Chapter Thirty One - Mates

Lia dove onto her bed and spun around, her knees bent up to hide her chest and her hands over her burning red cheeks. Had she really just done that? Had she really felt him up like that and then stripped naked? What had come over her? She heard Jake following her and buried her face behind her knees.

A large hand wrapped around her ankle and tugged her leg out, hauling her to the end of the bed. She squealed, then burst out laughing as Jake ran his tongue up her leg. His shoulders stiffened and he stilled for a moment, cursing softly. “Come here Lia, our wolves need to have a chat before we do anything else.”

“Why?”

“’Cause yours is sending out messages when you have strong emotions or sensations. David doesn’t want any more glimpses of me licking your bare legs and apparently, he heard a couple of giggles from Ellie and Elsie’s room a few minutes ago so they’re probably seeing or feeling something too. Dylan also says that Zinnia just asked him some interesting questions about tingly breasts that he’d rather not answer until she has some of her own.”

“Oh.” She blushed again. Jake’s eyes took in the pinkness of it from the tips of her breast to the base of her hairline. He kissed her lips and held her face while he looked into her eyes.

“It’s my fault, not yours. I found out you do this the day you played with my wolf, and again with how the lycan said you need to communicate better and knew of your raspberry pie, but I’ve been distracted and forgot to show you how to fix it. Okay, deep breaths,” he said softly, “just clear your mind. Don’t think about anything so your wolf can listen and focus. You can do this.” He tried to rain in his desire, promising his wolf uninterrupted mating bliss once Lia’s wolf could control the link. It wasn’t going to co-operate, thinking it irrelevant if everyone knew they were mating. The smell would be evident before long anyway. But when he pointed out that Zinnia was still a pup and shouldn’t know all the intimacies of the mating just yet his wolf had reluctantly agreed to make a serious effort to focus on the task at hand.

They sat in silence like that for a little while, then a sudden a shiver raced through Lia and she gasped, her eyes opening wide.

“That’s it.” He said with a smile.

“Seven. Seven links,” she whispered, “I see Gran, Marie, David, Ellie, Elsie, Zinnia, and you.”

“Me?” She nodded and he frowned a bit. “You’ve never sent me a message.”

“I’ve heard you. And your wolf must have communicated with mine just now.”

“True. However, we don't seem to be able to do it on purpose or we wouldn't need to speak right now. We need to temporarily close all those links, except the one with me.” She nodded and closed her eyes. It was his wolf who let him know when she’d succeeded. So just to be sure he nipped her neck, making her squeal, and then he checked with David to be sure no message had been sent.

“Good. It looks like you’ve done it. Now, where were we.” He pushed playfully at her shoulder and tugged her leg. Lia giggled and fell back, sprawling naked on the bed as his tongue and lips began their trail up her legs again.

Desire coiled and flickered over Lia as Jake alternatively kissed and licked his way up one leg and then the other. The moment he settled his mouth over the swollen bud of her desire she screamed out, hot waves rushing through her and bright colours exploding behind her eyes as her hips bucked against his face.

“That’s one,” He said in satisfaction as her hips settled back down on the bed.

“One?” she asked as she melted down to the bed and relaxed comfortably.

“At least nine more to go before we stop darling,” he whispered, grinning up at her from his perch between her legs.

“Nine? OH!” She gasped and grasped the bed sheets as he slid a finger into her.

“First matings need at least ten orgasms from the female,” he said seriously, his eyes holding hers as his finger rubbed her inner walls as though searching for something, “more is better.”

“How long does it usually take?” She asked, not really caring as she felt the heat of her next peak already beginning to lick at her insides. Suddenly his finger brushed over some secret spot inside her and she gasped for air. He focused in on that spot, rubbing it harder with each pass and then tapping it. Her channel convulsed around his finger with a wave of euphoria even stronger than the last one washed over her. “Jake!”

“That’s two. I don’t think it’s going to take us very long at all to hit ten,” he mumbled as he began to kiss his way over her stomach. “We want to be sure our bond is well formed, so we’ll likely keep this going most of the day. We’ll stop after ten for breakfast though.”

Lia couldn’t answer, she couldn’t even think. Jake’s right hand cupped her breast, his thumb flicking back and forth over the nipple as his fingers cupped and massaged her. He nipped at the other nipple, laving it with his tongue afterward to ease the sting. Lia brought her legs up and wrapped them around his hips, rubbing her sensitive core against the hard bulge in his denim. She gasped as their positions were suddenly reversed. She was sitting on top, straddling his hips while his hands roved over her naked flesh. He grasped her hips and pressed her against him, dragging her back and forth over the rough fabric covering his swollen shaft. She gasped and squirmed when he found the angle that pleased her best.

“There, just like that” he commanded gruffly. “Take your pleasure Lia, I want to watch.” She continued the motion he’d stared with her hips and watched as his eyes followed his hands all over her body. The muscles on his stomach and chest were getting tighter she realized as she watched them bunch and move. He was so beautiful, so perfect. And he wanted her. It wasn’t long before she was tossing her head back and moaning as her third orgasm rocketed through her.

She collapsed on top of him, contented and out of breath. They lay like that for a moment, his hands sliding over her back from her buttocks to her neck and down again.

“Again,” he said gruffly, cupping her bottom and fitting her to him. Desire began to flicker once more, but she was too sensitive there now. She wanted something different. She lifted herself off him slightly and began to kiss her way over him. “My turn,” she whispered, batting his hands away. I want to taste you.” Jake growled but didn’t protest as she kissed her way down his body. When she got to his jeans she began to slowly open his button fly. She got down two buttons when Jake couldn’t handle it anymore. He brushed her hands away to wrench the sides apart, all the buttons popping free of their holes and his manhood springing out towards her. He grew impatient as she shimmied his pants down but she wouldn’t let him help, wanting to drive him as crazy as he was driving her. She became so involved in pleasing him that she didn’t notice him grasping her hips and swinging her around until he had his face between her legs kissing her intimately. He paused his ministrations just long enough to growl “race you to the finish!” She cried out as he suddenly thrust his tongue into her, then retaliated by taking the length of him into deep her mouth and sucking hard. He pulled back, cursing. “Lia, I’m going to-” She took him deep again and sucked, swallowing his release.

When he was done Lia lifted herself up and looked between their naked bodies to see him looking back at her. She licked her lips and grinned, “So, did you win, because you came first, or did I win because I made you lose control first?”

“Guess we both won,” he said as he shifted their positions again. He was on top now, and completely in control. Lia could only ride the waves of desire and euphoria that Jake created as he kissed and caressed every inch of her.

“Jake!” She gasped as she neared what felt like an impossibly high peak of desire. It felt as though the world was suspended around them, everything buzzing and tingling, waiting for something...something new. Something more. Something she couldn’t quite put a name to, “I need...I need….” Jake lifted his head and looked into her eyes waiting to hear what she wanted. “More!” Her hands clawed at the bed and then reached for his hips as her heels dug into the mattress lifting her core towards him. He shifted himself between her legs and pressed into her slowly. “Yes,” She breathed, pulling his chest down tight to hers. She flinched when he breached her hymen, but soon forgot the pain as the thrusting of his hips and the teasing of his fingers brought her over the peak again.

After they’d both climaxed he collapsed on top of her, then slid slowly down her body, kissing her reverently. When he reached her lower belly he sat back on his knees and spread her thighs wide, Lia looked down to see the smear of her virgin blood on her skin a moment before Jake bent down and licked it off. “Mine” he growled against her, holding her hips still as she squirmed against his face. He licked her clean and brought her to orgasm again before he pulled her to sit. As he stared deeply into her eyes she somehow knew that his teeth were changing to those of a wolf, though the rest of his face stayed the same. He used the wolf’s teeth to nip the skin of his arm and offered it to her. Tentatively she licked at the small trickle that was running over his forearm. As she had expected, it had the same metallic taste as the blood of any other mammal, but she had not expected the jolt of electricity that raced through her when she swallowed her blood-tinted saliva. “Mate,” she growled, her eyes growing wide as she felt the bond pulling their wolves together. He gathered her close and they lay down side by side..

“Jake?”

“hmm?”

“I lost count.”

“Me too darling,” he chuckled softly, “but I think we’re good. We’ll just rest a bit and maybe eat, then do again. And again.” He yawned, pulling her close, “and again. Until we have to shower and stop for a bit when the Rogues get here.”

“mmhnm” she mumbled incoherently.