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My eyes fluttered shut at the praise. I clenched my thighs. Luc chuckled. “None of that. Open your legs for me.”
I deserved this little bit of happiness. I let my knees part.
And then he was on me. Like a predator who’d caught his prey. His mouth wrapped around my clit, sucking on it. Only one strong hand on my stomach stopped me from lifting off the couch at the sudden intensity.
My legs shook. Incoherent sounds came out of my mouth and dimly I heard something breaking. It was good. Too good. Too sudden. He didn’t stop his assault. Didn’t slow down. Fingers speared deep inside me, stroking my inner walls. Teeth bit down gently on my clit.
And I came. My orgasm went on and on as Luc pulled and sucked on my clit, his fingers inside me a relentless pressure as my legs jerked and trembled. Until my voice was hoarse and everything went white.
“You are so beautiful when you come.” Luc kissed my inner thigh, withdrawing his fingers. His fingers gently closed my robe over my body. I didn’t want to open my eyes. I didn’t want this to be over. I wanted to stay like this forever. In this special place where the hottest man I’d ever seen said I was beautiful and made me feel like I could fly. But I’d never been a person who hid from reality and I wasn’t going to start now.
I opened my eyes. Luc’s eyes were so blue, hot flames dancing. His expression was intense. Satisfied. The predator who’d made his catch and eaten his fill. Holding my eyes, he lifted his fingers to his mouth and began to suck them clean.
“You taste exquisite, mate.” His voice was a deep rumble. I looked away, uncomfortable with the intensity of his gaze. I had no idea what I was doing. I was floundering, completely out of my depth. I needed a change of topic.
“I need to get ready for work.”
Chapter 40
Luc
“I need to get ready for work.”
I smirked at my mate. I knew what she was doing but I didn’t call her on it. The taste of her nectar on my tongue and her cries as I pleasured her had helped settle my Beast under my skin. We wanted more. We needed more. My cock was hard and throbbing. But giving her pleasure had taken the edge off enough that I could think. But I would need to do something soon to ease the pressure, or I’d be hard enough to hammer nails all day.
But first, I needed to explain to my mate why she couldn’t do what she wanted. I knew she wanted to open her store today, but I wasn’t going to let her out of my sight. Being apart from her the last two days had been hell. My focus was shot, because everything in me demanded that I go to my mate. Sleeping beside her last night, tasting her this morning, had only intensified my obsession. There was no way that I was going to let her out of my sight until we were mated.
“Not today. There was another break-in the day after the one in your shop. That’s where I went when I left you at my apartment.”
“What did they take?”
“We don’t know for sure until the company takes a full inventory. It could be anything. A book. A ritual object. We have no idea.” Three days since my mate had been attacked and I still had no fucking leads on the perpetrators.
Caly was quiet, a small frown on her face as she processed the implications. “So why can’t I go to work? Am I still in danger?”
“If they haven’t found what they’re looking for, then yes. I don’t want you to leave my side until we’ve resolved the threat.”
A blush spread over her cheeks. “What does that entail?”
“During the day, you stick with me. At night, I can stay here with you, or you and Pompy could come and stay with me until we have more of a handle on the situation.”You will stay with me forever.I tried to keep the possessive snarl out of my voice, but she sent me a look that said I failed. But she obviously liked it. Lightning streaked down my spine straight to my aching dick. Fuck. “If you’re more comfortable here, in your own space, we can stay here.” In fact, I liked her apartment. It had a lived-in, cosy feel. My penthouse was larger, but it had never been more than a place to sleep. It wasn’t a home. At first, I’d planned to bring her to my place, wanting her in my space, but I realised now, that I didn’t care. My den. Hers. It didn’t matter, as long as she was with me. Both Beast and I would feel calmer, knowing she was with us, under our protection. No-one would hurt her on my watch. She nibbled her lower lip, undecided, and a protective rumble built in my chest. Then,be easy, brother, Beast said into my mind.We will keep her safe.
“I need to go to my shop.” Caly’s voice was determined. “I can’t afford to keep the store shut for another day and it’s peak period.”
I held in the snarl that tried to escape. My mate’s life was more important than her store. “No.”
“It’s a public place. I’ll be safe with Akira and Leylani.”
“You’ll be with me and I can’t take the time off to escort you to your shop.”
“You can just fuck right off,” Caly spat and jumped to her feet. “I’m going to my room. Alone. I’m going to get dressed. Then I’m going to my shop. To run the business that I own.”
She was so fucking sexy when she was angry. And the last of my control snapped.
Chapter 41
Calypso
I stomped down the corridor towards my room. What an asshole move. Telling me that he couldn’t escort me to my shop. Fuck him and fuck his Declaration of Intent. The bedroom door slammed behind me. Eyes narrowed, fists clenched, I barely noticed the familiar surroundings of my bedroom. First, he’d blindsided me with his Declaration. Then he’d tried to control my movements. As if I didn’t have a right to my own life. Almost blindly, I sat down on the bed, one hand reaching out towards Pompy, who rolled onto her stomach for me to pat her, making little grunts of pleasure as my hand rubbed her belly.
