Chapter Eight

Bastion

I held my breath as Raina walked toward me. Our pack had gathered to witness our joining. For them, it was the joining of two groups of wolves. After this, they’d all be protected under my name. For me, it was solely her. The woman I’d been too afraid to hope for would spend the rest of our lives at my side. She’d bear our children. She’d lead at my side. My sister was correct. Raina brought life to us. Life and purpose.

Her long, blonde hair hung loosely around her, and the lights that had been strung up in the backyard made it shimmer. She wore a white, sleeveless dress, her feet bare. She was the most beautiful woman in the world to me.

“Breathe before you pass out,” Belinda said, throwing her elbow into my side from her place next to me. Tradition dictated I have a wolf brother at my side, but my beta had yet to show himself. Besides, long before it was the James pack, it had been just Belinda and me. It felt right to have her beside me. I reached back and took her hand, giving her fingers a squeeze.

“Thanks,” I whispered back to her.

“She’s beautiful.”

I nodded. Raina was breathtaking. The rest of the world faded away the moment she stopped beside me and looked up. She glowed, and the light inside her lit me up. I let go of my sister’s hand and reached for Raina’s.

The ceremony was a blur. I said the words needed, but this was all pomp as far as I was concerned. We’d already mated last night when it had been just the two of us in the woods. I couldn’t wait to get her alone again. I wanted to sink deep inside her. I wanted to spend the rest of my life filling her tight pussy with my cum, marking her over and over again as mine. I wanted to taste the sweet juice of her cunt on my tongue, feel it dripping down my cock and balls.

“Finish it,” I ordered and heard a few snickers from the crowd. Raina’s cheeks went a soft rose, and her lids lowered. I saw the pink swish of her tongue over her bottom lip and had to bite back a groan.

When I was told to kiss my mate, I dove and devoured. My fingers tightened in her hair as my tongue plunged deep. Raina met my ferocity with her own. Her arms curled under mine. She gripped my shoulders, nails digging deep as we kissed.

The howls of many wolves broke the spell she had me under, and giving a howl of my own, I tossed Raina over my shoulder and headed back the way she’d come.

I ignored the well wishes, hearing nothing but Raina’s laughter as I carried her into the house and to our bedroom.

“Strip,” I commanded.

There was heat in her eyes as our gazes met. Then she turned her back, glancing at me over her shoulder. “Get the zipper for me.”

I ordered myself to go easy, not to rip her dress. Nothing but bare skin filled my gaze as I followed her direction. She helped by shimmying her hips. The dress pooled at her feet, leaving her naked. I groaned, reaching down to palm her ass and give her cheeks a squeeze.

“On the bed. Hands and knees.” The words were gruff as I made quick work of taking my clothes off.

Instead, Raina turned and dropped to her knees. I’d just kicked away my pants, and my cock rose high along my belly, thick and hard with anticipation. She gripped my shaft and pointed it toward her mouth. I shuddered at the first touch of her tongue then growled when she sucked in the head.

“Fuck,” I muttered, cupping the back of her head to encourage her to keep going.

She worked her tongue along the underside of my dick, sucking as she moved her mouth up and down my length. One of her hands cupped my ball sac while the other wrapped just under her lips on my cock. She glided her palm in counterpoint to her lips. As she drew back to the tip, her fingers slid to the base then both met again in the center of my shaft. She added a twist and did something with her tongue that had me seeing stars. My balls tightened, and I knew if I didn’t end this soon, she’d be swallowing my cum instead of wearing it in her pussy.

“Raina.” I tugged at her hair, pulling her off me. “I need to be inside you. Now!”

“You were,” she rasped then leapt on me.

She took my mouth as her legs tightened around my waist, and she ground her hot pussy on my dick. I tumbled her to the bed underneath me, and with one slight tilt of my hips, I was in heaven. Her pussy squeezed my dick, pulling a grunt from me as I fucked her. She drew up her knees to grip my hips. Her nails dug into my shoulders, and we both got lost in each other.

I wanted to touch every inch of her. She arched her neck, and I knew she was close to orgasm. I pulled my dick out and shoved my shoulders between her thighs, taking her over with my tongue and fingers. I drank her juices, pressing my tongue as deeply inside her as I could get, wanting to savor every drop of her pleasure. While she was still catching her breath, I flipped her over and lifted her hips, coming up behind her and thrusting back into her pussy.

She growled against the sheets and spread her knees wider. The way she rocked back into me let me know how much she enjoyed it. Good thing because I was powerless to stop. My balls tingled, signaling I was close to finding my own release. I was determined to get her off again first.

“Play with your clit, Raina.”

She whimpered and moved a hand down her body. I wanted to watch her touch herself and promised myself I would next time. Right now, it was enough to watch her eyes slip closed as her lips parted and she panted. I felt the tiny ripples of her channel along my shaft.

“Faster,” I commanded as my strokes grew jerky. “Make your pussy come on me. Now, Raina.”

She cried out as she tightened around me. I slammed deep and held there while my seed shot into her. She clamped on me, her pussy milking every drop of cum from my cock. Then her fingertips brushed my balls, and I saw stars as more cum left me, so much that it dripped from her. I scooped it up with fingers and brought it to her ass, massaging it into the tight rosette of her anus.

“Mmm,” Raina moaned as she removed her hand and collapsed under me. I followed her down, my weight pinning her to the bed. I needed to move, but first I needed to catch my breath.