Chapter 15 - Noah #2
"Sage," I started, taking a step towards her.
That only made her step back, so I froze, afraid she would flee again.
"Sage. I can't let you leave until you understand me.
The miscommunications have to stop. I'm...honored, I guess is the right word, that you would use your magic to help the land and the farms. It makes me think you're really starting to feel at home again here.
There was no sarcasm in my words, I swear.
I was simply worried about your safety."
"Because you're a control freak." She bit out. "You didn't even stop to think that I might have known exactly where the traps were."
I couldn't deny that, but the truth of her words was a little too close to the bone. "Neither of us is perfect. You're stubborn, and you never let me finish a sentence before you jump to conclusions. We have the same problem."
She crossed her arms over her chest, and my heart sank.
I had a feeling she would run again, and I couldn't let her.
"Sage. Please." I stepped forward again, and my confidence grew when she didn't move back.
"We keep on having the same argument with different words.
Aren't you sick of it? Don't you just want things to be simple between us? "
She wavered, her one foot moving forward before she stopped again and wrapped her arms tightly around herself. Alarm bells went off in my head at the movement—stiff body language, pained expression, holding herself tightly...
"Of course I do, but what if we never get there? Never really understand each other."
Swallowing hard, I continued to approach her, slowly, like she was a doe that could be easily spooked. "You want to know how well I understand you, mate? How well I know you?"
Another step forward, and her breath came faster, "I know just from looking at you that your heat is causing you pain again, and for some reason, you don't want to admit it to me."
A blush rose in her cheeks, but she didn't deny it.
"I know that you're a fighter," I said, taking her face in my hands, "And no matter how hard we clash, no matter how much you try to put distance between us, it's never going to work."
"Noah," she said, and her voice was low and thick, "I..." "Are you in pain, Sage? Do you need me to help you?"
Her eyelids lowered, her lips parting, and then, between one breath and the next, she crashed her mouth into mine.
My surprise didn't last long, and I met her kiss with an intensity that matched her own.
She moaned, opening her mouth for me, and our tongues tangled.
My cock swelled as I kissed her, and it took everything I had not to push her down on the forest floor and bury myself in her.
But I wasn't about to knot my mate for the first time on the dirty ground.
I knew she would need more than just my fingers this time, and I was going to give her everything I had. I just had to get her home.
Sage's arms slid around my neck, and she pushed her body against mine. She was burning up beneath her clothes, every sound she made as I kissed her an echo of her need. I broke the kiss and kissed my way down her neck, biting gently.
"Home," I murmured, nuzzling her, "We have to get home."
"Right here." Her eyes were unfocused, and her body swayed slightly. "Please."
The fact that she was asking was proof of just how far gone she was. It was a miracle she wasn't already pushing me to the ground.
"We're just a few minutes away," I promised her, "Hold on a little longer."
She whined, but allowed me to scoop her up in my arms. "Almost there, mate. Hang on for me."
I carried her back, and she buried her face in my chest. Sage had gone quiet, but the smell of her slick was enough to drive me nearly insane. I was walking a razor's edge of control, and if she kept pressing herself against me, I wouldn't make it all the way home.
When the house came into view, relief washed over me, and my pace picked up. Sage was practically limp in my arms by the time we got there, and the second the door was shut behind us, she was pushing at my clothes.
"You have to fuck me," she demanded, her hands working at the buttons on my shirt. "It's the only thing that will ease my heat." "I know, mate," I murmured, kissing her softly. "I'll fix it, I swear I will."
I managed to get her shirt over her head and her jeans down, leaving her in just her bra and underwear.
When I cupped her beautiful face in my hands again, willing her to keep calm, there was cold flashing in her dark eyes, a clear sign that her wolf was oh so close to the surface.
I knew If I kissed her and ran my tongue along her teeth, there was a chance they'd cut me.
Her edge of violence was turning me on. She was the one in heat, but I was nearly as out of control as she was. If I weren't an Alpha and didn't possess more self-control because of it, I'd be equally as lost.
"Bedroom," I ordered.
We didn't have time to make it to my room, but the guest room was close. And as long as it had a bed, it was good enough.
It was a mad rush through the house, and when the guest room door finally slammed shut, the last of my control slipped away. Sage was a goddess, her skin pale and glowing, and she reached for me with trembling hands.
I pushed her down on the bed, and she whimpered, spreading her legs wide. Her jeans were suddenly my mortal enemy, and I couldn't get the button undone fast enough. My mouth was on her mouth, then her neck, leaving biting kisses as I went.
Sage lifted her hips so I could help her out of her denim jeans, shrugging her flannel shirt off while I did away with her pants.
I groaned at the sight of her, flushed and wet and open for me.
Her skin was fever-hot and covered with a thin layer of sweat.
I knew my mate would taste as good as she smelled.
My cock was rock hard as I all but ripped her panties off her body, throwing the sky-blue strip of fabric away, pushing her thighs up and open so I could look my fill of her.
She'd long since thrown her shirt aside, her bra the last barrier between us, and before I could even think to unhook it for her, she had done the job for me. As she sucked in breath after breath, her breasts jiggled, nipples begging for attention.
"Fuck, Sage," I growled, leaning down to taste one of her gorgeous breasts, "I'm not going to be able to stop until you come on my knot. Do you understand that?"
"Don't," she gasped, her fingers digging into my hair. "Don't stop. I need it." "I'll take care of you," I promised.
My mate's heat was in full swing, and she was electric in my hands as I sucked her nipple into my mouth, lapping at it with my tongue until she was panting, and then switching to the other one.
She squirmed, her hips rising off the bed as if looking for something to press against..
.But I wasn't ready to give in to her just yet.
Sage whined as I kissed a trail down her stomach, and she tried to close her legs around my shoulders, but I had a good grip on her and was able to keep her open. My tongue dipped into her belly button, and then I kissed lower, until my nose brushed against her pussy.
Her breath caught in her throat, and I smiled up at her, "Impatient?" "Tease," she panted.
"Mmm," I agreed, blowing a stream of warm air onto her clit, which was swollen and peeking out from between her pussy lips.
"Noah, please."
Her pleas were music to my ears. The only thing sweeter than them would be the sounds she made when I finally gave her what she wanted.
"I'll make it feel better, mate," I promised, dipping my tongue inside her.
The sounds that came from her mouth were full of wanton need, her legs unsteady in my grip. I licked up and down her slit, getting a good taste of her, then focused my attention on her clit, sucking the sensitive bud into my mouth and swirling my tongue over it.
"That's so good," she gasped, her back arching. "God, don't stop."
She tasted incredible, and I lapped at her juices, savoring the sweet flavor that was uniquely hers. There was nothing that could ever compare to this.
"So wet for me," I murmured against her. "So perfect. My mate is perfect."
Sage cried out as I slipped two fingers inside her, curling them up to find her g-spot, just like I had done the other night when she had come all over my fingers. I'd learned already how she wanted to be touched, and I used that knowledge against her.
"Oh, God," she moaned, her head falling back against the pillows. "Yes." "Good?"
Sage's eyes were wild as she begged me not to stop and coaxed me on, demanding everything I could give her.
I didn't plan to. Not until I made her come. Not until she was good and ready for my knot. My fingers worked her expertly, and she ground against me, chasing her pleasure. When her walls clenched around my fingers, I knew she was close, and I redoubled my efforts.
Alternating between sucking at licking at her clit, and rubbing her g-spot in time with my tongue, I devoured Sage until she was a begging, shaking mess, my mouth and her thighs covered in her slick.
Out of my mind with lust, I undid my belt with frantic motions until I could finally get my cock in my free hand and stroke myself in time with the strokes of my fingers inside her.
"Fuck," she gasped, "I'm gonna come. Noah, please."
"Come for me, Sage," I growled. "Show me how much you love it."
Sage's body bowed as she came, her mouth open in a silent cry of ecstasy, her eyes squeezed tightly shut.
Her pussy pulsed around my fingers, and the way her body moved had me nearly at the edge.
A fresh rush of slick coated my fingers, and I savored every drop as she cried my name to the empty room.
Slowly, agonizingly so, her muscles unclenched, and she relaxed, heavy-lidded and satisfied, but both of us knew the night was only half over.
I slanted my mouth over hers, letting her taste herself on me as I worked the button of my jeans open. It was time for the next step, time to claim her once and for all.