“Then maybe it’s time to stop talking,” Riggs said. His eyelashes looked so long up close. I could feel the soft puff of warm air from each word that left his lips.
“Did you just tell me to be quiet?” I asked.
“That depends. Are you going to produce a baseball bat from somewhere and hit me again if I say ‘yes’?”
I grinned, eyes trailing down his abs to the bulging spot in his underwear. Just looking at it made my stomach turn to lava. “That depends if you’ll let me borrow the one you brought.” I internally winced. Did I really just say that?
Riggs smiled with half of his mouth, then pulled down his underwear.
I stared, and in that moment, I felt certain I was in far, far over my head.
26
Riggs
I couldn’t quite believe what I was doing. I’d just pulled out my cock in front of Sylvie. A human.
The part I didn’t tell her was that I’d never slept with a human. Ever. Werewolves treated sex as more of a means to an end or like a pressure release valve. It didn’t carry as much meaning, and I’d never assigned any to it.
Except I couldn’t stop looking down at the small woman lying under my arms and letting my thoughts spiral. I wanted it to mean something. But why?
She was staring between my legs with widened eyes. “How does that even fit?” she asked.
I chuckled. “Gentle persuasion.”
She raised her eyebrows. “Like gently trying to persuade a semi-truck into a residential garage?”
I kissed her again. God. She was different. Each time I met her lips, the thought struck me like a sledgehammer.
Usually, my wolf rose to the surface and dominated the encounter during sex. But he was oddly dormant now. I could barely sense him in the back of my mind, like he was slumbering.
It made everything feel strangely new. Exciting.
Maybe that’s why sex had never seemed special. It was more like letting my wolf out of his cage and taking a backseat.
I slid Sylvie farther onto the bed and climbed above her. She still had on her top, so I spent a few moments fixing that problem.
I bent to kiss her breasts, cupping a handful of the pale, impossibly soft skin with my hand. Her nipple hardened immediately against my tongue and she squirmed, letting out quiet moans through closed lips.
I kissed up toward her neck, hungry for another taste of her mouth.
“Riggs?” She asked. “Do you need a, uh, condom?” For some reason she whispered the word, like it was vulgar.
“A werewolf can’t get a human pregnant.”
“Wait, really?” she asked. She halfway sat up like she was about to start another session of twenty questions, naked edition. Instead, I pushed her back down, keeping one hand on her shoulder to keep her where I wanted her.
“Only a vampire or another werewolf has strong enough blood to feed our young in the womb.”
“Kinda creepy,” she said, smirking.
“No more questions.” I kissed her chin, then her neck.
For once, Sylvie complied without a fight. I wanted to do a thousand things to her. I wanted to taste her everywhere. I wanted to feel her lips wrapped around my cock. I wanted to take her from behind and watch her ride me.
But I was all out of self-control. More than anything, I just needed to be inside her. I needed it now—before something could interrupt us or before either of us came to our senses.
I positioned myself, gripping the base of my length and pressing the tip against her warmth.
She gasped, arching her back into me. “What do I do?” she whispered.
“Trust me. And relax.”
She did, and I pressed a little harder until I felt the pressure of resistance give. My cock slid into her, just an inch or two at first.
She clasped her hands against my back, fingertips digging in. “Oh, God, Riggs…”
I took it slowly. She was right. It was a nearly impossibly tight fit, but it felt so unbelievably good I didn’t want to stop. I didn’t want to hurt her, but she made no sign of protest.
Before long, I was finding a rhythm. I’d slide myself in just a little more with each thrust, and her excitement already had my cock soaked in her warm slick arousal.
I buried my face in her neck, kissing the smooth skin there until I could feel her rapid heartbeat against my lips.
I let everything else fade away until it was only me and her. Just the pleasant way my fingertips made small indentations in her breasts. Only the goosebumps that rose in waves across her pale skin. Nothing but the warmth and the sounds of our mingling breaths.
I flipped her over, drawing a surprised giggle from her. Her laughter was silenced when I drove myself into her from behind. I pressed my body against her, lifting her to her knees and taking her from behind.