Chapter 18 #2
I didn’t hesitate to bring my wrist over it and sprinkle blood onto the damaged surface, the crimson coating turning gold as it touched his skin.
At first I worried it was hurting him with the way he hissed, but then I realized it was something else, his body vibrating with a dangerous tension that told me that my blood was not only healing him but releasing a part of him I’d yet to fully experience.
I didn’t fully understand it, but I wanted to, especially with the way his hands were gripping my body as if worried I would try to get away from him.
“Fuck, thank you,” he groaned while continuing to extend his wings out, the previously damaged places looking good as new.
Thank the Maker. I leaned forward to brush the soft, repaired feathers, and it once again landed me flat on my back as he watched me with that predatorial intensity.
The one that told me I was out of my element with this man, with this immortal, angelic creature—one that had been alive for eons but was somehow mine.
“Azrael?”
He groaned as his name left my lips, pressing his body against mine. I rocked my hips, letting out a small hiss at the way his hard cock pressed right against where I was the most needy.
“If you keep saying my name like that, I’m going to have you bent over and screaming it out,” he growled softly, his breath against my neck causing me to tremble.
I didn’t find his words to be a threat, rather a promise as I felt something dangerous light up within me, like a spark igniting a burning flame of need on the edge of a grassy plane, the potential for it to explode into a raging wildfire right at the tips of my fingers.
I just needed to know that he wanted me as much as I wanted him.
“I wouldn’t mind that,” I breathed out in excitement before pulling back to look at where my wrist was pressed between us, the wound slowly healing but leaving a bite mark.
“But…I want to bite you first. You bit me, and you marked me with your feather. I want to feel like you’re mine as much as I’m yours. ”
“That’s not even in question,” he said, looking distressed that I could think differently. He rolled us so that I was on top, smoothing his hands over my butt. I rocked against him, loving his touch and the way he stared up at me with that possessive, awe-filled expression.
“Where do you want me to bite you?” I asked softly, my fingers running over his chest and neck, my body starting to turn into a tremendous storm of need, building in intensity second by second.
“On my neck. I want everyone to see it—fuck.”
My phoenix pushed forward, and I buried my teeth in his neck.
Instantly I felt his cock jerk underneath me as I ground against him, the taste of his blood sweet on my tongue as a low groan left his throat.
I let out a hum of pleasure as our bond solidified into a hard gold line, one that could never be cut or damaged.
We were mates, and whether the fates had planned it or not didn’t matter.
Azrael was mine, and I was his.
Then something hit me like a freight train, causing all my senses to go haywire. I pulled back, inhaling sharply and gripping his chest as a burning heat broke out in my abdomen. Everything turned black for a moment as I struggled to breathe?—
Before that wildfire exploded throughout my entire body.
Molten lava flooded each limb, and my center clenched as I suddenly felt pain associated with a level of hunger and need I hadn’t known was possible.
I closed my eyes, trying to breathe through it, my body becoming hyper-aware as my nipples tightened painfully and my skin broke out into a flush.
I could hear Az talking to me, but I couldn’t focus on his words.
Instead, I felt myself digging my nails into his skin as I shifted against him, letting out a whimper at how hard he was underneath me and how his pants were blocking him from being inside of me. I knew without a doubt that it would fix this burning sense of need running through me.
“Fuck, Maya, we can’t, not here?—”
“Can’t what?” My voice was raspy and came out in a tone I’d never heard before as I slid my hands up into his hair and melded my lips to his. He let out a snarl and rolled us, pinning me back to the ground. I watched him through hooded eyes as he finally pulled back.
“Please?” I whispered, not fully understanding what was going on with me. “I feel like I’m on fire. I need you.” I needed all my mates, but right now I needed him, and with the way he was looking at me, I knew he felt the draw. I knew he needed me too.
“Fuck, I don’t think I could say no if I wanted,” he hissed under his breath, his eyes flashing with knowledge. “I didn’t realize it would be like this; I feel like I’m in a goddamn frenzy for you. Dammit, I know I won’t be able to go slow or take my time. Shit.”
The last part was directed at me tightening my legs around him and rocking my hips against his cock as he let out a low hiss.
I didn’t completely understand what he was talking about, but I think I was successfully distracting him because suddenly my shirt was ripped down the center, the soft material nothing compared to his rough hands.
I was glad he’d already been shirtless, but my greedy hands were already moving to his belt.
Az caught them and pulled them above my head.
“Patience,” he commanded as I whimpered in frustration. “If we’re going to do this, you’re going to be patient.”
A pout slipped onto my lips, suddenly eclipsed by a moan as he worked his way down my body with open-mouthed kisses, tugging aside my silk bra to tease my nipple, torturing it with his attention.
My hips jerked against his as he ground down on me, his tongue dancing across my skin as he continued to make his way down my body.
When he finally began pulling down my leggings, I moaned in relief, leaving me in only a pair of panties and my bra.
Then my panties were being torn on the side, snapped and tossed aside so I lay bare in front of him.
I maybe should’ve felt nervous about what he thought, but instead I felt flushed and overwhelmed, craving to touch him, craving to feel him on top of and inside of me.
“I want you naked also,” I begged. He let out a deep primal rumble as he met my gaze and tugged off my bra, sliding the straps down my shoulders before snapping the soft bralette material in the center.
“You will have all of me very soon, mon lapin, but not yet. I’ve been dying to taste you since I first laid eyes on you, dying to bury my mouth between your legs. Open them up and let me see all of you.”
I didn’t hesitate, doing exactly that. A feral noise left his lips, his large hands capturing each thigh as he brought his face down, his chest rumbling like an animal scenting its mate—which was exactly what we were.
“Maker, you’re so fucking beautiful.”
“Az!” I cried out as his mouth met my center with a dangerous, intense flick of his tongue before he dove in, devouring me.
I whimpered as he slid two thick fingers inside of me, curling them until I exploded on his hand almost immediately, knocking the wind from my chest and causing me to tremble with the force of the orgasm that hit me.
I gasped out his name as he groaned and continued to lick up my release.
It should’ve helped the burning need inside of me, but instead I felt myself grow more slick as he sat back and looked over me with rough, uneven breath. I squirmed, needing more, needing all of him. I felt like I couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe without him inside of me.
“Fuck, Maya, I need to get you back to the house,” he whispered in a hard breath.
“I need you inside of me,” I whispered, gripping onto his shoulders and digging my nails in. “Please, Az? I can’t explain it, but I need you so bad.”
“Then you’ll have me,” he growled, his control snapping.
I inhaled sharply as he undid his pants, realizing that his thick, long cock had a piercing on the end of it.
I squirmed as he used a hand to hold me down and gripped his length with the other, sliding the head against my clit, the piercing a cold relief against my heated center. Holy hell that felt amazing.
And that was before he started to slide into me.
“You’re huge!” I hissed as he groaned and pushed into me completely, causing me to gasp out, feeling breathless at the intrusion.
“I’m sorry,” he groaned, and at first I didn’t realize what he meant.
Then he began to pull back and pound into me, roughing me up against the rocky ground.
I only spread my legs further for him, loving the way he was taking me.
It was uncontrollable, wild, like he couldn’t wait another minute.
With every stroke, he both sent vibrations of pleasure through me and stoked that burning inferno, causing my skin to break into a damp sweat as I arched my back, letting out a cry as a small orgasm rolled through me, only making it easier for him to push further into me.
“I need to get deeper,” he demanded roughly, nipping my bottom lip. I was suddenly pressed up against the cliff wall, and I slid down completely on his length, my nails drawing blood on his shoulders as I let out a cry of pleasure, tightening around him.
“You’re so deep,” I gasped as he began to drill into me, his hand behind my head to cradle it as my body pressed against the rock, the force of his movement causing small stones to tumble around us.
It didn’t stop him, though, and when he seared his lips against mine, I groaned into his mouth, loving the way he was filling me so completely.
“I’m going to come.” He cursed against my lips. “Holy shit, Maya, I’m going to come inside of you and fill up this pussy with so much of my fucking seed.”
“I want to feel you inside of me,” I encouraged him, tightening my legs around him.
I gasped as we were suddenly airborne, still against the wall as pieces of the cliff underneath us crumbled from the force of our movement and fell towards the ocean.
It didn’t deter him, Az continuing to make feral noises while pummeling into me, using his wings to keep us up in the air.
The sense of danger only intensified the experience.
When he finally slammed in deep, I cried out his name, the sound echoing across the cliffs and ocean as he roared out my own against my neck.
I felt him spill inside of me, his release momentarily relieving the intense burning in my belly, euphoria saturating every part of me.
I tried to catch my breath, burying my nose against him, my body sagging against his.
He groaned, breathing roughly as he pulled back and pushed up with his wings so that we landed on the top of the cliff’s surface.
He gently set me down, and when he slowly slid out of me, looking down at me from where he had me pinned, I offered him a small whimper of pleasure at how he was covered in both of us.
I was disappointed when he fixed his pants and covered himself up.
“My clothes are gone,” I whispered in realization.
He chuckled softly, cupping my jaw and leaning down to brush our lips together. “We just destroyed a cliffside, and you’re worried about being naked?”
“Not worried, just wish you were also,” I teased.
“Back at the house, I’d be happy to.” His eyes darkened.
“I know everything is about to get very intense, mon lapin, and I just need you to know and to understand that despite the fact we’ve only had a short amount of time together, you absolutely consume me.
My every thought. My every breath. Every second of my damn day.
I’m falling in love with you, and I hope like hell you’re falling with me because I could’ve never hoped for a mate like you. ”
“I am,” I admitted, tears of joy welling in my eyes. “I am, Azrael.” I knew I shouldn’t have said his name, but with the way he rumbled and kissed me hard, I didn’t regret it.
“Good,” he breathed out. “Then let’s get you back to your other mates. You’re going to need them.”
“Why?” I asked, feeling like everything around me was fuzzy. I didn’t disagree with him, but the way he was saying it held a tinge of concern, awe, and excitement. My abdomen was starting to burn again, and I could feel myself growing slick despite having just come.
What was going on with me?
His eyes darkened as he pressed a kiss to my forehead.
“Your mating heat has started.”