Claiming Bite

by Silvia Violet

  That added pain along with his teeth in my neck was all I needed. Cum shot from my cock, and I cried out again and again as I came. My orgasm seemed endless, but finally I was utterly drained. King released me. The wound on my neck throbbed, but I forgot the pain as his knot began to swell. He drove into me one last time as his hot seed began to fill my ass. When his orgasm receded, he brushed his lips over the shell of my ear.

  “Is my mate all right?”

  “Yes. God, yes. That was even more incredible than I imagined.”

  “You are the most exquisite man I’ve ever met. I’m honored to call you my mate.”

  He turned us onto our sides and pulled me against him. There were so many things I wanted to say, but I wasn’t sure I needed words to communicate with him anymore. I’d always felt a connection with him, but now I could feel his happiness and the warmth that filled him from knowing I was fully his. He’d told me the mate bond would strengthen once he’d bitten me, but I hadn’t expected this. “Can I really feel what you’re feeling?”

  He hummed against my neck and kissed me once more over the tender spot where he’d bitten me. “Yes. I warned you that you’d feel me more strongly.”

  “I know, but I didn’t think it would be like this. I can’t actually read your thoughts, but I feel like I almost can.”

  “It’s the same for me, and knowing you’re happy only makes me happier.”

  Warmth stronger than any summer sun and a bubbling, bouncing sensation came through the mate bond. King’s joy. I sank back against him. The wind picked up, but I hardly felt its chill with King’s warm body wrapped around me. My ass was sore and stretched tight around his knot, but that discomfort seemed distant. The only thing I really cared about was how thrilled King was to be mated.

  “Storm told me you used to not believe in fated mates.”

  “I didn’t. Or rather, I used to think they were more trouble than good.”

  “Is that what you were thinking when you sent me away?”

  “No! I thought I was being selfish by keeping you with me instead of putting your safety first. I told you I was wrong about that. Now that we’re fully bonded, I won’t ever be so foolish again.”

  “Why do I have a feeling that may be the only time you’ll ever admit to being wrong?”

  “Because you’re a smart little human.”

  I snorted. “No, because I know you.”

  He squeezed me tighter. “Speaking of getting to know each other, I plan to delegate more of my business affairs to my brothers now that I have a mate.”

  “Really?”

  “Yes.” He paused to nuzzle my neck. “In fact, I was thinking we should spend all day in bed getting to know each other better.”

  I looked at him over my shoulder. “In bed?”

  “Yes, I need to know every inch of your body, and that will only happen with careful study.”

  I laughed. “I like that plan.”

  “I have several toys, including a new paddle, I’d also like to introduce you to.”

  “You said you weren’t going to punish me for putting in the plug.”

  “I’m not. I’m going to pleasure you.”

  I thought about how it would feel to be over his lap with him paddling me and squirmed a bit, already growing hard again.

  He wrapped a hand around my cock. “Exactly the reaction I expected. Perhaps I already know you quite well.”

  “King?”

  “Yes.”

  “Do we really get to spend the rest of our lives together?”

  “Yes, my mate. And I swear to make every day as full of pleasure as I can.”

  I turned enough so he could see me smile. “Just being with you is enough.”

  King smiled back and I felt the joy racing through him. As I lay there, in his arms under the moon and stars, I knew without a doubt that fate had known what she was doing when she led me to him.

  Epilogue

  Two Months Later

  Emerson

  I watched as five wolves raced toward me. King and his brothers had been for a run along a trail in the forested part of their property. Of our property. I was still getting used to the fact that this was my permanent home. I was part of this crazy family, and I’d learned that no matter how much they argued or tried to out-stubborn one another, their love made our home a warm and inviting place.

  I felt incredibly lucky to be a part of all that they had. Now, when I thought about my life before meeting King, it seemed unreal, and this—the yips and barks that rose from King and his brothers as they pounced on each other, rolling over and over in the meadow—seemed like the most real thing on earth.

  After a few more moments of play-fighting like puppies, King and his brothers shifted back to their human forms. They were naked, but not one of them shivered despite the chilly wind. Their casual nudity had taken some getting used to. Every single one of the Howler men was a sight to behold, but none of them stirred me the way King did. He was breathtakingly gorgeous, but his presence was equally sexy. In the months we’d been together, he seemed to have discovered every word, every touch, and every torment that brought me the greatest possible pleasure.

  King ran ahead of his brothers so he could scoop me up from the rock I was sitting on. He twirled me around and around until I was dizzy and laughing, then he pressed a kiss to my neck right over my mate mark. “I love you so much.”

  “I love you too.” My feelings for him seemed to deepen every day.

  He lowered me to the ground, deliberately sliding me along the length of his body. Then he gripped my ass and ground against me, letting me feel his cock as it thickened.

  Heat rose in my cheeks. “Your brothers are right there.”

  He waved a dismissive hand in their direction. “They don’t care.”

  I tried to say that I did, but he claimed my mouth with his, and I began to think I could be as unconcerned as he was.

  Bryce gave an appreciative whistle, but Garrett made a sound of disgust. “Take that inside.”

  “Or at least wait until we’re gone,” Storm yelled.

  Shadow gave a woof of agreement.

  When he finally broke the kiss, I looked up at King. “Aren’t you starving after your run?”

  “I am.” He looked pointedly at my cock, which was trying its best to rip through my jeans. “In more ways than one. I wouldn’t mind a protein-filled appetizer.”

  “Hmmm.” I tilted my head as though considering my options. “We are having lasagna. It’s my favorite, so—”

  King slapped my ass hard enough to make me yelp. “Keep that up, and you’ll be tied to the bed, waiting for your punishment while I have dinner.”

  I grinned at him, knowing he wouldn’t really deny me the chance to eat. He would punish me for being sassy, though. It would be harsh and wicked, and we’d both love it, but that wasn’t what I wanted tonight. I just wanted to enjoy my mate and this rare day when all was quiet enough in the shifter world that King and his brothers could relax and just be themselves. “Now that I think about it, I might need an appetizer too.”

  King growled. “You really are asking for it.” But he smiled as he said it.

  Without warning, he grabbed me by the waist and tossed me over his shoulder. I yelped as my world turned upside down. With him naked, I couldn’t even grab onto his pants to steady myself. I bounced against him as he strode into the house, his brothers catcalling at us.

  King

  When I reached our room, I tore Emerson’s clothes off, not caring when seams ripped or the button of his jeans flew across the room. As soon as he was naked, I tossed him onto the bed and settled beside him on my back.

  “Suck me,” I ordered. “And put that gorgeous ass toward my face, I need my appetizer too.”

  He obeyed as I knew he would, and I groaned when he took my shaft down his throat.

  Taste him, my wolf urged. I pulled his ass cheeks apart and loosened up his tight hole with my tongue while using my hand to tease hi
s shaft. I kept playing with him until I couldn’t concentrate on anything but the heat of Emerson’s throat as he sucked me. I thrust up into him, and he swallowed everything I gave him as orgasm overtook me.

  I sank my teeth into his gorgeous ass. “I’m ready for you to come now, little human.”

  He gasped as I pushed a few fingers into his spit-slick hole and then swallowed his cock all the way down, holding him deep in my throat. In seconds, he cried out and fed me his load.

  When he was fully drained, he collapsed on top of me, and I gave a contented sigh. “Your cum is the best appetizer in the world.”

  Emerson giggled, and I couldn’t help but laugh too. “I like that we’ve been having more quiet days like this where I can just enjoy being with you and my brothers.”

  He turned his head to smile up at me. “You’re so much happier now than you were when I met you.”

  My chest tightened and I was filled with warmth. I loved that my mate could do that to me so easily. “You know that’s mostly because of you, right?”

  Color filled his cheeks. “I’m so glad I could do that for you. I’ve never been as happy as I am with you.”

  My stomach chose that moment to growl loudly. “Okay, enough romantic shit. We need lasagna.”

  Emerson nodded. “We sure do.”

  I climbed out of bed and reached for my pants so I could find my phone. “I’m having it sent up here.”

  Emerson frowned. “I thought you wanted to spend time with your brothers today.”

  “I was with them all afternoon, and now I want to eat my dinner with my mate on my lap so I can feed him every bite.” I’d had a great time with my brothers playing video games and taking a long run in wolf form. Things with Garrett were still somewhat tense. He’d told me more of what had happened that night at Leon’s den, but I knew there were things he was still hiding. I was working on being around home more so he and the others would feel more comfortable sharing their secrets with me.

  I ordered our dinner, and we took a quick shower. By the time we came out of the bathroom, the table by the window was set with plates of lasagna, salad, and garlic bread. After we dressed in sleep pants and t-shirts, I poured us each a glass of the wine and moved the plates together so Emerson could sit on my lap.

  I’d just lifted the first bite of lasagna to his mouth when someone knocked on the door.

  “What is it?” I called.

  “Are you two fucking, or did you get that out of your system already?” Bryce asked.

  I growled. “You’d better have a reason for bothering us.”

  The door burst open, and all of my brothers came in, carrying their dinner plates.

  “You said you’d have dinner with us,” Shadow said.

  I tensed, but Emerson’s hand on my arm relaxed me. Sharing this time was obviously important to all of them.

  “Fine. But stay off the bed.”

  “You mean this bed?” Bryce plopped down right in the center of the mattress, nearly spilling everything off his plate in the process.

  I snarled as Emerson tried his best not to laugh. “Bryce, get your ass off my bed.”

  Shadow wrinkled his nose in disgust. “Think what they’ve just been doing there. Can’t you smell it?”

  Bryce shrugged. “Doesn’t bother me.” He winked at me as he lifted a huge bite of lasagna to his mouth. Asshole.

  “You love them,” Emerson said. I pulled him close against me and kissed the top of his head. He was right. I did, no matter how asinine their behavior.

  I caressed my mate’s back as I looked around the room. This sense of peace with my mate and my family was what I’d worked so hard for, and I’d keep doing anything necessary to preserve it.

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  Silvia Violet writes fun, sexy stories that will leave you smiling and satisfied. She has a thing for characters who are in need of comfort and enjoys helping them surrender to love even when they doubt it exists. Silvia's stories include sizzling contemporaries, paranormals, and historicals. When she needs a break from listening to the voices in her head, she spends time baking, taking long walks, curling up with her favorite books, and hanging out with her family.

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