“You’re hurt,” I say, searching him for obvious injuries. “And wet,” I add, as his sopping clothes seep through mine. They’re not dripping but he’s been submerged in water recently.
“I took a bit of a beating to my ribs but I’m healing,” he tells me like it's no big deal, locking those blue flecked eyes with mine. “And I may have used the river to get here to cover my scent,” he adds like it was obvious, and an everyday occurrence.
“You’re not tied to the pack anymore?” I ask again, disbelieving.
“I broke the bond Red, Adicious has no hold over me anymore.” He pulls me closer even though my core is already pressed against him. “I’m free,” he whispers against my lips.
He moves his head slightly forward, our mouths meeting in a gentle and searching kiss. Heat immediately sears through mybody. Ty slides his tongue against mine as I move my hands up to his sodden hair, wrapping my fingers in the drenched curls. He’s here, alive and free. I’m never letting go.
The kiss turns from tender to ravenous in a heartbeat. I’m wrapped like a vine around him as our tongues hook together over and over. Ty turns us so my back is against the door, taking some of my weight off his tender side. But he pushes his torso flat against mine, so we are locked together as fully as we can be whilst still clothed.
His tongue swipes against my teeth, and I see fucking stars. It brings my awareness to my fangs, which have extended. Ty plunders my mouth again, purposefully wrapping that skilful tongue around the extended column of one. I go lightheaded.
A moan escapes my throat which he swallows greedily. His hands slide down my thighs, searing his touch into my skin. I wish my jeans weren’t in the way as his fingers move back up, grazing across my centre. He shifts me slightly, pushing his hard cock against my core, the delicious friction igniting an inferno. His moans join mine as he rubs against me. Once. Twice. I have the brief thought that we should probably stop making out in order to talk about what happens next but logic is the last thing on my mind.
I don't feel him spinning us again until the mattress is at my back, and I’m laying across several of the books covering my bed. I don’t give a damn if I might be crinkling the pages of some very old records as Ty sinks his weight on top of me, between my thighs.
Ok, I care a little bit.I break the kiss and twist my upper body to quickly close and stack them on the floor next to my bedside table. All the while Ty is landing kisses on my neck and behind my ear as his hand roams up my back, under my t-shirt. He’s keeping some of his weight up on the other one as he cagesme in with his powerful body. I hear him chuckle softly against my skin as he realises what I’m doing.
“You’re such a nerd,” he teases as I twist back to face him.
“It’s bad enough I stole them, I can’t return them ruined,” I say between kisses as my lips find his once again.
“Red, you rebel. Taking reference only material.” I feel the up tilt to his lips against my skin.
“Hey, I was trying to find a way to set you free.” He pushes up, hovering above me, his hair flopping on his forehead and his gaze piercing right into my soul. “That’s why you charged out on Adicious earlier.”
“Yes.” I bring a hand up to cup his face. “You were right, he’s a total prick. I wanted to help you get free of him.” His eyes soften and he cocks his head, assessing me. I feel like there is a question he’s too scared to ask so I answer.
“I want you to be mine,” I whisper my truth, feeling the emotions I have for this male above me rise up to the surface. He tenses above me. “Not like how Adicious had control over you,” I quickly add. “I want us. I want to be yours as much as you are mine.”
“Red,” he breathes my nickname and I glance at his fangs pointing out of his upper jaw. “Are you sure?”
“Yes, Ty, I’m sure. But I’d want you free of that prick anyway. I was reading more about blood bonds. From what you’ve told me and from the passages in those books,” I nod to the stack on the floor, “he’s been using the bonds for his own gain, he’s abusing it.” Fresh anger boils in my blood as I talk. Looking back to Ty above me I don’t want to talk about that asshole right now. This moment is ours.
“If you want to take a proper shot at this.” I wave a hand between us, and take a shaky breath. “I’m all in.”
Ty lowers himself again to brush a kiss to my forehead, before he captures my lips in another sweet kiss.
“You’re my everything,” he murmurs against my skin. Those three words replace the residual anger and floods a different warmth through my body. It radiates from my chest and grounds me. Ty is my centre of orbit and nothing else matters right now.
I find the bottom of his shirt and pull it up so I can remove it. I need more skin contact. He obliges me before bringing his lips back to mine. I let my hands roam over his sculpted shoulders. I’ve seen and felt everywhere on his naked body in the last couple of months but this feels like the first time. I feel like I can brand him with my touch. I want him to brand me with his too.
I brush gently over the bruising on his side. I wish my fingers could heal the injury. Seeing him hurt sends an ache through my belly. The monster in my head also writhes with a vicious bloodlust.
“The pack will be coming after me,” Ty informs me as I linger on the purple colouring of his skin.
“Should we be doing this now? Shouldn’t we be coming up with a way to hide you?” I ask, not wanting to stop what this, desperate to finally have him inside me.
“We probably should stop,” he answers. “I don’t know how much time we have. I injured Adicious and Ronan pretty badly which will cause some delay, but they won’t take long to mobilise.”
Disappointment rushes through me. I sweep my fingers over his chest once more, through the light spattering of hair there, needing the connection desperately. Ty hangs above me for a beat, the tension between us almost palpable.
“Fuck it, we can find somewhere to hide after,” he says, before dropping down and kissing me with a ferocity which has me forgetting everything else.
The rest of our clothes quickly follow his shirt. Ty sits back to pull my jeans and underwear down in one smooth motion. Hegroans as my legs drop open to accommodate him, exposing my core to his lust filled eyes. Instead of coming back over me he pushes my knees wider before sinking his head between them.
The first lick of his tongue over my pussy has me crying out, the pleasure shooting across my skin. My hands immediately find his hair, holding him there and holding me onto reality.