Page 32 of Awakening the Wild
The possessive declaration sent heat spiraling through me. "Prove it."
KEVIN
I carried her to the house, to my bedroom that would now become our bedroom permanently. No more divided loyalties, no more separate spaces. She was mine, and I was going to make sure she never forgot it.
"Strip," I commanded, setting her down beside the bed. "I want to see all of what belongs to me."
She obeyed without hesitation, her hands trembling slightly as she removed her clothes. When she was naked before me, golden and perfect in the afternoon light, I had to pause just to look at her.
"Mine," I said, the word carrying all the weight of ownership and devotion. "Every inch of you belongs to me now."
"Yours," she agreed breathlessly. "Show me. Claim me. Make me forget everything except you."
I stripped quickly, then pressed her back onto the bed with deliberate intent. This wasn't going to be gentle or tentative. This was about possession, about marking her so thoroughly that she'd never question where she belonged again.
"I'm going to fuck you until you forget your own name," I told her, positioning myself between her thighs. "Until the only thing you remember is that you're mine."
"Yes," she gasped. "Please, Kevin. I need—"
"I know what you need." I pushed into her in one smooth stroke, watching her face as I filled her completely. "You need me. You need this. You need to be claimed so thoroughly that you never doubt who you belong to again."
I set a deep, possessive rhythm, claiming her body with every thrust. She met me eagerly, her nails raking down my back as she surrendered completely to the pleasure I was giving her.
"That's it, baby," I growled against her throat. "Take everything I'm giving you. Take my cock, take my love, take my promise that you'll never want for anything again."
"Kevin, I'm—"
"You're going to come on my cock like the good girl you are." I circled her clit with my thumb.
She shattered around me with a cry that echoed through the room, her body clamping down on me like a vise. The sensation sent me over the edge, and I buried myself deep as I emptied myself inside her, marking her in the most primitive way possible.
"My woman. My future wife. The mother of my children,” I growled as I continued to move, making sure every drop stayed buried inside her.
Afterward, we lay tangled together, both of us breathing hard. I pulled her closer, my hand settling possessively over her lower belly.
"Marry me," I said suddenly. "Not someday, not when things settle down. Soon. This month."
Her eyes widened. "Kevin..."
"I want you legally mine. I want your name to be Pike. I want to know that no court, no ex-fiancé, no legal document can ever come between us."
"Yes," she said without hesitation. "Yes, absolutely yes."
I reached into the nightstand drawer and pulled out a small velvet box. Her intake of breath was sharp and sweet.
"I bought this weeks ago,” I said, opening the box to reveal a simple but beautiful diamond ring. “I've been waiting for the right moment."
"It's perfect," she whispered as I slipped it onto her finger. "It fits perfectly."
"Because you fit perfectly. In my life, in my arms, in my future." I kissed her softly. "We're going to build something beautiful together, Tonya. Marriage, babies, a life that spans generations on this mountain."
"What about the cottage?”
I shrugged. "We’ll find a way to get it back. We’ll talk to a lawyer. Shane, Neil and Sam are all in for the fight too. But for right now, we'll build our life here, on property that's ours free and clear. I'll put your name on the deed to the farmhouse. Everything I own becomes yours the moment we're married."
"Kevin, I can't take your home."
"You're not taking it. I'm giving it to you. Making sure you always have something that belongs to you, that no one can ever threaten or take away." I pulled her closer. "This farmhouse is your home now. Our home. The place where we'll raise our children and grow old together."
