“Important,” Declan answered, jutting his chin out.
“Well,” Fenrys said, chuckling. He propped his chin on his closed fist. “Looks like we’ll have more fun than we anticipated.”
“And Dakota?” I growled at her name.
“We’re going to leave you to talk to her,” Fenrys. “Aren’t we, Thalia?”
Thalia looked like it was the last thing she wanted to do but bared her teeth in a wicked smile. “We won’t be far away. All she’ll have to do is call out for us.”
I mirrored her grin. “Oh, trust me, it’ll only bemyname she’ll call out.” It was a snarky comment to hide my own nerves. By the time everyone filtered out of the Inferno Lounge, leaving only Dakota and me staring at each other across the table, my entire soul ignited.
Mate.
Mate.
Mate.
Dakota locked eyes with me.
Then she stood up and before I blinked, she was in my lap, her mouth on mine, and I was already lifting her up, carrying her to one of the closed-off booths at the back of the venue.
Chapter 30 - Dakota
The minute I was in Aidan’s lap, my mouth on his, open and hot and demanding, his hands were on my ass, picking me up. The next minute, he’d kicked a door shut behind us, and we were in a velvet booth at the back.
I’d been in one of these before, but now Aidan had my back to the wall, and we were alone, and I could think about was being called his mate and how aroused it had made me. How my heart had sung. How I’d needed him carnally and had wanted to get everyone out of the way so I couldn’t be distanced from him any longer.
I moaned into his mouth when he wasted no time slipping three fingers into my already wet heat.
“Fuck,” he groaned, pressing his forehead to mine. I still didn’t unwind my legs from his waist and only rode his hand, gasping into his mouth as he curled his fingers inside of me. With my free hand, I unbuckled his belt and wrapped my fingers around his length, tugging it free from his pants.
“Fuck you,” I moaned as he stretched me open with his fingers. “Fuck you for everything you said to me.”
“It was all a lie,” he said, kissing the words onto my neck. “All a fuckin’ lie, Dakota.”
“Andthis? Is this a lie, too?”
He bucked his hips up into my hand. “Does it feel like a lie, Wolfie?”
I moaned. Once upon a time, I’d hated that nickname but now I needed to hear it from his lips in the throes of our climaxes. No—I wanted to hear him calling me his mate the way I had last night. God, how had that only been last night? I feltparched, famished, like he’d been kept from me for too long, and now I was finally getting my fill of him.
“Stop being a coward andask me.” I tightened my grip around his waist. He was hungrily leaving messy, wet kisses along my collarbones, licking to where my cleavage started, groaning when he gripped my right breast with his free hand. I held onto him with my other hand, still stroking him.
“I’ll ask you when you’re on your knees for me,” he growled onto my skin.
I unwrapped myself from him, let him pull his fingers from me, and although I shivered at the emptiness, I sank to my knees. He tugged his pants off, kicking them away.
“Fuck, are these even soundproof?” he asked.
“Don’t know,” I answered uncaringly. “And I honestly don’tcare. Ask me, Aidan.”
It was almost a whine, but I silenced myself, wrapping my lips around the head of his cock, and taking him down almost to the base. He swore, jerking into my mouth so hard he hit the back of my throat. I tensed and breathed out through my nose.
Aidan’s fingers slid into my hair. “Fuck—fuck. You’re good at this, so fucking good at that. God, Dakota. I’ve been—scared—” He groaned, trailing off as I hollowed my cheeks around him. “But I love you. I’ve fucking fallen for you. I always have done. Dakota, will you be my mate?”
The direct question, even said haltingly as I blew him, sent shudders through me, and I swore I could come from that alone. I looked up at him through my lashes and pulled off.
“Yes,” I murmured. “You’remymate, Aidan.”