We stared at each other, and I felt all the worry of what was happening, all the horrors of the past, just fade away until there was nothing.
At that moment I was feeling vulnerable and stripped bare, and all I wanted to do was be somewhere else. Be someone else.
I tangled my hands in the wet strands of his hair at the base of the skull, pulled him closer, and dragged my tongue over his bottom lip over and over again before sucking the flesh into my mouth.
He growled and held still, as if he knew I needed this moment to have control, to feel like I had power once more.
He had his hands on the earth on either side of me, and I could hear him digging up the ground, his hands pushing deep into the dirt as if to grapple for stability.
I plunged my tongue into his mouth and retreated. Did it over and over again. I might be inexperienced in anything sexual, but being a novice was clearly turning him on more with each passing second.
I was painfully aware that I wouldn’t stop how this moment progressed. I wanted to go all the way. I wanted Sebastian to help wash away all the horrors both of us had faced.
When I pulled back, he slid his hands over my arms, across my shoulders, and covered either side of my neck, tilting my head back. He was the one to drag his tongue over the column of my throat, along my jawline, and finally kissed me deeply.
I murmured in a desperate voice, “Claim your mate.”
Chapter
Eleven
Sebastian
Never in my life had I felt such feral possessiveness, such a potent need to… to consume.
But as I stalked into the small cave we’d claimed for the day, I felt like acid ran through my veins.
There was this urgency, this unending need that was far stronger than any bloodthirst I’d ever experienced.
As soon as Ada had whispered those words, I got out of the water, grabbed our shit, threw her over my shoulder, and headed for the cave.
I was vaguely aware of a prickling on the back of my neck from the impending sunrise, but none of that mattered. I would’ve gladly let myself burn to the ground just for another taste of my perfect mate.
She was warm and soft and pliant in my arms, and I reached up and palmed one of her ass cheeks. Her body was so tiny that my hand encompassed one perfectly rounded cheek.
I was so far gone that I was purely working on instinct, and the only paramount task fueling me was to consummate the mating and finally claim what was rightfully mine.
Ada.
After setting her down and kissing her—because I was that starved for her—I quickly made a fire, then had her back in my arms.
“I’m so hungry for you I’m ravenous.” I tangled one of my hands in her hair and pulled on the damp strands, twisting them around my fingers and tilting her head back so that I could latch my lips on to her throat.
I sucked hard enough to leave a mark, a red and purple brand. I wanted them all over her body, a testament to how much I desired her.
They would be a mark that would let anyone who looked upon my Fae mate know that if they so much as touched her, I’d tear them limb from limb. Gladly.
I couldn’t help myself as I leaned in and dragged my tongue along the side of her throat, lapping up the beads of water that slid along her freckled alabaster skin.
I made a primal sound, the animalistic need rising in me as I tasted the salty sweetness that was my mate. My cock throbbed, and my fangs ached.
All I could think about was throwing her on the ground and burying my face between her thighs. Fuck, the image of holding her legs open so that I could puncture her femoral artery at the same time I finger fucked her played in vivid detail through my mind.
“You’re a sweet little thing. Mine.”
When I pulled back and looked into her dazed face, an unadulterated wave of pure male satisfaction filled me. I could smell her desire, could scent how wet her pussy was.
We hadn’t bothered getting dressed. Hell, I hadn’t allowed her any time to realize what I was doing. Because as soon as I had her out of the water, I threw her over my shoulder and headed to the cave.
Her lips were pink and swollen from my kisses. I couldn’t see straight, couldn’t think rationally as I used my hand in her hair to guide her down until she was on her knees and looking up at me.
Her eyes were hooded, and I grabbed my cock, wrapping my big hand around the meaty length and pointing the tip right at her mouth.