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CHAPTER 43

LILY

The moment I felt the towel slip and cool air hit my body; I knew what was about to happen. My eyes met with Raiden’s golden orbs, instead of grey, and I cursed silently. There was a hunger in there I had never seen before. His wolf was famished. Starved for something other than food.

For a split second, ice shot through me, but there was no time to react. No time to think and no time to speak. His fangs sunk deep into the crook of my neck, the sound of skin and flesh-tearing so clear, I could almost see him ripping through me.

Intense, savage pain gripped me in its iron hold, relentlessly locking my body in place. I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. Stunned and on the brink of passing out, the most indescribable feeling of euphoria erupted from his painful kiss.

Waves of pleasure replaced the suffering I had felt mere seconds ago, a bizarre sensation similar to an earth-shattering orgasm overriding every emotion and thought in my mind.

My eyes rolled back, a deep throaty moan barrelling out of my mouth.

Tingles erupted from my fingertips and quickly spread through my entire body, running rampant through cells, nerve-endings and racing towards the male whose teeth were still buried in my neck.

The tingles crashed into him, intensifying where he was connected to me and in an instant, all of Raiden’s emotions came pouring into my soul like a door had been slammed open. I felt his lust and possessiveness. The burning need in him to have me all to himself. The joy that he felt to have finally claimed me, and most importantly, the warmth of his love pulsing through our bond like a glowing, vibrant lifeline.

I heard him exhale deeply before his fangs retracted, and slowly his tongue licked away the blood, sealing the wound. The movement of his tongue was lazy and sensual, dancing over my skin, over the new sensitive area he had created. Heat pooled within me and my heart and loins burned for him. My wolf wanted him too. She wanted to claim him right back as her own.

Ray moved, resting his lips against my bare shoulder, eyes still closed, trying to get his breathing back to normal. I listened to his quickened heart rate and studied his face in the mirror.

His strong arms still encaged me possessively, and angry veins protruded from his temple and down his arms. Feral and animalistic. It only fueled my desire for him more.

I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I belonged to him. I was Shadow Creek’s new Luna.

RAIDEN

I couldn’t help myself. The wolf in me took over the moment Lily’s exposed body came into view. There was nothing I could have done to stop it. My control slipped, and he jumped at the chance to claim her.

Shit, shit, shit. I couldn’t believe I just marked her like that. It was supposed to happen in a special, intimate moment, not at my bathroom counter because I couldn’t keep my hormones in check.

Once a wolf found his mate, he marked her to let others know she was taken. It would physically leave a mark on her skin, as well as render her scent, mixing it with his own, allowing other males to smell him on her and stay clear.

Marking one’s mate also opened the mind-link between the two. In this case, because I was an Alpha, Lily would be connected to my mind-link, as well as the pack’s, severing her from Hollow Stone and linking her to Shadow Creek. She would be able to hear and feel me, but not the rest of the pack, not until she’d either marked me back or we completed the mating, by taking part in the mating ceremony.

When I finally managed to open my eyes, I found her staring back at me in the mirror. I couldn’t read her. I had no idea which emotions were mine and which were hers. Taking a slow, trembling breath, I backed away from her.What had I done?

Lily quickly spun around, grabbing me around my neck and wrapping her arms tightly around me. She pulled me back to her, her lips crushing mine in a rough, hungry kiss. Her mouth and tongue moved with meaning, demanding my attention.

It only took a second for me to respond. She had it. She had all of my attention and all of me in general.

Filled with relief that she hadn’t blamed me for not making the moment extra special, I pulled her in and lifted her up in one swift move. Her legs wrapped around me, straddling my waist and fuelling the fire within.

Driven by lust and impulse, I carried her back into the room and laid her down on the bed, our mouths not breaking away from each other even once.

My body responded aggressively to hers, the material around my groin becoming increasingly tight. Lily continued to trail her hands down my chest and over my stomach, leaving thousands of tingles in their wake. Fuck, everywhere she touched, heat erupted.It was agonising in the most pleasurable way; I was on fire.

In every hungry kiss, I could feel her need for me growing. It only fueled the scorching heat within me, and our tongues entwined mercilessly as we devoured each other inch by inch. We were starved, wild animals, kept apart for way too long.

I managed to pull away for a second, trying to catch my breath and look deep into her beautiful blue eyes. I needed to see what she was feeling. I could feel it through our new bond, but I wanted to see it for myself. Burn it into my mind, memorise what it looked like so I would never forget this moment. Golden flecks were scattered within them, showing me that her wolf was close.

Her fingers fumbled with my shirt, but I was too far gone to care about a simple piece of fabric and ripped it clean off, sending buttons flying across the floor. Her eyes widened for a moment before her lustful gaze travelled down my exposed torso, drinking in every inch of my skin.

I smirked when I noticed her gaze lingering just below my navel, in between the v-lines where a cluster of slightly darkened hair peeked out.

“Like what you see?” I growled seductively.

“Yes,” she breathed, unable to look away.

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