Page 42 of The Prince's Mate

I had to be dreaming. This couldn't possibly be real. I didn’t actually have Walker under me, looking all debauched and ready to come, did I?

"Caelan, faster," Walker urged, and I quickened my pace, tightening my hand a little around our cocks. My tail brushed Walker's thigh, and he shivered, so I did it again on the other leg. In retaliation, he rubbed the spot where my tail extended out of my lower back, and I gasped, dropping my head onto his shoulder.

It was an awkward pose with our dicks and my hand trapped between us, but I made it work because I didn't want to move back.

"I'm close," he groaned out, and I hummed as I licked his neck, tasting skin that was all Walker, sweet with just a hint of salty.

"Me too, darling," I answered, my words getting lost in his skin.

When I could feel my orgasm cresting, I sat back up, needing to know what he looked like when he came. Would he be loud or quiet? Would his body shudder with pleasure or would he go lax?

"I'm coming," Walker murmured, his eyes on mine, and I nodded, twisting my wrist every time I reached the top.

Walker went still and then shouted my name as his cum spilled onto my hand and my cock, his soft moans filling the air as he came and came and came. I kept my hand moving through it all as I scanned every inch of him, memorizing this moment.

I painted his stomach white as I came, and my fingers turned to claws as they dug into the mattress. I shook through the aftershocks, dropping my hand from our oversensitive cocks. Walker tugged me closer, and I fell onto him, cum squelching between us as he held me to him.

"Fuck," he said after a while, and I chuckled.

"Sounds about right," I mumbled back, and he was quiet for a moment.

"Is it always like that?" he asked, and I forced myself to open my eyes and turn my head, resting my chin on his sternum so I could look at him.

"No, Walker. It's never been like that for me," I murmured, and he relaxed a little.

"Good," he said, and I raised a brow at him.

"It's good that I had mediocre sex for more than 900 years?"

"Yep. I'm the only one you get to have mind-blowing sex with," he declared, making me chuckle.

"Mind-blowing, huh?" I teased. "I didn't know you were possessive."

"Well, I am. And you, Kitty, are all mine," he said, and I swallowed at the fierceness in his voice.

A long time ago, another man had said those words to me. But while Andras's words had filled me with dread, Walker's felt like...freedom, like belonging, like...coming home.

"And you're mine?" I asked, and Walker nodded and reached out to cup my cheek.

"I'm yours, Caelan. I have been for a while. I was just too much of an idiot to realize it," he said with a roll of his eyes, and I chuckled.

"Don't talk about my mate like that," I admonished him, and he stuck his tongue out at me. Laughing, I rolled off him, and then made a face at the mess that clung to my torso. Glancing over at him, I raised a brow. "Wanna join me for a shower?"

His eyes lit up and he was off the bed before the word "Yes!" left his mouth, and I laughed as I followed him into the bathroom. I felt relaxed and lighter than I had in a while. I knew we still had to deal with Andras, but I had a feeling everything would work out in that regard.

I sucked in a breath as Walker pulled me closer, and I stumbled into him, his firm grip around my waist the only thing keeping me upright.

"Hello there," Walker murmured, his amber eyes twinkling brightly.

"Hi," I replied in a whisper, a blush warming my cheeks at the intensity of his gaze.

"You're beautiful, Kitty," he said in a reverent voice, and I preened. As a cat shifter, I could be a little vain sometimes, and getting called beautiful by my mate? Of course that warranted some preening.

I turned on the shower and stepped under the spray, facing him as I ran my hand down my chest, my eyes on his.

"Fuck, Caelan," he groaned, and then his hands were at my waist, tugging me closer. He whirled us around so his back was to the shower wall, pulling me to him and dragging me into a kiss. His teeth dug into my lower lip, making me gasp, and then his tongue was in my mouth, laying claim to it.

Walker's fingers dug into my side, and I slid mine to his ass, massaging the fleshy globes in my palms. He wrapped a leg around my waist, and I hefted him up, holding him against the wall with his legs wrapped around my waist.

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