“Now, let us go. I abhor having to do this sort of thing.”
Shaking the memory away, I went into my bedroom. The need for a shower was overwhelming.
Chapter Seven
Iwaited for Rowan and Lyric to leave. The need to erase Laikyn’s fear and make her mine made my wolf and me uneasy. Yes, as Alpha, I could find her, but as her mate, we’d have a connection like none other.
“Are you okay?” I asked Laikyn.
Having another being take over your mind had to feel weird on a level I had no idea about. She nodded. “I’m tired and feel like I need a shower.”
We’d brought in her bags, which she’d packed and contained most of her clothes, putting them in the primary bedroom. The masculine space needed a feminine touch, but I’d wanted my mate to be the one to make those changes.
“Come on then. Let’s get you settled.” If she weren’t up to making love with me, I’d be fine holding her all night. My wolf snorted.
Laikyn looked at my hand, then at me. “What? Not gonna pick me up and carry me off to your man-cave?”
I walked over, invading her space. “Oh, I’ll carry you off, anywhere and everywhere, Mon Chaton. I just thought you might want to walk this time.”
“What I want is you to be you, and me to be me. That means don’t pussyfoot around, and I won’t act like a simpering little girl, unless that’s how we’re playing at the time.”
Damn! I swore my mouth went dry at the image of Laikyn dressed up as a schoolgirl, while I was fucking her from behind.Deviant? Yes. But I made no apologies. We were grown adults who made our own rules.
“What does your gorgeous mind want right now?” I placed my hands on the granite counter on either side of Laikyn, caging her in.
Laikyn licked her lips. “First, I want you and me to shower, then I want you to have your wicked way with me. I want to give you control of my body. You know that is what I want. You knew it years ago, Kellen.”
I did. I had found her in a human-run BDSM club. A man wielding a whip, lashing her like he knew how, but in truth, he’d been playing at being a Dom. The memory still had the power to make me want to rip the human’s arms from his body and beat him with them. The only thing that had kept me from following through with it was Laikyn murmuring my name. She’d glanced at me with her sparkling green eyes, a plea for me to take what she was offering, more than I could handle.
“If you hadn’t already taken too many lashes that night, I’d have whipped your pretty little ass.” I lifted her into my arms.
She nodded. “I was a really bad girl,” she agreed.
And I was a dumbass for not tying her to me that night. I’d been too hammered and thought she was too young, too high on endorphins to know she was mine. I wanted her to experience life before settling down with me. I knew I wasn’t an easy man to be with. I’d demand her attention, her submission to me on many levels. Something I wasn’t sure she’d be willing to give at the time. My wolf had growled as I’d left her sleeping in the hotel the next day.
“Lake, you know that once I make you mine, there will be no going back. We can talk about boundaries, but there are going to be limits that I will push. Are you ready for all that being mine means?” I asked while I carried her to my room, soon to be our room, if she agreed.
Her head tilted. “Kellen, I was yours then. Yours to do with as you choose. Of course, in your dumb male brain, you chose to run.”
She yelped when I slapped her ass. “First rule, you don’t call your Alpha names except God, Master, Sir, or my given name. You call me disparaging ones, and you will be punished.”
Heat lit her eyes. “I’ll be sure to remember that.”
“Make sure you do, unless you like your ass to be on fire.” I ran my hand over the spot I just hit.
Bypassing my California King bed, I walked into the large bathroom. Setting Laikyn on her feet, she rubbed against my front, every delicious curve igniting me. “Strip those clothes off unless you want me to do it for you. I’m not sure they’ll still be wearable after I’m done with you, though.”
I dragged my T-shirt over my own head, unsnapping my jeans as I kicked off one boot, then the other. “Goddess, you are gorgeous.” Laikyn’s eyes widened.
I bent and removed my socks. Standing, I was naked, while she was still fully clothed. “You haven’t taken a stitch of clothing off yet, woman.” I crossed my arms over my chest.
She quickly shimmied out of her clothes, making my mouth water. I still remember her taste. Like the finest whiskey I’d ever drank.
“You’re growling,” she said, her arms hanging loosely at her sides.
I moved closer, opening the door behind her and adjusting the water temperature. “You make me and my wolf crazy.”
“I like that. My wolf is all preening in my head.”
