Page 50 of Hers to Claim

He hummed against her clit, making her whole body vibrate.

“I’ll do anything,” she panted. “Give you anything.” She moaned when he bit down, not quite hard enough for what seemed like the hundredth time. “Just please make me come.”

In answer, he licked her with agonizing slowness. Once. Twice. Three times. And then tugged on her piercing with his teeth, but much too gently. When she groaned with frustration, he chuckled.

Her magic was a tumbling inferno inside her, wild and wanton. It fed on her desire and there was so much to consume. She was a bottomless well. A cavern. An abyss.

“Please,” Mari whined when he started licking again. “I’m so close.” He gave her clit a dirty kiss that made her whimper. “I want to come all over your face.”

Those seemed to be the words he was waiting for because he dove in with a renewed fervor, slurping her clit into his mouth and using his tongue as a weapon of war. Her hips jerked hard, but he held her firmly still. She teetered on that glorious edge for several heart-stopping seconds, not sure if he would push her over or not. Then without warning, he drove her relentlessly over the edge with hard direct pressure.

The climax moved through her like an avalanche, bowling over everything in its path. Her voice broke on the scream that ripped from her throat. The release of magic shook the windows in their casements, but didn’t crack them.

Rio used his lips to draw the orgasm out, murmuring his approval against her as her clit pulsed in his mouth. It went on long enough that she couldn’t do anything but groan each time her body clenched.

When her body finally came to a shuddering halt, he placed one more chaste kiss against her clit and then lifted his head to rest his chin on her mons. He grinned like the cat that had gotten the cream. “Good morning.”

She laughed until he started to prowl up her body with a feral gleam in his eyes. Her thighs fell open at his slightest nudge, because she could deny him nothing, and then he sunk into her with a long and satisfied sigh. He gave her a slow and thorough fucking, staring into her eyes the entire time, making her feel cherished.

When she shattered around him the next time, she cried out his name. The pool house rattled around them as her magic cascaded into him with an intent she didn’t understand, mending the scars on his chest and thighs, soothing the pain that lingered in his skin that had been sliced into him by her father over years of abuse.

He let out a sob. They would spend the rest of their lives healing his emotional scars together, with patience andcompassion, but she had healed the physical reminder of them in a moment of pleasure shared between them.

Rio rode her through her climax all the way down again, adoration and wonder softening his expression. She quaked under him, completely wrung out.

She felt the instant that the cat took over. He tangled his fingers in her hair and tugged her head back, baring her throat and snarling against her skin. Then he fucked into her languid body with furious abandon. She moaned each time he bottomed out, unable to do anything but accept the feral claiming of the animal inside him.

Driving deep one last time, Rio came with a shout, his muscles tensing. When he collapsed over her a few beats later, he was shaking with the intensity of the moment that they had shared. He nuzzled into the side of her neck as his cock throbbed inside her.

She ran a hand over the unmarked skin of his chest. His hand covered hers as he rose up to glance between them as if uncertain of what he’d find there. “How’d you do that?” he asked, his voice low and filled with wonder.

Mari slid her fingers down over his sternum, worry building. “The magic knew what it wanted and did it. I’m sorry, I—”

He lowered his head to kiss her, his mouth soft and unhurried against hers, sweeping away her doubts. She sighed when he finally pulled away. “Don’t apologize. I’m not upset.”

A while later Rio carried her to the shower and washed her, smiling when her body reacted to him again even though they’d just spent the entire morning indulging in each other.

He left for a meeting while she was still drying her hair, dropping a kiss onto her upturned mouth before promising to do dirty things to her later.

Mari headed into the kitchen just a bit before noon, sheepishly asking Giselle if she could still have breakfast. Giselle smiled andmade her an omelet oozing with cheese and mushrooms. She carried her plate and her coffee into the dining room where the only inhabitant was Nova.

The medusa was pushing her food around her plate in a way that made it obvious she hadn’t eaten much. She aimed a weak smile Mari’s way and then hid behind her coffee cup. Greta had apparently healed her the rest of the way, because she looked unblemished, although a bit tired.

Mari sat opposite her. “I’m glad to see you’re up and around.”

“Yeah, it felt like I had spent long enough moping in bed. Only now I have no idea what to do with myself.” Nova’s brown eyes focused on her plate rather than anywhere else, even though she didn’t seem to want it. The copper snakes on her head seemed irritated by something, but it was unclear what.

“Hey, we all deserve some moping time once in a while.” Mari speared a home fry on her fork and popped it into her mouth. Once she was done chewing she said, “Is there anything you need that I can help with?”

Nova glanced up at her and shook her head. “Giselle got me some clothes, and you’ve all been really great. I’ll be out of your hair soon.”

“Why?” Mari asked. “You’re welcome here if you want to stay. This has kind of become an unofficial home for wayward orphans of my father’s fucked up shit.” She took another bite.

Nova blinked at her and so did a handful of her snakes. “Oh, I just assumed you wanted the place to yourself.”

“Nah, there’s so much room it just feels weird when it’s empty.” She smiled as she sipped her coffee. “And I know Cisco would be thrilled if you stayed.”

Nova frowned. “Are you sure?” She shrugged and a few of her snakes shivered with unease. “I just figured you wouldn’t want me around. Since, you know…”

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