Page 67 of Stealing Mercury
As his cock surged in and out of her, he found all the dark corners of her soul. Places that denied her any pretense of fucking Lo because it was what Mercury wanted. Places where she was forced to acknowledge she wanted Lo only for herself and she gloried in the wild freedom of the physical. Later she would worry over what he’d touched inside her. What she’d allowed him to uncover. But not now. Not when the pleasure was a blaring horn in her head, drowning out any rational thought.
When he finally slowed, her arms were shaking, her thighs trembling. Panting hard, he leaned over her back and wrapped one arm around her hips. He held her tight against his groin as they both took a moment to catch their breaths.
Lo rotated his hips in one sensuous grind, then eased out of her. She wanted to protest, but couldn’t yet form her thoughts into anything coherent. She was far more compliant than she intended as he repositioned his knees along the outside of hers and slipped his cock back between her thighs. But he didn’t enter her, instead he slipped the head of his cock against her clit. She gasped. Her back arched and she threw her head back.
His cheek pressed against her temple as he moaned. Her thighs were forced tightly together by the position, making a tight, wet channel for him. He thrust against that sensitive nubbin in short strokes that kept him surrounded in her slick heat and supplied her with a constant, unbearable pressure.
Instinctively, she started to fight to free herself, but he only wrapped more tightly around her, controlling her and the need to fight died away as pleasure stole her will and left her limp and stunned. Just as the world went black at the edges, she heard him throw back his head to howl and felt the hot splash of semen against her belly.
In the distance, a second howl joined Lo’s throaty bay... Mercury.
Chapter Nineteen
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Mercury looked down at his sleeping mate. She’d been nearly boneless when Lo had carried her back to him. Lo had pleasured her well and she’d eased Lo’s pain. The change in his pack brother had been clear in every line of his body, every line of his face. How this had changed his mate would be harder to see.
Time would tell.
Worry stalked his thoughts like a hulking beast with impossible reach, ready to pound him with dismal scenarios. Its boisterous roar warned that she might not be able to accept their ways. That asking this of her when she wasn’t even ready to accept his claim, to call him mate, might have broken something between them. But they hadn’t had the luxury of time. She was strong. She would adapt and he would find a way to make things work.
His mate was worth any struggle. He traced the tip of his finger along her narrow little nose with its curved shape as she slept. She’d driven his lust higher and made his heart swell with happiness as Lo had put her on her feet near the sleeping pallet. The necessity to stand on her own had pulled her out of her well-fucked haze. She’d immediately looked for him and he’d met her gaze, doing his best to look attentive but emotionless, unsure what she might be feeling and how his own emotions would affect her.
Lo’s blunt declaration that they were bonded had sent a thrill of deep satisfaction through him. His mate was safe. Should he die, she wouldn’t be left alone and unprotected. He’d gone to her then and she’d gone into his arms without hesitation. He’d pressed his lips to her ear and whispered his gratitude then urged her to the pallet. He’d pressed his body along one side of her and Lo had taken his place on the other side, his face pressed against her side. His mate had turned her face into his chest, but her hand had stroked Lo’s hair before she’d fallen asleep, bone-tired.
He wanted to let her sleep longer, but they had to leave soon if they were going to catch their enemies off guard. Carn stood by the fire, waiting, impatient. Mercury looked down to Lo to see him awake, but still curled tightly against Samantha.
“It’s time.”
The sound of his voice woke Samantha. Lo pressed a kiss to the underside of her breast as she stretched into wakefulness then he rolled away and left them.
Samantha’s eyes batted open. “Time?”
“Time to go find you a ship to fly.”
She smiled, but something sad lingered in her eyes. “Right.”
“How are you feeling?” He studied the tiny muscles of her face and breathed in her scent. The smell of the pack on her was distracting, but not enough to overlook the tension around her mouth.
“A little sore. Nothing a good hike won’t work out.”
One look ensured Lo and Carn backed off enough to give them privacy. “Samantha—”
She pressed fingers over his lips. “I’m fine.”
He took her fingers, moving them away and threading his with hers. He bent down to press his forehead to hers as he wrapped one arm around her, pulling her tight against his body. “Today, I go into battle knowing I’ve already won, for you are mine.”
She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him, then pushed away gently. “Let’s just get through the day without anyone getting hurt, okay?”
He nodded. “That’s my plan, also.”
She laughed. It transformed her face. Cast off the shadows. “Good,” she said. “Then, now that we’re agreed, let’s go find a ship.”
Basking in the warmth of her laughter, Mercury knew he was the luckiest of Dogs. Samantha was special. He would find a way to give her happiness. But first they needed to get off this world. “Lo and Carn will accompany you to find the ship. We expect it will be near their camp.”
