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sat tucked under his
arm, their feet up on her coffee table. It was nice, and was something he could
easily get used to. Here, he wasn’t the heir apparent. He was only Aspen’s
boyfriend.
    During the day, he’d also come to
the realization that Aspen meant a lot to him. He didn’t think he’d be able to
give her up a month from now, let alone a year or five years. And coming to
that decision, Taylor had started thinking of ways to integrate her into the
other aspect of his life—the cougar half and all it entailed. First off, he had
to tell her what he was. At least having watched some of the sentinels go
through that very same thing—telling their human mates they were immortal
werewolves—he knew how to go about it the right way.
    Aspen shifted out from under his
arm and sat to straddle his lap. She rested her forearms on the tops of his
shoulders, then kissed him. It started off as a soft brush of the lips, but
soon heated to something more carnal. They tugged at each other’s clothes until
they were both naked.
    Taylor leaned his head against the
back of the couch and watched Aspen take his cock inside her pussy. He purred,
having given up a while ago on holding them back. Only with her did he lose all
control.
    He groaned, a cat’s growl lacing
the sound. “I love being inside you.”
    Aspen bit her bottom lip. “You feel
pretty good yourself.”
    He took hold of her hips, lifting
up to meet her downward strokes, and pressing her tight against him. She ran
her hands down his shoulders to his chest as she continued her up-and-down
motion, his cock spearing into her. Her inner muscles squeezed around his
length, increasing the pleasure he felt. It wasn’t going to be long before he
climaxed.
    The pace Aspen set grew faster. She
moaned, her motions becoming jerky. She sucked in a breath, then her pussy
gripped his cock tightly, milking him with her orgasm. It was all Taylor needed
to join her. He reached the point of no return in a rush and didn’t hold back.
He came, his dick pulsing as he gave her everything he had.
    Aspen remained on his lap, his
softening cock remained inside her. She ran a hand down one of his pecs,
brushing along the chain of his necklace. “You know, every time we make love I
swear your pendant heats up. And now, I don’t know if it’s a trick of the light
or what, but the cougar’s ruby eyes look to be glowing. I also have this almost
overwhelming urge to take it from you and put it around my own neck.”
    Taylor stiffened. He looked down at
his pendant. Aspen was right. The eyes were glowing. His gaze shot to her face
as the ramifications of what it meant sank in. He opened and closed his mouth a
couple of times, unsure what to say. He found himself looking at Aspen in a
whole new light. She was his mate. A human was his mate. And with the surge in
his hormones, all he could think about was making love to her over and over
again until she took the pendant from him.
    A knock came on the apartment door
before a woman on the other side said through it, “Aspen, honey, would you and
Taylor like to come to the house and have some pie? I made it this afternoon.”
    Aspen shot off his lap, swearing
under her breath. She gathered up his clothes and shoved them at him. “Mom,
just give me a minute,” she called. To Taylor she said quietly, “Go to the
bathroom and get dressed.”
    He quickly did as she told him. A
glance over his shoulder showed Aspen was pulling her clothes on in record
time. Once he reached the bathroom, Taylor closed and locked the door behind
him. His mind awhirl with what had happened, he fished his cell phone out of
his jeans front pocket before he dropped them along with the rest of his
clothing onto the floor.
    Taylor found Blaise’s number in his
contacts list and called him. He looked at his reflection in the mirror above
the sink as he waited for his brother to pick up. The cougar’s ruby eyes were
still glowing.
    “Pick up, pick up, pick up,”