Page 79 of Knight With Benefits

Gorgeous green eyes locked onto mine, the expression on his face stopping me from having a meltdown. He was so intense, but a hint of fear sparked deep in those emerald orbs, and my breath caught even before he spoke.

“Invite me into your nest, omega. Give me permission to make you mine.”

My heart swelled, emotions rising to clog my throat. Alphas were supposed to have an omega’s permission to claim them, it was against the law to mark them without it being decided prior to the onset of a cycle, but it was so hard to prove when alphas took without asking. I’d never, in all the years I’d been tied to him, invited Anthony into my nest, and he’d never asked my permission to claim me.

“Yes. Please. I want to be yours.”

I reached for him again, his hand finding mine as my vision swam with tears. Tugging, I moved my feet from under me, pulling him into position over my body.

“Cover the scars, please. I don’t want to see his anymore.”

Anthony had bitten me multiple times, leaving rough, uneven blemishes on both sides of my neck, to the point that they didn’t even look like bite marks. Even though I hadn’t wanted the claim in the first place, the ugliness of what he’d left on my flesh had bothered me for years. I’d attempted to hide them with makeup at one point, but the rage he’d flown into and the new scars he’d added had made me never try to cover them again, even after he was gone.

Now I wanted every bit of him erased.

“Gwyn, it might hurt to—”

“I don’t care! I only want to see your marks!”

A rough growl vibrated from his chest, making my nipples tighten further. The cramps were growing more painful, and I was sweating despite the coolness of the room. After building my nest I was truly on the verge, and all I wanted was to feel him inside me in all ways, filling my core and my heart.

Carl shifted to move down my body, but I resisted, wanting him to complete the act right then, until memory reminded me this wouldn’t be like last time. He had to be in his were-form, which was larger than he already was, and as slick as I was, it might be too soon to try to take him like that.

“Let me take care of you. I promise I’m not going anywhere, and I don’t want to hurt you.”

The tension around my chest eased and I sucked in a breath full of him, giving a tiny nod before relaxing my arms from where I’d hooked them beneath his. My legs were already spread around his hips, but he pushed them wider, making space for his shoulders as he settled on his stomach.

“You’ve smelled divine since I met you, but you’re fucking mouthwatering now. So sweet and ripe.”

He leaned closer, taking in a noisy drag of my scent right from the most intense source.

“I’m going to lick you until you shatter, and then I’m going to fuck this pretty little pussy until it’s loose enough to take my were-cock.”

I didn’t have time to think about his filthy words before his mouth was on me, his tongue working up my center from my entrance to my clit. Extra sensitive from the hormones of my cycle, my hips jerked, trying to both retreat from the sudden sensation, and seek more of it.

Carl didn’t waste any time, curling his arms around and gripping the inside of my thighs to hold me open, exactly where he wanted me. An easy shift had my hips canted to give him better access, his mouth sealing over my entire core as his tongue circled my little nub, his beard tickling along my crease. He’d learned exactly what it took to drive me crazy, and exactly how far he needed to push me to get me over the edge.

And he stopped just short.

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Carl

Gwyn practically vibrated with the need to come, so close I’d set her off if I breathed on her too hard, so I pulled back and bit into the soft flesh of her thigh. Not hard enough to leave marks, just enough to distract her nervous system and stop her release.

Bunched brows over hazy eyes met mine when I looked along her plush body, her lips parted to suck in the air making her chest heave. Her pupils were blown, the red flush to her skin telling me we were no longer waiting for her heat to hit.

It was here.

My bear rumbled inside me, the sound escaping since he sat so close beneath my skin. He was just as enamored with our omega as I was, and he was more than ready to mark and claim her so every alpha would know she was taken and protected.

“I can’t let you come that easy. I don’t think you’re ready yet.”

I hid my grin at her disgruntled moan by kissing the place I’d bitten. Her flesh reddened so easily, and the urge to leave more marks on her was almost overwhelming.

The muscles of her core clenched, everything open and exposed with the way I had her legs stretched wide. I wanted to feel them wrapped around my cock, pulsing as she came, but I knew it was going to take more than one quick orgasm to prepare her to take my were-form.

I pressed more kisses up her thigh until I reached her outer fold, taking a moment to trace them with my tongue before pulling one into my mouth to suck on it. She writhed within my hold, trying to get me to pay attention to her needy clit, but I held her still and kept up my slow attentions.

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