truly appeared to be burning from within, like a candle flame that not only warmed you but had the potential to burn you if you weren’t careful. Not that it would ever convince me to tread carefully when it came to Maya. I would love to have more of her marks on me, a sign of ownership, even if they were burn marks.
Unfortunately, it was very clear that I wasn’t the only one that noticed this glow that surrounded her. No. Every other motherfucker in this room, mainly the men, couldn’t seem to keep their eyes off our mate. She didn’t realize it, but it was always like this with Maya. Everywhere we went, she immediately drew the attention of those around her, and it was completely unintentional.
It was a mixture of the sweet innocence that poured off her in waves and an innate level of seduction that she didn’t purposefully display but still inhabited. Even the light pink dress she wore, with the way it clung to her tight frame, had everyone, myself included, imagining the curves that were pressed right under that material. A low groan caught in my throat as I imagined peeling it off with my teeth and fucking her on the table to make it clear who she wanted.
At the same time, I was fighting the urge to wrap my suit jacket around her so that no one could see her. No one could imagine just how good she would look laid out like that. Maya’s entire body, from her curved hips and perfect ass, was made to fuck. I desperately wanted to get inside the woman, and the only thing that was holding me back was knowing that I didn’t want to rush it. No quickie would satisfy the amount of tension that I had running through me. When I took Maya, I planned on doing so hard and deep and for a long time until I had worked out every drop of my cum into her tight little channel.
My fingers tightened on her thigh, sliding up slightly, wanting to be closer to my mating mark. Maya’s eyes widened in surprise, a tiny tremble rolling over her. I couldn’t help the small smile that slipped on my lips as her nipples tightened against the pink lace of her dress, barely covered by her thick, dark hair that brushed over the soft skin of her neck and shoulders, showing off her other mating marks. I knew as the others approached they would be able to scent and feel her desire, but I found I didn’t fully care. I wanted them to sense that rather than her caution or concern. The woman had no reason to ever be concerned. That was our job.
Plus, the fact that she didn’t seem averse to me touching her in front of others like this only weakened my self-control. I wanted to see how far she would let me take it. I wanted to run my fingers over the lace panties that were blocking my access to her sweet center, knowing that it was hot and ready for me. What would she do if I pulled her onto my lap in the middle of the restaurant? If I got her off with the eyes of others on us as they watched me make her cum with my fingers?
Fuck. This was going to be a very long brunch.
I knew that Marco and mostly Atlas found my lack of control when it came to Maya amusing, but it was anything but, in truth. I didn’t trust my dragon to not take over and pin her sweet ass to the ground, claiming her hard enough that she would feel it for days after. I didn’t trust that if I let that side out, it wouldn’t terrify her. I knew it was also a waiting game at this point because he wouldn’t let up on the constant reminder that we had truly yet to claim our mate fully.
As a Beta, I was fairly dominant when it came to that side of my personality, but it was something that I rarely let out because that side of me was so drastically different from my normal personality. Well… before Maya. The more time I spent around my mate, the more the two sides seemed to merge into one, that one being a very different aspect of my personality I couldn’t have expected. The level of possessiveness I felt over Maya and urge to claim her was nearly