Chapter 19

Dominic

She looks so small sitting there on the side of the roof, the red hair like flames dancing around her head with the strands kissing her cheeks because they are just like me, awed at her beauty. Watching her face tilted up with lips parted invitingly for me lights a molten fire inside me. Like a feral beast, I wanted to grab her and kiss her senseless, but I had to stop and look at her.

I want the picture of her offering her lips to me engraved in my memory for centuries to come. This female. This warrior that is ready to take on the world all on her own, willingly removed her armor for me.

I didn"t deserve it, but I"ll take it.

I will take anything she gives me and cherish it for the precious gift it was.

Her lashes fluttered gently before her eyelids began to rise, and I understood that that was my queue. Tucking a curled finger under her chin, I lifted her face and pressed my lips to hers. I have kissed Brooklyn a few times, many of which she probably doesn"t even remember from the bloodlust. But this, this felt like something new.

The tip of my tongue prodded at her mouth, and she parted her lips for me. I was a drowning man, and she was the breath I needed to live. I breathed her in. Her scent, her taste, it overwhelmed me so much that it took away my logic. I was standing on two legs, but I was also a beast, and my animal acts on an ingrained instinct as he joined in my desire for my mate, clawing at my insides to take her.

I needed this female more than I needed my next breath. Spearing my fingers into her hair, I pulled her closer, standing up and lifting her with me so that I can press her body to mine. One arm around her waist helped me maneuver her so that I can pin her on the side of the chimney and plunder her mouth with my tongue, leaving no nook or cranny unexplored.

A soft moan came from Brooklyn, and suddenly, all the weakness and softness were gone. Placing both her arms around my neck, she used me as leverage to bounce off the tiles and wrap her legs around my hips. The movement separated her lips and left us both panting. I can see her need for me, burning bright in her eyes that were focused solely on me. My heart was hammering against my ribs hard enough I thought everyone could hear it. My erection was pressing against the zipper of my jeans making it painful to move, and I hissed when I shuffled my feet to get a better grip on her ass.

Arching her back, she grabbed a handful of my hair at the back of my skull and yanked me to her, shoving her tongue in my mouth, with a desperate passion. Our tongues danced, twisted and moved and my knees almost buckled when she ground her core over my cock.

I pressed her harder into the chimney, grinding on her as I started pulling her shirt off. In return, she continued kissing me, slightly pulling back so she can nip on my lip or suck on my tongue before continuing to take my breath away.

She was driving me insane.

"Help me take this off, Brooklyn." I growled as I tugged on her shirt.

"Do you really need it off?" She asked me between kisses, and I could feel her lips curl in a smile on my skin.

"I suppose not." Leaning back, I held her at arm's length with one hand pressed on her back, and I took a hold of the collar of her shirt with the other. The look in her eyes when she realized what my intentions were would have made me laugh if the situation were not so dire in our need for one another. But it was too late, the sound of tearing fabric surrounded us as I ripped her top in half.

"Savage." She snickered and kissed all the brain function out of me.

My fingers dug into her ass, and I held her where I needed her grinding and pressing on her lips that were driving me insane. She gave as good as she got clawing at my shoulders pulling on my hair, scratching my back. If I didn"t know that she was an Atua as part of her mixed heritage, I would"ve thought she was a wildcat unable to hold myself back any longer. I pushed her legs down and flipped her around.

Resting my back on her chest, I started kissing on the side of her neck. Peppering small kisses where her neck and shoulder meet, then back at the base of her neck to the other side and up so I can nibble on her ear. I was going to lose my mind. I was going to take her with me. And every sound, moan or sucked in breath told me she was right there with me every step of the way. Fumbling with the button of her pants made me snarl like the beast that I was, losing patience because I wanted her bad enough to have to fight a shift. My animal couldn't understand why I was taking that long when all he wanted was to seal the bond and rut.

I did, too, but I also wanted to enjoy every minute with Brooklyn. She was more to me than a broodmare. I wanted her smiles, her secret looks, and her touches. I also wanted her trust. Simply?

I wanted her.

All of her.

Brooklyn pushed her ass back and that"s all it took for me to lose control. Grabbing her waistband with both hands, I pulled and ripped the pants right off of her. Seeing her perky ass covered with the lacy fabric, off came her panties, and spreading her legs wide made me shake with need. Instead of rushing it, I grabbed her ponytail and turned her to the side so that I could plunder her mouth again. My other hand trailed a path from her ribs and down over her stomach until the tips of my fingers dived into the lips of her mound .

"You"re soaking wet." My groan earned me a chuckle from her followed by a moan when I separated the drenched lips with my fingers, and I circled the nub. "For me."

"For you." She agreed and pressed her mound into my hand grinding and searching for friction.

"We should"ve planned this better." I told her panting as I yanked on the buttons of my jeans, trying to get them off. "For our first time, we should have a bed and a door to keep everyone away."

"I don"t need a bed or a door, Dominic." Flipping around, she took a hold of my face with both hands, and I froze while holding my breath, praying she"s not going to reject me. "I need you to take those pants off and put your cock inside me."

I flipped her back around and ripped off every piece of fabric I had around my waist and grabbed her hips with both hands. If I expected her to object, I would"ve been disappointed. She leaned forward, pushed her ass towards me and waited. Flipping her hair so she can look at me over her shoulder was my undoing.

My cock was pointing right where it wanted to go. giving in to the need I can see written all over her face. I pushed forward slowly entering her needy flesh. We both groaned at the penetration, her channel parting just enough to allow me entrance. Her flesh was quivering and pulsing around my rock-hard cock making it difficult for me to move. She was so tight; it was almost painful on each slide in and out.

"You feel so good." I grunted, thrusting my pelvis in an out slow enough to make both of us pant with suppressed need.

"You feel good, too." She kept pushing back, pressing her ass as hard against my grip on her hips will allow it. "Dominic, I need more."

"Me too, Brooklyn. I just want this to last." My honesty earned me one more of those looks over her shoulder.

This one was open, vulnerable, and dare I say full of love. Seeing it formed a fist in my throat that was hard to swallow. My thrusts slowed, my grip softened, and I realized I didn"t want to do this like a shifter would. She protested when I stepped back and I pulled my cock out. But it wasn"t for too long. Flipping her around, I put us in the same position as we started. I lifted her legs and wrapped them around my waist. When I entered her this way it felt like the penetration was deeper. As if we were closer. Having her chest pressed to mine made it possible to feel her heartbeat, too. The organ was punching her ribs as hard as mine was kicking in my chest. And like the fool that I was, I couldn"t keep my mouth shut.

"You are my everything, Brooklyn." I told her honestly. "Not because of the bond. But because of whom you are, because of what you are."

"A monster." She lowered her eyes and tried to push away from me.

"No." Pinning her to the chimney, I waited until she looked at me. "Not a monster. You are the kindest, the bravest, the most beautiful female I have ever seen in my life."

"You need to fuck me, Dominic, not make me cry." She smirked.

"I can fuck you later." Her head jerked up and she glared at me when I said that. "I"m going to make love to you now."

Whatever she was going to say, was left unsaid because it ended on a cry of passion when I started to move. Slowly at first, then speeding up at times; I kept moving in and out of her body, listening to all the little breaths. All the soft cries and moans told me what she liked and what she didn't. I was learning the female became my life as I joined our bodies into one.

I believe it was me that felt the seal of the bond first. Heat formed at the pit of my stomach and started spreading through my torso at an alarming speed. I knew when Brooklyn felt it too because the sounds, she was making were louder, her movements frantic. If I thought that she was wet before, she was drenched now. her passion was soaking both of my thighs, dripping down both my legs as my thrusts became erratic.

"Faster, Dominic." Brooklyn"s nails started breaking the skin on my back. She arched her back, digging the heels of her feet into my lower back. "Harder."

"So much for making love." I ground through clenched teeth and turned her around, her back to my front.

"You can try that later, again." She tried to laugh, but it turned into a moan. "I"ll let you practice if you keep doing what you"re doing."

"I have every intention to keep doing what I"m doing to you, Female." The pumping of my hips positioned her just right. The sounds of slapping flesh echoed around us in the stillness of the night.

"More." My mate demanded, and I gave her what she asked for. The skin on her hips dented from the pressure of my fingers, and I thought for a second that I should be gentler, until she lifted a leg, pressing her foot to the side so she can push harder against me.

My beast roared inside my head in victory, beyond happy that he"s ready to seal the bond. The heat that was spreading through my torso, extended to all extremities to a point I thought it was going to melt my skin. Sweat dripped from Brooklyn, as well. Fascinated, I watched the droplets trickle down her spine and I wanted to cherish the moment, but my body had other ideas.

My cock kept pumping in and out of her body, pushing us closer and closer to completion. Her cries were becoming faster and louder, her nails glowing at the chimney tiles. I expected to feel the urge to bite her, but it never came. Instead, Brooklyn pushed her ass back hard enough to dislodge me. Then she flipped around and impaled herself on my swelled cock in one smooth move. My cry of pleasure matched hers a moment before she yanked my head to the side and struck like lightning.

Her fangs pierced my skin, and I exploded inside of her with a roar loud enough to be heard all over Chicago. My hips pistoned in and out of her so fast, all I could do was hold onto her and close my eyes. Her scream of pleasure joined mine a second later and her channel milked my cock for all it was worth. The orgasm lasted forever, at least that's how it felt until the bond settled into place like slapping an elastic band over your wrist.

We both collapsed onto each other, sweaty, panting for breath.

"Remind me again why we waited this long to do this?" Brooklyn gasped and brushed a strand of hair from my forehead.

"Do you really want me to answer that?" I asked and kissed the tip of her nose.

"Nope, I"m good." She chirped.

My chuckle made both of us hiss when her channel pulsed around me because I was still inside her.