I froze for a moment and then grinned like a loon. It was her first time telling me that, even though I’d laid my heart on the line several times already.
There was nothing I could do but kiss her. It was like my life depended on it. I had to do it. So I did.
I kissed her like she was my entire world, because she was.
I didn’t have the words to tell her how much being loved by her meant to me, so I showed her in that kiss. There was nothing slow or patient about it either, and I grew hard the instant she kissed me back.
Like being struck by lightning, I knew this was the moment I’d been waiting for.
Without wasting time, I eased her clothes off as she helped relieve me of mine.
I was desperate for her.
“I love you so much,” I whispered between kisses, “Tell me you want this too.”
“I always want you. Anytime. Anywhere.”
I grinned as I left her mouth to trail kisses down the slender column of her neck. I’d had the perfect spot to mark her picked out for several weeks.
“Not that. Well, not that yet,” I told her as I nuzzled against her neck. “This.” I blew warm air on the spot, then sucked it into my mouth.
She gasped and the scent of her arousal surrounded me.
“Yes,” she cried, sounding as eager as I felt.
I’d heard from my mated friends that once the exchange of blood occurs, a sort of frenzy sets in, driving you mad and bringing out your most primal instincts. I wasn’t exactly sure what that meant, so I wanted to make sure she was ready in every way possible.
I gave her a hard kiss on the lips followed by an evil grin as I rolled her to her back and stepped off the bed. This time I started at her ankles and kissed my way up first one side and then the other.
She was growing impatient and needy.
“You’re a tease,” she accused.
I winked at her as I settled between her legs. One lick and I knew she was more than ready. Feeling overly excited to seal our bond, plus the fact I was bordering on being in pain from teasing her, I kissed her there and moved back up her body.
My hand cupped one breast and I toyed with her nipple there as she moaned in pleasure.
“Me? A tease?”
She growled then shot up. The next thing I knew, I was on my back and she had mounted me. Lining up on my cock, she pushed herself down on me.
I moaned, making her shudder all around me.
Wrapping my arms around her and sitting up to meet her brought us impossibly closer as I held her in place.
“I need to move,” she protested breathlessly.
“Not yet.”
“Monte, please.”
“Not yet.”
I held her there, throbbing with desire inside her. It would be so easy to pound out my relief, but I had other plans. And I wanted it to be perfect.
I kissed her neck once more, seeking out the place I would mark her forever. And when I reached it, I didn’t hesitate to sink my teeth into her. I could taste her blood on my tongue. The whole room around me faded out and all I could see, all I could feel, all I could smell, was her.
She gasped and then bit me back.
