You Are Mine by Lucy Darling

Prologue

Dane

Isit and wait, biding my time in the dark. I’ve never been a patient man. Even less so when it comes to Kennedy, but she has given me no other option.

While I might not be patient, that woman could make me turn myself inside out to please her. It’s a foreign feeling to me. I never worry about pleasing anyone. I suck in a deep breath. The smell of honey and vanilla fills my lungs. It takes the edge off a tiny bit being in her bedroom.

All night my Kennedy teased me. She continued to float around the room pretending not to see me. Acting as though I didn't have my mouth between her thighs hours ago making her cry out my name. The only time I got a reaction out of her was when my mother started talking about potential women that I should wed.

Kennedy had stilled for a moment at my mom’s mention of trying to marry me off. She had almost dropped the bottle of wine she was bringing over to the table. Finally, her eyes met mine, and there was no missing the tears in them. They shouldn’t have been there. I’ve told her time and time again that she alone owns my heart. There will never be another for me.

It took every ounce of my control to keep from grabbing her throughout the night. So many times I wanted to reach for her. To invite her to join me at the table for dinner. To pull her into my lap. I hate the fact that she has to wait on me and everyone else here. I’m over it.

The dinner party my mother put on this evening was my breaking point. I’ve waited long enough to have Kennedy. I do not want to waste another second. I do not want her to be a secret, no matter what the consequences may be. She deserves so much more than that.

I relax when the door to her room opens, and she steps in. She flips on the lights, revealing me to her. Her eyes go wide before she quickly shuts the door, switching the lights back off.

“Dane.” She whispers my name.

Kennedy is the only one to call me by my real name. To everyone else I’m Oz. My cock has been hard this entire time that I’ve been sitting in her bedroom waiting for her. My name on her lips makes everything inside of me ache with need. “What are you doing in here? You’re going to get us caught.”

I stand from the chair, clearing the space between us. She places her small hands on my chest, gazing up at me with the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. Small freckles dot the tops of her cheeks and nose.

“You know why I’m here, love.” She bites her lip. She’s always so unsure of us, and I hate it. “I’m too old to be sneaking around the halls of my own home.”

Home is putting it mildly. The Osborne estate is massive with a staff of thirty. Kennedy was one of the new hires. She knocked me right on my ass the moment she swept past me, her brunette hair trailing behind her in her haste. She hadn’t even spared me a glance.

It took me some time to get her to even share more than a couple of words with me. Her cheeks would always be tinted a shade of pink every time I tried to have a conversation with her. I didn’t know a blush could be a turn-on. I was very wrong. Everything Kennedy does turns me on. She is unlike any other woman I’ve met.

She’s not from our world, and that seems to be a problem for her. I could give a fuck where she’s from. The only thing that matters is that she’s where she belongs now: with me.

I cup her face, and she leans into my touch, her eyes falling closed. “I missed you,” she says softly. I never knew I was capable of love until she came into my life.

“You don’t have to miss me.” I drop my hand to grab her by the hips, lifting her off her feet. I carry her over to the bed. “I’m done with this hiding shit. You’re going to be my wife. The mother of my children.”

I try to keep the anger out of my voice. My frustration and need are starting to spill over. I want to be able to wake up next to her every morning and have my cock buried deep inside her each night for the rest of our lives.

“Married?” Her eyes widen.

“I’m going to prove to you this isn’t some fling. You’re not my mistress or my dirty secret. You’ll be by my side and nowhere else.” Her eyes fill with tears again. Only this time she’s smiling. “I’m not your father, and I’ll prove that to you,” I vow to her.

I know she carries a lot of baggage. Her father put her and her mother away so that no one would know about them. He tucked them into a corner while he went about having a second life. Then one day she lost it all. I want to give it all back to her.

“Are you asking me to marry you?”

I reach into my pocket pulling out the ring that belonged to my grandmother. The emerald-cut sapphire in the center is the same color as her eyes. It’s surrounded by a halo of diamonds. I slip it onto her delicate finger where it was always meant to be.

“I’m not asking.” Before she can say anything else I’m kissing her. Her sweet taste fills my mouth. I groan, knowing I’ll never get enough of her. We pull at each other's clothes until we’re both naked. I want to see her in nothing but my ring, claiming her as my own.

“Dane.” She moans as I start to kiss down her body. Her back bows off the bed. “I want it all tonight. Please.”

“Then you shall have it all.” I wrap my mouth around her nipple, sucking the hard bud into my mouth. How is everything about her always perfect? I keep working my way down her body until my face is buried in her cunt. I could spend eternity here if she’d let me.

I might not have had my cock inside of her yet, but I’ve tasted every inch of her skin. I’ve taken my time peeling back her layers one at a time, getting my shy girl to come out of her shell. It’s been the sweetest torture in the world.

Her juices fill my mouth as she starts to come for me. I don’t stop. I need her as wet and soft as I can get her. I lick and suck at her clit as her legs start to shake, and I know she’s about to come again. She’s always so responsive to my touches.

I reach down, wrapping my hand around my cock and giving it a squeeze. Precum is already leaking from me, and I’m about to explode before I’m even inside of her. But I have to make sure she’s ready.

“Dane!” She cries out my name as she comes for me again. I suck and lick down every drop I can get of her before I slip back up her body. She opens her eyes, a warm smile lighting up her face.

I start to push inside of her. How can I want something so badly I ache for it but also hate that I have to do this to her? My girl is soft and sweet. It’s all I’ve ever been with her. She has no idea of the man that lurks below the surface. A controlling possessive bastard that I can’t contain much longer.

“I love you,” she says as she grips my shoulder before spreading her legs wider to welcome me into her body.

“I love you, too. From now until forever.” I thrust all the way in, wanting to get the pain over with quickly. I latch my mouth on to hers to muffle her cries. I don’t stop kissing her.

She lies still under me, her nails digging into my skin. I want them to mark me. My body is screaming for me to move, to drive into her and mark her as mine. I fight for control. Her little cunt is so tight it’s almost painful. I know I’m not going to be able to hold back much longer.

Her pussy contracts around me as she starts to kiss me back. She tries to lift her hips, but I’ve got her pinned to the bed, completely under my control. For too long I had no control with her. That ends tonight.

“Love. Tell me you’re okay,” I say, breaking our kiss.

“More than okay.” Her eyes flutter back open. I can see the love and innocence shining back at me. There is so much trust. I’ll do everything in my power to protect that. “Make love to me, Dane.”

She doesn’t have to ask me twice. I pull out, thrusting back inside of her, my bare cock feeling every inch of her wrapped around me.

“Yes,” she moans. She starts to lift her hips, meeting each of my thrusts. My balls are already pulling up tight, wanting to explode deep inside her. To have my mark on her everywhere.

“Kennedy,” I grit her name out as we both start to move faster. “Is this what you wanted? For me to be deep inside your cunt.” I can tell from her moans and heavy breaths that she’s almost there. I’m already tipping over the edge. I slip my hand between us, finding her clit. I begin to rub her the way she likes as I take what belongs to me.

“Dane!” She cries out my name as her pussy clamps down around me. I come hard with her. Black spots form in my eyes. There is nothing that will ever be greater than this moment.

I give her every drop of me. I keep thrusting my hard cock inside of her, still wanting more. Her body goes lax underneath me, the last of her orgasm spilling out from her. I could keep going. Fuck, I want to, but I won’t hurt her. She’s already going to feel me tomorrow with every step she takes. My cock jerks inside of her at the thought.

I roll over, pulling her with me. Her body stretches out against mine. She lets out a sweet sigh, that smile forming back on her lips. It makes me feel like a king when I get that from her. It’s better than any business deal—or anything else, for that matter.

She is different from the rest of us. So sweet and naïve at times. They will all try to eat her alive when they realize she’s mine. I hold her tighter to my chest.

She’s all mine now.

Or she was…