This is happening. The thought cut through his mind like a clear flash of realization, like he hadn’t dreamed up this moment, and his Instinct purred its approval. For once, he felt the Instinct retreat slightly, letting Jaxor take control once more.
And when it did, there was a frenzied need in his movements. He worried that he gripped his female too hard, kissed her too hard. But she seemed to like it, arching into his touch and sucking on his tongue in a way that made shivers race through his bones.
Vrax, the things she made himfeel!
He couldn’t get close enough. Even pressed against her body, feeling the wet slide of the rain between them and his cock resting on her thighs wasn’t enough.
Her legs widened, wrapping around his waist. His cock nudged her sex and he hissed when she moved against him, squirming.
Jaxor could hardly think with the blood rushing in his ears, with the sound of the waterfall growing louder from the rain, with his female’s scent wrapped around him, with the lingering rage and fear and want that simmered in his belly.
It was too much. It was too much all at once.
But when he met Erin’s eyes, when he felt her hands sliding over his skin, he felt pieced back together again.
“Luxiva,” he growled.
“Yes,” she whispered. Droplets of rain clung to her lashes and she blinked them away, her lips parting in invitation.
“Mine.”
“Yes,” she whispered again, nudging her hips again. Jaxor reached down, his cock throbbing, shifting her until he was positioned at her entrance. Something possessive lit in her eyes. “And you’remine.”
Relief and something that felt likejoyburst in his chest. He closed his eyes at the sensation of it, a lump lodged in his throat.
Belonging. This was belonging, wasn’t it?
Erin thrust her hips down, making his eyes shoot open, stunned pleasure making his vision hazy.
“Rixella,” he growled, looking between them, his breath heaving.
“Yes?” she asked, her voice throaty and strangely…vulnerable.
Jaxor was inside her heat. Only an inch or two inside. Enough, and then again,notenough.
“Please,” she pleaded quietly. Jaxor watched as a raindrop landed on her pink lips and he leaned down to lick it away. He heard her gasp.
“Mine,” he rasped against her mouth, meeting her eyes. They widened at whatever she saw in his gaze, but then they heated with desire. “Tev?”
“Yes,” she whispered, sliding her arms tighter around his neck, bringing their slick, warm bodies closer.
Jaxor bellowed with relief as he thrust his hips powerfully forward, sheathing the length of his cock inside his female.
Claimed, his Instinct purred, finally content.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
The pain was manageable, but even still, she squeezed Jaxor’s shoulder.
His pupils were dark and so reflective that she saw herself in them. His eyes had never left her, so he caught the wince and immediately stilled. Erin was still in disbelief that somehow their bodies had fit together, and at first, she hadn’t noticed the concern on his face.
“Luxiva,” he whispered down to her, his big palm coming to cup her cheek.
“I’m okay,” she replied. It took a moment for the dull pinching to fade, but when it did, she said, “Try.”
When he slid out and slowly thrust back inside, she felt her muscles clench tight but eventually relax around him. There was only a dull ache, which faded in a few moments…and then all she felt washim.
“Tev?” he rumbled down to her, petting her, nuzzling the sharp edge of his nose across her temple and jaw. Jaxor was incredibly affectionate, she was realizing, and the thought made her smile.
