Using the hand that’s on my throat, he pushes me down until my back hits cool stone. As I lie there, his hand slips away, delicately gliding over the curves of my breast. With a sigh escaping my lips, I close my eyes, savoring the feeling as my body instinctively arches toward his touch. Kai’s mouth closes over one nipple, skillfully teasing it before swapping to the other.
“Kai,” I moan, wriggling against him, my legs still firmly wrapped around his waist. “I need you in me now.”
He curses, followed by the fabric of my underwear tearing, then he positions himself at my entrance.
“So needy,” he says, his warm hands wrapping around my waist and dragging me close to the edge of the counter. I prop myself up on my elbows, and stare into his clear-blue eyes as he pushes inside me. My stomach tightens, curling my toes as he fills me completely. Succumbing to the pleasure, I let my head fall back and my eyes close as a moan escapes my lips.
I jerk as Kai leans down, closing his mouth over my nipple again and sucking hard. The sensations cause my inner walls to tighten around him, but Kai keeps a steady pace. Releasing my breast from his mouth, he digs his fingers into my skin as he pulls me into each thrust.
I raise my head again, and Kai’s eyes have darkened dramatically as he watches himself sliding in and out of me. My gaze roams over his muscles as they tense and bulge with each thrust. This man is a work of art.
Slowly, his ocean-blue eyes lift to mine, and the fire burning in them has my heart stalling in my chest. With a deep growl, he reaches for me, his hand spearing into my hair to cup the back of my head and lift me to his mouth.
I plaster my chest to his, rocking my hips in time with his thrusts.
“Kai,” I gasp out, breaking the kiss.
Kai groans, his mouth trailing down my neck and settling on the spot that shifters use for their mating, where they leave their mark. He lightly bitesdown, without breaking the skin, then slowly raises his head to meet my gaze.
“I’m fucking marking you as soon as you say yes.”
My inner walls clench at his words, and Kai falters in his movements. I do it again, this time tilting my hips, and a hiss falls from his mouth. Digging his fingers into my thighs, he clenches his jaw as he picks up the pace, thrusting into me with vigor. A wave of warmth washes over me as I lean in, pressing my lips against his jawline while teasingly pinching his nipple, and he jerks.
“Fuck, Ash.” A rumbling sound comes from his throat, and his cock swells inside me, the feeling sending me wild. My fingernails claw to have him closer. Kai grunts, his hand moving to my clit, and with one swipe of his thumb, I fall over the edge with him.
I moan loudly, holding onto his shoulders as I ride wave after wave of complete bliss. Covered in a sheen of sweat, we stay there for a while, my arms around his shoulders as he stands between my legs. Kai’s warm breath brushes against my neck as he nuzzles closer, his fingers gently combing through my hair. He brings a strand to his nose, inhaling deeply, and I can’t help but smile at the gesture.
“You always play with my hair.” My words slip out softly.
His bright-blue eyes, intense yet tender, lock onto mine. The smile that curves his lips is the kind that makes my heart skip a beat and sends a swarm of butterflies fluttering in my stomach. It’s a smile that would melt any girl’s heart.
“I love your hair,” he replies. “It’s so soft and smells amazing all the time.”
A laugh escapes me, light and carefree. “Okay, I’ll take your word for it,” I say teasingly, but the truth is, his words make me feel warm inside.
Shifters are all about scent, and the fact that he loves mine, that he finds comfort and pleasure in it, fills me with a happiness I didn’t expect.
Kai’s eyes darken slightly with a familiar intensity as he leans closer, his voice a husky whisper against my ear. “You’re so fucking sexy when you laugh.”
My eyes widen at his words, but before I can reply, his mouth covers mine. I’m never going to get used to this, no way. Every time our lips connect, it feels electric. It’s like every kiss heals a part inside of me I didn’t know was broken. I sigh into his mouth and pull back, but he follows me.
“Kai!” I laugh, trying to get away.
Kai’s peppers kisses along my collarbone and up my neck, making me shiver as he growls against my throat. “You’re going to be the ruin of me, aren’t you?”
I raise an eyebrow, unable to stop the smirk. “Yes. Does that scare you?”
Kai’s hand trails up my side, over the curve of my breast. He wraps it around the front of my throat, sending a tremor through me at the possessiveness of his touch. He drags me closer, those eyes of his sparkling like gems.
“Say you’re mine?”
A thrill runs down my spine and my eyes flutter when he gives my throat a gentle squeeze.
Our lips lightly touch as I say, “I’m yours.”
“Good girl.”
My pulse jumps at his words, a thrill rushing through me as his mouth captures mine once more. The kiss is all-consuming, filled with an urgency that mirrors the need coursing through both of us.
