Page 48 of The Court of Truth

“Tell me how much,” I insist, holding onto her hips for dear life as I slam into her tight pussy again and again and again.

“So, so much,” she pants, her claws wedging into the wooden floor to hold herself in place.

“I don’t know how I’m going to breathe without you,” I admit, lifting one hand to her shoulder so I can anchor myself better and fuck her harder.

“Fuck, Cass,” she groans, and I fall silent, basking in the sound of flesh on flesh as I take her as mine. I just need… more.

Releasing her shoulder, I creep higher, grabbing the lower braid of her crown before tugging her toward me. Her head rolls back as she rests it against my shoulder, and I nip at her ear. My wolf is so close to the surface that I feel a bone crack in my foot, the impending shift on the verge of taking over.

“Cass,” she cries out, tilting her face so our eyes are locked, and I sense the panic there. She’s on the verge too. Her wolf is close to the surface. I hear a crack, and I know it’s not me.

“Trust me?” I ask, and she nods, not missing a beat as I tear away from her.

My body takes over, instinct vibrating through my veins as I try to keep my wolf at bay. Grabbing her wrists, I hold them in one hand at the base of her spine as I press my other in between her shoulder blades, lowering her cheek to the floor. Her ass naturally lifts in my direction. Rising to my feet, I crouch, needing the support of my feet instead of my knees, as I press her wrists into her lower back and align my cock with her pussy.

“Please, Cass,” she cries out, panic thick in her voice, but it’s muted when I slam my cock into her folds once more.

Harder, faster, I let my wolf take over my movements without shifting.

Grunts, snarls, and rasps fall from my lips, echoed by the sound of Addi’s desperation. Her eyes sparkle, but no more bones crack as I fuck her into the floor.

“Cass, Cass, Cass,” she chants, her body thrumming with electricity before it grows so tight there’s no denying her impending orgasm, and she explodes. Drenched in her release, I keep going, sweat clinging to every inch of my body as I piston in and out of her. “Oh my… fuck!” she screams, the tension easing from her body only to ignite again. Her pussy squeezes me so tight it’s impossible to deny my own release, and I tumble over the cliff of euphoria with her.

Baring my teeth, I growl through every thrust until we collapse to the floor, a pile of limbs as perspiration holds us together.

“Don’t even think of showering tonight,” I grunt, my voice darker than usual, only confirming how close my wolf is to the surface. “You leave this lodge drenched in me as a reminder.”

“I don’t need a reminder, Cassian. You’re here,” she breathes, pressing my palm against her chest, right where her heart is, and my muscles relax a little, but not enough.

Nothing will ever be enough with the impending distance set to divide us. The needs and desires of others mean nothing to my wolf. He sees in only black and white. No gray areas are allowed, leaving our need for her the only thing that matters to him.

“Promise me you’ll be safe,” I grumble, scrambling to calm the worry that threatens to claim me. Running my fingers through her hair, I fight the desire to bundle her in my arms and hide away from the world.

When she turns to face me, her eyes have lost the pearly haze, her wolf satisfied, and it’s all her once again. She lifts her hand to cup my cheek, that one soft touch enough to break through the tension rippling through my voice before she speaks, soothing my soul.

“I’m coming home to you, Cassian. I’m always going to come to you.”

27

ADRIANNA

“You can’t just take off with her like that and think there won’t be any consequences.”

“I wanted to spend some time with her before you all left. I can’t come, remember?”

“That’s not my issue, and you seem to be the one forgetting that she’s the fucking queen of the kingdom. You’re lucky Arlo isn’t pushing to arrest you for stealing her.”

“I didn’t steal anybody!”

My eyebrows pinch as I push up onto my elbow, too delirious to even know what’s going on as I pry my eyes open and peer around the room. The sofa softens beneath me as I turn, a thin blanket draped over my skin as a fire crackles in the distance.

It takes a moment for me to recall everything before I passed out. It’s still dark outside and I don’t know how long I’ve been asleep for, but it doesn’t feel that long. Regardless, the sound of my men bickering will always wake me up.

Tucking a loose tendril of hair behind my ear, I peer over the back of the sofa to find all four of them seated at the dining table. My soul ripples with contentment at the fact that we’re all together, even if it’s only for a single moment, but it quickly turns to unease when I recall the words that woke me.

“The fact of the matter is, Cassian, your role as the Kenner alpha is going to take you away from her from time to time. Just as my role will and everybody else’s, yours just may do it for longer, but that doesn’t mean you can grab her and run anytime you like,” Brody states, confirming he wasn’t the one on a tangent a moment ago. He seems much calmer, like he’s trying to defuse the situation while also getting his point across.

If this is anyone’s fault, it’s mine.

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