Her thighs wrapped around my hips, arms clinging to me in a chokehold. I would have thought she was attacking me, except she was laughing. Sobbing?
Both.
I propped myself up as much as I could, lifting her head so I could see her face. There were tears streaming down her cheeks to splash on my bare chest. She was also smiling and squealing like she had just won the lottery.
“Is that what this is?” She tapped the center of her chest. “This insane feeling? And the kiss. Of course! No wonder it was so good.”
My hands migrated to her hips, gripping tightly as I resisted the urge to rub against her. “You liked the kiss?”
Her fingers snaked through my hair as she lowered her face to mine and kissed me like our lives depended on it. Pride made the bond swell in my chest when she pulled away breathless and flushed.
Pride wasn’t the only thing swelling as her hips kept shifting over mine.
“You’re not mad I didn’t tell you sooner?”
She sat up, absently stroking my chest as she considered. “It should be a huge red flag that you lied.”
I didn’t defend myself. She was right.
“But we started this whole thing onmylie, so I would be a hypocrite if I were mad.”
“It’s the only secret I kept. Everything else was real. My family, my history—I was never dishonest.”
“I know.”
I couldn’t stop staring at her lips. My arms ached from holding myself still, and my jeans were so tight I was about to tear right through the fabric.
“How do you feel about all this?”
“I feel…” She fisted the space over her chest where I felt the bond, as if it was tangible. “I feel relief. Excitement.Horny.”
“You and me both,babe.”
Angie stopped me as I tried to sit up and kiss her again. “How do you feel about all this? Some crazy lady walks up to you atthe airport, and now you’re stuck with her for life?” Her eyes rounded. “Is it really for life, just like that?”
“I feel like I never thought I would get this lucky.” I kissed her palm as it came to rest on my jaw. “It’s really for life. We don’t have to complete the bond right away. You can have whatever time you need to think about it.”
“What’s there to think about?” She smiled so brightly it almost made me squint. “You called usfatedmates. You can’t leave fate waiting!”
“Are you sure? This is a lot. If I mark you, the bond is going to be one hundred times stronger than what you’re feeling now.”
“Mark me? Like bite me?”
“Yes,” I growled, losing the battle with my desire and rolling my hips beneath her.
Angie gasped. “Will it hurt?”
“Not if I bury my cock inside you.”
“Holy shit,” she said again, almost panting. “Now. I want it now.”
A small piece of my logical mind was still intact, and I glanced around the rugged cabin in a panic. “There isn’t even a bed in here.”
Angie climbed off me, spreading blankets across the hard floor. In seconds she was undressing, and the sight of her naked flesh called to me like a siren. Swirls of color and delicate lines marked her arms and chest. There was even a design on her upper thigh. She was like a work of art.
I grabbed her ribs, dipping low to inhale the scent at the base of her neck. My teeth grazed her skin where the hickey I left was still purple and tender, and she shuddered, goosebumps pebbling over her chest.
I kissed a trail down her neck, and the goosebumps got bigger. The shuddering was more like shivering, and I jerked away.
