Page 95 of Sapphire Flame
His jaw quivered as he bent over her. He sniffed a line up her back all the way to her neck. She hurriedly swept her hair away from her nape.
Because he was very much wolf and still carried fur on the backs of his hands, his cheeks and all down his chest, he moved in quickly behind her. When she arched her lower back, he penetrated her in one long smooth drive to the hilt.
Her neck arched, and she howled, a very wolf sound as though she’d been born to it. He covered her and opened his maw wide. Some of his teeth had shifted to dull points, exactly what he needed to mark her.
When the thought entered his head, he knew this was what he wanted. It was a preamble to bonding, but not undoable. His connection would grow even stronger to this woman he barely knew. Yet he didn’t care about his apprehensions. His wolf-drive superseded any rational thought and it felt right.
I’m going to mark you unless you refuse.
She used her voice. “Mark me. Do it hard. Do it now. Because if you don’t bite me, I think I’ll go insane.”
He was still thrusting, but he had to slow and contain himself. Her words had almost caused him to ejaculate. Once again, his jaw quivered.
The pleasure and anticipation were so great, he shook all over. At the same time, he could feel his other self making love to her front-to-front.
She was panting hard.Do it, Grant. Please.
He opened his mouth a little wider and angled his head. She dipped forward, further exposing her skin.
As he’d done before, he bit down and took hold of her. The shaking stopped but in its place was a flow of energy that seemed to come from the core of his wolf-being. It pulsed in hot waves and was focused on the points of his teeth where they connected against her skin.
Oh, Grant, my God, what is that? Is that the mark? It feels like your whole essence is flowing into me and now it’s engaging my sex. Faster, please. Oh, my God.
Still holding her in place with his teeth, his hips went to work. He rocketed in and out of her. This orgasm wouldn’t be like any other before.
At the same time, he felt himself on the bed, face-to-face. He was looking into her eyes. He held onto both images. He wanted to see her as he released into her. The marking sensation pulsed faster and faster.
Grant, I’m coming.
He could feel her release as he began to ejaculate. His hips went wolf-fast now and pleasure soared.
He heard her screaming or maybe it was his own howls. The sky, full of sunlight was suddenly above them. He began to fly them high into the atmosphere higher and higher. It grew cold, yet it didn’t matter. It grew freezing and there was no air.
There were stars now and he was flying through the heavens, his release propelling him forward through nebulae and star dust, through rings of fire, and on into empty space then more galaxies and billions of new stars. Then there was nothing but bliss.
“Grant?”
When he came to, he was lying on top of Natalie and she was pushing at his shoulder.
“Grant, are you okay?”
He heard her question, but the words didn’t fit, not with all the stars around him, or the cold beauty of space, or the fire.
“Grant?”
He struggled to return to Natalie. He knew the dreamglide was gone and he was in bed with her. He’d been behind her, his maw fixed to her neck.
He blinked. He had a sudden memory of how much pleasure he’d felt as he’d come while being behind her, yet on top of her.
He smiled. Somehow, the orgasm had sent him on a rocket ride that had carried him through a dozen galaxies.
He lifted up slightly and stared down at her. Though even then it was hard to see her, to really see her. “It was like a dream. I saw things, I saw wonders of astronomy I’d only read about in books and magazines or online. What a mystery the universe is.” He supported himself on his forearms. “Did I ever tell you that at one time I wanted to be an astronaut?”
“No, you didn’t.” She smiled. “But I’m not surprised.”
He released a deep rush of air as though it traveled the entire distance of his boyhood memories. “Yes, I wanted to be an astronaut, build space stations, fly at light-speed.”
He was revealing things only his parents and Renee had ever known. “I guess what I’m saying is I just flew to the stars and it was amazing.”
