Engulf [New World Book 5] by C.L. Scholey Page A

join, isn’t it?” Raiden said on a gasp of air. “Your insides are so compelling. My essence has claimed you, but I feel the need to enter you more physically.”
    “Yes, but be very careful…”
    Abri gripped Raiden’s arms when he thrust himself inside her. He was larger than any man she had ever had, and it had been well over a year since Abri had last had sex. She cried out. For a second she thought she wouldn’t be able to take him, yet his secretions made her slippery. It was more than that he was inside of her. Raiden was part of her. His glistening chest rubbed against her breasts as he moved. His arms that supported his weight were pressed up against her, filling her skin with droplets of himself.
    When Abri gazed into Raiden’s face, he looked so intense. His head cocked to the side, and Abri knew he was listening to her needs. When she moaned, Raiden’s breath expelled. When she lifted her legs higher to wrap around his waist his hand was already guiding her behind higher. She could feel each of his fingers as they gripped her ass. He was so strong and yet so gentle. His touch filled her with need. Her ass was having a love affair with his sensual hand.
    “This is how we should have mated,” Raiden mumbled. “This is the first time. You were marked but not fully claimed. I need to fix this so it’s a real mating.”
    Abri cried out when she was flipped onto her belly. Raiden grasped her around the waist. He pumped harder and faster until Abri could barely breathe. When sharp fangs settled into her throat Abri knew this was what Raiden would have done to mark her. She was supposed to be marked as they joined both body and essence. His secretions were like a code book of explanation. He was sorry he had forced her to mate and yet he wasn’t sorry she was his. Abri felt it all.
    Her entire body relaxed to accept him. His power was surreal. She could feel him hammering against her hips. A muscular arm held her in place. Raiden had said she must never fear him—she didn’t. She understood the magnitude of his strength. She had never met a man with so much power.
    With his essence inside of her, surrounding her, Abri felt wave after wave wash over her as her orgasms buckled her arms. Her cheek settled against the bed as she gave herself to him. It was beautiful and so animalistic. Her eyes fluttered closed as Raiden roared his release. He stayed over her for long moments, caressing her bottom and back.
    Fangs slid into her neck once more and Raiden lowered her further onto the bed, stretching her legs into a more comfortable position. His mouth was warm and the liquid he expelled into her veins turned her to mush. Abri couldn’t have moved if someone had screamed ‘fire.’ Raiden cuddled up to her back, molding his body to hers.
    “To trust someone completely you have to completely put yourself into their hands,” Raiden whispered into her left ear. “You are in my care forever. There is no one more important to me than you.”
    Abri was at the mercy of the world. She couldn’t move. She could feel Raiden. His hands still roamed over her body in a soothing gesture. Abri had never felt so helpless—and she had never felt safer in her entire life.
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 6
     
    Raiden was uncomfortably hard. He was watching Abri sleep. The urge to join with her again was overwhelming, but he had induced her slumber. He wouldn’t be so callous as to take her while she lay helpless. A big part of mating was trust. If you were to be together for thousands of years, you had to learn to curb your desires until your female was ready. She would be ready soon enough and Raiden satisfied himself by simply gazing at her perfection.
    During the night, he had been privy to her frightening dreams. He had sat beside her in the shuttle, holding her hand, while it spun out of control and crashed. The explosion had rocked the craft. It was unpleasant to say the least. Witnessing the death