“Not long.” She spread her legs and he loved the sight. “And I’m not ashamed to admit it.” She reached out to touch his cheek as he bent to brush a kiss on her inner thigh and started working his way up to her clit.
“Nobody has ever done that to you? Really?”
He paused, looking at her. “Why does that surprise you?”
“I thought that there would have been a lot of, um, experiences you’d had since leaving the desert.”
There was a catch in her voice. Jealousy? It didn’t amuse him, knowing she felt it. His mate hurt and he wanted to soothe her pain.
“I won’t lie to you. I’ve been with females but they never touched me the way you do, Joy—inside or out. None ever wanted to love me. You give me that gift.” Justice was right. He’d never felt so alive as he was with the female who had become his heart. “I will cherish it and you.”
“I love you too.” She slid her fingers into his hair, stroking his scalp. “Let’s talk about this later though.” She squirmed under him.
“Maybe we should wait. You are still weak.”
“I’m lying down. We’ll be careful and I want you too much to wait.”
His thumb brushed against her clit and she jerked under him, spreading her thighs wider. The scent of her arousal filled his nose as he breathed her in, rubbing slow circles around the bundle of nerves. Her nipples grew stiff as she arched her back. “You drive me crazy.”
She softly moaned as her hips bucked against his hand. “Well, you’re mated to a shrink. Perfect, aren’t we?”
He dipped his thumb, drawing from the wetness her desire caused, to tease the bundle of nerves again. Two fingers gently probed the opening of her pussy, his dick envious as they sank inside her, stretching the tight channel to make sure she was prepared for his thick shaft.
He curved his fingertips upward to press tightly against the spot that drew a louder moan from her as he began to fuck her slowly. She fisted his hair and he grinned, ignoring the slight pain. He watched her writhe under him, her hips bucking in a frantic attempt to reach climax. She was so beautiful to him.
“Moon,” she pleaded.
She was close. He rose, withdrawing his fingers from her sex. He gripped her hips and dragged them to the edge of the mattress, being careful not to jostle her arm. He closed his eyes as his dick plunged inside her pussy. Her muscles clenched as she cried out. He placed his hand near her injured arm, ready to protect it if she showed any sign of distress, but he rode her hard, pumping his hips furiously, and lost his seed to a haze of white-hot rapture when she came around him.
He collapsed over her but braced his elbows to make sure he didn’t put any pressure on her wound. His mate lifted her hand and surfed his biceps with her palm. He turned his head, placing a kiss on her exposed throat.
“How is your arm?”
“What arm?” She laughed. “Oh, that. It’s perfect.”
He chuckled. “Everything is, isn’t it?”
Almost. He had a mate to protect. New Species had enemies who could still hurt them. The attack on him had brought Joy back into his life and he could almost forgive what was done because of it. Next time someone else might not be so lucky though.
Joy stirred. “Stop worrying.”
He raised his head to stare at her, wondering how she’d known.
She grinned. “It’s your nature. I only want you to love me and be exactly who you are. Things will work out. We have each other to always lean on, regardless of anything we face. We’ll do it together.”
“I love you.” He wanted her to know how much.
“I love you too. You can’t get rid of me.” She glanced down between their bodies. “I’m practically glued to you.” She met his gaze. “You make me happy. That’s never going to change and we’re going to have a long lifetime to spend together. Don’t worry about the small stuff.”
His dick flexed inside her. “All I’m thinking about now are the larger things.”
She laughed. “I feel.” Her thighs tightened around him.
“Trisha said I must feed you.”
“Not now. Kiss me instead.”
He pushed away all thoughts and focused on her. His mood lightened. “Where?”
She laughed, the sound reminding him of the blessings in his life he’d been given. “Anywhere you want to, mate.”
“My pleasure.” His tongue traced the shell of her ear.
“Moon?”
“Yes, sweetness?”
“Growl for me. Don’t hold back. Have I even mentioned how much it turns me on?”
The low rumble started in his chest. “Like this?”