Goddess, but she needed him to move. Needed the friction of his cock and she shifted, rolling her hips, taking what she wanted, but then he held her still and it was the most delicious torture she could’ve imagined.
“Say you’re mine.”
She knew that even though he still wore a mostly human veneer, there was nothing human about Parker Woolven now. His beast had obviously decided she belonged to him.
Belle searched those amber eyes and she wasn’t even sure what she was looking for.
She didn’t want to be anyone’s property. She belonged to no one but herself. That was why she’d left the murder. She wasn’t their property. She didn’t live or die at their words and whims.
Her body made the choice for her.
Belle didn’t speak the words, but she turned her head to the side and offered the beast her throat. It was an act of submission, and invitation she knew he’d accept.
She could admit she wanted it, his teeth at her throat. Maybe the mark wouldn’t stay, but she could damn well enjoy the orgasm it gave her when he tried. If it had been that intense on her inner thigh, his bite on her throat might actually end her.
It would be one hell of a way to go.
Except his fingers were on her chin, turning her face back to his and the amber light in his eyes had receded to a light ring around the blue. His beast was still there, but it had stepped back and now the human part of Parker was in charge.
“Did I scare you?”
Tears welled in the back of her throat from some stupid reason. She was a monster, just like him. She was a predator, too. She’d offered him her throat and any other beast of her acquaintance would’ve taken it, probably without asking.
Now, here he was, after demanding she say she belonged to him, making sure it was actually something she wanted.
It turned her on even more, but it played with her emotions. Touched them in unapproved ways.
If she was honest with herself, it made her want to belong to him. To put her burdens on his shoulders and let him carry them for a little while. She wanted to hide in the strength he offered her.
Before she could think better of it, she said, “Only with what you make me feel, Parker. It’s so much. Too much.”
“Do you want to stop?” he asked, cock still hard inside of her.
“Fuck no.” She dug her nails into his shoulders. “Bite me.”
The beast reasserted himself and his jaws closed around her throat. It was a pleasure unlike she’d ever known as his teeth sank into her flesh. It burned, but it made her whole body pulse with wave after wave of ecstasy.
It took her to that place outside of time, the one where she was sure her insides knew his, that they’d been there together before the world was made. Something told her they’d be there together after the world had been unmade, too.
Every nerve ending was alive with sensation. Parts of her that had gone numb over the many long years were suddenly awake and she was bombarded with scents and sound. Everything she felt centered around that bite, even as it healed, it pulsed and the shockwaves echoed straight to her clit.
As the hurricane ebbed and she came back to herself, she put her head on his shoulder and whispered, “I hope you meant what you said.”
“I always mean what I say,” he reassured her. “Wolves don’t lie. It’s not in our nature.”
“That’s good, because it’s never felt like this before. If I’m yours, you’re mine.”
“Fine,” he said, his tone light, teasing.
“Fine,” she said back.
He laughed and eased her to her feet. “Now, we really have to talk.”
“I know.” She stretched and grabbed for a towel. “But I’d rather do that again.”
“I’d rather do that pretty much every day, all day,” Parker assured her.
She laughed. “I don’t think we got very clean.” Belle did like the way her hair smelled. “I like this all purpose cleansing bar. That’s nice.”
“I’ll have your bathroom at Aphelion stocked with them.”
“Aphelion?”
“It’s my family compound. You’ll be safe there.”
“You still want to take me there even knowing I’m a vampire?” She studied him. “Everyone else there is like you? A wolf?”
“Not everyone. One of our scientists is a vampire. He was taken and turned by Kumarin. My brother, our Alpha, got him back.”
“And he lives there?” She’d never heard of such a thing.
“Yes. He’s actually my brother’s father-in-law, if you want to put a label on it. He is well-loved by our pack. Part of our pack.”
“You Woolvens are a different breed of wolf, then, aren’t you?”