Chapter Twenty-Eight

Rosie

She was just changing out of her clothes to take a shower when warm hands slid around her waist.

“Ooh!” she yelped, less from the placement of the hands than the sudden, unexpected contact.

“Hey,” Kassian whispered in her left ear, his deep voice evoking an instant reaction from her.

“Hi,” she murmured, her head tilted to the right, giving her mate open access to her neck, while simultaneously biting her lower lip as it curled up of its own accord.

“How are you doing?” he asked between kisses, his beard gently scratching her skin as he placed his lips in a straight line from her jaw to her collarbone.

“Better now,” she admitted. “Much…mm…much, better.” The last words came out with a bit of a stutter as his hands gripped her tight, pulling her back into his firm body. She could feel the outline of him against her, already hard.

“Are you sure you’re up to this?” she asked. It was only later that evening as they prepared for bed. “Six or seven hours doesn’t exactly seem like long enough.”

“As a matter of fact, you’re wrong,” he purred, nipping gently at her skin, making her jump slightly. “It’s been exactly far too long without you.”

She smiled. “On that, we both agree. But I need to know that you’re not going to do something stupid, all in the name of getting laid. Because trust me, you’re going to get that again. If resting through the night is going to be better for you, then that’s what you’re going to do, mister. No arguments.”

“I know,” he said. “I’m aware. Which is why I didn’t come to you an hour ago, when I first felt ready enough. I wanted to ensure that things would be farther along. You can trust me, my love. I’ve no desire to go through that pain again. That hurt,” he admitted truthfully. “I’ve honestly never been shot before. It kinda sucks.”

She giggled, leaning back into him, even as his arms swept up to wrap tightly around her, bringing her hands with them. She gripped his arms, even as he pinned hers against her. She could feel the muscle there, tense and strong.

“Truthfully, I’ll be just fine if you’re the only one who ever experiences that pain,” she admitted. “Please don’t hold that against me.”

He chuckled. “I promise, that is something I won’t hold against you.” He pressed his hips a little harder into her.

Rosie got the hint…if something so obvious could be called a hint. “That you can hold against me whenever you’re able to,” she told him, wiggling an arm free. It slid down her side, and then between them, so that her fingers could rub him gently through his clothes.

Her body sang with desire as she stroked him, despite the layers between them. It had never truly died down from earlier, but she’d learned to focus despite it, holding herself in check until Kassian was able to make love to her without hurting himself.

“I’m going to take you now,” he growled into her ear.

Rosie shivered as his hands swiftly divested of her bra, then her pants, and finally her underwear, leaving her naked. She turned to do the same, but he was already naked, his hard cock ready. A flush of warmth spread from between her legs, and all of a sudden the burning desire she’d felt earlier broke through her mental walls with the force of a stampede, coursing through her body once again.

“Please,” she said weakly, not trusting herself to say any more.

“This time, I take you as my mate,” he said, picking her up and laying her on the floor.

Rosie nodded. “Yes. My mate. I am yours.”

“And I am yours,” he echoed. “You have me. All of me. Everything I have, everything I am, and all I shall ever be. It is yours.”

It sounded like a ritual saying, but she knew it wasn’t. It was simply the pair of them exchanging words, so that the other knew how thoroughly they wanted what was about to happen. How it would bind them together, irrevocably. Permanently. Rosie had never heard of anything she wanted more than that just then.

Kassian lowered himself on top of her, kissing her gently as he settled between her legs. Rosie was ready. She rocked back on her hips slightly, giving him easier access as he gripped his hard shaft and gently rubbed the tip against her opening, sliding it through the wetness that was rapidly accumulating there. Rosie wasn’t sure if she’d ever been so turned on in her life. Maybe the first time they’d been together. Maybe. She doubted it.

“Take me,” she moaned, her back arching up, pressing her breasts against his unbelievably warm skin, stealing the heat from him and using it to fuel herself. “Take me now, Kassian. I want it. I need it.”

“I love you,” he said, speaking the three words even as he slowly slid inside of her.

The timing was perfect. She moaned louder as he entered her at long last, after hours upon hours of anticipation. “Kassian,” she said, stretching his name out into several syllables as she took him all, bit by slow bit. “You feel so good inside of me.”

His only reply was a wordless groan, deep and throaty, almost primal in nature. Then his hips met hers, indicating he was all the way in.

Both of them were so turned on, they didn’t want to wait around. She was practically grinding against him already, her body doing all the begging, telling him she wanted it hard.

“I love you too,” she remembered to say at last, having been so overwhelmed by the feeling of his cock pushing inside of her that she’d lost her voice for a moment.

Something flashed through Kassian’s eyes as he began to stroke in and out of her. It was a look she’d never seen before, yet somehow instinctively knew what it was. His bear had risen to the surface. She was seeing both sides of the man she’d be spending the rest of her life with. Just knowing that she’d be able to awake every morning to him at her side made Rosie all sorts of giddy.

Her fingernails dug into his back, deep enough that later she would fret over the marks they left, and the blood she’d drawn. Kassian would wave it off, and remind her that he healed fast. But Rosie would kiss it all better, from his shoulders to his waist, and around to his hips and down between his legs…

For the moment though, she just held on as Kassian fucked her just how she wanted. It was like he could read her mind. The moment her legs began to ache from being held in the air, he flipped her around onto her stomach with one hand, being careful not to overpower her. She gasped as he slid into her from behind, rubbing against her insides from a whole new angle. For her part Rosie arched her ass into the air, enjoying the deep-throated growl that filled the room as Kassian spanked her.

“Have I been bad?” she asked demurely, turning her head around to look up at him, batting her eyes innocently.

She’d not thought it possible, but Kassian seemed to grow harder, his cock thickening and lengthening just a bit more. Rosie gasped as he thrust back into her, making her work a little harder to accommodate his size.

Kassian’s hand came down again, sending another deliciously painful tingle through her ass. She cried out softly, more in delight than anything.

“You’re going to do exactly as I say,” he commanded from behind, bringing his hand down onto her other cheek.

“Yes,” she cried. “I will. I’ll be good. I promise.”

Neither of them believed that.

“I doubt it,” Kassian muttered, spanking her again.

Then he picked her up, holding her tight against his thighs as he shuffled back to the edge of the bed.

“Feet on the floor,” he commanded.

She did as she was told, now standing bent over the edge of the bed, her hands twisting the sheets into knots as Kassian grasped her hips and began to move her against him. A moment later he began to thrust in even as he pulled her back. His cock was so deep inside of her now, she wasn’t sure she could handle any more. He didn’t go too hard, instead maintaining a slow, rhythmic pace that allowed Rosie to feel every inch of him as he pushed inside of her, and then slid out. It was beautiful agony, the tease that wasn’t a tease. She wanted it harder, and yet knew it would feel completely different if he did that.

A minute or ten later—she had absolutely no idea how long had passed—Kassian stopped pulling on her hips, though he continued to thrust himself. One of his hands slid around her waist and then between her legs. A finger began to play over her sensitive nub, and she gasped as he found it, tracing light circles around it. Her hips pushed downward as she tried to rub herself harder on him, feeling herself slipping close to the precipice. It wouldn’t be long now…

“Don’t stop,” she gasped as her body started to tingle with warning signs.

Kassian didn’t speak, but his groans and grunts grew more pronounced. She wondered if he was going to cum as well, if they were going to go together. Part of her hoped not. Rosie kind of wanted to watch him, to see his face as she gave him the ultimate pleasure. It was too late to worry about that now though.

Rosie began to quiver. She brought a hand to her mouth, biting down on her fingers as she tried to keep quiet, but it was no use. Her cries grew louder as she tried to force herself to keep breathing. Without warning her knees gave out, and she fell onto the bed. Or would have, if Kassian hadn’t held her upright with his free arm, never losing his rhythm. Her stomach clenched and unclenched rapidly and she shook violently as her orgasm exploded out from between her legs, blinding her and removing all control over her body. She bucked and writhed in Kassian’s grip, assaulted by wave after wave of star-inducing pleasure that infused her entire body with a feeling of bliss and ecstasy she’d only known since first sleeping with Kassian.

Eventually she realized that the tender shifter had lowered her to the bed, though he was still inside of her, just unmoving.

“Did you?” she asked…or gasped, would be more accurate, as she struggled to breathe, nearly struck delirious by the power of it all.

“No, my love. Not yet. I intend to give you several more of those first,” he growled into her ear before removing himself so that he could lay her back onto the edge of the bed.

“S-Several more?” she asked shakily as he stepped closer, grabbing his cock and lining it up, pushing it through her swollen folds of flesh until he found her entrance. “Oh, I don’t know about that. I—”

His hard cock pushed deeper inside of her. Rosie’s eyes widened, and a slow grin spread across her face.

“Okay…maybe we can try,” she said, watching the matching smile blossom on Kassian’s face.

It was going to be a fun afternoon…