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He started kissing me as his hands explored my body, claws extending and retracting to effectively slash away my sweater. I gasped when a claw grazed my ribs as my shirt was also ripped down the middle. Aiden recanted his claws and gently pushedthe fabric away. Cool air hit my hot skin. I faintly wished I hadn't opted for a plain black cotton bralette today.

"If I didn't find you insanely hot, this…" He rolled his hips into mine and I felt his growing bulge. "…wouldn't be happening. How many times do I have to tell you this? Fuck, you could breathe in my direction and have me hard, Rose." He was looking down at me, pupils blown wide, and I squeezed my thighs tighter around his waist. He let out a strangled laugh, rolling into me again. "I can smell your arousal." His voice was husky and self-satisfied.

My breath hitched as his hands pulled the strap of my bralette down my shoulder to kiss the skin there.

“Tell me, Rose.” Aiden now nipped at my ear. I was naked, save for my underthings, in his arms. My skin burned under his touch. “Are you going to go to someone else?”

I shook my head vehemently, now his hands splayed over my ribs, thumbs rubbing my bare skin.

“Do you want me to claim you? To mate with you?” Aiden growled, the vibrations in his chest pulsing against me.

In response I nodded, clutching him tighter as his hands travelled up to my breasts.

“Oh….Oh,” I moaned, fingernails digging into his shoulders.

“No one can have you, Rose. You’re mine,” growled Aiden.

I nodded, eyes closed, head thrown back. I felt hot everywhere, almostlike I was going into heat again, but I wasn’t.

Aiden cupped my chin, his thumb exerting pressure just below my lower lip, bringing my face to meet his eyes.

“I want you, Rose. I want you more than I’ve wanted anything or anyone else,” Aiden gritted out, breath hot on my face. Aiden's voice became contrite, apologetic as he stared down at me and I noticed this change of tone. “I’m sorry for the past. I’m not stupid. I know I’m the reason for you feeling the way you do. I was an idiot when I was younger. But, Rose, if you wantthe truth, even back then I thought you were beautiful. I loved your smile. I used to watch you when you were reading. I used to look for you to make sure you were OK. I wanted to make sure you were happy in our pack. I listened to you when you said you could never mate with someone you didn't care about. Do you remember when you told me that?" Aiden was looking down at me earnestly and histone was like he was begging me to understand him.

I remembered the first time we'd met and what I'd said to him about mating.

That’s not something I’d want to do with someone I didn’t care about or…or love.

But...did I love him? Was he waiting for me to say I loved him? I didn't even know if I loved him to be honest. Aiden was really the only person I'd ever been with. Was this love?

"I'm not expecting you to say anything to me, Rose. I just...wanted you to know that I heard you back then and I'm trying to honor your wish.”

And then he was gone, like a warm blanket being ripped away from me on a cold winter’s evening. He pulled back, fists clenched. “But no matter how much I want you, or no matter what else is going on around us, our first time isn’t going to be because you want to be a hero. It’s going to be because you want me just as much as I want you.”

Well, I wanted him. That much I knew. Maybe it was because I saw the look in Aiden's eyes and wanted to assure him. Or maybe it was because I was hot and bothered and practically ready to beg him to mate with me.

Slowly, I sat up in bed, looking at Aiden straight in the eye, allowing his hot gaze to roam boldly over my form. I temporarily opened the block I'd put against his mind when he’d first marked me.

It was like a lightbulb clicked on in his brain. He almost staggered back from the intensity of it. He felt it: my desire, my feelings, me wanting him…my heart pounding in his ears as Istood there, nervous at opening up so completely.

“I want you,” I murmured, fingers entwined in the locks behind his head as his mouth dipped to bite his mark on my neck. “I want you,” I repeated, as his lips trailed a path over my collarbone, pulling the straps of my bra down.“I want you so much.” I gasped when his lips closed over my left nipple, sending me into a haze of lust I'd never experienced before.

Chapter 46

“Our lips were for each other and our eyes were full of dreams."? Roman Payne, Hope and Despair

Aiden’s POV

I was lost in the smell of her, in the taste of her, and in the overwhelming urge to claim her. My hands went down to cup her backside, filling them with the swell of it.

“This is the most perfect ass I’ve ever seen, ever touched.” I breathed the words hotly against her jaw as Rose mewled against me.

Goddess, I had to have more of her and before I knew it, I was pushing her down on the bed, thumbs hooking into her underwear, peeling it off of her. Then I was back against her,allowing my hard dick to dig into her bare thigh. My thumb went to circle her clit and I sucked in a breath. Fuck. She was dripping wet. For me.

“Open your legs, babe,” I coaxed, heady delight filling me. I could finally touch her how I’d always wanted too. I couldshowher how much I loved her. I couldmakelove to her.“Let me touch you. Let me see your wet pussy dripping for me.”

Rose looked at me a little hesitantly, parting her legs slightly. I kept circling her clit.

“More, babe.” My voice was gruff with my want for her.