His rough growl went straight to my cock, the promise in it enough to make me bite down on the top of his shoulder. He growled again, louder this time, one hand sliding up my spine to grip the back of my neck.
“Fuck, Axel.” Tangling his fingers in my hair, he tugged my head back, exposing the column of my throat.
“Use your teeth.” I urged, tilting my head back further, knowing he’d like it.
“Like this?” He dragged his fangs down from below my chin to my collarbone, claws tickling my scalp.
“Mmm.”
“Or maybe this?” He bit down hard, not enough to break the skin, but it would leave a mark for a while. I healed quicker than a human, but not as quick as Talis. I felt his smile, and I huffed out a laugh.
“Either. Both.” I clung to him, every part of me straining to get closer still.
His half-shift brought his magic to the surface, crackling around him as it morphed his body into something not quite human anymore. It brushed up against mine, and instead of locking mine down like I usually would, I let it loose.
Was this how Dathal felt when he was with Nick? He’d tried to explain it to me once, but our magic differed enough that I didn’t think I’d ever get to experience it, but I felt it now. Felt the raw wildness of Talis’s shifter magic as it twined with mine.
By the time we crossed the threshold to my bedroom, I was a panting mess of want and need and desperate to get my clothes off so I could feel him everywhere.
TALIS
It wasn’t likethis last time.
That one thought ran through my head on repeat as I tumbled Axel to his bed. My teeth marks stood out as he craned his head back to look up at me, and a curl of satisfaction settled low in my belly.
He’d said he wanted it all.
And I believed him.
Saw it in his eyes as he watched me, gaze sweeping over me with hunger. Felt it with a surety deep in my bones.
Not yet, though. I didn’t want to rush this. I wanted to take my time getting to know everything about him, everything he’d kept locked up tight until now.
But knowing that he wasn’t afraid of a future with me, that he wanted it as much as I always had, it washed away any lingering doubts about this.
About us.
I stood in front of him, letting him look his fill. Nakedness was a way of life when you shifted forms. I was used to people seeing me without clothes, but the way Axel drank in every inch of me wasn’t like anything I’d experienced.
Confidence surged inside me, and I smirked down at him. “Take your clothes off.”
His slow smile was both wicked and soft. “I don’t remember you being this bossy before.”
I shrugged. “I was trying not to scare you off last time.”
He winced and I immediately shook my head. “Don’t. What happened, happened. We can’t change it, and I wouldn’t anyway, because it brought us here.” Emboldened, I reached down and fisted my cock, breath catching when Axel watched with his bottom lip caught between his teeth. “And I’m quite happy with where we are now.”
“Only quite?” Axel tsked and stood. “Oh Talis, I think we can do better than that, don’t you?” His violet eyes sparkled with mischief, one eyebrow raised in question.
This was what I’d missed.
Axel, teasing and playful.
It’d been like that between us before, even that night, right up until it wasn’t.
I grinned back at him. “What did you have in mind?”
He dropped to his knees, taking me by surprise. My sharp gasp filled the room as he sucked my cock into his mouth, batting my hand away and replacing it with his.
