Page 105 of A Wolf's Heart

“This I do remember, for I’ve felt it with my lips. My angel, it’s my favorite spot to kiss you because it elicits the mostbeautiful sound. I wish to kiss you here over and over again, if only to hear your moans on repeat, but I hold myself back, afraid to wear the music out. I give it to myself only as a gift, a special source of pleasure I take sparingly. That way, I don’t consume the luxury all at once, but take gratification in knowing that, as long as our hearts beat next to one another, I can indulge in the complex delicacy that is you. Angel, with these blind eyes, I see all of you.”

With that, Rainor pressed his lips to his spot, just below my jaw, and the softest and sweetest of sounds left me. A sound that, until today, I didn’t know I had produced. And now it was a sound that I promised I would lock away and save for only him.

Slowly, his fingers roamed my body. There was no rush, his hazy eyes took nothing in, but his touch didn’t miss one moment. I reached up, feeling the planes of his body, matching his speed as I traced every groove, every divot. I savored the moments with him, allowing every single second to stretch out as long as we could possibly make it.

When he entered me, there was no neediness of my heat looming over us. There was only Rainor and me. All of him and all of me. His thrusts slow yet so much deeper. Our bodies molding together, wrapping around one another, connecting into something more than just animalistic drive.

The orgasm that spread through me didn’t hit me hard, but it filled me with such pleasure all the same. My hands tingled, intertwined with his and pushing into the softness of the mattress. My teeth elongated, my wolf begging to claim this man to be mine forever.

He must’ve felt it too because Rainor pulled back, showing me his teeth. “Not yet.” I turned my head to the side, afraid he could somehow see the rejection on my face. He leaned down, nuzzling my neck. “I’m going to claim you. I’m going to bite you right here, and when I do, we will be forever connected.But, first, I want to show you everything. You need to know the dangers of being claimed, know all our secrets. I want nothing hidden between us.”

It was a yes, but not right now. And I understood that. “Okay,” I whispered.

Rainor buried himself in me as he found his release, his teeth grazing my neck, a promise to us both.

30

WEYLIN

Isat in the tactical office, watching the live feed as our newest and young recruits ran through the live simulation. The office was a small room, comprised of a long stainless-steel table and over a dozen screens above it. Controls on the desk allowed us to move the camera, set off triggered traps or dummies, and communicate through the speakers.

Rain used the simulation center to run through many scenarios, whether in wolf form or human. It was up to the gammas to decide the best fit. Young recruits always tended to revert to their wolf form. If they made it through the testing, our training would ensure they were comfortable in combat in either form.

“Screen five, who is that?” I asked.

“Two seventy-six,” the training gamma next to me stated. He was the one who’d selected the recruits from different clans.

“Send him home.” I leaned into the screen, watching the wolf inspect the room he was in with extreme caution.

“He showed promising results on the written test,” the trainer explained.

I shook my hand, reaching out and pressing a button, setting off a spring trap doll that jumped from a box. The wolf scrambled in fear before catching himself and then attacking.

I gave the trainer a pointed look. He only covered his face as he circled the recruit’s number on his notepad. “He’s all eyes, not using any of his other senses. Never mind, that Chucky triggered his flight response at first, but it also triggered his fight response second, and there was no reason.” I sighed. “Now I need to replace another Chucky.”

“Maybe go with something a little less… possessed.”

“Nah, the vets love watching the youngins lose their shit over Chucky. Gives them something to look forward to when they have to review the footage.”

Meet me in Kage’s office, Rainor called through the link.

Oh! He was back, which meant Lila was back from working at the precinct.

“Bossman calls,” I said, standing from the wheeled office chair. “Once they are finished here, upload the video. Then move them to the arena. I’ll have Gunnar examine them. Keep your eyes on screen two, she shows promise.”

“Will do.” The trainer gave me a little salute before I left.

I got into the elevator and reached out my feelers. This was something new I had started to do. I was searching for Lila in the building. I could sense Kage and Rainor right away—they were always there, at the back of my mind. Unless one of us cut off the link, which didn’t happen too often.

It wasn’t until I was three floors below her that I felt Lila. The first time I tried this, she’d had to be on the same floor as me. Then it was one floor away, then two, and now three. I was stretching and training the ability. It wasn’t anything like the link that belonged in my mind. This, Lila, came from my heart's power. It was a feeling, similar to the first time we touched, only on a smaller scale. Warmth spread through me, and I alwaysknew exactly where she was, something that pleased my wolf to no end.

After nights spent holding her, eating her, fucking her, and then days spent dreaming of holding, eating, and fucking, I was beginning to have a little obsession. Her scent alone drove me mad with lust. Her eyes had my wolf near purring with just a single glance. Her touch was a drug, and she was the dealer, enticing me back for more and craving her to the brink of insanity when she wasn’t around. It was an obsession that might be bordering on unhealthy, but it was an unhealthy habit I never wanted to break.

When the time was right, I would claim her. I would complete our bond, and I would feel the connection all the time. I’d be able to see what she was doing, where she was, and what she was feeling.

For now, I played this little exercise, stretching my heart's power until it sought her out. By the time the elevator made its way to the top floor and opened, I knew exactly where Lila was. Entering the waiting room, I found Emma and Lila with their heads bent together, whispering their gossip as they normally did. But when I strode right for Lila, grabbing her and placing her ass on the receptionist table, Emma let out a little squeak and turned her back to us.

Lila rolled her eyes at me but smiled all the same. “Was that your last day?” I asked.

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