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I couldn’t let her go. She was my mate and I was falling in love with her.
“Naiya?” My voice sounded deep, guttural.
Her hooded eyes fluttered open. “Yesss?” she whispered.
I stared into her eyes and staked my claim. “You’re mine.”
CHAPTER 12
NAIYA
Mine.Caleb declared it with such determination, such possession, that it sent trembles through my body. He stared down at me from shadow-gray eyes that darkened with feral possession—both terrifying and thrilling. This huge gargoyle of a man, all hard contours and carved muscle, loomed over me like a cliff facing the ocean’s wild tides. Filling me like I’d never experienced.
He’d even saidmatein a deep, rumbling baritone.
And oh, how a part of me wanted to be his. That part that grew bigger each hour I spent with him. Luring me from my family and the familiarity of the sea. All I wanted was him. More of this—more of how he made me feel so…wanted. Desired.
Cherished.
Caleb’s muscles rippled with restraint, and he gripped my hips like an anchor. He drove into me with a slow, deep rhythm, and I ached for more.
“You feel so good, Naiya,” he rumbled.
The way my name sounded in that gravelly voice made my body sing.
“Please,” I begged, clutching on to his boulder-sized shoulders. I wrapped my legs around him, pulling him deeper, desperate to hold him close.
“Tell me,” he demanded and rocked deep inside me. “Tell me you’re mine.” He thrust in, slow and steady, then harder, unraveling me with each rhythmic beat.
“Yesss,” I cried out, arching toward him.
With a guttural growl, he drove in harder, stretching me with every thick inch until I thought I’d split in exquisite pleasure. His control seemed to snap as he rocked into me, hitting that perfect spot again and again. Shock waves rushed through my body, building up to a roaring climax, and I shattered, pulsing around his thick shaft with wave after wave of blissful release.
Incredible. It felt like I soared to the sky, then floated back to the sea, to his arms—back where I belonged.
I wokewith my cheek on Caleb’s warm chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. His arm was wrapped tightly around me, as if he didn’t want to let me go.
Or maybe that was what I wished.
I lay there, savoring the warmth of his skin and how protected I felt in his massive embrace.
When he stirred sometime later, we cuddled closer and fell back asleep with him spooning me. His erection pressed against me stirred my desire once more, and I wiggled against him. Although I was still sore from last night, I wouldn’t give up the chance to be with him once more.
We spent the next couple of hours in bed, taking turns pleasuring each other, before the need for food drove us out of the cabin.
After we ate a breakfast outdoors, we refilled our coffee cups and sat on lounge chairs facing the sea as the afternoon sun blazed down on us. He was quiet and his body language seemed jittery—unlike the smooth motions I associated with him. Something was on his mind.
I wrestled through the thoughts in my head until I finally summoned the courage to speak them. “Caleb?”
“Yes?”
“Last night, you said some things.” I paused, witnessing my nervousness mirrored in his expression. Still, I had to know. “Was it just in the heat of the moment?”
He tensed beside me and rubbed the back of his neck. He worked his jaw, then exhaled. He turned to me and fixed a gaze on me that was so intense it left me breathless.
“I meant it,” he admitted, his voice low. “I need to tell you something—something I’ve known since we first met. You’re my mate, Naiya.”
I stared at him, blinking hard. Did he really say that?
