The moment the door to his cabin opened, Zoya knew what was about to happen. He put her down, her body sliding against his. She bloomed under his gaze and she was ready to give herself to him. She stood in her wet dress, that was sheer and hiding nothing of her from him. But she didn't care. She wanted River to take the dress off her and she needed his hands on her.

River stood towering over her, his eyes darkened with desire and hunger. He shut the door and locked it behind him without taking his eyes off her. She felt the heat pooling between her legs and the fluttering sensation in her gut drive her wild. Her body ached from everywhere and she knew it was because her own body deceived her and craved him. She had no restraint against this man. He was just too powerful.

The moment the door locked, River sealed his lips with hers and he didn't slow down from there. She lost all control like him and deepened the kiss, letting his tongue take hers into a heated battle. She gave herself to him, letting herself go and trusting him.

As he kissed her, devoured her, she realized much later that he had backed her up and was guiding her towards something, when suddenly, he put his arms under her butt and hoisted her off her feet, wrapping her legs around his waist. His strong arms held her tightly to his body and she moved to break the kiss, but a low growl reverberated from his throat when she did that, she kissed him again but was still worried about going up the stairs. He was perfectly fine though, he didn't need to look or guess anything. He knew the path up the stairs and to his bedroom. She didn't even get the chance to look around, but she'd definitely do that tomorrow.

River put her down on her feet, only to keep his lips locked against hers and his free hands found the zipper of her dress. He pulled it down and let the silk fall around her feet. She stood naked but wasn't vulnerable. She was never vulnerable with River because she knew he wouldn't judge her. He pulled his lips away and kissed down the column of her neck, his hand cupping the base of her head and fisting her hair holding her still for him, she felt the sharpness of his teeth that ran along her throat and she moaned hotly, unable to hold it in.

"Take my clothes off," his voice was deep and commanding.

Zoya pushed off his jacket and then grabbed the hem of his shirt and peeled it off him. His body was roped with muscle everywhere, there wasn't any part of him that wasn't dangerous. She felt a chill down her body and the heat blossoming inside her. He sensed the arousal from her, just like he knew of his own too. She grabbed the belt around his jeans, when his strong hands stopped her. She looked up into his smoky blue eyes.

"You first," he growled hotly.

River laid her back on the bed, the soft duvet cushioning her. The light from the large window shined over his body. He came around and stood at the foot of the bed, she drank the sight of his broad shoulders and strong torso that had multiple scars brushed across his taut skin. He was sinful from the way he looked at her. He leaned his heavy knee on the bed and she wanted to close her eyes, but she stayed focused on him. His hand caressed up her calf then her thigh, his eyes stayed on hers but his lips kissed her knee then her thigh nearing her core.

"I want to possess every part of you and never let anyone else touch you," his voice made her moan.

River's fingers hooked onto the strap of her thong and ripped it off her body and tossed it on the floor. He moved down her inner thigh with his lips before he exposed his teeth and bit her thigh, the sting jolted up her core and stomach. He licked away at the bite and fed off her pain and pleasure, he did that again as he got closer to her core. She writhed under him and was already a mess and he hadn't even touched her core yet.

River held her legs apart, keeping her open and exposed to him, and it wasn't helping that she was on his bed. The scent around was all him and it melted her body. The fiery fragrance filled the room and mixed into their skin letting them know they were bound together.

Zoya watched the arousal in River's eyes darken the blue to a sapphire. The moon shined its agile light onto her mate and he was entrancing to her. She watched him fan her core with his hot breath, before he kissed her core and ran his tongue along the slit. She arched into his mouth and held her moan back, she bit her lip and tried to stay in control so she wouldn't lose herself in this moment. However, as his tongue skilfully lathered her core and he nipped at her throbbing clit, she couldn't hold back.

Her hand combed into his dark hair that was still damp and she fisted it in her hand. She felt his smile briefly against her core and she tightened her hold, but that just pushed him to tease her harder. His tongue drank her in and she felt the wave grow in her body, and it was going to crash on her fast taking her into the storm of ecstasy.

"River... don't stop..." her moan of desperation told him everything he needed to know.

River ate out of her and quickened his pace because she was close to breaking. She didn't want to come like this, she wanted him inside her but River was adamant to making her come like this. Under his will, in front of him, he needed to see her orgasm with just his mouth. She was more than willing to give that to him.

The rush grew inside her and she was on the brink of losing her mind. She had a split second before she pulled River to her mouth and locked her sharp teeth at his corded neck, the moment she bit down on his neck, her body exploded with a strong orgasm and her wolf marked his. The waved eased and Zoya fell against the bed with no strength in her body.

River positioned himself between her legs, stretching them further and he kissed her softly tasting his blood on her lips. He licked her plump lips and moaned at the taste. She ran her fingers over his back and found herself seeking his body again. The pleasure that only he could give grew inside her and she needed more.

His big hands trailed down her body, they were tough but sweetly gentle as they memorized each curve and spot of her body. He kissed her neck, down to her chest and took the hardened peak of her breast into his hot mouth. A pit grew in her stomach when his tongue played with her nipple and he dipped his hand between her legs again. She arched into his mouth and his fingers spread the lips of her core. She looked down meeting his blazing blue eyes and he was teasing her. She knew it from the way he kept her on the edge but didn't let her feel relief.

River's thick fingers dove into her hot core, her body swallowed his fingers. A sharp jolt of pleasure ran through her and she closed her eyes. She couldn't handle the sensation of him taking control of her body. She had no power and it was driving her crazy.

A soft brush of his lips caressed her mouth, she opened her eyes and met his fierce gaze. "I've never seen you so quiet before," he teased hotly as he nipped her bottom lip then her jaw.

"It's your fault-" she gasped out when suddenly his finger deepened inside her and she almost came from that alone. That amused him further seeing her breathless and dishevelled with need. She was stunned he had done that but loved that he had.

But Zoya wasn't one to back down either.

Slowly, raking her nails across his back, she brought his focus on her eyes and grabbed a hold of his wrist. She took control of her own pleasure from there. His gaze darkened over her as he read what she intended to do with his hand. She rocked her hips and found her rhythm with his fingers still deep inside her wet core, it didn't take her long to find herself at the edge of her orgasm when he was watched her darkly and loving what he was seeing. She came undone because of him even though she controlled her own release.

She orgasmed beneath him. "Don't forget who you're messing with," she growled. "Take off your pants right now." She found her hands on his belt through her high.

Zoya lifted off the bed, and as he stripped off his pants she caught sight of his hardened shaft, her mind went blank with lust and need. Straddling him, she ran her body along his, his hands held her hips, his fingers digging into her soft skin marking her and the pain only fed her dark side. Her body moved on its own when she ran her wet core over his hardened shaft lathering it with her own essence, it drove him wild and it would help her fitting the large size inside her. Frankly, she was surprised that he let her take the lead. She didn't think a man who was as dominant as River would.

"You're not going to stop me," she teased him.

"I'll never stop you from taking what you want, especially from me or my body," he said sternly.

She pushed him back. She was going to take her mate and be one with him. "I'm on birth control," she told him before she took the head of his shaft to her wet core. She didn't want condoms between them. She needed his bare shaft and she needed it now.

"Zoya," he growled with urgency.

Zoya didn't hesitate nor take her time. The moment the thick head of his cock touched the entrance of her core, her body begged and pleaded to take all of him. She slammed down taking all of him inside her and she collapsed from the thick invasion. She laid on his chest breathless, her body on fire and her core throbbing around his shaft.

River brought her up to meet his lips. He kissed her and it wasn't a slow kiss either. He kissed her like she was the only thing that could help him breathe. She felt the same way. His hands gripped her hips and he moved underneath her, rocking his hips into her core and deepened the connection. She joined the rhythm and moved her hips to match his pace. They lost themselves to one another and the entire world outside vanished.

River broke the kiss and pushed her down to the bed, he caged her with his body, thrusting into her core, she lifted her hips to receive him. Her entire mind went numb with the way the pleasure consumed her, she felt the wave climbing and her core knotting and tightening around his shaft.

"River... I'm going to come..." she said breathlessly.

River released her breast from his mouth and kissed her, just as the orgasm was about to take both of them to oblivion, River brought her mouth to his neck; "Bite me again," he growled dangerously.

Zoya bit down and both of them came hard. He filled her core with his seed and she got drunk off the feeling. She was complete. She didn't know what it meant to be whole, until now. The threat of tears stung her eyes, but she didn't let them fall. Instead, she brought River to her lips and kissed him until everything she felt poured out of her heart and he sensed her desperation. He wrapped her legs around his waist, without pulling out of her, he stayed buried deep inside letting her feel how he had hardened again. Her core clenched tightly around his shaft making him moan into her mouth, she loved the deep sound and how it melted her heart.

"Your body fits perfectly with mine," his voice caressed her ear like a slick flame. "So soft... and lovely... and all mine..."

River's unyielding eyes lifted to meet hers, he thrusted his throbbing arousal deep inside her. Her core wrapped his shaft tightly like a fist. They both were enthralled by the deep hunger that was only sated by the other. Zoya's gut coiled and her body was right there with River when they reached their limit again. She let herself go with a sultry moan and her core convulsed around his shaft.

But just before she was about to come, River pulled out and away from her. The separation was painful especially since her skin was on fire and River was the only one that sated her.

"You don't get to come yet," River said as he kissed down her neck.

Zoya wanted to punch and kiss him all at the same time. "That's not nice of you," she retorted.

"I never claimed to be nice," he said just before he bit her earlobe.

Zoya glared up at him. He chuckled hotly before he easily kissed her anger away, she didn't know she was the type of woman to forget everything with just a kiss. But perhaps, it was a kiss from River that made her forget everything else. His tongue hypnotized her, meeting every thrust or pull with his own leisure speed. Zoya's hips rolled as he kept his rough hand right between the juncture of her legs, keeping her hot and wet and just on the brink of release, his other hand stroked her breast while rolling her hard peak.

Letting her lips go, he trailed down her neck over to her hardened peaks before he slowly went down to her wet core again. Her eyes locked with his, her lip was between her teeth as she arched her back for his fingers to touch her burning core, that was just as hungry for his touch like the first time. He kissed down her smooth, scorching-hot core with slow kisses over the insides of her thighs and hips. She moaned as his finger lightly skimmed over the petals of her core. He slipped one finger inside, her sweet honey and his seed coating his finger as he slowly thrusted into her. He pushed another finger in but then slowly pulled them out, she whimpered her protest and clenched onto his fingers hoping the contact would last longer. But it didn't. He controlled her body and didn't indulge her.

"You're driving me crazy, River," she breathed angrily.

River grinned wickedly, it was the first time she had seen that smile on him.

Abruptly, he separated her folds and saw her glistening core. She would die from anticipation alone, but she didn't close her eyes for a second, because his tongue rubbed that throbbing, sensitive nub with hard and eager licks making her moan breathlessly. The intense fire spreading between her legs grew wilder consuming her to oblivion.

"Don't come or I'll punish you," his dark command shackled her body to him.

Zoya threw her head back and her hands gripped the sheets, her knuckles turning white from desperation. She was getting drunk off his scent and every sensation he controlled her body with. He rubbed his tongue on her clit and his three fingers thrusted into her wet core simultaneously. He agonized her body to feel the torture and the pleasure that only he could give. She couldn't breathe as River curled his fingers inside her hitting the sweet spot and a jolt of ecstasy shot through her like lightening.

She was maddeningly close to coming and it took everything from her to hold it back. She whimpered and hadn't realized when she writhed away from his continuous torture, but he had locked his arm over her hips and kept her caged.

"Do you want to come, baby?" River's voice reverberated against her clit.

"Yes... please..." she moaned desperately, her own voice was unrecognizable to her. She felt his smile and it irked her that he was having fun while she was close to death.

Zoya couldn't hold back any longer, she had no strength left. She gasped for breath as her orgasm electrified through her like a hurricane.

River collared her throat, her eyes opened facing his dangerous gaze. "I didn't say you could come," his tone was low and carnal. Lust flashed through his gaze and she was entranced by him.

"What are you going to do then?" she dared to ask.

"Turn over," his growled.

Zoya couldn't feel her limbs, but she still turned over to his command.

"On your knees, baby," he said next.

Zoya lifted back on her knees and her back arched as she was presented to him. She had never taken this position before and it unnerved her, but she trusted her mate knowing he wouldn't hurt her. He'd drive her wild but he'd never hurt her.

River's hands ran along the back of her thighs, it was like he sensed the shift of tension in her. He kissed the small of her back reassuring her.

"You look so pretty," he mumbled hotly.

Zoya was conscious of his every move. From the way his hands caressed her backside, to the way his lips brushed soft kisses up her back. "River," she moaned her desperation.

"Tell me what you want, Zoya," he demanded with that sultry tone.

"You. I want you," she cried out.

"Like this? You, on your knees, and open to me... how tempting," he said smugly.

If only she could see him.

It was like he read her mind when he whispered; "Look up, baby-" she did and her breath caught in her throat when she saw them in the mirror across them- "I want you to watch me take you and make you mine."

Zoya lost her breath when she saw his glorious body, that was hard and muscular and he was covered with a light sheen of sweat. His dark hair tousled by her fell around his mystic blue eyes, which were all beast as he watched her through the mirror too. She wasn't ready when she felt his thick shaft caress her throbbing clit, he teased her and a grin played on his lips, she saw it through the mirror. He pushed his shaft into slowly, opening her core to fit him again. She saw the strain on his face as he controlled his own body to hold on. But she pushed her hips back and caught his gaze with that.

"Don't," he growled.

Zoya spread her legs wider and moved on her own, defying him and his command. "Make me," she challenged, which was a bad idea but she couldn't help it. River was unravelling and she loved it, loved him.

River raked his tousled hair back. "You're in for a long night," he said.

"That makes two of us," she retorted.

River thrusted deep into her and she forgot everything then. She only felt the force of her mate claiming and marking her deep inside her body. His wolf appeared too, branding her to him. She felt the scent of his wolf seeping into her skin as River lost to the pleasure and so did she. Gripping onto her hips, he dove into her core and both of them were coming in seconds.

Zoya collapsed and so did River.

River pulled her on top of him and she laid on him trying to recover from what just happened. She was never going to forget this, that was for sure.

"Your scent is all over me," she mumbled.

"Courtesy of my wolf," he said. "He liked doing that to you."

Zoya didn't say anything, but she was worried. This entire time and he hadn't marked her, but something told that maybe he wanted to take his time before he did. She didn't regret marking him and she would die before taking it back. But had she rushed it for him? she wondered.

She pushed all those thoughts down when River brought her to meet his lips. She shouldn't worry because she trusted River with all her heart. He was her mate after all...

"Stop thinking..." he said against her lips.