“I’m not angry, I’m upset. There’s a difference,” I pointed out.
“You’re an idiot,” she spat.
“Violet, if you want to be with someone else it would hurt me. I’m your mate, after all. But I would rather know than be blind-sided later on,” I explained.
She threw her hands up in the air, a mixture of anger and defeat. “I can’t win with you!” she exclaimed. “Even if I did want to be with someone else, why would you care?You’rethe one who leftme, remember?”
“I didn’t want to leave you!” I shouted back.
“But you did!”
“Violet, you… this is… argh!” I growled in frustration. “You have no idea what it is taking me to control myself right now.”
“Then don’t,” she said.
Those two words were all it took. I wanted her—needed her—but I had been dancing around the issue for so long, I could hardly think straight. She had my head spinning in circlesthat all led back to one thought. I couldn’t take it for a moment longer.
“Fuck it,” I growled.
I strode toward her, grasping her around her thin waist with one hand and the back of her head with the other to pull her roughly into an embrace. I entwined my fingers into the honey-colored hair at the base of her skull and pulled down gently, forcing her face up to look at mine. My lips crashed into hers passionately, unable to bridle my attraction for her for a second longer.
My fingertips pressed into her side with urgency as I forced her body in line with mine. The air around us felt cool, but as we came together, I felt a heat rising between us.
Violet responded immediately, pushing her hands up under my shirt and caressing my back with her fingertips. Her lips moved against mine sensuously. My tongue darted inside her mouth, tasting the sweetness of her tongue as it reached for mine. I could feel the softness of her skin beneath her dress, and I yearned to explore every inch of her. I began to harden at the thought of finally being together again after all this time. The memory of the way her body had looked and felt brought me fully to attention, ready and eager to repeat the experience.
My hands moved down to cup her buttocks as I grinded between her legs, inching her dress up ever so slightly. I couldn’t bring myself to stop kissing her, and I hoped this made my intentions clear. Violet let out a light moan as our bodies caressed each other. She threw her head back and my lips bent to her neck, covering her milky skin with kisses from her jaw to her collarbone.
Her hands, already on the bare skin of my back, moved their way up to my shoulders as she allowed me to continuemy attentions. She lifted the shirt over my head, tossing it aside before placing her hands back on my chest. Her head moved in close to mine once more, but instead of kissing me, she tilted her mouth, placing her lips gently on my neck. I felt her teeth nibble at my skin, and a shudder went through my body.
“Vi,” I whispered gruffly.
Moving back slightly so I could see her reaction, I reached under her dress and placed my fingers inside her panties. Using a steady pressure and rhythm, I began caressing her opening. She let out a gasp of pleasurable surprise at my touch and her blue eyes widened with each continuance of the motion.
Without a word, I hooked one finger inside her, finding the erogenous zone of her vagina and working it back and forth. Soon, I felt her wetness coat my fingertips as she became fully aroused.
With my other hand, I unbuttoned my pants and pulled out my erection. My cock throbbed with anticipation as she reached down to stroke the length of my shaft. I let out a groan of desire as her slender fingers encircled my penis.
Being exposed like that had reminded me that we were still standing on the sidewalk. With a quick look around to make sure we hadn’t been seen, I removed my hand from under her clothes and opened the wooden gate to the garden to usher her through.
“Get inside. Now,” I ordered gruffly.
Violet stumbled unsteadily through the open gate and stood back to allow me to shut the door solidly behind us. The moment I turned to face her, she laced her arms behind my neck, pulling my lips down to meet hers once again.
With the rest of the world shut behind the wooden door, our kisses became deeper and more passionate. It had been a long time since I had been with anyone, and I could feel the urgency from Violet as well. The tension between us had built up to a point where neither of us could wait any longer for our bodies to be joined.
I reached my hands down, trailing over her hips and bottom until I found a handhold on her thighs. With a sudden motion, I lifted her, wrapping her legs around my waist and spinning around so that I could brace her against the wooden fence. My thumb hooked her underwear aside, and I rammed my erection inside her, frantically seeking to satiate the burning need I had to be inside her and close the distance between us.
“Yes, Nile,” Violet moaned my name as I thrust into her.
She grasped me by the nape of my neck as I pounded her again and again. Violet panted into my ear, the air coming in quick bursts as our tempo increased.
The fence shook with each sudden movement we made, and I prayed to the wolf gods that no one was out walking this late at night to witness the wild abandon we were taking with each other’s bodies. Within moments, we reached our climax, and I prayed once more that no one was around to witness the sounds of our well-timed exclamations.
Chapter 15 - Violet
Nothing about last night’s tryst in the garden with Nile had been planned or expected, but this morning it was all I could think about. I woke up in my own room, alone, and wished that I had been waking up with him instead. The sex had been phenomenal but short-lived. I wished I had given myself more time to look into his emerald eyes or feel the powerful muscles of his arms. In the harsh light of day I wasn’t sure I would get that chance without feeling embarrassed by my gawking.
I hadn’t been with another man since Nile had left me six years ago, and I was shocked that even with the passage of time and the quickness of our meeting, the sex had been even better this time around. Every place he had touched me had made me feel more alive and desirable than I thought humanly possible. Just the thought of it made it hard for me to breathe properly.