Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13

AILEEN

I t's not him. It's not him that has me trapped against his body. It is, and it isn't.

I should be freaking out, and maybe a teeny tiny part of me is. But I love it.

I've never felt so close to another being as I do in this moment. I can hardly move, pressed so tightly against him, his palm at my throat, his fangs in my skin.

He fills me completely, ridiculously, and somehow, somehow , it feels so fucking good that I can't stand it.

All I can do is babble nonsense as he pushes farther and farther into me, filling every inch of me.

The bite on my shoulder burns like engine fuel. Then the blistering heat gives way to a warm, melting sensation, and before I can take another breath, he's full seated inside me.

We both groan.

"Are you okay?" he asks. The words are mangled, like he's having trouble forming them. Like he's no longer quite as human as he looked a moment ago.

The mere thought turns me on even more, and my body knows what to do, even if I'm barely functioning in any rational manner.

I push my hips back against him in answer, and a strangled, pleased sound erupts from him as I try to sink farther onto him, try to get more.

"Such a perfect fucking mate," he manages, pulling me up toward him so he can slip a finger through my wetness, teasing my clit.

I can't think. I can hardly breathe. I race toward another orgasm, more shallow, more desperate, as I clench around him.

Warmth blazes inside me, and a small, cognizant part of me recognizes he's come, even as he continues to work me with his fingers, licking small stripes across the fresh bite on my shoulder.

It lasts forever.

It feels like no time at all.

I lose track of how many times he makes me come like that, touching me, filling me, biting me.

I'm boneless and exhausted and satisfied by the time he's done. The first rays of sunlight peek through the curtains as he cleans me thoroughly with a cool towel I don't remember him getting.

He curls up beside me, around me, both legs around mine, cradling me against his body like I'm the most precious thing in the entire universe.

It takes no time at all to melt into his heat and fall asleep to the rhythm of his breathing.