“This is crazy,” she murmured in awe when she looked up at me again. “Are your wolf’s eyes amber?”
I drew in measured breaths, trying to keep control and nodded. If she could see them, then my wolf was right at the surface. Ready. Waiting. I couldn’t bite too deep. Couldn’t hit an artery. She was human and wouldn’t heal instantly like a she-wolf would.
Fuck, I’d never gotten to ask Boyd how he’d done it, but I remembered seeing where Audrey’s mark was when she’d had on her wedding dress earlier.
That wasn’t the only thing I had to think of to protect her. Condom.
I still needed to use a condom, no matter how badly I wanted to mark her with my seed at the same time. She was in college. Not ready for pups. She’d said as much, and I’d respect that.
I fumbled with the wrapper, my dexterity dulled with the roaring in my veins, the sweet taste of the serum coming down my fangs, meant for her skin.
She grabbed the package from me and opened it, helped me roll it on.
Oh fates. She wanted this as badly as I did. That made me fucking crazy.
I tried to hold back--I swore I did--but it was impossible. Settling my hips between her parted thighs, I lifted one of her knees, lined up and speared her with a single thrust.
She gasped, eyes flying wide, her shoulders sliding up the bed.
“Sorry, I’m sorry.” I cradled behind her neck and lowered my head to kiss her. “Beautiful little human. My sweet mate. I don’t want to hurt you.”
She rocked up to meet me. “I’m not hurt. I’m not fragile. You were wild with me before here at the motel. In your bed at the ranch. Be wild again. Show me your stuff, wolf-man.”
I gave a pained laugh. She was so fucking cute. So cute it hurt my ribs. Made pressure in my chest, like there wasn’t enough room to breathe.
She reached back and braced her hands on the headboard, issuing a challenge with her eyes. Give it to me.
Challenge accepted. I eased out and thrust again. Her knees drew up on either side of me, an offering. It let me get deeper, and suddenly, I couldn’t get enough. Her inner walls rippled around me as if trying to get me deeper. I braced my own hand on the headboard and pounded into her, holding her in place by her shoulder.
The room spun. I was too hot. Flushed with fever. Need. Desire. Lust.
Her head went back, her eyes closed, her lips parted, and her breath came out in pants. A flush crept from her cheeks, down her neck and to her breasts. The small tips wobbled as I took her.
Nothing mattered except fucking the daylights out of my little mate. Seeking that finish that both of us so desperately craved. Nothing existed but her gasps, her moans. Nothing fulfilled me like the ecstasy of her expression.
“Marina…”
“Colton!” Her voice held thready desperation. She was on the edge. Ready to plunge over the other side.
Sweat dripped down my brow. “Come for me, sweetness. Let me have it all.”
It was as if she’d been waiting for me to allow her to do so because as soon as the words were uttered, she came. Because she’s that fucking sweet--coming on command.
Christ, I was going to have fun teaching her all the pleasure of surrender. Showing her how an alpha wolf took care of his female. Punishing and rewarding. Coaxing out all the naughty desires she might have lurking within her. We’d only had two days. A lifetime was before us.
And then I came. Lights exploded behind my eyes. I filled the condom pumping into her. Then I pulled out and waited, breathing, breathing, waiting for my vision to clear, so I wouldn’t make a mistake.
“Hold still, sweetness.” I brushed her hair back from her sweaty neck. The thought of scarring her perfect skin killed me. I’d hate for her to be self-conscious about the mark, not wear those little tank tops anymore. So I dragged my lips across her shoulder and rolled her to the side to kiss down her shoulder blade. She turned her head to look up at me, to watch. And there, below the shoulder blade, in the fleshy part of muscle under her armpit, I bit.
I came again, and the condom slipped off, so I jizzed all over her ass.
Fuck…fuck...FUCK. It was like one of those movie clips where scenes flashed across the screen one right after the other super fast. I’d thought of this moment. Heard about it from my dad. Boyd. Knew what to expect. I’d craved it. Needed it.
But nothing, nothing, compared to reality. The feel of her skin beneath my tongue, the way my serum seeped into her, the taste of her flesh, her blood. The knowledge that Marina was mine forever. Fuck. The orgasm was so intense, and my dick wasn’t even inside her.