Judge: Mating Fever: Shifters Forever Worlds (Barely After Dark Book 3) by Elle Thorne Page A

over the drop gathered there, she spread it around the head of his cock, then under the rim of it, making slow, leisurely circles. She traced a fingernail gently along the underside.
    His sharp intake of breath made another pool flourish between her legs. She lowered herself and put the tip of her tongue on his slit, tasting him, then put her lips around the tip, sealing his head in her mouth, her lips wrapped around the ring of it.
    Judge released out a loud hiss. “You’re killing me.”
    Lani looked up at him. His face lit with desire, his jaws tightened with lust.
    “Lani.” He sucked air in, his chest filling, the muscles expanding. “Now.”
    Judge pushed her forward, bending her over, spreading her legs with his knees and a rocking of his hips.
    His hardness pressed against her entrance and his hand pressed on her back, pushing her downward, making her ass rear up. He entered her swiftly and mercilessly.
    A whoosh of air escaped Lani’s lips at the fullness.
    “God, I need you,” he muttered, groaning with every stroke as he plunged in and out. Seizing her hips, he pounded into her, punishing and pleasing at the same time.
    “I want to be yours. Forever.” The words came from her, unbidden, surprising, and yet so very truthful.
    There was nothing she wanted more than this man. This Enforcer. The father of her son. The mate she’d always wanted.
    He stopped thrusting, leaned close to her ear. “Be sure, Lani.”
    “Yes!” Lani screeched, pushing back against him, taking him deeper.
    The sudden burst of pain from Judge’s bite on her shoulder was swept away by the pleasure of his tongue licking at it, making her his.
    Forever.
    Behind her, Judge’s body shuddered as he held her close. His heat filled her body, throbbing inside her.
    “I love you.” He kissed the spot where he’d bitten her.

    A few moments later , she nuzzled his neck, resting her head against that wide chest, the sweat of their joining drying, when a thought occurred to her.
    “I like Griz. Can we visit him?”
    “Sure as soon as he tells us where he settles.” Judge caressed her shoulders, his fingers skimming over the spot where he’d bonded her. He began to knead her muscles.
    “You’re spoiling me.”
    “Get used to it. I have a lot of time to make up for.”
    Guilt washed over her—she had abandoned him.
    He caught the remorse in her eyes. “Hey, now.”
    He leaned in, placed his lips on her forehead with a feather light kiss. His breath was a warm cinnamon woodsy scent. She felt his emotions, strong, vital, full of love, and closed her eyes to savor the impressions washing over her Intuitive senses.
    “Don’t feel that way. It’s all in the past. We have so much to look forward to.”
    As if to punctuate that statement from across the hallway, a baby’s wail of hunger interrupted Judge.
    “So demanding,” Lani murmured.
    “Nothing wrong with a man who knows what he wants.” Judge leapt from the bed. “I’ll get him.”
    Moments later, Judge walked in, a cooing Lars in his arms.
    Lani stared at her man—her mate’s—wide chest, broad shoulders, a strikingly handsome face in a wide grin as he looked down at their son.
    More than I ever thought I’d have. More than I deserve.
    “Someone’s hungry,” Judge beamed, handing her the baby. “I’ll get breakfast. Hope you’ll still be here when I get back.”
    “Always.” Lani placed her lips against Lars’s downy head, inhaling his baby scent. “Always.”
    “I’m counting on that.” Judge stepped into the hallway.
    You can count on it.
    Forever.

The Shifters Forever Worlds
    S HIFTERS FOREVER SERIES
    Are you ready for it?

    I have a whole world full of shifters to share with you. I’m listing them here, in the suggested reading order, though I’ve tried to make it so that you can pick up anywhere in the series as we all have probably done that at one point or another.
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    W here’s the best place to start? Well, probably with Shifters Forever