Page 69 of Primal Dragon

He rubbed her thigh to butt and back and nodded.

“It was just all too much there. It was all so overwhelming.”

“I can only imagine, sweetheart.”

Quinn fiddled with the collar of his Henley down to the buttons. “What happens when you claim your mate? I know with vampires, they become vampires. You said our lifelines would match up?”

He nodded slowly. “Full disclosure, my brother’s mate shifted into an obsidian dragon.”

“She what?”

“Yeah, it wasn’t something any of us expected. I don’t know if that’s what will happen to you, but it’s a possibility. I do know you will be stronger. My life cycle is far longer, so you’ll live long beyond your human lifespan. Mating with humans has been forbidden for so long, I don’t have much more information.”

“Why is it forbidden?”

“We’re working on trying to figure out exactly that. The dragon elders are being dickheads about the whole thing, which means they’re hiding something. I don’t give a shit. I found my mate. It doesn’t matter to me that you’re human. I was the one who kept pushing Ash to claim his own mate. I knew it was important, what was happening to him. I still believe it is. Now that I’ve found you, I’m more convinced than ever.”

“You haven’t known me that long. Are you sure you want to just jump into claiming?”

Henrik let out a slow breath. His dick jumped at the thought of claiming her. Having her in his lap, her lush ass sitting right over his semi-hard cock was more than enough to tempt him into seducing her. He didn’t want to have her swept away with lust. He wanted her to want to claim him back as much as he wanted to claim her.

“I know for sure right now that I want to claim you and have you safely with me for the rest of our lives. Getting to know you more and more will only make the rest of our lives an adventure. I know the important stuff. I know what you do when you’re faced with a life-threatening situation and I couldn’t be more honored than to be with someone like you. But I understand you don’t know me so well.”

She glowered at him. “I know you at least as well as you know me. I see the fierce warrior you are. You will stop at nothing to ensure that the vampires that have hurt or are hurting innocents will be stopped. Your strength is amazing, but it’s nothing compared to the compassion you have deep inside of you. You may be a warrior, but it will be your compassion that saves you and the world.”

He chuckled. “I’m no superhero.”

She shrugged off his comment. “I think you’re wrong about that.”

Henrik froze. “Wait a second, do you have a thing for Captain America?”

She smirked. “Well…I mean…yeah.”

His eyes narrowed and then he slapped her ass hard.

“Oh.” She jumped on his lap from the smart and surprise of the slap.

“I’ll wait for you, sweetheart. You just have to say when.”

“Do we have to wait to have sex? Or do sex and claiming go hand in hand?”

Henrik squeezed his eyes shut and his head lolled back against the sofa as he let out a groan. “You’re killing me.”

Lust filled her voice, making her already sultry alto vibrate with desire. “I mean, if we can have sex, then we should definitely do that.”

He lifted her up off the couch and carried her toward the bedroom. “You have five seconds to take it back, because once I get you on that bed, I’m going to have my way with you. No biting. Biting means claiming, but I plan to kiss, lick and suck on every inch of your body before you even get near my cock.”

Her thighs clenched; he could feel it against his arm.

“I think you like the sound of that.”

She bit her lower lip and nodded eagerly. “Let’s do that.”

“Are you sure? Because you’re going to have to beg before you get release. I want you writhing and begging.”

Quinn’s eyes widened and her lips parted. “Fuck. I can’t decide if that sounds hot or torturous. I’m not really into begging.”

He grinned playfully. “You will be.”

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