Chapter 294: Be grateful

The scent of her arousal thickened by the second. Kaden felt her clit twitch against the blunt tip of his cock, a tiny, involuntary flutter that nearly undid him. She wanted this. Even if she was going to wake up tomorrow drowning in regret, her body was already answering him with brutal honesty.

He could not fight it off completely. The thought of the humiliation she would feel later should have been enough to stop him. Instead, it only sharpened the edge of his restraint into something crueler. He rocked forward, pushing the thick head of himself against her entrance just enough to part her slightly. Not enough to take her. Just enough to make her feel the threat of it.

Yuki’s back arched hard against the damp stone. Her nails scraped the rock behind her. Cold air licked over her aching nipples while heat pooled low in her belly. Her legs parted wider around his waist, an open invitation, but he did not push further. That denial felt more punishing than any force would have.

Kaden’s thumb slowly traced the swollen, soaked place where their bodies met. He circled the slick rim of her, in a deliberate and unhurried motion, watching the way her hips tried to chase the contact.

"Look at you," he murmured, his voice low and rough with dark amusement. "So damn eager to get fucked. What excuse are you going to use, Snow? We aren’t even mated or fated."

She bit her lower lip hard enough to sting. The words should have humiliated her. Instead, lust swallowed the shame whole and left nothing behind but heat.

"I don’t need to be mated to a man to know how to get wet, Kaden," she said, rocking deliberately against the tip of him. Her voice came out breathless but sharp. "I am a normal living woman." Her eyes lifted to his, defiant even while she trembled. "The thing is, do you even know how that cock works? Not to brag, but a sane wolf wouldn’t be holding one this long against someone like me. I am quite a catch, Kaden." She leaned closer until her lips nearly brushed his. "And don’t fucking give me a loyalty speech. If you had that much self-control, your cock wouldn’t be this close to my clit."

Kaden’s jaw clenched. He did not deny a single word. "I already said it, little wolf."

His fingers rubbed her clit in a firm, circling press. She thrashed against the rock, a broken sound catching in her throat, but he held her in place with the arm locked around her waist.

"Don’t make me repeat it," he drawled, and then his finger slipped beneath the blunt edge of his own cock, pushing into her.

Her folds greedily squeezed around the intrusion at once, spasming around him. She anticipated depth. She braced for it. But something felt wrong almost immediately. Kaden’s slender fingers were not pushing deep. He stayed at the shadow edge of her, taking his time, memorizing the tight clench of her walls without giving her what she was silently begging for. It was a deliberate kind of punishment, and he bloody well knew it was not what she wanted.

Her breathing grew haggard. "Kaden, are you fucking me.."She called his name in a half-curse, half-plea, hips twitching uselessly against his hand.

He knew it was an insult but he couldn’t stop himself from teasing her. "Relax Snow you would get fucked properly.."

Kaden held her gaze the entire time. A teasing look sat on his face as he slowly pulled his fingers back and lifted them between them, showing her the wetness glistening on the tips.

He brought them to his nose first, inhaling deeply. A hundred filthy ways to fuck her against that very rock flashed through his mind while she hung there, completely at his mercy. Then his tongue slipped out and curled around his fingers. He licked them clean in the most unhurried, exotic way she had ever seen, never once looking away from her eyes.

Her stomach tightened and released. The sickening need only increased. She had never wanted to be fucked this badly. Not when Killian had been in heat. Not during the hundred-something sketches of Kieran she had drawn in the most suggestive positions imaginable. Nothing had ever hollowed her out like this.

Kaden’s smirk returned, slow and knowing. "Thinking about how my tongue would feel on you?" he asked, his voice soft and filthy.

The directness of the question caught her completely off guard. Heat burned from her cheeks down her neck. She did the most honest, unexpected thing she could have done.

She nodded.

His cock twitched hard against her thigh at the admission.

Without giving her time to recover, he pushed two fingers back into her, still deliberately not going deep, making her feel the stretch and the pressure without relief. Then he leaned in, lips finding the shell of her ear, and nibbled the sensitive lobe while his voice dropped into a rough, satisfied murmur. "So honest. I can’t deny you after that."

He shifted her weight easily, lifting and settling her higher against the rock until she was at the perfect height for him to bury his face between her thighs. He parted her legs wider with both hands, exposing every soaked, trembling inch of her to the cold night air and to his mouth.

The first harsh stroke of his tongue dragged over her clit without warning.

Yuki’s whole body jerked. A broken moan tore out of her before she could stop it.

Kaden did not rush. He ate her with deliberate, devastating focus, alternating between long, slow licks that made her thighs shake and sharp, teasing flicks that left her starving. His fingers stayed inside her but never pushed deep, curling just enough to make her clench and gasp without ever giving her the fullness she needed. When she squirmed too much, he pinched the soft skin of her inner thigh hard enough to sting, then soothed the spot with his tongue. When she tried to close her legs, he bit down lightly on her clit in warning.

’Rock against my face again and I stop,’ he sent through the mindlink, his mental voice dark and absolute. ’Keep still.’

Yuki forced herself to obey, fingers scraping against the stone, every muscle trembling with the effort of not chasing his mouth. He started slow, almost cruelly so, licking and sucking until her moans turned soft and continuous, then gradually lost the controlled edge as the taste of her flooded his tongue. His cock strained painfully against nothing. Her name started leaving him in rough, muffled sounds against her flesh.

The pace increased. His tongue worked harder, faster, fingers still shallow but relentless, and Yuki’s moans climbed until they cracked.

"Kaden—please—"

He growled against her clit and kept going.

She came hard against his face, shameless and loud, head tipping back toward the stars as she screamed for the goddess without a single care for who might hear. "Dear goddes!!"

Kaden lifted his head just enough for his voice to cut through her broken breathing.

"I’m no god, Snow," he growled.

He stayed between her thighs until he had cleaned every last trace of her release with slow, thorough strokes of his tongue. Only when she went boneless against the rock, chest heaving, did he finally pull back.

Even then, wrecked and shaking, she found enough breath to taunt him.

"Still didn’t have the guts to use your cock," she whispered, a weak, defiant smirk pulling at her swollen lips.

Kaden scoffed. He gripped her chin between his fingers and forced her dazed eyes up to his.

"You should be glad I’m leaving you some dignity," he said, his voice low and rough. "By not taking your first time on a rock."

Her heart skipped hard. She tried to hide how flustered the words made her, stammering as heat rushed back into her face.

"I—I’m not—there’s no way you would know that. Someone who looks like me—"

His smile was slow and sharp. "Your guilt made it obvious."

His thumb rubbed over her lower lip, then pressed until her mouth parted for him.

Kaden could hear her racing heart clearly. He leaned in until his face hovered over hers, close enough that she felt every word against her mouth. "Don’t I deserve a reward for being so considerate, Star?" he purred.

Then, without hesitation, his lips crashed against hers in a deep, consuming kiss. His tongue plunged in, and she tasted herself on him—salt and heat and something filthy she would never forget. He kissed her like he was still starving, nibbling her lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, moaning softly between breaths as their bodies pressed flush together. Her hard nipples dragged against his bare chest with every shift, sending fresh sparks down her spine until he finally pulled away.

She was still reeling. Her head felt light. Her thoughts would not settle.

Kaden adjusted her position against the rock with practiced ease. A moment later she felt something hot and throbbing settle between her breasts.

Her breath caught.

"What—"

Kaden’s smirk widened as he looked down at her.

"Did you think a kiss was all the payment for being this considerate?" he asked, his voice dark with amusement. His hips shifted once, letting her feel the heavy heat of him resting against her chest. "Open those lips for me, Snow."

Yuki’s eyes went wide.

He was fucking with her. He wanted her to thank him after he had eaten her out, simply because he had not gone all the way. He was a complete psycho.

And the worst part was the way her body still answered him, pulse hammering, lips parting slightly before her mind could decide whether to refuse.