I stopped, rising, realising too quickly that I couldn’t reach between us with this position. “Hawk,” I snapped, smiling when his eyes popped open. “You want to come inside me, you need tobeinside me.”
He cursed under his breath, palmed his soaked dick, and nudged it against my opening.
“That’s it,” I murmured, feeling him push inside me. “Oh.”
The size of him pushed against my insides, thick and hard. I sucked in a breath, clamping around him as I slid down his shaft. Each inch of him I took had my belly fluttering, pressure building inside me. I’d been eager to see him come early, but I was worried I’d be the one to finish first.
Hawk growled, hands fisting my ass. “Goddess above, you take me so well,” he said, voice strained, eyes shadowed as he watched me. “I fit so good inside you, Princess. Don’t I?”
A breath escaped me as I took all of him, feeling the size of him stretch me completely. “You do,” I moaned, rocking against him, adjusting to his size easily. I widened my legs,giving him a better view of me, and his reaction didn’t disappoint.
His gaze zeroed in on our connection. “You look like a Goddess above me,” he said, bucking into me. The movement had me gasping for breath. “A little higher and I’ll give you what you want.”
“What I want?” I asked, rising on my knees, feeling him slide out of me, though I stopped before he could. “You aren’t in control.”
But to my surprise, I felt him lift his knees, giving him the better position to thrust into me. “Don’t need to be, Princess. I just need you to stay right there and look fucking gorgeous.”
The first snap of his hips upwards had my head falling back on a moan. The second, joined by him fisting my breast and tweaking my nipple, had me close to the edge.
Hawk fucked me hard, thrusting upwards with even, strong strokes that left me feelingfire. Each pump pushed at something deep inside me, twisted at the binds holding my magic back.
I knew what would happen after our bond tried to connect. Could almost feel the darkness creeping in as the runes along my spine tried to keep him from me.
Hawk’s hips slammed into mine. “Let me brand you,” he said. “Let my demon lay its mark.”
“Yes,” I said, meeting his stare. “Mark me.”
There was a subtle shift in his eyes, something Primal and demonic that had the hairs on the back of my neck lifting. This wasn’t his Fae side revealing itself.
This was the demon.
For a moment, his eyes appeared almost gold as the hand holding my breast moved to cup my ribs, palm warm. Magic filled the air, prickling my skin with how different it felt. It was a mixture of House Pride, the demon that he was, and the real power he wielded.
Pressure built in my lower abdomen as his thrusts continued. The walls of my pussy fluttered, clenching hard aroundhim.
“Tell me you’re close now,” he grunted, “tell me to come.”
I shuddered, the pressure taking me over the edge. “Come.”
Hawk cried out, the palm of his hand burning as he gave me his mark. I felt it again in my chest, that reach of my magic, fighting against the power of the collar as I fell over the edge.
I slumped into Hawk’s chest, breathing hard, heart racing. Darkness clawed at the edge of my vision as pain flared in my chest, burning the bindings holding me.
But I knew I was right—Sable had been right. I was fighting, even though every time I tried to complete a bond, the magic kicked my ass.
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Maeve
“She passed out again,” Nash whispered, scraping a hand through his hair as he watched our unconscious mate. “I didn’t?—”
I held up a hand, stopping him. Ivy’s heart was beating steadily, her breaths even. There was no sign of distress, nothing to indicate she was hurt. The bitter, terrified beast within me wanted blood, but I held it back with each breath I pulled in that was tinged with her scent.
“Her body is reacting to the runes trying to stop what is natural,” I said, glancing at him from the corner of my eye. “Your bond tried to take hers, didn’t it?”
Nash nodded once. “She took my brand, though.”
I almost asked him to show me the mark but stopped myself. If he said she took it, that it was holding, then I had to trust him. “She’ll need more rest.”
