She was silent for a moment, then said, “Something about give and take.”
“Finding the balance is all about trust, Angel. You trust me not to let my beast shred you. I trust that you will not drain me without giving me something back.”
“But—we don’t know if I can do that.”
“I do. You did it last night. Every time, you will get better at it.” I opened my heart along the link and flooded her with everything within it.
I felt her tremble. “I don’t deserve that,” she whispered. “I don’t deserve you.”
I snorted. “I’m no bleeding saint, Angel.” To prove it, I slid my hand up beneath her shirt. Her breathing hitched when I tweaked her breast through her bra—while my other hand nestled her closer to me. Talons weren’t the only protuberance I’d awoken with. I pushed my pelvis into hers, grinding.
“Matt...”
I nuzzled my nose against her, and licked. She shuddered, and repeated, “Maaatt...”
I nibbled on her neck, and she tried to pull away again. Then she went very still. “It wants you.”
“Then let it have me. Only let’s work together to find the balance.” I placed my hands on her hips and rolled her toward me.
I’d expected resistance, but she let me do it. And when I saw her eyes, I knew why. The thing inside her gleamed out at me, and I sensed its hunger.
I swallowed, but I’d meant what I’d said. I reached for her hands and placed them on my face.
“If you want me,” I said. “Take me. I am yours.”
Her eyes blazed, and what was in her reached to engulf me, overloading my senses in an instant. I couldn’t have refused her if I’d wanted to.
I really did belong to her.
Before I knew it, she’d knocked me flat on the bed. She released me long enough to rip off her shirt and bra, and to scramble out of her leggings and panties, until she was as nude as she’d been in our dream.
Glorious. She was glorious, and my adoration pulsed along the link. She straddled my legs and reached to stroke me through my sweatpants. Her touch, even through clothing, galvanized me. I pushed up into her hand, helpless to resist, completely in her thrall.
She growled, a low, animal sound that sent a pulse of electricity clear through to my core, stiffening me until I tented against the restraining fabric.
Anna grabbed the waistband of my sweats and yanked them down. I raised my hips to help her, eager to feel her naked skin on my own. Those warm fingers stroked, and I gasped as her energy coiled around me, an invisible caress from balls to throat.
I swelled beneath her touch, panting and aching. I’d never been so desperate for more. When I gazed into her eyes, it wasn’t exactly Anna that looked back at me, but I didn’t care. I also belonged to her beast. Body, spirit, and soul.
She released me and peeled back my tee shirt. Held herself above me while those incredible eyes riveted on my own. I arched up off the bed, my flesh quivering, desperate for her. She brushed her velvet center over me, and I groaned.
“Do you want me, my Dire?” she purred, reaching to stroke me, just once, from balls to tip.
“Yes,” I panted.
She pulled her knees up on each side of my hips and leaned back, smiling as she teased me with her heat.
“Pleeease, Angel.” My voice deserted me on her name. It came out as barely a whisper.
She leaned over me and cradled my face in her hands. And then, in a single, fluid movement, she pushed down onto me, sinking me deeply as she lowered her lips to my own.
As I thrust upward, carrying her off the bed, she wound her power around me, and took me to paradise.
This was why I couldn’t remember her draining me. My mind was filled with white static as she rode me, pleasure like I’d never experienced, until I swelled within her, tightening even as she constricted. I couldn’t breathe as her lips and tongue danced with my own. Lightning chased through me, down my spine straight to my balls, pulling them tight as I poised on the edge of ecstasy.
“Not yet, wolfie.” She held me there, in that moment of agony before the release, cranking me tighter and tighter until the pleasure was almost pain, and I thought my heart would explode with the power of it.
And then, she unleashed it. Wave after wave, through her, and me, and I cried out against her lips, my body thrusting into her, uncontrollably, even my arms spasming around her, an entire body orgasm that took me to the brink of consciousness.
