Mine for Eternity [Council Enforcers] (Siren Publishing Classic)

want to spend eternity with me?”
    “I can say it because you are my mate. I already feel love growing for you, and deep down, if you are willing to admit it, you can feel it, too. It’s not just attraction drawing us toward each other. It’s fate. We are meant to be together. When we mate, your body will change until you become more like me. You will inherit a few shifter traits. That’s all. Mating isn’t some hard, complicated process. It’s a simple bite to your shoulder that will bind us together, and you become mine.” He kissed her again long and hard. “Just say yes, and we can be together. I promise I won’t allow anything to tear us apart.”
    Mitch ran kisses along Tessa’s jaw while he waited for her answer. He knew it was a dirty move, but he didn’t want her thinking too hard. He had a feeling she was looking for the smallest excuse to say no, but he had no intentions of letting her. Now that he had his mate in his arms, he was not letting her go. She just needed to realize that. When he got to her ear, he swirled his tongue inside before gently nipping her lobe. He held back his smile when she shivered in his lap.
    “Oh, God. It may make me the craziest person alive, but yes !” The last word ended with a shout when Mitch bit down on the soft spot where her shoulder and neck met. The spot seemed to be already sensitive, but Mitch knew that, when he put his mark there, it would become an erogenous zone for her. He couldn’t wait, knowing he was going to have a lot of fun with that spot in the future.
    Without giving Tessa a chance to have second thoughts, he rolled her over so he was lying over her in the bed. “Thank you, baby, you have made me and my lion the happiest shifter in the world. I promise you won’t regret this decision.” Mitch kissed her softly and slowly this time, putting all of his gratitude into the kiss.

Chapter 7
     
    Tessa had a feeling she had truly gone off the deep end, but she couldn’t bring herself to care. Deep in her heart she knew Mitch was telling her the truth. She could feel it in her soul. To know that, after enduring a lifetime of loneliness, fate was finally giving her someone who was specifically made just for her was almost overwhelming. She loved her son to death, and he filled a void in her heart with unconditional love, but what Mitch was offering was totally different. He was offering her something that only a lover could. He filled something that she had no idea she had been missing until she had met him.
    As Mitch continued his assault on her neck, Tessa did what she had wanted to do since the first day he ran down the stairs after her shirtless. She lifted his T-shirt and ran her hands over the smooth, warm skin of his stomach. She could feel every ridge and groove of his six-pack, and her mouth watered to trace each line with her tongue.
    “That feels so good,” she moaned when Mitch made his way down her throat to her chest and took one of her nipples into his mouth. She could feel the moist heat of his mouth through her T-shirt and bra and wished at that moment that she was completely bare for him. Her need for him escalated, and she could feel moisture flooding her cunt, preparing herself to take him. Tessa wanted him inside her.
    “Please, Mitch. It’s been so long. Don’t make me wait.”
    Mitch didn’t respond. Instead, he lifted off her and grabbed the bottom of her T-shirt. Tessa sat up in the bed, eager to help him out. The sooner she got out of her clothes and helped him out of his, the sooner she could have him buried inside her. Her pussy clenched at the thought.
    “How long, baby?” Mitch asked before he latched onto her other nipple. Now that her breasts were bare, Tessa nearly came from the sensation. Normally her nipples weren’t very sensitive, but the rasp of Mitch’s rough tongue went straight to her pussy and had her close to orgasm in no time. She had a feeling the roughness was a feline trait due to his lion. Mitch let off her nipple with a pop, and she wanted to scream and jerk his head back down. The bastard grinned at her then, letting her know he knew exactly what he was doing.
    He trailed his tongue down her stomach and along the waistband of her jeans as he worked her button. “Tessa, answer my question. I don’t want to hurt you.”
    What? Hurt me? It took her mind a minute to catch up. She couldn’t focus when Mitch was slowly lowering her zipper. The sound seemed to echo in the room. “Oh, um,