coming up to stroke a finger across my lips. “You did, and I loved it.”
“Oh?” I grinned. “No one's pounced on the Leopard Lord before?”
“Not quite like that.” He brushed his lips over mine, then pulled back and stared somberly at me. “Nothing has been an act, Tryst. If anything, I'm more real with you than everyone else.”
“I saw you with him, and I thought you'd gotten what you wanted and tossed me aside,” I admitted.
“I made a big show of putting out that campfire and sending everyone away, only to find you gone. I thought you had left me. And still, I went after you, feeling like a fucking fool. Knowing people would laugh at me for chasing you.”
“So, we were both idiots tonight,” I concluded.
“We were fooled by horrible timing, but I don't think it's fair to call us fools.”
“I don't know, I'm feeling pretty foolish for walking away.” I unbuttoned his pants as I held his gaze. “I should have confronted you immediately. I should have stormed over there and shoved that guy away from you.”
I yanked his pants down, and Kardri inhaled sharply, arousal burning in his stare as the proof of it smacked against my belly. He bit his full bottom lip as he helped me out of my pants, his hands stroking my hips as he stared at me, waiting for what I'd do next.
“I should have fought for you,” I growled as I grabbed him by his waist and tossed him on the bed.
He was bigger than me, but my new faerie strength made it irrelevant. Kardri stared up at me with wide eyes as I crawled onto the bed and up his body. My hands coasted over his thick thighs, looking so pale against that beautiful black. I bent and licked a line up his hip, then tongued the indentation there. Kardri shivered.
“I've been acting as if it's different because you're a man,” I moved further up him, my body forming a cage over his. I bent and sucked at his nipple, the sensation of having that tiny bud in my mouth rocketing through me, bitch-slapping every nerve awake. I lifted my head to meet his intense stare. “Not anymore, baby. It doesn't matter that you're a man; you're mine, and I'm going to claim you right now.” I made it to his face and leaned down to kiss him savagely. Tongues and teeth clashing. Moans and growls filling my ears. The taste of rum and Kardri. When I pulled back, we were both panting. “And if I ever catch you with another man, I'm tearing him apart first, and then we can talk about it afterward.”
Kardri snarled, but it was a triumphant, aroused sound, and he rose with it to take me into an embrace. His mouth found mine as we rolled, and our limbs tangled together. I ground my cock against him, and he groaned into my mouth before taking my shaft in hand. Kar rose above me and stared down at me possessively as he stroked me with his nectar-coated palm, the slick sounds sending tingles down my spine.
“I claim you in return, Tristan,” Kardri declared. “You can't run from me again. If you do, I will hunt you.” With a sudden movement, he rolled me onto my belly. That powerful body covered mine as a hand brushed the hair from the back of my neck. Kardri growled in my ear, “I will find you and set my teeth in your neck until you submit to me.” He kneed my legs apart and his slick cock nestled between my ass cheeks. “And I will fuck you until you remember that you're mine.”
The Leopard Lord bit the back of my neck, his teeth closing in my flesh without drawing blood. Something inside me awakened at that bite. It rumbled through me, turning my muscles liquid while it set every nerve on fire. My legs shifted further apart, and Kardri made an approving rumble against my flesh. The tip of his cock slipped inside me. I trembled violently in need as my body adjusted to him. It already knew what was coming and was eager for the pleasure—eager for his possession.
With a delighted growl, Kar sank deeper and deeper into me. I rocked my hips with every movement of his, helping him slide further in as I rubbed my cock over the mattress. Finally, he was as deep as he could go, and he released my neck to kiss it tenderly.