Mated To The Alpha: A Standalone Wolf Shifter Romance, стр. 46

more she needed. She fisted her hands in his hair, and threw her head back, exposing her neck to his mouth.

"Emma, we shouldn't. Not yet. Take some time to recover first."

He said the words in a strained whisper against the soft skin of her neck. It was almost like he was trying to convince himself to leave her alone, so she could heal.

But she could feel the hardness of him as she pulled him closer, and she knew that he was what she needed to heal, not time.

He tried to pull away, but she didn't want him too, so she answered his forgotten question.

"How hot were my visions by the bon fire? You mean my visions of wrapping my legs around your waist as you pressed me up against the cave wall? Oh, they were hot as hell. So were the ones where we were naked, rolling around on the skins there in the cave.

Take me there soon, Elam. Please. I want to erase the bad memories of Ziva in that cave, when I was tied up on those furs. I want to make new memories there, with you, and to remember that cave instead by rolling around naked with you on those furs. I want you between my thighs on those furs. Will you? Take me there? Will you help me remember that cave in a good way again? As the place where you bury yourself between my thighs, again and again?"

"Hell Emma, I'll take you there now. You are making it very hard for me to let you rest. Just say the word and we can go this very minute."

"Oh, no. Not yet. Rolling around with you in that cave will have to wait."

"Are you hurting?" Elam pulled back to look at her, afraid to hurt her more than she was already hurt.

"I just meant that I want you now, silly. Taking me in that cave will have to wait. Because right now I want you to take me here. Now. In this bed. I can't wait long enough to go to the cave with you, my love. I need you inside me now."

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"Say it again."

"What? That I want you inside me? That I need you to take me here?"

"Damn, Em. That does amazing things to my cock. But no, I meant say 'my love.'"

Emma used her grip on his hair to pull his face back from hers. She looked at him hard, the wheels turning swiftly in her brain.

"Elam, have I not told you how much I love you? I haven't, have I? Well let me fix that right now. I know we've had a lot going on, but there is no excuse for...Elam, I love you. I love you more and more every day. You are not what I expected when my dad dropped me off here to keep me out of trouble, by any means. But I love you.

You have captured my heart. My body needs your body like the fields need rain. I ache for you when you aren't near me. I think of you when you are away from me. You taught me to shift, to hunt, to make love, to fuck, and most of all- to love. I love you, Elam. I chose you. I chose to be your mate. I chose to be your lover. I chose to be your friend. I chose to give you my life, to remain here forever, yours, and I'm so very glad I did.

I love you, Elam, so very much already. And right now, I choose to have every inch of you buried deep inside me. I choose to love you, again and again, until I literally, physically burst with the pleasure of loving you. Please, show me how much you love me, and let me show you the same. Love me, Elam. Long, and loud. Gentle and rough. Please Elam, love me. Now."

Emma watched, word by word, meaning by meaning, as her words hit Elam. She squealed with delight as the light in his eyes grew and changed from adoring and careful and loving, to aroused and needy and heated.

His mouth found hers again, only this time his tenderness was overshadowed by need. He kissed her with primal desire. His tongue was thorough as he tasted every inch of her mouth, his hands wandering, pulling, tugging, until he found her wrists and suddenly pulled them up above her head, pinning her in place underneath him.

He kissed a path from just under her ear, down her neck and over the swells of her breasts. She was beautifully naked underneath him, and no barriers stood between them as his mouth teased a hot trail toward one pointed, pink nipple.

He teased the peak of her nipple with the very tip of his tongue before drawing it into his mouth and sucking on the sensitive nub.

She moaned her encouragement as she arched her back to press her breast more firmly against his mouth. He sucked harder, nipping the bud with his teeth before soothing it again with the flat of his tongue.

His hands released their grip on her wrists, one hand roaming over her body before cupping her other breast and aiming it toward his mouth so he could give that one equal attention, and his other arm helping to prop himself up to kiss Emma in all the ways he wanted to.

Emma decided that she wanted to take charge. She realized that Elam had tasted all of her, but she had yet to taste all of him. When she was in heat they had fucked like rabbits, but she'd never tasted him. She was determined to change that now.

Emma played with Elam, running her hand over his hard, muscular chest before pinching his nipples between her fingers and lightly running her fingernails down his chest, over his abs and back up. She placed her palm flat against his chest, and suddenly pushed.

She rolled toward him as she pushed, using his surprise as