Page 88 of Kai's Hunger

“I need it,” she whimpered.

I lowered my body over hers, caging her in, then began a slow, easy rhythm, allowing her to get used to the feel of me deep inside her body. We fit perfectly. “Mate,” I whispered against her neck.

“Yes,” Lily agreed, her voice husky from her cries of pleasure. She turned her head and stared at me. Her eyes full of heat. Her hair soaked in sweat.

“So, damn pretty,” I praised, moving one hand to her hip and holding her still while I made love to her. I ached to draw out our pleasure, measure by measure. Make her aware of each stroke of skin, each time her body clutched around me. As if we’d done it a thousand times.

My hands found their way over her silken body, like a blind man committing each piece of her to memory. When I found the tiny nub of her desire, Lily breathed out my name. It was the sweetest sound I’d ever heard. As I pushed her closer to the edge, her movements became more and more frantic, driving my cock farther into her dripping pussy. Soon there was no separating us. Without warning, Lily flew apart. Her pussy clutched me in a tight fist as her fingers dug into the bedding. When her thighs clenched tight, I lost what little control I had left.

I thrust hard, pumping faster, deeper. Wrapping my arm around her lower belly to keep her still, I pulled all the way out, then slammed deep again. Over and over, my hips nearly shoving hers to the mattress until my balls drew up tight, and I stiffened.

I lowered my head to Lily’s shoulder, my teeth elongating, and I bit down hard. Blood flowed over my teeth and tongue. Lily moaned and slammed her ass backward, then screamed as yet another climax sent her careening over that imaginary cliff. The slick walls of her pussy gripped me. I sealed the wound with a swipe of my tongue, then the familiar sensation of my cock swelling began, locking us together, and it caused Lily to cry out my name. I allowed my teeth to retract. Damn, she tasted sweet. As I placed little kisses along her spine, intent on soothing her, I swelled further, until a knot formed at the base of my cock. I wrapped my body around hers and joined her, Lily’s tight, slick passage milking me dry.

I kept her beneath me another moment, allowing the swelling to ease. When it was safe, I pulled my cock free and sat back on my haunches. Lily whimpered and collapsed against the mattress.

“What was that?” she asked in a breathless whimper. “I’ve never ... wow.”

“It’s the mating,” I explained, laying down beside her and stroking the sweat-soaked hair from her face. With her pretty green eyes on mine, I continued. “A knot forms at the base, locking us together.”

“Why didn’t that happen the first time?”

“I held back,” I replied. “You were injured, Lily. I didn’t want to chance hurting you until you were fully healed.”

“Oh.” She smiled at me, sending my heart racing with her beauty. “So, now it’sofficialofficial.”

I chuckled. “It was official official before. But now it’s possible for you to...” Shit, I hadn’t even realized what I’d done.

Her head is tilted to one side. “To what?”

“Uh, I wasn’t fully aware.” Or was I? “Damn it, maybe I was, it’s just—”

“Kai,” she warned, “you’re starting to scare me.”

“The knot is different for aYucilon. I can make love to you without the knot, but I can’t get you pregnant. With the knot...”

She stiffened beside me, her gaze widening. “You tried to get me pregnant?” she asked, leaving the bed and slipping into my shirt, covering herself from my view. “We just mated and you want to get me pregnant already?”

“Not intentionally,” I groused, sitting up. “It’s ... it’s instinctive, Lily.”

She bit her lip, her arms wrapping around her body. “But you came the first time. I know you did.”

“Yes.” I got off the bed and moved toward her, grateful when she didn’t back away from me. “The thing is, without the knot forming, there’s no chance of you ending up with child.”

“Okay, okay,” she said, pacing the room. “I’m an adult so it’s as much on me as you. It isn’t like I insisted on protection. And I’m not on the pill because, well, it always made me feel horrible, so—”

“Lily, breathe, my love,” I urged her. I could see her spiraling and it was the last thing I wanted.

“Right,” she mumbled, taking a deep breath. “So, how does this knot thing work?”

Never in all my years did I think I’d be having a birds-and-bees conversation with my very-human mate. “Many animals are similar to us. A knot forms to seal the male inside the female. But with aYucilon, the knot is a thousand times more—”

“Potent,” she helpfully supplied, crossing her arms in front of her. “You kicked it up a notch.”

“I did, but I didn’t do it on purpose. I wasn’t trying to trap you or deceive you.” I ran a hand through my hair. “I think the animal in me chose for us both.”

“To ensure the continuation of your race,” Lily said, her voice steady. She stared down at herself, a hand pressing to her belly. “A baby,” she whispered, as if in awe of the idea.

I went to her, taking her into my arms and holding her close. “I wouldn’t be upset by that. Would you?”

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