Page 109 of All the Devils are Here

Ban’s growls shredded the air and rippled along my skin, spreading goosebumps and contrasting heat.

There was no single orgasm. It was all one long orgasm. Or maybe every time he drove home it was another orgasm. I didn’t know and I didn’t fucking care. I was drowning in a golden cloud of ecstasy and it was so much more because of him.

His pleasure fed my pleasure and his fed mine. One big circle of it. The marks on my neck healed when he retracted his fangs, but he didn’t stop.

Didn’t stop.

Didn’t stop.

The rough scrape of his tongue rolled over my brand new mark, and I screamed. Heat and light nova-ed beneath my skin. I wasn’t in control of my body or the way I moved. Trying to pull him to me and take more. It was me and it wasn’t me and I was on the brink of breaking when he came.

Ban’s spines locked us together, both of us shuddering together as he filled me.

“Mine.” The word was soft now, and through the bond I witnessed him come back to himself and see how we were tangled. Feel me and stumble into flawless joy.

“Hi,” I whispered, breathless and smiling. Now both of us eased, my legs coming down to a more comfortable position around his hips, and Ban’s body softening onto mine and pressing me into the grass.

“I feel you.” The words were awed. “I feel everything.”

Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pulled him down so I could whisper in his ear. Now, in the aftermath, everything was quiet and close and I didn’t want to break the spell. “I love you,” I whispered. “You’re my mate, and there’s nothing I would change about you.”

The emotions of peace, calm, and happiness flowed through the bond. Love, too, but I’d already known that. Ban showed his love clearly in every touch and every purr. But he buried his face in my neck, right over his mark. Just himtouchingthe skin there made fireworks explode inside me.

“Love you.” The words were more beast than man. But I would never need Ban to explain himself. The bond painted a picture words could never achieve.

“Was that okay?” I asked. “The hunt?”

He pulled back far enough for me to see his face and the cheeky grin there. “I found you while you were still on the beach.”

“Youwhat?”

I loved the low sound of his laugh. It wrapped around us like a blanket and warmed me from the inside. “You were aroused.”

He said it like that explained everything. “But—”

“If your pussy is wet, I can scent you for miles, mate. I’ll always find you.”

I made a face. “Next time, I’ll make sure I’m thinking about nothing sexy. And you won’t be allowed to touch me before.”

A growl that made me laugh. “We’ll see about that.”

Between us, the spines holding our bodies together released. We both groaned as we came apart.

Ban looked at me, and the state of my body. Naked and grass stained. “I should let you call Ariel and have him take you home quickly,” he said. “But no one else is touching you tonight.”

“No,” I said in reassurance. “They’re not. Only you.”

“Good.” He scooped me off the ground and began to walk.

I wanted more, but the frenzy I felt wasn’t the same as it had been with Ariel. It was… different. The intensity of the mating had sated something in my soul, leaving us to simply enjoy each other. But I knew we weren’t finished.

“You are right, mate,” Ban said into my hair, purr suddenly soothing me. “I am not done eating you. I enjoy your taste too much.”

I laughed. “You’ll get sick of it.”

“No.” The word was stark and simple. “I will taste you so deeply you are in the grooves of my tongue. So I can keep tasting you later.”

My face flamed and my body heated. Not from embarrassment, but desire. That kind of passion…

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