TWENTY-FIVE
Avery woke with a headache the size of Mount Rushmore. Her groan brought feet running down the hall. Other than the headache, she was fine. She was in her room at the cabin, though the last thing she remembered was being at the cancer fair.
Jae was at the side of her bed in just a few seconds.
“How do you feel?” he asked.
She noted the extreme worry in his expression and tone. “Except for a headache, I’m fine. Why? What happ—” That second, her mind replayed events from earlier. She remembered feeling the evil and hate from the person standing in the road. The person was confident she would kill the “mates.” A shudder ran through Avery. “Who was that woman on the road? She hated you.”
Ker and Hannah came into the room. “Those were the bad guys I mentioned yesterday,” Hannah said. “Your head hurts still, doesn’t it?” She placed her hands over Avery’s ears. Instantly, her headache was gone and her mind became focused. Avery felt sharp as a tack, ready to tackle the hardest math problem in the world. Hannah laughed and pulled back. “Whoa, there. Dopamine was pouring out for a second. You must feel really good right now.”
“I do,” Avery said with a giggle. “Thanks.” She sat up and planted a big one on her love. Jae was surprised by her forwardness, but caught up quickly.
“And with that,” Ker said, “Hannah and I are going back to finish dinner.” Ker closed the door behind them. Jae pulled away and looked into her eyes.
“Do you really feel better or are you just saying that to shut me up?” he asked.
She laughed. “I feel wonderful. Better than I have in a long time.” She flipped the covers off, saw she was partially dressed, and flipped them back on her. Jae’s deep growl shot a hot line of desire straight to her core. “Oops.” She laughed at her tease to him. “Guess I shouldn’t have done that.” She laughed at his goofy expression then playfully shoved him.
She didn’t realize how close to the edge he was sitting and her push sent him sliding down the slick comforter to the floor. She gasped. She hadn’t meant for that to happen, but seeing big-bad Jae sprawled out on the ground sent her into more laughter. Her headache was all but forgotten at this point.
When he looked at her with feigned anger, she squealed and crawled out on the other side of the bed. He was on his feet in a blink.
Avery scooted to the other side of the bed. When she got on her feet, there was no dizziness or anything. She really was doing great. She darted around the bed, as Jae leapt over it. She barely missed escaping his grabbing hands.
Her lover’s eyes ignited, making her wet for him. He sprang forward and there was no getting away this time. He cornered her by the door.
“You smell wonderful,” Jae growled. His animal was close to the surface, wanting to feel her close. “We almost lost you, Avery. I’ve never been so scared in my life.”
She comforted him, sharing his grief at the thought of her dying. “It’s okay, now. I’m here. We’re together. Now make me feel alive, Jae.” She kissed him. “Make me feel how much you love me.”
“Ah, hell. You already know I love you.”
“Then show me how much you want me. Do you want me, Jae? Want to drive deep into me and feel my channel contract around your big dick as you spill your cum inside me?” She bit his lip. “Don’t you want to make me pregnant?”
“Fuck!” he growled. She knew she’d pushed him over the edge. “Don’t say shit like that. It makes it harder for me to do things nicely, without hurting you,” he muttered, yanking off her undies, leaving her bare for his touch. The rest of their clothes were off in a flash.
“Fuck nicely.”
He growled and cupped her breasts, pinching at her hard points.
“I want you,” she whispered, kissing his chest again and pressing her breasts into his hand. “Do that again.”
“What?”
“Pinch my nipples,” she groaned, her breath tight in her lungs. “I like it when you do that. My pussy gets really wet.”
He cursed under his breath and kissed her hard, bruising her lips with the harshness of their kiss. Then he lowered his head and sucked her nipple into his mouth while pinching the other with his hand. She groaned and wiggled her hips on his digits. He fondled her clit, doing some amazing things to her tight little nub. Sparks blasted in her blood.
She clawed at his arms, not thinking about how hard she dug her nails into him. All she knew was that she wanted more. Needed more.
“Please, Jae. Fuck me. Come inside me.”
He let go of her aching nipple and pulled her forward, pressing her body flush on his. He was a man on a mission He lifted her up by her ass, squeezing her cheeks and turned her to the bed.
“Come inside me again, Jae. Slide into me and make me yours.”
He dropped her on the bed. She scooted back just as he got on the bed, crawling his way to her.
He stopped once he was holding himself above her with one hand.
“Want me to fuck you, baby?”
“Yes. Please.” She widened her thighs, welcoming him to her. He rubbed his cock between her slick folds. Up and down. Mini explosions went off inside her. Fire burned in her blood and her muscles ached from waiting. She dug her nails into his shoulder, raking them up to the back of his neck. Then he was there, with a hard thrust he was inside her, balls deep.
They both groaned at the feeling of his body invading hers. Her pussy clamped tight around his dick. She gasped and pulled his head down to press her lips to his. They kissed and he drove in and out of her. Her back arched and wind gusted around them.
He pulled back, fucking her harder, deeper with each thrust. “Fuck!”
She glanced up at him. Perspiration coated his skin. Her gaze became stuck on his eyes and the way they glowed with his dragon. It was fucking hot. Her gaze shot down to where he was invading her body with his hardness.
“Do you like that, baby?” he asked, his voice a low rumble. “Like watching my dick slide in to you and come out slick with your delectable essence?”
“Yes. You feel so good inside me, Jae,” she groaned. “I love this. You. Us. I’ve never known an emotion this intense.”
He plunged deep and licked her earlobe. “I like watching my cock fuck your sweet little pussy. You’re so pink and slick. I want to rub my fucking face all over you when you come.”
She gasped, her pussy fluttering as the beginning of her orgasm took hold. “I know.”
He thumbed her clit, thrumming the little nerve bundle with quick strokes. “I give up on this mark, Avery. I don’t want it. I want you. I’m keeping you. I’m going to make love to you for as long as I live.”
God, yes! She wanted that more than her next breath. “Jae, I’m so close!”
“That’s it, baby. I want to feel you come, lose my fucking mind when your pussy grabs my dick so tight I can’t breathe.”
“Oh, Jae...”
“Christ!” He growled. “Yeah, baby. Just like that. Make that hot little hole of yours suck my dick in deep. It feels fucking amazing.”
“Please,” she choked out.
He slipped a hand between them, thumbing her clit. Their gazes met and held. The link between them grew with each thrust, with each sigh, with each moan. “I’m going to come inside you again. I’m going to fill your sexy little pussy with my heat. Then I’m going to watch my cum slide out of you, dripping down your thighs. You’re mine.”
“Oh, oh, oh, Jae!” She groaned, clinging to him, digging her nails deep into the back of his neck.
The tension inside her unraveled so fast she choked, struggling to catch her breath. A loud scream tore from her throat as her body shook with the strength of her climax. His cock pulsed inside her. His thrusts slowed down until he held stiff between her legs. He roared her name loud and came, filling her with his seed.
They stared at each other for long moment, panting in unison, the connection between them growing with every second that passed. Then he lowered, his lips brushing over hers, lightly at first. The kiss grew in depth and passion and she soon realized this was what she’d been missing her whole life. In every single relationship and even when she’d been single. She’d been missing someone to live with. She had that now. She had Jae.