He chuckled.“The mate bond is good for more than just communicating.”Then, despite her whimper, he pulled his head away and then licked the wound that would heal almost immediately.
Kara could feel him attempting to gain control of himself. She saw the thoughts in his mind before he even told her they needed to stop. “No,” she growled. She wasn’t a wolf, but she still could let out a decent sound when she was frustrated with him. “Please. I need you.” She pushed up, and before he could stop her, she pulled her shirt over her head.
“Bloody hell, female,” Nick snarled and tried to cover her with the sheet.
Kara slapped it away and narrowed her eyes at him. “Don’t reject me. I couldn’t stand it.”
His eyes softened. “I’m not rejecting you. I’m protecting you from me, yeah?”
“No, not ‘yeah,’” she bit out. “I’m not putting clothes back on until you give me what is mine and take what is yours.”
His eyes stayed on her face, but she felt the struggle in him. Kara was impressed with his self-control, but it also pissed her off. Was she not tempting enough?
“Of course, I’m tempted, Kara.” He pushed up into a sitting position. “But you’re vulnerable right now. You’ve just told me how your friend was raped and murdered, and you killed her murderer. And you did this as a freaking teenager.”
She cringed at his stark words.
“I won’t take advantage of you while you’re so emotional.”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “You’re not taking advantage of me, Nick. You have access to my mind and emotions. How about you use that damn bond and see for yourself if I’m remotely unsure about what I want right now?”
He snapped his teeth at her, but then she felt him push into her mind. Kara’s eyes closed as she enjoyed the intimacy of the mate bond. Having him in her mind, seeing all of her, was almost as intimate as him seeing her body.
The bed shifted, and then Kara gasped as both of his hands rested on her ribcage, just below her breasts. “Please don’t regret this,” he whispered. “It would destroy me if I did something that caused you pain.”
“I would never regret anything we do together out of love,” she said, and she meant it with everything inside of her. “Please, mate.”
Nick groaned. “Open your eyes, my female. You will keep them on me the entire time. You will know who is touching you, yeah?”
Her lips turned up in a small smile as she obeyed him and met his gaze. The hunger she saw there took her breath away. “Yeah.”
Finally his eyes dropped from her face. Kara felt heat bloom in her cheeks, and she suddenly felt self-conscious. She raised her hands to cover herself, but Nick growled at her. “Don’t.” He slowly pushed her back until she was pressed against the cool sheets. His eyes stayed on her chest as his hands moved up.
Her eyes fluttered closed, but he stopped just short of touching her where she was dying for it.
“Eyes open, sweetheart,” he said, and when she looked at him again, he waited a few heartbeats before his hands began moving again.
Kara felt him open their bond as much as he could, letting her feel his desire. It took her breath away and caused her own need to grow to a feverish pitch. Time seemed to slow as he discovered her body and made himself very well acquainted with it. Kara was pretty sure she would die from pleasure before they ever made it to the part where they became one.
Nick smiled wickedly. “Patience, female.” His voice was a purr she’d never heard before. “I have no intention of letting us leave this life until I’ve had my fill of you and you of me.”
Kara breathed hard, attempting to stay still as he touched her.
“And I will never have my fill, so it’s going to be a very long life.”
She couldn’t respond as his body came over hers. Every thought fled as Nick made love to her. They moved in sync with each other, and because he was in her mind, he knew what she wanted without her having to say a word. Kara didn’t know it would be like this. She couldn’t have imagined the intensity, pleasure, or love that being this close to him would evoke. Kara was pretty sure she never wanted to leave their bed.
Nick moaned. “I agree.” He breathed against her neck just before he bit her again.
Words she rarely said rushed out of her, and before she realized what she was doing, her own teeth sank into the spot where she’d bitten him when they’d completed the Blood Rites. She lost herself in their lust and love and basked in the attention her mate lavished on her.
“I love you, Kara,” he whispered in her ear. And then he continued to show her with his body just how much he meant those words.
ChapterThree
“I love my mate. I love my mate. Ilovemy mate. Sometimes, I must repeat this mantra to myself so I don’t say something I might regret. Even though what I might say is probably true at the moment, it isn’t necessarily not true all of the time.” ~Jacque
“Istill say we should have brought something to throw at them. Their faces are handsome, but I wouldn’t mind giving them each a few scars,” Bethany grumbled. She and the other pack females waited outside the door to Fane’s office.
