Acceptance.
It’s a feeling I’ve not yet had the pleasure of basking in until now. “Are you sure? What about your job and your standing?”
He leans back on his legs and pulls me around him, carefully tucking his dick to the side so we’re not a few inches from coming together. “I’ve felt so many things with you over the last few weeks. Jealousy. Possessiveness. Desire. Anger. But one thing I can’t stop feeling is that you’re mine. Plain and simple. It’s not entirely my wolf talking. I’m obsessed with you, Kinsey Walker. Me.Thisside of me. Tonight opened my eyes, and instead of siding with the people I’ve known all my life, I sided with the person whoismy life.”
My lip wobbles. His response is overwhelming.
“I’d take you to Lunar tonight if I could. Just, please tell me I have a chance.”
His eyes latch onto mine and won’t let go. There’s real worry there. I place my hand on his chest. “Your odds are very good, Jonah Livestrong.”
He cocks a smile, and I follow. How could I say no to that? He kisses me, taking his time as if savoring the moment. “I’m going to get you out of here, Kinsey. I’ll do everything I can.”
I frown, remembering something that the bitch said. I run my fingers through his hair when we part. “One of the girls mentioned your parents were so unhappy that they were doing everything they could to separate us. Like going to the Council about my parents? Is that true?”
His brows slam down over his eyes. “They haven’t been happy, but I didn’t know that. If it is them, they’ll listen to me.” He reaches his hands up my body and then down the length of my spine. “They’re going to love you. I can promise you that. They’re good people. They’re just looking out for me.”
“I can see that,” I tell him honestly.
He rubs small circles into the base of my spine. “We’ll figure this out. I promise.”
“You’re making a lot of promises,” I tell him.
“I’m about to make another one.” He leads me down to the mattress. “One day, I’m going to sink my cock inside your tight pussy. I’m going to come so hard that my seed takes hold, and in this perfect stomach, we’ll grow a life together.” He cups my tummy, and I nearly come from his words. His fierce wolf flashes at the surface, promising a forever.
“We better start practicing.”
“Trust me, my wolf is begging for it, but my rational, human side says that conceiving a child in the Rejected Mate Academy is a bad omen and something tells me you don’t have condoms.”
“Fresh out of those,” I deadpan.
He growls, and all it does is make the embers in my core come to life. “I guess I’ll have to—” He pins my hands above my head and lowers his lips to my breasts, sucking my nipple into his mouth, and my hips come off the bed. With the height difference, all I meet is his abs but, holy fuck, it’s the perfect sort of ecstasy.
“Not fair,” I groan.
He answers with a grunt and moves his lips to my other pebble, sucking and teasing. Holding both my hands in one of his, he reaches with his other and circles my pussy. I lower my knees to the bed, giving him as much space as he wants. His fingertips enter me. “This is the perfect torture,” he breathes, teasing my entrance.
I gasp, a moan filling the room. “Jonah.”
He pushes further, slowly awakening my core as my sides suction to him. “Let’s see how long you can last this time, Little Mate.” He moves down my body, trailing kisses over my ribs and stomach. He parts my legs again, pushing his finger in and out of me rhythmically while he licks my clit. I run my hands through his hair, keeping him in place as I lose my mind.
I last a little longer than last time but not much. His half-lidded eyes meet mine, and as I come down from my own high, I recognize the pent-up tension in his. “Move to your back,” I tell him, making my own demands.
He does as I ask, then slowly lowers his fist down his impressive length. I start like he did, placing soft, teasing kisses across his body, feeling him shake underneath me. I trail down his torso, exploring his hard planes and dips. He lifts his hips into the air, a silent command, and I hover over him. I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’ll damn well go down with a fight until he comes in my mouth.
“Tell me what you like,” I plead, whispering just over his cock.
He jerks up into my mouth. “Fuck, Kinsey.” I press my tongue against his head and suck. He breathes out, groaning. “Give me your hand.”
I place it in his, and he wraps it around his base where his were. Then, he wraps his free hand in my hair, applying slight pressure as I move. I squeeze his base and stroke him into my mouth.
His answering moan is evidence I’m on the right track. I continue to suck, taking cues from his body, loving when he gets a little rough and pushes me farther than I can take him. I groan at his demand and try to take him deeper the next time. His abs flex. “Kinsey, yes. Like that.”
His hip movements beg me to increase my pace, so I follow suit, stroking him quicker. I peek to find him twisting his fingers in the sheets, completely caught up in his own desire. I want to make him come. I want to overwhelm him until he thinks of nothing else but the pleasure I’m giving him. He keeps calling meLittleMate, but I’m the one with all the power right now. I have the biggest wolf in our pack eating out of my hands.
“Little Mate… Perfect lips. Suck me harder.”
I do as he asks, and we get caught up in a frenzy until the guttural noises he makes alerts me that I’ve done it. He’s going to come.