Page 25 of A Wolf in the Garden

“I’m so tired of not really living,” she whispers. “This thing between us scares the shit out of me. I have been so afraid to get hurt but… no one has ever made me feel alive the way you do, and I…” She bites her lip, frowning.

I brush the hair back from her face, running my fingers down her jaw. “And you what?”

“I don’t want to waste any more time. What if there’s no more time? What if —”

“There’s time, Ellie. None of them are getting anywhere near you. I promise.”

“I don’t even know whattheyare! And nothing is promised, Van; you know that as well as I do. Tomorrow isn’t promised.”

“Ellie —”

“Evander.” She sucks in a deep breath, her expression intense. “Do you want me or not?”

I don’t know how she can even ask that. “I want you. Of course I want you. I —”

“Then haveme.Please.”

I don’t have words, too stunned to say anything. What weshouldbe doing flies out the door in the face of my intense desire for her. Instead, I reach out and trail my hand down the column of her neck, over her clavicle, down further still to cup the soft mound of her breast, her nipple hard against my thumb. She gasps, though it quickly turns into a moan, and my other hand grasps at the back of her head, fingers tangling in her hair as I lean down to claim her mouth in a bruising kiss. Her mouth parts immediately and our tongues meet with joint groans, the press of her lips just as demanding as mine as I lift her into my arms, her legs wrapping around my waist automatically. My hands grab at the flesh of her ass as I press her against the wall, out of the stream of water, doing the very thing I told myself I would not do, thethudof her makeshift ice pack echoing as it hits the floor behind me.

I break our kiss, bending to nip at her neck with a growl. “I want nothing more than to bury myself in you and stay there forever,” I tell her, grinding against the hot wet heat of her pussy, her hips rising to meet me halfway. “But your hand…”

“If you say you’re going to stop there Van, I swear I will…” she trails off on another moan as I kiss her neck, and she cants her hips, digging her ankles into my backside in an attempt to draw me closer.

“You’ll what? What will you do to me, Ellie?”

She whimpers, kissing along my jaw. I groan as she takes my earlobe between her teeth, biting hard.Fuck.

“It’s what you’ll do to me,” she whines, the nails of her good hand scraping down my back. “I swear I’m going to combust if I don’t come soo —”

She breaks off in a sharp inhale as I lift her higher, my mouth on her breast, nipple under my tongue. I kiss my way across to her other breast, revelling in the softness of her skin against my lips, scraping my teeth against her nipple, making her buck against me. I drop down to my knees, bringing her with me while lifting her legs over my shoulders, pausing with my mouth hovering over the soft mound of her pussy. She looks down at me, lips parted and breasts heaving with each breath, our eyes locked as I kiss one thigh, and then the other. “I did say that I’d take care of you, baby. I’m not about to break that promise now. You want to come? You’re going to come, right on my tongue.”

I want to remember this moment, the way she looks at me with those big brown eyes of hers, expression a heady mix of lust and reverence and anticipation, the way her body feels in my hands, the press of her heel against my back, her thighs against my ears, the scent of her arousal thick in the air, the evidence of it clear from the milky wetness dripping from her core.

“You are so fucking beautiful,” I say as her hands land on my head, her fingers brushing back strands of wet hair from my forehead.

“So are you.” Her voice is barely more than a whisper, audible over the sound of the running water behind us only because of my wolf hearing.

I’m going to worship you.I don’t waste any more time, licking a stripe from cunt to clit, the taste of her bursting on my tongue, ripe and sweet all at once. She cries out as I focus my attention on her sensitive nub, her thighs tightening around my ears as she grinds against me. The sound of her breathy moans guide me, every gasp another lesson in what she likes best. My lips closing around her clit to suck, a guttural moan from her my reward.Yes, baby.Both of her hands clutch at fistfuls of my hair, the burn on her palm forgotten, and I don’t stop until she’s trembling, on the brink of an orgasm, pulling away at the last moment, making her cry out in outrage.

I chuckle against the lips of her pussy, kissing lower, opening my mouth so that my tongue — far longer than a human’s — can extend, spearing her cunt with it, licking her from the inside.

“Evander!” she cries, eyes wide even as she bears down on me, her clit grinding against my nose, giving her the friction she needs. I watch her reaction as I drag my tongue back and forth within her, focusing on the rough patch of her G spot as she continues to buck against my face.

It’s too much. I drop one hand from her ass to reach for my cock, jerking it roughly, seeking my own release. I see the moment she realises what I’m doing, her mouth hanging open, eyes wide, her entire body trembling.

She comes with a cry, throwing her head back, her cunt pulsing around my tongue. It’s enough to send me over the edge, groaning against her flesh as my balls tighten and my hand works me through my orgasm, shooting ropes of cum across the tiled floor.

“Holyshit,” she breathes shakily as I lick my way out of her. I tongue the folds of her pussy reverently, drinking every drop, my wolves sated with the taste of our mate on my lips. I stop only when she pushes gently at my head, placing a lingering kiss on her thigh, before releasing her shaky legs from my shoulders one by one. I kiss her stomach, breathing in the smell of her skin, loving the way her hand drags through my hair in a gentle caress.

“Better?” I ask.

“Better,” she sighs with a satisfied smile. “So much better.” Her eyes dance over my face, lips twitching, and I already know the question she’s about to ask. I beat her to it, letting my tongue loll out to its full extended length, twice that of a human’s.

She covers her face with her hands, shoulders shaking with silent laughter. “What thefuck, Van?” she finally manages, wiping at her eyes. “What the fuck is thatthingin your mouth?!”

I get to my feet, towering over her, grinning like an idiot. “You weren’t complaining when I used it.”

“How does that even work? I — it didn’t feel any different when I was kissing you!”

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