“That’s it,” he crooned. “Your scent is intoxicating. It’s telling me that your body is not only ready, but also willing to accept mine. And you are ready to accept me, aren’t you, Alex? Once you become mine, I will never let you go.” He withdrew his fingers and blew gently over her wet flesh making her vagina clench unbearably hard.
“Yes.” At this point she’d say anything, do anything to get him to finally fuck her. She needed him inside her. The heat and the aching need were becoming unbearable.
“I’ll take you whenever I want, wherever I want and you’ll never deny me, will you?”
“Never.” She gave him the words she knew he needed. She didn’t begrudge them to him, knowing instinctively that after what had happened, he needed to assert his claim in every way possible. His wolf nature demanded it.
His fingers dug into her hips as he pulled her back toward him. She sucked in a deep breath and began to pant as he pressed the thick head of his penis just inside her opening. “More,” she managed to gasp out between breaths.
“I claim you as my mate. Now and forever.” Joshua surged forward, not stopping until he was buried to the hilt within her.
She felt the slightest twinge of pain and then there was only heat. She tilted her head back and cried out at the pleasure of being filled by him.
“I can’t wait,” he gritted out.
“Then don’t,” she gasped.
He slid his hands upward and beneath her until he was cupping her breasts in his hands. Holding her steady, he shifted his hips, pulling them back until only the tip of his cock was still within her. He pumped forward, slamming back into her.
Her inner muscles softened to accept him, even as they rippled and clenched around him. It was amazing. There were almost too many sensations for her to take in at once. Her body was burning from the inside out.
Joshua continued to hammer into her body, but it still wasn’t enough. She needed more. Catching the mating rhythm, she began to slam her bottom back to meet his thrust. The slap of their flesh as it met added to their joining, heightening Alex’s pleasure.
Her lungs felt like they might burst as Joshua drove into her again and again. The smell of sex and spices grew thicker and her heart continued to pound harder and harder. She couldn’t take much more. Every cell in her body was screaming with tension.
Joshua slid one hand down between her thighs and stroked the bundle of nerves at the apex. She came the moment he touched her. Her inner muscles clamped down hard on Joshua’s shaft and he yelled with pleasure. Unbelievably, she felt him growing larger within her. He filled her so completely that the sensation was uncomfortable, bordering on painful. She tried to pull away, but was unable to dislodge him. His cock was locked inside her.
“Alex,” he growled. He was still growing within her. She could feel the head of his cock reaching impossibly deep. Heat flooded her as he came. Joshua tilted back his head and howled as he emptied himself into her womb.
Shivers raced through her body and she came again. This time the convulsions were so hard she almost dislodged him from behind her. He gripped her hard and pumped his hips in short, hard jabs.
She lost all track of time, but finally she collapsed down onto the mattress, shaken and spent by the intensity of their joining. Joshua came down on top of her, still locked inside her. He shifted slightly to the side so that all his weight wasn’t on her. His face was buried in her neck and his heart pounded against her back as he gasped for breath.
She wasn’t in much better shape. All her various aches and pains which had been forgotten in the heat of passion were now making themselves known again. She shifted, trying to get more comfortable.
Joshua groaned and levered himself up on his forearms. He kissed her nape and all the way down the curve of her spine as he eased up onto his knees. They both groaned when he pulled his softening erection from her.
He fell back against the pillows and drew her into his arms. His lips were soft on her forehead as he brushed his fingers over her cheek. “Don’t cry, my love.”
She hadn’t realized she was crying. She wiped her eyes, feeling emotional and stupid. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”
“It was the intensity and the beauty of our joining.” He peppered her face with soft kisses before cradling her back against his shoulder. “That and hormones. There is nothing wrong with you.” His voice, though soft, had an edge to it. “You are perfect.”
She laughed as she nuzzled his neck. “I’ll remind you that you said that when I’m doing something that gets on your nerves.”
He stilled and then he chuckled. “You are mine now.” There was a wealth of satisfaction and emotion in those four words.
“And you are mine.”
His arms tightened around her.
“I love you,” she whispered against his chest.
He shifted until she was lying on her back with him looming above her. His hand trembled as he pushed a lock of hair off her face. “The words, I love you, do not begin to express what you mean to me.” His eyes seemed to get even darker as she watched him. “You are everything to me. The air I breathe. My reason for living. You brought joy to a life of duty and responsibility. There is nothing I would not do to make you happy.”
“Oh, Joshua.”
He shook himself and gave her a lopsided grin. “And I may never say those words again as long as we live.”
She laughed, knowing that was what he’d intended. “It doesn’t matter if you never say them again. I know what you feel here.” She placed her palm over his heart.
Joshua slid his hand over her heart and smiled when he felt the heavy thud. “I claim you as my mate, Alexandra Riley Striker. Mine to keep until the day I die.”
“I claim you as well, Joshua Striker. Mine to keep until the day I die.”
As a tear slid from her eye, he leaned over and kissed her. Even though she was exhausted, the familiar heat began to slide through her body. “Again?”
He shifted so that she was beneath him once again. She could feel the heavy weight of his erection against her hip.
“Again,” he whispered as he traced the curve of her ear. “And again. And again.”
Alex parted her lips and sighed. His tongue stroked over them and she decided her body wasn’t quite that tired after all.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Joshua sighed with contentment as Alex snuggled closer to him. He’d lost count of how many times he’d made love to her. She completed him. Their joining had changed him in ways he couldn’t even comprehend yet. Certainly their life together would be a challenge. He grinned at the thought. Even when she was an old lady, she’d be keeping him and their children in line.
His hand slid over her belly. His children. Just the thought of her thick and ripe with child made him want to howl. It was still too early for that to happen. Female werewolves rarely ever conceived their first time. Nature gave them a few years to mature before they reached their peak fertile years. Still, the thought of it was overwhelming. He managed to contain himself, but just barely. He wanted the entire world to know that she was his.
He couldn’t wait until she made her first change. Her fur would be soft and various shades of brown. She was going to be a beautiful she-wolf and he couldn’t wait to take her on her first run through the forest. Perhaps he’d even take her back to the falls. She’d like that.
Closing his eyes, he sighed again. He’d have to feed her when she woke again. She hadn’t eaten before she went to bed last night and she needed to keep up her strength.