Tactical Magik (Immortal Ops) (12 page)

The healing energy.
 

Just thinking of how they’d conjured the energy turned her on. Her nipples hardened and moisture pooled at the apex of her thighs. Her body tingled with desire. The buzzing of the bees started again—low but there. And she understood it was partly her doing—her magik.
 

Seemed silly thinking of herself that way, but it was true. She knew that. She grasped how crazy it was to feel as much as she did for Eadan, considering she’d known him less than a week. None of that mattered to her.
 

She realized now who he was to her, why she’d been drawing him all her life. She was his woman and he was her man. He was who she’d been waiting for, saving herself for. And she was tired of saving herself.

She wanted the man on the other side of the door, the one doing what he thought was honorable—giving her space and time to adjust.
 

And it was high time she took what she wanted.
 

She looked to the clothes he’d left for her, the wheels in her head spinning. Inara exited the bathroom wearing nothing but her towel. Eadan was there, standing in the entranceway to his bedroom, his blue-gray gaze locked on her. “I-Inara?”

How can she be even more beautiful?
She heard his voice in her head.

She took a step in his direction. The power intensified as she began to close the distance between them. It ran over her body, centering between her legs, making her breath catch. She inhaled deep, the shifter in her smelling Eadan’s arousal.
 

Damn, he looked even better than he had. He was cleaned up now, wearing nothing but a pair of thin pajama bottoms. His hair was free from the tie he’d worn it in. It was so long. She couldn’t wait to see it spilling over her body as he moved above her.
 

She was obsessed with his torso. The man could do laundry on it, she was sure of it. She wanted to lick him from head to toe.
 

“I left something for you to wear in there,” he said, sounding as if he were in pain. “I’ll take you and buy you everything you need in the morning.”
 

“All I need is you,” she returned, continuing her path to him.

He backed up and hit the doorframe. He closed his eyes.
 

Control yourself. She needs sleep and food and time to adjust.

“I just need you, Eadan.”
 

He kept his eyes shut.
 

Think about anything other than her naked. She deserves to be romanced.

“I deserve you.”
 

She’s a virgin. Take it slow. And do not tell her you love her. It will scare her away.

Inara couldn’t help but warm to him even more. “Eadan.”
 

He opened one eye. “Yes?”
 

“I love you too.”
 

He gulped and pressed himself against the doorframe more.
 

Wimp,
she pushed with her mind.

He stilled and cracked one eye open to look at her.

She laughed. “Are you going to run from me?”
 

“I’m considering it,” he replied.
 

“Eadan, I want you and I think you want me too.” Pride welled. She’d found her way to the strong female she knew resided in her. She’d just needed the proper motivation. Sex with Eadan did the trick.
 

He tipped his head back and thumped it against the doorframe. “More than you’ll ever know.”
 

“Then what is stopping us?”
 

He met her gaze and put out his arms as if to shout “back.” “Inara, we need to talk. You need to understand what you’d be getting yourself into. This goes beyond any talks about having sex for the first time.”
 

She watched him, feeling very wanton. Energy skimmed over her arms on its way to him. “So tell me what I need to know.”
 

“If we have sex and complete the act, you’ll be my wife. No take-backs,” he spit out quickly, as if the words had been weighing heavily on him.
 

His words felt right, as if she’d been waiting for him to say them all along. “Okay.”
 

“Okay?” he asked, shaking his head. “Did you hear me?”
 

“Loud and clear.”
 

“There is more,” he said. “I was married before. You should know that.”
 

“Do you still love her?” she asked. Deep down, she knew the answer but needed to hear him verbalize it.
 

“Not that way, no. But she’s a friend. She’ll always only be a friend. She’s mated to Roi.”
 

Inara liked that about him. Liked that he’d be mature about his ex. “Ah, so that is part of the reason why Roi is the way he is with you, then?”
 

Eadan clucked his tongue. “That, and I’m mate to the woman he sees as his little sister.”
 

She laughed and touched his silky hair. The
invisa-bees
pounded at her, pushing over her skin, making her body hum with sexual desire. “Poor thing. Can’t catch a break, can you?”
 

He stepped to her, his hands going to her shoulders, holding her in place. The energy beat at her and she was sure it was doing the same to him. He just seemed better at self-control. “Missy wasn’t my true mate. You are.”
 

Magik pulsed between them, its pressure welcomed.
 

The news she was his true mate only made her want him more. She loosened the towel, letting it fall to the floor. Eadan closed his eyes. “Inara.”
 

“Make me yours, Eadan.”
 

He was on her in an instant. He lifted her, his mouth finding hers. As his tongue eased into her mouth, her legs naturally went around his waist. The ridged, hard outline of his cock pushed against her wet mound.
 

She didn’t need anyone walking her through what to do. It felt right with him. Additional power mixed with the existing, taking the experience to a whole new level. Eadan had added his to it all. Smiling against his lips, she moved, pushing her body to his, wanting more.
 

His hands kneaded her hips before slinking up her body, coming to a stop just under her breasts. She panted into his mouth as he cupped her breasts, his forefingers and thumbs tweaking her nipples.
 

*

Eadan moved across the span of the bedroom, holding his mate in his arms. Their joined power, feeding the frenzy he felt in her. Already it seemed as if her hot mouth was wrapped around his cock. It was her magik, enticing him, tempting him and demanding he give her what she wanted.
 

What he wanted too.
 

Her long legs wrapped around his waist. Their lips were locked as he hoped their bodies soon would be. She was so wild and wanting that he couldn’t resist. He didn’t want to resist.
 

He was almost to the bed when Inara thrust her hands down the front of his pajama bottoms, taking hold of his cock. She drew back from his lips, her eyes wide. “Eadan, it’s too big.”
 

He kissed her, silencing her protests. They’d work together. They were made for one another. He laid her down on the bed gently and spread her legs wide. Dark hair covered her mound and he grinned like the cat who had the mouse as he lowered himself, his head even with her pussy. Inhaling, he closed his eyes, breathing in the scent of her cunt. Damn, she smelled good.
 

She tensed as he stroked along her inner thigh. Eadan looked up the length of her torso. Their gazes met and she nodded.
 

Grinning, he licked up her slit, making her squirm on the bed. She moaned as he flicked his tongue over her clit. So responsive. So perfect. So his. He eased a finger into her hot, tight entrance. He pushed through her virgin barrier and she tightened more on his finger. He allowed her time to adjust to having something in her. In the meantime, he sucked gently on her swollen bud, drawing moans from her.
 

Sexual energy continued to pulsate around them. No surprise. It would also do so when they joined. He couldn’t stop the swell of emotions racing through him.

Woman, I love you.

He thrust another finger into her and she cried out, “I love you too!”

As her pussy convulsed around his fingers, Eadan slid up and over her, placing his cock against her core. He kissed her, knowing she could taste herself on his lips. The idea turned him on. As she wrapped her legs around his waist once more, Eadan pushed slowly into her. It seemed to take forever for her body to accept him. He wanted to pound into her but he held back.
 

He’d never hurt her.
 

Inara clung to him and then went eerily still. “Eadan.”
 

“Yes, beautiful,” he said, straining to keep from coming because of how good she felt wrapped around his cock.
 

“Am I your wife now?”
 

He kissed under each of her eyes. “You will be. Once I fill you will my seed. We’ve already exchanged magik and power. We just need to exchange body fluids now.”
 

She cupped his face. “Then hurry it up.”
 

He did as his mate commanded. He pushed into her and began to move with a slow pace, being gentle with her. Each push, each thrust heightened the magik between them. While they were already linked magikally, they were now in the process of completing the claiming. The threads he’d felt weave between them in the container now felt as if they were unbreakable. They were forged of magik.

He arched his back, his jaw going slack, the energy between them near the bursting point. Inara cried out, repeating his name as she sank her nails into his skin deeper and deeper.
 

Eadan grunted, his hips slamming into hers, his cock thrusting in and out of her. She was so tight. He knew he’d have a hard time controlling himself. The power racing back and forth between them did little to help him maintain himself. Reaching down, he stopped and rubbed her clit. Inara tossed her head back, her breasts pushing up at him.
 

Eadan’s power broke free from him, crashing into his mate. She responded, her eyes swirling with various colors, the walls of her pussy fluttering around his cock as she came. He pumped in and out of her and made no move to stop himself as he jetted seed deep in her womb, finishing their bonding ritual.
 

It was complete.
 

She was his wife now.
 

And there were no take-backs.
 

The room seemed to be on fire with power. It buzzed around him, making his ears ring. His cock hardened again and he looked down at his woman, his lips finding hers as he began to pump into her once more.
 

He kissed her neck while he continued to make love to her. Each push left her panting, her eyes wide, a sexy smile easing over her lips.
 

“Yes,” she whispered, kissing his neck in return.
 

He intended to do as he’d promised. He was going to love her for hours and hours.

Chapter Eleven

“Are you full?” Eadan asked, moving the tray of food from the side of the bed. He’d insisted she eat and eat and eat after they’d showered. She’d burst if he tried to put any more food in her. She caught his hand on his way back from the setting the tray on the table in his room. “Come back to bed.”

He looked at her hungrily. “I want to, but you have to be sore.”
 

“Actually, I feel better than ever.”
 

He moved over her and she laid back. His hair, wet from their shared shower, tickled her bare body. At the rate they were going, they’d never leave the bedroom. She was fine with that.
 

Eadan threaded his hands through the sides of her hair, holding her head in place as he kissed her. He tasted like grapes. She ate at his mouth as the head of his cock nudged at her entrance. She was wet for him. He pushed into her and she arched her back, taking him fully.
 

The man was dynamite in bed. She didn’t think any other could compare and she didn’t ever want to try another out. Eadan was hers and she didn’t need another man.
 

Just her mate.
 

My mate,
she mused.
 

“Mmmhmm,” he whispered against her ear, finding a rhythm as he made slow, sweet love to her.
 

She dug at his back, clinging to him, wanting him to push through her. He increased his pace and within seconds she was on the verge of coming. He pushed in and held deep, his magik caressing hers. Suddenly, it felt as if fingers were rubbing her clit.
 

Gasping, she came hard, digging her nails into his flesh. She could smell his blood welling. Something primal in her took over. She brought her hand around and licked the blood clean. Her eyes burned for a fraction of a second and the magik around them increased.
 

Inara looked up at Eadan as he lost control and exploded in her. He looked surprised. She barely managed to cover her mouth before a sneeze broke free from her. There was a loud boom and the room shook.

Eadan stayed in her and began to laugh.
 

Inara blinked at him. “W-what happened?”
 

He glanced to the side. The tray of food that had been on the table was thrown to the other side of the bedroom. That wasn’t all. The dresser was on its side. And the table was pressed against the door.
 

She gasped. “Ohmygod, what happened?”
 

“You happened.” He kissed the tip of her nose. “Your lycan side just claimed me too.”
 

She rubbed her nose. “Why did I sneeze again?”
 

“I have that effect on you.” Eadan kissed the top of her head. “It’s our one day anniversary of being man and wife.”
 

“It's probably time you tell me you love me, don’t just think it,” she said, already knowing he did.