Shifters Gone Alpha (27 page)

“They were my mother’s. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to have something new made especially for you, but I couldn’t let this day go by without giving you just a small token of my love and devotion. I promise to get you something all your own as soon as we get home. I already have Emma working on designs.”

“You will do
no such thing
, Liam Drennan. I
love
these earrings! They are part of your heritage, a long, proud lineage I only want to enhance and continue. I’ll wear these earrings every day of my life with pride and try to live up to the woman who wore them before me.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Liam chuckled and then immediately became serious. “Thank you,
mo ghra’
. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now put them on. I want to see them in their new place of honor, adorning my mate.”

As quick as she could, she replaced the pave balls she’d worn for her mating ceremony with the earrings Liam had given her. Shaking her head slightly, she smiled slyly as the bells hanging from her ears rang. “You know what happens when a bell rings,” she chuckled.

He pulled her onto his lap and looked deep into her eyes. “Who’s been sharing my secrets? I wanted to
show
you what happens when a bell rings.” She knew he was just feigning hurt feelings, but played along anyway.

“Mel did, but you can remind me.”

“Oh, I will, Mrs. Drennen. You will never forget that when a bell rings a dragon is kissing his mate.” And then he kissed her with the absolute assurance of all their love-filled tomorrows. The kiss was slow and passionate and so completely enthralling that Hannah simply melted. They continued until both were panting and fighting to stay clothed.

Pulling back, Hannah gasped for air before spearing him with a look she hoped conveyed raw passion and unbridled emotion. Avoiding his advances, she refused to kiss him until she had her say. Placing her hands on either side of his face, she held him still. Mustering all the courage she had, she said the only thing that had been on her mind since they met. “Make me yours, Mr. Drennan. Now and
forever,
make me yours.”

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hannah’s words were music to his ears. There was nothing in the entire Universe he wouldn’t do to make her happy. The need to be joined with his mate and consummate their union had been a living being within him since the day they’d met, but he‘d decided to let her call the shots. The moment she asked to be loved, all plans of a slow mating flew out the window and both man and beast were figuring out the quickest way to get them home and naked.

Grabbing her up, Liam used his enhanced speed and flew to the cottage Rian had given him for the remainder of their stay. A place he and his mate could be together…alone...to love one another as was the way of dragon mates. In less than two minutes they were standing next to their bed, looking longingly into each other’s eyes.

Wanting their first time as an officially mated couple to last as long as he could stand, Liam kissed the column of her neck, nipped across the apex of her shoulder, and dragged the satin strap of her gown down her arm with his teeth. Kissing his way back to her mouth, marking every inch of her as his and his alone, he kissed her breathless and then repeated his efforts on her other bare shoulder.

The more he tasted, the more labored Hannah’s breathing became, making her breasts a temptation he could no longer resist. Kissing across the neckline of her dress, letting his tongue dip under the satin ribbing to taste the decadent flesh was a treat from the gods. He loved that she moaned with pleasure and pushed into his mouth, unable to resist the bonds between them. Pulling the zipper at her side down, Liam kissed every inch of naked flesh as it became visible. Hannah writhed under his attention, grabbing his head to force it where she most wanted his touch. “Patience,
a chumann.
I have a lot of time to make up for.”

She groaned her disapproval as he continued his slow perusal. His mouth watered as he peeled away the cloth of her bodice, revealing her voluptuous breasts and deep pink nipples begging for his lips and tongue. Licking across first one and then the other, he was rewarded with an, “Oh, sweet Goddess, Liam…
please
…
don’t…don’t
…” from his mate

“
Don’t what, mo chroi’?
”
He asked against her heated skin.

Before she could answer, he took the nipple he’d been teasing between his lips, sucking and nipping until Hannah bowed her back, holding him to her chest, and screaming his name. His hand kneaded her other breast, working her nipple to an even harder point between his thumb and forefinger.

The scent of her arousal filled the room with the tantalizing aroma of warmed Angel’s trumpets and Hannah, something he would never get tired of inhaling. His dragon pushed and roared in his head, demanding he continue undressing their beautiful mate, both man and beast driven to taste all that she was. Releasing her breast, Liam immediately latched onto the other, pushing her dress over her beautifully rounded hips, letting his hands linger on her amazing curves, loving the fact that his mate was all woman. His fingers stilled as he felt the thin lace of her underwear.

His mouth moved from her nipple, kissing the valley between her breasts, leaving a trail of heat and seduction down her body. Reaching the silk of her panties, Liam inhaled long and deep, immersing himself in Hannah’s wonderfully unique scent. Unable to resist, he knelt between her thighs, tore the gown from her body, and threw the offending material over his shoulder. Her panties received the same treatment, leaving her gloriously naked and open to feast upon as he desired.

Hannah was gorgeous when clothed, but naked she was a thing of absolute beauty. As slowly as his growing need would allow, his eyes worked their way from the bright pink of the polish that covered her toes, up her shapely legs that very soon would be wrapped around his shoulders, to her soft thighs he could not wait to have pillowing his head. Her rounded stomach and curves fueled his extremely vivid imagination and begged to be kissed over and over again.

“Liam?” His name on her lips drew his gaze.

“Yes,
mo chroi’
?” He crooned, massaging up and down her thighs, sure to brush the outer lips of her pussy on every pass, loving that her hips sought out his touch at every pass.

“Liam…I
need
…” She gasped, unable to complete her thought as his index finger ran up and down her slit, wet with the proof of her arousal.

“What is it you need,
mo ghra’
?” He teased, enjoying her ragged breathing and inability to hold still. Liam stared at Hannah in the throes of passion, wondering what he’d done right to have such an amazing mate. He loved that her head was thrown back, eyes were closed tight, and mouth was open wide as she called his name over and over like a mantra.

“I…oh Goddess,
yes
…” She wailed as he pushed his finger through her folds and teased the opening, her juices wetting his entire hand. Her pussy contracted around the tip of his finger, attempting to pull his digit all the way into her warm wet passage. Adding another finger, he began gliding in and out, her honey providing the perfect lubrication. His thumb drew lazy circles around her swollen clit while his fingers continued to work her towards an explosive orgasm. Every few swipes he bent the tips of his fingers and gently brushed the very special bundle of nerves that drove his mate insane.

Needing to taste her more than he needed his next breath, he quickly removed his fingers, chuckled as Hannah whined at the loss, and then drove his tongue into her pussy as far and as fast as he could. Her taste exploded on his tongue, flashes of light bursting before his eyes. He devoured his mate like a man possessed, grabbing every drop of the honey that flowed from her. She tasted of sunshine and home and everything good and right in the world. The more his tongue moved within her, the drunker he became on her heavenly juices. Her hands pulled at his hair. Her legs came over his shoulders and closed around his head. Breathing became almost impossible, and still he consumed all she gave.

He felt her tense just a second before her orgasm overtook her. Screaming his name, she came on his tongue, filling his mouth until her juices ran down his chin. He continued to lick and tease as she came back to earth.

Looking up, he found her smiling a lazy smile and gazing at him through passion-filled, half-opened eyes. His only thought was to keep that exact look on her face for eternity.

His cock pulsed against the zipper of his black pants. Not wanting to leave his place between her thighs but needing to feel her skin against his, Liam stood in one fluid motion, threw off his surcoat, and tore the black long-sleeved T-shirt over his head. His hands reached for the buckle of his belt only to be knocked away by Hannah’s.

His eyes flew to hers. “What…?”

“It’s my turn, Mr. Drennan,” she winked. He had no idea how she had moved so quickly, but when she looked at him with such mischief in her eyes and a grin that was perfect parts sweetness and seduction, all thoughts of anything but being buried deep inside her fled from his mind.

Hannah undid his pants, never once losing eye contact. She pressed her body to his, the sensation better than anything he’d ever felt. Her hardened nipples pushed against the muscles of his chest and his mouth watered with the need to taste her all over again. With her thighs pressing against his, she turned their bodies until the bed bumped the back of his knees. His pants slid down his legs, held up by his knee length boots. Liam started to bend, but Hannah’s hands on his shoulders stopped his progress.

Shaking her head, she gently pushed until he sat on the side of the bed and then drove the breath from his lungs as she knelt before him. The look she gave him as she glanced up through the fringe of her long light lashes made his heart skip a beat. Needing to be inside her more than he needed his next breath, Liam grabbed her shoulders, attempting to pull her onto his lap, boots be damned. But Hannah simply shook her head once again, denying him the pleasure he so desperately needed. His mate had a plan, one she would not abandon, no matter how close to death she pushed him.

Lifting first one foot and then the other, Hannah removed his boots and then his pants. She ran her nails, painted the same bright pink as her toes, up his shins and across his thighs, stopping inches from his straining cock. Hannah painted figure eights up and down his thigh, the friction of her touch against the smattering of short dark hair raising goose bumps all over his body.

Her thoughts were completely open to him, letting him feel as well as hear that
his
pleasure was her
only
focus. She wanted to please him as he had pleased her and mark him as hers, just as she was his.

Coherent thought became impossible when her lips closed around his cock. The air fled his lungs when she sucked as much of his considerable length into her mouth as she could fit. Lost to their combined thoughts, Liam had once again missed Hannah’s movement. With slow precision that threatened his hard fought patience, she worked him in and out of her mouth, her tongue massaging the pulsing vein that ran from base to tip.

His head fell back as his body shook with the sheer power it took to restrain himself from lifting her off the floor, throwing her on the bed, and burying himself deep inside her. The pleasure she gave him threatened his very sanity.

“You are killing me,
mo ghra’
,”
he sent directly in her mind.

Her answering chuckle was maddening and incredibly sexy.
“You can do it, my winged warrior. I believe in you.”

Any response he could have thought of was driven from his mind when she pulled her head back until only his mushroom head lay in the confines of her miraculous mouth. The tip of her tongue dipped into the slit at the very tip, causing his cock to jump and the muscles in his thighs to shake. She continued her exploration, licking all around the ridge while her hands closed around his balls and massaged. Her nails scratched against his ass, adding a whole new dimension to the web of love and seduction she wove.

In one swift motion Hannah sucked him deep into her mouth, the tip of his cock touching the back of her throat. She hollowed her cheeks and swallowed while her hands worked the base of his shaft. He fell back, his arms keeping him semi-upright as his balls drew tight against his body right before he released into her mouth, his shout of ecstasy echoing throughout the cottage.

As he floated down from the best orgasm of his life, Hannah’s thoughts of undying love filled his soul while she continued to work him across her sweet lips. Needing to feel her skin against his in the worse way, Liam pulled his already hardening cock from her mouth and slid his hands under her arms.

Hannah resisted, instead she pushed him onto his back and Liam watched as his mate climbed over his body with the grace of a jungle cat. Her heavy breasts hypnotized him as they swung side to side. Her hips followed in the same seductive dance, making him cross-eyed with desire. The closer she came, the clearer he could see the evidence of her desire as it wet the inside of her thighs. His mouth watered with the need to once again have her taste on his tongue.

However, her hands on his chest and the look in her eyes stilled his movements. Hannah licked her lips, her tongue wetting a trail across the top and then the bottom. Unable to look anywhere but her mouth, Liam moaned in total bliss as she straddled his waist, his straining cock fitting perfectly between the cheeks of her beautiful bottom. With her eyes locked on his, she rocked her hips back and forth, lifting ever so slightly in order to drag his erection through her juices.