Page 18 of Lost Fate

“Leander, I…”

I’m about to tell him that I don’t think I can just come on command, but then several things happen simultaneously.

Leander bites the tendon where my neck meets my shoulder. His fingers press down on my clit, hard. And he slams into me, making sure that I feel every inch of him as he pounds in and out of my channel.

The overall effect is just… sensation. And that sensation sends me right over the edge.

I scream.

Leander’s pumping the last of himself into me, but I’m shattering around him. I yell. I writhe as I feel him pumping inside of me, and I feel like I might cry. This is the most incredible orgasm that I’ve ever had.

My eyes go dark. My skin feels hot and tingly. It’s all that I can do to stay conscious.

Leander’s arms are the only things keeping me upright. He gently presses a kiss to the side of my neck. “Shit, Ember,” he whispers. “That…”

I turn in his arms. He slides out of me, and I miss our connection almost immediately. Hopefully Leander has a quick recovery time.

Gently, I press my lips against Leander’s. “I know,” I murmur.

He smiles, tucking me closer. The kiss sends another cascade of arousal shuddering through me.

“Want to do it again?” he says with a low hum.

“Hell yes.”

Chapter 6

Leander

Ihave to get to Oakwood.

It’s a hell of a way from Florida, sure. I’ve been driving for what feels like an eternity. But the alpha tasked me with this, and it’s super fucking important. It’s my first job since being promoted to beta from enforcer, and I do not want to fuck this up.

I need to find her.

I have a lead on her, finally, and I’m an hour from Denver, which is an additional three fucking hours from where she is.

The alpha wants her, and that’s all I need to know, but for the love of everything good… this feels like a wild fucking goose chase.

First, I found the aunt, who stayed in Alaska after Oakwood’s move. I showed her the picture that alpha had of the girl’s mom. It’s old and not exactly high quality. One of those pictures you get from a photo booth—where you get a couple poses. It’s torn in half, and my alpha told me that the woman, the girl’s mom, took the other half when she left. He thought maybe the aunt would have it.

The aunt didn’t. More than that, she was both mean and unhelpful, even when I brought up the niece she raised.

Then, after the aunt clearly didn’t give a fuck about her niece and had no idea where she was, I tracked the niece down to Oakwood pack, recently of Alaska, now of Oakwood, Colorado.

How the girl found her way to Oakwood? I guess she’ll just have to tell me. Or not. It’s none of my business. All I need to know is that she’s here, and she needs to go back to my pack with me.

That’s going to be a hell of a conversation, though.

I was the strongest enforcer in the pack, and now I’m the beta. I know that she can’t exactly overpower me. Still, I’d rather she comes willingly. Delivering her to my alpha unharmed was clearly in his wishes.

I huff. My current plan is to ditch the car in the mountains somewhere, then get into Oakwood pack lands on foot. I don’t want to fuck with Thorne or any of their enforcers, but if my intel is correct, the girl isn’t exactly central to the pack or anything.

She should be easy enough to find. Talk to. Or grab and go.

The fucking plains never seem to end. This girl, whoever she is, better be worth it. What was her name again? It has something to do with fire. Phoenix? I struggle to think, and I know that I can’t exactly ask my alpha because he’ll get on my case for forgetting. I’m going to have to check his email brief, which I can’t do while driving… My phone rings, and it’s the alpha. I pick it up, his voice resonant in my ear.

Maybe she will come willingly, I think as he talks.

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