She choked. “I’m a what?”
“A dragon, love.” I drifted a hand down her back in comfort.
“I thought they didn’t exist. I already collect too many things. I can’t start hoarding gold too. Where do you get gold? That’s a requirement, right?” The words jittered right out of her.
My bear was grumpy that we were making our mate panic. “It’s not a requirement. You can collect whatever you want.”
Evie laughed. “Finally, a use for my pin collection! And all those mismatched socks…”
Evie continued listing her various collections that sounded like I would need the entire keep to hold. I stroked her back with my fingertips, letting her come down from the high. I could watch her mouth move for an immortal lifetime. When she ran out of words, I ventured a response.
“You’re still just Evie to me, no matter what you are. I’ve loved you from the first moment I stole you from Dane’s bar. I will always love you. Even if you only said it to nightmare me.”
She thrust forward and kissed me—a searing joining that ripped all rational thought from my head. Air desperate to get into my lungs, I pulled back. “I need to know if you don’t want this because I can’t live without you. I never could.”
She cupped my face in her hands. “I need this, Ward. I need you. Never leave.”
“Mine.” I growled and hauled her against me, capturing her mouth with mine, hands diving into her hair so I could bring her closer. Her generous curves pressed against my body as her kaftan rode up, the heat of her core warming the cock that had been hard for her for a month now. I didn't give her a chance for her body to grow awkward. Rubbing her against me, I worked her hips until she had no choice but to move her body with mine and she gasped out an orgasm that had my bear snarling.
“That wasn’t fair, teddy bear. All you’ve been doing is giving. I can give too.”
She tore down my braies, and I lifted my hips to help her. Kicking them off my ankles, she fell down onto my pulsing length, her mouth a kind of heaven I hoped to live in for the rest of my days. I didn’t care that she had little finesse. Her tongue still danced up my cock, and I helped her when she took too much and gagged.
“You do that so well, viper. Don’t stop.” Evie kept my hand in her hair, caressing, as her head bobbed up and down. Coupled with the visual of my cock sliding in and out of her mouth, I couldn’t hold back. Everything tightened, and she squeaked when I came. Her eyes lit up with a golden light in true shifter fashion before she sucked in earnest. I thought she was going to pull my spine through my dick as I emptied into her mouth, down her throat. She popped off, licking her lips.
“You taste like honey.” Evie’s mouth turned down and tears sheened in her eyes. “But I ruined it. I was just trying to take you to the edge. I hope we’re stuck here for a few more hours.”
Pressing her hand against my still hard erection, her eyes widened. “My mate is letting me touch her. We might be stuck here for days.”
I laughed as she fell back into my arms, digging her little kitten claws into my chest, kissing my neck right where I wanted her to bite me. She finally said she loved me, but was she ready for that? The ultimate binding of our souls? I didn’t want to lose this moment to find out. If I had her in this, she would wear my bite eventually.
My cock wept between us and I grabbed her ass to spread her wetness all over me and mingle our scents. Evie panted in my ear, her nipples rubbing hard points across my chest. I tossed her into the nest I made her, needing to wrap her up in me, needing her to feel my weight against her smaller frame. I wasn’t afraid of hurting her. She had the strength to smash me out of this den with one hand if she knew how to control her dragon.
“You’re going to take me so good, viper,” I said into her hair.
Her legs came around my hips automatically as I curled to lick her nipple in my mouth, kneading the other with my hand. It filled so much of my palm I was delirious. Her little cries forced my mouth to her neck so I might tease her like she did to me.
“I don’t want to wait.” Her hips worked to line us up, but I kept just out of reach.
Her frustrated growl leaked a bit more fluid from my tip.
Hauling her up, I held her above my cock, hands flexing on her hips. “You needed an orgasm before you take me. I would have preferred two, but you’ll still come on my cock like a good girl, won’t you?”
“I willlllll?”
Just the tip breached her entrance, and she choked off a cry. It was everything I had in me to stop and let her adjust and not slam her down until I had her completely wrapped around me.
Evie pushed on my forearms, trying to lever herself down. “I'm going to make you fit!”
“I will. You were made for me. Trust me.” I pulled her down another inch and her mouth opened. Massaging her clit in delicious circles, I watched the most beautiful thing I had ever seen slide down the rest of my length. I fought the snarling need to fuck up into her as she adjusted while I played with her clit. Every flicker of pleasure across her face fascinated me. The heat, the bond, shimmered between us.
“So full. Please move,” she gasped, her hips chasing my hand.
I started her rhythm, so she had something to follow, but soon Evie rode me with ease, her eyes glowing in the dark den.
“That’s right. I absolutely adore feeling you on top of me. Use me just how you want.”
Her flushed mouth opened and closed as her rhythm stuttered. “I can’t… I need…”
