“I doubt it.”
“Good.”
Sage threw herself into Grady’s arms, pushing him onto his back. She landed on top of him and kissed him hungrily. She needed to get as close to him as she could, have him make her feel alive.
Grady put his arms around her and kissed her back with the same fervor. He pushed his tongue into her mouth and thoroughly tasted her. Sage spread her legs and brought her pussy on top of his hard cock. She rocked against him, making them both moan.
As arousal beat at her, Sage left Grady’s mouth and kissed a trail down to the side of his jaw. She reached between them and dragged the bottom of his shirt up. He quickly pulled it the rest of the way off and threw it over the side of the bed. His arm then snaked around her waist and held her to him as he positioned them both in the center of the bed, giving them more room.
After they settled in place, Sage shifted lower on Grady’s body, licking and kissing as she went. A cat-sounding purr rumbled out of him, something he seemed to do a lot during sex. She didn’t mind, it turned her on just as much as his moans and groans. She figured he had a different way of showing how much he enjoyed what she did to him.
Sage paused at his cougar head pendant and brushed it with her finger. It was warm to the touch, warmer than it should be from Grady’s body heat. She couldn’t explain her fascination with it. The thought of taking it from him once again flashed through her mind but she pushed it aside. There was something else she wanted more.
Lower she went, taking the time to drag her tongue along his washboard abs. At the top of his jeans, she undid them and parted the material. Sage ran a finger down the length of Grady’s cock through his underwear. It jerked in response.
She met Grady’s gaze as she took hold of the top of his pants and underwear and tugged them both down past his hips. “Earlier I didn’t get to explore as much as I wanted. I don’t intend to miss out this time.”
“By all means. Explore to your heart’s content. It might kill me but I’m giving you the control.”
“If that’s the case, then I want you completely naked.”
Grady helped Sage as she pulled his jeans and underwear the rest of the way off and tossed them aside. She feasted her eyes on him. He had a great body, muscular and cut but not overly bulky. But what really made her mouth water was his cock. Fully engorged, it was thick and long. From their previous lovemaking, she already knew it filled her pussy all the way up. And he definitely could use it to make her want to scream his name in pleasure.
She straddled his thighs and wrapped her fingers around his shaft. She pumped it a few times until a drop of pre-cum appeared on the tip. Grady groaned, his hips lifting off the mattress, thrusting his erection tighter into her hand.
Sage firmly grasped him at the base and circled the head of his cock with her tongue. Grady groaned louder, a purr mixing with the sound. She gave him one last lick before opening her mouth and taking the head inside. She sucked back more of his length, then slowly lifted her head until only the tip remained. His hands fisted the covers under him as she took him in and out, taking as much as she could handle.
His cock grew even harder. “Sage,” he said with a moan. “I’m getting too close. I want to be inside you.”
Sage sucked him almost to the back of her throat, then released his shaft. She sat up. “And I want you there.”
She watched Grady as she took off her shirt and bra. His gaze followed her every movement. Next came her pants. Her panties, she took her time removing. She was already wet for him, more than ready to take his cock into her pussy.
Once she was as naked as he, she straddled his hips, then lowered herself onto his erection. It stretched her as she worked it in and out until she completely impaled herself. Sage lifted to her knees, sliding him almost free of her body only to push back down until he was all the way inside.
Sage continued to ride Grady, clenching her inner muscles around his plunging cock. She set a slow and steady pace that had her climax inching toward the surface. He reached up and palmed her breasts, tugging on her taut nipples. She placed her hands over his to keep them there. It was just enough extra stimulation she needed to have her panting, straining for her release.
As Grady let out a strangled moan and his cock pulsed inside her, Sage fell into her own orgasm. Her pussy clutched and released his shaft, milking him as wave after wave of pleasure tore through her. Once it was over, she collapsed onto his chest, gasping for breath. She found his cougar head pendant with her hand and held on to it.
“That was pretty intense,” Grady said.
Lost in the moment, Sage blurted, “I love you.”
Grady cupped her face and brought her lips to his. He kissed her slowly. “And I love you.”
His pendant warmed even more. Sage opened her hand and looked at it. “Why are the cougar’s ruby eyes glowing?”
“They are?” Grady asked with something akin to hope in his voice.
“Yeah. Look.” She sat up and lifted the pendant for him to see. “And why do I have this almost overwhelming urge to put it around my own neck?”
She couldn’t see what made the rubies glow. The light was dim at best in the room since the curtains were closed and it was getting dark out. It being the middle of January, the sun set around four thirty in the afternoon.
“Take it.”
“What?”
“Take the pendant. You’re meant to have it. I want to see you wearing it.”
The way Grady spoke, it was if the idea of her doing what he’d said was something that would mean a lot to him. Sage couldn’t deny the fact she really, really wanted his necklace. And she wasn’t even one for wearing jewelry.
“Take it,” Grady whispered.
Sage gripped the pendant again and slowly pulled it over Grady’s head. She turned it over and looked at the glowing eyes before she focused back on him. He lay there intently, watching her with a look of anticipation on his face. She took hold of it by its chain, turned it so the cougar head would face out, then slipped it over her head.
Grady held his breath as Sage lowered his pendant around her neck. Once it settled on her chest just above her cleavage, he sucked in a breath. The mating bond formed in an instant, joining their souls. From the look of surprise on her face, he guessed she felt it too.
Katarina had been right. Sage was the one. She was now his mate since she’d claimed him when she took his pendant as her own. Not that she knew that, but Grady did. Seeing her wear it, the love he had for her solidified. She was his. The moment the bond formed between them, he’d gained not only a mate but a nephew as well.
“What was that?” Sage asked as she searched his face. “I felt something—”
He cut her off by sitting up and taking her lips in a heated kiss. His cock went instantly rock hard inside her. He wanted her again. He needed to show her with his body how much he loved her and was glad she was his.
Grady held Sage close, then took her down to the mattress on her back. He pumped between her legs, glorying in the feel of her pussy taking his cock. She clutched his ass and pulled him in tighter as she lifted her hips to meet each thrust.
He already knew he wasn’t going to last long. Grady hooked one of Sage’s legs over his arm and spread her wider. He sank deeper. He angled his cock in just the right way so it hit her G-spot. She moaned, her fingers digging into the tops of his shoulders as she held on to him.
Then she panted his name as her inner muscles squeezed and released his shaft. As she came, his balls rose closer to his body and his point of no return tried to rush to the surface. He pushed it back. He wasn’t ready to come just yet.
Grady waited until Sage settled under him after her climax ended. He pulled out of her, then shifted to her side. With gentle hands, he urged her over onto her stomach, then up onto her hands and knees. Once he had her in that position, he came up behind her and stroked his hands down her back to her hips.