Page 25 of Knox's Fate

“I’m exhausted…”

“If you’d rather I slept elsewhere…”

“There’s no place I’d rather you be than here with me.” He grinned at her. “And here I am alpha, I get to have my way.”

Ruby laughed. “Then tell me, my alpha, what is it you wish from me?”

Without a word, Knox undressed her before undressing himself and leading her into the attached bath with its enormous shower. He adjusted the water and stepped in, letting the water cascade down and over his body before pulling her in with him.

Ruby grabbed the enormous sea sponge, squeezed out some liquid soap and began washing his body clean, checking for wounds. There was some bruising, but there were no open cuts or slashes, although his body did show the history of all he’d been through. As she bathed him clean, his cock responded by becoming completely engorged, and Knox groaned in pleasure as she massaged his muscles, working the kinks out.

When she’d turned him back around, she began to sink to her knees, but he prevented her from doing so. He leaned down, histongue coming out to swirl around her nipple before biting down on it gently. Arousal surged through her system, and she could feel her pussy get primed for him. The warm water beat all over them, but it was nothing compared to the heat of his mouth as he suckled her nipples.

As his mouth and tongue played with one nipple, his fingers came up to play with another. She tried to think of all the things she still needed to know about him if they were to have a future together, but the way he sucked her nipple into his mouth made it impossible to think of anything other than the pleasure he could inflict upon her.

One hand trailed down her body, slipping between her legs, tugging and pinching her clit before he penetrated her with two fingers. She could feel her pussy pulse around them.

“What a good girl,” he growled low. “Already wet and ready for me.”

He backed her against the tile wall, and gripping her thighs and using the wall for leverage, he raised her up until she was poised over his cock before lowering her gently onto it, impaling her. He was so large he seemed to take up every bit of space inside the shower, but more so, inside of her.

“Wrap your legs around me,” he rumbled, and she complied, as she could do nothing else.

Slowly he began to raise and lower her on his cock, growling and grunting as he did so. Ruby held onto him, doing so as if her life depended on it and spreading herself wide.

He ground against her with a force that bordered on painful, his pelvis relentlessly rubbing against her sensitive clit as he thrust up with what felt like an insatiable hunger. Every movement sent shockwaves of pleasure through both of their bodies, building and building until they were both consumed by a primal need for release.

Ruby’s muscles clamped down as her climax overtook her, racing through her system, flooding her veins with pleasure. Once he knew she had come, he gripped her harder and began to pound into her, his cock twitching and swelling as he did so before he gave her his cum.

Knox leaned into her, holding her close and keeping them both on their feet, as he felt behind him to turn off the water and then stepped out of the shower. Keeping her impaled on his cock, he was heading out the door, showing no inclination to lift her off him. Realizing he meant to haul her off to bed, she grabbed a couple of towels.

“Wait. Let me get us sort of dry before you take me to bed and fuck me into oblivion.”

“Is that what you want, Ruby? For me to fuck you into oblivion?”

“Very much so.”

He stopped only long enough for her to get their upper bodies dry; the rest, she decided, could wait. The moment she was done, he carried her to the bed and laid them down.

“I know you still have questions,” he began.

Ruby nodded, recognizing the unspoken plea for respite in his eyes. "Tomorrow," she agreed, allowing the promise of the night to envelop them both, providing a temporary shelter from the storm she feared was about to break in Silver Falls.

Later that night when the moon was beginning to wane, the room's warmth wrapped around Ruby as she stood in one of Knox’s flannel shirts looking out the window over the compound below. Knox stepped forward, closing the distance between them with an intent that quickened her pulse. His hands found her waist, strong and sure, and she tilted her head back to meet his gaze.

"Ruby," he murmured, the timbre of his voice sending shivers down her spine. "I've dreamed of this moment."

"Have you now?" Ruby challenged with a playful smile, her fingers tracing the lines of his jaw, feeling the roughness of his apparently permanent stubble.

"More than you know," Knox replied with a half-smile before leaning down to capture her lips in a kiss that ignited a fire within her.

Laughter bubbled up between their shared breaths as they turned and stumbled back to bed, shedding inhibitions along with whatever was covering their bodies, each discarded piece revealing more of the desire that had been simmering between them from their first meeting. Their intimate dance was a mixture of urgency and tenderness, of exploration and familiarity, as if their bodies were remembering a connection from lifetimes ago.

As the night deepened, so did their bond, and Ruby found herself surrendering to sensations she'd never known, anchored only by the strength of Knox's embrace. They moved together in a rhythm as old as time, each touch, each whisper, each laugh carving out a space for her in Silver Falls—a place where she belonged not just in body but in heart and soul.

In the days that followed, Ruby threw herself into the work on the bed and breakfast, feeling the pieces of her new life slotting into place like a puzzle she hadn't known was incomplete. Knox worked alongside her, his presence a steady force amidst the sound of hammers and the smell of fresh paint.

"Looks like we make quite a team," Ruby commented one afternoon, watching Knox expertly fix a loose board on the porch.

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