Page 95 of A Wolf's Heart

“Being,” I shot back. “Clark is a being, with a family, a pack, and a job, and I made him lose it all.” My eyes swung back to Kage. “You exiled him!”

“He gets his rocks off when you think for yourself and make good decisions that he has to punish you for because you broke the rules.” Weylin sighed.

“Sometimes, doing what’s best for the pack isn’t always what you want to do,” Kage said quietly, his eyes focused on something outside.

I placed my hand on his, and his arm froze. I wondered if he expected me to push him away. I didn’t. I threaded my fingers through his, and all at once, his body relaxed.

“There shouldn’t be any challenges,” Rainor said. “Not only did she prove herself, we’ve also announced, to the elite in the pack, that we are courting her.”

Now it was my turn to go still. “Courting?”

Weylin scoffed, “Wolves don’t court, more like she is our mistress.”

Rainor’s hand came out, smacking Weylin in the chest and knocking a breath out of him.

“Courting, it’s a fancier term for dating,” Rainor explained.

“Yeah, sure, whatever.” Weylin grunted, rubbing his chest.

Rainor shook his head before continuing, “We announced it to prevent any advances on you during our functions. Since you don’t smell like our pack, you will draw attention. We just set the boundaries before you did.”

“So, no one will know we are mates?” I asked.

“No,” Kage answered before Rainor could. “Nor can they know.” He reached over, hooking his hand around my otherthigh and pulling me across the seat towards him. Then he placed his arm around me.

I raised an eyebrow at him. “Okay. And they can’t know because…?”

“You’ll be even more of a target, making the pack a target as well,” Rainor said. He turned in his seat to look at us, giving Kage the same expression I had given him. He shook his head silently before turning back around. “Once you've been claimed, and the bond is created, you will have a deeper connection to us all. We will be able to find one another, talk to one another, feel one another. It will be similar to the link between the three of us but deeper.”

“So, the link between you three formed because…?”

“We don’t know,” Kage said, pulling me into his side, his hand gripping and releasing my arm.

“Do you want me to sit on your lap next?” I asked jokingly.

“Yes, actually. That would be helpful.”

In an attempt to call him on his bluff, I unbuckled my seat belt and climbed onto Kage’s large thighs. He shuffled over, spreading his legs to balance me on them. Then he began to comb his fingers through my hair.

“I’m not saying stop.” I closed my eyes and leaned into his hand. I swear, it was as big as my skull. “But out of curiosity…why this?”

Silence.

“Hey, maybe instead of talking in your heads, you can just answer me out loud. It’s not like there’s anyone else in the car.”

“Habit,” Rainor said.

“I’m covering you in my scent.” Kage’s voice was low in my ear, traveling all the way down and had me squeezing my thighs together. Immediately, he placed his fingers under the skirt of the dress, meeting the fabric of my panties. “But perhaps, little alpha, it’s your scent I need on me.”

He pushed my panties aside and slipped two fingers into me. I gasped at the sudden invasion, my head falling back against his shoulder. I tried to breathe through it, but I couldn’t help clenching around him. “Where are we going that I need your scent?”

“Anywhere. Everywhere. You will always have our scent on you.” He hooked his fingers, finding the spot that had my thighs pressing tightly around his hand. Then he picked up his pace, coaxing, demanding. “I’m torn between showing you off as mine, and taking any challenges for you, or locking you up in a room so that no one can set eyes on what is mine,” he growled.

I shivered at the sound, tilting my head up and pulling his face down to me, so I could capture his lips. I sucked and teased Kage’s lips, tasting that spicy whiskey on his skin, more prominent whenever he was touching me.

The orgasm built up quickly, Kage’s fingers relentless, demanding. As I climaxed, his lips chased mine, swallowing my gasp and owning me. He dove his hand back into my hair, pulling so that my chin was up, exposing my neck. Kage’s teeth teased as he gave little nips and kisses.

“You are mine. You will always be mine. You were always made to be mine. I refuse to share you with any more males. Do you understand?” It was the undertone of a threat that had goose bumps spreading along my skin. The sensation after the orgasm was exciting.

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