Jane

When I open my eyes, Ethan and I are still in the thermal pool. I can feel the water lapping and bubbling around me, but he’s no longer inside me, and when I look up it’s to find his dark gaze watching me intently. Gradually I realize he’s moved to the shallow end of the spring so he can sit on the submerged ledge and hold me in his lap.

He rests one hand on my round belly, and our baby flutters inside me as if the tiny bean knows its father is near.

“How long was I out?” I inquire softly, stretching and reveling in the delicious ache of my muscles.

I’m filled with the lazy contentment of a well-loved mate, utterly drugged with pleasure that is only deepened by the sting of my claiming mark. I can feel the evidence of Ethan’s dominance in the swollen flesh between my legs, the bite marks on my b.reasts and faint bruises on my back and th!ghs. And right now I can’t imagine anything better than this… except perhaps if I had some chocolate to nibble while my mate cares for me.

“Just a few minutes.” Ethan answers, his deep voice still husky and heated. “How are you feeling?”

“Incredible” I sigh, nuzzling his chest and n!pping his salty skin. “Loved.. safe… claimed.”

Ethan purrs, the sound of an Alpha who knows he’s done well for his mate: proud, satisfied and only slightly smug. “Delirious with pleasure?” He suggests, a teasing note in his voice.

“That too.” I grin, recalling the ruthless way he’d brought ne to cl!max over and over. “I think you wanted to punish me a little.” I remark, even though I can’t think of a better way to pay for my times.

“I was just giving you what you asked for.” He answers darkly, his l!ps moving against my ear.

Did you learn your lesson ?”

“And what lesson would that be?” I inquire innocently, too elated to be flirting with him to consider the fact that my body can’t handle any more excitement right now.

to do anything else. How long have I been dreaming of being

travels between my legs, and I jerk in surprise, clenching my

we’re going to have to repeat it.” He informs me, watching me squirm with ravenous

mush after so much stimulation, perhaps because I

chest, and I feel myself being lifted. “Such a naughty little

he’s trying to keep his distance, then you question his endurance?” He tuts ominously, sliding my legs to either side of his th!ghs and spreading his knees so I’m

the next thing I know he’s cupping my sens!tive b.reasts and rubbing my

and being trapped in that damn chai… I reckon I could keep this up for hours and hours.” I whimper as one of his hands returns to my dripping

whines transform into m0ans. “We’re going to do this until the message sinks in, Mate. I’m going to make you come so many times you’ll sleep for

falls back and I cry out as his fingers sink inside me, and I know my only choice is to hang on

he brings me off for what feels like the dozenth time. He knows my body too well, and I suspect he’s been fantasizing about this since we parted, because he chooses a different tactic every time. Make no mistake, this

I come down from my high, murmuring sweet nothings in my ear. I’m floating in and out of awareness, flitting back and forth between a stratospheric

that he’s speaking as though he isn’t the one responsible for my current state. “You bit off more

started it.” I hiccup,

one who dragged me out of

not so you could

to snuggle closer even though there’s no space left between

see that now, but you know what happens when

about the s.exual overload from which I’m recovering, but all I can hear are the words: I did. I try to sit up, only to discover that I

nature” I know he’s thinking about Paisley and the way she vowed to run away as many times as it took to make him accept her choice. I know because she was my inspiration. “I figure if I’m going to lose the battle anyway, I might as well have

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