“Good night, Bastion.”

My sister patted my arm then turned and headed back upstairs toward her bedroom. Simon had already ducked out, leaving me alone with my mate. I carried her down the hallway toward the master bedroom at the back of the house. I’d taken it for mine the second we’d taken possession of the home on the outskirts of the land Raina’s community called home. Once, they’d been known as the Rigton pack, named after the county they lived in. As of today, they were part of the James pack.

I laid Raina on the bed then slowly unwrapped the blanket. She was the best gift I’d ever uncovered, and I licked my lips in anticipation. Before, I’d experienced a rush and an overwhelming layer of lust that made me want to claim and mark her. Now, I found myself wanting to take my time, to explore every inch of her and commit her to memory. Christ, I’d never been so consumed by a woman. She made me want to beat my chest and shout to the world that she belonged to me and only me. I’d kill for her, die for her, lay waste to anything that dared stand against her. At the same time, she made me weak. Emotions I’d never felt roared through me.

I ran my hand along her side, needing to feel the softness of her skin against mine once more. Her eyes slowly blinked open.

“You stayed.”

Her comment threw me, but I nodded. Had she thought I’d put her in my bed and leave her? “I’m not through with you yet.”

Her smile was slow and sultry, and my dick pulsed beneath my zipper.

“You got more, wolf man?”

Her tone was a throaty purr. I came over her quickly, taking her mouth and ravaging it with my tongue. God, she tasted of salt and tequila and something sweeter just underneath, something uniquely her. I couldn’t get enough of it. I kissed my way down her neck, taking my time to suck both her nipples into tight, wet peaks, pulling more of those throaty sounds from her before nipping and licking my way lower.

I breathed in her scent first, the mouthwatering aroma of her sex filling my senses and making me ache to taste her. I glided my tongue between her folds, zeroing in on the tight bud of her clitoris. She tremored and caught her breath, and I pressed my lips fully around the nub, sucking it then rasping my teeth over it. Her long legs wrapped around me, locking me to her, and I gave in with a chuckle, devouring her and enjoying every drop of juice I worked from her. I could have spent hours there, driving her to orgasm over and over again, but my dick was a needy bastard and demanded inside her.

I moved off her only long enough to strip then I was between her legs again, driving home. No words this time. We fucked, clawing and scratching and biting. We pulled and tugged at one another as we took and gave. She met me need for need, taking everything I offered and making demands of her own. We rolled across the bed, switching positions as the mood struck. I had her on her back, on her side, on her knees, then over me, riding me while I bucked up, burying my cock deep inside her.

We spent hours learning each other. Each orgasm acted as a catalyst for more. By the time we’d finally worked ourselves into physical exhaustion, the sun had just started to rise. I dragged myself over to the windows and dropped the blackout curtains into place over them before collapsing on the bed once more. I managed to get us both under the sheet, tugging Raina so she lay partway on me, her head nestled into my shoulder. It was the way I wanted to fall asleep every night for the rest of my life. With her. Always with her.