Page 18 of Rejected and Pregnant by the Lycan King

“I’ll admit the thought has occurred to me regarding your lack of energy or strength to do daily tasks. I thought once I brought you here and let you heal from your pack, it would change. It has changed little. If Nova didn’t—”

I growled. I hated that name rolling off his tongue. Maximus was my mate.Mine.Not hers.

“Don’t say her name. It’s not fair for me to hear another female’s name come out of your mouth. How would you like it if I talked about a male saying anything about you to sway me from bonding with you?”

That was a first. Since when did I have the courage to say something like that to anyone?

Maximus snarled at my words, but somehow, I didn’t feel afraid this time. I was mad. Pissed off that my mate thought it was okay to speak of this female when she spoke the way she did about me. He allowed it to go on for far too long. My father may be an asshole, but he didn’t allow anyone to speak ill of my mother, even after her death. That was how a mate responded to someone disrespecting their partner.

“I’d rip them to shreds. I still want to go back to your pack and tear apart your alpha for hurting you the way he did.”

Did Maximus not know Alexander was my father? If he did, he wasn’t showing it. Maybe he just didn’t want to acknowledge that someone who was supposed to love me more deeply than an alpha ever could had been the one to cause me the most pain.

“Yet you allow another female to speak ill of me?”

He let go of my hands, and the power I felt disappeared, confirming what I thought. My mate’s touch fueled the strength I was missing in my soul. Would Maximus believe that?

He rubbed his face and groaned. I wasn’t sure how he felt; the wall still erected inside the bond kept me from feeling everything he felt right now. I wanted to punch the wall to make him realizehe was shutting me out, but I didn’t know how that would go. Maximus already looked annoyed about this conversation.

“I should’ve defended you. It’s just…” he trailed off and didn’t finish the sentence. I could feel where his thoughts were going and why he didn’t want to finish that statement.

“You agree with her.” I whimpered back with a slight growl in my throat, equal parts devastated and enraged.

Maximus reached out to grab my hands again, but I pulled them away. I didn’t want him touching me if he agreed with that female. Maximus didn’t deserve to touch his mate if another person could sway him so easily from me.

“Instead of agreeing with what someone thinks about me, how about you try to understand your mate’s condition?”

Maximus was perplexed by my words. “How can I do that when I don’t even know what your condition is?”

“Neither do I, Max! The whole point of having a mate is to have someone by your side through every storm life throws your way! This was something I was born with, and no one understood it. Alexander thought he could just beat it out of me or train it out of me, but neither worked.”

Maximus growled again, but I ignored it. I didn’t care if it made him mad to bring up my father’s name. “How about you understand that you are my mate and I need you? I don’t know why, but I feel this strength and power every time you touch me. This power just lights my soul on fire, and I feel so… I can’t explain it… but I think you are the key to breaking whatever curse is plaguing me.”

“Wait a minute,” he said, grabbing my hands and yanking me down onto his lap.

I yelped from the movement, feeling the strain in my body from the sudden pull. A hand left mine before I felt it on the back of my neck, cupping it as he drew me to him. Heat erupted through me whenever our lips touched, and I felt that power reignite.

It was his touch that breathed new life into me. I melded into his body, snaking my arms around his neck to keep myself balanced on his lap. I appreciated the omega who dropped off the leggings and baggy shirt, but right now, it was in my way. I desired to feel every single inch of my mate’s flesh. Maximus’s mouth was suddenly everywhere. He kissed my jaw and moved down my neck until the shirt became an obstacle. I took a breath, and he pulled the shirt off my body, then his mouth found my exposed breast. Max’s hot tongue flicked across my nipple, and a blazing trail of heat burned inside my core.

I moaned loudly, and Maximus growled with need in response. He lifted me onto the couch and peeled the leggings off my legs. He stood up and pulled off his shirt, revealing his incredible body to me. I ran my hands down his chest and onto his stomach, making every muscle quiver. Maximus quickly unzipped his pants and yanked them and his boxers down to his ankles. His hardened length sprang free when he stripped down. Looking at its immense girth and length made me salivate with possibilities.

I’d never done anything with anyone before. I didn’t know what to do next and was nervous about making a mistake. There were times I overheard others in the pack house talking about sex and whatnot. Then, the romance books I read went into detail about it. I took a chance, shoving my nerves to the back of my mind,and took him into my mouth. Maximus groaned as his fingers threaded through my hair. He thrust his hips a little, pressing his cock further down my throat. Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes as I tried to open my mouth wider to take him. My tongue swirled around as I let him guide the movements, noting what made him moan for future reference.

The moment I felt him straining in my mouth, he yanked my head back by the hair, pulling me off him and down toward my feet. As he grabbed my ass, I wrapped my arms and legs around him to keep me stable while he carried us into the bedroom. The soft, silky sheets of his bed met my back as he tossed me onto it. Maximus grabbed my ankle and pulled me into position to reciprocate. My body ignited from the heat as his tongue massaged me with a passion I didn’t think possible. The sensations of being devoured and loved poured into our bond, and Maximus’s energy bled into me.

I writhed in the pleasure Maximus brought me; he picked up his pace, driving his tongue deeper inside me. I started to scream his name in a high-pitched wail that I had never made before.

“That’s it. Scream my name.” Maximus stood up, wiping his mouth and chin before he moved my legs and hips to line up perfectly with his. The head of his cock teased me as he ran it through my soaked core before he slowly inched inside me. I hissed as I felt my walls adjust, stretching to accommodate him and the pain. While sucking in a breath, I stared into his eyes, and a hint of a smile built on his lips. I felt so full that I wondered if it was too much. Yet, I wanted more at the same time. Through the bond, I could sense his hunger to claim me, the need to feel complete, just like how I felt about him. This would be the moment to claim me if he wanted, and I hoped he did.

“You’re so tight yet so wet. You were made for me.” He reared his hips back, removing himself from me, and I whimpered as I missed feeling him inside me. “Such a good girl, learning how to take me like this.” He pushed himself inside me, the fullness making me moan, but I had to bite back the pain. Maximus pulled himself out again and drew out the movement of himself inside me. The slow pace made it easy for me to acclimate to him inside me. “That’s it, baby. You’re doing so good.”

My walls clamped around his length and my legs around his torso. I rocked my hips to feel more friction because I couldn’t get enough of this feeling. Gripping onto my hips, he groaned as he kept me in place. I orgasmed as he continued to deliver punishing thrusts of pleasure. It blazed through me, tightening every muscle as I moaned with little regard to who might be listening. He picked up the pace, and my moans quickly turned into screams. He continued to drive himself into me as my body went crazy. It felt like some of my muscles were getting sore from the constant climaxing. Maximus’s nails dug into my hips, and it felt like he was restraining himself from going harder. I would have loved to experience what Maximus’s love at its fastest and hardest would feel like, but for now, I was thankful it wasn’t happening.

As Maximus maintained his pace, I felt another wave of pleasure building. He leaned down, moving his arms to settle on either side of me before capturing my lips with his, the taste of me still on his tongue. I moaned against his lips, expressing through the bond how much I loved him.

We lost ourselves in each other, touching and kissing wherever we found ourselves entwined. I could feel Maximus swelling inside me as he picked up his pace again. He moved faster andfaster until he exploded inside of me. It started low and rolled through my body. I thought he would mark me then; I was sure of it, but instead, he kissed my lips when he had finished.

We stayed locked in each other’s arms, and I basked in the power that radiated off him. I swear I could run a marathon with the energy pulsing inside of me. If this kept up, my lycan would be reawakened, and everything would fall into place.

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