Page 42 of Midnight Whispers
Cass didn’t expect his knot to grow so quickly. He could feel it stretch Riley.
Riley sucked in a breath. “What is that?”
“My knot.” Cass licked across the wound he left on Riley’s neck. “Sorry. I should have told you about it.”
“What does it do?” Riley tried to move against it. Even though he couldn’t move very far, because Cass lay on him.
Riley moaned. His cock jumped as if wanting to get hard again. He’d come twice already.
Cass smiled. “Your bounce back is remarkable.”
“I’m a lot younger than you.” Riley chuckled when Cass growled.
Cass moved inside Riley.
Riley moaned. “Oh yeah. That’s so good.”
“We’ll be stuck together for a few more minutes.”
“I love that.” Riley’s arms tightened around him.
“Me too.” Cass kissed Riley.
“We’re official now, right?” Riley whispered.
“Yeah.” Cass wouldn’t think about the consequences. Not yet. They were safe from the alpha and the pack for a while longer. They didn’t need to worry about the fallout with Iven yet. Not until the morning. “I feel the connection.”
Riley touched Cass’s chest. “It’s a forever thing, right? Because it seems like if I can feel you in my heart, that you will always be there.”
Shit. Was that hesitation? Gods, Cass hoped not. “It’s permanent.”
“You want forever with me?” Riley’s uncertainty broke Cass’s heart a little.
Cass met Riley’s gaze. “I want you with everything in me.”
Riley took a deep breath and let it out. Cass hadn’t been aware of the tension until Riley relaxed, and he smiled. “Okay.”
“So, same question.” It was a little late to ask, but Cass hadn’t intended to bond. It just happened. And he needed to know how Riley felt.
“I want a relationship with you. I know it’s complicated, and I know we’ll have to sneak around for a while longer, but I want this.” Riley smiled and kissed Cass. “Big bad wolf.”
“Did I blow your house down, AKA your mind?” Cass wiggled his eyebrows.
“You blew everything, including my mind.” Riley moved against Cass’s knot, but by then, it was going down.
Chapter Nineteen
Iven had clearly been at the station a while by the time Cass got there. Not that Cass was late. It looked as though Iven had been stewing in his juices. His expression was like stone as he flipped pages in their murder case file.
Cass went into his office and sat across the desk from him. He said nothing but put the cinnamon rolls Riley had given him on Iven’s desk. Giving him the roll wasn’t a confession, but it might as well have been.
Iven looked at it and then met Cass’s gaze. His eyes narrowed right before his expression turned to stone again. “I think I found Alice Newman’s family. He's a nephew in Rochester, New York. I’ve already called him. He says he’s unaware of his family having ever owned property in Fortune Falls.”
“So, the deed was doctored? Or the family forgot they owned the property. I mean, Alice Newman died a long time ago. Maybe they moved and the property just fell out of memory.”
Cass expected the conversation to continue. What he didn’t expect was Iven to bring his fist down on his desk.
Iven grabbed the bag of baked goods and shook it at Cass. And then took a deep breath and sat in his chair again. He took another breath before he spoke. “His mother just died. He took care of her his whole life, practically from birth. He doesn’t need any complications.”
