Page 24 of Riding With the Grizzly

“I love you, Nara,” I whisper, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “My gorgeous, brave, strong as hell mate.”

“I love you, too. I love the way you make me feel free and confident. I love that you have a sweet side and a… growly side,” she says with a wink.

Even though my heart is still wounded from hearing about my mate’s horrible family, I have to smile at her words. She’s perfect.

Nara yawns and I help her into bed, both of us curling up together, skin to skin. Her back is pressed against my front and I wrap my arms around her, holding my mate close. I wait until I hear my mate's soft snores, and then I finally give myself permission to drift off.

I wake up in the middle of the night with an ache only Nara can satisfy. We’re in the same position as when we fell asleep. I bury my face in her hair, breathing her in. Then, I kiss her neck, sucking and nibbling on the mark I left there. She stirs and moans quietly.

I rock against her, letting her feel my need.

"Jude?" she asks in a half-awake, half-asleep voice.

“Yeah, baby. I can’t get enough of you.”

I nuzzle her shoulder and slip my hand in between her legs, finding her clit and massaging the ball of nerves. She’s already wet for me and it makes me impossibly harder.

“Fuck, Nara, love this dripping pussy. Is this all for me?” I dip a finger into her entrance and slide her slick cum up and down her slit.

She moans again, pressing her ass into my hard cock and grinding against me. I rub her swollen bundle of nerves, groaning when her body sparks to life beneath my touch. She’s so close, so goddamn close. Her cream drips out of her as she writhes in my arms. I hold her there, keeping her orgasm just beneath the surface. I feel it claw at her insides, making her whimper with each breath.

Right before it hits, I take my hand away, moving it to her ass and spreading her cheeks. Without warning, I line up to her entrance and push her over the edge with one long, powerful thrust. She fucking falls headfirst into her climax, screaming my name and soaking my dick with her release.

I hold still inside of her, growling as I feel her orgasm ripple around my cock. Before Nara has a chance to recover, I begin hammering into her, setting a relentless pace. I grip her breast roughly, using it as leverage to fuck into her harder, hitting her so damn deep with each stroke.

“J-Jude, yes,” she chants over and over. I drop my hand from her breast and blur my fingers over her clit until her pussy clenches around me and soaks me with another orgasm.

I pull out and flip her on her back, wrenching her legs apart and slamming home. Her back bows off the bed and her legs wrap around me, holding me close. Nara digs her heels into my ass and claws my back, leaving her mark on me.

“Jesus, fuck,” I snarl, before claiming her lips as my own.

I devour her, biting at her lips and spearing my tongue inside of her eager mouth, licking up every inch and then sucking on her tongue. It’s a wild, messy kiss, one that matches the way I’m fucking her like the animal I am.

I slide one hand down her body and grip her ass cheek, changing the angle of her hips and helping her meet me thrust for thrust. My cock scrapes against her most sensitive spot with each fierce stroke.

She’s breaking apart for me, I can feel it. Every time I hit the end of her, she cracks a little more, the pressure of her orgasm building and pulsing and pushing her boundaries.

My balls draw up tight as my own orgasm gathers in the base of my spine. My rhythm falters slightly as I try to hold on, needing her to cum with me. “Get there, mate, fuck, please get there. Need one more from you.”

“I can’t, it’s too much…”

“I’ve got you, Nara, just let go for me.”

She sucks in a huge breath and holds it, her whole body trembling and then freezing. Every damn muscle is pulled tight as she clings to me with everything she has. With one last brutal thrust, we both shatter completely.

Nara floods my cock with her release and I give her everything in return, my cum splashing into her throbbing pussy as she sucks down every last drop. We’re both grunting, shaking, and sweating as we ride that high together.

Eventually, Nara goes limp in my arms. I bury my face into the side of her neck, sucking on her mark and pumping into her twice more before collapsing. I roll to the side and drape my freshly fucked little mate over my chest. She breathes out a satisfied sigh and I press a kiss to her forehead.

“Go back to sleep, princess,” I whisper.

She nods and relaxes back into my arms. This is the beginning of everything. I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

EPILOGUE

NARA

Five Years Later…

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