Sliding his arms under her shoulders, he held her close as he dropped kisses all over her face. “It’s all over, Lily. No more pain. Just breathe, my mate. Papa’s got you.”
It took a few moments, but she settled and then began to wiggle under him. Pressing her head into the mattress, she looked at him with a gaze that was full of fire.
Bucking her hips, she said in a fierce tone, “Papa, you need to move, or I’m gonna kill you.”
Sailor eased back until only the tip of his cock remained inside before reversing direction and slowly sliding back in. He forced himself to keep the pace slow and easy until her pussy began clenching around him. At the same time, his own arousal was growing to a fever pitch. He moved faster with each stroke. When she began to tighten around his cock, he pressed up on his forearms and looked deep into her eyes.
“Lily Knight, do you take me as your mate, to be bonded, body, soul, heart, and mind to me from now until the end of our lives on this plane of existence?”
CHAPTER 9
The pain of his first full thrust quickly morphed into a heat and need that carried her to the mountaintop of lust again. Looking into Sailor’s eyes and hearing the question only sent her arousal higher until she was flying. Her body and soul had her say the only word that was echoing in her brain.
“Yes.”
She whispered the word once, and in the next moment, she screamed it as Sailor’s teeth sank into the space where shoulder and neck came together. At the same instant, as his cock thickened and pulsating heat filled her, she flew into yet another orgasm. This one was even stronger and longer than the ones that had come before.
Sailor collapsed over her, squishing her into the mattress, but it felt so good she didn’t complain. His arms slid under her back, and he rolled them so he rested on his back, and she lay sprawled across his body.
She snuggled her face into his chest and worked to breathe and stay awake. She didn’t want to miss an instant of whatever was to come next. Because surely something would come next.
A lazy hand stroked up and down her spine as their panted breathing and racing heartbeats slowed to normal.
“And it is done. We are mates,” Sailor whispered, sounding more than a little bit awestruck.
“What does that mean?”
“That means the rest of my life will be spent protecting you, taking care of you, and making sure every one of your dreams comes true,” he stated, sounding so certain that she relaxed and decided to worry about everything he didn’t know about her at an undetermined time in the future.
For right now, though, she was too tired and relaxed to think about anything. Turning her head, she kissed his chest before relaxing fully. She thought about crawling under the covers for a nap but didn’t have the energy to move.
As if he could read her mind, Sailor reached out and flipped the blanket over her before dropping a kiss on the top of her head. “Sleep, my sweet mate. Everything is going to be fine.”
With a sigh, she patted his chest and allowed herself to drift on the peachy-purply clouds of multiple-orgasm happiness.
Lily woke alone. Immediately panic shot through her that Sailor regretted claiming her and had run away. Sitting up, she looked around, but she could not see anything to disprove that fear. Her clothes were folded neatly and sitting on the dresser, but his were nowhere in sight.
Rolling off the bed, she staggered to the dresser and grabbed her clothes before heading into the bathroom. After doing her business and cleaning up, she washed her hands and got dressed. Then, with her heart in her throat, she returned to the bedroom and slowly approached the door to the rest of the apartment.
She stopped in the doorway and looked around. Her eyes filled with tears when she saw that room was empty as well. Her entire body was still wobbly, so she headed to the couch and sat down. Pulling her legs to her chest, she wrapped her arms around them and hugged tight.
What was she supposed to do now? Was there some way to reverse the mating? Would she be able to finish her assignment before Lonergan and Kodiak kicked her out?
Dropping her head forward, she began to cry while at the same time she started kicking herself for giving in to the passion and attraction she’d felt for the big gorilla shifter.
The sound of the door opening barely registered as she cried.
“What the fuck? Lily? What’s wrong?”
The couch shifted when he sat down, and then she was lifted onto his lap, and his warms wrapped around her. She curled tighter into herself as she tried to stop crying, but the tears would not be stopped now that they’d started.
“Lily, talk to me. What’s wrong? What happened?” Sailor sounded like he was on the verge of panic himself as he rubbed his hands all over her curled-up body.
Lifting her head, she looked up at him through the blur that the tears in her eyes caused. “You weren’t here when I woke up.”
He blinked and then gave her a smile that sent a warm shiver through her. “Oh, little flower. I had to go to the dining hall for dinner, but I came back as soon as I could.”
“You went out for dinner?”
