Soft lips opened under his, her mouth hot and welcoming as his tongue met hers. It made his dick hard with jealousy that it wasn’t one with her too. The idea of penetrating her both ways urged him to take one more step until his legs hit the side of the bed. He broke the connection, needing to get their clothing out of the way. It took reserve to gently lower her instead of tossing her on his mattress.

“Strip,” he ordered, hoping this time she’d do it.

She released him when he straightened away from her. He backed up, tearing at his shirt. It sailed to the floor when he threw it and he quickly shucked his pants. Alli hadn’t seemed to notice that the front of his pants was wet where his semen had soaked them and he used the bunched material to swipe his skin to remove the evidence.

She had lain back, lifted her legs and yanked off each shoe.

Satisfaction struck when she didn’t neatly place them on the floor but instead threw them without a care where they fell. He didn’t glance to see where they landed, not wanting to miss the sight of her baring every inch of her body for his enjoyment. Her hips rose as she wiggled out of her pants and it only made his dick harder.

Hurry, he silently urged. He needed her.

Wanted her. Had to have her. His hands gripped his thighs just to prevent himself from helping her. She didn’t have other clothing and he didn’t want her to be angry if he tore them to shreds.

The sight of her blue panties made him snarl, not happy she still wore the annoying obstacles.

He’d told her to get rid of all of them but she’d disobeyed. Ways to teach her why she shouldn’t wear them instantly made his dick throb in anticipation. He’d play with her pussy until she begged him to mount her. She’d get a reminder to not wear them before he did that though.

She tossed the pants away and her thumbs hooked the delicate straps of the tiny scraps covering her sex to wiggle her hips again. The curve of her naked ass almost snapped his control while it hovered above the sheets. He wanted a view of it from another angle—bent over in front of him with his hands gripping her on both sides to hold her in place while he pounded against it with his dick buried inside her deep. She sat up to drop the panties off the edge of the bed and finally removed her shirt. The bra hid her nipples and he growled again.

“Are you okay?” She paused.

“Take it off!”

“A little impatient?”

She smiled as if amused, something he couldn’t comprehend. There was nothing funny about how much he craved getting a glimpse at those rosy nipples he longed to lick and suck.

“Alli,” he warned, “it’s been too long.”

The bra slid off her shoulders after she unhooked the back, bared her beautiful soft mounds with taut peaks. She spread her bent knees apart, revealing her glistening pussy as if he needed incentive to join her. He struggled to keep in control. He wanted it to be good for her too. She rolled to her side, pushing up on her hands and knees. Her hair flipped over one shoulder when she tossed her head, adjusted a little until her ass faced him and smiled at the sight of his astonishment.

“I know. I’m wet, so ready, and I want you.”

Her tongue licked her lips. “I dreamed about you mounting me. Take me.”

Animalistic urges surged so strongly inside him that he swayed a little on his feet. Forget polite, taking things slow, or Moon’s advice on how to treat a human mate. His knee dipped the bed as he settled it on the edge and his gaze lowered to her ass. It was pale and rounded, lushly curved.

He wanted to grip it with both hands just to squeeze.

Her back bowed, she arched her ass higher and spread her thighs enough to give him a view of the slit of her pussy. Pink, slick heaven he wanted to enter was right in front of him. She wagged her ass at him enough to make him want to howl.

“Enter me slowly,” she urged. “It’s been a while and you’re bigger all over. I think you even gained a little weight there.”

He glanced down to stare at his dick then darted a glance to her pussy. It slightly cooled his raging lust. He didn’t want to hurt her. His hands hesitated at her hips when he inched closer.

Alli lowered her chest enough that her nipples touched the sheets and she bit her lip, watching him watch her. “Don’t torture me, Obsidian. I want to feel you inside me.”

He wasn’t torturing her, that was what she was doing to him. He adjusted his bent legs on the outside of hers to make their bodies fit together more easily. His dick didn’t need guidance with his hand to target the entrance of her pussy. She rolled her hips when the crown of it nudged the seam of her sex and she froze when they were perfectly aligned.

He began to tremble enough that he wrapped his fingers around her hips and gripped her hipbones to hide how much she affected him. His mate could drop a Species to his knees and make him shake from wanting her so badly.

Sleek arousal coated the tip of his dick and he nudged her, the small opening tight but accepting. They both groaned as he sank into her. Her pussy gripped him firmly, fit him perfectly. She was made for him as he pushed in more.

“Yes,” she encouraged.

He withdrew a little, a strong current of pleasure rolling through him from just moving inside her. He thrust back in. It was impossible to decide which motion was the best. The pace increased as her pussy stretched enough to assure him he wouldn’t break her and he let go of one hip, dropped forward and caught his upper body weight before he crushed her under him.

He molded his body around hers, buried his dick inside her until they were completely connected and nuzzled her with his cheek. “Tell me if I’m too rough.”

He rocked his hips in long, deep thrusts. Alli’s moans grew loud and ragged, urging him to go faster until the headboard banged insistently against the wall. His balls drew up tight, a warning that he was going to explode and fill his mate with his seed.

He slid his hand around her and found her clit.

Two fingers captured the little bud between them and he massaged it. Vaginal muscles clenched tightly around his dick, squeezing him, and he fought to hold back spilling into her.

“Come,” he demanded harshly. “Now.”

She jerked under him and her pussy milked him when her climax made her cry out his name.

He had no reason to cling to control anymore.

Obsidian let go, growling loudly, as he reclaimed his mate.

Alli smiled, her hand roaming Obsidian’s chest, which was pillowing her head. His heartbeat was slow and steady under her ear. She enjoyed the sense of total peace she felt curled tightly against his side.

“I missed you.”

His heart rate increased. “You’re not leaving my side. They won’t take you away from me again.”

She had a job still at Fuller but she had no wish to return. “Good.”

He suddenly rolled over, pinning her under him, to stare into her eyes. “You aren’t going to argue?”

“No.”

“You’re mine.”

“Even better.”

His gaze widened. “You agree?”

She tried to put her feelings into words but he spoke before she could.

“You don’t want to tell me that it’s too soon and I need more time? You have no protests that you worry I don’t know what I really want? I have thought of many things to say to respond to those accusations.” He frowned. “I expected an argument.”

“I’ve had a lot of time to think in the past three months.”

“What does that mean?”

“I love you.”

He smiled, pure happiness hitting him at hearing those words and the way she gazed at him with sincerity. “I feel love too.”

She wrapped her arms around his neck. “You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that. I was terrified you’d have found someone else or decided you’d made a mistake being with me.”

“I don’t want another female. You are the only one for me.”