Page 34 of Ancient Promises

“Nice try.”

He inhaled sharply.

“Are you okay?” she asked.

“My dragon won’t settle down. He wants to come out.”

“To go after your brother?”

“To get to you.”

“But I’m here.”

“We’re not mated.”

She arched a brow. “Your dragon is going to do something about that?”

“Take the roof off the apartment and carry you off into the darkness to mate you properly.” He gripped her upper arm suddenly, and she felt the press of his claws. “Make you come, over and over and mark your arm so everyone knows you’re mine.”

Wolves and lions both marked their mates, but only the males, but since she wasn’t a purebred, she could do what she wanted. And she definitely wanted him to wear her marks too.

She leaned in to kiss him, but he pulled back. She instantly felt rejected, but then he cupped her face and said, “Sweet Diem, I’m so sorry. I’m so fucking sorry for everything. Will you please forgive me? Give me another chance to treat you like the queen you are.”

Okay, now her beasts were preening like peacocks.

Was it possible Eivross looked even sexier in the moonlight?

“I forgive you. I definitely want to start over too.”

He drew her close and kissed her, his fingers trailing down her throat with the gentlest of touches. She shivered and slipped her hands over his shoulders to touch his wings. She was fascinated by them. They were dark green like his dragon and warm to the touch, the membrane strong but pliable.

He let out a snarl as she slid her fingers along his back underneath the wings. He gripped her upper arms and pushed them back.

“Apparently my wings are an erogenous zone,” he said, his voice laced with humor.

He kissed her again. They both touched each other, hands roaming. He slipped a hand underneath her top, and she let out a little moan. She pulled away from him and rose to her knees, pushing her pants down her legs. He followed suit, freeing himself from the confines of his jeans. She’d only gotten one leg out of her pants when he jerked her close with a low growl and she parted her legs to straddle him.

She pressed her forehead to his as she panted, watching as he fisted his length and then stroked her already-soaked folds.

Gasping as he fit himself against her entrance, she dropped her head back as she slowly sank down on him, his thick length filling her, stretching her.

His dragon trilled out a purr and her beasts answered, the purring growl that was the mixture of the two.

He leaned back against the trunk and curled his wings around her. She dug her feet into the ground and lifted herself until he was nearly out of her, just the thick head inside, and then she lowered herself.

The next time she lifted herself, he gripped her thighs, helping her to lift and lower herself. She reached a hand to the tree trunk as her claws came out, sinking them into the bark and using it for leverage as she moved faster on him.

Their bodies sang together, their panting breaths mingling in the quiet night.

He pressed his thumb to her clit, and she gasped.

Her claws raked down the bark as she threw back her head and let herself go into the pleasure that filled her.

“Come for me,” he whispered harshly.

She closed her eyes as warmth spread through her. She pressed her claws into the tree and laid her other hand over his, pressing against their hands as she moved on him.

She moved his fingers just slightly to the side and her thighs tightened as her stomach clenched and heat filled her.