He moved again, and I tilted my body as my pleasure heightened.
Oh … mage…
Another thrust, and a zing of pain made my body clench. I sucked in a sharp breath.
“You okay?” he asked, his brow furrowed with concern.
The pain melted away, and I nodded.
“Nai,” Rage growled possessively. “My mate.”
He pressed soft kisses up my neck and, at the same time, caressed the skin at my hips, trailing his fingers over my curves until my body melted, opening to him once again.
‘Nai…’Rage murmured as he moved again.
My entire world pitched, and Rage released a deep moan of pleasure.
Oh … my … mage…
Our bodies twined, melding into one, and slowly, the dance of our mating began. The air sizzled with magic as heat and passion built between us. I clung to my mate as our bodies moved in tandem.
Each stroke of pleasure, each nip of desire added to rapturous bliss coursing through me. Digging my fingers into his back, I pulled him tighter to me as instinct drove us to a fervor. In my core, a coil of tension built with exquisite agony.
This… what Rage did … how he made mefeel… “Rage…” I panted. “Rage…”
The swirl of magic danced over my skin, but I felt it inside me, too. It pushed through barriers and then…
I could feel Rage. Not just his sweat-slicked body, or his taut muscles, but his emotions … his desire—his hunger—for me.
“Mate…” he growled, his claim searing through me as he thrust us to the edge of ecstasy.
‘Mate…’I repeated, the only word left. The only word sufficient for all I felt for him … for all he was to me.
My body clenched … tightening as if to cling to this extraordinary pleasure … and then, every muscle seized as a dam of ecstasy exploded within me. My back arched, and my head fell deeper into the pillow as pure bliss—mine and Rage’s—coursed through me, pouring into every corner and fiber of my being. I fisted the sheets as the feeling filled me, sealing me to him and him to me …mates…forever.
The intensity waned, ebbing slowly, and in its wake, it left me blissfully languid and full of joy. I blinked up at Rage to find him staring at me with a wide-eyed look of wonder.
“Uh … is it always like that?” I asked.
I mean, this was my first time, so I had no idea, but ifthatwas what I could expect for the rest of our lives, then sign me up.
He didn’t answer right away. Rather, he swallowed hard and rolled off me.
A million butterflies danced in my chest, and I nibbled at my lip nervously. “Or was that better for me than for you?”
He propped himself up on his elbow and shook his head. “I … I’ve never experiencedanythinglike that.”
Tentatively, I smiled and then poked him in the chest. “Which is good, right?”
“Very good,” he said. Grinning, he pulled me close and then flopped onto his back before tucking me to his side. “I didn’t even know sex could be that good…” He chuckled. “So, yeah.”
I reached out and laced my hand with his, staring at our fated mate marks. “Do you feel like you got to choose me? Or that you had no control?”
“Woman…” He raised his head and smiled. “Don’t you know by now I’d do anything for you? It’s nice that fate marked you as mine, but I chose to love you. How could I not? Your strength, your loyalty, yourcourage… I may’ve been in denial at first, but now … I love you more than anyone or anything. You have my whole heart, Nai, and I give that to you willingly.”
Swoon.
That was the sweetest thing to say, and yet … my tongue burned with the words I needed to speak—even if it ruined the mood.
