Page 37 of Elusive Mate

She managed to get away from him, and grabbing one of the top sheets, she jerked it off the bed, wrapping it around her. He could tell her legs were unsteady as she seemed wobbly, which considering how many times he’d made her come was probably understandable.

“This,” she said gesturing to the bed and pointedly ignoring the sheet that was tented from his erection. “None of this counts. You and Zaiden set me up. He told you about the bet. That wasn’t fair.”

“You know what they say, all is fair in love and war. Besides, nothing Zaiden told me changed anything. I had planned to seduce you and get you into my bed. I must say, I thought our night together would have left you in a far more agreeable mood.”

“Agreeable mood? How did you figure that, you over-endowed jackass? I was a virgin until last night and instead of being gentle and letting my body recover, you fucked me repeatedly all night, making me come over and over again.”

He gave her his best feral smile. “So many I lost count. You do know that you are exquisitely responsive? I decided you might as well get used to it from the beginning. I’m going to be on you two… three… four times a day. I have so many places where I’ve fantasized about fucking you.”

She looked toward the nightstand. He was fairly sure if she hadn’t chucked the bedside lamp at her brother already, she would have sent it flying in his direction.

“I hate you,” she sobbed and turned from him. “Last night meant nothing.”

Lucian’s hope was that one day she would turn to him when she was upset or troubled. But that day would not be today. Still, he needed to find a way to soothe and comfort her, but he had no intention of allowing her to make rash statements and push him away any longer.

“Last night meant everything, and you know it. Should I have been a little less vigorous in my lovemaking? Perhaps. But you did enjoy it, and you did call for me to take you harder. Not once after the first time did you try and turn me away. How many years have I waited for you, Zenya?”

“You weren’t a virgin last night, and I distinctly remember hearing ripe old tales about you and my brother wenching and whoring your way through Anchorage, Juneau, Seattle and other places.”

“Is that what’s bothering you? I won’t deny that I sowed my wild oats in my youth, as did your brother. We are male tigers. We have needs.”

“Seriously? And you think I don’t?”

“You never tried to act on them.”

“With you? I didn’t want you then, and I don’t want you now. When I was in school? Your watchdogs made it very plain to any guy that showed the slightest interest in me that I was off limits. I will tell you I didn’t completely do without. I wore out several vibrators.”

“Well, in your brother’s defense…”

“I wouldn’t worry about my brother, Lucian. He will answer for his own sins. You’ve got plenty enough of your own. So why isn’t it that sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander?”

“Because it isn’t, and to my credit…”

“You have no credit with me.”

He chuckled. “Then in my own defense, I did at one point several years ago decide that my taking my pleasure with another woman wasn’t what I wanted. For several years before that I only took a woman’s mouth.”

“Well, bravo for you. You got blow jobs and jerked yourself off.”

“Zenya, you are trying to pick a fight with me…”

“In case you missed it buddy, we’re having a fight and a knock down, drag out one at that.”

“Are we?” he questioned as he rolled out of bed without bothering to put any clothes on. His cock was hard and was pointed at her like it was a magnetic compass and she was true north. “In that case, I’ll put an end to it like I plan to put an end to any more of your foolishness. I’ll just fuck you into submission until you’re too tired to misbehave.”

“Stay away from me.”

“I don’t think I will.”

He could feel the smirk on his face. Zenya could see it, and from the look on her face, she didn’t much care for it. But then, until he got her back underneath him, she wouldn’t be agreeable about anything. Before she could dash away and lock the door between them, he reached and grabbed her hair.

“The door wouldn’t have done you any good. I have the master key, although at the moment, I’d be inclined to kick it down. I’m afraid you have me feeling every bit the beast.” Fisting her hair, he dragged her into what had been her room. It might not be too bad to keep two rooms. That way they could have cleaner sheets than if they just had one.

“Lucian, what are you doing?” she squealed as he dragged her behind him.

“I would think that was obvious from the state of my cock. I plan to fuck you in this bed. I want back inside of you, Zenya. You’d best decide to behave yourself, because if I decide the only way to keep you settled is to have you straddling my cock, I’m not above conducting business meetings with you in my lap, impaled on my dick.”

She shrieked in protest, but there was more than just a hint of arousal in the sound. He tossed her onto the bed and pinned her to it with his own body as she scrambled backward. Not wasting time on preliminaries, he parted her thighs, lined up his cock and plowed deep into her, making her cry out as a quick and sudden climax hit her. She might talk about wanting equality but when it came to sex, she wanted an alpha male between her legs.

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