LUCAS

Her breath catches as I tug with my teeth, and she cries out at the sting. The sound goes straight to my cock, making it twitch with need. "Harder," she pleads, her fingers tightening in my hair. "Lucas, please."

I oblige gladly, taking her swollen peak between my teeth and biting down harder, at the same time sliding my fingers between her legs and deep into that silken sheath.@@@@

She whimpers at the sting, her body bowing as her nails bite into my shoulders. And then she''s crashing back down, crying out as her body pulses around me, vagina tight against my fingers as I piston them into her.

She rocks against me, riding out the waves of her pleasure until she goes lax beneath me, breathless and sated, her chest rising and falling rapidly.

I growl in satisfaction, releasing her wrists and shifting to press soft kisses to the marks I left, soothing the tender skin with my tongue. But inside, Aurum is howling for more.

"Lucas," she murmurs, her hips lifting again, rocking against my fingers.

It''s a plea I can''t resist.

I can''t take it slow anymore. My need for her, for this, is pounding in my veins, demanding to be satisfied.

Ava trembles beneath me, her eyes glazed with desire. Her fingers tighten on my shoulders as her head falls back, baring her throat to me. She''s exposed and vulnerable, and the wolf inside me growls in triumph.

Mine.

The sight of her, naked and flushed and quivering with need, is almost enough to push me over the edge. I need to be inside her. Need to claim and possess and mark, to root out every last vestige of uncertainty between us.

My cock throbs, hard and unyielding.

Aurum is demanding it, a pulsing heat in my veins. He wants to take. Wants to dominate. But I hold him back, forcing him to let me go slow.

I bury myself inside her, spilling into her as she clenches around me, crying out my name. My mate. My Luna. Mine, forever.

My breath comes in harsh gasps, my body slumping onto hers as I fight to catch my breath. She''s still quivering beneath me, her heart racing as she buries her hands in my hair, pulling me down for a slow, deep kiss. I can taste myself on her lips, and the wolf inside me rumbles in satisfaction.

Mine. Always mine.

I press soft kisses to her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, but she''s not having any of it. Her hands slide down my back, urging me to move. I growl low in my throat, the sound vibrating between us.

"Not done," she murmurs, her fingers tightening on my ass as she pushes me back onto my heels.

"Ava—" But it''s too late. She''s rolling us over until I''m lying on my back, her hands already sliding down to wrap around my cock. I can''t stop the groan that tears from my throat as she takes me in hand, already stroking. "Goddamn, woman."

She just smirks and climbs on top, guiding me into her heat. The stretch of her body around me has me clenching my jaws against the pleasure. She''s so tight, so hot, and I can''t even speak as she lifts her hips and then sinks back down onto me. She''s all in control, her movements slow and torturous.

Until she''s not. Until she''s riding me hard, her hands fisting against my chest as she snaps her hips down, taking all of me. Eyes closed, head thrown back in ecstasy, with her gorgeous blonde hair spilling over my thighs—she''s a fucking goddess among mortals.

I can do nothing but hold on for the ride. My fingers dig into her hips, urging her on as my cock pulses with the need to spill again.

She''s told me before that she''s on some sort of contraceptive, but that primal part of me just says to breed the fuck out of her, to spill my seed until her womb is heavy with pups, and I''m helpless against the urge.

She throws her head back, crying out as she shudders around me. Her fingers tighten on my chest, her nails biting into my skin, and I snap my hips up, driving into her as she rides out the waves of her orgasm.

Mine.

Her nails leave faint pink streaks on my skin, but I barely feel them through the haze of pleasure.

As she slumps forward, spent, I wrap my arms around her, rolling us over until I''m buried deep inside her once more. I cradle her against my chest, pressing soft kisses to her hair. Aurum is purring inside me, his need to mark and claim sated for now.