Gods.She wanted him to mark her so badly.
“Why are you shaking, little one?”He stroked a fingertip across her cheek, and her eyes flew open.She hadn’t even realized she’d closed them.
Edwina swallowed and tried to use her words.“I want you.”She cringed inwardly because those hadn’t been the words she’d wanted to say, even if they were the truth.
“That I can do,” he said after long moments of blatant masculine appraisal.“Now, where should I touch first?What would I enjoy most?”He tapped his chin with his fingertip.
Edwina stared, unable to see the stern tiger shifter she’d first met.She was learning he had a playful side.Despite some disappointing him, he was protective and cared deeply for his people and his family.
“Ah!”He winked at her, or at least she thought that was what he intended.He blinked both eyes, and she gaped at the boyish charm that radiated from him even as she realized he couldn’t wink.“It occurs to me that since you’re my wife, I don’t need to choose.I can pace myself and do everything.”
He kissed her, forcing back her words.The kiss held a large serving of tenderness that turned her gooey inside.So many facets to this man.So many layers.She could explore him for years and still find quirks to intrigue her.The kiss deepened, distracting her from her thoughts.So much better to feel and enjoy.
By the time he lifted his head, every part of her quivered and prickled, primed for more.Her pulse thrummed in her veins, and she desperately wanted him to finish this seduction and make them burn.
“What to do next?”That playful tone that mesmerized her came again, and his gaze settled on her breasts.
She wanted to scoff because ever since she’d reached her teens and developed, men had stared at her boobs.Men liked to grope her, and she guessed she should be used to it.While she wasn’t averse to him touching her, disappointment edged into her.
The fingers of his right hand trailed down her neck and across the upper curves of her breasts.He dampened his left forefinger by sucking it into his mouth and caught her gaze simultaneously.His moist finger traced circles around her nipple, his blue eyes turning dark at the tremble that washed through her.
“That’s nice.”Nothing less than the truth because his touch fired her nerves, and she stirred restlessly, needing him to hustle.
“Nice,” he mused.“Nice is a nothing description.I can’t have you calling thisnice.”
A sharp pain arced through her as he pinched her nipple between finger and thumb.The prickling stab raced down her body when he repeated the squeeze with a slight twist and coalesced in her sex.Oh, boy.She had not understood the concept of painful pleasure.Hadn’t understood it would send such deliciously agreeable sensations twisting through her body.He tugged this time, a sharp pull that hurt yet was strangely arousing.
Their gazes met, and his blue eyes twinkled with otherworldly power.He was entirely in control and understood what he was doing to her.The age difference between them had given him this experience, and while twinges of jealousy at the unnamed women in his past got to her, she pushed them away because,hello!She was the recipient of his amassed experience and wouldn’t tolerate other women in his future.She frowned.Did she want more than the allotted year?Her feline did because she’d taken control and marked the tiger.
“Stop thinking so hard, little one.”He pinched her nipple again and moved, repositioning himself between her legs.He parted her thighs with quiet insistence, and Edwina let him, although she swallowed when he stared at her aroused flesh.Mikhail leaned closer and inhaled her scent, giving an appreciative sigh.His tongue was rough as he licked her.He parted her legs farther and lifted her to his mouth.
She cried out as his tongue encountered her clit, the stirring arousal bumping up a notch.
He glanced up to stare at her, his nostrils flaring.“You taste of honey and spices.Everything delicious and decadent.”
Edwina quivered, breathless in a world that had suddenly paused.She waited, the moment drawing out until she wanted to yank on his ears and force him to action.Anything.Now.
“Would you like my mouth or my cock?”he asked, breaking the silence.
“Both.”
He chuckled, his playful smile appearing briefly before retreating.“I want to feel your body gloving mine, to test how wet you are for me.”
“The night is only so long,” she reminded him.
“True.”Once again, he moved fast, rising upward and fitting his cock to her.He pushed against the slight resistance, and she held her breath, losing herself in his sensual gaze.Mikhail drew back and re-entered her, and she savored her flesh parting for him.He repeated this, impaling her deeper each time until he could go no farther.Her sex throbbed around him, not with discomfort but with a thrilling awareness of what would come.This man, with his experience, was turning her brain to mush.
“Please move,” she said, and when he didn’t obey fast enough, she tried using her internal muscles to clamp his cock more tightly.
His low growl suggested her plan was working fine.He kissed her with urgency rather than tenderness.Mikhail crushed her mouth under his and kissed her until she gasped for air, then withdrew and plunged back into her, hitting every pleasure point.He rocked into her repeatedly until she sobbed, striving for the sweetness beyond, the explosion of bliss that awaited her.
“You feel so fuckin’ good on my cock,” he growled.“I want to do this for hours and then repeat it.Clench my cock again.”
She followed the order without hesitation, glorying in his feline grunt and the tightening of his facial muscles.
“Yeah, like that.You are so fuckin’ perfect.Too good for me, yet I don’t want to let you go.”He pulled back and shafted her deeply, the strokes faster and harder.Edwina had no experience to compare the lovemaking, but surely sex didn’t get better than this.Her body sang with his deep drives, wandering hands, and mouth.
“More,” she whispered, instinct driving her to lick his mark until lust consumed her.Mikhail pulled back, and this time, his thrust perfectly aligned.
