Page 12 of His Rescued Mate

That seemed to settle things. He carried her to his bedroom, setting her down on the floor and getting her naked in what seemed to be the blink of an eye. The temperature seemed to shoot up by about a thousand degrees, and Alexa couldn’t understand why he didn’t have his clothes off too. He dragged her up against him, his mouth taking hers in a fiery, passionate kiss as they clung to one another like two magnets being forced together.

Alexa reached down, unbuttoning his fly and rendering him as naked as she was. God, he was built like some Roman god—all muscle and power. His chest was ripped, and his abs looked as though a master sculptor had carved them out of stone. And then there was his cock—big, hard, and nearly reaching his navel. She wasn’t sure if it would fit, but she knew it wouldn’t be for lack of trying on either of their parts.

Max lifted his head, his eyes devouring her like a famished predator. There was something distinctly feral and predatory about Max, but it didn’t frighten her. If anything, it called to her, awakening some part of her soul that had lain dormant waiting for him. She could feel the heat coming off his skin.He ran his hands up her torso and spine until he was cradling the back of her head, pulling her closer. Goosebumps ran along her skin as the reality that this was happening sank in.

Alexa moaned into his mouth, the sensation of his tongue exploring hers causing warmth to pool in her core. His tongue retreated, inviting hers to follow so she could taste him. His taste was tantalizing and exotic while at the same time warm and comforting. Alexa knew in that moment that she would never willingly give him up. Whatever he was that he wasn’t telling her didn’t matter. Whatever had come before didn’t matter. All that mattered was this time—right here, right now—and they would face whatever came in the future.

Max continued to kiss her as he laid her back on the bed, tracing the curves of her body and trailing his fingers along her skin. Alexa reached up, needing to feel more than just his hands roaming across her body. He looked down at her with hungry eyes.

He shook his head as if trying to clear it. “I haven’t been with anyone since my last physical, and I tested clean and healthy.”

“Me, too, and I’ve been on birth control for years. It was something I did while I was married, and I just never thought to stop.”

He grinned as he sank down on the bed next to her. Alexa wasn’t sure whether or not she should be worried about that and decided not to be. Max covered her body gently, his eyes never leaving hers as he licked his lips seductively and then began pressing almost chaste kisses along her skin as he worked his way down her body.

When he sucked her nipple into his mouth, Alexa’s body responded by arching up into him, pushing it deeper. There was something deeply erotic and sensual about the way he was handling her. He had definitely taken the lead, and for once Alexa was content to follow. He continued to move down her body, showing her that her fantasies were nothing compared to the reality of Max.

He nipped, licked and kissed his way down, making her arch her back and grip the sheets as his tongue found her clit and began to toy with it. Max sent shivers of pleasure through her entire body as arousal and need pulsed through her veins. He was relentless and seemed determined to bring her the ultimate pleasure and release. Alexa wasn’t sure how much of it she could take.

Lost in the harmonic rhythm of his mouth and tongue, his hands explored her body as hers played in his thick, dark hair. He tongued, flicked, and circled around her swollen, sensitive nub, never missing a beat before drawing it into his mouth to suckle. Well, the man had said he meant to ravish her. It looked and felt like he hadn’t been kidding.

Wetness seeped from her core as her thighs parted naturally to offer him more. The aching need for release was intensifying, demanding it be satisfied. The more he toyed with her clit, the closer she crept to the edge, not quite wanting to come yet. She wanted more… so much more. Her heart was pounding in her chest as her breathing grew more ragged, and she began to moan.

Max never broke his concentration, continuing to pleasure her with his talented mouth.He seemed to be enjoying what he could make her body do in response to his affectionate attention. He had a smirk playing on his lips as he lifted his head and gazed at her. The look wasn’t arrogant, just the look of a man who knows he is bringing his woman the ultimate pleasure. Alexa realized that she was his woman and sensed he knew it as well.

She reached down to pull him up her body, seeking his lips for a passionate kiss that seemed only to prove the two of them had always been meant to be together to connect in this way.

“I want you inside me,” she confessed, feeling hesitant to say it, but knowing it was true. She needed to feel how hard and amazing his cock would be as it pushed deep inside her before beginning to stroke.

“If I wasn’t so desperate for you, I’d make you wait until I heard you call my name a couple of times before I allowed myself the luxury of fucking you. Lucky girl.”

She smiled. “Yeah. Lucky me.”

The words had barely left her mouth before he surged forward, shoving himself deep as she writhed in his embrace. She gasped at the sudden intrusion that filled her completely. Alexa had never had a man take possession of her with that kind of dominant confidence. This was a man who knew what he was doing and knew what it would do for her. She bit her lip to keep from crying out as she clung to him.

Max slid his hands under her body, grasping the globes of her ass as he began to thrust in and out of her powerfully, driving her quickly to a climax that was as good as quenching the fire in her blood as it was in reigniting it.

His cock was thick and long and seemed to fill every inch of her, stretching the walls of her pussy with every thrust, each time going deeper and harder. Max’s eyes never left hers, and they quickly found a rhythm that sent tremors of pleasure through her entire body.

Alexa threw her head back against the pillow, gripping the bedclothes, her nails digging into the fabric as she struggled to hold onto what little part of reality was left to her. She was encompassed in a sensual haze that left her with nothing but sensation and feeling.

He picked up the pace, thrusting harder and faster, each stroke intensifying the pleasure and need for more. Alexa’s moans became louder and escalated into gasps and then cries of pleasure as it all became too much. She knew she was headed toward another intense orgasm. Max’s stroking became more frenzied, almost brutal and ruthless in his own need.

She clawed at him, acting on instinct alone as she arched her body, tilting her head back as if she were offering him her throat. Max sank what felt like elongated canines into her neck in a savage bite that made her scream in both pain and ecstasy. As she careened off the edge in a freefall of pure rapture, his body stiffened as he ground against her, streaming a torrent of cum into her sheath.

Slowly, they both recovered from their almost feral coupling. Max kissed the wound he had inflicted, attending to it with something akin to reverence as he slipped from her body and then made his way to the attached bath. She lifted her fingers to touch the wound and felt blood. Alexa knew she should be angry or appalled that he’d bitten her so deeply, but she wasn’t. There was a kind of rightness to it. Max returned and shushed her as he cleaned and dressed it.

“I suppose I should apologize for that, but I’m not sorry it happened. It was inevitable. You were destined to be mine. You know it, too,” he said quietly.

Exhausted in a way she had never been before, Alexa did nothing more than nod.

“Close your eyes, sweetheart, and sleep. Everything will be fine. I promise.”

CHAPTER 7

MYSTERIES REVEALED

Watching Alexa drift off to sleep, Max tried to reconcile what he had done to her. He had turned her without first gaining her consent. It wasn’t the same as when Asher had turned Nicole. Nicole had been unconscious and dying. Max had simply given in to his more primal instincts and claimed Alexa as his fated mate. She had been in no danger, except perhaps from him. But it was done now, and there was no going back.

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