you’re my mate? Yeah, you must really be devoted to me giving me to
all those men.”
All long lines and smooth muscle, he stood and paced away.
“Last night was the Rane coupling ritual.” He turned to her and let out a heavy
sigh as his gaze dropped to her chest. “Those men are my brothers and your
protectors. They coupled with you and marked you, which bonded you to our
family and ensured your fertility.”
Achelle placed a hand over her heart and felt dozens of
small scars that made a circular pattern. Even though she didn’t want it, a
feeling of rightness, of belonging permeated her psyche as she traced the
circular scars with her fingertips. Her racing heart slowed and a feeling of
calm swept away her anger and fear, allowing her to consider last night
clearly.
A million questions sounded in her mind, but when she looked
up at Samius, she didn’t have to ask them. His answers were there to pluck from
his mind. He told her with his thoughts that her ability to see into him was
part of the benefit of bonding.
What’s more, he believed everything he’d told her.
She shied away from the love she felt from him, the
compassion and understanding, the regret that he’d frightened her. And then
there was his lust, or the “coupling drive” as he called it, which would level
off in a few days, no longer demanding they spend days in bed, coming together,
reinforcing their bond.
He thought her beautiful.
Her gaze jumped to meet his. He had never wanted a female
the way he wanted her. And she could use that. His love and lust were just
waiting for her to take advantage of.
Sliding up the wall to a standing position, Achelle kept her
eyes on him.
“How will you take advantage of my feelings for you, Mate?”
Startled, she gasped. She should have realized that the mind
link worked both ways.
Recovering from the shock quickly, she lowered her gaze to
his semihard cock and licked her lips.
Sam didn’t question the sudden change in his mate’s mood.
They were just beginning their three-day bonding. If she wanted to take
advantage of his hard-on, he sure as hell wasn’t going to discourage her. He’d
much rather couple than fight. It didn’t matter that they’d come together again
and again last night after his brothers had left.
They belonged in the three-day bonding bed and then together
forever. Ranes mated for life.
At that moment, Sam’s mate pushed off the wall and sauntered
to him, her hips rolling so she moved in a seductive glide. His gaze lifted to
her plush breasts, her nipples hard and begging for his hands and mouth.
When she reached him, standing a finger-width away, she
shocked him by pressing her hands to his chest and sliding down his body to
kneel on the floor, her head level to his cock.
She looked up, met his eyes and licked her lips. Then she
ducked her head and licked him from the tip of his head down his shaft, flicked
and sucked on his balls. He cupped her head in his hands as she kissed her way
up his shaft. When she blew on his oversensitive skin, he buried his fingers in
her hair and held her to him as he fucked her face.
“Open your mouth wider,” he prompted as he thrust.
She complied and allowed him to move at his own pace, change
from deep to shallow, fast to slow. When he moved deep, she swallowed him to
the back of her throat. When he moved shallow, she wrapped one hand around his
shaft and used the other to massage his balls.
Because of the mind link, she knew what would please him
most, just as he knew when she began to tire.
He withdrew to pull her up into his arms, where she rubbed
against him from hips to breasts with a delicate purr that reverberated through
his body like a siren’s song. The pout in her parted lips seduced him into a
kiss that tasted of their future together. The grip of her hand as she stroked
his cock brought him back to the present.
Holding her hips, he walked them back to the bed where she
pushed him backward. He hit the mattress.
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