Page 6 of A Knotty Bond: The Claiming of Cadence

“I need you, alpha. Help me?”

His rumble switched to a purr so fast my head spun, and he was crawling over me in seconds. He pushed me back onto the mattress, the bedding a comforting cloud that cradled my sensitive flesh.

Leo’s palm skimmed up the inside of my thigh, leaving a trail of goosebumps as he pushed it wide to make room for himself. His hips settled between mine, his length nestled against my folds, and I gasped at the burning heat of it.

“I’ll always help you, Cadence. In any way I can.”

His sweet whisper was breathed against my neck as his lips brushed soft kisses up to my ear. I shivered despite the lava rushing through my veins, my nipples tight and aching as they brushed against his chest with each breath of his whiskey and coffee scent I pulled in.

“Leo.”

I called his name when his teeth dug into my earlobe, my body arching up to press against his. His shaft slid over my clit, sparking bolts of pleasure deep in my womb.

I needed more.

“Alpha.”

His tongue lashed the lobe before his teeth released, the soft suckling that replaced the sharp pinch doing strange things to my body. It felt like he was sucking on every sensitive spot at once, and I was trembling on the verge of an orgasm.

“Say it again.”

The words were rough in my ear, Leo’s voice filled with the growl he was holding back as he rubbed himself between my folds again.

“Alpha!”

I knew Leo would withhold what I needed if I didn’t comply, and I didn’t even want to risk him withdrawing now. I was so close already, I just needed a little more.

“Good girl,” he growled as he pulled back and notched himself at my entrance.

The words alone were almost enough, and I was thrown over the edge when he pressed forward, filling me in one smooth stroke. My nails dug into his arms as I tossed my head back and screamed, the sensation so much more with how sensitive I was. The orgasm burst from my core and spread outward, making my muscles spasm as my channel clenched around his invasion, trying to drag him deeper, because I still needed more.

His groan was enough to send shivers through me as I gasped through the end of my climax. While each time with Leo always involved multiple orgasms, the utter, desperateneedthat was still clawing at my insides was shocking. A moment of clarity let me realize I’d never have made it through my heat on my own if this was how bad it was already, and it would get worse before it began to ease.

Leo pulled out a fraction before surging forward again, and it wasn’t until then that I realized he wasn’t even all the way inside me yet. Somehow he felt larger than usual, the stretch more than what I was used to, and I clung to his biceps as he rocked himself deeper and deeper until his length began to swell with the start of his knot.

A knot I needed more than my next breath.

I tried to push myself down onto it, but Leo moved his hand from the mattress to my hip to hold me in place as he rested on his other elbow. His weight pressed me down into my nest, and there had never been a better feeling. It quenched some deep part of me even as my pussy wept more slick to coat his knot.

“Not yet, my Blossom. I still need to fuck you before you get my knot.”

I whined as his length dragged back, the sound ending on a grunt as he gave a sharp thrust into me once again. He filled and stretched every part of me, and I didn’t know how I would fit his knot, but I wanted it anyway. Even if it split me open, I needed it. Nothing else would cool the burning or ease the cramps.

His lips covered mine, his tongue taking control of my mouth as he did what he’d said and began to fuck me in earnest. I was trapped beneath his bulk, each thrust making my whole body jolt, his mouth on mine controlling my ability to breathe. He consumed me, invading every cell as the tension inside me coiled tighter, the animal part of my brain delighting in the way he owned me.

How could it be like this? Was it because it was Leo, or would I feel this way with any alpha?

I couldn’t believe I would. There had always been something about Leo, some inescapable cord tying us together, it had just taken me longer to accept it.

Tears pricked the corners of my eyes as my pleasure spiraled higher. It already felt too good, and I knew I was going to shatter beyond repair when he forced his knot into me. It was going to be so explosive I wasn’t sure I’d be able to find all the pieces to put myself back together afterward.

I wasn’t sure I wanted to. Being with Leo had given me a confidence I’d been missing before, but there were still parts of me I wished I could let go of.

“You’remine, Cadence. You’ve always beenmine. You’ll alwaysbemine. I won’t mark you now, but one day…”

Leo trailed off, and instead of the relief I should feel at him saying he wouldn’t mark me, there was only disappointment. A sense of wrongness.

He was right, I was his. He was my alpha, and I wanted his mark on my neck.

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