Page 78 of The Renegade Mate

The pleasure was almost too much as he increased his pace. Sensation shot from my core, spreading throughout my body.

“Come for me, Mai,” he ordered, his eyes locked onto my face. “I want to watch you come.”

The coil in my belly snapped, pleasure flooding my veins. My muscles clenched around him as my orgasm ripped through me. I shuddered, crying out his name.

“That’s my girl.”

He kissed me softly, gently easing his fingers free. I whimpered at the loss, still wanting more.

He knew I wasn’t done and grinned wickedly at me. Then he hauled me up and turned me, so I was facing a tree.

“Hold on,” he ordered.

A growl rumbled in his chest as he positioned himself behind me. In one hard thrust, he buried himself to the hilt inside me.

I cried out, nearly collapsing at the sensation of being so utterly filled by him.

Ryan’s fingers dug into my hips, holding me in place. “You feel so damn good.” He pulled back slowly before pounding into me again.

I rocked back to meet his thrusts. This was what life was about. We’d fought for our lives, we’d finally gotten justice for Jem, we were both alive and there was nowhere else I wanted to be. Our bond flared to life, desire and pleasure swirling between us. He pounded into me, each slap of his hips pushing me closer and closer to the edge. Our bond was flooded with sensations. Not just the feel of him against my inner walls, filling me up, stretching me with such pleasure, again and again but I could feel what he was feeling, could feel his raw desire to fill me up with his cum, to make me scream his name.

“Ryan,” I gasped.

“That’s it, Mai.” One hand slid around my hip, fingers finding my clit.

He rubbed tight circles over the sensitive nub and my vision went white. Pleasure erupted through me as I came.

“Fuck, Mai!” Ryan surged into me once, twice more, before stiffening behind me. Warmth flooded my core as he found his release.

My arms shook, threatening to collapse under me. Ryan wrapped an arm around my waist, easing us onto the ground without breaking our connection.

I sighed, snuggling back into his embrace. Our hearts pounded as one, breaths mingling in the cool forest air.

“I love you,” he murmured against my neck.

I smiled, lacing my fingers through his against my stomach. “And I love you.”

Chapter fifty

Mai

The rustling leaves and chirping birds formed a soothing lullaby. I traced lazy circles over Ryan’s knuckles, content in a way I’d never known before him.

“I partially Shifted. Twice.” I said, softly.

“I saw.”

“I didn’t plan to. Not during the fight with Hayley. It was instinct, like my body just knew what was needed and did it.”

“It’s part of being an Alpha. You not only had access to the Pack bonds but you could draw energy from them. They gave you the power to control each part of your body, to partially Shift just some of it.”

I was silent for a moment, thinking it through. “It felt like our renegade Pack truly believed in us. That we were, are, their Alphas. They gave me the strength to do it.”

Ryan nodded slowly. “I’ve heard rumors about Packs that have lost faith in their Alphas, and their Alphas are weak, unable to partially Shift anymore. It’s never been clear if the Pack lost their faith because the Alphas became weak. Or if the Alphas became weak because the Pack lost faith in them and this weakened the Pack bonds to the extent that the Alphas couldn’t draw on the power in them.”

“So, if a Pack loses faith in their Alphas, they become easier to defeat?”

“Maybe. It’s certainly an interesting theory. I’ll need to do some digging.”

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