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Chapter Thirteen
Locke
Last night’s rest had been a fluke. Because even though I tumbled happily into bed and pulled the soft sheets and blankets up to my shoulders, my traitorous eyes remained open, staring at the ceiling. Or what I could see of it in the dimness. Usually after my bear had a chance to get out and stretch his legs, he’d sleep like a log, but tonight that didn’t seem to be happening. He seemed…disappointed in me. Not something I’d noticed him expressing before, but it did not make for comfortable sleeping.
Remembering Franklin’s offers, I considered going to the kitchen for a snack, but I wasn’t sure where our host’s bedroom was, and it would not be nice to wake him up just because I couldn’t sleep. So instead, I pulled my Kindle out of my backpack and settled in to read a guide written by an investor with such poor skills I thought the fact he’d authored this to be comedy. But even that failed because the writing was so dry that soon I fell asleep. In my dreams, I had not walked away, not gone to my own room alone but instead had said what I wished I had.
“Want to come in?
“Yes, I’d love to,” dream Sheppard said, and he followed me in and sat on the edge of the bed. He looked up at me and lifted his arms, welcoming me into his embrace, an offer I certainly did not turn down. Rather I hugged him and my lips crashed into his in the kiss I wanted to give him. We belonged together and I knew it. I wanted him to wear my mark, to take him home with me and never let him go. We said things to one another, promises of forever, full acceptance of mating with none of the worries that I’d expect from two people who had to make a life together out of two very different ones in different places.
From there, it was a typical dream’s welter of movements, some of which made sense and some of which did not but all of which had me flying toward orgasm with mind-blurring speed. We kissed and touched and mouths and hands were everywhere, but just as things were really heating up, it all blew away.
Just gone.
My eyes snapped open to find that I was alone, of course, except for my bear who was in full growl.Mate.
I know, I was dreaming about…
Mate!
Sitting up, I pushed the covers aside and then stood. I needed a breath of fresh air to clear my head. The dream was already fading, but the feeling of it hung over me as I stepped out the door of my room and into the hallway. A click had me looking across the hall to where Sheppard had also emerged.
He wore pajama bottoms, the waistband hanging from his hips. No shirt whatsoever. Although we’d shifted, and I’d admired him in the moonlight, it was not the same because that had been the polite shifting nudity, and this was something else entirely. This was the precursor to the rest of the night. I wanted to say the rest of our lives, but that was probably just the dream talking. I just wanted to be in the moment, and whatever that might mean.
I backed into the room and took him with me, our clothing falling by the wayside. We weren’t talking because we didn’t need to or maybe want to… It didn’t matter, but my hands were stroking his skin and my lips were following wherever they went, tasting him and nibbling. As I kissed down his shoulder, I took a little nibble, nothing that would mark, although it took all my strength to make it so. I wanted to mark him, but not without him wanting the same thing. I’d never felt this way before.
He moaned, and I dipped a hand down to his slick, finding him more than ready for me. “Sheppard, if you don’t want this, please say so now. Because once I’m inside you, stopping will be much harder.”
“Don’t stop.”
It took no more than that before I was inside him, driving as deep as I could before withdrawing and doing it again. And again, more of me disappearing into his body with each thrust. He was made made for me, so tight as to be almost painful but addicting in the pleasure/pain combination.
I reached between us and gripped his cock, wanting him to come with me, even if I wasn’t sure I could hold out long enough. But I was going to try. I needn’t have worried because when my balls tightened and my cum poured into his body, hot liquid coated my hand. And then my knot swelled and, without giving it nearly enough thought, I asked, “May I mark you?”
“Yes!”
I sank my teeth into his neck and tasted blood then lapped it sealed and fell over him, taking as much weight as possible on my arms. Our combined scent wreathed us both, and I wanted this night to go on forever.
Chapter Fourteen
Sheppard
I woke with the sun usually, but this time it was the smells from downstairs that roused my rabbit from a dead sleep.
Arms around my waist tightened, and something prodded my back.
My mate.
Locke.
I was fully and completely mated now. Marked as well. The sting of his marks burned at my shoulder where he had bitten me.
“I smell bacon.” I rolled over to face him.
Locke laughed and nuzzled my nose. “I smell my omega. And that’s not all I scent, love.”
Gods, how one night could change your entire life.
