Page 18 of The Beta’s Heart (Five Fangs #5)

Tyler

“Like rabbits, huh?” I asked Peri once I’d carried her out of her brothers’ earshot, a mischievous smile playing on my lips as I pictured her fierce face while she argued with Alpha Cole.

“Sorry if I embarrassed you,” she muttered from where she hung down my back. “My big mouth takes over before my brain can stop it sometimes.”

“I’m not embarrassed, but I think I might be ready to try out some of their advice.”

Adjusting my hold on her, I eased her down until our damp fronts were smushed together and wrapped one arm under her bum. Our faces were inches apart, and I stopped walking to stare into her eyes. They were such a dark brown, they appeared black and seemed to hold all the stars in the universe.

“Goddess help us if we’re relying on them,” she murmured as she stared back at me, our breaths mingling and picking up speed the longer we got lost in each other’s eyes.

A high-pitched squeal from somewhere in the gathering darkness made us blink and remember where we were.

“So, Mom linked me that she and Dad would start to gather the boys up in about an hour.” With a sexy smirk, she wiggled her eyebrows at me, and I was torn between wanting to laugh and wanting to suck the sass right out of her.

“We’re not going to mate for the first time in a place where there’s a risk of your innocent baby brothers coming home any minute,” I told her and started walking again.

Something coiled up tight in my belly every time I thought about mating my sunshine girl, and the desire to explore ‘every inch’ of her grew with each step I took.

“It would be the same with the little children at the orphanage if we went to your room there.” She pouted and playfully poked my chest with one index finger.

“Actually, I already planned this out with the alphas.” My face burned as I remembered everything we talked about last night. “They rented us the guest house at Bel Aire Farm.”

“Oh, that is such a beautiful little cottage!” Her eyes widened in surprise and delight. “I’ve always wanted to stay there! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“Wanted it to be a surprise.” I shrugged, a smile tugging at my lips. “And, you know, zero risk of anyone walking in on us.”

“Well then, what are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

“You don’t want to change and shower first?” I asked her.

“What would be the point of that? We’re just going to strip down and get dirty again!”

It was my turn to smirk as I carried her out to my new SUV and set her in the front passenger seat. When I reached around her to fasten her seatbelt, her lips caught mine, and the world faded away, leaving the two of us alone with a hunger that was burning us up.

“Get me to a bed, Ty,” she moaned as we broke the kiss, and her breathy voice made my whole body clench. “I don’t even care if there’s a risk of the king himself walking in on us.”

Grinning, I ran around to my side of the vehicle and climbed in, started the engine and took off, the anticipation and tension between us growing stronger with every mile.

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The guest house at Bel Aire Farm was cozy and private, at least a mile from any neighbors, and perfect for what we had in mind. As soon as we stepped inside, I pulled Peri into my arms, her lips meeting mine in a deep, passionate kiss. My heart raced as I slid my hand around to gently squeeze the back of her bare thigh, reminding me that we were still in our swimsuits, and the way the mate sparks jumped and sizzled between us only egged me on to explore more.

I knew she could sense my nervousness just as I could sense hers, and I took comfort in the fact that this was all brand new to her, too. Leaning down, I placed a soft kiss on her cheek, then blew in her ear, smiling when my warm breath on her skin made her squirm.

“Ty!” she giggled and pressed herself tighter against me.

“Ticklish, hmm?”

“Yes, but the only tickling I want tonight is your fingers or your tongue in my pussy.”

“Peri!” Straightening quickly, my eyebrows climbing up my forehead, I stared down at her in shock.

“What? It happens in all those romance books. Haven’t you ever read one?”

“No, I don’t read porn,” I started to say, but she cut me off.

“Oh, you watch it instead?”

“I have never indulged in porn in any medium, thank you very much, but your brothers had a lot to say about Miss Clit last night.”

“Oh, they did, did they?” Stretching up on her tippy toes, she wrapped her arms around my neck and rubbed her front against mine. Even through our swim shirts, I could feel the hard pebbles in the center of her breasts, and my body reacted predictably. “How about you demonstrate some of that advice for me now?”

“I’d be glad to.”

I kissed her deeply as my hand reached up to cup her cheek, my thumb gently stroking the soft skin there. I pulled her closer, our bodies pressing together, and I knew she could feel my desire swelling against her hip.

She moaned into my mouth as my other hand slid up her thigh, my fingers skimming the sensitive skin. She shifted, opening her legs slightly to give me better access, and I took the opportunity to slide my hand further up, my fingers dancing dangerously close to the heat between her legs.

“A bed, Ty,” she begged. “Get us to a bed.”

“Anything for you, Sunshine,” I rasped.

Carrying her down the hall, I savored her mouth, daring to dart my tongue between her lips, and she hummed low in her throat, encouraging me. By the time I made it to the bedroom, I’d tasted every inch of her hot, wet mouth and only broke the kiss when I laid her down.

“Ty?” She tangled her fingers up in my hair and tugged gently. “Why’d you stop?”

“I want to mark you first. May I?”

“Oh, yes, please!” Her smile lit up the dimly lit room, and she wiggled around until she was in the center of the bed, then spread her arms wide, welcoming me to join her.

With a chuckle, I did, half-laying on her as I trailed kisses along her jaw and down her neck, nipping at the silky skin with my teeth. She tilted her head back, exposing more of her throat, and I pulled the neck of her swim shirt to the side so my tongue could trace patterns in the little dip between her collar bone and the knob of her shoulder. When she shivered under me, I knew I’d found the right spot.

“There?” I murmured, my voice husky with desire.

“Yes,” she moaned, and I needed no more invitation than that.

Rousing River from his lively conversation with Dove, I quickly explained what was happening, and he excitedly seized control for a moment and sank his fangs in her special spot, then lapped away the twin dots of blood before subsiding as quickly as he’d ascended.

“That was fast,” Peri chuckled. “I didn’t have time to feel it.”

“Good,” I said absently as I stared in horror at the mark.

It was clearly River’s face in all his gray fluffy glory, but he hadn’t done a good job at all . It was messy and looked unfinished and, oh, Goddess! Peri was going to hate it!

Oh, Riv, what did you do? I wanted to cry or scream at him, but if I did either, he would respond in kind, and I’d rather make love to my woman than comfort my wolf all night.

Me do what Dovie say to do, he chirped back. Dovie love it! Dovie so happy!

“Well?” Peri put her hands on either side of my face and tilted my head so she could see in my eyes. “What does it look like?”

“Let’s save it as a surprise for tomorrow,” I suggested.

“No, I want to see it now.” She pushed at my chest, trying to get up, and I rolled onto my side, but pulled her with me.

“Sunshine, I’m sorry. I should have prepared River more, I guess, but I assumed he would know what he was doing.”

“Okay, now I need to see. Link me what it looks like.” Her flashing eyes and set face told me that I had no choice, so I did as she asked. “Oh! Oh, my!”

“If it helps, he said Dove loves it and is happy,” I told her miserably as I propped myself up on one elbow and stared down at her. “You’ve probably been dreaming of a lovely mate mark for years and this is what you ended up with and, well, I’m just really sorry, Peri.”

“What are you sorry for?” She tilted her head to one side.

“Riv messed it up. The colors are pretty, but it’s, well, the only word I can think of for it is … drippy .”

“Oh, no, Ty! This is just like a watercolor tattoo! I have a whole board on Pinterest full of them! I love this art style!”

Oh, thank the Goddess. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Then she tackled me flat on my back, and I chuckled.

“I love you, Ty,” she breathed as she hovered over me. “More than anything.”

My heart swelled at her words, and I pulled her down to lie on top of me, our bodies pressed together, chest to chest.

“I love you, too,” I said softly, my hands roaming over her back and smoothing over the soft fabric of her shirt. “Are you okay to take this off? I want to feel your skin against mine.”

She sat up on my stomach, her legs straddling my waist, and pulled her shirt over her head, and my heart pounded in my chest with anticipation when I saw she wore a simple black bikini top. Lifting my gaze to her face, I took in her lowered eyes and the way her teeth were biting into her bottom lip and wanted her even more.

If her behind slid down a few more inches, she was going to know it, too. I was rock hard already, and we hadn’t done anything yet.

Sitting up, I kissed her as my hands caressed their way down her back and found the waistband of her swim shorts.

Okay to take these off, too? I linked her.

You’re also going to get undressed, right? she linked back. I’m not going to spread my legs for someone who’s still fully clothed, Mr. James.

Her words went straight to my groin, and I groaned deep in my throat. Breaking the kiss, I flipped her onto her back as I sat up and tore off my swim shirt and chucked it somewhere behind me. Then I reached for her and stripped her bottoms off, all but drooling as I took in her smooth skin and round curves and the bare triangle waiting for me between her legs.

Wanting desperately to see the rest of her, I braced my hands on the bed to loom over her sprawled body, then trailed kisses from her neck down to the upper swells of her breasts right above her top. Her breath hitching, she wriggled her hips, and I smirked as she shivered beneath me.

Slowly, I peeled the bikini top down her arms and nearly came in my trunks as I saw her round breasts with their tight buds. Unable to wait any longer, I tossed the fabric over my shoulder, then reached out and gently brushed my thumbs over her nipples, marveling at the way they tightened further at my touch.

“So beautiful,” I murmured, leaning forward to take one hard peak into my mouth.

She moaned, her fingers tangling in my hair while my tongue swirled and flicked her nipple. I couldn’t keep my hands off of her, and her head fell back as I cupped her soft breasts and gently squeezed them as I suckled her.

My desire for her finally overcame any remaining nerves. I wanted to worship her body and give her as much pleasure as I hoped to receive. Moving one hand down, I stroked her silky thighs before sliding my palm between her legs. Releasing her swollen, sensitive nipple with a little pop, I raised my head to watch her face as I cupped her between her thighs, my other hand still kneading her right breast.

“Okay?” I whispered.

“ Yes . You make me feel so good, Ty,” she whimpered, her hands clenching my shoulders. “Don’t stop!”

Grinning, I set to work in earnest, lowering my lips to nurse on her again as my other hand savored the warm velvet feel of her before I slipped two fingers inside.

Goddess, she was wet! Just drenched in her own juices, which made it easy for me to part her folds and search for her little pearl. Proud of myself for finding it on the first try, I stroked it carefully in a tiny pattern with the tip of my index finger, making her groan and her hips buck up.

“Ty?” she gasped, her fingers digging into my shoulders now.

“Hmm,” I finally set her nipple free. “So wet and soft and warm. Feel good?”

“Yes!”

“Let me make it feel even better,” I whispered and, mimicking Alpha Wyatt’s visual, strummed her rigid little pearl.

“ Tyler !”

With a grin, I left my thumb to continue stimulating her while sliding my fingers down and slipping one inside, and my eyes widened when I felt her clamp down on it. Remembering that I needed to help her prepare, I swirled my finger around with great care, then began rocking it in and out of her.

“Oh, my Goddess,” she whimpered, her hands moving to clutch the back of my neck and her hips trying to follow my finger each time I withdrew it from her slick heat.

“That’s it, Sunshine,” I murmured as I added a second finger. “Ride my hand. Take what you want. Take all that you need.”

She did, too, with little moans and pants that nearly undid me, and I knew I was running out of time if I wanted to come inside her. As she humped my left hand, I ‘tickled the nut off the bolt’ deep inside her, and she came as fast as Alpha Ash had predicted she would.

“Yes, Tyler! Yes !” she cried out, her body arching as her orgasm washed over her, and I got lost in the feel of her climaxing around my fingers.

Goddess, if she clamps down on me that hard and tight when I’m inside her, I won’t last a full minute! I thought to myself.

As her shudders eased and her breathing slowed down, I kissed her new mate mark, then rolled away, and she whimpered at the loss of skin contact.

“I’m not going anywhere, Sunshine,” I assured her, my fingers working as fast as possible to untie the string inside my swim trunks.

If they were mine instead of Alpha Jay’s, I would have ripped them to get them off faster, but finally the knot gave way, and I slicked them down my legs and kicked them into the corner. I was glad I had my back to Peri; she didn’t need to see how my dick sprang up like a freaking jack-in-the-box and slapped my stomach.

Glancing at her over my shoulder, I found she’d propped herself up on one elbow and her gaze was locked on my south of the border, so I slowly turned around and nearly choked on a laugh when her eyes widened comically as the view changed from my backside to my groin.

“Were you staring at my butt?” I teased her.

“Uh-huh, but not anymore! Something much more interesting just popped up!”

With a grin, I stood there and let her look her fill. I wasn’t self-conscious; my penis was what it was, and I couldn’t make it any smaller or bigger.

Besides, to me, letting her see my scars was much more intimidating than being judged on my size.

“You can touch it if you want to,” I offered.

“I don’t dare to right now! My pussy will squirt all over the bed! I’m fucking soaked just looking at your fat cock!”

“Peri Louise!” I hissed as I stalked back over to the bed. “For the love of the moon, don’t say pussy and squirt in the same sentence! In fact, don’t say pussy at all! And no one calls it … that word! And I’m not fat !”

“They say it in all those romance novels,” she disagreed, still ogling me. “And I can say thick if you don’t like fat, although it is the biggest damn dick I’ve ever seen.”

“Well, we’re not in a romance novel, and exactly how many have you seen?”

“Fully erect adult dicks, or dicks in general?” She raised one eyebrow in challenge, but I called her bluff right away.

“You may have changed your little brothers’ diapers, but the only erection you’ve ever seen is right here and now.”

“Aw, you ruined my punchline! I was going to use that as a joke to tell you I’m a virgin!”

Planting one knee on the mattress, I lunged forward and caught her up in a tackle that rolled us to the other side of the bed. Good thing it was a king. I had plenty of room to toss her around tonight.

“Sunshine, I already knew that,” I growled low in my throat. “Every guy in the pack knows— knew —not to even bother asking you out to something as innocent as the movies. You made it clear that you wanted all your firsts to be with your mate.”

“Same with you, Ty. My girl friends and I always mooned over how lucky some of us were going to be because you and so many of your friends were waiting, too. I don’t think boys who play around understand the pressure it puts on a girl who’s pure. She feels like she has to measure up to all the girls they’ve messed around with, which is impossible when you’ve never done it before.”

“Guys have it worse, if you can believe it. We have that same pressure, plus the expectation that we’ll perform perfectly when it’s our first time.” I dropped a kiss on the tip of her nose. “I’m so glad we waited for each other, Sunshine. More than words can say. Heh. To be honest, I still can’t quite believe we’re actually doing this!”

“I’m glad we waited for each other, too, Ty, and I’m also struggling to believe that I’ve got you here with me like this.” She gave me a wicked grin, and I narrowed my eyes, wondering what was going to come out of that mouth next. “But I think we’ve both waited long enough now. From what’s leaking down my thigh, we need to hurry before you come all over my belly.”

“There is no rush,” I murmured, leaning in to ghost my lips over her mate mark and smirking when she shivered. “None at all. I’ve already accepted that I probably will shoot off early because I’m so excited, but I’ll pleasure you with my hand until I get hard again.”

Then I kissed her as my knees wedged hers apart, slowly spreading her hips until mine settled into place as if they were especially made to fit between her thighs. Still kissing her, I reached down and rubbed my heavy tip up and down her wet folds, coating it with her natural lubricant, then touched it to her entrance.

“Tyler!” she gasped and folded her knees out on either side of us, spreading herself wide for me, and I pushed in just a tiny bit. She whimpered as my thick head entered her, and I froze.

“Sunshine?”

“Hurts,” she grimaced, breaking my heart.

“I’m sorry. I wish it didn’t or that I could help.”

After a few moments, she gave me a tiny nod.

“I’m good. Go ahead.”

“I told you, we don’t have to rush. I want this to be special for us.” My thumbs brushed the tears away from her cheeks, then I dotted her face with little kisses until I felt her body relax.

Only then did I rock in and out of her with the slowest, slightest, gentlest nudges I could manage while I was on fire to claim her, to mate her, to make her mine in every way possible and ruin her for anyone else ever again.

Remarkably, she reached a breaking point before I did.

“Ty, my pussy is gasping to suck your thick dick, so stop teasing me and shove it in!”

Her words snapped the last thread of my control, taking my mind with it, and I jerked my hips back and drove into her all the way. Pulling back, I did it again, only this time I saw stars. Feeling my balls draw up, I realized I was coming. Thankfully, she was, too, her walls clenching tight around me as I shot off like a firework.

The pleasure pulsing through us, I dropped on top of her and hid my face in the crook of her neck, not sure if I should be ashamed for not lasting even a minute or proud that I’d made her come during our very first time.

“I can’t believe bossing you like that worked,” she murmured with a giggle.

“I swore to myself I’d always give you what you needed.” Raising my face out of her neck, I lifted up on my elbows, but kept my semi-hard length buried inside her. “Was it too painful? Are you sore?”

“Dove’s already eased the pain, although there might be a little blood. It’s hard to tell because my thighs are slicker than shit from my pussy juices.”

“Two dollars in the swear bear, Sunshine,” I teased her as my dick twitched at her words. “Although you probably cussed a lot more and I was too distracted to notice.”

“Speaking of cussing, who would have thought that Tyler James, who rarely lets a profane word cross his lips, would be turned on by dirty talk?” She skimmed her fingers over my chest and down to circle the tight beads of my nipples.

“How about I clean you up now, you filthy girl? Hmm? Want to soak in a bath until you’re ready for round two?”

“I’m ready now. How about you, baby? Is there anything I can do to help you get hard again?”

Without waiting for me to answer, she moved her hands to her own chest. As I watched, she cupped the swells of her breasts while swirling her thumbs around her nipples until they were taut peaks, then bucked her hips up, gyrating into me.

“Do you want to fuck my tits next, Ty? You can lube me up, and I’ll push them together, and you can slide between them while I raise my head and suck your tip like a lollipop—”

“That’ll do it,” I growled as I turned to solid steel inside her.

My hips began to move again, my thrusts slow and gentle, and she met every one, our bodies moving in sync as we built a steady rhythm.

I was fascinated by the sight of my mate beneath me, her hair spilling across the pillows, her lips curling into an ‘o,’ her breasts bouncing. Unable to leave them alone, I leaned down and kissed and sucked all over them, leaving little marks everywhere as she writhed under me, pleading and crying out my name.

I picked up the pace until I was hammering into her. Her scent, the mate sparks, and the incredible sensation of her clinging to me like a moist velvet glove all spiraled toward another orgasm—and I was determined she would come with me again.

Reaching between us, my fingers found her swollen pearl and rubbed it in time with our hips. She cried out, her back arching and her walls tightening around me, and I groaned, getting closer to coming the harder she tugged on me. Then her breath hitched and her body went rigid, and two more thrusts helped her finish. I followed soon after, my own release crashing over me as I filled her to overflowing.

When I could breathe again and see without white sparks, I eased down on her, supporting my weight on my elbows as our sticky bodies pressed together.

“I have no words for that,” she breathed, her fingers tangling in my sweaty hair.

I hummed my agreement, placing kisses along her collar bone, then up her neck and left a final kiss on her lips before pulling out of her and rolling us onto our sides.

It was as if the world had paused, leaving the night as a secret known only to us. I wrapped my arms around her, feeling the steady beat of her heart against my chest, and knew I’d never call any other place home.

“I think,” she had to pause as a yawn nearly split her face in two, “we need to do this at least a few more times tonight to qualify as rabbits.”

“And I think someone could use a nice bath while I strip and remake the bed. Then, maybe after a little nap, I reckon we could try to put rabbits to shame.”

“Yes, please, to all of that,” she mumbled before another yawn snuck up on her. “Remind me to praise Cole sometime for his excellent advice.”

“Don’t you dare!” I growled. “I want to live!”

“Okay, but only because I’ll bet anything Wyatt was the one who gave you the best advice, anyway,” she mumbled.

“True enough.”

“Did he tell you how to do that thing with your fingers?”

“He did,” I admitted.

“Well, damn, boy! Ask him for more tricks like that!” she gave me a sleepy-eyed grin.

“Anything for you, Sunshine.”

And with a chuckle, I rolled my girl into a ball and picked her up and carried her towards the bathroom.