“Good.” I lay down flat on my back and he stayed on top of me. “She’s excited to get to know you when she comes home.”
“I am too. When is she coming back?”
“In a few days. So are my brother and sister.”
“That’s great.”
“Uh-huh.” I pushed one hand under his shirt and rubbed his back. “She wants to throw a party so you can meet the pack.”
“I love parties.” He grinned. “That sounds like fun.”
I traced his lips with my finger and wondered how I ever found that open joy suspicious. “You used to smile at me like this when we were kids,” I said, thinking out loud.
He swiped his tongue out and took my finger into his mouth, sucking until I was breathless before he released me. “And you thought I was a dangerous element.”
“Not dangerous, but—” I drew in a deep breath. “Something seemed different or strange. It confused me and I didn’t like that.”
“I’m sure you didn’t.” He kissed my palm and then licked it. “You like order and control and rules that fit in neat boxes. I bet you had yourself all twisted up in knots when you realized I was your true mate.”
“But I didn’t know.”
With his forearms planted on the mattress to hold him up, Korban’s face was right above mine. He gazed into my eyes. “You knew.” He rubbed our noses together. “Deep down in your gut, you knew. But it didn’t fit in your world order, so your brain kept it out.”
He could have been right, but that didn’t change how hard it must have been for him to be ignored by his mate. “Thanks for being patient with me,” I whispered as I pushed his hair off his face.
“You needed time.” He leaned forward and slid his lips over mine. “I’ll always give you what you need.”
Of that I had no doubt. “Korban?” I rasped as I dug my fingers into his lower back and massaged the tight muscles.
“Yeah?” He moaned and arched his back, pushing against my fingers. “Mmm, that feels good.”
“I want you.” I bucked my hips, nudging my erection against him.
“Take me.” He rolled his groin over mine. “I’m yours.” He lowered his mouth to mine. “Always yours.”
From the start, the kiss was intense. Korban bit my lip and tugged, tilted his head, and then pushed his tongue into my mouth.
“Ungh,” I moaned, and I gripped his waist, holding on tightly while he plundered my mouth and ground his hard dick against my belly.
“How do you want me, honey?” he asked.
“I want.” I gulped. “Do you think you can trust me to… to… I know before I was rough and out of control, but I want to… I want to….”
“You want to make love to me?”
He spoke the words so easily, so sincerely.
“Yes,” I said hoarsely. I moved my hands down his back and squeezed his muscular globes. “I want that so much. But we don’t have to if you’re scared because of what I did.”
“I’m not scared of you, Samuel. I have never been scared of you.” He rose to his knees and stripped off his shirt. “The first couple of times we tied were intense, but not bad.” He unbuttoned his jeans, pushed them and his briefs down his thighs, and then rolled onto his back and wiggled out of them, leaving himself completely nude. “Though I have to admit, I’m looking forward to experiencing what you can do in this form.”
Watching him undress had me throbbing in my pants. Every part of him aroused me—his kind face, his lean chest, his thick dick, his muscular thighs.
“Where do you want me?” he asked.
Too turned on to speak, all I could do was devour him with my eyes.
“Like this?” He turned around and dropped to all fours, giving me a close view of his firm backside.