12. Drew

Iloved kissing. I’d never been kissed before. Well, not like this. And Sebastian’s kisses were amazing. He made me feel tingly, and my cheetah was yowling in my mind to hurry things along with our mate. I couldn’t do that, but I could enjoy everything Sebastian was doing to me. I wanted everything, and when Sebastian looked down at me, I knew that was his way of checking in on me to ensure I was all right. I was. More than. He’d touched me, brought me pleasure, and had asked me if I wanted things along the way. I did. He had somehow made the situation comfortable for me and ensured me that I could trust him. I tugged him down for another kiss, and Sebastian didn’t seem to hesitate as he lowered himself down to meet my lips again.

I picked up on the change in his kisses. They were becoming a bit more insistent, but I still felt completely at ease with my mate. He thrust his tongue against mine, and I did everything I could to push back and meet him thrust for thrust with our tongues. When he suddenly pulled back, I followed to a point but retreated when Sebastian’s lips moved away from mine.

“If I do anything that makes you uncomfortable, tell me, and I’ll stop immediately,” he whispered against my lips.

I opened my eyes and stared up at him as I nodded. I could do that, but I didn’t think that was going to be the case. Already, Sebastian had completely put me at ease with how he’d treated me. He’d been nothing but a gentleman, and that meant everything to me. I wrapped my hand around his neck and gently pulled him back. I needed more kisses, more pleasure, more Sebastian. He smiled before he obliged. Only this time, his lips didn’t meet mine; they moved to my jaw. I tilted my head back, giving him all the room I could. He took advantage and moved to my neck. I moaned as Sebastian’s lips kissed and sucked, causing more intense tingles to course through my body.

I reached for his head, my fingers immediately going to his thick hair. I held on, just enjoying the pleasure he was bringing to me. Sebastian suddenly moved lower, his hands touching my waist and then pushing upward. When his tongue delved into my belly button, I sucked in my stomach instinctively but kept my eyes close because it wasn’t a horrible feeling. In fact, the more he moved upward, the more intense the feelings became. When Sebastian’s tongue flicked over my nipple, I gasped. Immediately, his entire body shot up, and he looked down at me with concern in his gaze.

“No, I’m good. I swear. It just…the tingles were really intense.”

“Your body is tingling too?”

“Probably not like yours. It’s just a tickle that’s really intense and kind of tingles. Please don’t stop. It’s really good.”

Sebastian grinned, then lowered himself back down. His lips went to my nipple he’d just flicked, and when they closed around it and he gently sucked, I thought I would lose my mind. I groaned loudly, my body becoming entirely overwhelmed with pleasure. I writhed on the bed under Sebastian as his mouth, tongue, and teeth drove me absolutely insane. When his hands joined in, I gave up trying to hold on to him and let my own hands fall to my sides. I grabbed the blanket under me and tried to hold on, but my body was screaming out in need and couldn’t seem to function all that well. I had never felt like this, not even when I was in the midst of a heat.

My shirt was suddenly gone, but I honestly didn’t care. In fact, I’d like it even more if all of my clothing were gone, Sebastian’s too. I was so caught up in thoughts of trying to get my mate naked that I didn’t realize he had moved farther down my body until his mouth suddenly swallowed my dick. I screamed as it was too much, and my body exploded in pleasure once again. I didn’t even have the ability to warn Sebastian. Not that he seemed to mind. I could not only hear his moan in the room but feel it around my pulsing cock.

Sebastian continued to suck as my body found release yet again. It seemed as if it lasted forever, but I knew better. I knew it was less than a minute, but those seconds felt like an eternity. When things became too sensitive for me, I managed to push on Sebastian’s head. He slowly pulled off my cock, and although I’d already come twice, it was still just as hard as it ever had been. When it slapped against my stomach, I sighed in relief.

“Tell me I can have you. Please, Drew,” Sebastian pleaded. It took a moment for Sebastian’s words to register. When they did, I realized something else when I felt movement inside me. I looked at Sebastian in shock. He froze, and his fingers slowly pulled from my body. When had he even inserted them? How had I not realized?

“Yes,” I managed to whisper out. My voice was hoarse, as if I’d just spent the last little bit shouting. But Sebastian had me not only moaning but shouting in pleasure for who knew how long.

“Yes?”

I nodded. “Yes, Seb. Claim me,” I told him. Sebastian looked relieved, and when he gently opened my legs more, I quickly spread them to allow him room. When I felt my bottom rise and extra softness suddenly under it, I knew that Sebastian had used magic to place a pillow under me. I grinned, but my smile was cut short when I looked down and saw my mate completely naked for the first time. It became difficult to breathe. Not because I was scared. No. Sebastian was absolutely gorgeous and very much turned on. It felt wonderful that that man, the amazingly patient man who was by far the most gorgeous one I’d ever seen, wanted me in that way. I knew it was most likely because of the mate thing, but still. I’d been truly fortunate when the fates paired me with him.

Sebastian moved closer, and when I felt a gentle pressure against me, I waited for the pain and then the panic to come. Neither did. I continued to stare at Sebastian as he moved, and when our eyes locked, my mouth parted as I fell for my mate then and there. This man had brought me pleasure twice already and still hadn’t found his own release. Yet he’d been completely concerned about me and my own comfort.

“I’m good,” I whispered out. “It doesn’t hurt,” I told him.

“It’s not supposed to. It should be nothing but pleasure.” As soon as the words left his mouth, we both moaned when the head of Sebastian’s cock slipped through the tight muscular ring. He closed his eyes and bit his lower lip, and I took a deep breath and concentrated on relaxing. In doing so, I must have relaxed completely because Sebastian’s eyes flew open wide when we both felt his length slip into me.

“Yes,” I hissed out and pressed my head back into the bed below me as I felt him fill me with his hard length. Sebastian froze above me after his body slid into mine. He was breathing heavily when I finally locked my eyes with his. He was biting his lip so hard it looked painful. I reached up and gently tugged, not wishing to cause him pain. “You can move. You feel so perfect inside me.”

Sebastian released his lip, his eyes seeming to take a moment to focus on me. I touched the side of his face, my thumb rubbing over his swollen bottom lip. When I wrapped my hand around his neck and tugged him down fully on top of me, Sebastian’s lips met mine again. When he moaned into my mouth, I pushed my tongue against his. He met me eagerly, and when I tasted my release on his tongue, it was me who started moaning.

His hands moved up my sides, and when I felt them on my arms, I smiled into the kiss. Sebastian’s hands ran down my arms, lacing with my fingers. As he moved them above my head, he broke from the kiss to look down at me. “Is this all right?”

I nodded. Sebastian’s lips covered mine again, and he quickly showed me just how amazing he was at lovemaking. That’s what this was. His fingers were laced with mine gently above my head, and while he explored my mouth, his body started moving. Sebastian’s body rubbed up and down mine as he thrust his cock in and out of my slick hole. I moaned loudly as I felt the need growing inside my body once more. How was that possible?

I held on as if my life depended on it, and at one point, I was certain it actually did. Sebastian’s left hand abandoned mine, trailed down my side, and when it slid around my hip and grabbed my ass cheek, I felt something inside me click. His lower stomach continued to rub against my cock where it was trapped between our bodies. It once more became too much, only this time, I felt a tingle not only in my balls but also in my canines. I turned my head to the side, breaking the kiss when I felt my canines drop again.

Sebastian’s rhythm faltered, and the hand that had been holding mine released it and wrapped around my head. He pulled my face into his neck seconds before he moaned loudly and then pressed into me and held there. His body spasmed above me before he pulled out and then pushed back into me. At the same time, I felt an intense burning itch against my ribs on my right side. My cheetah yowled in my mind, and instinct took over. I opened my mouth and bit down on his shoulder right above me. Sebastian grunted and then pushed into me once more and moaned loudly. My own body found a third and final release, and it was simply too much for me.

I felt the world around me grow dark while my heartbeat grew loud in my ears. My mouth went lax, and I licked out, lapping at the skin I’d just abused. I tasted the tangy yet sweet flavor of Sebastian’s blood there. It was gone quick enough. Sebastian collapsed on top of me, and I let myself do the same and melted into the bed below me.

Exhaustion came next, and I let it take over. I closed my eyes, my body, mind, and spirit finally at peace. I felt myself floating, and in my dream, I heard Sebastian whispering to me how amazing and wonderful I was and how he couldn’t wait to take care of me for the rest of our lives. I saw my cheetah running circles around my blond warlock as he walked through a field while holding an equally blond baby in his arms.

Was that us? Why couldn’t I talk? Why couldn’t I shift and hold them in my arms? I started to feel the anxiety overwhelm me, and then it was suddenly gone. I felt warmth, comfort, and love. Sebastian wrapped his arms around me, the baby now gone. I saw myself transform from my cheetah to my human side, and then Sebastian picked me up and carried me away.

That was all I saw, and then I felt gentle kisses on my shoulder. I felt my body awaken, and I gasped as I opened my eyes. Sebastian’s arms tightened around me for a moment before he let go. “Are you all right?” I turned my head, but it was no use. Sebastian was now lying behind me, and I couldn’t see him. I moved at the same time he did. Me to my back and him up onto his elbow to look down at me. “Drew?”

“We were running. Well, I was. In a field. And you were carrying a baby with blond hair.”

Sebastian smiled. “Yes, we were. I’m not sure if it will become truth or not, but yes, your cheetah shared that with us.”

“You saw that?”

Sebastian smiled before he leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. I moaned, the thought of what I saw completely forgotten once my mate’s lips touched mine again. Unfortunately, Sebastian pulled back from the kiss after a moment and looked down at me. “I did see that. You shared that with me through our bond.”

My eyes immediately moved to Sebastian’s shoulder. I didn’t see anything there, but when I looked at the other one, sure enough, there was a bright red bite mark. It looked painful, and I winced.

“It doesn’t hurt.”

I took a deep, shaky breath and let it out. “It looks it.”

“I know you feel that way, but it honestly doesn’t hurt.”

“Am I sharing everything with you? We’re mated now, right?”

Sebastian grinned. “Yes, Drew, we are most certainly mated.”

He hadn’t bitten me. But he was a warlock. My mind was racing, and then I remembered the intense, burning itch. My eyes widened in realization. I rolled away, and when I finally made it to the edge of the bed, my legs wouldn’t support me, and I fell to the floor in a heap of too-relaxed muscles.

“Drew!” Sebastian was suddenly beside me, pulling me into his arms with concern and horror all over his face.

“You broke me,” I said, not thinking. Sebastian’s entire body went rigid, and it took me too long to realize. Sebastian carefully placed me on the bed, his hands holding me for a moment longer before he let go and stepped back.

“I didn’t intend to hurt you.”

I looked at Sebastian for several seconds before it all registered. “No, you didn’t,” I said. “It was good, Seb. Amazing. So much so my legs don’t want to work. They’re rubber. In fact, my whole body feels weak.”

Sebastian relaxed. “Where did you need to go?”

I reached for my side. I couldn’t feel anything there, but when my fingers touched my side, it was incredibly sensitive, and I sucked in a sharp breath.

“That’s your claiming mark. I’m a warlock and don’t claim by biting.”

“Can I see it? I was trying to go to the bathroom to look in the mirror.”

Sebastian grinned, and then we were suddenly in the bathroom. Sebastian was holding me, and when he turned to where I could see my side, I gasped at the intricate knot-looking tattoo that was there. Only it wasn’t a tattoo. It was my claiming mark.

“What does it mean?” I asked. I was certain the knot represented something, but I didn’t know what.

“It’s Master Edison’s mark. I come from his line, and we’ve always chosen to keep using the same knot that represents unity, love, and family. I put yours on your ribs because I’d noticed they were sensitive.”

Sebastian stood there with me in his arms for a moment longer before he turned and walked into the shower. He carefully set me on my feet, and when we discovered they held me now, he waved a hand, and the water started falling from the overhead showerhead.

“My ribs are sensitive, but why there?”

Sebastian reached for me, gently holding me while we walked into the spray of water. He stared down at me with a smile on his face while moving his hand. “Because now, instead of just tickling, they will also become an erogenous zone.”

Sebastian’s fingers gently ghosted over my mark, and I sucked in a sharp breath before letting it out on a moan. How was that even possible?

“It’s possible because I’m your mate and you are my One. We’ve claimed each other, and now our desire and need for each other will continue to grow. Your ribs, where your mark is, will be a hot spot, and a simple touch, a gentle kiss, or even a not-so-gentle suck will turn you on.”

I moaned again, my head falling to the side when Sebastian’s lips suddenly found my neck. “I didn’t know it would be like this.”

Sebastian’s lips trailed from my neck to my jaw and then over to my lips. After he kissed me senseless for what felt like hours, he pulled back and stood up. “It will always be like this for us. I know you’ve had no close example of what it’s like between mates, but trust me when I say that this is completely normal.”

I smiled up at him, and when I finally opened my eyes, I stared into crystal-blue eyes that were twinkling. “I like this. I really hope it stays like this and doesn’t go away.”

Sebastian shook his head. “If anything, it’ll become more. We’ll grow as a couple, and things will take on more meaning and will be more to us.”

I knew what he was saying without voicing the words. I also know why he wasn’t saying those words. “I can’t wait,” I said in response. Because I was looking forward to spending my life with Sebastian. I would one day soon carry his child or children and would fall in love with him. I had a feeling it was going to be easy because he was simply amazing. I didn’t know I could want someone nearly as much as I did Sebastian, but he’d made it simple to desire him. He’d been absolutely who I needed as my mate, and if I could, I would personally thank the fates for pairing us. He, I was certain, was getting the shorter end of the deal, but I was going to do everything I could to become the best me I could for him. He deserved that and more.

“How about we get clean, then see what the rest of the evening brings us?”

I nodded because that sounded like a great plan. We were already in the shower, and although I wasn’t sure I could go another round, I definitely wanted the opportunity to explore Sebastian’s amazing body just as he’d done with mine.