Page 69 of The Bonding Games: Part 2

She stares at me for a moment, unmoving, before eventually sending that same warmth down the bond again where I once might have thought there would be nothing but icy coldness, and I melt even further for her.

Eyes dropping to her lips, I then ask timidly, “Can I . . . can I please have a kiss?”

She smiles. “You may.”

Sucking in a quick breath, I move fast, as if she might change her mind, resulting in us meeting halfway. Butterflies explode in my belly, and my hands shakily move to her shoulders as she kisses me with that unbelievable tenderness, tongue gliding along the seam of my lips. My gasp gives her the access we both want, and I try to keep up with the movements of her tongue, to be good for her, but I’m still too new to this. And I’m reminded of her adoration of that fact when glee and possessiveness on velvety smoke trickles through to me, dissolving any embarrassment or insecurity I might’ve had.

Breathing completely out of control again when she pulls away, I’m not thinking as I try to chase her lips, and she laughs again, making my light-headedness even more prominent, especially as she moves back in for a peck. I don’t miss the way she seems to internally stutter through the still-open bond, like she doesn’t quite know why she kissed me that way either, before she seems to shrug it off. It’s as if I can sense her storing the information in a box in her mind to unpack for when she sees fit to delve further into her new feelings and, subsequently, behaviour.

Tip of my ear hot to the touch as I nervously brush some hair off it, I smile shyly up a her. Lips twitching up at the corners in response, she shifts to lay her head back down on my chest. “I would like to stay here for a moment.”

She’s telling me what she’s doing, but I could swear it almost sounds like she’s asking for permission, like she really cares about my comfort. “Of course!” I say faster than lightning, wrapping my arms around her with less hesitancy this time. “I-I want you to stay. I’d—I’d be happy to stay here forever if we could . . . just like this . . .” My voice grows quieter at the end.

The nail of her pointer finger slowly draws across my hairless chest. “I am . . .” She seems to search for the right words before starting again, “I am thoroughly content here, too. However, I do need to see my wild one.” I smile for my best friend and brother as I hear unmistakable fondness slipping into her tone. “I would like to spend some more time with you—five minutes, maybe, and then I will go.”

There’s disappointment in me. Of course there is. No matter how short an amount of time it’s for, I always want her around. But I’m happy she’s spending time with all of us, and as much as I like when we’re all with her together, I definitely want these moments alone too. I’ve never felt so special and at peace than I do right now, and Tiger and my other brothers deserve to feel this way as well. So I whisper, “Okay . . .” And I hug her to me tighter, soaking up all of her that I can before she has to leave.

24

TIGER

Buzzing with excitement, I leap off my bed when Ezla walks through the door I obediently left open for her. “Ezzy!” I exclaim, my eagerness on full display.

The corner of her pink lips twitches upwards. “Hello, Tiger,” she greets all smoothly and shit, and wow-wee. Tingles all over, I tell you.

I wave vigorously, then shift back on my heels, neatly folding my hands behind my back as I watch her turn to the biometric scanner on the panel beside the door, putting her thumbprint on it. I’m trying to behave here, but I really just want to jump on her and smother her with kisses. I’ve missed her so much.

When she turns back to me, I beam at her, and I’m so, so happy she can now come and go as she pleases. She should have done that wayyyyyy sooner.

“You have waited for me,” she states, and my chest inflates with pride.

I nod, grinning around my words. “Yes! Are you going to wash me?”

Humming consideringly, she moves closer. My cock has been rock solid simply from the anticipation as I waited for her to finish with Scotty and then Alby, but it’s a steel rod now, hard enough to rival the durability of a diamond as all that bare skin of hers gets nearer, and nearer . . . nearer . . .

Eyes wide, I swallow to get some moisture in my dry throat before my mouth gapes open. “Oh . . . you’re so pretty,” I breathe, wanting to throw myself at her feet and tell her to sit on my back. Maybe I can do some push-ups while she relaxes on top of me?

“Thank you, Puppy.” That unrelenting buzzing in me grows, then almost knocks me out with the sheer power of my elation when she answers my question. “I will. I—”

I zoom for the bathroom faster than I’ve ever done anything before.

I’ve already ripped off my Avri suit, bared myself for her completely, when she walks in with a silent promise of death.

Uh-oh . . .

Fumbling for an excuse as her mismatched eyes pierce me mercilessly, my ever-betraying dick jerking happily, I blurt, “It was my legs, not me!”

Unimpressed, her lips tighten, but I could swear there’s a hint of amusement in there. I’m pretty sure the bond’s still open, and I’d only need to focus on it to check, but I feel like I’m already on Deadly Nightshade’s naughty list now, so I decide against it. “Do I need to remind you that your limbs are controlled by you?”

“But they don’t listen when it comes do you, DN!” I plead my innocence.

A single brow raises, though her possessive satisfaction finds me through the bond, telling me she can’t be too mad at me. “So hungry for me, my Bonds,” she muses as she advances on me hunter style. Then she tells me as she grazes her nails over my chest in a barely-there touch, “I am eager to chain you.” My heart starts to race even faster than it already was. “But not today. So behave.”

I pout.

She returns my look with a chilling one of her own, lips spreading into a scary-as-fuck, but oh-so-delicious, grin.

Trailing her fingertips down my torso, she only adds slightly more pressure, and glee ripples into me in the form of velvet sin as she purrs, “Look at how you twitch and leak for me.”