I ran my fingers along his glowing chest until I noticed that I was glowing, too. I looked down to see my veins glowing a neon purple through my tan skin. I felt warm and tingly just like Gabby had described.
“My luminescence,” he breathed. It was official: we were truly and unquestionably mated. Nothing could come between us now. Not starvation, not beast nor monster. Nothing. Orsu was mine and I was his. Even his horns had turned black.
He scooped me up in his arms and held me tight against him.
I threw my arms around his neck and laughed with joy.
“My luminescence,” Orsu kept saying over and over again as he rubbed his hand up and down my back.
My whole world focused on his hand touching me. An undeniable heat pooled in my belly causing my sex to throb. I felt Orsu’s harden against me, making my sex throb even more. I wanted him, no Ineededhim.
“Orsu,” My voice came out as a needy whine.
“I’ve got you, my mate.” He set me down on the furs and nervously ran a hand through his hair.
“What’s wrong?” I asked him. We’d mated many times now and this was not a good time to be bashful. Notwhen I needed him so much.
“I fear if I touch you, I won’t be able to hold myself back. My need for you…” His words trailed off as he ran a hand down his face.
“Orsu, I need you too. You don’t need to hold back.” I reassured him as I started to untie the laces of his pants.
“Julie,” he moaned as his hardened length sprung free.
“Take your clothes off or I will rip them from your body,” he growled, making his need for me clear.
A sensual shiver ran down my spine and I did as I was told, pulling my shirt off over my head and my pants past my ankles. As soon as I was free from my clothes, Orsu was on top of me, kissing me, laving his tongue over my breasts.
The sensation of his warm ridged tongue toying with my sensitive nipples only added to the throbbing between my legs. I ground my pussy against his shaft and he hissed out a breath.
“Not yet, my mate. You are not yet ready for me.”
“I am ready,” I pleaded.
“No, you are not ready for what I plan to do with you tonight.” He said through gritted teeth and I decided I liked this side of him. He was as feral as the beast I’d met on our first night together. The same look he had in his eyes when he took me from his den was back now.
I would let him make me ready and then I would surprise him with an idea of my own.
Orsu descended on my pussy like a starving man having his first meal in days. He lapped up my essence eagerly. At the same time he inserted his fingers inside me and thrust in and out, stimulating my g-spot until my hips came off the furs.
I hadn’t wanted to come yet, but I couldn’t stop it. My orgasm took me by surprise and I cried out as spasms of pleasure radiated throughout my body. Once I came back to myself I knew now was my time to act. I wanted to see exactly how feral my bear could be.
Chapter 20
Orsu
With Julie’s taste on my tongue and her naked body before me, I was ready to claim my mate. I wanted her more than I had ever wanted anything.
The elders had told us how intense one’s need was for their mate during luminescence, but I could have never imagined this. This feeling ran deep into my bones. It was an ancient call from the beast within me to claim my mate, cover her in my scent, and fill her with my seed.
Just as I was about to lay with Julie in the furs, however, she got up and wrapped the top fur over herself, hiding her body from me.
“Have you changed your mind, my mate? We do not need to mate tonight if you do not wish to.” My need, as feral as it was, was secondary to Julie’s consent. If she did not want to lay with me as mates, then I would spend the rest of my night holding her as I willed my cock to soften.
“I haven’t changed my mind.” There was a gleam in her eyes and a mischievous tone to her voice that I hadn’t heard before.
My mate was many things, but mischievous was not one of them; at least, not up until now.
She slowly backed away from me, which confused me further. If she hadn’t changed her mind then why was she putting distance between us?
