Chapter 737

“Ariel,” he whispers, looking intently down into my face. "I love you so, so much. It almost killed me to come close to losing you like that. I want...I want to go further. Life is so short - we shouldn't wait -"

I still, realizing what he's asking. But then my eyes flick over his gorgeous form, his tan skin and his lean muscles, his broad hand still cupping my sex. And god - god do I want more -

My wolf taps anxiously in my soul, unsure.

And I don't know if it's the whiskey, or the grief, or the exhaustion taking over me at this point, but I gently nudge her aside and give myself over to the moment, nodding to Luca, wanting him.

Because why shouldn't I?

Here I am with my gorgeous mate - who is mine, mine forever -

And he's right! I almost died two days ago, and yesterday, and what is the point of holding out for some 'right' moment when life is so, so precarious? Suddenly I want him with a vehemence that surprises me.

"Yes," I whisper, reaching up to curl a hand behind his neck. "Yes, Luca - yes."

He groans as he lays his body out over mine, kissing me and pressing me down into the mattress with his full weight - a sensation that I love, his skin and body all warm against mine. He pulls his hand away from me and shoves hard at his underwear, pushing them down and kicking them off as I kiss him hard and fast, gasping breaths in between our lips, not wanting to be separated from him for a second.

He pulls away, though, as he palms himself, moving his hand over the smooth shaft of his cock, glancing down anxiously at me. "This might hurt, Ariel."

But I just shake my head, bringing my mouth back to his, wanting to be kissed again. "It's fine -"

“No, Ariel,” he says, pulling away more and frowning down at me. "It's your first time –“

A little guilt curls in my stomach and I blink hard, a little hazy, as I stare up in his face. Because, I mean, it's not - and I should...

My wolf turns anxiously again, half wanting our mate, half...half wanting something else.noveldrama

"It's fine," I murmur, again pushing

my wolf away, wanting Luca very badly and needing to push past all of this. I want him - I want the pleasure know he can give - I want him to fill me up and wipe away all of the thoughts and the memories and the grief. I loop my leg up over Luca's hip as his wolf prowls across our bond, looking for mine, wanting to be close to her. "Please, Luca —“

Something in that breaks him, and Luca moans, bringing his mouth back to mine He shifts forward, pressing the head of his cock hard against me for a long moment, his breath unsteady before he presses inside. I moan in turn as my body stretches for him, accommodating each thick inch. I pant as he slowly sinks himself all the way into me, his hips twitching, wanting to pull back so he can slam into me again and again -

But going slow for my sake -

I don't want slow, though. I lift my hips to meet him, pulsing, wanting the friction, wanting to feel him pound himself steadily into me, so hard I spill over and over-

Luca moans again at the intensity of it, turning his face to the side and tucking it low against my neck. Then he begins to move, gentle at first, pulling out an inch and then pressing in and in.

“More,” I moan, wanting it faster and harder. “Please, Luca –“

He nods and gives me what I want, his lips hot against my neck as he does. My head tilts back as the feeling swells in me again, as I feel it start to come to that breaking point - as feel not Luca's lips pressed against my neck, but his teeth-

My eyes fly suddenly open as my wolf howls.

As I remember Jackson telling me to break for him that first time.

As I remember Jackson's teeth grazing against that soft spot between my neck and my shoulder and how badly I wanted that mark -

As I remember him hesitating and pulling away, because the timing wasn't right -

"No," I whisper, starting to turn my head, pulling away -

But it's too late. Luca's teeth sink deep, marking me as his.