Chapter Seventeen

I was done waiting to mate Tyrus. I understood why we hadn't jumped right into knotty time. I was broken when I arrived and then, after that, we had more important things on our plate. We still did, but at least they were under control. The children were in a good routine, we were working on getting them set up for the future they deserved, and Tyrus and I had some serious conversations.

It was time. But also, I wasn't sure to go about asking him for what I wanted. I could literally visit this man in my dreams, get him so hard in the shower, I don't know how either one of us hadn't exploded. I'd let him see my body when it was completely broken, but this was hard for me. I decided to go with the Band-Aid method and just say it. It wasn't like he'd turn me down…probably.

"I want to mate tonight." The door had barely closed, and I just put it out there.

"We don't—"

I cut him off with a finger to his lips. "I want this. Tell me you want this too."

"More than my next breath."

Now that the moment had arrived, I was doubly nervous. Not because I didn't want Tyrus but the opposite. I wanted him so badly, I was shaking. Desperate to finally connect with him in this way. Feel his claim over me. I didn't want to mess this up.

I walked over to the bed and sat down. "How should I—"

"Shh, omega. Just let your instincts take over." He pulled my shirt over my head and kissed my neck as he fully removed it. "I'm gonna make you feel how much I want you."

Relief flowed through me as he took over. I might be a strong-ass omega, but in this…now… I wanted him to be in charge. Call me old-fashioned, but it was hot.

"Yes, alpha." My whole body shivered as his fingertips trailed down my chest and released the button on my pants. "I need to feel you."

I felt like I was floating as he fully undressed me and then took a step back to admire my body.

"You're so beautiful, Sloan." His fingers slid up my thigh and scooped up a generous amount of slick that was there just for him. "And so slick for me."

"It's not nice to tease, Tyrus." I was feeling confidence return. I pressed my feet into the mattress and lifted my ass, making it very clear what I wanted. "Now take me already."

"Fuck, Sloan." He held my weight up by my ass and took my cock into his mouth, sucking me to the back of his throat in several quick thrusts before pulling off and lowering me back to the bed. "I could do that all day, but I need to feel your tight hole hugging my dick."

"Yes!" I grabbed my knees and pulled them back to my chest. "Do that. Please, alpha."

Tyrus planted one knee behind my thigh and held his weight over me. Looking into my eyes, he kissed me with soft and purposeful movements, distracting me with his intoxicating taste as the wide head of his cock pushed into my slick opening.

My breath hitched at the pressure, but my body easily yielded to him, as if it knew my mate was finally claiming me.

Tyrus continued to kiss me with increasing passion as he fully entered me, stopping only when there was nowhere left for him to go. "You're so tight for me. So good, omega."

"Soooo good." My brain couldn't focus on words when I had so many other sensations flowing through me.

His scent enveloped me. His taste made me crave more of him, like I wanted to climb right inside and never leave. His cock filled me in the most primal way, and I fucking loved it.

My fingernails dug into his arms as I threw my head back, desperate for more but unable to verbalize my needs. I didn't know it could be like this, our connection even deeper than when we dreamed together. My alpha knew what I wanted and gave it to me.

He thrust in and out of me, slowly at first and then faster when we were both panting, whimpering, and moaning with the pleasure of it.

There were so many words and emotions jumbled in my head, but I didn't voice them. I couldn't. I just let our bodies do the talking as Tyrus reached between us to stroke my hard cock.

It was so much and still not enough. "I'm so close, alpha."

"I know." He nipped at my chin and then dragged his tongue along my jawbone until he reached my earlobe. "Me too." He nibbled the spot right below my ear, a sign of things to come.

My lungs were working hard to pull in oxygen but I still felt like I was only half breathing. Air wasn't enough to sustain me anymore. Only my alpha could do that. His knot. His claim. His mark. "Please…"

Tyrus stroked me faster, increasing his thrusts in the same rhythm as my climax raced toward me. "Come for me, omega. Show me how much you want my knot."

He was killing me in the best possible way. And I couldn't hold back any longer. I needed everything he was willing to give me. "I do want it. I need it."

On a quick inhale, I finally gave in and allowed my orgasm to take over, shooting into his fist and onto my heated skin. My whole body shook as he pushed in even farther and released his cum inside me, his knot growing.

"Mine." Tyrus licked down my neck then placed his teeth against my skin and bit down, marking me on the outside as my teeth sank into him in return, his knot fully expanded inside me, marking me on the inside too. "Always."

"Always."