Corbin eased down her, hiking her dress more and more. The scent of her sex spurred him on. Mae opened her legs for him and he couldn’t look away from her pink pussy. Her sweet scent filled his head and Corbin’s eyelids fluttered, his cock hard and wanting to spear the sweet pink paradise before him. He had to taste her. He bent, putting his face close to her mound. It had the smallest strip of hair there, as if guiding him to the point of pleasure.

Corbin managed to control himself enough to touch her swollen clit tenderly, rubbing it, making her jerk under his expert touch. Mae was so very responsive to his touch that it drove him onward. He gained pleasure by giving to her. With great care, he inserted a finger into her tight, wet entrance, breaking through the barrier there. She cried out, her legs drawing in, his shoulders blocking her from being able to close them all the way.

Corbin licked her clit and pushed his finger in deeper, the walls of her pussy clenching on him. The slight smell of blood filled him. If she was this tight and only his finger was in her, she’d never be able to take his cock. He licked her swollen bud, adding his thumb to the area. He rubbed lightly and she twitched under him, making his cock do the same.

Mae moaned and clamped her legs tighter on him. He drew in the scent of her cunt and let it burn into his brain. Everything about her was sheer perfection. He’d never tasted anything so divine.

He rubbed more and added licks, fucking her with his finger all the while. She stiffened and then cried out, her legs shaking. He nodded, continuing to finger her. “Love, let go. Come for me.”

And she did.

She exploded and Corbin kissed her inner thigh, his lion suddenly rising, beating at him, wanting free. He thought himself strong enough to contain it, but as he felt his gums burn, he knew better. His first instinct was to scramble off Mae and put distance between them. That wasn’t what happened. He eased up and over her, his mouth burning with the change. He lined up with her entrance, his gaze finding hers.

She bucked under him, causing the head of his cock to enter her just a bit. He nearly came then and there. Mae grabbed at his shoulders. “I burn. Please.”

Unable to deny her, Corbin pushed in more, her pussy so tight around his cock he wasn’t sure he could go any deeper. Mae cried out and thrust up hard against him, driving herself onto his cock more. Corbin went ramrod stiff, afraid to move. If he did, he’d come. He clenched his jaw as she rotated her hips under him, clearly eager for more than he was giving.

She tugged at his shoulders. “Don’t stop.”

“Mae,” he managed through a partially shifted mouth.

“Corbin, please,” she said in a sing-song voice a second before she began to hum. Corbin was powerless to stop himself then.

Giving in, he rooted there and she wrapped her legs around his waist, holding him there as every muscle in his body strained to hold onto control. He wasn’t sure if he’d shift forms or come.

Maybe both.

He didn’t want to do either.

He wanted to enjoy every second of being in her. Of being one with his mate.

My mate , he thought as his lion unfurled more, pushing upwards, demanding he do more. It wanted him to mark her. To claim her.

Fuck.

He wanted it too.

He pounded into her, his cock spearing her again and again. She was heaven to him. Molding to fit him with precision. Corbin’s nails lengthened, his lion winning out more and more. He struggled, pounding into Mae, needing release and soon. She tipped her head to the side at the very moment his lion roared inside him.

Claim her!

“Mine,” he managed, though the word was barely recognizable due to his teeth.

“Yes,” she whispered. “Yours.”

The smell of her cream drove him over the edge. He buried his cock deep in her, his balls drawing up a second before he began to jet seed into her, filling her completely. He pressed his mouth to her shoulder and bit, her blood coating his tongue at once.

She clung to him, her nails digging into his upper arms as his cock continued to pulse, spurting seed into her. Mae’s hands found his hair and she held him to her shoulder as her pussy milked his cock.

“Mine,” she whispered back. The second the word left her, power flared between them. Corbin gulped, releasing her shoulder, his mouth reforming quickly, his cock still nestled in her. For a moment, he thought they’d fused. That their entire bodies had melted into one another. As the reality of what had happened hit him, he froze.

She looked up at him, her cheeks flushed and her lips swollen. Well-sated and thoroughly claimed.

The burning need to fuck lessened inside of him and he strongly suspected it was because he’d spent his seed in her. That and he’d claimed her, making his beast happy, but causing his stomach to tighten with worry.

She’d hate him.

He hated himself.

He’d done this when he should have been getting her out of the facility, away from harm. Instead, he’d been weak. He closed his eyes and withdrew from her.

She gazed up at him through tear-filled eyes, making his heart shatter. He’d hurt her.

“Mae, I’m sorry.”

Confusion coated her face. “Sorry?”

“I hurt you. I took you on the floor like an animal when I should have been focused on escaping with you.”

Lazily, she touched his cheek, the edges of her lips curving upwards. “Do shut up, Corbin.”

He did, his eyes widening.

She grinned, looking so sexy that he wanted to fall upon her and fuck her again. “We should get off this floor and be ready for the escape to start, but if you dare act like you regret this, I will claw your eyes out.”

“Wait? You don’t regret this?”

“You were shutting up, remember?” she asked, with a wink.

He tucked himself into his pants and then stood, bringing Mae with him gently. He righted her gown as best he could and realized she was not only full of his seed but wearing it as well. She also bore his mark—his claim.

She was his wife.

He dragged her against him and held her, shaking slightly as the reality of it all sank in. He kissed the top of her head. “I know I’m to be quiet now, but love, I need to get us out of here.”

“I know,” she said, touching his chest. “But don’t do anything stupid. I didn’t used to think you were real. Now that I know who you are, I’d like to keep you in one piece.”

He snickered. “Yes, dear.”