Page 8 of Not Your Ordinary Shifter

His hand touched my leg, and a thread of nervousness gripped me. I pushed it aside, and it no longer consumed my whole being. His hand slid between my thighs, and my breath hitched. Sol broke the kiss, but his lips remained touching mine as if he didn’t want to break the connection.

“Your skin is so smooth,” he said, his voice holding a hint of a growl, and my back arched as a desire I’d never known spread throughout my body.

His fingers inched closer until they were rubbing my pussy lips. Teasing, testing, and when I didn’t tell him to stop, he rubbed his thumb over my clit. I shuddered.

“You’re so beautiful, Rora. I could watch you all day, especially while you writhe in pleasure.” He kissed me again, more forceful this time, but I welcomed it. “Oh fuck, you’re so wet,” he said, his arm flexing under my hand as his finger slipped into my body. I tensed and expected pain, my mind trying to take me back to my time in the cell. “I’ve got you,” he whispered against my lips as a woodsy musk filled my nose. “Look at me.”

I didn’t realize that I had my eyes squeezed shut. I opened them and gasped as I saw the droplet of blood I’d drawn from digging my nails into Sol’s shoulder. My legs clamped closed around his hand.

“I’m so sorry,” I said, yanking my hand back, horrified that I’d done that to him. My legs relaxed, but I couldn’t help flinching as he reached for my cheek. The weight on my chest eased the moment he ran his thumb over my bottom lip, and the soft rumble he made in his chest reached my ears.

“Don’t be sorry, you’ve been through a lot. I’m actually shocked you wanted me to try.”

I wanted to be stronger, tougher, meaner, and able to handle anything. Was I asking too much of myself? It felt like no. It felt like if I was going to be with this Alpha, I needed to find a way to separate what happened to me from him.

“Rora.” Sol was inches from my face, his hands cupping my cheeks. “Stop overthinking. I’m your mate, and I’m here for you.”

His gold eyes held mine, and I had to ask. “You don’t seem at all like the rumors. How did such terrible things get started about you?”

A little smirk pulled at the corner of his mouth. “Let me get you dry before you turn into a prune, and I’ll tell you while I hold you in bed.”

I glanced at the bed in my room. “You want to stay with me?”

“Every night for as long as you will put up with me,” he said, making me blush.

Chapter

Six

SOLARIS

This was a whole new experience for me. As much as I’d longed not to feel like less of a man for what had been done to me, the inability to perform had seeped in and taunted me when I lay in bed alone at night.

Not only did Aurora snuggle in and fall asleep pressed tightly to my body, but I’d been hard since she put one delicate foot in the bath and let me bathe her. The aching in my cock was a steady thrum begging me to touch myself. Holding off, I could handle, but Aurora running her leg up mine and back down again was making it very difficult not to jump out of the bed.

I shuddered as Aurora mumbled something and gripped me harder. Her leg traveled up, so it was resting right on my cock. I sucked in a deep breath, my pulse so fast that I could hear the rhythmical thump in my head. The need to claim her was also new. I’d never felt this for any female, but now it was all I could think about. She didn’t seem to notice or realize that she was producing a mating scent that filled the room and called to me. Even if her mind was terrified, her body recognized what was happening between us, but I wouldn’t push her into something she wasn’t ready for.

I sucked air in between my teeth, and every muscle tightened as she moved her leg up and down. If I didn’t know she was sound asleep, I would’ve said she was torturing me on purpose. Counting had never been my thing, but I was desperate.

Sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four.

“You want to sleep with me,” Aurora said, yanking me out of my counting.

“I thought that was what we were doing,” I said, and she lifted her head and stared at me.

“I mean, you want to have sex with me.” She moved her leg, and I closed my eyes, pressing my head back into the pillow.

"Just ignore it and go back to sleep," I said, failing miserably at trying to sound calm and relaxed.

“But the front of your pants is soaked.” She moved her leg a little, and I bit the inside of my cheek so I didn’t growl with need.

“Yes, I’m very excited. It’s natural for our kind to weep more than other species,” I said, keeping my answer clinical and praying Aurora didn’t ask any more questions.

“So, the wet means that you want me, like physically,” she asked, and I licked my lips, still refusing to look at her.

“Yes, but please ignore it. I promise nothing will happen without your consent.”

Aurora was quiet for a long time, and I thought that the matter was settled. “I believe you, but I don’t want to go to sleep and forget about it.” My eyes snapped open as she pushed herself up and onto my hard cock. The blanket fell away, and I was left staring at her pussy. Her sweet scent begging me to take her, to make her mine, was a thousand times stronger, and I gripped the sheets.

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