Lucian’s POV
Tessa's confession started a fire inside of me. My heart felt like it would burst out of my chest. I wanted to taste every inch of her, but the mark tempted me more. I loved how the crook of her neck smelled. How my mark looked on my mate. Pride swelled within me and the need to be inside of her was consuming me whole.
Her chest was rising and falling faster and faster. Her hands in my hair, tugging and pulling, stoked the fire within me.
"Tessa?" Raspy and low, I barely recognized my own voice.
She stuttered out a breathy "yes".
"Shower?" I couldn't believe I was propositioning a teenager, granted was my mate but was also my student, to f**k in the shower.
I went to pick her up off the bathroom vanity and she shook her head. Her long, tussled, bed head, locks moved lik
