Page 24 of Aching for His Mate (The Wolves of Luven #5)

Iota crawled up Domitia’s body, making a trail with his mouth up her thigh, hip, belly, the hollow between her breasts, and her neck. He settled next to her and kept his arms firmly around her.

He was so glad he was better.

“Why did you stop?” Domitia asked, her voice still groggy.

“Mm,” he hummed. “You want more?”

“Yes, I do. But also, you were supposed to lose some clothing. I came. Get naked.”

“I think I said one piece of clothing,” Iota teased as he pulled his shirt over his head.

“You’re such a tease,” Domitia moaned. “Take off your pants and start the mating frenzy. Please. I love your mouth on me but I want to fuck you. Right this second.” She got to her knees in front of him and roughly grabbed the waistband of his shorts.

“But…don’t you want to come again?”

“If you think I’m not going to come when you fuck me,” she shook her head. “I will. I definitely will.” Domitia pulled his shorts down and grabbed his cock, startling him.

“Oh, fuck,” Iota moaned.

“Ready for a power switch?” she murmured against his ear.

A loud banging at the door had Domitia jumping away from Iota and grabbing the blanket to cover herself.

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Iota roared. He jumped out of bed, opened the bedroom window, and looked down. Beta was standing on the front steps.

“Beta! Fuck off!” Iota called.

“I need to go over a few details of your attack—”

“I’m fucking my mate, get away from my house!” Iota yelled back. “Seriously! I don’t want to accidentally murder you for being too close to her.”

Beta huffed, but turned and walked away from the house. Iota closed the window and turned back to Domitia who had dropped the blanket and had a huge grin on her face.

“You’re going to murder Beta? For getting too close to me?”

Iota shrugged. “Seemed the easiest way to get him to leave. He doesn’t have a mate. He doesn’t know what it’s like.”

Domitia crawled off the bed and stalked toward Iota. She put her hands against his chest and walked him backwards until he hit the wall and every inch of her body was pressed against his.

“Hands above your head,” she commanded. Iota furrowed his brow. “I promise. You’ll like it.” She took his hands in hers and guided them over his head. “Stay like that,” she whispered.

Domitia ran her hands down his arms and chest, then settled on his hips. She dropped to her knees and looked up at him. “Watch me. The whole time.” She spread her hands wide across his low belly. “Ready?”

Iota nodded, his mouth going slack as he watched her take his cock in her mouth.

“By the Moon,” he hissed and slammed his fist against the wall. He watched her work over him, her eyes closed, her fingers flexing against his skin. She was so enthusiastic as she moved, and he swore she was smiling.

“Domitia,” he stuttered. “Domitia, I want you.”

She popped her mouth off him and looked up at him, her eyes wide as full moons. Like the first time they met.

“You have me. The question now is how do you want me?”

“I want you as my mate. Officially.” He pulled her to stand, then walked her to the bed until she fell back. “I want every wolf, dragon, vampire, and shifter on this continent to know that you are my woman. I want them to smell me all over you. I want everyone to know that you have a wolf.”

“When you talk like that…” her eyes went hazy and she wrapped her arms around him. “I feel like I could get really used to all this possessive stuff.”

“Possessive?” Iota crawled over her, splitting her legs with his hips. “Who me?” He couldn’t hold back a wide grin. “You’re mine, baby. Forever and always. And once I bite you,” he groaned as he notched his cock at her entrance, “we’ll be linked by the Moon Goddess.”

Domitia reached her hands around his hips and guided him inside her.

“Yes,” she whispered. “And you are mine.”

Iota moved slowly, as if it was his first time ever being with a woman. In a way it was—this was all different. He was with Domitia, his mate, his everything.

His soul was flying with joy.

“Iota,” Domitia breathed. “I need…” she shifted her hips and wrapped legs around him.

“What do you need?”

She pressed her forehead against his. “You. Stay here.” She cupped his jaw as they moved together. “Right here with me.”

“I’m not going anywhere,” he assured. “Are you okay?”

“I am. I…It’s never been like this.” She gripped him harder. “I feel like my heart is on fire.”

“So do I. It’s our mating bond. Don’t worry, I’ve got you.” Iota kissed her softly. “I’ve got you.”

She nodded. “I trust you.” Her whole body clenched around him, her thighs gripping his hips impossibly tight. “Iota, Iota, Iota,” she whimpered as he rode the waves of her orgasm.

He kissed her cheeks and the tip of her nose and her forehead until he couldn’t hold on any longer and let go.

*

Domitia’s stomach growled loudly against his. It was the middle of the night, and while he was currently inside her, they’d both already come twice since waking up.

“By the Moon! You must be starving.” Iota slid out of her and scrambled off the bed. “We forgot to eat dinner!” He couldn’t believe he’d been so careless.

“We were a little busy,” she laughed and stretched her arms overhead. “But I could go for a midnight meal.” She peeled herself off the bed and wrapped up in the quilt. “Let’s go put something together.”

Iota followed his mate like a mesmerized puppy. He couldn’t keep his eyes off where the blanket slipped down a bit and revealed her bare back. As if he hadn’t been wrapped up in her completely naked body for hours.

“Here,” Domitia pulled out a tomato and an orange pepper, “start chopping. There’s rice and chicken leftover from the day before. I can toss it all in a pan and it’ll be ready in no time.”

Iota grabbed his apron and slipped it on. He didn’t think he’d be so clumsy as to drop the knife he was using, but he’d had enough injuries lately. His arm and abdomen were covered in scars. His cock wasn’t being added to that list.

He watched Domitia flit from the refrigerator to the stove, pull out the pan, and get straight to work. She looked so at home in their kitchen. Like she’d always lived there with him. Everything in his life was settling into place.

“Thank you,” Iota said and set the knife down.

“You’re helping. It’s a team effort.”

“No. Thank you for taking care of me. You could have easily left me in the hospital until I was completely well. We didn’t know each other yet. And thank you for sitting by me all day and night while I was in the hospital. I didn’t make the first week of this easy on you. I wouldn’t have blamed you if you wanted to wait until I was completely better to start things.”

Domitia paused and turned toward him. “You’re welcome. I…It’s hard to explain. I have a lot of faith, not in a particular deity, but more like in the universe in general. If four women I know meet their mates and fall head over heels in love with them, I believe that when I meet my mate, I’ll fall head over heels in love with him. Sure, I didn’t feel any of that a week ago, but knowing it would come was enough for me. And…There was something about seeing you so injured. I knew I needed you to pull through. The Moon Goddess doesn’t make mistakes, and she didn’t with us.” She walked to him and put her head against his chest. “There will be times in our relationship when I need you to take care of me, and not because it’s pampering time.” She lifted her right arm. “Who knows what’s going to happen with my arm?”

“You and me both,” Iota chuckled and held up his left arm. It felt completely healed, but to a random onlooker, it still looked mangled.

“We’ll be okay. Together.” Domitia raised up on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss against Iota’s cheek.

“Together.” He breathed in the scent of her—his beautiful, kind, talented mate. Domitia. “I love you. Don’t say anything back to me. Let’s finish cooking and eat and get back into bed and play a little before we fall asleep.”

She pulled back and looked at him with her big eyes and a smile on her lips. “Oh, Iota. You’re the first good thing in such a long time.”