He tightened his hold against me more, but it felt reassuring rather than painful this time. I relaxed slightly against him. “Look, I don’t know how or why we have this bond between us, but I’m not resisting it any longer. I wasn’t running away. I just needed some space to think. Especially because I thought you had run away—or gone out hunting again.”
“It seems we both overreacted a tiny bit,” he admitted with a low chuckle. “The mate bond does tend to make one a little...crazy sometimes.”
“So it seems.”
“The feeling is stronger this time too.” He nuzzled his lips against my neck. “I can’t think of anything else but you.”
“I know what you mean.” My breath caught as his mouth brushed my skin and his hands tightened on my hips. Behind me, his c**k pressed into my ass, hot and hard, and
