He kicked the bedroom door shut behind us and laid me down on the mattress with surprising gentleness for a man so clearly consumed with desire. His eyes burned into mine as he pulled his shirt over his head, revealing the tattooed expanse of his chest and abs that I still couldn’t get enough of.

I reached for him, but he caught my wrists, pinning them gently above my head with one large hand. “My turn to play,” he said, his voice a rough caress.

With my wrists pinned above my head, I felt a delicious vulnerability wash over me. Xavier’s weight pressed me into the mattress, his hard body a stark contrast to mine. The hunger in his eyes made my breath catch.

“Xavier,” I whispered, arching up against him.

“Need to fuck you hard, baby,” he growled, his free hand shoving my shirt over my breasts. I hadn’t expected anyone after lunch, so I was in a simple T-shirt and panties with no bra. “Need to mark you, claim you. Need everyone in the Goddamned compound to know you belong to me.”

Maybe it made me a freak or something, but I loved this caveman side of Xavier. Probably because I knew Xavier was solidly the caveman who would protect me with his life.

With increasingly quick and jerky movements, Xavier rid me of my panties and shirt before shoving his own jeans down his hips. “Tell me if it’s too much,” he commanded against my skin, his lips grazing the skin from my inner thigh up to my pussy.

“Oh, God! Do it, Xavier!” My plea was a breathy moan. “Eat my pussy!”

With a husky growl, Xavier shoved away from me, straightening as he finished removing his clothes. Then he gripped my hips and flipped me onto my belly with surprising strength, pulling my hips so I was on my knees before him.

“Gonna fuck you hard, Tillie. You promise me you’ll stop me if I get too rough.”

“I promise,” I wailed. “I promise if you don’t fuck me right now, I may castrate you in your fucking sleep!”

Xavier’s dark chuckle sent shivers down my spine. “Such a dirty mouth on my sweet girl,” he murmured, his hands skimming down my back. “Gonna have to do something about that.”

He positioned himself behind me, and I felt the blunt head of his cock pressing against my entrance. “Pain said my test came back clean, so I’m takin’ you bare. You don’t want that, say so now because I ain’t pullin’ out.”

That was all I could take. Instead of answering, I lowered my chest to the bed and reached back to grip Xavier’s buttocks and pulled me to him as I shoved myself backward onto his cock.

“Mother fuck!” Xavier bellowed as he tightened his grip on my hips until I was sure I’d have bruises. I loved every fucking second of it.

He held still for several seconds before he started to ride me hard, setting a punishing rhythm. “So tight, so perfect. So… mine .”

“Yes!” I gasped, pushing back against him, meeting each thrust. “Yours, Xavier. Only yours. Always!”

The sound of skin slapping against skin filled the room, punctuated by our moans and cries and screams. Xavier’s pace was relentless, and I reveled in the raw possession of it all.

“That’s it, baby,” he panted, one hand sliding up my spine to tangle in my hair. “Take everything I give you.”

I could feel myself spiraling toward the edge, every nerve ending on fire.

When his hand snaked around to find my clit, I screamed his name, my body convulsing around him as I came harder than I ever had before.

Xavier followed me over the edge with a roar of his own.

His cum was hot inside me. Some of the warm, sticky fluid trickled down my inner thigh as I overflowed.

Still, Xavier held himself as deep inside me as he could before falling forward on top of me, pinning me to the bed beneath him.

I welcomed his heavy weight. His cock still throbbed inside me, not showing signs of going to sleep any time soon. Sweat coated us both.

With a groan, Xavier shifted so his body was no longer on top of mine. Instead, he wrapped his arms around me and held me close to him, my back to his chest. The occasional jump of his dick made little zings of pleasure flutter through me.

“Holy shit,” he breathed out. “Holy. Shit.” He was as winded as I was. I had to smile.

I couldn’t help the giggle that escaped me as I felt Xavier’s warm breath against my neck.

“What’s so funny?” he murmured, nuzzling against my hair. He didn’t sound put out, merely curious. If I knew Xave, he wanted to share in the merriment. He played as hard as he worked. And I loved playing with my gruff biker.

“Nothing. Just happy.” I sighed contentedly, pressing back against him. “I never thought I’d have this.”

His arms tightened around me. “This?”

“Safety. Happiness.” I twisted in his arms to face him. “Love.”

Xavier’s eyes softened as he traced my cheek with his thumb. “You’ve got all of that and more, baby. Forever.”

We lay there in comfortable silence, our breathing synchronizing as we basked in the afterglow. Eventually, Xavier pressed a kiss to my forehead.

“We should probably get cleaned up. Meeting with Knuckles is in an hour.”

I groaned, reluctant to leave our cocoon. “Do we have to?”

“Afraid so. Man doesn’t like to be kept waiting.” He grinned, dropping a quick kiss on my lips before sliding out of bed. “Come on. We can shower together.”

I grinned. “Sounds perfect.”

Knuckles would just have to get over it, because I had the feeling we were going to be late to that meeting.