Her nails dug into his shoulders, pulling him closer. Her back arched, pushing her shoulders into the wall, driving him deeper.
“No fear. No hesitation, Aidan. But you already know that. Now take me.”
She dipped her mouth to claim his. His jaw opened, and she took the invitation to claim his mouth with a deep kiss. Her tongue danced over his, and it was all she could do to hold back from shouting from the rush of pleasure.
She wanted this. Wanted him. She pulled back and broke their kiss. “Is that why you were here? Closing the bar with me night after night? Because you knew I was your mate?”
She dipped and rolled her hips, driving him deeper still. Aidan nodded. In a rough voice he added, “I didn’t know how to tell you my wolf had picked you. Hell, I wasn’t really sure until a couple of nights ago when I kissed you.”
He brushed the tips of his fingers along her sides and back down to grip the flesh of her hips again. She nearly came from the exquisite feeling of him holding her so close.
“The kiss. That’s why you left? After all the time we’ve spent together you didn’t know until you kissed me?” She held her breath, waiting for his answer, but some small part of her already knew. It all made sense now.
He shook his head. In a gravelly voice that punctuated his response, he answered, “I must have thought of a million different ways to tell you, claim you, but nothing measures up to the actual sweet feel of your body wrapped around me.”
A pulsing pleasure throbbed along the nerves of her clit. She clenched the muscle of her channel around his shaft and swirled her hips. “I like how you move over me. Our bodies are a perfect fit.”
He parted her ass cheeks and drove into her in a slow, torturous rhythm.
Gradually, he picked up momentum, slamming into her, hitting her clit with each plunge. Raw desire overwhelmed her, and her power answered, vibrating just beneath the surface, begging for the same connection she craved. “Harder.” The single command tore from her lips. She wanted all of him in her. Not just his cock, but his heart too. “Take me, Aidan. All of me.”
“Careful what you wish for, my little witch. I have a ferocious appetite.”
Aidan growled and his grip tightened. “Hold on.”
As if she had a choice.
He rocked into her, and the feel of his muscles as they rippled beneath her touch made her ache to have him closer.
“Tell me how you want it, baby.”
“Harder. Faster. And for goddess’s sake, fucking kiss me.”
“Your wish, my command.”
She locked her ankles and fell into a wave of mesmerizing sensations that took over her as he delivered on his promise. Deep within her, his shaft pulsated, shooting her own orgasm higher.
Her powers breached the surface and created a visible rush of midnight blue energy to dance along their entwined bodies, seeking out the bond. Tingles of her magic glided along her skin and fused with his to create an energy she had never felt before. How could two people hold so much power? Savage heat melded them as one. Their combined magic now flooding both their systems.
A deep ethereal snarl tore from his lips and he arched back, driving deeper into her channel one final time. Just as quickly, he pushed forward, crashing his lips into hers in a fevered kiss as white-hot spurts of his come shot into her greedy pussy.
Bursts of fear, joy, sorrow, and happiness jumbled and meshed together so tightly she no longer knew if it were her own or his. Burdens of a violent past settled over her mind, the weight not of her memories, but of his. Flashes of blood and dirt, humans turned wolves flickering in and out of her mind’s eye.
Her eyes sprang open and connected with his. A wild, raw mixture of doubts and pleasure inundated her mind until the wave of emotions settled over hers to meld into harmony. She took a long, steady breath, reeling from what had just happened.
Fascinated, she couldn’t take her eyes off his. Ruby shards receded. Swirls of steel gray replaced a raging tempest only to settle into an eclectic combination of blues.
Taken aback, she stroked the back of her fingers down the side of his face. “Your eyes—they’re beautiful.” He leaned into her touch and she placed a tender kiss to his lips. “And brighter,” she whispered in awe, not wanting to break the spell.
“You’re one to speak, gorgeous.” A grin worked the corners of his mouth up and she couldn’t help but claim one more taste. His tongue delved between her lips, and her pussy quivered for more of his attention.
He tore away and threw his head back with a roar. The sound was so starkly different from the growl before. It said: She’s mine.
Emotions channeled through their newly forged connection, spiking her heart rate threefold, and she felt it down to the very bottom of her soul.
Moonshine bathed his black hair in beams of pure light. The call of his wolf reached for her and her powers answered.
Aidan lowered his gaze and pinned her against the wall with his chest while he cradled her on his hips. “Want to see my wolf’s mark?”