Kael's POV
I leaned over her, kissed her deeply, and then moved to her neck.
It was time to mark her.
But I would not knot her.
The thought of my knot hurting her made my chest tighten. She was a pureblood and could survive it, I knew that, but I could not bear to see her bleed. More than that, I did not want her to carry another child yet when she still had to meet her first one. I had to be sure to pull out before the knot took her.
Slowing my pace, I buried my face against her neck. My lips brushed over the place I had chosen, my tongue sliding across it, wet and hot, where my teeth would sink in.
She was trembling on the edge of release again—this would be her last. I bit down, sinking my teeth into her flesh, and she gasped loud and sharp. Pain mingled with ecstasy as her orgasm tore through her, shaking her violently beneath me.
