Her brows furrowed, and then she shook her head, closing her eyes and exhaling slowly.
“What is it?” I asked gently, coaxing her to share anything with me, because I was starved for it, hungry for every little piece of information about my female.
“It’s silly,” she whispered and opened her eyes again.
“Nothing you have to say would be construed as that to me. I assure you.”
She gave me a ghost of a smile, her fingers curling slightly on my shoulders. I gritted my teeth to hold off my desire. “It’s just that Mini, the owner of the cottage I’m renting, spoke about these creatures in the woods with glowing blue eyes.” She lifted her hand and ran a finger right below her own blue eyes—ones the same shade as my Lycan’s.
My heart was racing now, the truth on her lips, but she thought it nothing more than fable.
“It’s silly. I know. Wolf-like creatures roaming the woods of Romania, these animals that are part-man, part-wolf, living in the Carpathian Mountains.”
If only you knew, my female. But you soon will, and I fear I’ll frighten you so badly you’ll run from me.
“Sometimes, the truth in this world is far stranger than what we could ever imagine.”
Her vision cleared as she stared into my eyes. “Yes,” she murmured, then placed her fingers on my cheek. “I feel myself focusing on other things though… things that may not make sense.” Her brows dipped low again before she slowly shook her head. “I feel this… connection with you, Ren, one that makes me not want to question anything, because this all feels so right.” She was looking into my eyes now, her arousal climbing higher as her mind pushed away everything else but this moment with me.
Yes. Gods, yes, Mikalina. The same as I feel for you.
17
Ren
“Please tell me it’s not just me,” Mikalina whispered, maybe to herself.
I wound my arms tighter around her, needing her closer. Gods, I needed her so much closer. I needed us fused, irrevocably tied together for all of eternity. “I’ve known you were mine before you even came into my life, iubirea mea.” I knew my words would make no sense, and I wanted so desperately to tell her what she really was to me.
Patience.
“What does that mean?” she asked softly, her body warming for me further. I could smell the heat of her, the arousal slowly growing like a fire from kindling.
I pushed her hair away gently, lingering on the smooth, soft, and warm expanse of where her throat met her shoulder. I couldn’t help but let my gaze focus on that area… right where my bite would go.
My mouth watered, my canine incisors elongating in preparation.
Patience.
“My love, or something to that extent,” I murmured, my focus still on that sweet spot at her neck. My cock was so hard, thick and long, and I couldn’t help but roll my hips, knowing I was digging the fucker against her.
She gasped and tightened her nails into my arms, holding on, but also pressing down on me.
I tipped my head back slightly as a shot of ecstasy slammed into me. My eyes dropped to half-mast, my gaze trained on her eyes, seeing she was getting to that moment right with me… the one where she was so fucking primed she couldn’t think straight.
I kept my mouth closed so she wouldn’t see my fangs, so she wouldn't see how much my mouth watered to pierce her flesh and give her my mark.
Patience.
“That's one hell of an endearment,” she whispered, and when I lifted my hips again, pressed my cock against her core, she closed her eyes and moaned, gripping me tighter, her words trailing off.
I wanted her… badly. I desired her more than I'd ever desired anything in my long existence, and here she was—my mate—for the taking.
“I feel… like I’m burning alive, Ren.”
I had my mouth at her throat after she uttered those words, my lips and tongue lashing at her flesh. I groaned at her sweetness, the flavor of her skin exploding on my tongue. She was an aphrodisiac. Everything about her was so potent to me I knew I’d never get enough. I’d continue to crave and crave and crave her until I drew my last breath. My need for Mikalina would only grow with each passing day.
“I need to feel you, touch you… taste you.” I pulled back, a feat hard as fuck. “Will you let me, my female?”