Page 18 of The Blood Wolf

Thor's head went back, and his body shook. Come filled her mouth, and Nicola tried to swallow it, but there was too much. She pinched his thigh, and he moved back from her mouth to finish coming on her tits.

Thor was panting as he looked her over. "Fuck, Nicola. You're glorious. So fucking sexy." He leaned down and kissed her, uncaring that she still had his come in her mouth. With a groan, he let her go. "Stay there."

Nicola got an amazing view of his perfectly toned ass as he went into the bathroom and came back with a warm, damp cloth.

"I can do that," she said, but he only growled and pushed her hand aside.

"I want to take care of my mate," he replied, and she couldn't argue with that. He cleaned her up with gentle swipes before tucking a blanket about her. He went back into the bathroom for a few minutes, and her eyes were drooping when he returned. "Do you want me to go, little mate?"

Nicola shook her head. "No. Not unless you want to?"

"I never want to sleep without you again," he said, and her ridiculous heart skipped a beat.

She patted the bed. "Then get over here and spoon me."

Thor didn't need to be told twice. He moved beside her and tucked her smaller body up against his.

"This is good. It means I can protect you better," he said and kissed her shoulder.

Nicola murmured something unintelligible before falling into the deepest sleep of her life.

13

Thor woke again at midday with a raging hunger to feed and fuck. Nicola was asleep with her head in the crook of his shoulder and her arm and leg splayed over him. His hunger suddenly made sense. He wanted nothing more than to slip back between her thighs and feast on the most perfect pussy he had ever tasted. Every part of her was so beautiful, he could have wept at his good fortune.

Thor took some deep breaths, and her scent calmed the raging inside. He didn't want to frighten her away, so he willed his hard-on to go down without much success. She was so warm and soft. Her color had returned to her cheeks, and he was no longer panicking that her wounds were taking too long to heal.

He thought of her ferocity in the fight the night before. How she tore out her abuser's throat and challenged the rest. The gods couldn't have chosen a more perfect woman for him. Now, he just had to keep her. Thor had never wanted to keep a lover before and didn't really know what to do.

Courting can come later. Kill your enemies first. Make her safe. Thor knew before he and Nicola could fully explore the mating bond, he had to deal with the ones trying to destroy themfirst. The need to protect her outweighed any hunger that was clawing at his insides. He didn't want her to wake up with him drooling all over her, so Thor reluctantly slipped out from under her grasp. He needed blood and a plan.

Thor took some clean clothes from his dresser and quickly showered off the battle from the night before. He had hoped that the shower would help with his aching dick, but he could smell Nicola's scent in the shower too.

Turning the water to cold didn't do much either. He needed to be inside of her. He wanted to work her cunt until she was slick and soft and could take his knot. He would fill her so full of his seed that every creature in Inferno would smell his scent stamped on her.

With a frustrated growl, he turned the shower off, got dressed, and combed the knots out of his thick hair. When he was calmer, he stepped out into the bedroom, and it all went to shit again. Nicola was sitting up in bed, drowsily rubbing her face.

"Hel, Nicola. You are killing me right now," Thor grumbled.

Nicola gave him a confused smile and then realized her perfect full breasts were bare and lifted the blanket over them.

"Sorry. What time is it?" she asked.

"Around 1 p.m., and never apologize to me for flashing your gorgeous body. It's very distracting, and we must go see Galen today and not lie in bed. But, make no mistake, if I could, I would already be between your thighs," Thor said, making Nicola's cheeks flush red. He couldn't resist running his fingers over her heated skin, his mouth watering at what her blood would taste like. It would be better than all the mead in Valhalla, just like the honey that had dripped from her cunt the night before.

"I'll go to the kitchen and see about breakfast," Thor said gruffly. "Find me when you're ready."

Nicola placed her hand over his. "Are you okay? You seem off this morning."

"I'm...hungry. You look and smell good enough to eat," Thor said, not wanting to lie to her. If she was going to accept him as her mate fully, she needed to know that his vampire side was a reality.

Nicola kissed his palm. "Go. I'll find you when I've cleaned up. And Thor? See if you have any coffee. I'm going to need some to get through today."

"I will," he said and hurried out of the room before he lost all control. His fingers flexed, the press of her lips like a burn against his skin. It was an affectionate gesture he wasn't sure how to respond to. His heart thumped hard in his chest as emotions he had never felt punched him. Already something was melting inside of him that he thought would never come back again. This was what having a mate would do. Nothing was going to be about him anymore.

"Dark Hel, what is happening to me?" Thor whispered. The goddess didn't bother to reply, but it didn't matter. He already knew that this must be what falling in love felt like.

Thor headed through the hall and to the kitchens. They rarely used the hearth fire to cook on. Instead, this part of the hall was like a modern restaurant kitchen. Astrid and Bjorn were already there, drinking warmed blood from large mugs. Astrid huffed out a laugh and then poured some out for Thor.