She inhaled and let her mind roll overhis words. Her entire attitude had changed over the course of theday. When they’d left Isolde’s, she’d asked for time to come toterms with the situation. But after spending time with the pack,the feeling in her bones that she was where she was always meant tobe had changed her mind.
About everything.
“I don’t need any moretime,” she said. “But I do have one request.”
“Name it.” His voice wasgruff, laced with the authority of his position as alpha. She knewshe could name anything and he’d go to any lengths to provide itfor her. It was a heady thought.
“Ask me to be yourmate.”
ChapterTen
Wrath looked down at his beloved truemate, the female of his dreams, the keeper of his heart. The redtattoo was bright against her skin, a reflection of theirbond.
He unlaced the fingers of one hand andcupped her face. “When you first came to me in the dreams, Ithought I was going crazy. I wanted you so desperately even thoughI didn’t fully understand what it meant because of my youth. Thefirst time we made love in our dreams, do you remember what I askedyou afterward?”
She blinked slowly, and a small smilecurved her lips. “You asked if I’d spend the rest of my life withyou.”
“And yousaid...”
“Yes.”
“I didn’t ask you to be mymate because I didn’t know if I’d ever meet you in real life. I wasafraid if I asked you to be my mate in the dreams, that I’d bindyou to me. That I might keep you from being happy wherever youwere, because you promised yourself to me.”
“I understand,” she said.“We always talked about the fact we were true mates, but I didwonder why you never asked. I figured you just didn’t need to askbecause we both knew it. Now that we’re together, though, I’d likeit to be real.”
He dropped to one knee and kissed herknuckles. “Trinity, will you be my mate? Will you join me in themating bed to consummate our joining? And then in six nights, whenthe full moon is high in the sky, will you mate with meofficially?”
“I will. I can’t think ofanything better than being your mate.”
He let out a happy growl and rose tohis feet, pulling her close for a kiss. “While it’s the mostwonderful thing for us to be mates, what I’m planning next will topthat. Again and again.”
“Take me to bed, Wrath,”she whispered. Her eyes were bright with emotion, and the sweetscent of her arousal bloomed.
They’d made love in their dreamsnumerous times. He considered her his first, even though they’donly been together in their dreams. He’d never wanted anyone buther, and he knew she felt the same.
Swinging her up into his arms, hecarried her to the center of the bed and laid her down, spanninghis fingers across her neck. He could feel the thrum of her pulseas it beat steadily. She curled her hands around his biceps andgave him a sweet, expectant smile.
Lowering his head, he kissed her once,and then a second time, growling happily when she parted her lipsand let him delve his tongue inside. Part of him—the snarling,horny wolf—wanted to strip her bare and fuck her so good and sohard that neither of them would be able to move afterward. But theother part of him—the honorable, thankful male—wanted to take histime. This first time—the first in-person real time—was essential.They were starting their mating off tonight, and he wanted toensure she was well loved to the best of his abilities. He wasnervous and excited, and so damn thankful to have her in his bedthat he couldn’t think straight.
As their kiss deepened, he let hisfingers slide from her throat to her shoulder, skimming lightlydown the front of the top she wore. Delving under the hem, hecaressed her stomach, smiling inwardly when he felt her muscletwitch with the soft touches. He eased away from her enticing lipsand pushed her top up, and she took the unspoken cue and pulled itup over her head. The shirt went airborne, and he grinned at hereagerness. Her breasts were tipped with pink nipples. He caught onebetween his lips and flicked his tongue over it, then gently suckedit into his mouth. She gasped and slipped her hands into his hair,fisting the strands as he licked and sucked her nipple to tightperfection. Then he kissed across the valley between her breastsand tended to the other. He loved hearing her soft gasps and sweetmoans as he played with her, until she writhed under him with needygroans.
He kissed down the center of her bodyand licked a slow circle around her navel. Curling his fingers intothe soft material of her shorts, he drew them down her legs,sitting up and watching as she was laid bare before him. His mouthwatered at the sight of her curves, all soft and perfect, her skinflushed with passion. He pushed her legs apart and slipped betweenher spread thighs. She was shaved bare, the soft lips of her sexparting as he used his thumb and middle finger to spread her open.Her core was pink and glistening, her clit begging for histouch.
He glanced up the length of her bodyand met her gaze, her eyes filled with trust andpassion.
Easing forward, he inhaled her sweetscent and licked a line from her entrance to her clit and downagain, delving into her core and lapping at her heat. He alternatedbetween her core and her bud, licking and playing and driving herwild. He knew she was close to coming when her thighs tightenedagainst his head and she was clenching the two fingers he’d slippedinside her.
He curled his fingers and rubbed alongher walls as he flicked his tongue rapidly over her clit. He feltthe moment she fell over into pleasure, her pussy gripping hisfingers and her clit swelling under his tongue. She arched underhim, her hands twisting in his hair, and cried out hisname.
Crawling up her body, he plantedheated kisses along the way,
