Page 37 of Shaped By Darkness

Her eyes fly open. “No! That’s not what I meant.” She shakes her head, and I chuckle as I continue massaging her tense shoulders.

“Jerk,” she mumbles as she attempts to glare at me. She fails, but she’s still cute. It takes a few minutes, but Serena does relax, the tension she’s been carrying around slowly melting away. I’m not sure how long we sit like that before I can’t help myself. Her lips are right there, her scent surrounding me so completely she’s all I smell, even with the tree at my back.

Leaning in, I press my lips to hers.

She kisses me back without hesitation as my hands move from her shoulders down her back to wrap around her waist and pull her tight against my chest.

I’d only intended to kiss her, just a taste to satisfy my craving, but it wasn’t enough; it’s never enough.

I deepen the kiss, pressing my tongue to her lips for entrance, and she opens, allowing me to devour her.

A hiss rumbles deep in my chest as her flavor explodes on my tongue, my beast as hungry for her as I am. I swallow it down, but Serena has other plans as she grinds down on my lap. My snake presses so hard I almost lose control.

I warned her once already; I won’t do it again. I can’t. I don’t have the control she seems to think I do, not around her.

I pull back, breaking our kiss and leaving us both breathing hard. Serena blinks her eyes open slowly, as if waking from adaze, her pupils blown wide. I don’t give her time to catch her breath, though, as I reach for the bottom of her shirt, swiftly pulling it over her head and letting it fall wherever it lands.

Fuck…

I could live a thousand lives and never get used to this, the ability to have her, the fact that she’s mine and I’m hers.

Serena grinds down on my lap again, making me hiss. Her eyes light up, and she sinks her teeth into her lower lip.

I take her bra next, unclipping it with ease. It slides down her arms, and she quickly discards it.

She isn’t shy, not trying to cover herself the way she would have once. This realm is a lot, but it’s done great things for her, for all of us.

“If I’m going to be naked in the middle of the library, you are too,” Serena tells me as she yanks my shirt up over my head with a huff.

“You're not naked,” I tell her because she still very much has pants on, at least for now.

“For now,” she says, stealing the words right from my mind.

With her in my arms, I push to stand and make quick work of her pants and then my own.

“See, told you,” she sasses, and I shake my head at her.

Brat.

Her naked skin against mine is unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. Scales pop up on my arms as I fight for control.

Share.My beast hisses at me. It’s still so strange to hear him. Instead of arguing, I allow him to push to the surface slightly. More scales pop up on my arms, neck, and chest, and I feel my tongue split, the urge to taste the air around me making me feel more beast than man.

My hard cock pressed against her plump ass where she’s still wrapped around me reminds me just how much of a man I still am, though.

Stepping forward puts her back against the tree, and for a moment, I hesitate. I’m pretty sure this tree is sacred; it’s a gift from the gods, after all.

Should I really be fucking my mate against it? Let alone in the middle of a library that anyone could walk into at any second.

“Blair,” Serena whines, her voice low and thick with arousal. Suddenly, I don’t give a damn about the tree or anything else but my mate, naked in my arms, begging me to fuck her.

“Patience, Serena. I’ve got you,” I tell her as I line myself up with her entrance and push into her warm heat with a groan. She moans, letting her head fall back against the tree, her eyes closed, and I swear she looks like a goddess.

I’ll have to remember to get on my knees and worship her after I fuck her. Something tells me I can make her come harder than Storm did.

Just what we need, a healthy competition on who can fuck our mate better in the library.

Sounds fun to me, and I think Serena could use a few more orgasms in her life.

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