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My knot expands. The instinct to fill her with my essence so strong that I worry I’ll come before her. I growl as I concentrate my touch on the areas that make her entire body light up with pleasure.
CHAPTER14
LUNA
Desire coils tight in my core and I hold tightly to Mal as pleasure builds deep within. It’s so intense, it makes me afraid. My every nerve ending is on fire, and I hover on the edge of a precipice, both anxious and fearful of giving myself over to it entirely. “Mal,” I barely manage. “Mal, please,” I whisper, but I’m not even sure what I’m asking him for.
“Show me how to touch you,” he breathes against my lips.
I reach between us, guiding him to the spot that is most sensitive. A startle cry escapes my lips as everything becomes more intense.
I wrap my hand around his length, and he’s so large my fingers don’t quite meet. A small stream of liquid pulses from the tip, coating my hand. “Luna,” he grinds out. “My stav is sensitive. If you do not stop, I’ll be unable to—”
He hisses through his teeth as I trace my fingers over the knot at the base, feeling it expand beneath my touch. The thought of our bodies joined and locked together sends me over the edge, and I cry out his name as waves of pleasure wash over and through me.
His stav expands and then begins to pulse in my hand. He roars out my name and thick ropes of seed erupt from the tip, coating my abdomen and pelvis with his essence. The fluid is sticky and warm against my skin and feels as if it goes on forever before it finally stops.
Panting heavily, he drops his forehead to my own. He smooths his hand over my body, covering me with his essence. His stav is hard and his knot is still expanded when it begins to pulse again, erupting once more. His eyes are full of fiery possession as he cups my cheek and then captures my mouth in a claiming kiss.
Gently, he lays us both down. When he turns onto his side to face me, he sucks in a sharp breath.
“You’re hurt,” I whisper, remembering how he took the hit from the rocks in the water, sparing me the pain. “We should not have—”
He silences me with a kiss, and then rolls me onto my stomach. He covers my body with his own. His solid and muscular warmth against my back makes desire ripple down my spine as he kisses my neck.
A rumbling growl of approval rises in his throat as I tilt my head to the side, offering him better access as he traces his tongue lightly across my skin, his fangs grazing the mark he made three years ago. Warm fluid spreads across my lower back and I twist my head back to him, surprised. “How many times do you—”
“The need to fully claim you is strong.” He dips his nose to the curve of my neck, inhaling deeply. “It is instinct, and my body is responding to this.”
I go still, wondering at his statement. He said the need to claim me is strong and yet… he did not fully claim me, and I don’t understand why.
Worry seeps into my chest as the painful memory of his rejection resurfaces in my thoughts.
He nuzzles my temple and then gently rolls me onto my back. He lays down beside me, and pulls me to his chest. Gently, he cups my chin, tipping my face to his. “What is wrong?”
I want so much to ask if he means to stay with me this time or if he is simply going to get me to safety. He said he was taking me to the Vale, but with the threat of the blood witch tracking us and his father’s hatred toward me, he could easily decide to send me somewhere else for my safety. Perhaps that is why he did not fully claim me.
Sighing heavily, I force these dark thoughts away and snuggle into his warmth. If this is all that I will have with him, I’ll cherish every moment. “Nothing,” I lie. “I’m simply tired.”
It’s not a complete falsehood. Iamexhausted, but I do not want to sleep. Part of me is worried that this is some sort of dream. That I’ll wake up and he’ll be gone.
That day may still come, I think darkly before forcing my worry back down again.
CHAPTER15
MALAK
The need to provide for my mate is a call I cannot ignore. When I wake, Luna is still asleep. I carefully untangle myself from her and then go out in search of game. It doesn’t take long to find another hare and bring it back to the cave.
I’m already roasting it on the firespit when she finally awakens. She gives me a sleepy smile. “That smells delicious.”
I quickly carve the choicest bits with my claws and hand them to her. When we’re finished, she walks to the pool in the back of the cave, insisting she needs a bath.
My inner wolf snarls and thrashes beneath the surface, unsettled by the thought of her washing my scent off her skin. But she is human. Scent marking is not important to them like it is among wolves.
My mouth goes dry as I watch her lower herself into the water, my gaze traveling over the soft curves of her body. We really should be leaving as soon as possible, but the temptation to join her is one I cannot resist. She is mine and now that I am allowed to touch her, I can think of nothing else I’d rather do. Ever. For the remainder of my existence.
I walk to the water, and her cheeks flush a deep red hue as she looks up at me. “May I join you?”
