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On the next pass, when my fingers trail up her inner thigh, a little higher this time, dangerously close to the pussy that is soon to be mine, she whimpers against my lips. It drives my desire even higher.
“Shh, baby,” I mutter, dipping my head to kiss along her delicate jaw and behind her ear. Maya presses her face into my neck to smother her moans, writhing as my fingertips graze across her clit ever so lightly through her jeans. She closes her legs sharply and clenches them together, looking at me, aghast. Shaking my head with a smile against her delicious skin, nibbling and licking her neck, I use my strength to pry her legs apart ever so slightly.
“I thought you wanted me to distract you?”
CHAPTER 23
MAYA
Nathan’s words barely reach me through the cloud of lust filling my head. His supple lips against my skin already have me panting and squirming in my seat, but when he touches my pussy, I nearly come off my chair. I can’t believe he’s torturing me like this when we both know it can’t go anywhere. His presence is overwhelming as he allows some of his alpha aura to wrap around me, using it to help me cede control to him. My wolf is practically rolling onto her back in submission, and I’m not far behind her.
“Nathan,” I beg, not sure whether I’m asking him to stop or keep going. Shoving my hand between my legs, I block his access, and he chuckles softly against my sensitive neck, making me tingle all over. One of us needs to be sensible here, unfortunately, because it’s the last thing I really want. Slowly, I force my eyes open when he pulls back a few inches, giving me room to breathe and get my bearings again. Everything is blurry. I’m dizzy and burning up. This man is something else.
“We’re up. The worst part is over,” he says, smiling reassuringly at me, before nodding to the open window beside me. I turn to look outside and gasp, stunned to see white fluffy clouds below us as far as the eye can see. The expanse of beautiful bright blue sky makes my heart sing. Clutching his hands, I swivel in my seat to face him. It’s incredible. Now that we’re not climbing sharply anymore, it feels like we’re floating up here. If I don’t think too much about how we got up here, I can pretend this is like any other car journey.
“Thank you.” I glance at him and my insides warm at how he took care of me.
“It’s no hardship kissing you, baby. You can use me however you want, whenever you want. When we’re coming in to land, I’ll gladly offer my services again.”
He winks and sits back, his smile relaxed but his eyes still blazing. Amber flecks swirl in his brown eyes and I can tell that affected him as much as me. I clear my throat and look around. There’s nobody behind us or in the seat beside Nathan, but even so, that was a spicy PDA. I cringe inwardly when I remember the breathy noises I was making and shrink down into my seat in embarrassment.
“Those noises are just for me, Maya. Nobody heard. I promise.”
Nathan looks down at me with such sincerity that the icy walls I spent all morning building up, after Kim’s nasty comments, begin to melt. Even though I knew she was trying to get inside my head, I stupidly let her. This man is taking me away from the pack to get some time alone and to keep me safe, making no demands, and at every turn, he’s watching out for my comfort and happiness.
“I’m glad I came,” I admit, reaching out a hand and giving his knee a squeeze. The muscles under his smart navy trousers are firm, and for a moment, my imagination runs wild. My thoughts turn to rubbing my hands up his thighs and over his crotch, the same as he did to me. I wonder if I could make him hard, so hard anyone coming by would notice the tent in the front of his trousers, and would know it was all down to me. I’m so consumed with my dirty thoughts it takes me a second to realise Nathan hasn’t responded. When I look at him, he’s tense, his head tilted as he observes me while looking slightly taken aback.
“Were you not going to?”
Hurt shines in his eyes and I wish I’d kept my mouth shut.
“I… had a moment. Not because I don’t want to spend time with you,” I add quickly. “Blame it on the prospect of being shot into the sky in a tin can and just the enormity of this. Of us.”
Sighing, I lean against the headrest and stare at the back of the seat in front of me. It was lessa momentand more likea complete breakdownin the ladies' bathroom, but I don’t want to make him feel worse than he already does.
“Our families don’t have the best relationship. My family has an atrocious record with matings. How do we know this is going to work? What if we hate each other as much as my parents did, but we’re tied together forever?”
Nathan doesn’t rush to reassure me that the mate bond will make everything sunshine and rainbows. Instead, he wraps an arm around my shoulders and pulls me into him, his warm, steady presence comforting me without words. While he rubs one hand up and down my arm, he tilts his head sideways, his cheek pressing the top of my head.
“Maya, my dad told me some of what happened to you and Dean, as well as what you told me about your injury. I’m so sorry you went through that. And Dean and Jax. I don’t blame you for not wanting to rely on the bond for your happily ever after. But you can rely on me. I’ll make sure you get it.”
He’s so sweet. Who’d have thought this alpha would be such a big softie? Nodding, I blink back the tears threatening to fall. I try not to think about my mother, about how miserable she was. My father belittled her, called her names, and made her live a small, boring life trapped within the confines of the packhouse with virtually no freedom. She was practically a prisoner, or a slave might be a better comparison.
Yet no matter how bad things got, no matter how badly he hurt her or us, she couldn’t make herself leave. She hated him, but the toxic ties between them meant she never seriously attempted to get out. Until that one time. And after that, everything got a million times worse.
Mum died a month later. Her mystery illness was a lie, a smokescreen. He killed her. There isn’t a doubt in my mind. He didn’t want her, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to let her walk away and start a new life.
“I think we should forget about the mate bond.”
Nathan’s sudden statement shocks me enough that I try to sit forward, but he keeps me tucked against his side and presses a gentle kiss to the top of my head.
“I still want you. More than ever. But how about we agree that for this trip, we’re just Maya and Nathan? Getting to know each other. Having some fun. No marking. No mating. No pressure.”
The tightness in my shoulders and chest lessens. Does he really mean that? Two entire weeks to just be. To see how we get on?
“Really?”
This is insane. I’ve never heard of an alpha male waiting that long to claim his mate. Or even claiming the mate bond is anything less than the be-all and end-all.
