Rath (The Omega Collective #2) - Mina Carter Page 0,11

and follow your instincts, little one. When you’re ready, tell me I can move, and I will teach you all you need to know.” His voice was low and rumbling, but there was no threat in it, just the promise of something she didn’t understand.

She closed her eyes and closed the last small distance between them, pressing her lips to his. She could feel his heart beat beneath her hands as it raced almost as fast as hers. That surprised her. He was affected by all this, too. By her.

That awareness gave her courage and she kissed him more firmly, her lips moving over his, learning the shape of his mouth. He didn’t move, letting her kiss him and kissing her back softly. But none of it was aggressive, and he didn’t move, didn’t take over. It was... nice. Frustratingly nice. There was more. She just knew it.

Lifting her head, she glared at him. “I thought you were teaching me?”

“I promised not to move. I will not break my word, little one. If you wish to learn, you need to release me from my promise.”

“The blindfold stays on.” She had no idea why she said that. If she agreed to this, a scrap of fabric wasn’t going to protect her.

“For now.”

“Okay. Then, I release you from your promise.”

He lowered her arms slowly and she relaxed a little. Then his hands found hers and he felt his way along her arms to her shoulders, and then into her hair. With surprising gentleness, he pulled her into his embrace and kissed her with a passion and hunger that stole her breath away.

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She was untouched.

That thought rolled through Rath’s mind as he finally got a proper taste of his omega’s lips. Sweet. Soft. Warm. His. No other male would ever know her the way he would. It was enough to make him want to throw back his head and roar.

He didn’t. Now that he finally had her in his arms, he wouldn’t risk scaring her off. If she ran now... he would chase her to the ends of the Earth, and when he caught her, he couldn’t be held responsible for his actions. She’d be pinned under him so fast, and he’d be buried balls deep, his fangs in her soft skin to mark her as his own before she could take a breath.

A shudder of need rolled through him at the very idea and his arms tightened around her. His jaw ached with the force of holding his fangs in check, every muscle in his body tight as he denied the change. He couldn’t show that side of himself, not yet.

He wanted her acceptance and submission, not her fear. He’d seen the way the L’crav clan treated their omegas. It was revolting. Dishonorable. He wouldn’t break his little omega that way.

The blindfold helped. It hid the fact his eyes would be pure black by now, a response to her delectable scent—the one that had called to him for days now. The constant torment had him hard and aching to be buried inside her, knotted and bound to this glorious female.

He rolled his hips, letting her feel the hard bar and raised ridges of his cock press against her bare flesh. She moaned and shivered, her soft fingers taking hold of his shirt and gripping it tightly.

“Yes. You see? Your body knows. You belong to me, Savannah. And I will make you feel such pleasure you’ll wonder why you ever thought you didn’t.”

He savored the little catch in her breath at his soft words and the way her scent swelled with the beginnings of arousal. She was his for the taking, almost. He could feel it.

Claiming her lips again, he built the tension between them. He was dominant one moment, but before she could tense up, he gentled his embrace, teasing her into coming to play with him. Then he denied her, his lips curling into a small smile at the small start of frustration in her delicate little frame.

“You want that. Don’t you, shar’ai?” he murmured against her lips.

“I...” Again, that soft catch of breath. He doubted she was even aware she was doing it... or that he could hear it.

“Say it,” he instructed. He wanted to hear her admit she wanted him.

“I like this.”

The little omega wasn’t done fighting him? Very well. He could be patient a little longer. “I didn’t ask you if you liked it. I can smell that much. Tell me that you want this. Want me to