Page 17 of Lion's Crossing

I groaned, squeezing my cock tight. “But it would feel so much better if you just fucked this out of me. I’ve been suffering all day.”

Coming to the side of the bed, he lowered to his knees and brushed the sweaty hair off my forehead. “I promise I will. But Iwant you to finish what you’ve already started before I’m the one to bring you pleasure.”

He kissed my temple then wrapped his hand around mine, increasing the pressure around my shaft. My hips bucked under the increased grip strength. I rocked up into our hands, anxious to feel more of Linc. All of him. My groin stirred with the oncoming release, and my thighs tightened right before I squirted across our intertwined fingers.

“You were absolutely gorgeous right there.” With his thumb and forefinger on my chin, Linc turned my head before capturing my lips in his. His whiskered jaw brushed across my skin as he leaned closer and deepened our kiss. Then, in an instant, he pulled away. “Let’s get you cleaned up before I join you.”

With wet wipes he pulled out of the nightstand, Linc washed off our hands and my cock before leaving to toss the cloths away. He returned, stroking his thick cock.

I spread open my legs, anxious for his full penetration. Tearing into an unopened box of condoms, he ripped open one of the packages and rolled the thin barrier over his shaft. In desperation, I hadn’t thought about protection, but I was glad he remembered, and the gesture made me even more sure he was the only alpha I needed to get me through my heat.

From the foot of the bed, he crawled over me, his weight sinking me deeper into the mattress. I reached up and rubbed my palms across his lightly haired hard chest. I longed to pull him down on me, but I worried he’d leave if I rushed him. Instead, I ran the tips of my fingers up and down his sides as his engorged cock bobbed over mine.

No alpha had ever made me feel so vulnerable, yet I couldn’t imagine being in such a position with anyone else. “Please help me.”

After a ragged breath, Linc captured my mouth with his lush lips, plying and probing. I opened to him as he lowered his body between my spread thighs. He reached deep inside with his warm tongue, exploring my mouth with gentle strokes. As our tongues mated, I held him tight against me, the fire inside raging on. I craved more, yearned to feel all of him. His mouth left mine, allowing me a much-needed breath of air, as he kissed down my jaw and along my neck. I bowed my back, my mouth open wide as jolts of desperation raced through me. “Please,” I cried, my ache for him seeming bottomless.

“Mmm.” He nuzzled into my neck with a low growl. “I want to explore your body more, but I’ll wait until another time. When you’re a little less impatient.”

His eyes twinkled as he winked at me, but it was the promise of more that caused a strange fluttering in my pelvis. One that had my deer elated.

Linc sat back on his knees and ran his fingers around my fleshy, slick-covered ring. “Are you okay if I go right in?”

I nodded with enthusiasm. “I’ve used toys before. Big ones.” Under normal circumstances, I likely would have cringed with embarrassment after sharing such a detail, but my intense need took away any filter or inhibitions. At least with Linc.

Hovering over me again, he lined his abundant tip with my hole then pushed his way inside. I fumbled to grip his arms with the generous invasion. “You okay?” Linc asked.

I released the breath I’d been holding. “Yes. Fuck you feel so good.”

He slowly pulled out then pushed back in with a torturously slow stroke. “As do you.”

Gripping the firm globes of his ass, I held him inside me for as long as I could, reveling in his fullness and the foreign bond I felt with the connection. But he pulled back a heartbeat later, a fiery hunger in his golden eyes.

With long, hard strokes, he fucked deep into me, my muscles squeezing him tight. Between staggered kisses, we breathed in each other as we found a languid rhythm. Just us united in a dance of pleasure. Yet, it wasn’t long before the intensity of my impending release buzzed in my head and rolled in my lower belly. I squeezed Linc’s forearms and pushed up into him, my body so alive with competing sensations.

Linc growled into my ear before he pushed up onto his strong arms, rocking inside me faster and more frantic. Then all at once, my mind numbed, and a wave of blissful agony washed over me. Linc pulled out and quickly removed the condom. With a great roar, he let go, spilling his seed across my chest. And though my heat still lingered deep below the surface, the climax he’d given me granted the most relief I’d felt all day.

He cleaned me off without a word then curled onto the bed behind me, pulling me into his chest. “Sleep for now,” he whispered.

I did, though his promise of more kept my need for him lingering on the edge of my dreams.

Chapter Eighteen

Linc

Reluctantly, I peeled myself away from Knox’s sleeping form. I had no idea what day it was, or even the time, only knowing the sun was already up and shining in the window. The omega’s heat had lasted longer than I expected, and I needed something to eat if I was going to help him through his next craving. After using the washroom, I trudged into the kitchen, deciding to make breakfast. I hadn’t had time to go grocery shopping on my own, so I’d ordered all the necessities online and had them delivered. Finding time to work in between satisfying Knox had been tough. I was thankful the members of ONE kept busy practicing and recording their own versions of the demos I’d sent them.

Opening the fridge, I pulled out some eggs and a package of bacon. I needed protein for my tired muscles. After starting a few slices of bacon in the frying pan, I stirred together an omelet. Once I had them going, I glanced in the refrigerator again to contemplate what to make for Knox. I still had a lot of fruit, so I used a variety to make him a salad then prepared some oatmeal. At some point when I’d been fucking him, he’d told me that maple and brown sugar was his favorite, so I’d ordered that flavor for him.

When I had everything ready, I loaded the food onto plates then set them on the dining room table. We’d spent enough time in the guest room, and I wanted Knox to leave the bed for more than just a bathroom break. Besides, the next time I took him, I wanted it to be in my bed.

Throughout the blur of his heat, I’d been tempted many times to mark him, to claim Knox as my mate so no others would get to pleasure him as I had over the course of the hazy daysthat had passed. But I’d held in that urge, wanting him to be fully aware and give consent. Marking someone wasn’t an event I took lightly. Sure, I knew of some celebrity alphas who had several mates all over the world, depending on what city they visited. But I didn’t want to be an alpha like that. Plus, my lion had made it more and more clear that Knox was special. That when his heat passed, I couldn’t just let him leave. I had to find a way to make him stay. Like we were intended to be together. Yet, the idea of fated mates scared me. I didn’t know if I was ready to settle down with a family. I’d barely had time to settle into my position as one of the lead producers at Adan Records since returning to Saramto. I had so many other things to occupy my time besides a mate and a family. Not that I wanted to be with anyone else, but both of those things required a large time commitment. I didn’t know if I could pledge myself to that at such a time in my life. Not yet.

With a sigh, I walked over to the door and knocked. I still had a bit of time left with Knox, so I would enjoy things with him as they came.

“I’ll be out in a minute,” Knox replied, sounding anxious and aware instead of the sultry and heat-inebriated omega I’d spent the last few days with.

I tiptoed away from the door, my stomach twisting with the feeling that something had somehow changed. He hadn’t begged me to get in there and fuck him, hadn’t even asked me to come in.

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