Page 17 of The Alpha King's Fate

Still laughing when he pulled her t-shirt off and unclasped her bra.

In the back of her mind, she knew that this was just a reprieve. The Hunters would still come for her, but the day hadn’t arrived. This was the warning she needed to kick her butt into gear and make more concrete plans for how she would escape.

The laughter started to die on her lips when Jax peppered little kisses on them. When he began to stoke the fire that only he could ignite.

Jax put his arm around her and stood, his attention still on her lips as he set her on her feet. And then his fingers undid the button of her jeans just before he deepened the kiss.

Lost.

She was lost instantly.

In her emotions as well as his.

Despite how much Jax infuriated her sometimes, he could never hide that part of himself from her. The part that belonged to her. The part that loved her to destruction.

When she stood naked in front of him, Jax crashed her body into his, pressing himself against her core with a growl. She knew he wasn’t going to be gentle with her. Their relief and combined need brought his wolf to the surface, and Cain loved it rough. Her body shivered in response even as she went up in flames.

Jax released her mouth and set her down in the chair before he ripped his clothes off and knelt in front of her. Her muscles started clenching before he even touched her. He pulled her to the very edge of the chair before gripping her thighs and raising both her legs over his shoulders.

Her heart pounded in her chest when she met his red gaze. It almost gave out when he licked his lips like he was about to feast. And when he lowered his head, she could have died right there.

Maybe it was because of the adrenaline from having escaped death once again, but every cell in her body reacted to the first touch of his lips. To his tongue and his hot breath fanning her heated flesh. She tumbled over the cliff before he did much, but he didn’t give her a moment to catch her breath. Jax ate her out until she was a trembling mess, her mind reeling, unable to process anything else.

And when she was completely spent, he lowered her legs and snaked his arm around her waist to pick her up. He swapped their positions in seconds, sitting back in the chair while she straddled him. Jax was hard as steel when he lowered her onto him. He seemed determined to wring out every ounce of pleasure from her body.

She was too shaky to move how he wanted her to, but Jax didn’t have a problem doing it for her. Like she was a rag doll,a puppet following her master’s will. Her useless wolf unfurled inside her as Jax commanded both of them. The pleasure doubled as she allowed her mate to do whatever he wanted to her body and mind. When she started to fall again, more violently than before, Jax held her down and sunk his teeth into his mark on her neck.

There was no more thought.

Her soul ripped to pieces and then reformed. Wave after wave after wave, it wouldn’t let her out of its grasp. Until Jax started to twitch inside her. Until he threw his head back and called her name.

She was still trembling in his arms when she became aware of her surroundings. The chair she had been sitting on was across the room, and the laptop was on the floor.

She lifted her head and met the still-red gaze of the man she loved.

“Don’t leave me,” he whispered.

“What?”

“Don’t even think about it. There’s nowhere in this world that you can go where I won’t find you.”

Her hazy mind cleared a little when she heard his serious tone. She hadn’t talked about leaving him but must have given herself away.

“We’ll face whatever comes together because I can’t imagine not waking up next to you,” Jax continued. “Promise you won’t leave.”

She brought her shaky hand to his face and palmed his cheek. She couldn’t imagine such a world, either, but if the Hunters at the hotel taught her anything, there was a chance she wouldn’t grow old with him the way he hoped. She would have to go, or they would kill all of them. And even if they got one of them, they would both die, leaving Hope an orphan.

So she said those words anyway.

“I promise,” she whispered.

Jax brought his lips to hers in a gentle kiss as if he was sealing the deal. When he lifted his head again, he was already hard inside her.

“Well, since we’re here for the night, I think we should take this party upstairs,” Jax grinned.

“Hope—”

“Will be fine with everyone at home. Dylan probably has a team watching the hotel already. Let’s enjoy what we have together and forget everything else. Just for tonight.”

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