18. Chapter 18
Chapter eighteen
“You already finished checking the perimeter?” Lark asked as Mike appeared in the doorway of her bedroom to lean casually against the jamb, and looking mighty fine while doing it.
“Yeah,” Mike said. “Not that I’m too worried about Roman or Sentinel finding us here. There’s absolutely no connection between SWAT and this house. As long as we make sure no one follows us while we’re out and about, we’ll be fine. Any problem getting Kal to go to bed?”
“He actually went up to his room without a fuss,” Lark said with a laugh, moving over to one side of the small couch in the reading nook by the window.
“I was a little worried he’d be wired after eating so much at dinner, but it was the opposite.
I think he was trying to keep up with you and your pack mates. ”
Mike chuckled as he closed the door and walked over to join her on the couch. “With our metabolism, my pack mates and I can eat pretty much whatever we want. Is it the same for you?”
“I have a pretty high metabolism, I suppose, but nothing like you’re talking about,” Lark admitted. “I still need to eat a balanced diet and make sure I work out.”
“Well, that sucks,” he teased with a grin. “I’ll remember to feel bad the next time I wolf down a whole package of Oreos in front of you. No pun intended.”
Lark rolled her eyes and shook her head with another laugh. She knew it wasn’t the case, but in some ways, it was almost like no time had passed at all, and they were still the same two people who’d fallen in love so long ago. What she wouldn’t give to get that time back.
Mike took her hand, absently playing with the engagement ring on her finger. “Thanks again for all the help today.”
“I’d say anytime, but I’d rather you not put yourself in a situation where that kind of help will be necessary again.”
His mouth twitched. “Oh, I don’t know. If that’s the price I have to pay to get your hands on my naked body, I’ll take it.”
“You know, there’s an easier way for you to get my hands on you. If that’s what you want,” Lark said, leaning in so close to Mike she could feel the warmth of his breath on her face.
“Are you sure about this?” Mike’s gaze locked on hers. “Because if we’re moving too fast, I’m okay waiting.”
“I was in love with you ten years ago,” Lark said softly. “And I’m still in love with you now. I don’t want to wait any longer.”
Mike sat up straighter on the couch, pulling Lark closer, his hands moving across her shoulders, one sliding down her back while the fingers of the other weaved into her hair, his tongue teasing her lips open.
She moaned as his distinctly masculine flavor flooded her taste buds.
The next thing she knew, she was straddling his lap, his hardness pressing against the warmth between her legs.
“It seems like you’ve completely recovered from your earlier injuries,” she pointed out with a smile and a little wiggle of her hips, grinding against him. “I was worried you might be too sore.”
His hands glided down to her hips, keeping her pressed firmly against him. “After ten years, if you think some achy muscles are going to stop me from being with you, then maybe you’ve forgotten what we used to have.”
“I haven’t forgotten,” she said, kissing him. “But I’ve hurt you so many times, and I never want to hurt you again.”
“You’re not going to hurt me. We’ll take it slow.”
She wanted to ask him if he was absolutely sure, but then realized she didn’t need to. She wanted him as much as he wanted her. But there was one thing she did need to ask him about first.
“I know that now doesn’t seem like the time for this, but when I was talking to Khaki earlier, she told me about how hybrid werewolves have soul mates,” she murmured.
“I’m not sure what to think about the legend of The One, but I do know there’s definitely something special going on between us.
Like fate took a hand to bring us together again after. ”
Mike gazed at her hungrily. “Lark, I’ve known you were my soul mate for ten years. When you left, I’d believed I’d never have another because fate would never grant a werewolf more than one shot at happiness. Now that I have you back, I’m not going to waste this chance.”
Leaning forward, Lark draped her arms over his shoulders, her mouth finding his again as all the feels welled up inside her. The soft growl he let out was the sexiest thing she’d ever heard, especially when she felt the rumbles vibrating down through his chest and into her core.
She lost herself in the kiss. At least until she felt an electric tingle against her tongue. It took her a few seconds to realize his fangs had extended. It was a unique sensation, and unexpectedly intoxicating. And as they grazed her tongue once again, she decided she didn’t mind it at all.
Breaking the kiss, Lark leaned back long enough to pull her shirt over her head and then slowly reached around to unhook her bra. Mike’s eyes flared vivid gold as she revealed her breasts, and it made her feel like the most desirable woman in the world.
“You’re even more beautiful than I remembered,” he said, his hands gliding up to cup her breasts, his fingers immediately finding her nipples, squeezing them deliciously.
“I’ve missed this,” she moaned, covering his hands with hers, squeezing them tighter against her breasts. “Does it sound crazy like I’ve fantasized about this moment for the longest time?”
“It isn’t crazy at all. I’ve been having those same dreams for ten years,” he said hoarsely.
Standing, he swung her up in his arms, then walked over to set her down on the bed. She leaned back on her elbows, enjoying the view as he stripped off his clothes, until he was standing there in nothing but his boxer briefs. And, yeah, he made them look good.
Then he was in bed with her, nudging her back as he crawled between her legs, his warm mouth finding her bare stomach, nibbling his way up until he reached her breasts.
Lark gasped as Mike’s mouth found one of her nipples, alternating between laving it with his tongue and teasing it with his fangs. The sensations sent shivers running through her body, making her arch, her hands slipping around the back of his head to hold his mouth right where she wanted it.
She was so lost in the moment she barely realized he was sliding her palazzo pants off until he tossed them over his shoulder and they landed on the couch.
Then his warm mouth was on her again, making her squirm as he nibbled his way down her body.
She moaned when he pushed her legs apart and settled between them, knowing exactly what he was planning.
He took off her panties with a slight tug, then pressed a kiss to her inner thigh. She gasped in pleasure at the sensation of his fangs gently scraping her skin.
Lark’s head fell back on the pillow as Mike found that sweet spot between her thighs.
She reached down to grab his hair, holding him in place as he worked his magic with his tongue, making her whole body shiver.
But every time the tingling started to build up toward a climax, Mike would back off and tease her again until she wanted to scream.
Her core pulsed with pleasure as he brought her to the precipice of orgasm yet again.
“Please,” she moaned softly. “Stop teasing me.”
Mike must have decided to have mercy on her because he did just that.
Her orgasm washed over her like a tidal wave, her vision whiting out as every muscle in her body spasmed and her back arched.
Mike drew out her pleasure longer than she would have thought possible, and by the time she came back to earth, she felt completely wrung out.
It was all she could do not to fall asleep right then and there.
Not that she’d let that happen, of course.
She’d waited too long to be with Mike and wasn’t about to waste time sleeping.
Reaching down, Lark urged Mike up until he was lying beside her.
Gaze on his, she slowly slid her right hand down his heavily-muscled chest, her fingers trailing over the tattoo of a wolf’s head on his right pec.
He didn’t have that when they’d been together before.
Then again, he hadn’t been a werewolf back then.
Gliding lower, she explored his scrumptious chiseled abs before moving to the waistband of his boxer briefs.
Still holding his gaze, she cupped the prominent bulge there for a moment before slipping her hand inside and wrapping her fingers around him.
“This would be much easier without the boxers on,” Mike groaned, his hips flexing up and down at her touch. “You know that, right?”
She grinned. “Yeah, but after all the teasing you did, I’m entitled to a little payback.”
As it turned out, Lark’s own excitement was too much for her, and less than a minute later, she was the one sliding off his underwear.
“I see that your shoulders aren’t the only part of you that got bigger since I last saw you,” she said with an appreciative laugh.
Mike chuckled. “Is that so?”
“It is.”
Wrapping her hand around him again, she leaned over to take him in her mouth, swirling her tongue playfully around the tip. The low growl that rumbled up through his chest made her quiver all over, and she glanced up to see his eyes blazing yellow-gold, fangs extending a over his lower lip.
He’d never looked more gorgeous.
Pressing a kiss to the tip of his shaft, she climbed on top of him. But before she could get settled, Mike caught her hips, stopping her.
“Are you sure about this? I don’t have a condom.”
Since they were both werewolves, neither of them could get an STD, so this wasn’t about that. Which meant he could only be talking about one thing.
She smiled. “If you’re concerned about getting me pregnant again, don’t be.”
Mike slid his hand up to grab her waist, holding her still as he gazed up into her eyes. “Are you sure? I know we didn’t mind Kal showing up out of the blue, but would you be okay if that happened again?”
Lark didn’t even have to think about it. “Well, I wasn’t planning on having another child at the moment, but now that I’ve found you again and you want me back in your life, I’m not going anywhere. I’m with you forever, if you’ll have me.”
“Forever,” Mike whispered as he pulled her down for another kiss.
Lips locked on his, Lark slowly sank down on him, gasping as he filled her completely.
“You feel so good,” she moaned, loving the sensation of him being inside her again after so long. “I missed this.”
Being atop Mike as his yellow-gold eyes blazed up at her was the most erotic thing she’d ever seen.
Leaning forward, she rested the palms of her hands on his chest as she began to ride him.
She kept her movements slow and gentle at first, but soon enough, he was thrusting in time with her, and the feel of him plunging deep was mind-numbingly wonderful.
“I’m getting close,” she murmured, leaning forward and grinding down on Mike while he thrust into her faster and faster, the sounds of their bodies slapping together echoing off the walls. “Don’t stop.”
“I won’t ever stop loving you,” Mike growled softly, thrusting so hard it almost knocked the air from her lungs, and it pushed her over the edge into an orgasm even stronger than the first one.
She collapsed completely on Mike’s chest, grabbing his biceps and holding on tight as she buried her face in the junction of his neck and shoulder, waiting for him to fill her.
Lark was so lost in pleasure, she almost missed when Mike flipped her over, her butt hitting the mattress even as he began to plunge into her again. Her climax peaked a little higher when Mike came inside her with a deep rumbling growl, his fangs grazing her neck deliciously.
“You’re my soul mate,” she told him, wrapping her legs around his waist, keeping Mike exactly where she wanted, loving the feel of his weight pressing her down into the mattress, his warmth still filling her. “And I love you.”
“I love you, too,” Mike whispered in her ear, the words making her heart sing. “Thank you for coming back to me.”
“Thank you for letting me back into your life.”
And now that he had, she was never leaving him again.