12. Tarek

My dragon roared to life, ready to show her what it was to be ours. But as I thrust inside her over and over and elicited the most beautiful noises from her, I knew she had no idea what she was asking. It took all that was in me to control the need to mark and claim my mate.

I shifted, allowing myself a different and deeper angel. I would make her come for me. Show her what I could give her until she was ready to truly be mine.

"You are mine," I said and slammed into her. I watched as her breasts bounced with every thrust and her eyes fluttered closed. Her nails dug into my forearms as I kept her right where I wanted her. I thrust in once more, harder, faster, ruining her for anyone else ever. She would crave me.

"Come for me, Zara. Scream my name as I fuck you. Scream my name and know that it will be the only male's name on your lips for eternity."

"Fuck. Tarek. I can't—" she cried out just as my next thrust pushed her over the edge and her entire body seemed to quiver as the muscles between her legs in her tight little pussy milked me. Squeezed me.

I wasn't sure I could hold back much longer. This was the last thing I thought would ever happen. Letting her sleep away her alcohol haze in my bed had seemed like a necessity. Now?

I pulled out of her even while her pussy tried to keep me tight within her. I flipped her over and gripped her hips, exposing her ass to me.

I could get so much deeper from this angle, and fuck, I need to make her come for me one more time before I let myself go. I needed to stave off the need to bite down and mark her as mine. I was in so much trouble.

Still, as I brought her hips up, her slick pussy ready for me to take, I did just that. I slid the thick head of my cock against her entrance once more and pushed through her tight walls. Fuck, she was still coming. Her pussy was still so fucking tight it practically sucked me in.

I slid my hand around her and found her clit as I slammed inside of her. I was chasing the high that was my sweet Zara.

My hips thrust against her hard and fast. I held her tight to me as my other hand pressed against her sweet little nub. Her groans turned guttural as I pushed her to the edge and fucked her, trying to work away the desperation to have her. Nothing would work though. I would crave her even more now, but I couldn't stop.

I pressed down on her clit once more just as I slammed inside of her and I heard her cry out as the walls of her pussy try to find relief from another orgasm. I let go and spilled myself within her.

For moments there was nothing but the sounds of our breathing as I wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her back against me and allowing myself access to her face as she turned it up to me. I claimed her lips, but this time softer, less desperately.

Slowly, I shifted, pulling her along with me, allowing me to stay buried inside her as my balls remained tight from the force of my own release. I let her core continue to throb around my not so sated cock. It was only a matter of time before I would want her again.

We lay there for only moments; me trying to force my dragon down, and her trying to regulate her breathing.

"Is that? Was that? Is that all you need to do to be my mate?" she asked, still out of breath.

Her body was so small in my arms. I loved how her breasts filled my hands and her hips gave me something to hold on to. But still, with me? She seemed small and fragile.

"No," I said and kissed the top of her head as I shifted her, feeling her tight pussy react to the movement. "That was just sex."

Her hand wrapped around the one I'd lain over her stomach.

"Was it? Because I'd never had sex like that, ever."

"You would never have known true pleasure or love. Not without the one destined for you, designed for you by the goddess. You will see soon enough that it will be impossible to live without me. Mated or not."

Her breathing felt more even against me. She seemed calmer. I wanted to know what had changed exactly, for her to have wanted this from me. She'd been nearly manic only hours ago, struggling to wrap her mind around anything. The drinks had allowed her to sleep, but now? I sniffed the air to confirm that, indeed, the drink no longer tainted her blood stream.

"What were you dreaming about, my mate? Before you decided to reach for my cock?"

I heard the little gulp of air before I heard the unevenness in her voice.

"I- I don't know. Your scent, it called to me even in my sleep. For a moment I was back home on Earth, and then I felt a hand on me. The instant I was aware of the touch, my entire body burned for more. I was only desperate for release at first, and, for some reason, I thought it was my ex until I realized seconds later there was no chance. And at that moment, I was desperate for you."

Her ex?

"What is an ex? An old betrothed?" I couldn't stop the anger and territorial jealousy that came out in a snarl. My dragon did not like that another male would have been in her mind while we laid with her.

My hand slid down to her pelvis while I waited for her explanation. My cock already grew hard again in a need to mark her. Fuck, she wasn't ready, but my dragon, my instinct, didn't fucking care.

"I guess?—"

Her words were cut off as I pulled her against me, pressing into her with my still fully buried length.

"There is no guess. Was he or wasn't he?"

Her words were stilted as I nudged her with my hips as we lay there.

"I… yes. But I never wanted him. I?—"

I thrust into her hard and her words died on a gasp as her hand wound into the fabric of the bedsheets.

"Did he touch you, as I have touched you?"

I rolled enough that she was nearly on top of me, where I could control her. I could control my depth inside her. I could control her pleasure, and she couldn't stop me from erasing him from her memory.

"He… I…" She groaned as I held her still so I could give her another reminder that I was the one who owned her body.

"Only once. It was such a mistake, and I was so broken and lonely."

Her words were curious, but pain laced each and every one. I pulled out, and this time I slowly pushed back inside her obviously tender body.

"You are not broken, Zara. You are perfect."

I held her to me as I slowly pumped inside her. I would bring her pleasure. I would erase her past pain and hurt. I would erase this male that had no place in her heart.