Hunter (A Dark Assassins Novel Book Five)

by Ullmer, Valerie

  Earlier, he experienced her desire as she rode herself on his clothed cock, but the sensation through the thin material of her panties and his boxer briefs intensified his desire for her. With a low growl, he gripped her hips and held them away from his straining cock as they broke the kiss. He captured her gaze.

  “Neri?”

  Her eyes shuttered closed but what concerned him was her mouth turned down and her bottom lip quivered as if she would cry.

  “You don’t… want—”

  “Yes, I want you. I want you more than I can put into words, but I want to know you desire me and not as a reaction to seeing me fighting and bloody.”

  “What do you mean?”

  Hunter brushed a kiss to her lips before he explained. “Mates are protective of one another and seeing them in danger sends every emotion into overdrive. The one way to rid yourself of that increased emotion and need to see your mate safe is through physical release. Sex or fighting.”

  Neri blinked and sat up to rest her weight against his thighs. She opened her hands and rested the palms on his stomach. Then she ran her hands along his skin, sending delicious shivers through him, as she thought about his words. After a long moment, she shook her head but made no move to get off him.

  “No, I took out my rage on the two of those who attacked you and while I was angry enough to kill the rest, there was no need. To be honest, I worried you would see me in a different light after I bit and killed that shifter, but since you assured me we’re mates and we’re fine, well… I want you.”

  She shrugged, but her nonchalant statement had every emotion Hunter fought to repress flare to life.

  “Oh, thank fuck.”

  She left him breathless as she smiled at him, her entire face lighting up, making her shine.

  His hand skimmed up her hip until he reached her waist. Hunter savored the soft skin fluttering under his roughened fingers.

  As she shivered above him, she captured his gaze and he watched, mesmerized. With reluctance, he pulled his gaze away from the swirling pools of mercury and dropped to her hands as she reached for the hem of her shirt. Without pause, she lifted it up and over her head, flinging it somewhere behind her.

  As much as he wanted to memorize every inch of skin she revealed, he moved his gaze back to hers and reveled in the emotions shining through.

  “Beautiful.”

  Her smile lit up her eyes and made her even more breathtaking. He chuckled when he surprised a squeak out of her as he lifted his torso off the bed and pressed his lips to hers. Desire and curiosity swirled through him and he clutched her hips and held her in place as his eyes darted down. He sucked in a breath at her beauty.

  Her pale skin flushed with the softest pink he’d ever seen starting at her breasts and moving up her neck. But it was the rosy pink buds that called to him at that moment. He leaned forward and licked a swath against her right nipple, tasting her for the first time, and unable to keep a growl from erupting from his throat.

  Neri jerked once but as he glanced up, her eyes shuttered closed at the sensation. When he drew the wet nub into his mouth and scraped his teeth against the sensitive tip, she moaned at the sensation and her hands gripped his shoulders. She tilted her head back and arched her chest closer to his mouth.

  “Hunter, more.”

  Without hesitation, he suckled before he flicked his tongue over the entire nipple, rolling it over his tongue, making him salivate. He caught the scent of lilacs and something more earthy, something he couldn’t describe, but was growing addicted to it.

  “I never thought it would be like this. More… more pressure, more everything. Touch me, Hunter.”

  He growled as he scented of her arousal and moaned against her skin as her hips jerked, seeking friction against his clothed cock. As the tip of his cock brushed against her wet, hot heat, he bit down harder than he meant to. He gasped when she threw her head back and screamed his name as she came in her panties.

  Hunter, needing to taste her essence, flipped her onto her back and waiting until her body calmed down from her orgasm. His body hovered over her, resting on his forearms placed next to her shoulders, and smiled when she blinked her clouded eyes open.

  Her brows drew down before she realized their change in position.

  He shivered as his gaze roamed over her gorgeous curvy body. A beautiful pink hue made her ivory skin glow and being this close to her, he determined the color contrasted with the pretty peach blush on her cheeks and neck. Hunter ran his hands down her shoulders and caressed her arms, loving the downy softness but he wanted a taste.

  Hunter’s mouth pressed against the silky skin of her stomach and had to close his eyes as her scent became thick and cloying, driving him insane. Without thinking it through, he reached for the hem of her delicate-looking panties and ripped them off her body with a light tug.

  “Hunter?”

  His eyes snapped open and his gaze roamed over her face. From her reactions to him, she was inexperienced with men and something swelled in his chest. He would be the first one to touch her.

  “I want to put my mouth on you and lick you until you come on my tongue and in my mouth.”

  Neri’s hips bucked and a fresh wave of arousal struck his senses and without embarrassment, he inhaled.

  “Yes… I want… want that, what you said.”

  His head dipped and instead of introducing Neri to the new sensual experience, he sucked her clit into his mouth, flicking it with his tongue, and savored Neri’s shout of pleasure as her thighs squeezed his head. He pulled off when she bucked her hips and gripped the sheets to the point he heard a rip in the fabric.

  He slid his hands past the curve of her perfect bottom and settled them against her lower back, holding her hips up. His lips pressed against her own as he licked her, tasting her for the first time. The sweetness of her arousal exploded in his mouth and as his tongue lapped up each drop of essence she released before his lips latched onto her clit and he teased it with his tongue. His mouth and tongue moved in a rhythm that soon had Neri panting and moaning his name.

  Hunter ignored his body’s need to take want he wanted and slide his cock inside her. He groaned against her pussy as he imagined her wet, tight heat surrounding him until he shattered and released deep inside her.

  Despite all of his instincts screaming to take her hard and fast, he lowered her hips onto the bed. As Neri let out a huff in protest, Hunter slid one finger down from her clit, loving the sound of her gasping breath, and slid it against her swollen flesh until he reached her entrance and pushed inside.

  He compelled himself to stop after an inch. Neri moaned and rolled her hips, pushing him further inside, until she gripped his finger and the wet heat surrounded his digit. He gasped when she squeezed him tighter, but he stilled his movements, giving her a moment to get used to him being inside.

  “Move.”

  Her command pulled him out of his self-imposed stupor and he slid his finger until the tip was inside and when he heard her whimper, he moved. For the next several minutes, he watched her face for any discomfort, but became mesmerized by the pleasure radiating from the flush of her skin. She threw her head back against the pillows and moans erupted from her throat.

  He leaned forward and flicked his tongue over her clit, sucking it into his mouth, before he added another finger. After several minutes, he added a third, watching her for discomfort. He shivered when she breathed out his name, but he groaned when her body clenched down on his fingers, soaking them with her release as her body quaked. He took in every expression, every moan and plea, and when her eyes opened after several minutes, he knew what she needed.

  With gentle movements, he removed himself from Neri and gave her one last lick, resulting in the deep shudder that passed through her body. He slid up, his chest touching every inch of her hips, stomach, and chest until he captured her lips. Instead of the frantic kisses of before, they explored each other as he savored the taste of her mouth and her release. />
  Her body was warmer than it had minutes before and he savored her strength as she looped her arms around his shoulders and pulled him down until he lay on top of her. She deepened the kiss, and he lost all train of thought.

  He registered as her legs wrapped around his waist and the pressure as she squeezed them around his hips, pushing them closer together. Hunter’s hips surged forward when Neri cupped his ass and raised her own hips, seeking him out. It surprised him when he found her so slick the tip of his cock slid inside her.

  Hunter’s eyes flew open, and he searched for any signs of discomfort. A low moan escaped her throat as she tightened her hold on him. Her hips undulated, taking more and more of his cock with each movement, until she huffed out in frustration. Neri’s silver eyes pierced something inside him.

  Unable to deny her anything, he pushed inside inch by glorious inch, not taking his eyes off her. He’d never felt the complete and utter sense of perfection in any part of his life. But at this moment moving inside her as her muscles pulsed around him, it was as close as Hunter would ever come. She clamped down on his cock, drawing a low groan from deep in his throat.

  “I’m so glad you found me, so happy I’m your mate,” Neri said.

  He kissed Neri then as his heart swelled with pride and relief at her words. Although he’d never sought a mate, hell the truth was he hadn’t even gotten laid in decades, but being with Neri was what he needed in his life without him knowing.

  “So am I, angel.”

  He surprised her by raising his hips, loving the way she clung to him, wanting to keep him inside. He drew a moan that shivered over his body as his cock sank down into her.

  “I won’t break, Hunter. Please.”

  He had forgotten for a moment she wasn’t human. She was immortal like him. Although he would never hurt her, loving her like they both needed snapped his control. He leaned down, her beautiful breasts pressed against his chest, and he captured her mouth in a scorching kiss.

  The moment she banded her arms around his shoulders, his movements began. He gasped at the grip she had around his cock, he savored it as he pulled back. But this time instead of easing back into her, he drove his hips forward and back, his thrusts causing her to gasp and then moan into his mouth.

  “Angel?”

  “Yes, yes.”

  He savored the closeness between them as his movements continued, he slid his forearms underneath her shoulders and propped her up. He captured her lips, addicted to her as she kissed him back. When her tongue swept inside his mouth and she clawed at his back, a growl erupted from his throat.

  “You’re so fucking hot, Hunter. More, harder,” Neri panted.

  His hands gripped her shoulders and with a swift movement, he surged backward until his knees were bent and his ass sat on his calves, bringing Neri with him. Her body rested against one arm, his cock still deep inside her, as his other wrapped around her waist. The bliss on Neri’s face was his undoing as he sank deeper inside her at this angle.

  “Ready?”

  A little snarl erupted from her throat and without delaying, he dropped his hips onto the bed as he lifted her in his arms. Using gravity and his hold on her, his hips surged up as he pulled her back down on his cock, sinking deeper and deeper with each thrust.

  For the first time in his existence as an immortal, all cognitive reasoning dropped away, and he found his baser self. His panther purred when pleasure unlike anything he’d ever known surged through his body. He centered on her scent and he surged forward to lick the sheen from her neck, moving down to her chest as he swallowed her hard nub and flicked it with his tongue.

  She clung to him and pride swelled in his chest. He pleasured his mate. The woman made for him and him alone. He moved to the other nipple and using instinct alone, scraped his fang against her taut, soft skin and drew a deep groan from her.

  “Neri, angel…”

  “Fuck, that’s good. More.”

  This time when he scraped his fang against her skin, he drew her blood. Without thinking it through, he wrapped his lips around her and sucked, groaning and surging his cock up and piercing her again and again as he savored her on his tongue. It was sweeter than he expected and he craved more.

  His movements didn’t stop. He relished in the sound of her moans and gasps of pleasure. Each time her breath caught in her throat or she moaned his name, he lost himself in the sensations. He buried his face against her neck, inhaling the concentrated scent of her arousal, and as she tightened around him, he sensed his teeth extend.

  “Hunter?”

  Neri blinked her eyes open and drew her swollen bottom lip in between her teeth. “I’m… I don’t know what this is. It’s so good and I don’t want it to stop, but… I can’t. I need—”

  His mouth cut her off with a kiss as his movement increased. He reached between them and flicked her clit with his thumb. Once, and then again, and without warning, she clamped down on his cock as a rush of wetness covered him as she screamed his name.

  Breathless from her orgasm, her body shivering in his arms, he held her as his mouth sought the space between her neck and her shoulder. He scraped one fang along her skin, not enough to puncture but to tease.

  Her back arched as she gyrated her hips on his, seeking more of him, but paused at the sharpness of his teeth running over her skin. “Yes, do it.”

  Despite everything unknown between them, his pleasure-filled brain and his shivering body had taken over and without a thought to what he was about to do, he licked the spot on her neck where he wanted to mark her and bit down. The venom released into her body as she roared, her arms tightened around him as his bite prolonged her orgasm, leaving her gasping for breath.

  Her second release triggered his own. Without pulling his teeth from her shoulder, he wrapped both arms around her back, his hands opening to hold her close, as he released deep inside her. The pulse of his orgasm so distinct there was nothing but Neri surrounding him. Everything else fell away.

  For several minutes, sound became indistinct and his eyes stayed closed. When he caught his breath and his body stopped shaking from the intense orgasm, he blinked open his eyes.

  Neri lay in his arms. Somehow he’d removed his teeth from her neck without hurting her and moved them both under the covers.

  Neri arched and stretched, reminding him of a cat laying in the sun and basking in the warmth.

  “How are you?”

  Neri froze and blinked up at him. “Was it not good for you?”

  Hunter answered without hesitation. “Being with you, making love to you was everything. But it was your first time, and I was checking to see if I hurt you.”

  She smiled up at him and laid her head back down on his shoulder. He threaded their legs together and pulled her closer, his arms wrapped around her without an inch of room between them.

  “Perfect. A little tired, but I think that’s because I don’t stay up this late.” Neri yawned.

  “Sleep then, angel. I’ll take care of you.”

  Her lips turn up in a smile as she pressed her face against his neck. “Okay. Night, Hunter.”

  “Goodnight, Neri.”

  Hunter listened to her breathing, noting the moment she fell into a deep sleep. He couldn’t help the smile on his face as Neri cuddled closer. Her skin warm and her breaths on his exposed skin reminded him he’d found his mate. He relaxed back onto the pillow and knowing the house was secure, closed his eyes and drifted off.

  Before he was ready, sunlight flooded the room, and he although he wasn’t exhausted, he could use more sleep. As he yawned, he sensed it was mid-morning. They’d slept longer than he’d planned.

  He savored holding Neri against him, but as she moaned against his neck, his body jerked awake and he glanced down to see her sleeping. There was no sign of distress, but as every moment from the night before flooded back into clarity and awakened his sated mind, his eyes widened as he searched for the spot on her neck he knew was there.

  H
oly fuck, I bit her and marked her as my mate.

  CHAPTER SIX

  NERI

  “Stop moving,” Neri moaned.

  She lay on Hunter’s warm chest, one arm holding her close, as she refused to open her eyes.

  Most days she needed less than six hours sleep to function. It was nice being an immortal. But after the fight and the sex last night, her body shivered at thought, every part of Neri’s body craved more rest. But Hunter wouldn’t cooperate, moving onto his side and displacing her from her pillow.

  “Are you okay?”

  She moved her finger up to her mouth. “Shh. More sleep.”

  Hunter chuckled, and the sound shivered over her body. Instead of opening her eyes and finding out what he found so amusing, she reached for the comforter and pulled it over her head, blocking out the sunlight and dampening the sounds. Since Hunter wouldn’t be helpful in her quest for more sleep, she reached for her pillow and shoved it underneath her head, grumbling aloud without using actual words. She relaxed her body and waited for sleep to take over.

  “I bit you last night.”

  Hunter’s statement was so deadpan Neri had no reaction to his statement. Some awareness must have filtered through her fuzzy, sleepy thoughts because in the next moment she took stock of her body. There was a pleasant tenderness around her hips and she bit her lip to prevent the gasp of pleasure when she recalled how Hunter drove deep inside her, drawing out her pleasure until her orgasm erupted throughout her body.

  She shivered at the remembered sensation of Hunter’s tongue on her shoulder, but the bite held so much pleasure in the action she released when he sank his teeth into her. Her mind tried to bring the sensations of his bite to the forefront, but it evoked the swell of her orgasm and nothing else.

  “So do I,” she purred.

  Neri almost laughed at how ridiculous she sounded. She’d never made that sound in all her years, but one night with all the bliss Hunter drew from her as his hard body pressed against hers was enough to do it again when he ran his hand along her side.