Jose had been right—his dragon was more animal than human. But as he pounded away, something inside her broke free, as if she'd been waiting for exactly this type of man her whole life.
Old Victoria never would've dug her nails into a man's wrist—probably drawing blood—and demand for him to take her harder.
And yet she'd done it without thinking.
Go back to a hesitant male who fumbled and never made her come?
Never.
Jose's voice—not as deep as just a minute before, making her wonder if his dragon had receded—asked, "Ready for more?" Strong hands lifted her up against his body, and he nuzzled her cheek. "Tell me what you want, and you'll have it, Tori."
"Is it Jose-Jose in charge now?"
He chuckled. "Yes, it's the human half. You were so wild and wicked for my dragon, that he decided to share."
Wild and wicked were never words used to describe Victoria before.
Yet, as she leaned back against the tall, strong man at her back, she wanted to be both those things. "So now it means I can compare the two of you?"
He twirled her around and clutched her against his front, taking her chin between thumb and forefinger. "Don't make this into a contest unless you're ready for the consequences."
She raised her brows, caution long thrown to the wind. "Maybe I am?"
With a growl, he took her lips, nibbling, licking, and eventually moving between them to lap and devour her mouth. Victoria gripped his shoulders, unafraid to dig in her nails, and kissed him back, moving her tongue against his, and even pressing her lower body against his already hardening cock.
He growled again into her mouth, the vibrations shooting down her body, ending between her thighs. Even though she'd just had him, not to mention two orgasms, she ached. Ached to have him inside her, feeling her, claiming her in the way only he could.
One of his hands moved down her side slowly, to her thigh, before lifting her leg and hitching it at his hip. He held it there as he moved his hips forward, the base of his shaft hitting her clit, making her cry out.
He broke the kiss and murmured, "Time for the other half of me to claim you, Tori. And when I'm done, you're going to have trouble standing."
Before she could taunt him, he lifted her ass and brought her up his body, until her legs wrapped around his waist. He distracted her with more kisses, devouring her mouth as if she was the most delicious, delectable taste in the world.
Between his tongue and his teeth, she barely registered her back coming against the wall. But as he pulled away a fraction only to return to slam close inside her, his cock filling her, she moaned.
He nipped her jaw. "That's right, my human, feel me inside you." He moved back and slammed in again. "You're about to learn just how a dragonman claims his female, his mate, his future."
Digging her heels into his back, she whispered, "Then stop talking."
His eyes flashed, but he took her lips again, swiping, licking, nibbling as he continued to thrust into her heat. She didn't even care about the wall at her back, loving how he kept her hips in place as he moved, to reposition her slightly with each movement, to reach deeper inside her.
Damn, she might truly walk funny after this. But Victoria didn't care. He was claiming her, branding her, letting her know that he wanted her.
And she loved it.
Not wanting to be only on the receiving end, she scraped her nails down his back. He growled, "More. Mark me. I want to feel it in the morning."
His naughty words snapped something inside her. She dug harder into his skin, this time also taking his bottom lip between her teeth and biting. Hard.
He retaliated by moving a hand between them and flicking her clit.
Victoria sucked in a breath, so sensitive from his movement and her previous orgasms that she nearly came right then and there.
Jose did it again, and she decided to make him feel some delicious torture, too, by tightening her inner muscles.
He groaned. "You drive me so fucking crazy, Tori. Don't stop."
She didn't, loving how much closer she felt to him like this, holding him as he continued to stroke deep inside her.