if it got him inside Dare's ass or
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fucked by him. The need to bond with his mate was
clawing at him as his wolf snarled his disapproval of the
wait.
* * * *
Dare couldn't stop smiling. True, he'd spent the day
ripping apart mutant werewolves, a memory he was trying
hard to forget, but now he was home with his mate. A home
he hoped would be theirs for many years to come.
"Choices, choices," he teased his desperate mate.
Steven's cock hardened against his stomach and the rapid
beating of his mate's pulse lured him like a siren song.
Leaning down, Dare licked a long line from collarbone to
ear, savoring the taste and smell of the man below him.
"Will you stop that?" Steven groused.
"Nope." He did it on the other side.
"You have the roughest tongue, even when you
aren't in your tiger form," his mate complained.
Dare pressed his nose to the nape of Steven's neck.
The smell of sweat and arousal filled his nostrils. "It doesn't
smell like you mind."
"Cheater."
Laughing, he nipped at Steven's neck, enjoying the
spike in his lover's pulse. "I'm going to take you and
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everyone will know you're mine." For the first time,
possessiveness filled him. When he had watched Steven at
the bar it was with a gentle kind of longing. Now it was
with a fierce need to claim this man as his own.
Steven was his and he challenged anyone to try and
take his mate away.
He didn't realize he was snarling until soothing
hands tried to pull him back from the brink.
"Easy, love, I'm fine. I'm right here."
Dare blinked to bring his eyes back into focus. He
hadn't realized they'd gone tiger until that moment. "Sorry.
I was thinking about how I almost lost you today."
Steven's fingers clutched him painfully. "I know. I
don't know what I would do if anything happened to you."
Leaning down, Dare took his mate's mouth in a
possessive kiss. Pressing hard against the other man, he
slipped his tongue inside and tasted all the complex flavors
that made up his mate. Damn he tasted good. No one had
ever felt so right beneath him.
Fumbling with the drawer, he pulled out a container
of lube. His hands felt clumsy as he struggled to pop open
the cap. Warm hands covered his. "Easy, baby. You don't
have to be nervous. We have years to get this right."
Dare didn't want it to take years. He wanted it to be
right the very first time. They were mates, shouldn't it
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always be perfect?
"You're thinking too much." Steven's amused voice
snagged his attention. "Don't put so much pressure on
yourself. We will always be together."
Dare took reassurance from his mate. Taking a deep
breath he coated his fingers with lube and took his time
circling Steven's hole.
"Fuck me now!"
"Patience." He couldn't hold back a smile. The man
writhing below him was everything he'd ever wanted. He'd
had dreams about Steven that weren't half as hot as the
reality.
"Now!" Wow, that guttural growl was extremely
sexy.
Sliding in one finger, then another, he stretched his
lover until he was certain Steven was loose enough to take
him. Lining up, he slid into paradise.
"Ahh." Feeling the werewolf wrap around him
soothed something deep in his chest. Home. This man was
his home. Never had he felt this close to a lover, and he
knew no one else would ever make him feel this way. For
him, this man was it.
"Show me who I belong to." Steven's blue eyes
speared him with his need.
Leaning close, Dare breathed in his mate's scent.
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Growling, he moved in and out of the man who was
quickly becoming his entire world.
"Harder," Steven gasped.
Dare nipped at his lover's lips before sliding his
tongue in, imitating with his mouth the motions of his
body. The whimpering against his lips was all the hotter
because he knew the man below him wanted him as much
as he wanted Steven.
"I'm going to mark you, fuck you, and make
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