Page 84 of Dragon Exposed

I needed to do this myself. I needed to know, without a shadow of doubt, that he was really and truly dead.

Grab the sides of his head, right by his ears, and then it’s just like twisting the cap off a bottle. Twist and pull, and the bloodsucker won’t breathe another breath.

Nodding once, I followed Levi’s instructions. The serration of where my claws ripped through his throat made the flesh tear easier, and before I really had time to think about what I was doing, or doubt my own strength, his entire skull popped off into my hands, almost like it had been pressurized like a bottle of champagne.

Levi dropped the body into the alley before he stepped close and took the severed head from my hands, throwing it down onto the ground too. “We ruined your dress.”

“Then I guess I won’t care if you rip it when you take it off me.” I grinned. “He’s really dead? There’s no way he could come back?”

“I’ll throw him into the back end of the SUV with the others so we can light all their bodies on fire, but no, he can’t come back. He’s gone, Izobelle.”

I laughed. “Fucking good.” I reached out and pulled my mate in close. “Let’s dispose of these cretins and then you really should rip me out of this dress and fuck me hard and fast.”

He growled in my ear and his hands slid down over my ass. “Maybe I should just fuck you hard and fast right here. You’ve been tempting me all night in this short dress and the scrap of fabric you call panties, letting that fucking bloodsucker touch you, letting him get close enough to nearly get his teeth inside you.”

Fuck me, why was that idea so hot? We were in a dirty alley, outside the hottest club in New York, standing very nearly in a puddle of Viktor’s blood, and all I wanted was his big cock inside me. It didn’t matter to me that we were both covered in the red, viscous liquid. I needed my mate.

“Maybe I should get my teeth into you.” I smirked. “Really make my mark on you.”

“I would wear your bite for all our life proudly, my mate.” He cupped my cheek, leaning in to kiss me hungrily.

It didn’t take long before his hands slid under my ass, and he pressed me against the concrete wall of the club. His mouth stayed on mine, his tongue invading my mouth and overwhelming my senses as he used one hand to undo the front of his pants.

Levi didn’t even bother getting me out of my panties or ripping them off. Instead, he pushed them to the side and thrust into me deep, gripping my ass, holding onto me as he rocked into me roughly, taking me hard and fast just like I wanted.

Like I needed.

Fuck, Izobelle, you’re so wet for me.

I groaned, digging my talons, which still hadn’t fully retracted, into his shoulders. This was where I belonged—wrapped around my mate, feeling completely and utterly filled up by him. I never could’ve expected the added benefit of being able to communicate, to be able to hear how hot Levi was for me, even when his mouth was otherwise occupied.

You know I only did it to make sure I’d get a rise out of you, right? You’re the only one I ever want admiring my naked ass.I clenched around him, breaking the kiss to look him in the eye. “You’re mine, Levi Wystan. I fucking love you.”

He let out a roar that was more dragon than human, one that I was sure echoed through the alley, maybe even all over the city.

Neither of us cared, though, standing over a dead body, fucking in an alley. All I could see was him. My mate. The man who lit me up brighter than any fucking heartstone ever could, who I never could’ve expected meeting, but one I couldn’t ever give up now that I had him. I needed him to know how much I loved him. How much I’d given myself to him, completely.

The way he claimed me, the way his eyes burned with fire for me, it was so damned easy to get lost in him, to get lost in mymate.

When I got close to climax, I growled in his ear, “You’re mine, Levi. All mine.”

He groaned as I popped open a couple buttons from the top of his shirt, pushing it open at the neck to expose more of his skin.

I leaned down and bit into his shoulder again, letting everything I felt, everything I needed him to know, pour into the bite. Into my claiming mark.

For the first time since I’d become his mate, since he’d claimed me, I didn’t think twice about what we were doing. And for the first time, I felt perfectly in tune with my dragon, my dragon mate, all of this, like we were exactly where we needed to be, exactly how we needed to be.

Together.

As Levi let go, as he filled me completely, I followed him over, clinging to him, trusting him with my life.

It took us both a few minutes to come down off the high of climaxing together.

Levi held me up, panting against my shoulder, grinning like I’d just given him the world.

I understood the feeling completely.

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