With the scent of her need thick in the room, I was desperate for my first taste of her pussy. But I wasn’t going to skip over an inch of her tempting curves as I made my way there. Licking and sucking across her chest, I sucked the other delicious peak into my mouth. Calliope moaned and arched her back in response. I gently bit down on her nipple and flicked it with my tongue, and she started to wiggle beneath me. She pressed the bottoms of her feet on the mattress and cradled my waist with her knees. My dick felt as though it was going to bust through my zipper to get to her sweet pussy any second.
After kissing the tip of each breast one last time, I started to move lower once again. I trailed my tongue along her ribs, swirled around her belly button before dipping inside, and teased her pubic bone. I ended on my knees between her sprawled legs with her pussy lips bared to me and glistening with her need.
My tiger pressed against my skin as I wedged my shoulders between her thighs. Inhaling her scent into my lungs, I experienced a strange mixture of relief and disappointment over the fact that I didn’t pick up a trace of ovulation. The limited risk of getting her pregnant made tonight easier since she wanted to wait, but my tiger didn’t have the same understanding of her desire to achieve her childhood dream. He wanted to fill her womb with his cubs, but that would have to wait until she was ready. For now, he’d have to be satisfied by drowning in her taste. Spreading her wide, I licked her from clit to hole.
“Tane. Oh my God,” she whimpered.
“Look how wet you are for me, baby.” I gave the glistening lips of her pussy another swipe with my tongue, savoring her flavor. She mewled, and her legs instinctively widened, letting me dive right in. I started with another long, slow lick before lapping at her juices. Urging her legs even wider with my palms, I moved in closer and ate her pussy with deep licks and nibbles from her clit to her tight hole. When she was dripping wet, I thrust my tongue inside, over and over again until she was crying out. I kept at her, driving her closer to the edge until my dick couldn’t stand it anymore. I needed her to come.
I eased a finger inside her, groaning as her walls clamped down on the digit. Working it deeper, a growl ripped from me when I felt the proof of her innocence. “I need you to come for me before I can pop this sweet cherry, baby.”
“I’m so close,” she panted.
I twisted my wrist, and Calliope threw her head back against the mattress. Her hips jerked up as I worked another finger into her tight, wet heat. Lowering my head, I flicked my tongue over her clit, and she flew apart. I licked her through her orgasm, her fluids coating my throat.
“Mine,” I growled, flicking my tongue against her clit one last time before I went up on my knees.
“Yours,” she agreed, staring up at me with heavy-lidded eyes. A pink blush had spread from her cheeks down her chest, and her nipples had darkened to a deep red. She kept her gaze on me as I stripped out of my shirt. Since I’d gone commando, I was careful with the zipper of my jeans. When my dick sprang free, Calliope leveled up onto an elbow and reached out with her other hand to catch a drop of pre-come with her fingertip. Then she licked the fluid away, and my small amount of remaining control snapped.
I grabbed her hips in my hands and lifted her body toward me as I guided my rock-hard cock to her entrance. Notching the tip inside her tight heat, I held still when she breathed, “You’re so big.”
“Don’t worry, baby.” I gentled my hold and stroked my thumbs over her soft skin. “You were made to be filled by me.”
“I know,” she whispered, her plump lips curving up in a smile of pure feminine satisfaction as the hint of fear drained from her eyes.
“I’m on board with waiting until you’re ready to have babies, but I want to take you bare. I don’t want anything between us,” I rasped as her wetness bathed the crown of my cock.
“Won’t that be super risky?” she asked.
“I’m not sure how much you know about shifter senses, but my ability to scent is unrivaled by anyone else in the pack.” My nostrils flared as I pulled her scent deep into my lungs. “And I can tell you with complete confidence that you aren’t ovulating yet.”
“Oh. Wow. Um…” she trailed off as she wiggled her hips. “Then my vote is that we go bare because just the little bit of your dick that’s inside me already feels incredible.”
I didn’t want to prolong the pain that would come from taking her innocence, so I slammed my cock into her tight sheath, burying myself deep before I stopped. Calliope tensed beneath me, and I bent low to kiss the tears off her cheeks. “I’m sorry, baby. It’ll be better soon. I swear.”
She gave me a jerky nod, and I held still until her muscles started to ease, and she wiggled her hips. “It’s starting to feel good already.”
“Yeah?” I asked, trailing my mouth down her neck to nibble at her pulse point.
Her walls loosened their tight grip on my hard length. When I angled my hips back and slowly sank inside again, she gasped, “Uh-huh.”
“I want this every single day for the rest of our lives, Calliope,” I grunted as I thrust back into her.
“Yes, me too.” Her nails dug into my shoulders, her hips lifting off the mattress to meet mine. “Tane, please…”
“So fucking tight. Perfect,” I groaned as I buried my face in her shoulder while I pounded in and out of her pussy.
Her inner walls fluttered around me. “So perfect that I’m already so close.”
I lifted one of her legs and brought it over my shoulder so I could get even deeper. Then I slid my hand between our bodies to circle her clit with my thumb. “Are you going to come for me, baby?”
“Oh, yes,” she breathed.
I pumped in, hard and fast, my gaze locked on her face as I watched her orgasm build. Her eyes were hazy, and the pink in her cheeks had deepened. “Do it now,” I urged.
I dropped her leg from my shoulder and wrapped it around my waist as I continued to power into her body. Her heels dug into my ass cheeks, and she lifted her hips to meet me thrust for thrust. Her body finally shook in ecstasy, her pussy clenching around my cock and taking me with her.
I shot so much come into her pussy that our combined fluids dripped down her leg. Our scents mixed, shredding my control past the point of no return. My tiger pushed for control, and my canines burst through my gums. I grazed the sharp edges over her soft skin, being careful not to draw blood. Although she’d given her body to me, I needed to hear her tell me that she was ready to join our souls together too. “I want to leave my mark right here while your pussy is full of my come. You’re already mine, and I’m never going to let you go. But this will complete the mating process so every other shifter will know.”
A glint of fear filled her eyes, darkening them to a golden brown. “I can be a big scaredy-cat sometimes when it comes to pain, but I want to be yours. Please do it quickly so I don’t have the chance to freeze up too much and make it worse.”
“Trust me, baby. When I sink my teeth into your soft skin, the last thing you’ll want is for me to go fast,” I purred while my lips curved up in a smirk. “From everything I’ve been told about fated mates, the only thing you need to brace for is an orgasm that will blow your fucking mind.”
“Then heck yeah”—she lifted her shoulder closer to me—“hurry up and get to it because I’d love to see how this orgasm will top the two you just gave me.”
My tiger surged close to the surface, his fur brushing against my skin. As both sides of my soul reached for hers, I sank my canines into her flesh. It felt as though an explosion went off inside me, but it was quickly followed by a sense of peace I’d never experienced before. My tiger and I were in sync. Happy. And it was all because of my gorgeous mate whose pussy milked another orgasm out of me as she flew over the edge again.
6
Calliope
Waking up in Tane’s arms was beyond anything I’d ever imagined. After spending most of yesterday in bed together—with a few breaks to eat, pick my stuff up from Allegra�
�s house, and shower—we’d finally passed out late into the night. No matter what we were doing, Tane kept me close. I quickly got used to how he always liked to touch me. He kept a hand on my nape when we talked to Zeke, his thigh flush against mine as we sat side by side whenever we ate in his kitchen, and spooned his body around mine while we slept. He didn’t shy away from public displays of affection, which he proved when he French kissed the heck out of me on his front porch, and several members of his pack jogged past, shouting out encouragement while they were still within earshot. And he loved to leave marks of his possession all over my body, as though the mating mark on my neck wasn’t enough to warn off other shifters.
My body ached in places I’d never felt before, but I had zero regrets. I wouldn’t give up a minute of the past twenty-four hours with Tane for anything.
“C’mere, baby.” Tane tugged me closer, nestling his face into my neck and licking over my mating mark. “How are you feeling?”
I tilted my head to give him better access. “I’m a little sore but in a good way. It’s like I can still feel you inside me.”
His hips surged forward, pressing his morning hard on against my butt. “Get used to the feeling. I’m going to spend a lot of time in your tight pussy.”
His breath was hot against my neck, and I let out a shuddering sigh. “If that’s your plan for the day, you have my stamp of approval.”
“Only after you take a nice, long bath to ease those aches so you won’t hurt when I take you again.” He brushed a kiss against my cheek and gave me a squeeze. “And at some point, I’d like to call my parents to give them the good news. Be warned, I’m sure my mom will want to video chat so she can meet her new daughter-in-law.”
“Then I definitely need a bath.” I wiggled out of his hold and scrambled off the mattress. I was completely naked, but I’d lost most of my shyness throughout the night. Waving my hand down the front of my body, I still blushed as I muttered, “She can’t see me like this. I’m covered in hickeys and come!”
His dark eyes filled with humor as a low chuckle rumbled up his chest. He crawled across the mattress, hooked an arm around my waist, and pulled me down next to him. “You’re fucking gorgeous and smell delicious.”
I laughed and pushed against his chest. “And you’re delusional.”
“Not even close.” After rolling on top of me, he flared his nostrils as he inhaled my scent. “My tiger would love nothing more than to roll around in your scent until it seeped in my bones.”
“Then maybe he should,” I suggested.
My sexy mate lifted his head and grinned. “You want to meet my tiger?”
He was offering to show me the six-hundred-pound tiger that lived inside his skin. I was normally a fairly timid person, but I already trusted Tane enough to know that I had nothing to fear from him. So my answer was a no-brainer. “Yes, please.”
“Do you want to take a moment to think about your answer?” I shook my head, and he chuckled. “Okay then.”
He claimed my mouth in a deep kiss before sliding off the mattress. My gaze dropped to his cock, but my head jerked up when I heard cracking and popping sounds. I blinked in shock, and when my eyes reopened, a giant tiger was standing in front of me. “Whoa! That’s so cool.”
Tane padded across the floor to sit in front of me and butted my hand with the top of his head. “Hey, there. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything more stunning than you, buddy.”
I scratched under his chin, in awe of the gentleness of the huge beast who let me stroke him as though he was a fluffy kitten. When my fingers dug into the fur at his side, he started purring and my heart melted. “I must’ve done something awesome for fate to have given you to me.”
He made a chuffing sound and dragged his rough tongue over the mark on my neck. Even though he wasn’t in human form, I knew exactly what he meant. “Yeah, yeah. I get it. You’re the lucky one.”
His cell rang from the table on the other side of the bed. He backed up and leaped over the mattress, making me gasp in surprise. After he landed on the floor, he shifted back to his human form and winked at me. “You’re going to want to grab some clothes, baby. It’s my mom.”
“Oh, crap!” I jumped up and raced over to the closet.
“Get some shorts for me, too,” he requested as the phone rang for the third time.
I tossed him a pair of athletic shorts as he answered. “Hey, Mom.”
As I listened to the low murmur of his voice, I yanked on a bra, panties, jeans, and long-sleeved top. Then I started to run my fingers through my hair about five seconds before he called my name. Taking a deep breath to settle my nerves, I walked out of the closet and cringed when he turned the phone screen toward me so I could see the couple squeezed into the frame. The man was an older version of Tane, but the woman’s eyes were an exact match for his. I forced a smile onto my face and tried not to freak out over the fact that my hair looked like I’d spent the past twenty-four hours rolling around in bed...which was fair since that was a pretty accurate description.
“Oh, my gosh! She’s gorgeous, Tane!” his mom cried.
Tane’s dad chuckled and shook his head. “The girl can hear you, honey.”
“Oops, right.” She grinned. “I’m just so excited. I forgot for a second.”
When I got closer to Tane, he wrapped his arm around my back and pulled me close. I gave his parents an awkward wave. “Don’t be embarrassed. I totally get it since I was a little nervous about meeting you.”
“Pretty and sweet.” His mom clapped her hands together. “Fate was generous with my baby boy.”
I tilted my head back to smile up at Tane. “Yeah, fate did awesome for me, too.”
He brushed his lips against mine, and my cheeks heated when I heard his mom sigh. When I turned my head to look at the phone’s screen again, both of his parents were grinning in approval. I leaned my head on his shoulder as he said, “Mom, Dad, this is Calliope. My mate.”
“It’s lovely to meet you, dear,” his mom replied.
Tane jerked his chin toward the screen. “Calliope, these are my parents—Tobias and Cora Ruslan.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Ruslan.”
“There’s no need to be so formal. Tobias and Cora will do,” his dad corrected.
“Or Mom and Dad if you’d prefer,” Cora suggested with a wink. “Since you’ll be with our son for the rest of your lives and will give us grandbabies and all.”
“Don’t scare the poor girl off,” Tobias chided. “I’m sure our daughters will be enough for her to think twice about what fate was thinking getting her mixed up with our family.”
“Hush, now.” Cora rolled her eyes. “Our girls will welcome Calliope with open arms. They’ve always wanted another sister.”
Tobias chuckled again. “That doesn’t mean they won’t be a lot for her to handle.”
“That’s fair,” Cora agreed with a nod.
“Okay, guys,” Tane sighed, squeezing the bridge of his nose with his forefinger and thumb. “Now that you’ve freaked my mate out, I’m going to let you go so I can make sure she doesn’t want to go running in the opposite direction.”
“If she does get away, at least your tiger has always been very good at hunting down his prey,” Cora teased as she and Tobias waved goodbye.
After Tane disconnected the call, he nudged me back a few steps until my legs hit the edge of the mattress. “Sorry about that. I know you wanted to get cleaned up before you talked to them.”
“That’s okay. It’s not as though you could ignore her call,” I reassured him. “At least your mom was cool about my freshly rolled out of bed look—”
“Otherwise known as freshly fucked,” he corrected as he wagged his brows.
I laughed and shook my head. “I’m not sure you can say freshly when it’s been like five hours since the last time we had sex.”
“Good point.” He tossed his phone on the mattress. “It’s been too long. I should do something abou
t that.”
“Ah, ah, ah.” I wagged my finger from side to side before heading toward the bathroom. Glancing over my shoulder, I added, “Not until after I’ve had my soothing bath...and we get the call to my parents over with. When we fall back into bed together, I don’t want to have anything else hanging over our heads.”
“Then hurry up, baby,” he urged. “I’m hungry for you more than breakfast.”
7
Calliope
I didn’t hurry up. Instead, I spent much longer in the tub than I’d needed. In my defense, I had a few great reasons to linger in the bathroom. When I slipped into the water, the heat was more soothing than I’d expected it to be, and I wanted to take full advantage of it so my body was ready for another round or two with my hunky shifter. Plus, Tane offered to make waffles and bacon for breakfast. But mostly, it was because I was worried about how the call with my parents was going to go. After the warm welcome I’d received from Cora and Tobias, I was worried my parents would ruin everything by being rude to Tane—either because they wouldn’t approve of him or they just wouldn’t react well to the news of me having a man in my life.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t hide in the bath forever. Once breakfast was ready, I dragged myself out of the tub, got dressed, and headed downstairs. I took my sweet time eating the delicious food Tane made for me, forking the last bite off my plate while he was finishing up cleaning the dishes he’d dirtied while he was cooking.
After drying his hands off on a towel, Tane came over and grabbed my plate. Pressing a kiss to the top of my head, he murmured, “Relax, baby. I know you’re freaked out about how your parents will react, but it doesn’t really matter. You’re mine, and I’m yours. They can either get on board with that or be left behind as we move forward with our lives. Either way, you’ll be good because I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure of it.”
His promise gave me the courage I needed to grab my phone and dial my mom’s number. When it rang four times before rolling over to voicemail, I sighed in frustration. Then I tried my dad, but I didn’t have any better luck. As Tane dropped down onto the chair next to me and flung his arm around my shoulders, I pulled up the contact for my dad’s administrative assistant. Unlike my parents, she picked up on the first ring. “Good morning, Calliope. How can I help you today?”
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