Chapter 27 #2
“I know. That’s why this is so hard. You protected me with Brad, even before you knew I wasn’t some dangerous nephilim creature out here harming humans.
Then, when I got hurt on campus, you patched me up, and even though I know you came to that other realm for your pack, I saw the fear in your eyes when you found me with that demon.
Despite the lies, I can see now how much you care about me. ”
A little of the tension leaves my shoulders at her words. She understands. Maybe she doesn’t forgive me yet, but at least she understands.
“You’re our mate. Even if you never forgive us or don’t want to make it official, the need to protect you and see you happy won’t change for us. We’ll accept whatever you want our relationship to be, but how we feel will remain the same. You’re already carved into our heart.”
Tears well in her eyes, and I wonder if maybe I said too much.
The last thing I want to do is pressure her.
I look away, unsure how to make this better.
Getting dressed would probably help. I stand, covering my dick with my hands, and step toward my discarded clothes.
Fuck. I can’t believe I just laid everything bare like that while buck-ass naked.
“Lucian,” she says, voice hesitant.
I stop what I’m doing, my arms already halfway through my T-shirt, and peer over my shoulder at the woman I’m irrevocably attached to. “Cara.”
“Swear you’ll never lie to me again, even if you think it’ll protect me.” She’s standing now, her steps silent on the floor as she approaches.
I drop my arms, using the shirt to hide my dick, and turn to meet her gaze once more. Something about the moment feels charged with possibilities. Whatever she asks of me, she can have. My truth. My soul. All of it. “I promise. No more secrets. Never again.”
Her eyes roam over my face for what feels like an eternity. My hound and I wait patiently, trying not to hope for the outcome we want but yearning for it all the same.
Tentatively, her hand drifts up my arm, and she steps even closer. “I can’t promise to receive your mating mark, but I’ve never felt like this before with anyone. You make me feel like I can do anything, like I’m more than just a cog in the Montgomery law firm. I’m not ready to give that up yet.”
“So don’t.” I hold my breath, my heart beating so fast I’m afraid it’ll collapse in my chest.
The tether holding us together is taut as we stare into each other’s eyes, and then all at once, it snaps.
She’s in my arms in seconds, our lips and teeth clashing in a kiss full of desperation.
Her hands tangle in my hair, pulling me deeper into the kiss until I think we might both pass out from lack of oxygen.
And wouldn’t that be a fine way to go.
She reaches for the hem of her shirt and pulls it off before I can stop her, but when she digs her thumbs into the waistband of her pants, I shake my head.
“No.”
She looks up at me with those soft green eyes, and I melt.
“I want to do it.”
She gives me this shy, almost innocent smile that has me wanting to corrupt and defile her. Fuck, she’s perfect. My mate.
Slowly, I drop to my knees, trailing kisses along her collarbone, between her breasts, down her stomach, until I’m kneeling in front of her.
Her pants and underwear lie long forgotten in a pile on the floor.
Her arousal fills my senses, and internally my hound bays, demanding we taste her, but I hold back.
Instead, I wrap my arms around her waist and rest my head on her stomach.
There are so many things I want to say.
Thank you for giving me another chance.
I won’t let you down.
I love you.
But I keep them all to myself. At least for now. Someday it’ll be the right time, but today is not that day.
She doesn’t try to back away or say anything, content to let me embrace her. I wonder if she can sense the words I’m holding in or if she’s doing the same, but I guess I’ll never know.
When I finally pull back, her eyes are glassy with unshed tears, and this time they’re mixed with unadulterated lust. That look is all it takes to shatter my control.
Parting her legs, I bury my face in her pussy and lap at her slit. She cries out, but I don’t stop. Instead, I grip the back of her legs and stand.
“Lucian!” she cries out in a half moan, half shout that has my dick hardening past the point of comfort. Her arms and legs are wrapped around me, and I can barely breathe, but still, I don’t stop.
My girl is about to shatter, and I’d rather die than take this orgasm from her.
I flick her clit incessantly, not letting up despite the lack of oxygen or the ache in my jaw.
When she detonates, I gently lay her down on the couch and kiss my way up her body until I reach her lips.
She kisses me like she wants to crawl inside me and never leave.
“I’ve missed you so fucking much,” I admit against her mouth.
“Me too.” The words come out as a gasp as I pump two of my fingers into her. Something comes over her then. My hound senses it, and he almost turns feral.
She pushes against my shoulders until I fall back against the couch. There’s a glint in her eye that makes my cock twitch in anticipation. When she straddles me, it’s nearly my undoing.
“You’re so fucking beautiful,” I tell her as she rubs her wetness over the length of my shaft.
My hound howls inside, and I know my eyes must be glowing.
Mate. Mate. Mate. He barks, growling the words. Her eyes widen, and I wonder if she can hear him. Does she know how badly he wants us to bite her? Claim her. Mark her. And how desperately he wants her to do the same.
She thrusts against us faster now, and as much as I want to drive myself into her wet heat, I can’t deny how much I’m enjoying her loss of control. “That’s it, baby. You’re almost there. Take it.”
Her breaths come out shaky, and I know she’s close. “Lucian.”
“I know, Cara. I know.” Dipping my head, I wrap my lips around her stiff nipple and suck. She cries out, her limbs growing tense as the orgasm takes over her entire body.
I don’t waste a second. I thrust into her, forcing her to take all of me. Her hips shake with the violence of her release, so I grab onto them and direct her.
“Oh, God. Lucian, I…” Her eyes roll back, and I can’t help but growl in pleasure at the knowledge that I’m the reason she’s breaking.
“Fall apart for me, Cara. I want to feel your sweet cunt strangle my cock. I need it. Need you.” I pant the words, feeling my balls tighten. Fuck, I’m so close, but I need her to come again.
Her head falls onto my shoulders, and I feel her teeth dig into my flesh.
My hound perks up, and my canines ache with the need to bite her, but as much as I might want it, she doesn’t break the surface of my skin.
Still, feeling her teeth graze against me has tingles of pleasure shooting straight to my balls.
“You have no idea what that does to me,” I groan, dropping my hand between her legs and fuck, she’s soaked. My fingers glide over her clit, her breath hitches, holds, and then she screams.
Her inner walls flutter around me and grip on so tightly that I can’t hold back the groan that escapes my lips as I release into her. Every quake of her core causes another tremor to run through me until she’s taken every drop I have.
We don’t try to get up or move, the two of us wholly content to stay like this for as long as possible. She rests her forehead on mine and stares into my eyes with a lazy smile on her face.
She’s perfect.
“I won’t let you down, Cara.”
Her fingers trace lines on my face, and I kiss her palm. “I believe you.” She giggles then as she feels exactly what her words do to me. “Oh my God, how are you still so hard?”
“Hey, don’t blame me! It’s your fault, you know.”
She slaps my arm playfully. “I swear, you get thicker after an orgasm.”
As much as I want to explain the special nuances that come with being a hellhound, I hold back.
I’m not quite ready for this moment to be over, and I already know her curious nature will take over the moment I say something about knots.
“Oh, it’s like that, is it?” I ask instead, then stand with my cock still buried inside her and haul her to the bathroom.
“Let’s see if a cold shower will help cool us both down, hmm? ”
It’s not long before her squeals from the icy water turn into moans.