Atomic Mage by Garrett Carter (short books for teens txt) 📕

with nothing resembling exhaustion Mina looked over her left shoulder at Cade with one wide eye nearly pitch black with her dilated pupil.

"This fight will happen tomorrow my mate, I will not have you at less than your full potential," Mina said breathlessly.

"Clearly that isn't an issue, so why put it off my Mina, scared of what you might be unleashing?" He finished with a swat to the round toned ass he couldn't wait to watch bounce as he took his mate from behind.

"Never that my Cade, would you believe I am tired from sleeping on the hardwood last night?" Mina asked with a purr as she arched her back to present her ass for another spanking.

"I will let you sleep my pretty kitty, but tomorrow I am going to take you as mine." Cade finished his declaration in a whisper as he leaned down to speak into his mate's pointed ear.

Her long black tail had been sliding seductively across his body during her declaration, it shifted to between his legs to squeeze and stroke his dick through his pants as he made his ultimatum.

Letting out a long moan at her attention he decided to take all of tomorrow to claim his kitty as many times as he felt like for trying to kill him.

Placing another firm swat on her ass he spoke again into her ear.

"Tomorrow it shall be my pretty kitty, I hope you rest well tonight because I plan on paying you back with interest for your teasing." Cade finished by spinning his mate around and placed a kiss on her lips, as her purring intensified.

"Oh, I am going to give you sooo many litters," she said as she let the way into their bedroom.

With a thought, Cade expanded the queen-sized bed into a king-sized bed to accommodate him and his new mate.

Running her hand along the bedsheets Mina made an approving sound.

"I have never seen one so large." She said with a wry grin.

Chuckling at her double entendre, Cade started to pull back the blankets.

He was stopped by a had on them.

Looking up in question at the action he was met by Mina's pleading gaze.

"I ask that you do not try anything my Cade, I am unsure of my will power when it comes to you at the moment, and do not want to disrespect my ancestors by taking what I have not earned." She finished the request with a glance at her prize should Cade pass tomorrow's test.

"I will give you tonight Mina, but I will have what is mine tomorrow so rest well and drink plenty of water, you will need to be well hydrated for what I have planned," he said with a solemn expression on his face that belayed the promise in his eyes.

As they both got under the covers fully clothed to remove some of the temptation they both felt, he found he couldn't sleep.

As he stayed awake staring up into the moonlight streaming down through the skylight of the room he contemplated his next steps to the sound of Minas even breaths.

Would he take what Mina was offering, not just her body which he planned on claiming as his tomorrow, but the offer of life with love in this new world, a life he had lost when Tony had died.

Tony and he had these conversations often enough he didn't feel guilty about taking another wife, the real question was if he was ready to love again.

Thoughts of a new life with another love of his life ran through his mind.

Amusement filled those thoughts of a white picket fence and Mina cooking for their enormous family as sleep overtook him at last.

Sexual healing

Cade awoke rested and refreshed, ready to meet the new day.

Mina had called him her mate, he wasn't sure how he felt about being called that, it was just on the edge of being too primal for him.

The look in Mina's eyes as she called him that though was another matter, the term would grow on him if that was how she looked at him while she said it.

He was more than willing to go through with the battle to earn his Mina, if not for the feelings that had grown between them, then for the love she offered.

Cade felt a spike of sadness and shame, he believed he could truly love the fierce woman but why should she have to fix him?

Should he let her fill the void left by Tony's death, it would be an uphill battle for her to be sure.

Would Mina be ok with living in the shadow of his first wife?

"She is a grown woman. If she thought she wouldn't be able to take what you are offering then she wouldn't have given you the choice in the first place, stupid." Cade chastised himself for attempting to sabotage his own happiness.

"One day at a time dummy, now we have a beautiful woman to beat in single combat. Then we will give her the night of her life, sound good Cade? Yup sounds good Cade. Alright, go team."

Opening his eyes he turned to see his mate staring at him intently, impatience written on her beautiful face.

"Finally you wake, I have been up watching you for far too long." As she finished the statement her face changed from impatience to languid bliss.

"Today you will earn me my Cade and I you, we will walk to the beach and you will fight me." Her blissful expression changed again this time to one of fierce challenge.

"I will not take less than