Page 69 of Fated Despite the Moon

She pushed at the wrinkles that had settled in his brow. "You protect what's yours."

He threaded his fingers into her hair. "I'd do anything for those I love. For my family. For the baby. For you."

Makayla’s chest squeezed. "I've never had anyone care about me like that before."

Caleb looked at her seriously. "Once you're my mate, every male will know I will fight to the death to keep you and our baby safe."

Her heart thumped. "Our baby?"

"Our baby. Your baby. My baby." He kissed her hard.

Her wolf howled, and she kissed him back.

He lifted her off the floor and sat her on the counter. He stepped between her thighs and plunged his tongue in her mouth heating her in an instant. Something about his strength made her body yearn to be touched. She wanted him, needed him. She ran her hands under his shirt stripping it off him as he unbuttoned the flannel she still wore and tossed it to the floor. He kissed down her breasts and pulled one nipple into his mouth. She grabbed the cabinet for support as she arched against him.

He shimmied the shorts off her, and then took off his own jeans. He pulled her hips to his and entered her hard and fast. She gasped and fought to hang on as his body slammed against hers.

"Caleb. Make me yours."

A spicy scent wafted off him, and he lifted her hips off the counter and plunged inside her again. A growl rose in his chest, and her fangs descended into her mouth. The need to bite him almost consumed her. She wanted him, needed him. She was his.

"Makayla." Her name came out muffled behind his elongated fangs .

His gaze connected with hers, and she nodded. He lifted her off the counter and carried her into the bedroom where he laid her down and kissed up her stomach.

"I don't want to push you if you aren't ready," he said. "I'll wait for you as long as it takes."

"You’ll only have to wait as long as it takes for you to get up here and bite me."

He chuckled deep in his chest and kissed her throat.

He looked deep into her eyes; his gaze icy blue. "Are you sure?"

"Are you?"

"Absolutely."

She brushed his cheek. "So am I."

"What if..." he swallowed hard. "What if the baby's father showed up and offered you everything you ever wanted?"

"It's not possible. Derek can't offer me everything I want. He isn't you. And he isn’t going to be our baby’s father, you are."

Caleb swooped down and claimed her mouth. His tongue swirled with hers, and their fangs scraped against each other.

He broke the kiss, and his teeth pierced her shoulder. Her body shuddered as her wolf pushed her forward, and she grabbed onto his neck and bit down. Time stopped as their hearts beat in unison. Suddenly, her wolf could see through her eyes and together they stared at Caleb. Her wolf sniffed his and everything around them came into sharp focus as Caleb's wolf sniffed the baby. Together they lifted their heads to the sky and both wolves howled in unison.

A tear leaked from the corner of Makayla's eye as she focused back on Caleb's face and pulled his mouth to hers again.

He was hers and she was his, and no matter what, that bond could never be severed. And she would never be alone again.

Chapter 19

The next two weeks passed quickly with Caleb's days being filled with work and his nights with his family, and with Makayla in his bed. And with every day that passed, the less he worried about Derek until he’d decided the guy must have given up and moved on. He never thought he could get any happier.

As Makayla's next prenatal appointment approached, they talked more and more about finding out if they were having a boy or girl, though with Doc's resent mishap in predicting Griff and Dakota's baby, they weren't sure they could trust him.

Caleb headed for the front door for work, and Makayla came out dressed to leave the house too.

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