worth the effort when I could burn the energy off in the gym and just jack myself off in the shower when the need became too much for me.”
I knew how horny male wolves were, so I hadn’t expected him to be a virgin, but it still hurt a little to think about him with other women. I knew it wasn’t fair to him though, especially since it sounded like he’d played much less than most wolves did before they found their mate. Resisting the urges that drove him out of a sense of loyalty to me when he’d had no idea how long it would take before we would meet? That said a lot about his character, and all of it was good.
Parker moved closer to me on the couch. Then he cradled my cheeks in his palms as he lowered his mouth to mine until our lips were only centimeters from each other.
“Forgive me?” he murmured, his tongue sliding against my lips after he asked the question.
“There’s nothing to forgive,” I assured him.
He moved the slight distance needed so he could capture my lips with a gentle kiss. “Then there’s nothing stopping you from letting me mate you and mark you tonight?” he asked after he ended his worship of my mouth.
“Other than barely knowing you?” I said, trying to joke, but it fell flat because it was true.
“Some of the closest couples I know started their lives together the same day they met,” he pointed out. “My parents included.”
“Are you sure you want me?” I asked, some of my insecurities getting the better of me.
“Without a doubt,” he answered, not hesitating at all. “More than anything in this world, but only if you want me too. So tell me now, Annora. Do you want me to make you mine?”
“Yes,” I sighed, licking my lips to savor the taste of his kiss. “Make me your mate, Parker.”
“Then I’d better do something about that since I’ve promised to give you everything you want. Everything you need."
Chapter 5
Parker
There wasn’t a chance in hell I was going to take my mate for the first time on the couch, so I lifted her into my arms and carried her into my bedroom. Then I thanked my fucking stars that I’d washed my sheets the night before last and barely slept in them since then. My room didn’t have a lot of frills, but at least my tendency to be a bit of a neat freak had paid off because I didn’t feel embarrassed as I dropped my mate onto the mattress.
Annora didn’t let go of my neck when she landed, so I tumbled down with her, but I was careful about where I fell because she was so tiny compared to me. Her fingers tangled in my hair and her lips slid across my chin until she nipped at my lips.
“Kiss me,” she murmured in a throaty voice. Her eyes were at half-mast and hazy with lust.
The feel of Annora’s lips touching mine and her curvy body pressed against me had me throbbing with need, so I captured her mouth and swept my tongue inside. Wrapping her hair in my hand, I carefully tilted her head—conscious of her injuries even with lust pounding in my blood—to deepen the kiss until I was practically devouring her. With the sound of her moans ringing in my ears and the smell of her arousal filling my nostrils, I broke our kiss and worked my way down her body with my lips, removing her shirt so I could get to her breasts. The sight of dark bruises against her pale skin made me want to roar with fury, but I didn’t want to startle Annora and ruin this moment for her, so I reined my anger in and kept my focus on pleasing her.
As I flicked my tongue over one of her nipples, I squeezed the firm mounds and pressed them together. Then I gently bit down before running my tongue along her skin, but I was distracted along the way to her other nipple by the valley between her breasts as an image of my cock fucking her tits popped into my head.
“Your tits are fucking amazing,” I complimented her.
“Not too big?” she asked, a shadow of doubt coloring her voice.
“Perfect,” I reassured her as I trailed my finger between