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He caressed the side of my face and lifted my chin to meet his gaze. “Too much?” he asked, wiping a stray tear from my cheek with his thumb.
“No,” I said, luxuriating in the feeling of his cum still dripping from me. My voice was slightly hoarse form screaming, but it would recover soon. “No, it was just right.”
He chuckled and pressed a sweet kiss to my lips. “Then maybe next time, I won’t hold back.”
I gasped. “You wereholding back?”
He grinned in response.
A sweet, anticipatory shiver traced down my spine. If that was him holding back, then I couldn’t imagine what it would feel like when he let loose. Every time I thought I was close to understanding the kind of man Night was, he surprised me all over again. My amazing, wonderful, sexy mate never stopped dazzling me.
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NIGHT
Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay in bed with Bryn forever. My pack needed me, and I needed to head back home the next morning. I gave Bryn a long goodbye kiss before Dom, myself, and a few others shifted to make the trek.
As we ran, I glanced at Dom. I had noticed that he had grown quieter ever since we found Tavi and Bryn.
“Are you alright, Dom?” I asked.
“I’m fine,” he replied.
“You seem quiet.”
“I’ve just got some shit on my mind, Night. I’m fine.”
Clearly, he wasn’t fine at all. Whatever was weighing down his thoughts must have been pretty serious, but it was obvious that he didn’t want to talk about it. I wouldn’t push him to tell me, unless it interfered with his work. And if it came to that, then it must be life or death shit.
For the time being, I tried to ignore my curiosity. We made it to Wargs pack lands in just a few hours, and on the way, I called ahead for everyone to gather in a pack-wide assembly.
Now that I’d claimed Bryn, my strength had returned several times over. I was able to reach the minds of my closest wolves even a few miles away from the pack lands. It was a noticeable boost to my power, and I wasn’t sure if this was because I’d finally claimed my soulmate or if it was because Bryn was a descendant of the pack mothers or if this was all just in my head. Whatever the case was, I wouldn’t complain about this burst of power.
Once we reached Wargs territory, we shifted and put on clothes before meeting everyone else at the training grounds. Hundreds of Wargs chatted amongst themselves as Dom and I leapt onto the Elders’ roof. We used to have a podium, but we didn’t often have pack-wide assemblies, so the wood used to make the podium was repurposed for other projects. The next best thing was just to stand on top of the Elders’ cabin, It provided a nice view over those gathered, and the pack could easily gather around it to see me.
“Everyone,” I said, “I have a couple of important announcements.”
My pack quieted, until only the occasional fussing of the youngest pups was heard.
“There have been some major developments. First, we found Bryn and Octavia, and both of them are safe.”
I paused as applause and cheers of relief spread across the crowd. It warmed me to see how much my pack cared for my mate and my sister. I wished Bryn could have been here to seeit herself; I could imagine her blushing and smiling from the pack’s excitement.
“Second, Troy is no longer Alpha of the Kings. Bryn defeated him during the challenge ceremony.”
Surprised gasps sounded through the crowd, but these gasps were nothing like the derisive, hissing words that the Kings lobbed Bryn’s way.
“What does that mean, Alpha?” one of the onlookers asked. “Is Bryn the Alpha for the Kings now?”
“Temporarily. Until the Elders can come up with a new method of determining the official Alpha.”
More gasps and more questions, but there were too many voices speaking at once to answer them easily. I didn’t ask for their silence; I’d expected this reaction from them. As far as they’d known, I was supposed to assume control of the Kings pack. Only my most trusted wolves were aware of how weak I’d been leading up to the challenge, and only Jasper and Dom had seen what had happened in the ring between Troy and Bryn.
It was better to let them get their initial reactions out before taking control of the crowd again.
Eventually, my pack quieted and a few among them began to ask questions on behalf of the group.
“What happens next for the Kings and the Wargs?”
