I shivered. Pleasure rushed through every part of my body from my neck, where Bria’s canines were lodged; to my parted lips, breathing in her lovely scent; to my hands that were now grasping on to her hips so tightly that I thought I would break her. “Bria,” I whispered, her name rolling off my tongue. It wasn’t like a feeling that I ever experienced before. It was so much better than the stories told down from generation to generation about how a mate’s teeth would feel sinking into my neck and how the woman who loved me finally became a part of my being too. With her canines still buried deep inside me, Bria let out a long sigh and wrapped her arms around my waist to pull me closer. She paused for a moment, as if she didn’t want to pull away, then slowly removed her canines from my t

