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“My bear,” she whimpers.
I stay where I am and reach around to gently tap her clit. She pushes back, taking more of my cock. “You want your bear?”
“Yes. Yes, please.”
I stroke my hands along her sides, sliding around to mold them over her breasts and pinch her nipples, then back down to circle my thumbs around her lower back. “Mmm, you’re asking me so nicely. I think I’d better give you a thorough fucking. What do you think?” I ease back further this time before I drop in deeper, bottoming out against her cervix.
She cries out.
“You need a good fucking, sweet dove?” I grip her waist and ease back, then plunge in with more force this time. She’s dripping wet, soaking my cock with her juices, her flesh silky and plump and welcoming.
“Y-yes,” she warbles.
I tighten my grip and quicken my pace, arcing in and out of her. I bite my cheek bloody to rein in my aggression. To keep from getting too rough with my beautiful mate.
“Is that good, princess? You like to take me deep?” I tap her clit again.
“God, yes,” she breathes.
“Take it, then.” I fuck her harder, my breath dragging in rough gusts across my teeth.
“Yes!” she cries. “I need you. I need you. I need you.”
Her moans undo me. I lose control and pound into her, my fingers gripping too hard, my hips slapping into her gorgeous, cushioned ass.
The room spins. It’s too hot–the steam from our shower still fogs up the mirror. I feel my canines descend, ready to mark my Paloma.
“Are you sure?” I rasp, somehow remembering again to get consent.
“Yes! I want this!” she cries.
I wrap my arm around her waist and grasp the front of her throat, lifting her away from the wall, so her head falls back against my shoulder as I thrust up into her. “Mine,” I growl, my voice not sounding human at all. I rub her clit as I come, and she orgasms at the same moment I do. My teeth sink into the meaty part of her shoulder, forever embedding the serum coating my teeth into her flesh.
She jolts with the pain of it, and for one horrible moment, I think my bear is going to rampage, but I realize I have full control. I immediately retract my teeth from her flesh, licking away the blood and kissing up her neck. “That’s it, sweet dove. It’s over now,” I murmur, my fingertip still stroking her clit. “You’re mine now. My mate. Forever.”
She orgasms again, trembling and gasping in my arms, her muscles clenching around my cock, milking another climax from me.
“I love you, Paloma. I love you so damn much. More than anyone or anything in my life.”
Chapter Sixteen
Darius
She lets out a sob–whether it’s emotional or a physical release, I can’t be sure.
“Are you okay, sweetheart?” I hold her tight, continuing to kiss her everywhere my lips can reach. “I’m sorry I hurt you. I never want to hurt you again. Never.”
“I know, it’s okay. I’m okay.” She sounds teary, so I pull out and swing her up into my arms to carry her to bed.
I’m relieved once I can see her face. She doesn’t appear to be in pain–she looks like she’s in ecstasy. My incredible, beautiful mate.
“Do you believe I love you?” I ask. “I want you to know–it’s not just the pheromones. Youaremy fated mate, but it’s so much more for me. I think you’re incredible, Paloma. You’re braver than any warrior and smart as hell. And you’re kind and loyal. The sacrifices you made for your sister are–” My eyes get hot thinking of how I abandoned my brothers and Bad Bear Mountain while I told myself I was doing it all for them.
Paloma reaches for my face as I settle us onto the bed facing each other. “Are you thinking about Teddy?”
“I was thinking about all my brothers. What a fool I’ve been. I told myself I had to leave and build a fortune to save them all, but all I was doing was running from my bear.”
“The bear that I love.” She strokes my bearded jaw.