The Maverick Pride Tales - Chapter 174: Chapter 174

If Pierce died right then and there, he would die a happy Tiger.
Holy. Shiiiiiiit.
Watching Toni do her slow striptease without moving a muscle was a magic trick Pierce did not know he could pull off—until he did. Was it worth all those long seconds of muscle torture?
Fuck. Yes.
The woman was stunning. Long-limbed and curved like the goddess of love herself, Toni was a stunner. Her dark, glossy hair fell down her back in a velvet curtain. He gulped loudly, daydreaming about how good it would look spread across his crisp white sheets.
Did he say stunning? Oh, she was more than that.
Sassy. Lioness. Badass. Goddess. Keeper of his heart. Owner of his body. Love of his life. Mate. Mate. MATE.
His thoughts ran wild as he drank her in. From head to toe, Toni was breathtaking. Her skin was lightly tanned, smooth, and supple. She had a few tiny scars on her knees, speaking to the childhood she had briefly told him about. Scuffles with her siblings, and shenanigans and wild pranks.
Hell, he couldn’t wait to learn how she got each one. Listening to her talk with that husky voice of hers was quickly becoming one of his favorite things. The woman could tell a story. Hell, she captured his attention, that was certain. She was so damn intriguing to him.
He wanted her secrets, would even beg her to give them to him if that’s what it took. Hell. There was not much he wouldn’t do for her already, and that was saying something.
Pierce was a hunter by nature, but Toni was not prey. She was something else. Something bigger than that. And right now, she was killing him.
She stood there naked as the day she was born. Her confidence filled the air, and that was a thing of pure beauty and power. The woman was giving him gifts he never expected to receive, allowing him to look his fill at her sumptuous body, and oh yeah, he looked.
How could he not? With her standing there brazen, bold, and so damn beautiful, with eyes that glowed gold, and lips begging to be kissed. Her name played over and over again in his mind, building in intensity.
Toni. Toni. Sexy Toni. My Toni.
A hint of a smile teased the corner of her lips as she backed into the water, knowing better than to turn her back on him. Pierce’s entire body buzzed with energy. He was wound so tight, one wrong move and he would break into a billion pieces.
The second she was surrounded by the lake, the cold water stealing her from his covetous view, it was like a switch flipped in his brain.
What the fuck was he doing just sitting there?
One more second, then he was off. Standing up, Pierce kicked off his clothes, bumbling a little as one short leg got caught around his ankle. His Tiger roared, the monster practically shredding him from the inside out, demanding he go to her.
Mine. Mine. MATE.
Every second he spent with Toni was like a test of his self-control. He’d never been the kind of guy to have throngs of women hanging on the sidelines. That was more Lance’s style, but even he changed after meeting his fated mate, courtesy of one uber awesome Witch’s magical mojo.
Uncle Uzzi had gone above and beyond, far as Pierce was concerned. Toni was amazing. Everything he learned about the sassy Lioness had him craving more. He was greedy for every tidbit she shared. He wanted more. He wanted it all.
And not just her body—though honestly, Pierce was fairly certain he was going to die if he didn’t get to touch her soon. He wanted her so badly, he could taste it.
Peaches and honey, and mine. Fuck, yes, mine.
She was everything he had ever wanted in a mate. Strong, feisty, honest, and so beautiful, he could barely look away. He wanted to do everything right, but that was a tall order.
No one was perfect, right? Only she was perfect. At least, to him, she was. But would he measure up? He was a fuck up at work. His ambition all but nil lately.
Only now that he’d found her, well, it was creeping back in. He wanted to do better. He wanted to be better for himself and for her. Pierce pushed every single one of his doubts and misgivings down and out of his head.
They had no place here. Here, there was only the future, and it was filled with beautiful possibilities. He had the opportunity to be something to someone with Toni and he wanted that.
Want her. Right fucking now.
Diving into the lake, he found her with unerring accuracy. He pulled her to him, crashing his mouth to hers and pushing up till they broke the surface. Their bodies were slick with cool water, but he was burning up with desire.
Toni clung to him, her arousal permeating the air with her honey sweet musk. Pierce’s growl was nonstop now. He could no more hush the beast than he could his need to touch and kiss every inch of the sumptuously soft female in his arms.
This felt good. Almost too good, but this was no fantasy. He never believed he would ever find someone to fit him as perfectly as Elissa fit Hunter, or complement him the way Jessica did Brayden, or Reg and Gretchen. So many of his Pride mates, his brothers in the Neta’s Honor Guard, had found their true fated mates and were better for it.
It was all his Tiger wanted for months now, and Pierce could not contain his joy. He had found her. She was here, and better than anything he could have imagined. His entire body vibrated with emotion and his Tiger’s constant growl. The beast was dying to claim her, to sink his teeth into her skin and make her his in every way possible.
“Pierce,” she moaned, wrapping her legs around his waist as he moved them to a mound of wide, smooth, flat rocks just around the west bank of the lake.
Every nibble and plucking kiss sent his nerves into overtime. She felt so good, warm, and pliable with every curve molding to his body.
“Fuck, I’m trying to go slow, but I don’t think I can resist you any longer, pretty girl,” he whispered the endearment that was not entirely accurate.
Toni was not just pretty. She was everything.
“Tell me you want this now. I’ll stop if you want me to, but I have to know,” he gasped, stopping their kiss long enough to get the words out.
“Don’t you dare stop,” she growled, amber eyes glowing as she pulled him down to her for another openmouthed kiss.
The woman wielded her tongue like a wizard, and Pierce was putty in her hands. Well, make that a whole lotta inches of hard as steel putty. Her appreciative moan had him growing even harder, and it was all he could do to keep up with her kiss. In and out, her tongue tantalized him in a rhythm as old as time, but each stroke and swipe were new with her, and Pierce was completely engrossed.
Fuuuuccccck.
She sighed into his mouth, the sound as sweet as honey peach flavor, and Pierce wanted more. More of her sighs. More of her kisses. More of everything. Just more. Her hands cupped his ass, and she squeezed before tracing her nails up his spine and back over his shoulders.
Spell weaver, he thought with wonder, as she continued to explore the contours of his body with searching hands. Pierce had never been particularly fond of this part of sex. He always felt like a piece of meat, as if his partner was sizing him up. Only, not with her.
They were not right for you, but she is, his Tiger growled.
Toni’s hands were like magic. Everywhere she touched sizzled and burned with desire. She reached between them, taking hold of his dick, and he just about died. Pierce squeezed his eyes shut, two seconds from exploding.
Don’t you fucking dare, he scolded himself.
Barely back in control, he hissed a long, desperate sigh as Toni opened her legs wider and fitted him to her entrance. His body was wound so tight, he could hardly get any air into his lungs. Pierce was drowning in her. Inch by inch, he pressed into her tight, hot sheath, swallowing her moan when his hips pressed into hers.
“Oh gods, you feel so good,” she whispered, her voice laced with pure awe.
“It’s you, Toni, all you,” he whispered back, his forehead leaning against hers.
He waited a moment for her body to adjust to his girth and size. Then he moved, and the whole universe imploded on him. Everything, everyone just disappeared, and all he was, all he could see, hear, feel, touch, taste was her.
Toni was everything to him now. Oh, he was with her, right then and there. Moving to bring them both to a pinnacle he’d yet to experience, and he could not fucking wait. Pierce had been driving for this his whole damn life.
Mine. Mine. MINE.
His Tiger’s understanding, simplistic though it might be, was in no way wrong. She was his, and he was stamping himself allover her, inside of her, every place he could touch. Antonetta Golden was so much more than even she knew.
Yes, she’d been dealt a bad hand, and true, she did not need anyone to pick her up and straighten it out. The woman was a fierce, kickass Lioness. Pierce was just the lucky sonovabitch who’d been fated to be with her.
He wanted to claim her already. But he knew he had to wait. Fighting back the burning of his gums, he rocked his hips, moving in tight, shallow thrusts against her needy little nubbin.
Toni clawed at his back, but he kept his pace steady. Refusing to rush what was bound to be the epitome of all his sexual experiences. Sexy, smoldering little temptress that she was, Toni reared up. Latching onto his neck with her lips and teeth, she sucked hard, and he was powerless to resist.
Fuck. Why would he even try?
He flipped them over, moving so he sat on the rock with her astride him. Toni moaned, clutching at his shoulders, rivulets of water streaming over her breasts and belly, shoulders and back. Her dark hair hung down in wet strands, and her heavy-lidded eyes glowed with her Lioness.
“Ride me,” he commanded.
“I, I never—” she stammered.
“You can do it, baby. I bet you’re so fucking good at it,” he growled, need making his voice impossibly deep.
Toni squeezed his hips with her thighs, watching him carefully as she started to move, tentatively at first, then with more confidence as she found her rhythm.
Fuck yes. He’d been right. She was good at this. Sooooo fucking good.
Her claw-tipped fingers gripped his shoulders, piercing the skin there, but he welcomed the bite of pain. She rocked and swiveled, sliding her tight little pussy up and down his dick.
Holy balls, he was gonna explode.
She moved faster, panting as she increased her pace. His own breathing was unsteady as Pierce explored her rocking body with a desperation he’d never felt. He was using his hands to memorize her flesh, every curve and peak, every dimple and dip.
Unable to resist, he thrust up, meeting her downward moves. Fuck, she was so good. So hot. So tight. So right. Yes, this was so right.
Toni’s mouth opened in a soundless moan, and her back arched. Pierce took over, taking her hips and moving her up and down his cock. He felt the first ripples of her orgasm rock right through him, and, unable to stop the tide, he joined her.
Pleasure crashed into him, completely engulfing all his senses. Rather than slide out of her, Pierce continued to move, dragging out every single ripple and aftershock of pleasure he could for her body. Toni clung to him, mashing her lips to his as she shivered in the aftermath of pure pleasure.
Good. Mine. Mate.
The beast in him roared, begging him to stake his claim. But he ignored the animal. Toni deserved more than that. She deserved a choice, and he was going to make sure she had it.
“I-I never had. I mean, that was so, wow. That was just so wow,” she whispered, still clinging to him, his mouth nibbling at hers.
“Yeah, pretty girl. It really was wow,” he whispered back, cradling her close. “And it’s just the beginning.”
“Oh yeah?” she smiled against his mouth, still too sated to move off him just yet.
Good. he wanted her right there.
“You trying to get me addicted to you, Pierce?” she asked, her voice teasing but only slightly.
“Damn straight I am. Full disclosure, Miss Golden, I plan on keeping you right here with me, and I am going to fight dirty.”
“Ha! Oh yeah, how’s that?” she asked, more teasing lightness in her voice, and he liked that. Very much.
“See, I’m going to spoil you rotten, love you so good, get you so used to feeling good with me, you are gonna crave it.”
“Oh, so you’re gonna trap me with good sex?”
“More than good sex, fantastic sex, thank you very much. But it’s not a trap if you want to be here, right? And you will want to be here Toni because I know you feel it, too. Now, don’t tense up,” he murmured.
Pierce started kissing her temple and rubbing her back until she settled again. He waited until Toni was looking at him to continue.
“I swear, I’ll never try to run roughshod over you. I will never tell you what to do with your body or give you ultimatums. I want to be with you, but at your pace. You hold the reins here. You control how fast and far we move.”
“Yeah? You okay with giving me control?”
“Hell yeah. My Tiger is dominant, but he’s yours, Toni. You have the beast, and the man, but only when you are ready. But in the interest of being open and honest, I will share my plan with you. See, I’m gonna get you so addicted to me, you never want to leave.”
“Keep this up, Pierce, and your plan is already working,” she whispered, kissing his chest, and that tiny little move settled something inside of him.
He just had to keep to his plan, and that was all about the timing.