Page 48 of No Harm No Howl

The heat from his touch shot straight through her to an embarrassing degree, considering all the people around them.

His nostrils flared. “Babe, really?” He looked just as shocked as she was that her body was demanding him at that very moment.

“You have no idea how bad it is right now.” She could feel her eyes glowing when she glanced up at him.

“Well, I think that’s our cue to get out of here. I’ll call you tomorrow. Love you,” Gerri said before grabbing Marina and heading out.

“That’s a great way to clear a room. Now, take me to bed.” Gia laughed

Russ carried Gia up to their room and gently laid her on the bed, not wanting to hurt her after all she had been through.

“I’m not made of glass, you know. I’m perfectly fine and expect you to fuck me like I am.”

“Babe, you were almost dead ten minutes ago,” he said, trying to reason with her.

“Well, I’m fine now. You heard the official witchy medical discharge advice. She said I’m good to go. So let’s go.” Gia grabbed him by his collar, her lips pressing against his.

“When you ask like that, how can I possibly say no?” He yanked her shirt over her head and pushed her against the mattress. Kissing a path down the valley between her breasts, his fingers slid under her yoga pants and quickly yanked them from her body.

“Mmm. You sure do know how to treat a girl,” she said as he flattened his tongue and ran it down her clit to her soaked entrance.

Gia didn’t know what the hell had gotten into her, but she had never wanted sex so badly in her entire life. It wasn’t like she didn’t love getting it regularly, but this was different. Fueled by magic, maybe?

Her fingers tunneled through Russ’s hair, her nails scraping his scalp. “I need to feel you moving inside me,” she begged. “I need you filling me.” That was all she wanted, to feel his dick stretching those inner muscles of hers while she clenched him in all the right ways.

“Soon, babe. I have to taste more of you. I need you to come on my face. As soon as you do, I’ll slam so hard into you, you’ll scream my name.”

“Promise?” she moaned.

“Abso-fucking-lutely!”

EPILOGUE

Later that night, Russ lay with Gia, one arm propping up his head as he stared down at her. She looked happy, sated, and content. Gone was the question of their mating and marriage, though he’d had no idea why.

“A penny for your thoughts,” she said, smiling up at him.

“I’m wondering what is going through that beautiful head of yours. Why you are good with our situation all of a sudden. The mating, the marriage. All of it. You were so freaked out before we left Vegas. At one point, I thought you’d washed your hands of me.” That had been his biggest fear. That she would walk away and never look back. He didn’t know how he would’ve or could’ve handled that.

“Marina got my memories back.”

“And?” he prompted her.

“And I remember why I demanded we get married. Why I said yes to being your mate.”

His heart fluttered. “Care to fill me in on the details?”

“Well … ” she pushed him onto his back and straddled him. Leaning down to nip at his lips, she pulled back and thought of the best way to explain.

“I knew what I didn’t want in my life. I was terrified about losing my sense of self … my identity. I feared that I’d end up like every other mated woman I know. Stuck at home being a homemaker. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not what I want. Not right now, anyway. I want it all. A successful career, my mate, my life,” she paused, smiling down at him.

God, she was so fucking beautiful it hurt his heart.

“I realized with you that I could have it all. That you would never expect me to give up anything. Once I made that connection, I knew exactly what I wanted. So, I figured, why wait. We were obviously going to have sex, and that would mean that you would make me your mate, and if you were going to make me your mate, I wanted you to be my husband.”

“You do remember.” He grinned.

“Every single thing.”

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