Chapter Ten
Teagan’s heart pounded as Aaron’s short whiskers tickled her skin. Just the feel of his lips on her wrist had made her wetter than she’d ever been in her life. She could just imagine what it’d be like to have him naked and over her. Hell, behind her, below her, and anyway she could think of.
Her dragon grunted. We can have him. It’s always best to try them out anyway.
Aaron moved her palm to his lips and flicked her skin with his tongue. She sucked in a breath at the hot, wet sensation. “Aaron.”
“Is that a ‘Yes, Aaron’ or ‘No, Aaron?’”
Her gaze trailed over his jaw, his broad shoulders, and his muscled arms. For the first time in years, she was going to do something spontaneous for herself.
She met his eyes again. “As long as what happens between us stays in this house and no one else finds out, then it’s a yes.”
In response, he took one of her fingers between his lips. He flicked and swirled her digit. Teagan moaned, and all too soon Aaron released her. His gravelly voice went straight between her thighs as he said, “So that means your entire cottage is now part of our deal.”
“Are you really—”
Aaron stood, tugged her up and against his chest. “I want to take you anywhere I can tonight. Inside this cottage, you’re not clan leader and I’m not one of your Protectors. Agree before anything happens. I won’t be ordered about in this arena.”
She moved her hands to his back and slowly moved them down until she could grip his arse cheeks. “You’d better make it worthwhile, Caruso.” She pressed her breasts against his chest and loved how his pupils slitted. “So, my answer is yes, but for tonight only.”
With a growl, he took her lips in a rough kiss. In the next second, he nipped her bottom lip and she opened. As his tongue entered and stroked the inside of her mouth, she pulled his lower body tighter against hers and rocked her hips. Aaron groaned into her mouth, and the sound made desire pound harder between her legs.
She broke the kiss and pushed him away. Confusion flashed in his eyes, but as she tugged her top off and tossed it to the side, his eyes moved to her bra. Aaron licked his lips and her already tight nipples hardened further.
Undoing the clasp on her back, she also removed her bra. In the next second, Aaron closed the distance between them and kissed her neck, the base of her throat, and then the top of her breasts. Her nipples pulsed in anticipation. He’d better not be in a teasing mood or she might just chance ordering him around to get what she wanted.
As Aaron’s hot mouth took one of her nipples, she threaded her fingers through his hair and arched her back. Each swirl, nip, and suckle made her knees a little weaker. She wrapped her other arm around his neck to keep from falling.
He finally released one and moved to the other. He bit slightly harder, and she cried out at the mixture of pleasure and pain. He soothed the sting with his tongue before nibbling again.
The pressure built and she wondered if she’d come without Aaron ever touching her clit. She closed her eyes and focused on the pleasure, but before she could fall over the edge, he pulled away.
Teagan opened her eyes and demanded, “Why did you stop?”
He kissed one corner of her mouth and then the other before whispering, “I want to have all of you at my mercy.” His hands went to the top of her trousers. He ran his fingers just inside the waistband. The roughness of his skin against her eased her irritation and made her belly flip.
Aaron looked up. He never broke her gaze as he undid the top button. The zipper opened bit by bit, the sound filling the room and making her heart pound. Most males ripped off clothes to get to the deed as soon as possible, but not Aaron. And oddly, his patience made her hotter.
He placed his hand on her abdomen and ran it gently around to the top of her bum, the whisper of his fingers leaving a trail of heat in their wake. She could just imagine what he could do with those fingers if she were completely naked.
When all he did was slowly rub her skin above her panties for a full thirty seconds, warming her skin and nearly making Teagan squirm, her patience morphed into something else. She frowned. “What the bloody hell are you waiting for?”
He smiled slowly and a predatory look filled his eyes. “Anticipation makes things that much sweeter. You should know this as leader.”
Well, two could play that game.
She placed her hand over his jean-clad cock and gripped his hardness. She squeezed and Aaron bit his lip to keep from groaning. Teagan chuckled. “Then maybe it’s my turn to remind you of what anticipation feels like.”
It may have been two years since her last sexual encounter, but with Aaron, the long stretch meant nothing. With confidence, she moved her hand toward the base of his dick and tightened her grip. In response, Aaron slid his hands inside her panties and cupped her bum. One hand moved further between her legs and lightly caressed her folds, and she sucked in a breath.
His husky voice made her shiver. “You seem to forget that you’re the one mostly undressed, which means I can make you scream sooner than you could me.”
Her beast hissed. Yes, let him try.
I’m not giving up that easily.
She was about to undo the fly of his jeans to even the playing field when he tugged down her trousers and panties, and they both fell to the ground around her ankles. Aaron’s gaze zeroed in on the juncture of her thighs, and her heart pounded harder.
He took her hands in his and nodded toward the floor. “Step out of your shoes and clothes.”
In other areas of her life, Teagan would never take an order from someone lower down in the hierarchy. But as she stood mostly naked in front of Aaron, she knew this was different. Inside this cottage, she was just a female and he a male. Clan politics didn’t matter.
Still, she hesitated. She’d trusted before and been burned.
Aaron’s voice filled the room again. “What happens here stays here, Teagan. I vow it.”
Her dragon spoke up. I hear the truth in his voice.
Taking a deep breath, Teagan bobbed her head. “I hope so.”
His pupils flashed, but she focused on the moment. Otherwise, she might talk herself out of it.
Teagan complied and kicked her clothes out of the way. Aaron held her arms out to the side and raked her body from head to toe with his eyes, complete with a growl. “Fucking beautiful.”
Her entire body warmed as her pussy pulsed. There was something strangely erotic about being naked and perused by Aaron while he stood fully clothed.
She expected her dragon to demand skin or equal footing, but her beast remained eerily silent.
Before Teagan could think too hard about it, Aaron met her eyes again. She barely noted the flashing pupils as he ordered, “Sit in the chair and spread your legs.” He released a hand and lightly caressed her cheek. “I want you open and willing for me.”
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Aaron wasn’t sure if Teagan would respond to his order. While he had no trouble following a command while on duty, he enjoyed being in charge when a female was naked with him.
The question was whether Teagan wanted it too or not.
After another second, she turned, and he watched her curved hips sway as she moved to the nearest dining chair, moved it further away from the table, and turned to sit down with her legs closed. Before he could remind her to open her thighs, Teagan widened them. At the sight of pink, swollen flesh, he licked his lips. “I want to taste you.” He looked up. “But if I kneel, you have to keep still until I say so.”
She hesitated before answering, “I’ll try, unless you do something I don’t like.”
“I’ll just have to make sure you’re too far out of your mind to notice anything but the feel of my tongue.”
Her lovely pale skin flushed, and he drank in the sight of Teagan’s pert breasts, the swell of her hips, and her long legs. He would save the image of her for future showers. For all the reasons he could never have her, she was clever and gorgeous, and he wanted to remember her.
He approached Teagan and leaned down to her right ear. “Place your hands on the sides of the chair and scoot that fine arse a little further toward the edge of your seat.”
Her ragged breath made him smile.
His dragon grunted. You should undress first. I want her hands on our skin and maybe even her nails in our back.
No. I want to focus solely on her first. After everything she does for her clan, she deserves some attention.
He nipped her earlobe. After caressing the soft skin with his tongue, he moved to his knees. At the sight of her hands gripping the seat and her pussy even more on display, he met Teagan’s lovely green eyes again and growled. “Mine.”
Her eyes flashed, but instead of reprimanding him, she merely tilted her head back as she shook her hair and jutted her breasts forward. “Either prove your skills or leave. I will only wait so long.”
It seemed the female had a bit of bite, even when vulnerable. Aaron would remember that for later.
Tracing the side of her neck down to her collarbone, he murmured, “One last thing—don’t remove your hands from the chair until you come or I’ll stop.”
“Fine. But if you hurt me, all bets are off.”
Lightly circling one of her nipples, he grunted. “I will never willingly hurt you, Teagan. If I ever do something you don’t like, then feel free to skewer my balls.” He moved to her other nipple. “Although a little pain can bring a lot of pleasure in the right circumstances.”
Before she could reply, he gently pinched her nipple, and Teagan’s legs opened wider. “There’s my girl.” He twisted a little harder, and Teagan moaned as her head fell to one side.
With her dark hair cascading over one shoulder and flushed skin, she was the most beautiful female he’d ever seen.
And for some reason, he wanted to know her better.
His dragon roared. Then hurry up. I want to know what she tastes like.
Ignoring his beast, he focused solely on Teagan. “Don’t try to hold back or temper your moans. Your reactions are like instructions. Most males tend to ignore them, but not me. I plan on using them to make you scream harder than you ever have before.”
She was halfway to panting, which made both man and beast smug. Teagan whispered, “Just hurry up, already.”
Taking both of her breasts in his hands, he moved his head to kiss her lips. “If nothing else, trust me in this.”
He leaned back to watch her eyes. She searched his for a few seconds before nodding. “You only get one chance, though.”
He grinned. “That’s all I need.”
Running his hand down from her breasts to her waist, he rubbed her soft skin a few minutes before moving to her thighs.
He couldn’t resist her pale, toned leg and leaned down to run his whiskered cheek back and forth against her most tender spot, on the inside of her thigh. He repeated the movement on the other side, and Teagan’s muscles relaxed further under his touch. “Now, let’s see how wet you are for me.”
Aaron lowered his head and stared a few seconds at her swollen flesh. She was already glistening for him.
He flicked his tongue between her folds and reveled in the earthy, womanly scent that was Teagan O’Shea.
His dragon finally spoke up. More, I want much more.
Patience—
No. Fuck her with our tongue.
As his dragon paced inside his mind, Aaron could tell his beast might try to take control and ruin all his hard work if he didn’t do something fast.
Gripping Teagan’s thighs, Aaron moved in to taste her once more. With each lick, swirl, and thrust of his tongue, her breath increased.
Opening his eyes, he glanced up to watch Teagan’s face as he devoured her pussy. With her head thrown back and breasts thrust forward, she was close.
Aaron stopped and moved a few inches away.
Teagan’s eyes opened and she moved to look down at him. Her pupils flashed. “Don’t even think of stopping.”
“Watch me devour you, Teagan. It’ll make you come that much harder.”
She hesitated a second and Aaron wondered about the males before him. He bet most of them never took her needs into account. Hell, they probably had thought of their own conquest and nothing else.
His beast roared. Don’t think of them. Only her.
“Trust me, love. You’ll like it.”
She nodded, and he never broke eye contact as he ran his tongue up her slit to circle her hard nub. He increased the pressure on her clit and Teagan’s muscles tensed under his hands.
As her pupils remained slitted, he sucked her clit between his teeth and bit gently. Her breathing became more ragged. He bit harder and she murmured, “Again.”
Aaron repeated the action before soothing the tender flesh with his tongue. As he continued to alternate nibbling and licking, Teagan’s face flushed a brighter shade of pink. She finally cried out, and Aaron quickly thrust his tongue inside her. As he moved in and out, he reveled in the grip and release of her muscles. When he could finally taste her orgasm, he focused at licking and branding her taste into his memory.
Teagan’s hands lightly brushed his hair and he reluctantly moved away from her pussy, only to be greeted by Teagan’s satisfied look.
He inched his torso forward until her thighs bracketed his waist. He threaded his fingers through her hair and asked, “So, did you like it?”
“Are you really going to make me answer that?” she replied in a sated tone.
“Well, I can’t make you orgasm even harder next time if I don’t know what you like.”
She moved her hand from his hair to his chest. She lightly ran her nails back and forth against his chest there. “Why are you so intent on my pleasure? In my experience, males are accustomed to getting their cocks inside me as quick as possible.”
“Those males were bastards.”
She tilted her head. “You’re full of surprises, Aaron Caruso.”
He gently tugged her hair. “And so are you, Teagan O’Shea.”
As they smiled at one another, Aaron wondered if this was what happy couples experienced after an orgasm. Usually after he’d made Nerina come, she’d smiled and feigned exhaustion, leaving him hard and hurting more often than not.
No. He wouldn’t let Nerina ruin this moment.
Teagan frowned. “What were you just thinking of?”
“You must not be that relaxed if you’re still so observant.”
Her brows knitted closer together. “I mean it, Aaron. Your face shuttered. Tell me why.”
“I thought this was a space where you couldn’t order me around.”
“I’m not ordering, I’m asking. And considering I’m naked and you still have my taste on your tongue, it’s a reasonable question at that.”
He rubbed a hand up and down her back. “I thought this was supposed to be a no strings attached encounter.”
“Then that’s all the more reason for you to confide in me. I can’t make you come harder than you ever have before if you’re holding back. You should feel free tonight as well.”
Aaron debated what he should do. His dragon spoke up. Just tell her. Otherwise, you’ll keep thinking about the other one when I want to enjoy Teagan’s touch.
Sharing my story will bring closeness and that’s not what I need.
You often don’t know what you need.
What the hell are you talking about?
You know.
His beast fell silent, and Aaron tried to figure out what the bloody hell he was going on about.
Teagan opened her mouth, but a fast-paced pop song echoed inside the room, and she sighed. “That would be Killian. I need to take the call.”
Grateful for the distraction, Aaron retreated and stood. “A group of human females singing isn’t what I’d first think of for your brother.”
Teagan rolled her eyes as she walked to her mobile phone and picked it up. “Hello.”
As her gaze turned serious, Aaron knew their night together was over. His hard cock was disappointed, but Aaron was almost glad since it meant not talking about his past and keeping Teagan at a distance.
His dragon growled. Coward.
Teagan hung up and looked back at him. He raised his brows in question and she answered, “One of the Protectors found a spy in the nearby forest.”
He scooped up her clothes and handed them over. “Who?”
She took the clothes. “A Protector from Clan Wildheath. I’m sorry, but I need to check in and probably interrogate him.”
He shrugged. “Don’t apologize. Clan comes first, always.”
Confusion flashed in her eyes, but quickly vanished. “Yes. And while I wish I could invite you to help, you should probably go to your own cottage. Otherwise, my brother might take notice of us. For all that it’s a night of no strings attached, there’s no denying things will always be slightly different between us.” She pointed toward his crotch. “And, of course, there’s that.”
Her gaze zeroed in on his straining cock, punching against his jeans. If she kept looking at his dick, he would never be able to tame the bastard. Aaron cleared his throat. “I’d suggest a quick wash as well. We can finish this tomorrow evening, after supper.”
Her brows furrowed. “Tomorrow?”
“We didn’t get a full night as promised. We have some hours to make up for. Besides, I can’t wait to see you on all fours with your arse up in the air, hips wiggling in anticipation for my cock.” He paused and added, “Unless you truly don’t want it. I’ll never force you to do something you don’t want when we’re alone, Teagan. I hold a different opinion when it comes to making you eat or take a break, though.”
She stared a few seconds and Aaron’s heart rate kicked up. He’d deny it to anyone who asked, but he wanted to sleep with Teagan more than he even wanted to admit to himself. Tasting her once wasn’t enough.
Bloody hell, he was in trouble.
His dragon huffed. Why such the big deal about wanting to see her again? She’s strong, loyal, pretty, and intelligent. Any male would want her.
That’s not what I’m afraid of, and you know it.
Your fear is blinding you to what you might need.
She walked up to him and touched his cheek, banishing everything but her touch and words. “I still want to see your gorgeous, naked body. But only for tomorrow evening and no more.”
Rather than answer, he kissed her. He lingered another few seconds before he released her sweet lips. “I look forward to hearing you scream my name.”
With a wink, he turned and gathered his belongings. He probably wouldn’t sleep much during the night, but it gave him time to plan what to do to Teagan the following day. If he only had one night, he was going to make it count.
His beast huffed. I doubt one night will be enough.
Too bad. It’s going to have to be.