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“Shit. You need some help, baby?”

“Y-yes. Please.”

Tanner thrust in, changing his angle, and I was so, so close to the edge. I needed a little something more.

Tanner’s hand wrapped around my cock and I almost cried. He didn’t move it, though. In fact, he stopped moving altogether.

“Fuck my hand, sweetheart. Make us both come.”

I was muttering nonsense now as Tanner’s grip tightened, and I did exactly as he’d asked. Every movement impaled me farther on his cock and gave me the friction I so desperately needed to finally gain my release.

“Close.” I screamed out.

“Me too. Come for me, Mahk. Come on my cock.”

His words were more powerful than any orc magic I’d seen. As soon as he said them, the invisible wall that had been holding me back crumbled and my release was spurting all over the cushion. My hole clenched. Tanner’s hips stuttered and he cursed loudly as he orgasmed, his release filling me.

I felt claimed as my mate painted my insides. I’d known Tanner was mine from the moment I’d laid eyes on him, but this? This brought us closer in ways I could never imagine. I wanted this every day for the rest of our lives. I wanted to claim Tanner as well. I wanted him locked on my knot and my marks on his skin the way his littered mine. I was confident we would get there. Tanner belonged with me. He needed to let go of his fear and . . .

“Um, Mahk? What the fuck? Is that your knot?”

Tanner’s hands were wrapped around my cock, holding my expanded knot tightly within their grasp. I closed my eyes in pleasure. It felt so good. Not as good as it would be inside him, but it was close.

“Yes.”

“Oh. My. God. Okay, yeah, I need this ASAP. We gotta get that pleasure oil.”

I felt a small pang of longing, knowing the barrier was still locked. Most days I didn’t think about it. It was not like I’d seen my family every day, and it had only been a month, but at times like this, I remembered I didn’t have that option. More than missing my family, it was knowing why I couldn’t get through, because Tanner had not fully accepted the bond.

He seemed to understand, though, because Tanner adjusted us, his one hand still around my knot. We were half-lying on the tiny couch, Tanner practically on top of my back, with his softening cock still inside my hole. It was awkward, but I loved feeling the weight of my mate on me. He kissed my shoulder tenderly.

“I’m sorry, Mahk. I shouldn’t have said that.”

I shrugged. I was not angry. He meant no harm by it. “I swear I’m working on it. Maybe it opened now that we had sex?”

“Maybe,” I agreed, even if I knew it did not. Not until Tanner fully accepted the bond. Not until he allowed me to bite and claim him.

Tanner heard it in my tone. “Fuck. I’m sorry, Mahk. I’m—I just need a little more time.”

I twisted my head to kiss him. My tusk pressed into his lip, but Tanner licked it, unbothered. “You do not need to apologize, my sweet mate. Take all the time you need.”

Tanner looked conflicted, and all I wanted to do was go back to basking in the post-orgasm pleasure. So I nipped at his lip.

“That is a worry for tomorrow, Tanner. All I want is to feel pleasure and be in your arms.”

He smiled softly. “That I can do for you.” He tightened his grip on me and kissed the side of my face. My eyes fluttered close.

CHAPTER 13

TANNER

Iburied my face into Mahk’s neck, engulfing myself in his scent. It was one of my rare days off, Mom was napping in her bedroom, and the kids were at school. So that meant I’d snuck Mahk into my home like I was a teenager sneaking in their boyfriend, and now we were snuggled up on my twin bed.

Though, snuggled up was putting mildly. The bed wasn’t even big enough for me, let alone both of us, and since Mahk currently didn’t have his magic activated, he was even bigger. I was lowkey impressed the bed frame was holding on. The thing was a fucking trooper.

Mahk was draped over me, eyes half closed as he lazily played with my nipples. It felt so fucking good, even if he wasn’t actively trying to turn me on.

It had been almost a week since we’d first had sex in the backroom of the convenience store, and things were kind of . . . awkward.

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