Eli didn’t need to be told twice. He lifted Saskia off her feet, turned and walked until her back came up against the tiled shower wall. Saskia wrapped her legs around his waist as she clutched at his shoulders. Eli took her mouth in a hard kiss as he reached between her legs. He moaned at the slick moisture he found there. Gripping his hard cock in one hand, he led it to the entrance of her body. They both moaned as he stroked her pussy with the head of his cock before he pushed his full length into her core. Seated to the hilt, he tipped his hips back then rammed into her again. As he drove into her again and again, he felt as if his world had suddenly righted itself once more.

  Saskia locked her ankles at his back as she matched his strokes as best she could.

  Pulling away from his mouth, she leaned forward and bit him where his shoulder and neck met. Eli’s deep throated moan filled the room as he rode her harder and faster. The inner muscles of her core squeezed down on his cock. His orgasm edged nearer.

  “I don’t think I can hold back anymore,” Eli panted.

  Saskia lifted her head. “I’m almost there. Don’t stop. Take me harder.”

  Eli cupped her bottom with both hands, angling her higher up on his cock as he pumped his hips faster. When his orgasm tore through him, his moans mixed with Saskia’s as she came with him. Her inner walls clutched at his shaft, milking him, as his cock pulsed deep inside her.

  They both were breathing hard as Eli buried his face in the crook of Saskia’s neck.

  She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and held him tight. Once their breathing returned to normal, he slowly let her back down on her feet. He brought them both under the warm spray of water to rinse the sweat from their bodies. Their time almost up, Eli left Saskia to get two white towels from the stack that sat in the corner near the showers.

  He passed her a towel, then used the other to dry himself off. With the towels wrapped around their bodies, Eli led Saskia over to his locker. He looked around for her clothes and spotted them on a bench close to where they stood. Saskia moved over to them and started to dress as Eli pulled the fresh clothes he’d brought from home out of his locker.

  Turning back to face her, Eli found Saskia had come up behind him as he dressed.

  She pulled his head down for a gentle kiss. “Let’s get out of here. I think we should have that talk you wanted to have last night now that we’ll be able to think straight.”

  Eli put his hands on either side of her waist. “Your place or mine?”

  “Yours.”

  “Okay. Come on then.” He took one of her hands and led her out of the men’s change room. “I just have to let the others know I’m leaving.”

  He found Billie, Keegan and Royce back in the office area as they sipped on coffee.

  All conversation stopped as he and Saskia made their way over to them. “I don’t have many clients today. Do you think you guys can manage to cover them between you? I’m sure Finn will help out. He owes me one.”

  “Just go,” Billie said. “We’ve got you covered.” She moved closer and stood up on tiptoe to whisper in his ear. “Make sure you screw her brains out, then she won’t have enough energy to run away again.”

  Eli cringed. Given how there were two other werewolves nearby, Saskia being one of them, he felt pretty sure Billie’s whisper hadn’t been quiet enough for them not to hear what she had said. Royce tried to cover a laugh with a cough. Glancing over at Saskia, Eli watched her try to keep a straight face and not smile.

  “Ah, thanks, Billie. I’ll try to do that.” He leaned in closer to his sister and whispered, “If you don’t stop making comments like that, I may be forced to put a muzzle on you.”

  That statement made Royce chuckle. Not so with Billie. She pushed him away before she slapped him in the chest. “Just try it, buddy.”

  Eli took up Saskia’s hand again. “Time to go before Billie gets nasty. I’ll see you all tomorrow.”

  He quickly led Saskia outside to the parking lot. Seeing the black Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle parked next to his Accord, he looked down at Saskia. “The Triumph is yours?”

  She nodded. “Yes. Give me a fast motorcycle over a car any day.”

  Eli smiled. “A woman after my own heart. You’re going to have to give me a ride on that sometime.”

  “You can have a ride anytime you want.”

  He somehow had the feeling Saskia meant more than just the motorcycle given the hot look she gave him. “Okay, I think we’d better hurry up and get to my place before I do something that will get us both arrested for indecent exposure. You can follow me if you want.”

  Saskia let go of his hand and walked over to her motorcycle. She unclipped the helmet from the side of it. Before she put it on, she said, “I’m ready whenever you are.”

  He quickly unlocked his car and got in. The engine came to life as he turned the key in the ignition. A second later, Eli heard the roar of Saskia’s motorcycle.

  Eli kept his eye on Saskia through his rearview mirror as they drove the short distance to his apartment. When they reached it, he stuck his arm out the window and motioned for her to follow him into the underground parking garage. He pulled into his spot and parked with the front of his car as close to the wall as he could get it. Turning off the ignition, he got out and watched Saskia park her motorcycle sideways behind his car.

  He didn’t give her a chance to take off her helmet as he grabbed her hand and walked her over to the elevators. When one came they stepped inside. Saskia pulled off her helmet as he pushed the button to his floor. Once he let her inside her apartment, Eli closed and locked the door behind him. He stepped back and leaned against it as his gaze lingered longingly on Saskia.

  “So, you want to talk,” he said.

  “Among other things.”

  “Then I suggest if you want to talk we’d better go sit down on the couch in the living room. If I get you anywhere near my bedroom I won’t be able to concentrate. At least on the couch, fully clothed, we should be able to say the things that need to be said before I jump you.”

  Saskia smiled. “All right.”

  They sat down on the couch and shifted so they could face each other. Unable to be this close and not touch her, Eli laced his fingers through hers. “Why did you run from me, Saskia? Did the idea of me as your mate disgust you that much?”

  She reached out and cupped his cheek in her hand. “It didn’t so much as disgust me as it scared me. It was the truth when I said I never planned to take a mate.”

  “But why? Because of your brothers?”

  “No.” Saskia shook her head. “It’s not because of them. It’s just something I decided. I’ve trained for so long, for hundreds of years, with one purpose in mind—to be one of the protectors to the foretold one. I didn’t know if there would be room for a mate in my life.”

  Eli placed his hand over top hers. “I would never ask you to give that up. It’s something you have trained for long before I was ever born. I’m not that selfish.”

  Saskia took her hand away from his cheek and moved closer to him on the couch.

  “How old are you, Eli?”

  “I’m thirty-three.”

  “I’m a thousand years old.”

  Eli blew out a breath. “Wow. I can’t picture living for so long.” He swallowed.

  “Does it really bother you that I’m mortal?”

  “It does.” Eli felt his face fall, but Saskia quickly added, “Not in the way you think. It bothers me to think I could lose you one day. I would feel the loss greatly.” She then paused before she spoke again. “Would you be willing to let Roxie use the spell on you to turn you into a werewolf?”

  “Are you sure that’s what you want? You’d be stuck with me then for a very, very long time.”

  “You’re my mate. Of course I want to be stuck with you.”

  “I’m willing to try, but…” Eli let his words trail off.

  “But what?”

  “I’m not sure it will work on me. I don’t have any special abilities. I’m just a plain old ordinary mortal.”

  Saskia’s brows drew together. “Why wouldn’t it work on you? It worked on your identical twin brother.”

  “Yes, but he can have visions, and I don’t.”

  “I would have thought both of you would possess that ability.”

  “Finn couldn’t always have visions. It wasn’t until he’d been injected with Royce’s blood that they started.”

  “I thought he had to be injected with Roxie’s blood for the spell to work?”

  “He did, but Finn had been injected with Royce’s blood before he was turned. Both he and Royce had been captured by another male werewolf, the one who originally used the spell on Roxie to turn her. He thought Royce’s blood would be the key to make the spell work on another mortal since he used it on Roxie. It didn’t work on Finn, but it changed him nonetheless. One of the changes ended up being his ability to have visions like our mother.”

  Saskia crowded closer to Eli as she forced him to sit back against the couch. She then moved to straddle his lap, facing him. “I guess if the spell doesn’t work the first time Roxie tries it, we could always inject you with Royce’s blood then try it again.”

  Eli looked up at Saskia. He tucked her long hair behind her ear. “I guess we could. I don’t think Royce would mind donating some of his blood.”

  “Good.” She leaned down and nipped his chin. “I don’t know about you, but I think we can continue this conversation later. Much later.”

  Chapter Seven

  Saskia shifted on Eli’s lap so her pussy settled against his erection through their pants. She then rubbed herself against him as she kissed him. Her lips slanted against his as she pushed her tongue inside his mouth. She sighed when their tongues met.

  The hours of being separated from Eli had been the most unpleasant thing Saskia had ever gone through. It had felt as if she’d left behind a piece of herself when she’d left him. She never wanted to go through that again. It also made her come to terms with the fact that he was her mate, and that denying it would not make it disappear because she wanted it to.

  As she kissed him, she lifted his t-shirt and ran her hands across his washboard abs.

  She felt his cock jerk inside his pants as she pulled his shirt higher. Saskia stopped kissing Eli only long enough to pull his t-shirt the rest of the way off.

  Becoming more aroused, she left his mouth and trailed kisses across his jaw to his neck. She licked and kissed her way down the side of his neck to where she had left her mark on his skin. Her tongue came out and swirled across it before she lightly nipped him there. She continued her downward trail as she pressed kisses along the thick slabs of muscle in his chest. She loved Eli’s body and doubted she would ever get enough of it.

  Saskia moved to kneel between Eli’s spread thighs as she kissed a path across his abs. She ran her hands down his sides until they reached the top of his warm-up pants.

  With a tight hold, she tugged his pants down past his hips. His thick cock sprang free, jutting from his body. Now that she had the object of her desire in front of her, Saskia focused her attention on the part of Eli that felt so good inside her.

  She licked her lips as she reached out with a finger and gently rubbed the single drop of pre-cum that had leaked from the tip of his cock. A deep moan left Eli as she wrapped her hand around his shaft and pumped it up and down his length. Wetness pooled between her legs as his cock grew even harder. She continued to pump him until another bead of moisture appeared on the tip. This time she bent forward and licked it off. The taste of him made her want to take him inside her mouth. Instead, she lapped at him, swirling her tongue around the head of his cock as she worked her hand up and down.

  Eli threaded his fingers through her hair to hold her to him. He gasped. “You’re killing me.”

  “You’ll survive,” she said against his sensitive flesh.

  With a firm grip on his shaft, Saskia sucked the very tip into her mouth. Eli fisted his hand tighter in her hair as his hips lifted off the couch, wanting her to take more of him.

  She slowly sucked more of his length inside her mouth inch by inch until she couldn’t handle anymore. Eli’s hips bucked as he moaned and panted. Saskia sucked harder. The combination of the sounds Eli made as she sucked him, and the feel of his hard cock in his mouth, pushed her arousal even higher.

  Unable to wait any longer to have him inside her, Saskia released him and stood up.

  She quickly pulled off her clothes until she stood naked before him. His heated gaze followed her movements as she cupped her breasts in her hands and lifted them. Eli pushed his pants the rest of the way off. He sat back on the couch and watched her. His hard cock stood up straight from his body. Saskia took her bottom lip between her teeth as it jerked. Moisture leaked from her pussy, coating the inside of her thighs.

  She climbed back up on the couch and straddled his thighs. Eli tried to sheath himself inside her, but Saskia held herself away. She took hold of the back of the couch on either side of Eli’s head as she pressed a nipple against his lips. His tongue came out and flicked the taut peak. He sucked the nipple deep as she rubbed her slick opening along the length of his shaft.

  Once his cock slid between her moist folds, Saskia angled her hips and pushed down until she’d impaled herself on his hard length. Eli’s hardness filled her to capacity. She moaned at the feel of being stretched as her body accustomed itself to his thickness. Eli sucked harder on her breast when she slowly rose up on her knees and then sank down once again on his shaft. Saskia set a slow pace as she rode him. In this position, he was in deep enough to hit her womb with each stroke in. Keeping her hips angled just right, Saskia rubbed her clit along his shaft as his cock slid in and out of her.

  Eli released her nipple and leaned his head against the back of the couch. He held onto her hips as he lifted his own to match her strokes. Saskia squeezed her inner walls around him as she increased her pace. She felt her climax inch closer. She sank down harder and faster on Eli’s hard cock and growled low in her throat as he reached between them. With his fingers he rubbed her clit. It was enough to send her over the edge. Saskia moaned/growled as her body climaxed around Eli’s shaft. He held onto her hips and rammed up into her until he too started to come.

  After the last wave of pleasure receded, Saskia fell forward onto Eli’s chest. He wrapped his arms around her. She felt his now soft cock slip free of her body.

  He kissed her forehead. “Sorry. I can’t keep an erection for hours like male werewolves can. You’ll have to give me a few minutes to recover then I’ll be good to go again.”

  Saskia sat up and kissed him softly on the mouth. The more they made love the stronger their bond became. She already felt strong feelings for him. “Do you hear me complaining? It doesn’t matter to me. You’re doing a pretty fine job of it without being able to do that.”

  Eli chuckled. “Well, thank you. I do try.”

  Gathering Saskia close, Eli managed to get off the couch with her in his arms. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders. “Where are you taking me?”

  He started to walk toward his bedroom. “I’m taking you to bed. I intend to take Billie’s advice. I’m going to make love to you until neither one of us can move. I figure that should use up the rest of the day and most of the night.”

  Saskia growled with pleasure. “I can handle that. It should be more than enough time for me to do all the things I want to do to you.” She then started to whisper in Eli’s ear everything she wanted to do. With a groan, he practically ran with her to his bedroom.

  ———

  Eli looked over at Saskia where she slept next to him on the bed. His alarm clock had gone off a couple minutes before, but she hadn’t reacted to the sound. He smiled. He had done his best to tire her out. It looked as if he had succeeded.

  He rolled over onto his side and let his gaze run over her sleeping form. Life without Saskia was something he didn’t want. His bachelor days were far behind him now. He smiled to himself and shook his head. Who would have thunk it? Eli sure as hell hadn’t seen it coming considering only a couple of days before he had found the whole idea of being tied to one woman for the rest of his life abhorrent. Now, especially after the many hours they had spent together, Eli had fallen for Saskia. Not just that he liked-her liked her, but had tumbled head over heels for her. He’d never felt this way about any woman before.

  Saskia groaned and rolled onto her side toward him as she snuggled closer. She pressed a kiss to his bare chest. “I can feel you staring at me. Go back to sleep.”

  Eli chuckled. “Wish I could, but I can’t. Since I played hooky from work yesterday I have to go to the gym today.”

  She groaned again. “I don’t want to get up yet. Call them and tell them you’ll be late.”

  “This may be a guess, but I’m thinking you aren’t much of a morning person.”

  “I’m not, especially when I don’t get to sleep in late after I’ve spent most of the night making love to my mate.”

  “Come on, sleepy head. I really need to go to work on time. I feel bad enough that I dumped all my clients onto my family yesterday with next to no warning. I’ll make you a deal. You get up and I’ll see if I can find a place for you to take a nap. And I’ll make sure we can leave early.”

  Saskia snuggled closer. “What time is it?”

  “It’s just after nine.” Eli gave her a smack on the bottom. “Let’s get a move on.”

  “All right already. I’m moving. I’ll get out of bed on one condition—we take a shower together.”

  “You really do want to make me late.”

  She titled her head back and gave him a saucy smile. “Not if we have a quickie.”

 

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