-NINE
That night,they left the motel and traveled back to New Hampshire. She didn’t bother trying to keep the location hidden from Asher anymore. She still wasn’t ready to involve the Alliance in her quest for the final stone, but he was her mate, and she trusted him completely.
Asher’s arm looked a lot better by the time they arrived home, but it still wasn’t completely healed. It would be back to normal soon.
