“Are you ready for me?” he whispered, rubbing his erection against my stomach.

I reached down and stroked him, swiping the drop of pre-cum from his head with my thumb, bringing it back up to my mouth and licking it off. “Always,” I answered, my voice breathy.

The look in his eyes was electric, and I spread my legs wider as he settled into me.

His cock nudged at my entrance, and he pushed slowly, pausing every few seconds to allow my body to adjust to him. He continued forward until he’d entered me, full to his knotted hilt.

Nolan grunted, grabbing my hands and raising them above my head. He intertwined our fingers and pulled out, just as slowly as when he’d entered. Then his hips began to move in expert motions, rolling and thrusting to the beat of the music, hitting every spot inside me deliciously.

This wasn’t even sex. It felt like we had transcended into something more, something divine and sacred, our bodies working for a purpose greater than just an orgasm.

“Marlowe,” he whispered, my name an invocation on his lips, never faltering as each thrust of his cock slid into me with perfect precision.

His knot rubbed against my clit, and while I wasn’t ready for this to end, we both felt our releases building, the rapture reaching its zenith.

The words spilled out of me before I even knew I was saying them. “Nolan, I love you.”

His head snapped up and his eyes met mine, and I faltered for a second, thinking I’d made a mistake. But his thrusting became frenzied, and as I came he pushed his knot inside me, locking us together while his orgasm filled me. “Marlowe,” he moaned. “I love you, I love you, I love you.”

A tear escaped down my cheek, and I released his hands so I could wrap my arms around his back and bring him down on top of me, feeling our orgasms through each other. He kissed along my jaw and then down my neck. With a sudden growl, he bared his teeth, and then sunk them into my shoulder.

I inhaled deeply with the initial pain, but it was replaced by pleasure and I came around his cock again, triggering another release.

My connection to him was immediate, and I felt all his emotions – his love, his devotion, his happiness… everything. I mirrored them back, wanting him to know how absolutely wonderful he was.

Nolan licked at the bite and then kissed me again. “I don’t care if it wasn’t my turn. I didn’t want to live another second without you being completely mine, in every way possible. I love you so much.”

I released a shuddering breath. “I love you, too.”

43

CAMDEN

“Fucking hopeless,” I moaned, sinking back further into the couch. 42-13 to the Seahawks?

Elias was back from picking up the groceries and had come downstairs to watch the end of the game with me, but his mind was elsewhere.

“You good?” I asked, finishing my beer.

“Hm? Yeah, sorry. It’s just so strange, feeling my wolf inside me now.”

I bit back my jealousy. He’d bonded with Marlowe first and now he could fully shift? I knew Archer was being cagey about his testing, but even an idiot like me could see the connection between the two.

Elias was my pack mate and one of my best friends. I was happy for him, of course. I wasn’t a complete monster.

But it should have been me.

“I bet,” I replied. “By the way, I bought some security cameras for outside the house. This whole business with the other full shifter has me on edge, and I’m not feeling too good about someone lurking around and trying to lure Marlowe away.”

Elias growled. “Good idea. I’m starting to worry,” he began, picking at the label on his bottle. “Let’s say Marlowe’s parents were runaways from a shifter commune. What if those communes never lost their ability to fully shift or breed omegas? What if, now that Marlowe’s off the suppressants and is living here, they’ve discovered who and what she is, and want to take her back?”

I might not have had a realized wolf inside me like Elias, but my beastly instincts roared at the idea of anyone thinking they could take Marlowe away from us. Whatever she and Nolan were doing upstairs, I could feel the trickles of their happiness and the love building between them. She wasn’t just an omega; she was our heart, the center of our universe. And if that motherfucker set one more paw on my property, I had two silver shells in the chamber of my shotgun with his name on ‘em.

“That’s never going to happen,” I responded coldly.

A jolt hit me, running through my veins like lightning. The hit wasn’t as powerful as before, but I knew it immediately.

“That ASSHOLE!” I got up to run upstairs and tear Nolan a new one but Elias leapt up quicker and blocked my path.