To the Edge and Back [The Royal Wolves] (Siren Publishing Allure) (16 page)

“It is forever, love. No backing out now,” he told her with a smile. Leaning down, he kissed it gently. “We’ll have to give it a good wash and disinfect it too after your bath just to ensure it doesn’t get infected on you.” He’d be seriously pissed if it did. He hated hurting her even for something like mating, so he had to care for her after the fact, and thus the bath, which was a part of it.

She smiled against his chest and nodded, patting his arm lightly. “I will let you take care of me as much as you want and need to, Janos. I won’t argue the washing and disinfecting but I will if you think to put a bandage over it.” Because that ruined the whole reason for having it visible.

“As long as it heals well we won’t have to worry,” he told her. “I was fairly careful, but I don’t want you being scarred by it. It’s supposed to be a mating mark, not a wound.”

“And it is, Janos. You are worrying over nothing.” She squeezed him with a single arm around his waist. “I love you, Janos. Give me time and I will heal.” But in the meantime she would let him take care of her.

“I know you will, love, but I am allowed to worry. I’m your mate and it’s my right,” he told her, leaning his cheek to her hair. Hugging her close, he breathed her in slowly, his eyes closing so that all he knew was her and her alone.

“You can worry about me all that you want to, Janos. It’s nice to have someone care enough about me to worry. But you also need to remember that I can also take care of myself, too, all right?”

Grunting at that, he leaned back to see her face. “I know you can,” he told her with a serious look. “I’m glad that you can, but I get to worry when I want. Comes with the mate deal. Just like you get to worry about me,” he said with a smile. Reaching out, he grabbed the soft soap and handed it to her. “Feel like washing yourself or should I do it for you?” he asked with a grin.

“I will wash myself. I think that if your hands start to move over my body we might be doing more in this bath than what it was designed for.” She looked up and added, “Unless you want to try out just what we can do in this tub?” Especially now that she was feeling less pained.

“I’d love to, as long as you feel up to it,” he said with a smile. Lifting her, he shifted her so she was straddling him. “I’m all yours to do with as you wish, love,” he told her, running his hands up her sides slowly to cup her breasts. Gently squeezing her flesh, he flicked her nipples. “What is it you want to do, sweetheart?”

“I want to see if you will fit without hurting me this time,” she told him honestly, determined never to keep a secret from him. “Will you help me with that? Help me to take you into my body and work us together like you did before?” Her hands moved over his chest and down to his stomach, pausing as she chewed her lip just above where she felt the tip of his cock touching her hands lightly.

“You can touch me, love,” he said softly, encouraging her to explore him. “You’ve done it in the dreams. You have every right to do so now, Mina.” Moving one of his hands, he cupped her, his fingers lightly teasing her entrance before he slid one finger deeply into her pussy.

Her eyes closed slightly as she moved down on his finger and moaned. “Feels so good,” she muttered even as she finally took his cock into her hands and began to stroke the thick shaft in long and firm strokes.

Shuddering in her hold, Janos growled low in his chest. “That’s it, Mina,” he encouraged her as he slid a second finger into her pussy. Pressing his thumb to her clitoris, he rubbed at the little nub as he slid his fingers in and out of her body.

She was now riding his fingers in a wild abandon, bucking on him even as she stroked his cock harder, faster, until she clenched him tightly, her hand and her cunt. “Janos.” Her eyes flew wide as she came, suddenly and explosively, on his fingers.

Gritting his teeth, Janos held off on his own orgasm as he continued to stroke her through hers before letting his fingers slide free. Taking hold of her waist, he gently positioned her over his cock. “Guide me in, love, all at your own pace. You are in control in this position. Take only what you can at whatever pace you wish,” he whispered to her, wanting to be deep inside of her sweet and perfect little pussy when he came.

She nodded and, using her hand, she guided him into her body and blew out a breath as she began to slowly lower her hips, inch by inch.

One hand on his chest and the other wrapped around his cock, she lowered herself until she was able to move her second hand to his chest as well. Eyes glazed with passion, she looked at him. “Like this?” she asked as she moved up and then back down, biting back the moan that demanded her attention.

Squeezing her flesh in his hands, he nodded. “Just like that,” he said between his teeth. “God yes, just like that,” he moaned as she moved down a little more. Gritting his teeth together tightly, he slid down in the tub just a bit more, letting her have more space.

When he slid down, it gave her a better angle and room so she could move down harder and faster on him. She whimpered and let her nails rake his chest as she finally had all of him inside of her cunt. “It feels so good.” There was no pain at all, just pleasure.

“Does it ever,” he moaned in agreement, loving the way her pussy clutched at him, hugging him intensely and lovingly. “Move, Mina,” he encouraged, his body already shaking, and he knew it wouldn’t take much for him to come for her.

She began to move on him, using his hands as her guide and moving up and then down, shivering as she twitched and did it again, faster this time. Somewhere in the back of her mind she was afraid she would hurt him, but she moved harder, she moved faster, and demanded more from him, needed more from him.

“That’s my girl,” he breathed out slowly, trying as hard as he could to remain still, to just help her and to not take over.

It was brutally hard for his Wolf to remain still and to not dominate her. But this was her time and the Wolf knew it, too, so, as a unit, he and the Wolf let her have her time with him, learning her own body more intimately in the process. “Lean forward, love, and kiss me,” he whispered to her, knowing it would change the angle as well as rub her beautiful breasts against him, giving them both even more sensations.

She leaned forward and brushed her lips against his, kissing him as she did so. Her breasts scraped against his chest and she whimpered out her need even as her nails bit into his skin. The new angle made her body tighten even more on him. She moved faster, harder until she suddenly stilled, her pussy clenching, and she cried out in a soft mewling sound as she came once more.

His Wolf was definitely pleased with the results and he was enamored by the sweet sound of her release. Holding her hips a little more solidly in his hands, Janos continued to move her over him even as he lifted to meet her descending body. Water rocked around them, some hitting the tile work, more hitting the floor, but all he cared about was the marvelously intriguing glazed expression on her face. Then it changed and he arched up into her pussy, burying himself even deeper as he flew apart, his own orgasm tearing through him with a swift vengeance.

She sobbed once more, her body coming with his and her hands tightening. Again it felt as if he grew larger when he exploded inside of her tight cunt, but it didn’t hurt, just felt so amazingly good. Her head dropped to his shoulder as she panted and kissed the side of his neck. “I love you, Janos, so much I love you.” She was as limp as a noodle on him, just collapsing on him after their shared release.

“Good,” he breathed out, wrapping her in his arms as he slid them down into the water and then hit the jets to warm it a bit. “Because I love you, too, my darling little mate.” He smiled against her cheek. She was all his now and for as long as he could have her. Holding her to him, he felt his body relax under hers even as he still pumped his seed into her body and knew a true inner peace, one that only ever came from finding that perfect other half of who you were.

She grinned and sighed. “I didn’t know that you were supposed to get bigger when you let go inside of me, Janos.” And to still feel him releasing inside had her inner walls clenching on him again and shivering in reaction. “But I like it, a lot.”

Smiling at her, he stroked back her hair lightly so he could see her face. “Like our animal counterparts, we grow larger as we come. It’s to lock ourselves into our mate so that our seed goes where it’s supposed to,” he told her quietly. “Not all females like the sensation. Some find it too much like being trapped.”

“I really like it.” She looked up at him and was all smiles. “I love the feeling of you spilling inside of me, coming inside of me.” She shivered again, his seed bouncing off her inner walls and triggering small orgasms as it raced by her G-spot. “You can trap me anytime you want to, Janos, here, in your office on your desk, wherever,” she teased saucily.

Growling at her, he nipped her chin. “Witch,” he teased with a smile. “I’ll hold you to that, you know,” he told her with a sincere look as he cupped the back of her head and pulled her closer. Against her lips, he whispered, “I intend to have you everywhere I can at any time I can.”

“That’s good, because I don’t want to have to beg. It just seems wrong to have to beg the man you love to make love to you in the middle of his office while there are tons of people just outside the door, if you know what I mean.” She kissed him lightly, just brushing her lips over his. “I love you, Janos. You can have me anytime and anywhere.”

“Good.” He smiled at her. Reaching out, he turned the jets off and hugged her to him. “You should wash up, love, and then we really need to get out or we’ll be prunes. That and the fact that I need to feed you breakfast before I call my brother and let him know I’ve got a new victim…uh”—he grinned—“volunteer for his shop.”

Mina shook her head and laughed. “I love books, Janos, and I’m not a victim if I am doing something I love.” She took the soap and cloth and leaned back on him, moaning as she did so, her breath catching in her chest. “Right, time to wash up,” she murmured as she began to run the cloth down her arms and then front. “Make sure he knows I only will be working when you are at the club closest to his shop.” Because in all honesty, she was afraid to be far from him, silly, really, but there it was.

“Which will be fine, sweet,” he told her, lounging back, arms on the edges of the tub as he watched her. “I’m normally at the Moon anyway, especially since Max is stuck at Edge for a time with our lack of management there right now.” That still pissed him off. “I only go to the others once a week, usually all in the same day to ensure that we’re ordering properly, the books are solid, and that I put the fear of god into them if they screw me over.”

“Sounds good.” She frowned and said, “You know, if the others expect you only on certain days, there is no telling what they are doing on the days that you aren’t there. Maybe you should go in on random days, just to check things out? Maybe go in as a customer only?” She didn’t know why that came to mind, but it did and now it bothered her to think that they could be doing something when he wasn’t there and costing him.

“I do, love,” he said softly. “I go in whenever I get two seconds, and then on a regular day as well for the books, and I just wander through for a random howdy-do to them. Max does the same since we had the issue. As well, my brothers go in now and again just to watch over things, and since they’re there all the time, one way or another it keeps everyone on their toes so that they don’t get complacent and try to rob me blind.”

“I don’t know why that came into my mind. I’m really silly, I know.” Mina leaned back and handed him the soap and cloth. “Do you think that I can come off of you now, Janos?” She didn’t want to hurt him if she moved too quickly, so she asked, erring on the side of caution.

Smiling at her, he nodded. “You can, love. I won’t hurt you now if you pull away,” he said softly and helped her move to one side. “I’m glad you’re worried, Mina. It’s a good thing. Makes me feel special and loved to know you’re worrying about me, baby.”

“Of course I worry about you, Janos,” she said with a smile. “I love you, and people who care about each other are supposed to worry, right?” She touched his cheek and nodded. “Now, I’m going to get dried off and pull my clothes back on so that we can eat or go for a walk or nap or whatever you want, all right?”

Tugging her close, he kissed her. “We’ll eat and then head into the city to meet Ben before he buries his nose in a book or gets involved in a deep discussion over politics or something. Go and get ready,” he said quietly to her with a smile. “I’ll be out in a few minutes. If you want to steal a shirt, love, go for it,” he added as he helped her out of the bath.

“I do.” She wanted to wear one not because she needed it, but because she wanted to smell like him. She loved the scent of him and wanted to carry that with her wherever they went.

Moving from the bathroom, she went straight to his closet and pulled out a long-sleeved flannel that seemed well worn and well loved. Tugging it on, she then looked for her jeans to pull them on as well. Once she was dressed, she turned to look for a brush and, not finding one, frowned, sat on the bed, and waited for Janos so that she could get one.

Snapping her fingers, she was off the bed and toward her boxes, looking through them for her hair brush when she heard him come out. Turning to look up at him, she grinned. “I lost my hairbrush.”

“Use mine, love,” he told her, still drying his hair as he came into the room. “We can pick you up one on the way back here tonight as well as anything else you need, too. Better make a list,” he advised, going to the closet to find a pair of black jeans and a black T-shirt. Tugging on his clothing, he pulled out his boots and stuffed them on his feet before grabbing his jacket and tossing it to the bed with his wallet.

Pulling on socks and then shoes, she looked around for a notepad and pen. Finding one, she began to jot down small things, toothbrush, her kind of toothpaste, brush, socks, panties, bras, heavy coat. She tapped the pen to her lips. She had a limited amount of money, but she should be able to buy all of this without trouble. “All right, I think I have it all.”