Chapter 46: Almost Mine!

SEBASTIAN.

Alexei was a temperate man who weighed every word he said. That he explained it to me so precisely made me think seriously. But I took his word for it. And maybe he was right. The circumstances were exact and so far, that the beast had touched none of Teresa’s hair.

The day passed so quickly that I didn’t even feel it. We all finally gathered in the house and at the table. Alexei served us a solyanka, a traditional hot, spicy soup, and the well-known beef Stroganoff.

White wine was indispensable and also our goodwill. Alexei was very talkative. Teresa was still talking to Anya, and I was listening to the immortal stories of the dreaded mobster.

He had and still has a life as thrilling as it is dangerous. Anya’s other partner, Mikael Svensson, was missing from the table.

“By the way, where is Mikael?” I haven’t seen him here!”

“He went on business to Sweden. We have a new shipment of weapons, and he went there to personally supervise it.”

Alexei was really proud of his rival. I couldn’t bear to share Teresa with another man. Just the thought of someone else touching her and before my eyes filled me with anger.

But each with his own pleasures, right? Talking about pleasures, Teresa seemed to be more beautiful than ever and it was not the wine speaking. I watched her all the time and every movement she made seemed to be like a painful eroticism addressed to me.

Caressing the edge of her glass as she exchanged words with Anya, licking her lips so naturally after almost every sip, she transposed me into the world she created, in which I would be the one to fulfill all of her fantasies.

And there were also a few of my own. And they were anything from restrained with a woman like her. I felt like I was preparing my ground. Because from the second I was going to make her mine, I would mark her for life.

Simple gestures, like stroking her hair, to me had become invitations to lust, to taste her sweet being. Get a grip, Sebastian! This woman is far too important to match your sick fantasies.

If there was a line between intense pleasure and pain, I had already crossed it. My desire was not only to make her mine in body, but to merge with her in such a way that there would be no more distance between us.

And what place I had given free rein to my imagination! Lord, if I didn’t stop right now, I was going to make her mine at this very table without caring about Alexei.

That was how much I longed for her. The agony of my ecstasy darkened my rational thoughts, and in their place came the sin of our imminent union. I hardened everywhere until her absence began to hurt.

Even though she was next to me, she was far away. I longed for the warmth of her body, even though it was unknown to me. I longed to explore it, to taste every inch of her velvety skin until she would shiver underneath my touch. The evening meal was already too long.

“Tell me, friend, how are things in Bellingham? How is your sister? Is she still reluctant about your connection with me?” Alexei almost growled with some sort of joy in his voice.

That joy was so obvious that he almost caught me red-handed, guilty of all thoughts. I liked to think I didn’t blush. It wasn’t my type, but I definitely caught fire in anticipation of what my mind was reflecting.

“Vicky is fine, don’t worry. She has nothing against you. Weird things are happening in her pack too, so she needs some answers.”

“I am sorry to hear that. I will do whatever I can to find as much as possible about this matter. It is more than obvious that they are related. I mean, happening at about the same time could not be a coincidence. Mikael returns tomorrow and being a dragon, maybe he could help. You said something about fire. Who knows, maybe the beast could be one of his ancestors,” Alexei added in a sarcastic tone that caught Anya’s attention.

“Stop it! Our guests are not used to your kind of humor, baby!”

“Who said I was joking? We do have to rule out every possibility, right, Bash? Anyway, the dinner is almost finished and my maid has already prepared your rooms. As I understood from Sebastian, you are not a couple... yet!”

He turned to Teresa with curious eyes like waiting for her approval. Jesus, Alexei! But I had to thank him for Teresa’s sweet blushing. And he continued in his own characteristic way, “The night is still young. Who knows what might happen, right?”

I wish I could answer that question, but Teresa was already in this awkward position. If there was anyone who wasn’t used to Alexei’s peppery remarks, it was Teresa.

But her face remained so serene that I would have given anything to know what she was thinking. Or if it was me in those thoughts.

Once in my room, my ordeal began. Knowing that Teresa was so close that I felt her uneasiness and her breath held me like a mad wolf, boiling in my own fantasies.

I was so cold inside, but when she was close, I could feel the sexual chemistry calling for both of us. And with that painful thought, I almost fell asleep. I couldn’t just barge in on her like that. I promised her the most beautiful experience.

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TERESA.

Oh, my dear God, if I had a diary, I would have filled it with my thoughts. This man has penetrated so deep into my being that it was impossible for me to fall asleep. I was worried.

My body hurt with desire for him just because he didn’t lose a second gazing into my eyes. He devoured me with his intense staring and did it on purpose. I wondered how much longer I could resist his charms.

My passion for him was the reason I rose from the fire that consumed me when my world was just ashes carried by the wind. And my soul along with it. This got me up and kept me breathing. My eyelids were getting heavier and my tiredness spoke its last word. Until…

“Aaaa!” I screamed, shaken up, awakened from a nightmare as I had when I was a child. I hated them.

They made me feel vulnerable and in need of protection. Then it was my foster parents, but who was now near me? And suddenly the door opened wide, seeing in the dark a perfect male figure. The light of the moon shone on his worried face.

“Teresa? Are you alright?!” he shouted loudly and approached the bed. His mere presence stirred me in a way I had forgotten why I screamed. He was inciting me to sin right there and right now.

Bash was shirtless. His muscles twitched, reaching out to me, wanting to calm me down. Little did he know he was making it worse. I withdrew a little, but not out of fear, but because I could not control myself.

The tension was so great that his eyes shot arrows of desire in my way and my body was already sending signals. Damn all this!

But then suddenly, with no warning, he leaned closer, almost whispering into my ear. His warmth grew closer and thousands of shivers disconnected me from reality and propelled me into the fantasy I had earlier.

He was here, inches from me, and I didn’t push him away. I wanted to bring him closer. In his approach, he stroked my cheek with his beard and a thrilling electrifying quiver crossed my inside, from the core of my soul to my already wet inner thighs that were longing for him so much.

And there was only an inch from my thirsty lips to his hungry mouth. My shivering body locked and hardened his muscles, and a bolt of tantalizing heat came down to my thighs.

I could count my frantic heartbeats and his jerky breathing when he whispered with a hoarse voice, making me crave for more.

“Don’t worry, I am here. No one will ever hurt you again!”

Oh my God, please Sebastian, kiss me, extinguish this whirlwind inside of me. Put an end to my yearning for you. Fill me with your restlessness!

And like hearing my thoughts, he went in for my mouth, claiming, devouring, possessing. He ignited my deepest desires, unleashing his beast right in front of my eyes. What if he turned? I didn’t know for what reason, but this kind of turned me on. He closed the space between us even more, pulling himself a little from me so he could look into my eyes. I could read in them desire, and his breathing got agitated, anticipating the moment we both wanted.

“Baby, I will do nothing you don’t want me to, I swear. So, if you tell me to stop, I will stop. But if you don’t, you are going to be mine for the rest of your life!”