Page 45 of Claimed By the Orc Lord

And on the third night, when he finger fucked me and tried to leave me asleep, I forced myself to sit up. I waited until he came back, with my arms crossed over my chest, and the second he walked into the tent, I spoke.

“So, are you going to fucking bite me or what?”

There. Straightforward and to the point.

And it was like I’d lit some kind of fuse. Nash stalked forward and his fingers found my throat, like he was picking up exactly where he’d left off when I asked before. The low sound that ripped from my chest was half protest, half moan. This was what I was missing—the feral look in his eyes, the heat and passion and need.

It was back now, and I wanted to push him over the edge.

I wanted—

“I’ve been doing my best not to break you before tonight, Little Mate.” The low growl of his words caught me off guard, and he released me just long enough to grab another bottle of that magic oil. “I needed enough time for your body to recover so you could run—and I needed to make sure it was safe. Now…” He pressed the bottle into my fingers. “I want you to prepare yourself… fuck yourself open, slick yourself for me like you’re an animal in heat. I promise you, Little Mate, when I catch you—and Iwillcatch you—I won’t be gentle.”

My entire body tensed, and I felt that fuse I’d lit in him go off and send me sparking into flame. I intentionally opened the bottle and drizzled some of the oil on my fingers, watching the way his eyes widened as I did it.

“Good. Let’s hope you’re fast enough to hold up your end of the deal then.”

Shit. I was all talk and I knew it—I knew he was going to catch me. That was what I wanted, though.

Fate.

It all felt like fate, and I didn’t care if it didn’t make sense, or if it was way too fast. I didn’t care if I was cryingstraight boya few weeks ago, or if this was all weird orc magic.

I just knew I wanted him to do exactly what he said.

I wanted him to hunt me, to catch me, to fuck me.

To mate me.

Chapter sixteen

Nash

I’dbeenconsumedwiththoughts of this since the moment Kai told me he wanted me to mark him… and now that I finally had the chance, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to control myself.

I wanted to fuck him so hard we were fused together. I wanted to chase after him as soon as I heard his footsteps retreat into the woods. We’d spent the better part of an hour scouting and making sure there was no one and nothing near, and then I’d set up guards along every path of entry where anyone could possibly come and disturb what we were about to do. We’d even walked a mile-long perimeter, and I’d had our members most skilled in protective magic set up a barrier that would warn us if anyone crossed over it who meant to do harm.

I took every precaution possible, and every second I’d had to wait felt like an eternity of torture that was finally leading up to this moment of pure bliss.

This moment that I’d been waiting for my entire life.

The moment when I would finally get to claim my mate.

Kai was running, and I was certain I wouldn’t need long to catch up to him—as long as his legs were, as fast as he was, as strong as he was… I could feel him along every inch of my skin, and I knew exactly where to go.

I took off at a sprint, well aware that the sound of me crashing through the trees could be easily heard by my prey.My prey. The thought sent a wash of heat pooling just beneath my skin, and I knew exactly when he heard me because a low sound that was a mixture of a shout and a groan came from my left, and the sound of branches snapping as he ran harder hit my senses.

He was trying—he truly was trying, but there was no way he was going to get away from me.

“Kai.” I snarled his name, and the sound of him stumbling over something made me smirk. “You can’t run from me. I’ve told you so many times. You’re mine…” I kept up my pace, and I was pleased that he did too. My fit mate, my perfect mate.

Mine.

Mine, mine, mine.

The word kept perfect tempo with the pounding of my heart, and it forced more filthy promises from my chest. “I’m going to catch you, and I’m going to fuck you until you can’t see, until you can’t think… Until the gods themselves see how swollen you are with my cum and the skies break open in rain with their jealous tears.”

In the distance, Kai stumbled again. I heard him collide with something heavy and the low curse that ripped from his chest when he did. I didn’t waste it this time—I put on an extra burst of speed and spilled through the trees, coming out in time to see him scrambling over a fallen log. He looked back at me as I came into view and I saw it on his face.

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