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He trembles above me. Sweat drips off his chin. His dragon is probably roaring at him to claim and breed, but he waits. I breathe through it until I can unclench around him.
I squeeze his shoulders. “I love you. I love you so much, Ezra. I should have told you sooner.”
He silences me with a tender kiss. “You’re saying it now. That’s all that matters.”
He rocks into me slow until I get used to him. Then his control slips. He rips my nightgown from my body. I arch up and give him everything I have.
The burn turns into pleasure that builds with every thrust. I wrap my legs around his waist to pull him deeper. He grunts into my neck each time he sinks all the way in. When he rises up, I can see in his eyes how long he’s wanted me.
“It feels so good,” he moans. “Being able to look into your eyes. Finally seeing all of you.”
I reach up and trace his face. I want to memorize every line. “I see you too,” I tell him. “I’ve always seen you, Ezra. Even when I was too stubborn to admit it.”
But my wolf isn’t done. She wants to be bred properly, and this position won’t satisfy her. She won’t quit nagging me. Every time I ignore her, the ache flares up again. I give in and push at Ezra’s chest.
He freezes. “What’s wrong? Did I hurt you?”
“No, I just… I need…” I can’t put it into words. My wolf has taken over, and my body follows her lead. I push harder until he pulls out and scoots back. I whimper at how empty I am without him.
I roll over onto my belly and get up on my knees. The seed takes better from behind. My ass hits him in the face as I present myself.
His scent spikes at the sight of me. “Damn, Aya,” he breathes.
I look back at him over my shoulder. “Please, Ezra. I need you. My wolf needs you. This way.”
The elder female wolves of Wildwood Pack warned me my first heat was going to be painful but also pleasurable. They said to trust my wolf. My mate would know what to do.
I bite down on the pillow with my claws caught in the sheets. I wiggle my ass against him and brace for what’s coming. Heat rolls up my back.
He grips my hips hard and positions himself behind me, but his thumbs still stroke my skin.
“I love you,” he says. “No matter how we do this, no matter what position, I need you to know that. I’m not just breeding you, Aya. I’m giving you everything I am.”
I blink back tears. Even now, when we’re desperate and aching, he needs me to hear it.
“I know,” I whisper. “I love you too. Now please, Ezra. I need you.”
I arch my back deeper and offer myself to him. My wolf howls. She’s getting what she’s been crying for since the night his dragon caught her scent.
When he pushes inside, my wolf stops howling for the first time tonight. And now I understand what she’s been trying to tell me.
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EZRA
Aya rolls onto her belly and raises her ass into the air so fast it smacks me in the face. “Damn, Aya,” I breathe.
The sight of her laid out with her back arched and her claws in the sheets nearly guts me. My dragon comes up roaring, wilder than he’s been all night. Her wolf is in full control now. Her sweet wild-berry scent has gone to den-musk and salt with a heat that makes my mouth water and my dick jerk.
She looks back at me over her shoulder with her eyes blown dark. “Please, Ezra. I need you. My wolf needs you. This way.”
I grip her hips and keep it gentle when nothing in me wants to be. She shivers beneath me as I lean down and press my lips to the small of her back. Her skin burns under my mouth.
I want her to hear this. “I love you,” I tell her. “No matter how we do this, no matter what position, I need you to know that. I’m not just breeding you, Aya. I’m giving you everything I am.”
She keens, but she nods. “I know. I love you too. Now please, Ezra. I need you.”
I position myself behind her and push in with a noise that isn’t human. She’s hot and soaked, and from this angle her pussy grips me so tight my vision swims. I lock my hands on her hips and don’t dare move. My balls draw up against my body. I’m hardly inside her and already about to spill.
