He forced himself not to worry about the fangs coming out while he’d been close to orgasming -- there was still a lot that he didn’t know, and Lucian would have answers.
But later. His mate needed to be cleaned, and she had some talking to do.
When he realized she hadn’t answered him, he gave her a little pat on the butt to get her attention. She took a shaking breath, then pressed her forehead against his neck. “I’ve never felt so...amazing, before that. It was... I thought -- it was just too much for me.”
His chest puffed up as pride filled him. Then her tears had been for happiness, not disgust or pain. He gave her a look of complete dominance and said, “You will never cry like that again.”
Jamie let out a little sound, and her hand collided with his chest. Despite himself, he found himself laughing at her outrage. “You can’t tell me whether to cry or not, Talon. Just because you own the world, that doesn’t mean you own me,” she huffed, giving him another good slap to the chest.
He walked into the bathroom, flipping on the lights. A jaccuzzi was set up in the corner, large enough to hold the both of them. Lucian had given them the only room with a bathroom of their own, and going by all the shampoos and salts on the ledge of the tub, she had been using that to her advantage.
She made him set her down. An adorable blush came over her face when she stood there naked. Talon stared at her, running his eyes over her body. Jamie quickly covered her private areas and ducked her head, thinking of all the times that Chris had stared at her like that -- but because he had been proud of her bruises.
Talon growled and moved her hands, palming her breast and leaning down to her ear. “Don’t hide yourself from me. Ever.” A flush came over her body -- this time because of the tone of his voice and how close he was....and naked. With her head still down, she had a clear view of his body and the more harder part of him.
Her breath rushed out of her lungs and it took everything inside of her not to reach out and grab him. He must have known, too, because he stepped back and the smile he gave her spoke of pure male pride. And then he swung her into his arms and set her in the bathtub.
Water settled around her and quickly filled the tub. She shivered, staring up at him, wondering if he was going to join her.
He did.
“You know, now that you are mine, you aren’t allowed to do anything without me right next to you,” he said arrogantly while wrapping his arms around her waist. Jamie froze, eyes widening. Not just because his...third leg was poking at her hip, but because of what he had said.
“No. I can’t live like that,” she said sternly, stabbing him in the chest with her finger. He caught her hand and brought it to his lips, kissing her knuckles slowly.
“You will, and you’ll enjoy it.”
She shook her head, deciding not to argue on it. He would learn sooner or later that she wasn’t going to be held down any longer, by anyone. Chris had been a turning point in her life, and she was just now getting back on track...even though she still had to deal with the new world she was being brought into. Being her own woman was her new goal, one that she planned on reaching.
Her eyes narrowed. “Who said I’m yours?”
Talon put her hand on his chest, over his heart. The arrogance left him in a second, replaced with a quiet solemnity that almost made her back away from him. Water sluiced around them while he adjusted her against his chest, to a more firm position that she couldn’t get out of.
“Me. You. Anything with a mind should know that you are mine,” he growled softly, tightening his arms around her. She was pressed closely to his chest, low enough that her head reached under his chin. His legs were bent around her, enclosing her in a warm blanket of male heat and water.
She shivered. “I think you got that wrong. I haven’t agreed to anything concerning ‘ownership’, thank you very much.”
His hand, which had been tracing slow circles around her waist, came up and settled on her neck. Right over the place that had had