He did the same, then collapsed on the bed, pulling me onto his chest and holding me there.
We caught our breath, my entire body feeling completely relaxed and unhinged as he stroked my bare back with loving, gentle touches.
“Everything,” I breathed the word, and he shifted down to look at me.
“What?” he asked.
I smiled up at him. “You’re everything,” I said. “Everything I could’ve ever wanted in a partner.”
He tipped my chin up, and I reached up the meet his lips. He kissed me softly, tenderly, before nipping my bottom lip hard enough to draw blood. The sensation had me arching against him again, everything coming alive and hungry once more.
“I’ll always be whatever you need me to be,” he said, licking the drop of blood from my lip.
“We have forever,” I said, walking my fingers up his muscled chest. “I can think of so many things I want you to do for me, be for me.” I flashed him a wicked smile. “You sure you want to agree to that?”
Hawke grabbed a handful on my ass, yanking me against him so hard I gasped. “You bet this sweet ass I do.”
I laughed and kissed my mate with all the power and love I felt in my heart.
Forever was going to be so much fucking fun.
THE END