Page 126 of The King has Fallen

She gripped my warrior’s length and yanked my head back, still staring me right in the eye. “You give me your word that you won’t hold back, and I’ll give you mine that I’ll tell you if it’s too much.”

I smiled,thrilled. “My mate is fierce and beautifulandwise.”

“And mine is tastier than honeycakes, so please, Melek, stop trying to protect me from you. You are not what I need protection from. With you I wantmore.”

I admired her courage, but still raised a brow, smiling and hitching her slightly higher to draw almost all the way out of her. “Are youcertain,Love?”

“I’m certain,” she rasped.

Her fingers gripped my hand tighter and she rolled her hips, seeking me as I growled and took her at her word, loosing my grip so she dropped to meet me as I plunged into her.

The sudden penetration tore a cry from her throat and her head clunked back against the tree, baring her divine throat. I dove for that, opening my mouth on that delicate, vulnerable skin as I began to plow her, keeping her pinned in such a way that she could barely move. She could only hold on, resist me, and take it.

Her mouth was open, her jaw slack as she keened, wordless, gasping, her hand slapping down to my shoulder and clinging—but she did not retreat, and I reveled in that, dropping our bound hands down so I could hold her ass and move her with me.

“Mine,” I rasped. “My beautiful, savage mate.”

“Yes,” she gasped, letting her chin tip down as I thrust into her again.

“Mine.Andonlymine.”

“Forever, Melek. For eternity—oh,yes!”

I groaned when she clawed her free hand back into my hair. Riding my thrusts, mouth open, but eyes on me, she yanked my head back and bared my throat. I bellowed when she nipped me there, then latched on, sucking as I picked up the pace, her body jiggling beautifully. Still, she didn’t lose her grip.

She wasmarking me.

That thought was so thrilling, my body shuddered and I knew I was tipping towards my climax, but I needed her there too. Grasping her hips, I sharpened my thrusts, pushing her closer and closer, until her lower lip went loose, until she gripped me with the same intensity that I gripped her. Eyes locked and both of us panting, she had me marveling as she clung.

Then, in a moment I would remember forever—just as she began to shudder and tighten on me, she narrowed her eyes and rasped,“Mine.”

My leash snapped. I roared her name as she tipped over that edge, crying out, her body twitching as she came, clenching down on me as I pumped into her again and again until my climax struck like a ringing gong. I roared until it rolled off into a growl, and then a fierce inhale when I ran out of air. And clung together, jerking, twitching… then finally I slumped against her, my heels grinding into the dirt as I shook and twitched, panting, as she dropped her head to my shoulder, and I buried my face in her neck.

She touched me with every inch of her body.

Our chests both heaved as we tried to catch our breaths.

Then, finally, when I could think straight, I lifted my hand to cup her face—but forgot it was my bound hand. And when I lifted it, I caught sight of the abrasions on the back of her hand from the bark, because of the force with which I’d pinned her there.

“Yilan,” I croaked. “You should have told me!”

“Stop worrying like a mother,” she rasped. “If it scars, I’ll cherish it.”

I looked right at her then, shaking my head with disbelief and sheer joy. “You, my mate, are more than I could even have thought to ask for.”

Her lips tipped up on one side and she flicked her hair back. “My thoughts exactly,” she whispered. Then she kissed me.

I would never have thought kissing a woman could be an act of worship. But I was proven wrong in that moment.

44. Troubles

~ MELEK ~

“Melek...Mel!”

I woke with a jolt, sitting up, my wings snapping wide to cover Yilan, but she was awake as well, sitting up quickly, her free hand on my arm.

“Melek, I'm coming in. I have to talk to you right now.” It was Jann, thank God.

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