Page 34 of Married to the Beast

It was the only solution he could think of, so he nodded and said,

“Of course, baby. I’m coming to bed.”

He slipped into the large sleeping platform beside Aleena and rearranged the covers. He told himself he wasn’t going to touch her, but she obviously had other ideas. She flowed into his arms, plastering herself against his side and pillowing her head on his chest.

It was just the way his mate, Zelia, used to sleep with him and Bear felt a twinge of guilt…followed by a rush of tenderness.Aleena was so small and so perfect in his arms. The way she laid her head on his chest so trustingly made his heart squeeze tight in his chest.

“Mmm, my Bear,” she murmured drowsily, snuggling closer. “You’re so big and strong…feels so good to be close to you.…”

Bear sighed and put an arm around her. If he was being honest, he had to admit it felt good to hold her in his arms. He had missed this—having a female to hold and cuddle with at night. For the past five years his bed had been empty…lonely…cold… And now Aleena was here, warming his side and pressing her sweet, soft body against him.

It was a wonderful feeling. It was like the curvy little Elite had woken a part of his heart that had died—or at least, that had been deeply asleep.

But it wasn’t just his heart that had woken, Bear admitted to himself. His body responded to her as well. Despite the intense orgasm he’d had just a few minutes before, his shaft was hard all over again as he felt the soft curves of her breasts pressing against his side.

Ignore it!he told himself sternly.Just wait until she goes to sleep and then slip out of bed.

Doing his best to take his own advice, he closed his eyes and tried to relax and ignore his throbbing cock.

He hadn’t had a hard-on in years before today, other than morning wood. But now his shaft seemed determined to make up for it by being as hard as stone and making it nearly impossible to rest!

Bear gritted his teeth and made up his mind to ignore it. He wasn’t going to do anything else with Aleena and hewasn’tgoing to think about the things they had just done together either. He wasn’t going to remember sucking her tight nipples or fingering her wet little pussy or watching her come so hard for him while she writhed in his lap…

Gods, this is torture!

But there was nothing he could do about it. He just had to lay there and hope that Aleena went to sleep soon so he could leave.

It was a long and restless night.

19

ALEENA

Aleena woke feeling extremely rested and refreshed and most of allcomfortable. She stretched without opening her eyes, wondering why she felt so good. And why the bed under her felt so thick and puffy.

Usually when she woke in the morning her bones hurt from lying on the thin pallet on the cold, hard floor. But this morning, it felt like she had spent the night sleeping on a cloud.

Her eyes fluttered open and she saw the reason—she wasn’t in her usual pallet on the floor—she was in an enormous bed with a thick mattress and puffy pillow. But she hadn’t rested her head on any pillow last night—she had been curled up against her new husband with her head on his broad chest.

Bear was still sleeping beside her and she was still curled against him—which explained why she was warm even though she’d kicked the covers off. His big, muscular body gave off heat like a furnace, which was really nice since mornings were chilly during this season of the year.

The night before he’d been dressed in his red shirt and black trousers. But now he was shirtless and just wearing a pair of heavy, silky sleep trousers, Aleena saw. This gave her a chance tosee his broad, bare chest for the first time—though she had felt it under her cheek the night before.

He was extremely muscular and between the two flat disks of his nipples, he had a patch of wiry black curls which led down his corded abdomen and into the waistband of his sleep trousers.

Aleena traced the line with her eyes…and then bit back a gasp at the bulge she saw tenting the silky fabric. Her new husband’s equipment must be even bigger than she’d thought! But how big was it exactly?

She wondered if she dared to find out. Bear seemed to be sleeping extremely soundly, so maybe he wouldn’t even notice if she took a peek. Aleena decided to try.

Carefully, she reached down and unfastened the button at the top of the trousers. This enabled her to open a flap which basically showed everything.

Aleena bit back a gasp as she looked at the long, thick shaft with its broad head. It was enormous and it almost seemed to beaskingher to touch it.

Hesitantly, she wrapped her fingers around his thickness—and found they wouldn’t fit all the way. His flesh was hot and hard, seeming almost to pulse in her hand. And yet the skin that covered it was as soft as flower petals. His scent was stronger here, too—a warm, spicy, entirely masculine aroma that seemed to call to her.

Aleena could tell because somehow she was no longer reaching down to touch him—instead, she was leaning over her new husband, examining him closely.

How could something so huge fit inside her, she wondered? Last night, just having one of his long fingers inside her had made her feel extremely full. Down near the bottom of the long, thick shaft she noticed a swelling that was bigger than her fist! That must be the “knot” she’d heard it whispered, that someKindred had. Surely something as big as that couldn’t fit in her small pussy…could it?

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