A second later, he stripped off her panties, leaving her utterly exposed to him.
Just the sight of her like this made his cock jerk, straining against his jeans. But he ignored it as he repositioned himself, straddling Dani’s hips so he could reach a hand down between her legs to stimulate her clit while his other hand (and his mouth) could continue to squeeze and love on her soft breasts.
She was so wet at the apex of her thighs, so slick as Reno spread her folds and stroked his fingers over her tiny nub. Her hips bucked against him as he found the direction and speed she liked best, and he took his time as he continued to lick across her chest while his hand cupped her sex.
The pressure inside her was rising; he could tell. And with it, the heady sensation of Dani all around him.
He would never get tired of Dani. Even if he had a million tastes, he’d still hunger for more.
She gasped as his finger slid over her again and again, the slickness of her own arousal making the contact even closer.
She was close now. And that just made him lick more eagerly over the centers of her breasts, made him more desperate to see her come apart in his arms.
“I think I’m—” Dani tried to say before her own words were cut off by her teeth clenching and her eyes going wide.
Reno flicked his finger up against her center, and Dani came immediately, screaming into the room as her entire body went tight for a moment, then relaxed against the bed.
“So hot,” Reno said, more to himself than anyone, as the haze of post-release still occupied her for a second.
“Not what I expected at all,” she said with a grin, arms hanging above her on the bed.
Reno spread her legs, needing to taste her arousal, and her gaze followed him as he lowered himself between her thighs.
“So you’ve been fantasizing about me, huh?”
She went beet-red at that, covering her face with her arm for a second, then peeking out from behind it to keep watching as he kissed slowly up the inside of her thigh. “What? Who said that?”
“You can keep pretending you didn’t just say what you said, or you can tell me what your fantasies were. Anything like this?” He watched her as his tongue raked slowly up her wet mound, right over her clit, and she arched against the bed in arousal.
“No. Maybe. But it’s a whole lot different to imagine something than it is to experience it.” She bucked again as he found her clit and sucked lightly, then ran the tip of his tongue in little circles around her precious nub.
It warmed Reno inside to know she’d been thinking about him even in the absence of years between them.
He’d thought of her and no one else.
And she was right. Tasting and feeling were on a whole different level.
“You naughty woman, thinking about your best friend like that,” he said with a teasing grin, then spread her lips with his fingers so he could get even better access to her center. So wet. He lapped at her juices and listened to her moans of pleasure before letting her catch her breath.
“As I recall, the feeling was mutual.” Then her smile fell a little. “Or maybe you weren’t thinking about me like—ahh!” Her voice rose several octaves as he kissed her clit punishingly and unrelentingly, wiping away any and all notion of whatever she’d been about to say.
“I thought about you every day,” he growled as he pleasured her senseless. “Wanted you every second we were apart.” She writhed against him, her hands reaching up to clutch her hair, but he wasn’t going to let her escape, and he put her thighs over his shoulders, trapping her pussy against his mouth. “And every time you doubt that, I’m going to make you come just to make my point.”
The tension in her legs was at a fever pitch, and Reno could feel her quivering against him, entire body throbbing with pent-up arousal that preceded her next release.
He pulled back an inch, letting his warm breath tease her sex, and he looked up at her with a smile. “Are we clear?”
She nodded desperately.
Then he sucked on her again in response. And she came.
This one was much longer, much stronger than the first, and Reno held her legs steady, letting Dani feel everything as she cried out his name over and over to the room. Even as it abated, he smoothed a hand over her belly, letting her relax fully before he went back to pleasuring her again.
Only this time, there were no words between them. Just the sound of Dani’s breaths getting faster, heavier, and the sound of his tongue as he stroked and flicked to take her to new heights.
He wanted her to remember whose name had been on her lips when she came and whose name was written all over her body with love and desire right now.
In minutes, she was gasping, drawn so close to the edge Reno marveled how she was able to hold out so long. All the more reason to give her more mind-blowing orgasms, in his opinion.
He ran the entire length of his tongue over her center, giving her every centimeter he could of wet, firm contact, and she fell over the edge immediately.
She said his name only once this time before writhing against the bed so hard it creaked a little. But her legs were still on his shoulders, giving her nowhere to go but deeper into what he wanted to give her.
Then he started to kiss slowly as her release finally ebbed, soothing his mate and giving Dani a moment to catch her breath. And when he reached a hand between her legs, sliding along her wet entrance, she mewled eagerly even as it was cut off by a moan as his mouth covered her clit. Then he slid a finger into her, his whole body going tense at how hot and vulnerable and wonderful she was, and hooked it upward against her G-spot, feeling her body twitch in immediate response.
He thrust another finger in, stretching and filling her slowly. Then another until he was pumping three fingers into her tight wetness to the rhythm of his tongue as it flicked up against her sex.
She wasn’t going to last long; he could tell.
Perfect.
When she came, Reno couldn’t help but watch in awe as Dani’s eyes flew backward and her hands clutched the sheets at her sides. Her body clenched around him, going tight, then released all at once. By the end, her body was glowing, the blush on her cheeks spread across her chest and down her shoulders now too.
But he wasn’t done with her. Not yet.
He slid his fingers out of her and slowly licked each one, smiling even as she watched him with shock on her face. By the time he’d tasted every last bit of her he could get, her mouth was hanging open.
Then he slid her legs off his shoulders and stood off the bed for a second, undoing his pants as her surprise shifted to extreme interest. And as his pants and underwear came off and his cock finally came free of the restrictive clothing, he could see Dani practically licking her lips as she watched him reach down and grab a condom from his back pocket and put it on before coming back onto the bed.
His wolf had never wanted anything more than to claim her right now. To make Dani his mate officially. But that wasn’t fair to either of them. He still didn’t know what the future held. What would happen to them both.
But even as he positioned himself at her entrance and leaned down to claim Dani’s lips one more time before he took them both to the climax, he couldn’t help but get caught up in the strange sense of wonder that fate had brought them together again like this. Like it was meant to be.
“Tell me if anything hurts, okay?” After all, alpha wolves were known to be well-endowed, and Reno knew he was no exception to that rule.
“Okay.” She nodded eagerly, biting on her lower lip as he teased her with his tip for a second.
Then he pushed his hips forward, and warm, slick heat coursed over his length, jolting Reno’s insides as he slowly brought them together. At first, Dani gasped, holding her breath as he pressed halfway in. But then, just as they met the rest of the way, he felt her body respond to him, watched as she groaned loudly, the sound tickling his eardrums and making all his senses come alive.
Fuck, he really wasn
’t going to last long.
A decade of wanting and anticipation did that, he supposed.
“Ready?” he asked, the muscles in his back and legs already locking up from the sheer arousal of being inside her.
“Unbearably ready.” The almost invisible gold ring around the center of her green eyes seemed to blaze, making her gaze hotter than ever. Dani wrapped her arms around him, and he kept himself propped up with one hand while he brought the other around to brush across her cheek soothingly before they went any further.
Then he slid out and thrust back in.
And wildfire lit up his insides.
Dani swore loudly in arousal, but Reno just kept them coming together and apart in smooth, slow succession. He seemed to totally lose himself in the erotic motions of their bodies as he filled her over and over, and even his substantial self-control was tested merely by the incredible way their bodies fit together along with each and every reaction of his mate signaling her want and her pleasure.
Before long, he was pumping into her, going at a steady rhythm that had Dani quickly building upward toward their final release. Each joining was a new level of ecstasy, and it felt like all the breath was pulled out of his lungs each time he was seated fully against her, hip to hip.
The seconds flew by like minutes as he just held on as long as possible, watching Dani’s every movement and expression. After so much lovemaking, she looked as invigorated as she looked exhausted, and Reno wanted to give her every last bit of pleasure he could.
“I’m close,” she whispered, nearly breathless. Then her head arched as they met again, both of their bodies thrumming and near release.
Then with one final thrust, as Reno brought them closer together than ever before, he felt the pause before Dani’s release.
The explosion of orgasm as her body clenched, tightening around him, pulled Reno over the edge with her and broke all his inhibitions completely.
It was his turn to swear as he wrapped both arms around his love, clutching her tight as his body jerked from top to bottom as though lightning moved through his veins in a nearly painful sort of pleasure. Beneath him, Dani continued to orgasm fiercely, her nails digging into the skin on his back, a pleasant sensation to the overwhelming clenching he felt.
He’d always heard that sex with the one you love is strongest.
But he hadn’t been prepared for the cascade of emotions in him right now.
They both waited for a moment, and Reno watched as Dani’s eyes refocused back up at him, the green there going from glazed and lost to heat and want again, and she sighed as they hugged each other close.
Even though they’d had to wait ten years to finally hold one another like this, it was worth every second in Reno’s mind, knowing that fate would somehow bring them back together.
To what end, he wasn’t sure.
But for now, as his wolf growled possessively inside him, Reno just held Dani a little longer, brushing stray hairs off her face, kissing her cheeks and then her lips, savoring every possible second of this supernal experience he could possibly take for himself.
The future could wait a damn minute.
16
Reno was awoken the next morning by the sound of loud voices emanating from the clearing outside the main homestead of Dragonclaw.
What is going on?
The other side of the bed rustled, and he looked to find Dani turning over to look at him, her face glowing and her dark hair messy from their long night of ecstasy.
Hell, he’d waited his whole life for last night, and being with her, pleasing her, pleasuring her, had been more perfect than he ever could have imagined.
“Hi,” he said.
She yawned, then leaned closer and cuddled against his chest. “Morning.”
Reno wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close for a while longer, never wanting to let her go and wishing they could just go back to sleep, but that didn’t seem to be an option as the voices outside the window were getting louder.
“I guess we should probably see what’s going on,” she muttered sleepily.
He leaned down and kissed her forehead, chuckling quietly. “As much as I despise the idea, probably.”
“It’s okay,” she said, looking up at him with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. “Always time for an afternoon nap.”
“You and your naps,” he said, leaning down to give her a quick kiss before they broke apart and got out of bed.
They got dressed quickly, ate a quick breakfast, and headed into the main area of Dragonclaw where all of the commotion was taking place.
From what he could tell, Harrison and Beck were there, but it seemed their mates were still inside. Both of the basilisks, Gunnar and Diesel, were also there, and they were all facing a newcomer who stood in front of them.
They all seemed to be having a heated discussion, and as Reno and Dani reached them, he caught the last few words of what Beck was saying.
“—not sure what to do.”
“What’s going on?” Reno asked, taking Dani’s hand in his and maneuvering them so they were standing next to Harrison.
Harrison just nodded stoically at the newcomer, and Reno stopped to take a closer look, then frowned.
The man was tall and buff, obviously a shifter, and he was wearing a worn pair of dark jeans and a white work shirt, but the interesting thing was his eyes.
Both of his irises were blood-red. Like Gunnar’s one eye. But the air around this basilisk was different. Instead of the almost primal feel of the other basilisks, this one had an odd calm to him like he was thinking things he wasn’t saying.
His face was handsome and striking despite his unsettling red eyes.
Overall, there was just a feeling of intelligence around him.
He also had short dark-blond hair and stubble over his hard jaw. He cocked his head as he appraised those around him.
“How long has he been here? What’s his name?” Reno asked, positioning Dani so she would be more behind him.
“Not long,” Harrison said, still eyeing the basilisk. “Showed up early this morning, though. As for his name, we—”
“Ajax,” the basilisk interrupted, his voice deep and monotone.
“Ajax,” Harrison repeated before turning to Gunnar and Diesel, who hadn’t said a word yet.
“You know this guy?”
Gunnar frowned thoughtfully, still staring at Ajax. “One of us.”
Diesel nodded in agreement, and Harrison sighed, muttering something about basilisks popping up like daisies.
“What is he here for?” Beck mused. “And how did he get here, fully clothed? The others weren’t like that.”
It was a good point. Gunnar had scrounged for clothes, looking somewhat like a homeless person when they’d first seen him, but Diesel had been found in the middle of nowhere with little more than a loincloth, and they’d needed to get him something to wear. It was odd that a basilisk just showed up, fully clothed, at the ranch.
Plus, people who had lived in the town for years still didn’t know how to find Dragonclaw, so how had he found it? Then again, the dragons had been clashing with basilisks for years in the area, so Reno supposed it made sense there was more than one.
But three? That was a handful.
“Only one way to find out,” Harrison said. “Ajax, what do you want?”
The basilisk didn’t say anything. Instead, his eyes seemed to flicker over to Dani for a second before moving to the other two basilisks. He nodded slowly.
It was safe to say that Reno wasn’t a fan of Ajax, and he did not like the way the basilisk eyed his mate. Then again, it was probably just because, after last night, Reno was feeling even more possessive than before.
“What’s going on?” Dani whispered, peeking out behind him.
But Reno just shook his head. “Later.”
“So you’re here to join your fellow basilisks?” Harrison asked.
Ajax nodded again.
Harrison considered it
for a second, then turned to Beck and Reno. “What do you think?”
Beck shrugged. “We helped Gunnar and Diesel, so I don’t really see the harm in one more.” He frowned. “Though, he does seem a little odder than them, which is saying something.”
“I feel the same,” Reno added. “I don’t have a problem with him staying, but I think we keep an eye on him just in case.”
“Yeah, that goes without saying, and the double dragons probably wouldn’t want him running around,” Harrison said, frowning and shaking his head. “Another basilisk. Will things ever calm down around here?”
Beck chuckled gruffly. “It seems not, but hey, look at it this way. If one or two more come along, they’ll be able to make a full crew!”
“Don’t even joke about it,” Harrison said, turning back to face Ajax who was now folding his arms and looking around, taking in the ranch appraisingly. “Well, basilisk, I guess you can stay. Tell us, how long have you been in human form?”
Ajax cocked his head to the side blankly, obviously lost.
“Well, he can’t have been out of the ground very long,” Beck said. “Think he was awakened by the lightning storm that passed over Copperhead Ranch?”
Oops.
Reno frowned, wondering if his altercation with the Copperheads could have caused it. He hadn’t seen nor heard anything, but then again, he hadn’t been particularly worried about anything except electrocuting some serious ass.
“Could be,” Harrison said gruffly. “Though, I really do wonder where he got the clothes. By the way…” He turned to Reno. “I got a weird voicemail from Wexler last night, saying he was sorry for everything and that there were no hard feelings between us. You wouldn’t have anything to do with that, would you?”
Reno just shrugged, unsure of what to say. Thankfully, Harrison dropped the subject, looking perplexed.
“Well, maybe he accidentally took one of our cattle, though it’s never bothered them before,” he said, shrugging. “On another note, I got in touch with a couple dragons that specialize in ancient shifter lore.”
“They gonna look into basilisks?” Reno asked.
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