Chapter 6
They dressed in silence, the air tinged with erotic undertones.
He’d thought Sera was gorgeous before she shifted, before he’d seen each delicious inch of her sweet curves bared to his hungry gaze. Then she’d shifted into her beautiful jaguar, all sleek golden fur and dark rosettes.
But now, as they watched each other dress and she slowly covered up the body he’d been so enchanted with, he thought she was truly the total package.
The day they’d spent together had been important.
They’d shared a lot about their pasts and the strange roads that brought them together, and he’d cherished every second of their time together.
Part of him wanted to be a gentleman, to walk her back to the bears’ underground living area where she’d been staying for the last week. But the snarling, hungry male in him wanted to take her back to his home—their home—and make her his.
There was something about being soulmates that seemed to speed everything up. They’d spent half a day together, but it felt like years, like they’d known each other forever.
If he really thought about it, they were born for each other.
Shifters only got one soulmate.
And sometimes fate was cruel and kept them apart for far too long.
He was just damn thankful she was here with him now.
They walked down the stairs to the lions’ private area.
He’d had a large home built for himself when he first came to the park because he’d had three boys with him.
But over the last few years, it had felt too big and empty, so after Jupiter and Celeste had announced their pregnancy, he’d offered to switch homes with them.
Jupiter’s home had two bedrooms and was just the right amount of space for him, and someday he’d hoped, his soulmate.
He opened the door to the house and let Sera in, then shut it behind him. He was about to offer her a drink or something to eat, or a tour of the house, when she stepped forward, bumping against him, and gripped his shirt with both hands.
The scent of her arousal was pure heat and female, sweet and sultry, and his lion growled in approval. He put his arms around her and lowered his head to kiss her, pressing his lips against hers. Their lips parted, tongues touching and dancing together, both their beasts purring at the contact.
He gripped her hips and drew her close, his erection pressing against her belly.
She moaned softly and he grinned inwardly, sucking on her lower lip and giving it a gentle bite before he nipped his way slowly down her neck.
She sighed and tilted her head, her hands twisting in his shirt as she shivered.
He lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
Carrying her into the bedroom, he lowered her to the bed and straightened, staring down at his beautiful mate.
Her long, dark hair was spread around her, her eyes were bright with arousal.
The jeans clung to her like a second skin, and her shirt had risen up to give him a tantalizing view of her belly.
He wanted more.
He wanted all of it. With her.
He pushed the shirt up slowly and bent over, kissing her navel and making his way up the center of her body as he pushed the fabric up.
She shivered and gasped when he bared her breasts, tonguing her tight nipples and sucking on them with gentle pressure until she writhed under him.
He pushed the shirt up farther and she sat up enough to pull it off entirely, and then she stretched out before him, a goddess deserving of worship.
Undoing the button of her jeans while he kissed his way back down her body, he hooked his fingers into the waistband and pushed them down. She lifted her hips and he wiggled the material down over her bottom and slowly down her legs, dropping the pants on the floor.
She put her foot on his chest and smiled devilishly.
“You too.”
He nearly pulled his shirt apart at the seams stripping it off, but when it was joined on the floor by his jeans, he was ready to send his mate into orbit.
Placing a hand on her knee, he pushed her leg gently to the side, slowly baring her body to him. She was shaved bare, her sex glistening with arousal, her folds pink and beckoning.
He lifted her ankle and kissed the arch of her foot. Her toes curled and she let out a low chuckle.
Kissing his way slowly up her leg, he caressed the soft skin under her knee and then placed her leg back on the bed and lowered to his knees. He pulled her to him, her legs spreading to make room for his shoulders.
“It’s been a long while,” she whispered as she lifted herself onto her elbows and smiled at him.
“I promise to take good care of you.”
“I know you will, you’re my soulmate.”
He kissed the inside of her thigh and gave a little bite that made her suck in a breath. He caught her gaze. “It’s been a long while for me too, actually. We were clearly waiting for each other.”
“It’s been long enough,” she murmured.
He hooked his hands over her hips with a growling agreement and kissed the top of her pussy, tonguing her clit gently, delving down to her entrance and licking at her honey.
She tasted as amazing as she smelled, sweet like honey and peaches and warm like sunshine and cream.
He wanted to eat her forever, to drive her to every high peak of pleasure until she was as addicted to him as he was already to her.
She moaned softly every time he played with her clit, and the idea that she’d been without pleasure at someone else’s hands for a long while made him want to ensure he gave her more than she’d ever had.
He slipped a hand to her entrance, pushing a finger gently inside.
She tilted her hips and he added a second finger, thrusting gently as he licked her clit.
He moved his fingers inside her, rubbing her walls and changing the speed, faster and then slow, deep and then shallow.
When he closed his lips around her clit and flicked his tongue over the bud, she let out a low cry and her pussy clenched around his fingers.
He laid his tongue over her clit and purred loudly, knowing it would make his tongue vibrate. She arched her back and cried out loudly, twisting her hips as she writhed on the bed. He purred louder and fingered her faster, and then she fell apart, crying out his name and purring at the same time.
He didn’t wait a second, he stood and pushed her up the bed, flipping her to her stomach and grabbing her hips to lift her bottom in the air. He slammed into her, his cock finding home inside her as she shuddered through her release.
Gripping her hips firmly, he fucked her hard and fast. She gripped the blanket, moaning his name and urging him on.
Sweat slicked his body as he pushed himself to keep going, wanting simultaneously to come inside her and keep fucking her.
His fangs elongated as his orgasm tingled at the base of his spine, his claws surging from his fingertips.
She bowed her back with a yes! and he couldn’t stop himself from coming, letting go into his climax and roaring out his pleasure.
He slid an arm under her breasts and hauled her up against him as he came inside her, pressing his finger to her clit to bring her right back to the brink again.
As she fell over into another great height of pleasure, he sank his fangs into the side of her neck, his lion grumbling in happiness to mark her.
He extracted his fangs and scored his tongue, purring as he licked the mark he’d made to ensure his blood mixed with hers so the mark would scar permanently.
She gripped his forearm, her delicate claws digging into his skin.
He dropped his hand to her hip and gave it a squeeze, then lowered them both to the mattress. She snuggled into his side immediately, letting out a contented purr.
“Did you want to mark me?” he whispered with a rough voice.
She lifted her head. “Do lionesses mark their mates?”
“If they want.”
“Only the males mark females in the prowl.” She lifted slowly, straightening her arms and looking down at him. The room was dark, but he could still see her with his enhanced sight, enough to make out the look of satisfaction. “I think I would like to, but not now. Another time, if that’s okay?”
“Whatever you want, baby. It’s our mating and we can do whatever we want.”
She kissed him and then settled back in his arms, her head on his chest. “Right now, I just want to fall asleep with you.”
“Me too.” He kissed the top of her head as he drew the blanket over them. “You’re mine now, Sera, and I’m yours. I promise to always be the male you deserve.”
Her answer was a soft exhale as she fell asleep, and he smiled.
They had things to discuss, but it could all wait.
For now, he was going to enjoy falling asleep with his soulmate.
Nothing else mattered.