Mate (Bride, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood

“Can you,” she says between kisses, “never”—kiss—“leave again?” Kiss. “Like, ever?” Kiss.

The most life-changing event he’ll ever experience. It almost feels like a miscalculation on her part. Because one moment she’s kissing and sucking his gland, and the next her teeth sink into the skin of his neck. The pleasure is as stupefying as it is annihilating. He doesn’t come in his pants, but it’s a close thing. The only reason he’s able to stop himself is that the world grinds to a halt. For several seconds, it doesn’t spin. Koen and Serena stay like that, still, tethered by her bite, for long moments. And then… Then she pulls away. She licks her lips, and he discovers that they are dark. With his goddamn blood. This time he does come a little bit. For a few seconds, Serena’s eyes are full wolf. Then they transition back to human, still that beautiful, rich brown he fell for, and she’s with him once again, present, aware, and— She blinks. “Holy shit. Did I…?” Yeah. “Oh my God. I bit you?” She did. She fucking did. Koen is inordinately proud of her. How deep her little teeth got.