“That was...” she began, her voice still unsteady.
“Just the beginning,” Henry finished. He gathered her into his arms, lifting her as if she weighed nothing. “I’m not done with you,” he said gruffly, carrying her toward the small bedroom.
Ivy shrieked with delight, pressing open-mouthed kisses to his neck. Her teeth grazed his skin, a hint of her own bear. The bed creaked softly as he laid her down, his jeans uncomfortably tightacross his erection. The storm continued its percussion against the cabin walls.
Henry paused, standing over her where she sat on the edge of the bed. “I’ve never wanted anything the way I want you,” he confessed, the words scraping his throat raw with honesty.
She grinned at him as she reached up to the waistband of his jeans. Her fingers made quick work of the button and zipper, sliding beneath the denim to cup his erection through his boxers. Even that light touch had him fighting for control. Her hand wrapped around his length, measuring his impressive size through the thin cotton.
“You’re so big,” she murmured, sounding pleased.
Henry’s breath hissed between his teeth as she tugged his jeans and boxers down his hips, freeing his cock. It sprang up against his stomach, thick and heavy, the head already slick with pre-come. Her eyes widened appreciatively at the sight.
Henry closed his eyes, overwhelmed by sensation as her hand wrapped around him, giving an experimental stroke from base to tip. The pleasure was almost unbearable. He’d never allowed himself to be this vulnerable, this exposed with another person.
Henry reached into the bedside drawer. His fingers found a foil condom packet, and with uncharacteristic clumsiness he tore it open. He rolled the protection down his length.
Henry climbed on the bed and moved between Ivy’s parted thighs. She drew him closer, her amber eyes glowing in the dim light. He reached between them, fingers tracing her entrance, finding her still slick with desire. The evidence of her arousal pulled a deep, satisfied rumble from his chest—a sound more bear than man.
Positioning himself against her entrance, Henry brushed the head of his cock through her folds, coating himself in her wetness. He watched her face. Her lips parted, eyes half-closed in anticipation, the pulse at her throat fluttering like a captured bird.
With excruciating care, he angled his hips and pressed forward, feeling the initial resistance of her body adjusting to the intrusion of his considerable size. Her breath hitched, her fingers digging into his shoulders as her body yielded to his.
The first inch of penetration stole the breath from his lungs. She was impossibly tight, her body stretching to accommodate him. Henry eased forward slowly, giving her time to adjust, watching her face for any sign of discomfort. There was none—only wonder and pleasure as he filled her completely.
When he was fully seated within her, Henry had to fight for control. His bear surged forward with possessive hunger, demanding he claim, take, possess. His fingertips thickened slightly, the beginnings of claws pressing against her skin. His canine teeth sharpened as he began to move.
“Ivy,” he whispered, her name a prayer on his lips. “You feel so good. So, fucking tight.”
His hips established a rhythm, withdrawing almost completely before sinking back in to the hilt. Each thrust sent shockwaves of pleasure through his body, the slick grip of her sex around his cock the most exquisite sensation he’d ever experienced.
“Right there,” she gasped as he hit a particularly sensitive spot. “Oh god! Yes!”
He maintained that angle, his hips driving forward with more force now, the headboard beginning to thump against the wall with each thrust. Her nails scored down his back.
When he felt her beginning to tighten around him again, her second climax approaching, pride surged through him. “That’s it,” he encouraged, his voice rough with exertion. “Come for me. Come on my cock, little mate.”
The words seemed to push her further toward the edge. Her inner walls began to flutter around him, her breathing becoming more erratic. He reached between them, his thumb finding her clit, circling it in time with his thrusts.
“Henry!” she cried out, her back arching as her orgasm claimed her. Her sex clamped down on him like a vise, rippling along his length as her release washed over her. The sight of her coming undone nearly pushed him over the edge, but Henry maintained his control through sheer willpower, determined to extend her pleasure even further.
He shifted their position slightly, lifting one of her legs higher, changing the angle of penetration. The new position allowed him to thrust even deeper, hitting spots inside her that had her gasping with renewed pleasure.
Her entire body convulsed, a hoarse cry tearing from her throat as the most powerful orgasm yet crashed through her. Her inner walls spasmed around his cock, milking him, demanding his own release.
His fangs lengthened in his mouth, the urge to complete their bond with a claiming bite nearly overwhelming. His bear roared within him, demanding he mark her as his mate forever. The animal instinct was almost impossible to resist.
Ivy’s neck arched, exposing the perfect spot where shoulder met throat, the pulse point there jumping rapidly beneath her skin. The animal inside him howled. It would be so easy to give in, to sink his fangs into that tender flesh at the moment of release.
With superhuman effort, Henry turned his head away, burying his face in the pillow beside her as his own pleasure crested. His cock pulsed inside her as his orgasm tore through him. The intensity of it shocked him, pleasure crashing through his system in waves that left him trembling from head to toe. As the last aftershocks faded, Henry carefully pulled out of her and lay on his back.
Ivy cuddled against his chest, her smaller form fitting perfectly against him. “Holy shit, that was freaking amazing,” she said with a giggle.
“Yeah…” Henry pressed his lips to her forehead, allowing himself to acknowledge the truth he could no longer deny. “It was.” He belonged to this woman, just as surely as she belonged to him.
Chapter
Thirteen
