Page 22 of Sweet Dreams

Her smile was tremulous. “I have never wanted anyone like this. Tell me I’m not alone in this.”

Wordlessly, I bent my knees so I could grip her under her ass and drag her up so that her body rested against the heavy erection that was straining against my pants. The instant the heat of her body rubbed against my cock, I moaned, my grip tightening to keep her right there. In the same instant, she was moaning, her pelvis resuming its wriggling as she moved herself against me.

“Oh my gosh, Z.” Her fingers dug into my shoulders, a delicious scrape of pain against the absolutely wave of pleasure that she created moving her body against mine. I knew then what I had to do. I needed to help my mate. To release this pressure I’d built inside of her. I stepped in, the smooth concrete scraping my hands for a moment before I found a way to cup her just right against me. But, now, the wall gave her leverage too.

And Hades below, was she utilizing that advantage. Her hips were moving against me, jerking up and down my cock as her whimpering cries invaded my mind.

“That’s it, beautiful, take what you need. I’m here for you,” I crooned, my cock aching as I arched into her hips. She was stunning, shocking me with the urgency that she moved against me. My composed, sassy mate was almost unrecognizable now. The knowledge of what she looked like when she was close to coming made my mind go blank with the need to see that expression on her face every single day.

“I haven’t even felt it, Lullaby, and I know that you’re going to be the sweetest thing my cock has ever felt,” I said, one hand slipping up to cup her breast as her hips bounced hard against me. She was close, I could feel it, the power rippling off of us as her pleasure began to peak. “Let me see, sweet girl. Let me see you use me to make it better.”

“Oh God, Zaldi, it’s so big. I want it inside me.’

“Fuck, you’re perfect. Soon, sweet girl, soon.” I leaned in, damning the consequences over the urge to make her scream, and pressed my tongue against her pulse, then dragged it low. The effect was nearly immediate, my venom singing in her blood as I ran my thumb over one hard-peaked nipple.

Her cry was music to my ears, the sweetness of the movement as she slowly came down from her high continued to make the power between us pump in my blood. And when her head flopped forward, I easily took the rest of her weight, shifting so that she wasn’t against the hard wall any longer.

I closed my eyes, humming softly as she settled in my arms. “You did so well,” I murmured against her hair.

Deep in my chest, surrounded by the power my people craved and required, was something new altogether. No, not new. Reforged.

The bond.

Unsure and shaking.

But, it was there.

My mating bond with Lulu had survived. And it was waiting for us.

Chapter Six

Lulu

I had not been drunk since coming back to Salus Glen. But, right now, held up between Zaldi’s ridiculously strong body and this wall, I could’ve been convinced that there had been more than grape soda in my cup.

Or, maybe cocaine in the popcorn?

Because there was no other way that I could’ve just dry humped my movie date against a wall, in the dark, after our first fucking date.

And, even as my heart hammered in my ears, I stared at him, it seemed like the outline of him was fuzzy. His eyes were wild, dark, even in the dim lighting.

“Are you alright?” He murmured. I realized his hands were stroking me gently, lulling me back to the planet Earth.

I swallowed, my throat dry. Oh God, it was dry from the noises I’d made. My cheeks burned. “Oh me?” I tried to laugh and failed, “I’m fine, just completely ashamed of myself.”

His face fell immediately. “Lulu….”

I shook my head, focusing on him. Nope, not drunk. Just an insanely horny moment where I’d climbed this man like a tree and gotten off against his beautiful hands. “No, it’s okay. I am so sorry, Z. I didn’t–I shouldn’t have.”

To my surprise, his fingers then covered my lips, his head tilting towards me. “Don’t you dare apologize. I could’ve stepped away at any moment. I could’ve taken you back in for the second half of the movie. But, I didn’t. There is nowhere else in this messy world I would’ve rather been than right here. With you.”

I stared, butterflies making my blood hum again. “Really?”

His soft laugh set those butterflies loose–again. “I would never lie to you, Lulu.” His hand moved to brush over my hair, slipping it behind my ear.

“The moment you put me down, I won’t blame you if you run away.”

His face grew serious, his hands moving back to my ass, and ground our bodies together. My mouth fell open, my breath hitching at the obvious hard length of him there. “Does that feel like I’m running? Clearly, you don’t understand yet, but I’m not going anywhere. Not since I met you. Not now that I know the way you moan when you come. I’ll be right here.”