Chapter Fourteen

The moment Cortney leaned in and kissed him, Draven was lost. Her sweet lips as she’d smiled at him had teased and tormented him while they’d eaten. He’d wanted to toss the basket aside and devour her instead, but he’d been eager to learn more about his mate. And he was glad that he had. But now that she’d taken the first step and closed the distance between them, he couldn’t get enough.

She moaned and pressed her breasts against him as she angled herself closer. The phoenix surged to the surface, demanding more, but Draven held it back. It wouldn’t get the better of him this time. As hard as it would be to keep the beast in check, he’d do it.

When Cortney pulled away, he wanted to protest and bring her back, but then she looked at him with her gorgeous gray eyes and he released her. Not that he didn’t want to keep her close, but the passion shining back at him had his heart pounding, and his cock throbbing.

“You must be sore down there after all that we did yesterday since you didn’t get to finish.”

His lungs labored for breath. Wherever she was going with this, he was happy to follow. “Nothing I can’t handle.”

She raised her gaze to meet his, the twinkle in her eyes bright. “I’m sure you can handle a lot.”

Cortney sat on her heels and leaned forward, the move making her T-shirt gape at the front, giving him a gorgeous view of her breasts. When he looked at her again, she bit her lip and smiled. “I wonder if you could handle my mouth on your cock?”

Gripping the blanket in his fists, he kept his hands at his sides—barely. “I think I could,” he said in a hoarse whisper. Jesus. She was going to kill him if she started talking dirty to him.

“I think we need to test that theory.” She leaned closer, gave him a quick peck on the lips, then pulled back far enough that she could grip his T-shirt and yank it up his chest. He took it the rest of the way, pulling it off and tossing it to the grass next to them.

Before he could do or say anything else, she had her fingers on the snap of his jeans and popped it open. He couldn’t hear the rasp of the zipper coming down for the roaring of his blood rushing through him. She slid her hand up his thigh, not hesitating for a second as she found his cock and stroked it through the denim.

Fuck. He wasn’t going to last. He had to get her naked. More than anything, he wanted her writhing beneath him, crying out her pleasure.

“Lift your hips,” she said, her voice soft and breathless.

It took a moment for him to figure out what she wanted, but when she tugged at his jeans, he shoved his ass off the blanket. She wasted no time removing his boxers along with his pants. His cock, hard and so full it ached, sprung to his belly.

She pulled back a little, looking at him with her mouth gaping. “I don’t know if I can fit it in, but I’ll try.”

He groaned and took a shaky breath. “You don’t have to do this,” he told her, though if he didn’t feel some part of her on his cock soon, he’d lose his mind.

She bent lower, keeping her gaze locked with his. “One thing you should know is that I never do anything I don’t want to do.” She took a long, slow lick around the head of his cock, and he saw stars.

His chest heaved, and his fingers hurt from grasping the blanket so tight, but waves of pure bliss stole through him at her light touch. He opened his eyes, not sure when he’d even closed them, to find her watching him with her tongue poised at the head. She swiped it again before capturing it between her lips, pulling with the sweetest suction. Her tongue flicked over him as she sucked.

Draven brought a hand to her head, winding his fingers in her hair. Not to rush or push her for more, but to ground himself to her as the rest of the world disappeared around them. When she took more of him in and moaned, he couldn’t help but thrust a little deeper into her mouth.

“That feels so good, little bird,” he whispered, his voice gritty with the phoenix so close to the surface. “Too good. I’m the one who is supposed to be giving you orgasms,” he managed to breathe out as she pulled her head back to the tip.

She grinned up at him, her mouth still around his cock then took him in again.

His breath hissed between his teeth. Cortney hummed as she sucked him, making his balls tighten right to the edge between pleasure and pain. Her fingers dug into his thighs, and her soft hair caressed his skin. The deep throb in his cock pulsed harder and faster as she swallowed his shaft, swirling her tongue across the head before dipping over him again.

His muscles trembled with the effort to keep from exploding down her throat. She cupped his balls and stroked them with her thumb. “Fuck, Cortney, I can’t—” He moaned again and thrust helplessly into her mouth.

There was no stopping it, no holding back. Heated pleasure raced down Draven’s spine and up from his toes. With his fingers still tangled in her hair, he cried out as his cock jerked and he came deep in Cortney’s throat. She met his gaze, her eyes half-lidded as she swallowed everything he had to give.

His lungs burned, and his muscles trembled, but he wasn’t done. Not by a long shot.

“My turn,” he said once he managed to find his voice again.

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Cortney nibbled on her bottom lip. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” she asked him. She sure as hell wanted to keep going, but after last night, she wasn’t sure they should.

“It’s the best idea. Ever. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before,” he told her with a wicked grin. “I’m not as desperate now, so I can take my time and enjoy you better.”

“Then what are you waiting for?” she asked as she tore her shirt off. If they could have sex and not worry about the claiming part, she was all for it.

He was on her in an instant, pushing her back onto the blanket, and covering her. He devoured her mouth, darting his tongue inside in an erotic rhythm designed to drive her mad. Her clit had been throbbing since before she’d started sucking him off, and she needed relief.

Draven had his hands at her waist, her jeans undone, then down and off in seconds before he covered her again. His hard body pressed into her, making her moan. Wrapping her legs around his waist, she thrust up, needing more contact. His cock nestled between her folds. All she needed was a slight adjustment, and he’d be inside her.

As amazing as the orgasms he’d already given her had been, it wasn’t what she wanted—what her body needed. She whimpered as she brought her hands down to his ass and dug her fingers into the firm muscles.

Draven moaned and thrust forward, rewarding her with the hard glide of his cock against her clit. But it wasn’t enough. Pulling her lips from his, she nipped at his chin. “I need you inside me. Now,” she demanded.

A sound she’d never heard before, raspy, and deep, rumbled from his throat. Sexy as hell. He tilted his hips back, reaching between them, and guided his cock to her entrance. She held her breath, still clutching his ass as he sank into her.

Cortney arched her back and moaned. His cock filled her so much it was just shy of uncomfortable. He stayed still, breathing in short, harsh breaths as her body adjusted to his length and girth.

“So fucking tight,” he said on a moan as he pulled back a little and slid back in. “So good.”

“Yes. More.”

He grunted and kissed down the column of her neck. Bracing his weight on one forearm, he brought his other hand to her breast, rolling and pinching her nipple through the material of her bra. How had they not taken that off yet? He tugged the lace to the side, and bent his head, capturing her nipple between his lips.

Draven moved slowly, pulling out, only to come sliding gently back in again, nudging her cervix with the head of his cock every time. Her clit throbbed strong and deep, as his pelvis bumped against it over and over.

Between the friction of his cock so snug inside her, and the pull of his lips on her breast, she was barely hanging on. Her pussy pulsed around him, but it wasn’t quite enough to take her over the edge.

“Please, Draven,” she begged, needing more.

He grunted again and thrust harder.

Yes, that’s what I need. “More.”

Letting go of her nipple with a pop, he took her mouth again in a hard, desperate kiss. His tongue dueled with hers as he plunged and retreated harder, faster. Her moans grew louder as her pussy quivered around him.

The sensuous lick of his phoenix’s flame teased at her legs, her arms, she watched as it danced along his shoulders and down his chest. Draven groaned, and in the next instant, the flames disappeared again.

He was holding back.

“Let it come, Draven. I want the phoenix, too,” she managed to get out between her panted sighs.

His bright amber eyes weren’t quite focused when he looked at her. He opened his mouth as though to say something but then moaned as flames erupted all over his body.

Cortney gasped as the feel of hundreds of tiny little tongues licked across her skin, leaving no part of her untouched—untasted. Her clit throbbed as the phoenix found her and concentrated there. Draven’s cock jerked and grew harder, bigger inside her. He thrust into her, hard, relentless, until all she could do was moan and clutch onto him as her pussy clenched around him.

The pressure on her clit grew stronger, more demanding. The sensation was too much, too intense. With a long, drawn out cry, Cortney climaxed. Her nails dug into Draven’s ass as he continued to plunge into her fast and hard.

When he moaned and all his muscles tensed, she expected him to come inside her, but he pulled out. Draven’s chest heaved, and he had his eyes screwed tight. Worry niggled at her for a moment, until he started moving again.

With his cock nestled between her folds, he thrust against her, creating little after shocks of pleasure deep within her body. The way he held himself stiff against her told her he was holding back again, and unless she was way off base, it had to do with mating her.

She released his ass and wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing her lips to his ear. “That feels so good, Draven. Don’t stop,” she whispered before nipping at his lobe.

He moaned and thrust harder against her.

“Do you want to come on me like that? With your hard cock sliding between us?” she nipped at him again.

“Fuck, yes,” he ground out. That sexy, raspy sound at the back of his throat sounded again.

“I can’t wait to feel your hot come all over me.”

He ground onto her clit, making her moan along with him. Her words, meant to tantalize him, had her throbbing again. His uneven breaths teased her shoulder, and he grazed his teeth over her neck.

“Yes, just like that. Your cock on my clit feels so good.”

He brought a hand down under her ass and pulled her up, forcing more friction between them. “I want you to come for me again, little bird.”

Her pussy clenched at his words. He thrust harder against her, rubbing his entire length up and down her clit. She moaned and arched her back. “Yes, oh God, yes!” she cried as a wave of pleasure broke over her, sending her tumbling into another orgasm.

Draven moaned and jerked on top of her, his whole body tensing as he came all over her belly.

She welcomed his weight as he collapsed on top of her. Their breaths mingling as each struggled to get enough air into their lungs.

“Is that all you’ve got,” she teased when she was finally able to speak again.

He lifted his head from her shoulder, his laughter filling the garden.

“Just give me a few minutes, and I’ll show you.”