“Put up or shut up.”
No innocent virgin for him. Probably a good thing, but thoughts about her being with other men caused his beast to roar. “You’re mine.” He grabbed the neck of her shirt and ripped it down the middle. Certainly not necessary, but damn, it felt good to be a little dominant, especially with this woman, who’d had him wrapped around her pinky at first scent.
“Marcus,” she whispered and ground her hips against him. “I need you.”
He reached down and tore his fly open, freeing his cock. The first time would be a hard rut. They both knew it, but he’d make it up to her. It was better they got this mating out of the way before they hit the Black Hills, anyway. Otherwise, any unattached male eyeing his female could send him over the edge. Once a she-wolf was claimed, the males could smell it and should know to back off. Well, they would if they had any smarts. An unmated female in her prime, denying herself a mate, drove single lobos nuts. They’d practically be able to taste the sexual frustration on her. And she was in heat, burning for his seed, pushing him closer to losing control of his wolf than ever before.
A sniff along her pulse and Marcus froze. What the hell? “Are you on the pill?” I smell it in your system.” Wolves didn’t need contraception.
“Yes.” It’s a precaution. My mother wasn’t a wolf. The human genetics make it impossible for me to control unplanned pregnancies.
Marcus nodded. Another unique quality to his mate. Who’d have thought her a hybrid? Weres didn’t fall prey to human diseases, so he didn’t bother to take it a step further and ask her if she was clean. Holding his cock, he pumped it a couple times as if racking a shotgun and then rubbed the head against her juicy cunt. She growled again, nearly causing him to come all over her *. “From this point forward, no one else touches you. You belong to me.” His canines elongated and he buried himself inside Xio with a single thrust, pushing her up the wall. Marcus bit down on her shoulder, puncturing the tender flesh and marking her, holding on as he began to make good on his promise.
He lifted her to get a better angle of entry. Xio locked her thighs against his hips, bracing for what was to come. Her eyes glowed with feral heat; steam practically sizzled off her skin. The scent of her cream hung so thick in the air, he tasted it on his tongue. Releasing the bite, he focused on pounding into her.
So damned tight. Made for him. Mine. God, mine.
Xio bit him back, sinking fangs into his shoulder. Marcus jerked, startled, and a little bit surprised she’d mark him back. Females didn’t make a habit of it, but it showed him she was no wimp, and she’d accept nothing but an equal partner.
She could have that. It was all he’d ever craved, wanted. A mate who would challenge him and not cower or cater to him. Someone to stand beside him and never behind. Criminal or not, there was no other woman who fit the requirements better.
Marcus knew the second she came. Her * clenched him so hard, she pulled him over the edge with her, dragging out an orgasm to beat all from before. He slammed home and held her tight to his hips as cum exploded from his cock, pulsing into her core. She opened her eyes and stared into his, holding him in the moment, freezing time.
His Alpha had told him when he found his mate, everything would be more intense. From sex to emotion, the link amplified it all, making the mating more of an addiction than a bond. Something you didn’t walk away from, and not because you didn’t want to, but because it was physically impossible.
Now he understood why.
Mates would crave each other until they lay in their graves. It would be no different for him. Then, he’d probably haunt her. Marcus leaned in and buried his face in her neck, sinking into her scent, everything that made her Xio. It would be a while before they could break up the party. One of the downfalls—or in this case, benefits—of being part wolf. Boners didn’t go soft for a while. Most matings took days to complete, but they didn’t have days. They’d have to finish by dawn, whether they wanted to or not.
It would take every second of the night to dull the hunger down to controllable. Before the sun rose in the sky, Xio would have him wrapped so tight around her finger, he would move mountains to give her whatever she wanted. They would have something more than a mating. They would have an unbreakable bond, and woe to anyone that tried to get between them. Whatever lay ahead of them in the Black Hills, they’d face it together.
Xio slid her hands into his hair and lifted his head to pull his lips to hers, kissing him while she waited for his erection to ease and they could take the rest of the night to the bed. She freed her lips from his and smiled. “I forgot how good it was to be with a wolf.”
He growled. That wolf had not been him. God help the guy if he discovered who that other wolf was.