Page 34 of Holiday Surprise

She considered it for a moment. “I love that idea. Maybe it’ll become our first Christmas tradition.”

“What? You mean death stares from your dad on Christmas Eve isn’t going to be a tradition?” I teased.

She covered her face with her hands and groaned. “That was so bad. At least your pack was more welcoming of me.”

“I’ll admit, they definitely impressed me tonight.”

“Were you nervous about introducing me to them?”

I shrugged. “I feel like we were blindsided, so I hadn’t even had time to consider it. I had sort of hoped to introduce you around tomorrow with the open house, but this worked out even better.”

She turned on some Christmas music on her phone and started singing along as we decorated the tree. It was like a Hallmark moment, something I had never pictured being a part of. It was nice though, and I would do just about anything to make my mate happy. There was no doubt I’d succeeded in that tonight.

With all the decorations adorning the tree, Sydney stepped back as I turned on the tree lights. She cheered and looked so elated it was contagious.

I wrapped my arms around her waist, and she leaned back against my chest as we appreciated our work. It was well past midnight and as she tried to stifle a yawn, I remembered how exhausted she must be. It had been a long day.

“Why don’t we call it a night?” I suggested.

“Yeah. I am pooped.”

I hugged her tighter and leaned down to kiss her neck. I smiled thinking of the bond mark I would someday leave there.

She must have been thinking the same thing, because she moaned softly and wiggled her butt against me. I groaned.

“We won’t get much sleep if you want to start that,” I warned her.

She laughed. I decided she needed a good night’s sleep and there would be time for that in the morning. I took her hand and led her down the hall to my bedroom.

The second we were in there though, the little minx stripped out of her clothes and climbed into my bed completely naked.

I gulped. I had a lot of personal restraint, but this was testing that to the max. I wanted her so badly I could barely see straight.

I stripped out of my clothes, leaving only my boxers on, and crawled into bed on the other side, trying to keep my distance. Sydney rolled towards me and scooted over to hug my body using me as her personal body pillow.

I groaned. “You really expect me to sleep like this?” I mumbled.

She giggled and kissed my chest as her hand started to roam. That’s when I realized my mate had no intentions of sleeping. I growled as I rolled over and claimed her mouth with mine. She wiggled beneath me. I hadn’t seen this playful, feisty side of her before, but there was no doubt she wanted me as much as I wanted her.

She smiled against my lips knowing she was about to get her way regardless of how tired we both were. I knew there was no way I was going to sleep now. My body was on fire and I was wide awake.

I kissed her harder, more aggressively as her tongue twirled with mine, giving back just as good. She reached lower and jerked my boxers down as she started to stroke me. I knew I had to slow things down. I was too worked up already and things were going to be over before I even had a chance to make a move if she kept that up.

I left her lips and trailed kisses across her cheek and down her neck. She froze when I reached her collarbone. I suckled there for a moment and she moaned breathlessly, her hand finally easing to the point I could concentrate better.

I fought back against the primal urge to mark her. My canines were extending, and it would be so easy, but she had been honest with me, brutally so. I thought we’d had a great day together, for the most part, but I was worried she still planned to leave and break the bond beginning to form between us. I needed her to be certain before taking that next step.

Moving on, I lowered myself to give special attention to her breasts. They were fabulous and strategically she couldn’t reach me any longer, so I took my time exploring and loving every inch of her body with my mouth.

I brought her just to the brink of orgasm before abruptly stopping. The shocked look on her face was priceless and only lasted a few seconds before I plunged into her in one thrust. She gasped and gripped me so tightly that her nails dug into my back. Her movements were frantic until she was clenching around me and started shaking.

I held my breath and bit down on the inside of my cheek until I tasted blood trying to hold myself back from following her. Watching Sydney fall apart in my arms was the greatest sight in the world. I knew I would never tire of it and if she’d have me, I’d do everything necessary to keep that look on her face as often as possible.

It was then that I realized I should have asked her about birth control. I wasn’t wearing a condom and I’d never allowed that to happen with anyone else. I never could ride bareback with anyone but my mate, still we weren’t bonded yet and the last thing I needed was an unplanned pregnancy and no mate.

I pushed those thoughts from my head. It was making my wolf even more aggressive.Mine!He demanded.

“Mine,” I said aloud as I took her relentlessly until we were screaming each other’s names and I collapsed on top of her.

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