Fearless (The Willowdale Village Collection #2)

9. Connery Demir

CHAPTER 9

CONNERY DEMIR

R ounding the back of the bakery, I threw my car into park, taking the spot next to Lena’s small blue Mercedes. She never used the car, but she still had it decked out with sparkly accessories inside.

Grabbing my jacket, I climbed out of the vehicle and pulled out the spare key I’d made for Bunny Bites . I wish I could say I’d made it with innocent intentions, and a large part was so I could just check on her when needed, but it also allowed me to feed my not-so-little obsession with Lena. Which was why I had also made one for her apartment.

My phone buzzed, alerting me that one of the others had seen the notification through the security system. I ignored it. There was only one person I wanted to talk to right now, and that was Lena. She was probably sleeping, but that didn’t matter to me. I just needed to be in the same damn air as her, close enough to touch her, even if I didn’t. I was the only one who hadn’t seen our woman in days, and while the others seemed content with getting a good night’s sleep before seeing her, I absolutely could not.

It didn’t help that she’d sent a message inviting me over.

My gaze moved down to the text as I slid open my phone, locking the bakery door behind me before trailing up the stairs.

Me: This should be over by tonight, gorgeous. I promise. Breakfast in the morning?

It had taken most of the weekend and late into Tuesday night, but the young shifters were finally secure and taken care of. I didn’t regret helping, but I would admit that the entire time my thoughts had been on Lena—especially since she’d been texting the group as well as each of us individually. I wasn’t sure what had changed besides the obvious with both Liam and Ari taking her as a mate, but her normal walls and defenses seemed down. Which had only been proven by the message she’d sent back.

Gorgeous: I would love that. Let me know when you finish…you can come spend the night here, if you want. It would be easier to go to the diner in the morning.

It wouldn’t be the first time I’d knocked out at Lena’s place, but I usually stayed in the guest bedroom or on the couch. This invitation had a distinctly different feel to it…or maybe it was wishful thinking. Either way, I wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. It probably should have bothered me and my dragon more that three other men, including my own brother, had already put some type of claim on her…but I didn’t feel anything remotely like that. In fact, I was just fucking thrilled she seemed more on board than ever before.

My brother and I had been alone for most of our lives, and despite our two-year age gap, we’d both been forced to become adults sooner than we should have. We left home at only sixteen, moving from the east coast to the midwest when the situation with our parents had become too volatile.

From there it had been a game of wandering, and it wasn’t until last year when we came to Willowdale and met Lena that we realized we’d finally found it. Home. Which is why we struggled to leave her alone…

As dragons, we were able to choose our mates, but once we’d met Lena, there really was no choice. She was it for us. And when we realized how flighty our girl could be, it became a waiting game.

I think Liam and Ari had expected a fight when they realized we wanted her as our mate, but I hadn’t wanted to fight. I had just wanted her—would forever want her.

Unlocking her apartment, I slipped into the dark room and breathed in her familiar scent, fucking thrilled to be surrounded by anything that was Lena. I moved quietly into her bedroom, careful to discard my shoes outside the door before setting down my jacket. Lena lay on the bed with one long, bare leg thrown over the covers, moonlight spilling through the window and onto her frame.

A groan caught in my throat at the gorgeous sight, her night shirt pushed up to reveal a pair of pink lace panties that framed her perfect ass. The shirt she wore was tight against her chest, and her perfect breasts were nearly visible through the material.

I stopped at the edge of the bed, suddenly unsure of myself. I had been planning to slip into bed and fall asleep so I could wake up with her in my arms, but now that I was staring down at my gorgeous mate, I wasn’t sure I had the necessary control.

My cock was already hard, tenting my sweatpants. I ran my hand over my length, my gaze running to the apex of her thighs. I wanted those panties off and my mouth buried against her pussy. Fuck. Maybe it would be better for me to sleep out on the couch….

Walking around the side of the bed, I crouched down near her face and smoothed a hand over her soft cheek, wondering if it was the right move to wake her up. It would be for completely selfish purposes. But I had missed her so damn much, and the idea of being able to kiss her was nearly enough to drive me to shake her awake. When she didn’t respond to the touch to her cheek, her breathing deep, I shook my head and stepped back.

I would just sleep on the couch…

My thoughts drifted off as Lena murmured my name and rolled over to be closer to me. It was such a sweet sound, and the movement had rustled the sheets, revealing even more of her perfect ass. My throat went dry as my self-control stood on the precipice of true danger.

Doubt nagged at me. What if I woke her up and everything I thought I’d garnered from her texts had been wrong? What if she pushed me away again? What if she wanted more space? I wasn’t sure I could handle that. We acted as if it didn’t bother us, but every time she pushed us away it hurt just a bit fucking more than the last time.

Deciding to trust the control I’d built up over time and refusing to be away from her, I got into bed. Pulling her against me, assuming she would wake up at least a little, I was surprised when she only melted into me. Her ass was pressed right against my cock, and her deep breathing had me looking over her peaceful expression with contentment. Lena was so damn gorgeous.

Pressing my lips to her shoulder, my dragon rumbled inside of me, wanting to mark her desperately. My gaze tracked the way her breathing hitched just slightly and her nipples pebbled under the thin material of her sleep shirt.

Cupping her breast, I teased the nipple slowly, watching in fascination as her lips parted and her breathing caught—a flush stealing over her cheeks in the darkness of the room. I found myself captivated by her reactions and continued to tease her body, playing with her nipples over her shirt before sliding underneath, loving the way her delicate skin reacted to my touch. I couldn’t tell you how long I teased her before her hips rocked back against me, Lena reacting to me even while deep in sleep. Why was that so fucking hot?

I should have felt wrong about touching her in her sleep, but bringing her pleasure felt excusable, so I didn’t allow myself to hesitate to move my hand between her legs. I bit back a groan at how hot and wet she was over the silk of her panties. I slid my hand down the front of the material, wet heat surrounding me as I rubbed light circles over her clit.

When she shifted, her outside leg coming up over mine as she rolled toward me, I froze, but her continued deep breathing encouraged me. I continued to circle her clit, watching in fascination as her magic surged out and sparked against her skin in the faintest glimmer of teal.

Suddenly, the feral urge to make Lena come in her sleep washed over me, wanting her to feel my touch while trapped in the confines of her dream. When a moan slipped from her lips, I slid my fingers down her pussy and pushed two fingers inside of her tight, hot center. She tightened around me, and her body arched off the bed as she gasped in relief, her climax hitting her in a wave.

A satisfied sound left my throat as she eventually melted back into the bed. It should have been the end of it, but when I pulled my fingers out and brought them to my mouth, her taste exploded in my mouth.

I found I couldn’t deny myself the ability to taste from the source. I slipped away from her side and she spread out completely, her arms above her head against the pillows. Slowly removing her panties, I groaned at the sight of her perfect pussy, her thighs messy with wetness from her need—from needing me , even if she didn’t realize it.

Sliding flat against the bed, I brought my mouth against her center and let out a deep rumble at the explosion of her sweet taste. If she woke up now, I wasn’t sure I could stop. Still, I kept my movements slow but firm as I licked every inch of her, wanting every single last drop of her release.

When she began to tremble and moaned, my gaze shot up to find her eyes moving rapidly behind her eyelids, signaling her deep sleep had been interrupted. But the pleasure on her face and how hard her nipples were told me that it was because of the need she felt, and I fucking loved that.

Sitting up on my knees, I released my cock from where it had been painfully restrained and stroked it over her center, my dragon demanding viciously that we mark her. It was an urge almost impossible to control, but I somehow managed, taking a sharp inhale and stroking slower, wanting this to last.

The image of her laid out for me, almost as if she wanted me to take her just like this, was utter perfection. I had no idea how she’d react when she woke to me in her bed, but for the moment I could pretend. I could fucking pretend that she wanted me to slid inside of her, to claim her fully as my mate.

“Fuck,” I hissed as her hand slipped down her body, frustration marring her expression as she rocked her hips. Unable to help myself, I lifted her hand gently and kissed it, pressing my cock against her tight fuckhole in replacement of her fingers.

Lena let out a soft moan, and my breathing was rough as I realized the position we were in—the position that I was in. I’d imagined sneaking into this damn room a million times, and now that I was here, I was barely restraining myself.

I couldn’t…I couldn’t take her like this.

I inhaled sharply, battling with the urge to claim her as I continued to slide my cock against her perfect pussy. When she moaned my name, I slid in just a little bit. Just enough that if I came, it would be inside her. I couldn’t handle the idea of her not having my cum, and the way she tightened around my head and rocked her hips had me wanting to slip in further.

Pushing in another two inches, I let out a deep rumble at the way her body had to stretch to accommodate me. I leaned forward, caging her against the bed fully. The movement and sound caused her eyes to flutter open, and she looked up at me in sleepy surprise.

“Connery— more , please,” she breathed out, her words sealing her fate.

I slid in hard, making her cry out. She clutched around me, her nails sliding against my shoulders. I groaned against her neck, holding myself there as my length pulsed inside of her, feeling like it was being welcomed home. Lena moaned, pushing up against me with her hips as her legs wrapped around me, trying to make sure I didn’t leave her tight heat.

There was absolutely no chance of that—ever.

“I need you to move—fast and hard,” Lena whimpered. “My body feels like it's on fire. I can’t even explain why, I just need you so bad.”

“Because I was in here teasing you, touching every single part of you, making it so you were so damn wet before you even woke up,” I growled, pulling back and watching her gaze fill with heat and delight. “I couldn’t help but make you come, even in sleep, but then I had my mouth buried against your sweet pussy and you kept tempting me. You were so wet, I couldn’t fucking stop. ”

Pulling back, she moaned as I slammed balls-deep inside her once more. “I’d been planning to sleep next to you, to hold you, but instead you opened your pretty little thighs and I couldn’t help but push right into that perfect cunt of yours.”

“I wanted you to come here tonight,” she said as I pulled out and impaled her once again. “I hoped you would, even if I was sleeping.”

“Fuck,” I snarled, pumping fast as she stared up at me with so much desire it ruined me. “Do you know how many times I imagined doing this? You kept fucking denying us and what we could be. All I wanted was to pin you down in that clearing and make you take me—make you realize how much you need me. How good it could be.”

“It feels amazing. You feel amazing.” Lena moaned breathlessly as I continued to stroke in and out of her. When I suddenly rolled us so that she was on top, she sank fully onto my cock and I let out a feral sound at how fucking glorious she looked taking all of me.

Lena tugged off her shirt to reveal her perfect breasts, placing her hands on my chest and beginning to bounce. The sound of her moans and our skin coming together made my cock pulse, leaking precum inside of her.

“Tell me you want this,” I growled. “Tell me you want me to mate with you—to mark up that pretty little neck and bury my knot deep inside of you.” If she didn’t want me I would stop. I would pull out. It would fucking kill me, but I would do it for her.

“Yes,” she whimpered, rolling her hips. “I want your teeth and cum inside of me.”

Shit.

“And my knot,” I warned her, rolling us once more, unable to help the need to dominate her. I pushed her legs to her chest so that I could pump into her fully. “Are you prepared for that, gorgeous?”

“I can handle it,” she said, looking only momentarily concerned.

Stroking in and out of her, I could feel the skin on my cock shift and lengthen, her eyes widening as she cried out my name in surprise. Holding her down further so she couldn’t move away from me, I pumped hard and fast inside of her, and when she cried out—her orgasm crashing over her—I lost any semblance of control.

Her soft, curvy body carried the impact of my hard, harsh movements, and my breathing was rough in the room as I finally gave in to the need to come, slamming hard inside of her. I came so hard I saw fucking stars as my teeth sliced through the soft spot between her neck and right shoulder. My knot at the base of my cock, which only appeared for dragons when we were fully buried inside of our mate, swelled up to keep me lodged inside of her. The stretch of my size had her crying out my name as my cum filled her up so completely that I fucking knew I would breed her.

“Going to keep you stuffed so full, all the fucking time,” I said against her skin as she trembled at the pressure of our connection.

Propping myself up on my elbows, I groaned at the sight of us still connected, her abdomen inflated by my knot. Her golden eyes were dilated with desire, and I leaned down to kiss her before breathing out words that were imprinted on my soul.

“I love you, Lena.”

“Connery,” she breathed out in surprise. “You love me?”

“Of course I love you. I’m obsessed with you. I love the way you fucking breathe, let alone anything else. I need you in my life, gorgeous.”

Tears pricked Lena’s eyes. “I love you, Connery. I love that you’ve never given up on this—on us. I love that you push me, even when I’m too scared to make the jump myself.”

Pressing my forehead to hers, I savored her words. “I will never let you go.”

Lena flashed a tiny smile. “Figuratively and literally, it appears—how long are we stuck like this?”

I groaned as my cock seemed to get harder inside of her than ever before. “If you keep talking about loving me, I’m never going to be able to pull out of you, gorgeous.”

“We’ve got time.”

Her teasing words were so damn true though. We had all the time in the world.