But she’s my mate now. It’s official. I have the rest of my life to learn these things.
The thought makes my heart beat faster and sets my blood racing.
We’ve come about ten miles, and suddenly running is far from the thing I want most. I can’t wait anymore.
I have to have her. Now.
51
ALICIA
I’malreadydizzywithdesire by the time we stop running.
Wanting him while we’re wolves is a whole different experience. All my senses are heightened. I can smell the arousal coming from his body, filling the air around us, and it drives my own desire even higher.
I need to be human. I need hands and soft lips and smooth skin and everything that makes lovemaking wonderful. The wolf purrs in agreement and lies back easily, willing to let my human side take the lead, knowing that what’s about to happen will mean pleasure for the both of us.
Brandon and I shift in unison and reach for each other, stepping into each other’s arms.
“A real mating ceremony,” he murmurs, rolling his hips toward mine, his hard cock rubbing against me. “Never would have thought this would happen for us.”
“A little late,” I say, thinking of the bite mark on my neck. I lift my fingers to feel the scars there. Even with my accelerated healing, that mark will never go away. It will always stand as a sign of the bond between me and my mate.
“I could give you another one of those,” he says, baring his teeth.
I nod breathlessly.
“You want that?”
“I do.”
“Tell me.”
“I want you to mark me,” I whisper. “I want your marks all over my body, so I can’t possibly hope to cover them up. I want to walk around on display and have everyone in this pack know that I belong to the alpha. I want your ownership of me tattooed on my body.”
He chuckles. “Damn. You make it sound good.”
“Do it,” I say. “Mark me, baby. Claim me. Show everyone who your mate is.”
He growls a little and the drag of his cock against my hip becomes a little more aggressive. “Keep talking.”
“I want your cock in me and your teeth in me,” I say. “I want to feel you filling me up.”
He growls and grabs the sides of my face, holding my head still for a moment, his eyes searching mine. The usual green of his pupils is bleeding away into yellow. His upper lip is curled away from his teeth. And even though he’s still very human,deliciouslyhuman, I feel like I’m staring into the eyes of the wolf.
I wonder if he even understands my words anymore, or if he can just hear the wild desire in them, and that’s what’s turning him on so much. Either way, it makes me feel powerful. I’m tempted to try to make him come just with my words, to see if I can get him so worked up that he reaches orgasm without a touch.
But not today.
Today is my mating ceremony, and I want to be with him.
I wrap my hands around his neck and pull him close to kiss him. As his tongue slides against mine, I wrap one leg around his hip, letting his cock come to rest between my legs. Brandon throbs against my pussy, and I feel myself getting wet, soaking him. He gasps into my mouth.
I grind into him, rubbing my clit against his cock and relishing in the friction. The forest around us seems to fade away, and the only thing I’m aware of are the points of contact between our bodies. His big, rough hands still on my face. His bristly beard scraping against my chin. His lips, full and soft, moving with mine.
And that thick, hard cock sliding against me, making me feel like I belong to him and him alone.
I never want to be touched by anyone else. He’s the only one I can imagine wanting now. The bond between us is the most powerful thing I’ve ever felt in my life.