Page 274 of Primal Bonds

Still holding her high against his body, he walked with her to the bedroom. Someone had placed the flowered arch from their ceremony over her headboard to frame the bed. Three fae lights floated above the sheets, coloring the room a warm, sunset pink-and-orange.

Marjani caught her breath. “It’s beautiful.”

“Mm-hmm,” Fane said, his mind clearly elsewhere. He set her on the bed, turned her around, and pulled up her hips so she was on all fours. “Stay there.”

She heard the rustle of clothes being removed and dropped on the floor, and then he knelt on the mattress behind her. Cool fingers stroked her bottom.

“You have the sexiest ass...nice and curvy. And those red high heels are so bad.”

She smiled over her shoulder at him. “I thought you’d like them.”

“Oh, I do. A lot.” He slid a finger between her thighs. “Sweet Goddess, you’re wet.”

With a moan, she went down on her forearms. “Don’t tease me.”

“I’m not. I’m very serious.”

She gave a muffled laugh. “Now you’re serious.”

“And you’re loving it.”

“Mm.”

He toyed with her, stroking her clit until she came in a hot rush. He didn’t give her time to catch her breath, just rolled on a condom and thrust into her. Slow and hard and perfect.

Her sex tightened around him and he groaned her name. “That’s it, love. Come around me. It feels so damn good.”

Her inner muscles convulsed. Pleasure rolled through her in hot, endless waves. He was right behind her, pushing deep inside until she felt him at her womb, and then stilling as she moaned his name into the sheets.

Celebrating their mating in the oldest and best way.

Epilogue

Adric shoved his hands into his pockets and stared out at the Inner Harbor. It was almost midnight, a few days before the winter solstice. The docked boats were tricked out with holiday lights.

His lips twisted. The humans loved their Christmas celebrations. Even most of the clan had put up a little tree and a few strands of lights. Adric hadn’t bothered, since he was living alone again. Marjani and Fane had moved into Evie and Jace’s den, taking Luc’s old room.

He rubbed a hand over his face. Gods, he’d hated to banish Luc. He wasn’t just a lieutenant, he was an old friend. But Adric couldn’t have a clan member under the control of a fae.

But Adric was left second-guessing himself. Could he have handled it differently? Sent more men to Iceland?

No regrets. When he made alpha, he’d told himself he’d do whatever it took to keep the clan together, and fuck regrets.

But holy mother, it had been some year. Two cousins dead. The night fae on the prowl in Baltimore again. And both Sindre and Lady Blaer in possession of the earth fada’s secret incantation.

At least his sister was on the mend, and back at his side as his second. She’d even helped Evie decorate Jace’s den for the holidays. Their mom had always made a big deal out of Christmas, too.

On top of that, the message that Marjani had carried from Ula to Dion had put the Rock Run alpha in Adric’s debt. So count that as another win.

He smiled just as a burst of icy raindrops hit his face.

He cursed and wiped it away. If there was anything his cat hated more than a cold night, it was a cold, rainy night.

He should return to the Full Moon Saloon, or better yet, go home. But he was too jumpy to sleep. He’d just end up pacing restlessly around his den.

Letting his head fall back, he stared up at the dark sky. Gods, he needed to get laid. It had been months, and he was so horny it hurt. There were plenty of women in the clan who’d be happy to welcome the alpha into their bed for a night, no strings attached. And he could always find a human female in one of the bars behind him.

But his heart wasn’t in it.

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