Page 78 of Into the Night

When I glare at her, refusing to fight with her, she pouts.

“It’s either that, or you regret claiming me.”

My answer is immediate and forceful. “Never.”

“Then what’s going on, Griffin?” Kali throws up her hands. “We’ve been home a week—that’s seven long days of pining for a mate who’s more interested in cleaning the kitchen than tending to his mate’s needs.”

I close my eyes. We’ve been here before, Kali goading me into letting the beast loose, but it’s not happening again. “You’re recovering. Evan was right, I should never have taken you while you were so badly injured. It was beyond selfish.”

Kali rolls her eyes at me… fucking rolls her eyes, and I want to spank her bratty ass.

“You’ve slept for a week, Kali. You needed me to mind you and feed you out there, not coat you in my cum and fuck you senseless.”

A smile tips up the corner of her mouth. “Your home remedy worked. My scars healed up well.” She shows me her arms and lifts her T-shirt to flash me her toned stomach, that has nothing more than some pale lines, almost like stretch marks, covering her silky skin.

I want to touch it. I’ve deprived myself for so long.

“And I’m feeling much better now.” She does look better. Her eyes are brighter, her cheeks are flushed, and she’s put back on a few pounds from all the cakes Maisy’s been dropping at the door. “You did a good job, Griffin. I know you might not like what your beast did, but I’m alive. It doesn’t matter now.”

“It matters to me.” I can’t get past the fact that I put her through all of that.

She flutters her eyelashes at me, the little seductress, sliding her hands up my abdomen and over my chest before resting her hands on my shoulders.

“I miss you.” She presses a kiss to the base of my throat and sighs. Inhaling deeply, she eases closer, her breasts touching me, and our hips meet. There’s no way she can’t feel the raging hard on I’ve been sporting since we got home. “How can I convince you that I’ve forgiven your beast?”

When she bites her bottom lip, I’m lost, zoning in on how her plump lips glisten. That’s why I don’t immediately notice her fingers deftly opening my belt and the top button of my jeans.

“Kali…” I warn, but she shushes me, sliding her hand inside my trousers and cupping my stiff length, her warm grip is fraying my control, making me groan. “I can’t be gentle. He’s there, waiting to take charge the minute I let my guard down.”

Tugging my jeans down over my hips, she blinks up at me, unrepentant, as she lowers herself to her knees, right here in the middle of the kitchen.

Fuck.

“I’m more than happy to indulge your beast's desires. I think I’ve proven that I’m made of tough stuff.”

Freeing my length, she licks her lips, and I have to bury my hands in my hair just to stop them from wrapping her blonde ponytail around my fist.

“I’ve been dreaming about this,” she murmurs right before she laps up the bead of pre-cum on the tip of my cock, and then hums in pleasure.

Easing the broad head past her lips, she locks eyes with me, and I almost come on the spot. She looks like an angel on her knees before more. But it feels wrong. I need to be worshipping her.

Leaning forward, I plan to grab her under the arms and lift her to her feet, but she growls, the vibration travelling through my groin and making me weak at the knees.

“Mine.” She snarls, her tongue travelling from the base, all the way to my sensitive tip.

As she closes her soft mouth around me, stars erupt behind my eyes. It’s the best thing I’ve ever felt.

Rocking my hips to push further into her mouth, I curse, flexing fingers first, then digging them into my eyeballs to keep them away from her head.

Kali’s eyes meet mine again, and she grabs my hands, bringing them to her head, giving me permission to take control.

“Fuck, Kali, you’re perfect. You look so fucking beautiful on your knees for me.”

Kali whimpers, the scent of her arousal perfuming the air, and sucks me down further, her hands resting on my thighs now, as she gets into a rhythm.

Cradling the back of her head, I thrust gently, obsessed with the sight of my cock sliding past her red, swollen lips.

“Tell me. Tell me what I can do to make up for it.” I’m not even sure I’m talking to Kali. I’ve worked out what I can do to prove myself worthy of Kali to everyone… except for the most important person in this relationship.

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