Page 165 of Beasts of Mine

“Yes.” Luca answered immediately, his voice rougher than it had been a second before. “Very.”

His thumb settled over my clit and began moving slowly until my hips shifted toward his hand. Luca followed the response instead of commenting on it, slipping one finger inside me and giving my body time to relax before adding another. When his fingers curled and found the place that sent a sharper rush of pleasure through me, I grabbed his shoulder.

“There.” I gasped to Luca, pressing my thigh more firmly against his hip. Luca repeated the movement without speeding up, his mouth returning to the sensitive skin beneath my jaw while his purr vibrated through both of us.

“That’s it.” Luca encouraged me quietly as his thumb kept the same steady pressure. “Let me hear you.”

He kept exactly what was working—the slow circles of his thumb, the curl of his fingers, his mouth against my throat—until the tension building through me finally snapped. I came with my face pressed against his neck and one hand clenched around his shoulder, my body tightening around his fingers while he stayed with me through it. Luca eased the pressure only after the strongest contractions had passed, then let his palm settle against my thigh while I caught my breath.

I stayed there for several seconds before tugging at the back of his neck.

“Come here.” I told Luca as I pulled him toward me. Luca kissed me and shifted between my legs, bracing one forearm beside my head while his other hand guided himself through the slick between my thighs before positioning himself against me.

“I want you.” I told Luca as I wrapped one leg around his hip and pulled him closer. Luca pushed inside slowly, giving me time to adjust as he moved deeper a little at a time. He stayed close enough that his forehead rested against mine, his purr roughening beneath the effort of holding himself back. When he was fully inside me, he stopped and waited until the initial stretch eased.

I moved my hips underneath him. Luca closed his eyes for a second, and the reaction immediately made me smile.

“Thought I was the one who kept closing my eyes.” I teased Luca as I ran my fingers through the loose hair near his temple.

“That was before you did that.” Luca replied as he opened them again, his breathing no longer quite as controlled.

“Did what?” I asked Luca as I rolled my hips just enough to tighten his jaw.

“That.” Luca answered, the warning in his voice undermined by the purr vibrating through his chest.

I smiled and did it again. Luca kissed me before I could say anything else and began to move. His pace remained deep and measured, each thrust controlled enough that I could feel every change in pressure. He stayed chest-to-chest rather than lifting himself far above me, one arm supporting his weight while his free hand slipped between us and found my clit again.

I broke the kiss with a gasp when his thumb circled.

“You’re doing that on purpose.” I breathed against Luca’s mouth, tightening my leg around his hip.

“I know what works now.” Luca murmured before pushing deep enough to pull another uneven breath from me. His fingers, the steady rhythm of his hips, and the soft purr vibrating against my chest built the pleasure much faster this time. I held onto his shoulders as my thighs started tightening around him.

“Luca.” I gasped his name when keeping any kind of rhythm underneath him became impossible.

“Stay with me.” Luca murmured against my cheek, maintaining the pace rather than rushing toward his own release. The second climax rolled through me harder than the first, my body clenching around him as I buried my face against the side of his neck. Luca stayed close through every contraction, his breathing turning rougher beside my ear while he kept moving just enough to carry me through the strongest waves.

When I finally started relaxing beneath him, he kissed the corner of my mouth.

“How are you?” Luca asked as he brushed damp hair away from my forehead and waited for the answer.

“Very good.” I answered Luca as I wrapped both arms around his shoulders and pulled him closer. “Keep going.”

His purr deepened beneath my hands, and the restraint in Luca’s movements loosened after that. He was still attentive and quick to notice every reaction, but his thrusts grew stronger and his breathing roughened beside my ear.

A low growl slipped through his purr when I dragged my nails down his back.

I did it again. Luca drove deeper in answer, and the change in angle pulled a sharp sound from me as my legs tightened around him.

“That okay?” Luca asked immediately, lifting his head enough to see my face despite his uneven breathing.

“Yes.” I answered Luca as I kept my nails against his back. “Again.” The growl that followed was the first sound from him all night that wasn’t soft, and I liked it far too much. Luca repeated the deeper thrust, then another, and my body started tightening around him again despite the two orgasms already leaving my legs unsteady. His mouth pressed against my gland as I felt the base of him begin to swell.

His rhythm changed, growing slower and heavier as the pressure of his knot became more noticeable with each movement. Luca stayed close, his shoulders tense beneath my hands while he controlled every thrust.

“Luca—” I gasped his name as the stretch increased and my fingers dug into his shoulders.

“I know.” Luca answered against my cheek, his voice strained now. “I’m going slow.” The pressure built gradually, his knot stretching me more with each careful movement until my thighs trembled around his hips. I pressed my mouth against his shoulder and concentrated on relaxing around the increasing fullness.