Page 159 of Rejected By the Alpha King

For once, she didn’t turn away at the intimate question but gave me a soft smile. “I think so.”

I kissed her gently. I’d meant to keep things soft and slow. Let her set the pace and give her space to pull back if she needed to.

Something flared to life inside of me, a soft flame, but illuminated a thin and frayed golden thread. With a gasp, Anna shifted and straddled me. “Did you feel that?” She whispered.

“I did. I told you that it would return, although Irene did think it might take more time.”

Tears filled her eyes, and when she tried to turn her head, I captured her face and brushed them away. “I know you were scared, Anna. I know you felt alone. If I could have found another way, I would have done it. I swear it. Being without that bond, not being able to feel you, was the emptiest I’d ever felt in my entire life.”

Wrapping her arms around my neck, she kissed me, long and deep. Her body rubbed against mine, awakening everything inside me until my cock was straining against the fly of my pants.

“I need you naked. Please,” she begged as she awkwardly tried to jerk my shirt over my head. Obligingly, I held my arms up as she pulled it over.

“Don’t let go, baby,” I muttered as I rocked up to my knees. Her legs wrapped around my waist, and she buried her head in my neck as I undid the fly and zipper of my pants. I pushed them down my hips and flipped us over so I could sink on top of her. She used her feet to frantically push my pants the rest of the way down while I kissed her.

“I couldn’t even fuck my own hand while you were gone,” I growled. All I could think about was what was happening to you. I took my frustration out on the poor walls of our house.”

“Now,” she gasped. “I don’t need any foreplay. I’m so wet, Jax, and I need you inside me.

Right now.”

Despite her desperate plea, I was still gentle as I delved inside of her. She was soaking wet and squirming under me so much that I nearly lost my damn mind. My control frayed until I sank inside her with a roar.

At her whimper, I immediately froze. “Shit, Anna. Did I hurt you? We can stop. I can pull out.”

“No.” In a panic, her nails dug into my back. “Don’t you dare. I’m not hurt. I just need a release. I need you to release me.”

I knew exactly how she felt, but I also wanted to draw it out. I never wanted to leave her. I wanted to hear her cries of pleasure all night. Slowly, I withdrew and sank back in. Her eyes widened when she realized what I was doing, and she pulsed and clenched around me.

Capturing her mouth, I kissed her long and slowly, my tongue playing with her as we fucked. Incredibly, our mating bond glowed brighter and grew stronger until I could feel her mentally and physically.

She cried my name until she exploded around me, and I pumped into her until I had nothing left to give. We were both covered in sweat and exhausted when I collapsed next to her and pulled her into my arms.

“I don’t think I can leave you again,” she whispered.

“Good.”

74

Anna

I woke up feeling far more refreshed and relaxed than I had in weeks. The dingy motel room was nothing like the luxury suite Emerson had imprisoned me in, but that didn’t even matter to me. Jax was holding me in bed. I had friends surrounding me. I was safe.

And relaxed. Jax and I had spent well into the dawn hours screwing each other silly.

Both of us somehow felt that if we fucked enough, we could make the mating bond stay.

That wasn’t how mating bonds worked, and we both knew it.

Maybe we were just making up for lost time.

When I opened my eyes, light flooded the room. Jax was still curled around me, but he was fully dressed. With a frown, I opened my eyes. He gave me a soft smile.

“What time is it?” I asked huskily as I sat up.

“A little before noon. Saul and Kenzi are out scouting the town, looking for spots where Emerson might post wolves and attack. Finn and Amelia are mostly arguing, and Janelle is sleeping. Saul gave her a tonic, but there’s nothing he can do about her magic reserves. She’ll need time and maybe another witch for that. Once you were awake, I was going to call Irene and see if we can verify her story.”

“I can do that.” Clearing my throat, I ran my hands over my face. “I want to feel useful, but I can’t really leave the motel room. Let me make the call.”

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