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The sound of the water hitting the tile was deafening. There was no other sound in the shower. In
my arms, Kiana was as hard as stone. She was collecting her thoughts, and I let her as I smoothed my hands up and down the side of her body.
“Have you ever let your wolf make a decision about your pack?”
“I follow his instincts, but he doesn’t make day-to-day decisions. Why do you ask?”
“Because that’s what you’re doing, right now. You’re letting your wolf make the decision.
“The only reason we’re bonded is because of our wolves. But you, the human half, the part that has to run and protect a pack? You would have never chosen me. You’re never going to love me, but you’re still putting your pack at risk. Your leadership at risk.”
My heart skipped a beat. She wasn’t mad or upset. Her voice was neutral, her words even.
She’d thought about this, probably since the day I installed her into my bed.
Was she wrong?
“Every decision I make is for this pack,” I told her in a low voice. “I’ve sacrificed everything for it. You are good for this pack, Kiana. Don’t doubt it for a single second. They’ll learn.”
Slowly, she turned her face toward me, eyes locking on mine. “After you killed my father and the bond snapped into place, for one split second, you were my hero. I didn’t even know I could still feel that. That I could still believe in heroes. That I could still…hope.”
“It didn’t last long, did it?” My chest ached under the weight of it. I would ache until my last breath knowing how I’d treated her. How disgusted I’d been.
“It did, though.” Her fingers softly grazed my jaw. “We had a brutal start… but you’ve made me believe in heroes again. Made me believe in hope.”
“Why do you sound like that’s a bad thing?”
“Because it makes me want things I never thought I’d want.”
“Like what?”
“Kiss me, Troy. Tonight, let’s forget everything else.”
Hating the troubled look I saw in her eyes, I dragged her into my arms, and just like that, the rest of
the world blurred into nothing. Lifting her, I pressed her against the heated tile, the steam wrapping
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But there was something behind her eyes, a flicker of desperation that clawed at me. “I’ll protect
you, Kiana.” I murmured, my mouth grazing hers. “Whatever’s eating at you… whatever’s scaring
you… you can tell me.”
“You haven’t kissed me yet,” she whispered. “Please, Troy.”
That word, on her lips, any other night, it would’ve been sweet. But tonight? It was unsettling.
Since I couldn’t get her to talk, I did what she needed, kissing her until her body softened in my arms and her hips began to grind against me like she couldn’t help herself.
“Feel better, love?” I rasped against her neck, my teeth grazing her pulse. “Or do you need more?”
Her moan was answer enough. “More.”
I slid my hands under her ass, squeezing hard as I lifted her higher. She let out a gasp when I pinned her between the wall and my body, but I didn’t stop.
Her protest turned into a breathless whimper as I hauled her up the slick wall, hooking her thighs over my shoulders so I could taste her without anything between us.
“Oh…” she breathed, already trembling. “Oh, Goddess.”
A grin tugged at my mouth. “That’s all you’ve got for me?” Then I bit her thigh, hard, dragging a yelp
out of her.
It wasn’t a playful bite. I wanted to mark her, wanted my teeth imprinted so deep she’d still feel me tomorrow. I wanted her to remember she was mine, no matter what was running through her head,
no matter what she was planning.
Mine.
“Troy, please. Please.”
Goddess, that word on her lips. I’d never get tired of it. “Whatever you need, Kiana. Whenever you
need it.”
I buried my mouth between her legs, sealing over her clit, sucking hard until her scream bounced off the shower tiles. She arched into me, hips shaking, her pleasure sharp and raw in my ears. I wanted to drag it out, make her beg for mercy, but I could feel it, she didn’t need teasing tonight. She needed release like it was oxygen, and I gave it to her, ruthless and relentless, until she broke
apart in my arms.
When she went boneless, I caught her easily, shutting off the water. Carrying her out, I set her on the counter. “Steady yourself,” I murmured, towel in hand. I started at her feet, slow, deliberate,
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trailing the fabric up her calves, over her thighs, between her legs. By the time I reached her waist, the fog had cleared from her eyes.
“Okay?” I asked.
She nodded. “Okay.”
I dragged the towel over her hips, up her back, then pulled her closer and took her mouth. My tongue slid against hers, deep and possessive, until I remembered the towel still tangled in my hands. I gripped her hair through it, pulling just enough to make her gasp before I stepped back.
“Dry?”
“I’m never dry around you, Troy. It’s irritating, actually.” Her hand slid down my abs, wrapping around my c**k in one slow, perfect stroke.
I hissed. “A little irritating, huh?”
“You still seem to be suffering a little.”
“A little?” My laugh was dark. “That’s a dent to my ego.”
“Oh please. Nothing dents your ego.” She stroked me again, her thumb teasing my tip, and my hips jerked forward.
“Keep that up, and I’ll fuck you right here against the sink,” I warned, voice low. “But I wanted to
fuck
you
all night. The alphas leave in the morning, you can sleep through the afternoon.”
Her eyes darkened. “All night?”
“All night,” I promised, tucking her wet hair behind her ear and kissing her forehead.
“Troy, I…” She bit her lip, eyes flicking away. “I may need a couple of minutes before I’m ready
again.”
“That’s not what you were going to say.” My voice dropped to a growl.
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“You’re right. It wasn’t.” She stepped closer, lips curling. “I decided maybe I didn’t need to speak at
all.” Then she slid to her knees in front of me, looking up with those eyes that could ruin me.
I didn’t push. Didn’t force the truth from her. I just let her take my c**k into her mouth, let the heat
and slick of her tongue burn away my restraint. My hand tangled in her hair, guiding her, fucking her
mouth until my control frayed.
“Kiana,” I grunted, pulling back before I lost it. My chest was heaving. “Come on, baby. I want you
under me. I want your heat wrapped around me.”
I hauled her up, her legs instinctively wrapping around my waist as she buried her face in my neck.
Whatever haunted her hadn’t left, even after I’d wrung an orgasm from her.
We fell onto the bed, my hands sliding between us to test her. Still dripping for me. Growling, I flipped her onto her stomach, caging her under me, and bit her shoulder, hard enough to make her gasp. “Hard and deep, Kiana. You ready?”
In answer, she arched that perfect ass up for me and gave a low, needy grunt. My hands locked on her hips, and I slid into her in one deep, brutal stroke. The heat of her gripped me so tight I couldn’t hold back the growl that ripped from my throat.
I pulled out just enough to feel that aching stretch again before slamming back into her.
Again.
And again.
“Yes,” she moaned, voice shaking. “Yes!”
Her back was damp with sweat, skin slick under my palms as I dragged her up onto her knees. One hand on her hip, the other gripping her jaw, I turned her head so I could take her mouth, tongue forcing its way past her lips even as she shoved her hips back on my c**k.
She trembled. “Oh fuck, Troy, I’m gonna come,” she whimpered.
I was right there with her, too close, too far gone. With a growl, I shoved her forward onto her hands, driving into her hard enough to make the bed frame groan. Her cry tore through the air, her p***y clamping down around me in rhythmic spasms.
Three more savage thrusts and I buried myself to the hilt, spilling into her with a guttural curse.
She collapsed onto her side, panting. Her eyes were wide, lips parted like she was still catching up
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I slid down her slick, flushed body, catching a n****e between my lips and rolling it with my tongue before resting my head against her stomach. Her hand sank into my hair, fingers curling there, and for a long moment we just breathed together, her chest still rising fast under my cheek.
When I finally lifted my head, she was staring down at me with a weak smile. “I know how fast you recover,” she murmured, “but I’m gonna need a few minutes.”
“I can wait.” I pressed my mouth to her stomach, before sitting up. “Tell me what’s in that head
right now.”
“I’m thinking…” She licked her lips, still flushed. “I need food. I barely touched dinner. Think you can steal me a couple of rolls with butter?”
“Food sounds good. And water.”
I slipped into a pair of sweatpants and headed down to the kitchen.
It wasn’t empty.
“Hungry?” I asked Morven when I found him sitting on a barstool in the dark.
“I actually find that my appetite is gone.”
From the fury in his eyes, I knew exactly what he was doing.
Listening.
We hadn’t exactly been quiet. With caution, I turned my back on him and grabbed two glasses and filled them with water. “The kitchen is a strange place to be if you’re not hungry.”
“Do you think that good sex means that she’s yours?”
Without a beat, I opened the Tupperware with the biscuits and plucked two out. “I think the mating bond makes her mine.”
Morven let out a quiet snarl. I continued to ignore him while I pulled out the butter. “I protect her
instead of hurt her.”
“You think I’ve hurt her?”
“I know you have.”
“Hm. I have regretted the actions of my past. Her father was…influential. I am here to make
amends.”
Amends.
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I almost laughed as I buttered the biscuits. Then, I paused. The biscuits might be enough for Kiana, but I was going to need a little bit more. I headed to the fridge again to grab some of the leftover chicken. “How is that going for you, Morven?”
“I must admit, I wish I could stay longer. I do think I was making progress. Not that it matters. It’ll
be all over tomorrow.”
“Uh-huh. You will be leaving. Without her.”
“Not without her.” Morven stood. “Enjoy this evening, Troy. It’s the last night you’ll have with her.”
Straightening, I turned to him. “Did you just threaten her?”
“No. I won’t hurt her. I won’t even threaten her. I don’t have to. She’ll come on her own.
She’ll come because she wants to. She’ll come because she’s mine. She always was. I told her that from the very beginning, but you haven’t been paying attention to her. Too distracted.
You wanted to use her, and now you’re going to lose her, and it’s too late. There’s nothing you can
do about it.”
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