My hand inches under his shirt so I can touch his bare skin. He’s warm and hard, but soft at the same time. Maverick moans and arches his back, his plump and soft ass pressing back against me.
“I always want you to feel good, Maverick. For the rest of our lives, I’ll make sure you do.”
Dropping to my knees behind him, I drag his pants down, watching inch after inch of his glorious ass come into view. Gods, he’s magnificent. Every part of him is beautiful, from his face to his body to his soul and spirit. He’s just…perfect.
Maverick pokes his ass out, spreading his legs as much as the jeans around his thighs will allow.
Pressing a hand on the middle of his back, I push him closer to the counter and say, “Finish your asparagus, baby. I want to eat now, though.”
With that, I spread his cheeks and dive in, licking around the circle of his rim. The taste of him bursts across my tongue and I groan, needing more of him down my throat.
I lick and suck at him, clamping my mouth around his hole so I can taste more of him. Maverick shivers and babbles, gyrating his hips to meet my tongue. I drag my tongue from his balls to the top of his crease, over and over, listening to the sweet sounds of his moans.
If we had more time, I would eat him out for hours until he came all over the dishwasher, but his guests will be here soon, and he’ll want everything perfect for them.
I rise to my full height, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. Maverick turns his head and loops an arm aroundmy neck, bringing me down for a greedy kiss. I follow his lead, letting him take control as I root around for the bottle of olive oil he was using.
Once I have it in hand, I slather my fingers and stuff two in his hole. Maverick snatches his mouth from mine, moaning in my ear. “Cade…” He huffs and leans over the counter, fucking himself on my digits. “Please.”
I grab him by the throat and pull him up, holding him while I slam my fingers into his sexy fucking pucker. “Tell me how it feels, Maverick. Tell me how I make you feel.”
“So fucking good. I’m almost there. So close to coming all over my fucking asparagus. Please…fuck me.”
“See how my fingers are inside you, rough and unyielding?” Maverick nods as he moans, spreading his legs more. “Does it hurt?”
“No,” he gasps when I hit that sweet spot inside him.
I hum, nosing along his neck. “You’re tight around me, almost choking my fingers, but my magic makes sure I don’t hurt you. You open for me, beautifully, but without pain. I can play with you all day, take you apart every fucking day if I wanted,” I say, nibbling at his skin as I fuck him with my fingers, “and you wouldn’t hurt.”
“No pain?” he asks, cursing when I speed up my fingers.
“None. But you’ll know I was there. Your hole will pulse for me.”
“Shit, Cade. Fuck me, please!’
I bite down on his neck, where his pulse point is. His sweet aroma wafts into my nose and I breathe in deeply, wanting to mark him, wanting to claim him as mine so every man—shifter and human—will know that he belongs to me.
Removing my fingers from his hole, I quickly fish my cock out of my pants and coat it with oil.
I jerk myself a few times, then slap my slick shaft on his ass. “You want me, baby?”
“So bad,” he groans, standing on tiptoe to get my dick to his entrance. “Don’t tease me. We can take things slow another time. Right now, I want to feel that big dick inside me.”
Deciding not to drag it out any longer, I grip my cock and shove it inside him, feeling the ripples of his hole as it yields to my intrusion, then grips me with urgency.
Maverick’s back arches, and a raw sound tears from his throat. I swallow it as I take his mouth in a greedy kiss, loving the closeness of our flesh. He’s solid and warm in my arms, the mate that I didn’t think I’d find after all the years I was trapped.
But fate sent me the perfect man—an amazing man who refused to be broken—who built himself up from the lowest point of his life, and made himself into the strong, compassionate person he is now.
He could have easily kicked me out on my ass when I shifted, mate or no, but he chose to give me a chance, to see the good in me, even when he knew I did something almost unforgivable.
Maverick snatches his mouth away and tips his head to the side, moaning and begging. “Claim…me…please.”
I curse and grip his hips, fucking into him in nice, steady strokes. “Maverick, baby. Are you sure?”
“Yes. I need it. I love you. I want to be yours.” He pulls me closer to his pulse point, pressing me to his sweet-smelling flesh. “Cade, please!”
My cock grows harder as I thrust into him, his begging and pleading for my claiming mark lighting me up from the inside out.
