Who she is. What I am. Her fucking name…
But everything ceases to exist when she slants her mouth over mine and the tip of her tongue traces my bottom lip. The world could cease to exist, and I wouldn’t give a single fuck.
All I hear and feel is her. Just her.
10
NERISSA
Ishouldn’t be doing this, but I can’t walk away.
Not when he brings one hand to the back of my neck, gripping the strands while keeping me in place. His lips are on mine now, dominant and all-consuming, as if he needs me to breathe, and damn it all to hell, I need him too. Kai owns my first kiss, and my soul welcomes his claim.
It feels right. I’m right where I’m supposed to be, and it’s more apparent than ever when the rumble in his chest moves through mine. “Fuck, sweetheart. This sweet little mouth will be my undoing.”
Each vibration soothes while at the same time excites. I feel it from my lips down to my nipples before it settles on my clit, and I can’t help but tighten my legs around his hips. The small gyration, each pleasure-seeking shift?—
I’m rewarded by the feel of his large hand leaving my hip a second before the sound of fabric tearing follows. Then it’s skin on skin. His cock, long and hard, is pressed against my core, and I clench hard.
A needy sound leaves me, desperate and demanding at the same time. “More. Please, more.”
“Give me your name, little treasure.”
“Why do you call me that?” It leaves me on a pant—the sound slipping from my mouth into his—and a throaty male groan is my reward. It sends shivers down my spine, more so when he slips his tongue inside and caresses mine again. He doesn’t answer right away, but explores every inch with swipes and nibbles until I feel lightheaded, completely docile in his hold.
Then he pulls back just enough to meet my eyes, golden on violet. The wolf is staring back at me. “Because that’s what you are. You’re the kind of precious wonder men spend their lives searching for, and I don’t share my treasures. I guard them, but more importantly, I’d kill anyone who ever coveted you.”
“That’s…” I swallow hard while my nipples tighten into tight, stiff peaks. The siren in me loves the possessive declaration. Needs it. “Thank you.”
“Never thank me for being honest. Just honor me with your name.”
“You did catch me.”
“I did.”
“But do you think you’ve earned the right?”
“Challenge accepted.” A clawed hand lifts to the back of my head, gripping my dark hair in a tight fist while the tips simultaneously massage my skull with the most delicate pressure. I whimper, the sensation addictive, but accompanied by the feel of his hard cock pressed against my slick flesh, and I’m unable to resist.
His touch. The way he slams his mouth onto mine again, this time hard and fast and messy. Kai overpowers my rationality, not that there is much left, but the smidge I’ve been fighting to hold onto slips from my metaphorical fingers.
I’m wet, soaking my upper thighs and his engorged head, and the combined scent of our need is indescribable.
Everything about this moment feels right when I should be running.
Everything about this man will bring me pain, and yet I welcome the burn.
“Name?” Kai purrs, and the vibration makes my toes curl. For another rush of wetness to coat us, a reaction that he enjoys. It’s there in the golden eyes staring at me as if I were a wondrous creature. In the way he snaps his hips forward, rubbing the swollen tip through my labia, bumping my clit on each pass. “Give it to me.”
“Not yet.”
“Name?” Not an alpha’s bark, but the deep and dominating tone was more wolf than man. I can feel his powerful aura, its tethers sliding against my skin like a lover’s stroke. My royal blood affords me this luxury; when others fear his bite, I welcome it.
Why do I crave it?
Yet before I can overthink it, I push that thought away and smile. “Make me.”
My denial only excites him, and I’m turned around with my front facing the tree on my next breath. There’s no time to react or complain; the sound of my dress tearing fills the night before a cool breeze sweeps past us. It lies in tatters near my feet while the moon appears brighter.