Chapter Two
Mai had had a long day and wanted nothing more than to relax. When she got home, she drew herself a nice bubble bath and poured a glass of wine with that very thought in mind.
With soft music playing in the distance, Mai slipped deep into the soothing water. She felt wonderful now that she was encompassed completely in warmth. Martin Ayers gave her more trouble than she would have liked. The asshole actually fought back, and she wasn’t really prepared for it. Usually, funnily enough, most of the people she hunted tended to give up fairly easily. Not him, evidently.
As she lay there, straddling the line between asleep and awake, Mai felt the air around her shift. She didn’t have to bother opening her eyes to know who’d snuck into her apartment. Despite his imposing size, Ryan was amazingly light on his feet and silent when he wanted to be.
“Hi,” she cooed seductively.
“Hey.”
The sound of Ryan’s voice made her shiver just a bit. Prying her heavy lids open, Mai looked up at the man standing in the doorway. He dwarfed it easily.
Ryan Ursy was a tall man at six-five and as broad as a house. He was a mass of sculpted muscle that rippled when he performed the simplest task and made anyone with a pulse quiver. His chocolate brown hair was on the longer side and held in a ponytail at work, while a well-trimmed beard covered his otherwise boyish face. There was no doubting he was an attractive specimen, and the instant he stepped through her front door, he was all hers.
“So, you plan on joining me, or what?”
He chuckled. “I don’t think the two of us could fit in that tub.”
“You’re probably right, seeing as you’re a giant.” She smiled when she heard him laugh again. “Thankfully,” Mai began to stand. “I’m done.”
She noticed the way his eyes immediately fixed to her naked body, and she grinned. Mai could tell he was transfixed by every rivulet of water and trail of bubbles that glided down her skin, but she chose to play coy, to pretend he wasn’t eying her naked breasts or making her insides tremble with want.
“Towel, please.”
His hazel eyes darkened the longer he stared at her. “I’ve got a better idea.”
Still smirking to herself, Mai didn’t bother suppressing her giggle as Ryan reached forward, snatched her by the wrist, and lifted her out of the tub. He threw her over his shoulder like a caveman would his prey and stepped out of the bathroom entirely.
Mai lived in a small apartment, an open-plan loft where the only walls were those constructed around the bathroom. As a result, Ryan had to only side-step a support beam before reaching her bed. He tossed Mai onto the king-sized mattress where she bounced ever-so-slightly. Mai drew her bottom lip between her teeth, giggling at his eagerness.
“Someone’s excited,” she mused as he stripped himself quickly of his jacket.
“Do you know how hard it was not to cut out of work early?” he asked, his voice growing rougher by the second as he threaded his shirt off his body.
Mai clenched her thighs together at the sight of his defined and toned torso, at the patch of hair on his chest and the trail that started beneath his bellybutton and disappeared beyond the waist of his pants. He drove her crazy without trying and was always filled with the tastiest lust when he saw her. She could feed off him alone if she chose.
“You look delicious,” he growled.
Mai physically shuddered. “Plan on devouring me?”
A wicked smile curled his lips, and the sight of it made Mai gasp. She’d seen that look a dozen times before from Ryan and it always boded well.
Without a word, he grasped her ankles and yanked her forward until her ass was at the edge of the bed. Mai let out a short shriek at the shock of it, but put up no resistance. Dropping to his knees, Ryan threw her legs over his shoulders and immediately buried his face between her thighs.
Mai’s back instantly arched off the bed, and a sound of pure pleasure escaped her, loudly. She tried to thread her fingers through Ryan’s hair, but it was still tied. Fortunately, he knew what she wanted and acted accordingly. As he guided his tongue across her clit with expert precision, he tore the tie from his locks, letting them tumble free. Mai instantly plowed her fingers through his silky hair and held tight. Ryan loved having his hair pulled as much as she loved pulling it.
“Just like that,” she moaned as he licked her. She clenched her fist, causing him to groan happily.
Ryan’s efforts intensified. His massive hands held her hips at the perfect angle, dwarfing her body easily.
Mai felt herself being lost in the sensation. It’d been two days since he’d touched her, and that was far too long. Her addiction to Ryan needed to be fed often, much more often than their lives actually allowed.
Her hips began to move, grinding against his face as he pushed her further and further into oblivion. The desire they felt for one another filled the room and it threatened to choke her, but she relished it.
“Oh fuck,” she panted. “Don’t stop.”
He had no intentions of stopping, and she knew it. Mai’s fingers tightened in his hair, her hips moving faster, and so did he. She was grasping at the edge of sanity, but the instant he sucked on her clit, she was thrown over.
Mai’s body vibrated as her orgasm washed through her. She cried out, arching her chest towards the sky as she came.
She swam in euphoria and was more than willing to drown in it, but Ryan didn’t give her the chance. He craved her as much as she craved him, and he acted quickly as a result.
Ryan shot to his feet and yanked his pants down. The instant his dick was free, he took hold of her hips again, this time to spin her. Mai’s stomach fell against the bed when he flipped her over sharply. She smiled wide and clung to her blankets. She knew what was coming.
Her body was so hot that she relished the cool air brushing over her damp skin. She needed something to slake herself, but she wanted Ryan so much more.
Ryan suddenly grabbed her hips again, yanking her back onto her knees. Mai had to stifle an excited giggle, but any hint of a laugh died quickly, however, when she felt him brush his dick over her folds. The fires returned with a vengeance.
“Say it,” he growled. He didn’t sound human anymore. Mai didn’t have to wonder how frustrated he was. She could sense it.
“Fuck me,” she said without reservation. “Fuck me now, Ryan.”
And he did. Ryan thrust into her, burying his cock deep inside her still-quivering core. A whimpered, strangled moan left her lips as he filled her completely. She was left spinning, barely recovering from the first orgasm he gave her before he began pushing her to another.
“Christ,” his voice rumbled. “So fucking tight.”
Ryan reached forward, snaked his arm beneath her body, and guided her up until Mai’s back was pressed to his chest. He grabbed her breast, squeezing it roughly and sending another shiver of pleasure through her, while his other hand held her hips in place.
“I hate it when you come in.” He slowly began to withdraw from inside her as he spoke. “Takes all my power not to fuck you right there on my desk.”
She shuddered at the image of him doing just that: fucking her on his desk while the whole precinct watched. She knew he felt it because a sinister laugh met her ear a moment later.
“You like that?” he asked as he pushed into her with the same agonizingly slow pace. She nodded, depriving him of the verbal confirmation she knew he wanted. Her reward was him pinching her sensitive nipple, forcing a shock of pleasure-filled pain to radiate throughout her. “Say it.”
“Yes,” she breathed. “I love it.”
He groaned approvingly in her ear before proceeding.
Gradually, his thrusts gained strength, and when they did, he released her, letting Mai lean forward on her hands and knees. He held her hips tightly and began his assault, slamming into her with a strength she knew none of his other partners had ever been able to withstand. But Mai could, and she begged for more each time.
Ryan dug his fingers into her flesh as he held tight, throwing her back against him as sharply as he could. Each time she cried out, clutching at her blanket to help steady herself. It didn’t work. Nothing ever worked with Ryan because he stole her sense every time he was nearby.
“Harder,” she mewled. “Come on, baby, harder.”
And he complied like he always did. Ryan plowed into Mai harder than a normal person would be able to withstand, and she loved it.
“You want more?” he growled through a tight jaw.
“Yes.” Her voice trembled.
Ryan continued, pounding into Mai and pushing her closer and closer to a tremendous end. Her mind had vanished, her muscles were beginning to tense, and she knew she was nearly lost. Feeling Ryan throb inside her, his thick, hard cock filling her completely, was something she dreamed of often. He was the only one who ever made her feel like this.
Sliding his free hand around front, Ryan barely had to brush his digits across her sensitive clit before Mai came again. Her arms gave out and she tumbled onto the bed, shaking uncontrollably as her orgasm took her. And the instant her channel clamped down around him, Ryan came, too. With a loud roar, he spilled himself inside her, emptying the tension she’d built up in him when she walked into his office earlier in the day.
Ryan slumped forward, nearly falling onto Mai whether he meant to or not. She knew she’d drained him completely in every sense of the word. Gradually, he pulled out, tossed his condom aside and fell onto the bed next to her. Mai rolled her head towards the beast at her side and smiled dreamily.
“Are we done?” she asked with a leading tone.
Ryan arched a thick brow. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips. “Not even close.”
“Come here.” Mai motioned for Ryan to close the distance between them, and he did, as best he could. Mai climbed onto his broad chest and kissed him deeply. Ryan gladly returned the affection.
Drawing back, Mai pulled his energy from him. She syphoned his desire, his sexual impulses and his longing for her, devouring it as easily as drawing breath. And Ryan gave it to her freely.
Mai felt a wash of energy rush through her as she fed off him. Every iota of exhaustion was wiped away as though it never existed.
When she’d had her fill, Mai turned a wicked stare to the man beneath her, grinning slyly. She felt him shudder. He knew what was coming next.
****
The pair finally took a break. Mai wasn’t certain her bed could withstand another bout, or if her partner could, either. She might break Ryan, and she didn’t want that to happen. He’d never admit it. If she asked for more, he was willing to give it. Mai had to exercise what little self-control she had just to save him in the long run.
“So,” she said as she picked at her Pad-Thai noodles. “How much shit did Marcus give you after I left?”
Ryan chuckled and shook his head. “Not that much,” he said, stabbing a dumpling with his fork. “He doesn’t like it, though.”
“I bet not,” she replied. “He’s scared, that’s all.”
“Hm,” he mumbled.
Mai glanced to him out of the corner of her eye and watched him eat for a moment. She could see how annoyed he was, thinking about whatever it was Marcus said earlier in the day.
“Look,” she said with a sigh. “He just wants you to be careful. The Light don’t like djinn.”
“I know,” he nodded. Ryan gave her a little smirk. “But you’re only half.”
“They don’t know that.” She laughed. “You’re the only one that knows I have anything else in me.”
“Mmmm,” he leaned to the side and kissed her neck. Mai sighed and fell into the action easily. “We both know you’re just using me for food, anyway.” He nipped tenderly at her neck, causing her to shiver again. “Succubi are insatiable.”
“Complaining?”
“Hell no.”
He kissed her skin again and she knew they were dangerously close to rekindling what they’d finished only a half hour prior.
“Are you sure you wouldn’t rather settle down with a nice she-bear?” Mai asked lightly. She felt her need beginning to resurface the longer he touched her.
“No,” he replied deeply. His hand glided up her body, tenderly grazing her skin so she was deprived of the complete contact he knew she craved. “Why would I want to be with a bear-shifter like me?” He pinched her nipple, and she shivered. “Ursanthropes are boring.” He sucked on her neck. The fires were returning with a vengeance. “I’d much rather have a woman that drives me crazy.”
“You’re just saying that,” she gasped as he continued to touch her, “because you can fuck a succubus for hours and it just makes us want more.”
“Ravenous.”
He wasn’t wrong. Mai’s other half—the succubus in her—was insatiable and voracious. That’s why she could always sense desire in others, control it, and make them compliant when she wanted them to be. That was part of her gift, a trick she inherited from her father, an incubus.
The hatred, however, the skepticism and mistrust that surrounded Mai came because of who she took after the most, her mother. In their world of make-believe and legend, djinn were considered powerful and unpredictable. Between the Fay factions, Light and Dark, djinn were only accepted by the latter. The Light Council forbade their community from having contact with Mai’s kind because the djinn refused to bow down to their rules, or officially join a side. In the Light’s eyes, that made them dangerous, and the consequences for people who associated with them on a personal level were steep.
That was why Marcus was so worried about Ryan and Mai’s “relationship”. He knew his partner was too stupid to realize he was playing with fire.
Tossing their Thai food to the side, Mai fell onto her back while Ryan crawled onto her again. He kissed her deeply, and she happily returned the affection. They could never get enough of each other. She craved Ryan for so many reasons and not just the physical. Although, what he was made it possible for him to even withstand Mai’s excessive sexual desires in the first place.
Being an ursanthrope, he had stamina to spare, and he was a rare breed, like her. Lycanthropes were much more common (werewolves) and so were felithropes (werecats) but not his type. Ryan was the only man she’d ever slept with who could just keep coming back for more, who actually kept up with her, and she knew it was because he was a werebear.
But it was more than that, and she knew it. Ryan was sweet, kind, loyal, and clever. He was everything any woman would be lucky to have, and he was all hers.
Mai moaned when Ryan slid inside her. Pinning her hands against the mattress above her head, Ryan began to fuck her again and she loved it.