“You never said it either,” I reminded her.
“Sounds like we both have to work on our communication skills if this relationship is going to work out.”
“You want the relationship to work out?” I asked, feeling hopeful for the first time in days.
“Christ on a cracker,” she burst out, channeling my boss. “I’m going to need some coffee for this conversation.”
I followed her into my kitchen, watching as she brewed coffee. We were both quiet until we settled at the kitchen table with our cups.
“I know you were upset that I didn’t want you to come to Donny’s with me,” Hazel said. “But you need to understand something. I learned early on that loving someone was a weakness, it gives the other criminals leverage against you. I didn’t want you on the mission because I didn’t want to get distracted worrying about you. I didn’t want you or anyone else to get hurt because I wasn’t focused on the job.”
“It’s pretty hard to kill a supe.”
“But not impossible. So I understand if you were offended or hurt or whatever, but you just need to get over it. Man up, well… woman up, and tell me what’s going on in your head.”
“I want you to stay,” I burst out. “Or if you can’t, then I want to go with you to Canada. I can’t stand the thought of being away from you.”
“Yet you let me walk out that door not an hour ago.”
“I never claimed to be the smartest one in this relationship.”
We both burst out laughing at that. Hazel got up and moved to straddle me on the chair, her hands on my shoulders and her eyes meeting mine.
“Tell me that you love me and you want us to figure out how to be together.”
“I love you and I want us to figure out how to be together,” I said. “And I want to mark you as my mate. Whenever you’re ready.”
“Mark me?”
“Yeah,” I touched my finger to the base of her neck. “I’ll bite you, and then the mate bond will be permanent.”
“So it’ll be like we’re married?”
“Better. We’ll feel each other’s emotions and for me, I’ll never be able to look at another person sexually again.”
“Are you telling me this mate bite is like a supernatural chastity belt?”
I laughed. “I guess that’s one way to look at it.”
“Well, what are we waiting for? Bite me.”
My fangs immediately started lengthening. “Well, usually we do it during sex.”
“Even better.”
She didn’t need to ask me twice. I got up with her still in my lap and jogged into the bedroom. We discarded our clothes in a rush, and when we were both naked I fell on top of her, giving her a long, claiming kiss that left us both breathless. Having her back in my house, back in my bed, was a heady feeling. But I wasn’t going to fully relax until I’d claimed her.
“Get on your hands and knees,” I ordered.
“Ooh this is new,” she teased.
Hazel rolled over and I tilted my head to the side to admire the way her heavy breasts swung beneath her. Then I settled in behind her, kneading her ass and spreading her cheeks before moving into a position where I could lick her from top to bottom.
I slid my tongue through her folds, stopping to tease her clit with a few circles before heading back towards her opening again. I could feel Hazel’s excitement increasing, making me redouble my efforts. Then I moved one finger through her folds, gathering her moisture before pressing the tip of my finger against her back entrance.
“Are you going to… oh!”
I slid my finger in slowly, gently, giving her time to get used to it, then started giving her shallow pumps while I resumed eating her out. Hazel was rocking against my face now, making the most adorable little whimpering sounds, and when I could tell she was close I drew her clit into my mouth and sucked down hard.
