Chapter 6
Chapter Six
Ididn’t know why, but nerves were dancing in my belly.
Staring up at the moon, my wolf stirred inside.
I worried that if I let her out, I wouldn’t be able to call her back.
With the almost full moon, I thought it appropriate and had an insane urge to lift my face and howl. The thought made me laugh.
“What are you laughing at?” Slater asked, his head resting next to mine. His body heat surrounded me, and I let myself be lulled into the comfort of him.
“I was just thinking how funny it would be to howl at the moon in my human form. I can’t explain it, but I want to do it so bad.” I twisted my neck around just enough to look into his face, wanting to see if he laughed at my announcement.
Slater’s gorgeous green eyes sparkled, and then he lifted his head and howled. Not like his wolf, but as a man, making me laugh. I elbowed him in his rock-hard abs, then, when he nudged me, I joined him. Our antics released some of the tension I’d felt since walking into the suite.
“Want to tell me what else is going on in that gorgeous head?’
I took a deep breath. With my back to him, it was easier to admit what was on my mind.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do with my life now.
I mean, for so long I didn’t have to worry.
Cammie took care of me, and where I was going to live.
Heck, I didn’t even have to think about what to eat or when to eat.
It was put out for me.” I shuddered, thinking I truly was messed up.
“We are going to take it one day at a time. Together,” he assured me.
I opened my mouth to respond, shutting it at the loud knock on the door. “Our dinner is here.” My stomach rumbled. “Let me get it. We can eat out here.’
Numbly, I nodded. The patio had a small round table with four padded chairs that looked as though they had been cleaned recently.
Not sure if I should sit or wait for Slater to return, I opted for the former.
I chose one of the chairs that gave me a view of the inside and also the ability to look out at the setting.
The soft seat surprised me. I put my hands on the table, then on my thighs, before folding them in my lap.
The scent of pizza hit me before he walked out.
I’d always loved the stuff and had even gotten a slice or two from Cammie, but it had always been cold by the time I’d eaten it.
My mouth watered as he placed the box in the center.
It took monumental effort to wait for Slater to serve us—a feat I was proud of when all I wanted to do was devour the entire thing.
“Shoot, I forgot plates, but it’s pizza. It’s meant for hands.” He winked and handed me a large slice.
Unsure if he was reading my mind, and too hungry to care, I accepted the pepperoni pizza. The first bite was like heaven. Warm and cheesy. We finished the entire thing, both sitting back with a happy sigh.
His satisfied grin set another need off in my body. How the man could look so damn gorgeous without lifting a finger, I had no clue.
“Come here,” he beckoned, his tone low. The sound of his chair scraping across the wood as he pushed away from the table made me jump, and then he patted his thigh.
I got up and rounded the table, looking at his lap, then his face.
“What?” The word barely left my mouth before he pulled me onto his thighs, covering my mouth with his.
He didn’t ease me into the kiss so much as devour me like we’d done the pizza.
I got lost in the taste and masterful way he owned my lips, stroking against his tongue with my own.
Mate. The word resonated in my mind, making me pull back.
“What’s wrong?” Slater’s arms contracted around me.
How could I ask him if he wanted to be my mate when I didn’t think I was worthy?
Instead, I shook my head and stood. “I need you, Slater.” With the moon at my back, I lifted the top over my head, letting it drop at my feet, then shimmied out of the rest of my clothes.
His eyes followed each move I made, making me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world.
“Damn, baby, I could eat you up.” He licked his lips, then pulled me forward. He buried his face in my stomach, trailing kisses along my flat tummy. “Spread your legs,” he ordered.
With a glance over my shoulder, I did as he asked when it appeared nobody else could see.
Dear Goddess, it was amazing. His tongue rasped over my clit.
He nuzzled his face against me, licking and sucking until I cried out in ecstasy.
I was completely mindless, panting while he continued.
His tongue mimicked the act of sex, and now I understood what Cammie had meant when she’d said Keanu was a magician.
“That’s it, come for me again.” Slater’s words were growled against my flesh, his hands on my thighs tightening. Everything about the man was pure magic, and without conscious thought, I soared over the edge, knowing he’d catch me, screaming his name, climaxing hard.
The fingers gripping my hips eased, and then he was pushing me back, then standing. He cupped my face in his hands. “Be my mate, LeeLee. Say you’ll be mine forever.’
“You want to...with me?’
He rubbed his thumb over my trembling lip. “More than I want my next breath. If you say no, then I’ll spend the next fifty years following you around like a lost puppy. Imagine that scenario. It’ll be awful. I don’t look good, all sad.” He put on a dejected face, making me laugh.
I nodded, wrapping my arms around his waist. “If you’re sure.’
“Oh, love, I was sure the moment I saw you standing in front of a pregnant Cammie Raines in wolf form. Damn, you really know how to make a wolf sweat.” He leaned back, then dove down for a heated kiss.
The sweet torment made tears form in my eyes, and I let them fall, holding onto Slater like the lifeline he was.
“Hey, are these good or bad tears?’
I smiled up at him. “Definitely good. I never thought I’d get my own happily ever after,” I sniffed.
Slater used his thumbs to wipe away the wetness, then lifted me into his arms. “Well, let’s go see about making you have a few more happy endings.’
We left the balcony door open, another urgency riding us. The need to mate and become one in the way of our kind. I and my wolf wanted to meld our soul with Slater and his wolf.
At the large bed, he paused and let me slide down his fully clothed body, the sensation decadent against my nakedness.
“Can I undress you?” I climbed onto the bed at his nod.
On my knees, I grabbed his T-shirt, inching it over his head.
The man was truly breathtaking. His rippling stomach muscles twitched under my fingers as I trailed them down toward the button of his jeans.
Goosebumps popped up on my flesh at his low growl.
I looked up, seeing his liquid green eyes staring down at me, a promise in their depths. “You’d better hurry, love, or I’m not gonna be responsible for my actions,” he growled between clenched teeth.
Biting my lip, I worked the zipper down, freeing his straining erection. “Wow, he is mighty big.” I ran my finger over the tip, then bent and licked the bead of precome.
“Woman, I won’t last if you do that.” Slater buried his hand in my hair but didn’t stop me.
I moaned around him. He was almost too big, stretching my mouth wide and pressing against my tongue so that I had to inhale through my nose.
His unique scent intoxicated me. Mine. His hips began to thrust, back and forth, his breathing became ragged, and with each move, he was filling all of my senses with him.
“Mmm,” I moaned, licking along the tip and taking him back inside, loving the delicious taste of him, devouring everything he had to give, even the sounds he made.
My hands curled around his thighs, I held myself steady, took even more of him in until he hit the back of my throat, trying to swallow.
So lost in the giving of pleasure, I was shocked when he pulled back.
“Damn it, not like this,” he cried out, his big body shuddering.
My eyes widened in horror, thinking I’d done something wrong, because I’d been lost in my own selfish needs. I was about to flee from the bed when his hands grabbed me by the ankles, halting my escape.
“Love, I want to come in your body, but not your mouth. I want to make you my mate. We have all the time in the world to explore every fantasy we have. I promise I will come down your throat. Goddess, I want that, too.” His eyes closed on a groan.
“So, I was doing it okay?’
He pushed me up the bed, climbing on top of me, our bodies connected from chest to hip. “If you did it any more okay, I’d have been coming right now, and then we’d have to wait a few minutes before I could claim you properly.’
“I really wanted to taste you.” I pouted up at him.
He groaned, his cock nudging the entrance to my body. “Next time.’
I lifted my legs and wrapped them around his waist, waiting for that first thrust. His cock slid into my eager body just before his lips claimed my mouth.
Slowly, he inched his way in, inch by glorious inch, making me his.
He continued to slide deeper, and I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, needing something to anchor myself to while he gave me more than I thought I could handle.
“Damn, you are so tight. I can feel you squeezing my dick already. Like a hot, wet fist,” he ground out. “You okay?’
He stared down at me. Nodding, he gave me another inch, and then another, until his groin was kissing mine. I was stretched almost to the point of pain, but I knew pleasure was coming. “Relax, love. I’ll take care of you.” He brushed his hand over my forehead.