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“Lycos, you’re so tight,” he growled against my mark. “Keep bucking those hips against me. Back and forth just like that. Youmove so fucking well, little mate. So well… You want my cum bad, huh?”

Moans left my mouth, the heat building up inside me. My cheeks were flushed, and my nipples were aching. The pressure built higher and higher and higher. He kept talking, and my body kept responding.

My pussy getting tighter, clamping down, until finally…

I rolled my head back, and the pressure exploded inside me.

A few low, rough grunts later, and he stilled deep inside my pussy.

Pleasure rushed through me from all angles. My entire body tingled. My breathing was ragged. And before I realized what I was doing, I found myself pushing away from him, turning around, and finally claiming what was mine.

Though my teeth were blunt, I sank them as far as I could into my mate’s neck.

CHAPTER 27

CAELAN

With my handwrapped tightly around Livia’s, I led us through the forest and back toward our pack. My gaze flickered to her every so often. I still couldn’t believe why orhowshe had survived that attack by herself.

Not only survived but defeated them all by draining their blood.

I had never seen anything like it on this land, and I wanted to find out more. She was right; I should’ve let her stay with those witches before they were killed so she would learn a bit more about her powers.

But I was fucking terrified of losing her, because if I did leave her there and she died alongside the witches… then my mark wouldn’t be on her neck right now. I reached up and grazed the mark onmyneck.

And she wouldn’t have bitten me either.

My lips curled into a small smile, and we continued through the quiet woods, spotting some chipmunks running across our path every so often. I didn’t think she realized it yet, but her teethhadextended into small canines when she marked me.

She did have a wolf, and she was finally about to come out and play with me.

“Are you sure you want to be mates with me?” she asked quietly, breaking the silence.

I furrowed my brows, anger rising inside me. “What do you mean? Of course I want to be mates with you. Don’t say that again.”

“But…” she started, keeping her head down and her gaze on the dirt path. She tried to pull her hand out of mine, but I kept a tight grip on it. “But you said that you didn’t. There were so many times you didn’t want me.”

“I’ve always wanted you,” I said, running the pad of my thumb across her knuckles. “But… It’s been hard. I have a lot of pressure on me. I didn’t want that to be transferred to you. I didn’t want anyone–from inside or outside our pack–to hurt you because you can’t shift.”

“But–”

“It was my stupid way of trying to protect you, and I… wish I would’ve just believed in you from the start,” I said, the guilt slamming into me in waves. “When I first met you, and you tried to shift during pack training and couldn’t… my wolf… he wouldn’t let me put you in any sort of danger. I thought the best course of action was to keep you at a distance.”

She stayed quiet for a long time, and I wished I could’ve erased the months I’d spent pushing her away.Using her.It wasn’t right. That’s not who I was, or at least, not who I wanted to be anymore.

I was never ashamed of her, but I knew how much someone could hurt her.

“It’s okay,” she said softly. “It’s okay if you don’t want me.”

“Stop saying that,” I growled. “I want you. I love you.”

“But…”

“There are no buts.”

“There are, though,” she whispered, pausing on the path. “There’s so much we don’t know. About me, about these powers.And…” She lowered her voice, wrapping her arms around herself. “And I’m scared.”

“We’ll figure it out together,” I said, drawing her closer, one hand in her hair, her head on my chest. “I swear we will. I don’t care how long it takes. I’ll find someone to help you. Or I’ll help you myself.”

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