Stop it, Zen," Caitlin whispered desperately, feeling every word, every breath weaving them so tightly together that she couldn't tell where he left off and she began.
"You are my lifemate, bound to me for all eternity and always in my care." His teeth sank deep; his body surged into hers. White-hot pain exploded over both of them, leaving shimmering flames leaping high and hot.
Caitlin's cry was lost in her throat. She wrapped her arms around his head and cradled him to her. Welded together, body, mind, and heart, her life flowing into him, his body took command of hers. He moved - a slow, careful test of her response to him. She was hot and tight, the friction threatening to engulf him in the frenzied, uninhibited sexual mating of a male. With effort he controlled himself, savoring the sweet, hot spice of her blood, the velvet fire gripping his body.
