Page 12 of The Dark War

Biting had become our new way to play. Biting our marks had me shiver each time we found our release. He made us stop once I had a Braxton Hicks contraction that lasted for far too long for his liking. “Come out, Little Fox,” Torin’s voice taunted. I could hear his tongue brushing across his maw as the pads of his feet stumbled closer.

Wolves loved the chase, and Torin more so. I had always felt disappointed in myself that I wasn’t able to give him the proper chase once he found me, his mate, but here we were, me giving him his just reward. This time, I wasn’t running up a tree and giving him a fair run on the ground.

My wolf laid her paws on the ground, lifting her rear in a playful stance. Torin could smell us. We knew he could, but this was so much more fun to play. Torin’s paw hit the tree, and Giana lunged forward, nipping at his hindquarters.

Torin roared playfully as I pranced around his feet. His large hands swiped, his claws cutting bits and pieces of my fur. I had become too fast for the overgrown beast, or he was being too playful to catch me. Giana pranced continually until she went right through his legs and bit him in the butt. We yelped playfully until Torin could take no more.

Flying backward, his body landed on the ground, and his arms engaged us. Giana and I relaxed, putting our nose up to his shoulder. The warmth of his smell had us sighing blissfully. “I got my prey.” He growled, licking our ears.

Kane shifted. His shift was flawless now that he had practiced his half-shifted form so frequently. It took several seconds instead of an entire minute of breaking bones and elongating them to fit Torin’s large stature. Shifting back took me more time, not being used to shifting for over five months during the pregnancy, but it was a great back-cracking experience.

Kane and I both laid naked, our bodies lying underneath the massive tree, small white petals falling around us from the wind knocking the vines together. The vines were certainly welcomed; the wall kept any prying eyes away from us. We hadn’t been the exhibitionist type, not since I was pregnant, anyway. I was too worried about someone catching a pregnant woman with a heavily tattooed alpha breaking his mate in the middle of the woods.

Kane’s lips grazed my shoulder, kissing it up the column of my neck and to my lips. His usually rough kisses, his passion, and the fury he liked to help take out on my small body had me questioning what was going on with my possessive mate. As much as I liked this newfound attention, my soul searched for his answers.

Love was all I found, burning love and tenderness.

“I love you, Clara, my mate.” Kane’s words melted into my ears while I hummed into his mouthwatering kisses. His gentle, now pierced tongue rolled over my parted lips, giving shivers up and down my naked back. Before I could reply, his hand encompassed my back, roaming from the top of my shoulders down to the small of my back.

Humming, content with the extra care my mate was giving me, my hands massaged his chest, feeling his taunt muscles that he worked on every day, not just to please me but our pack. His biceps were larger than my torso. I gripped him tightly as his hand traveled south.

“Are you healed?” he whispered into my ear, his fang scraping my lobe, causing an unbearable shutter, having me throw my leg over his. My arousal was swept by the gentle breeze of the vines, Kane taking large breaths through the nostrils of his nose.

“You know the answer to that.” I giggled under the dark gaze as he appreciated my body. We enjoyed every moment of having Evelyn in our lives, but it gave us very little time to enjoy, well, each other.

Kane’s erection was now close to my entrance, his hand holding the small of my back now trailed my behind as he squeezed it gently. A gentle moan left my lips and became Kane’s undoing. “Goddess, you are beautiful,” Kane rasped, his soft kissing now becoming erratic, dominant. His fingers found the opening where my leg covered his, now tracing the small bundle of nerves between my thighs.

My body gave a jolt, feeling it down to my toes as they pointed. The scruff of Kane’s afternoon stubble brushed down the column of my neck, sucking harshly against the white of my skin. Hands running through his hair, I tugged harshly, feeling his canines brush my mark.

Whining, wanting him to sink those white teeth into me, he mumbled an incoherent, “Not yet,” and rolled me to my back. “Do you know how long it’s been?” Being a blubbering mess, my head rolled back and forth on the forest floor to give an answer. The thick green mosses caressed the backside of my body.

“Too long.” His wet finger slid into my body, tickling every inch. He put such force into the thrust of his finger it had my breasts bouncing freely. Growling obsessively, he latched himself to me, pulling and nipping at the tender skin. The nerve endings in my breasts were heightened, not sure if it was from breastfeeding or my hormones in complete overdrive, but I wasn’t complaining.

“Our daughter needs to share.” The hotness of his breath fanned over my chest. “It isn’t fair.” Sucking on the underside, I felt his teeth nipping, leaving love marks.

“Our mothers will see those when I feed her,” I whimpered, feeling his thumb continuously rubbing my clit.

“Let them.” He growled. “They can see how much I pleasure you.” I wanted to laugh. That is the last thing I wanted them to know. My claws extended, my first rush of pleasure hit me, my back arched, and my breasts felt the cool breeze. Kane groaned appreciatively, running his claws down my skin.

“I need you, baby.” He growled. “I need you so badly.” Kane spread my legs. It had been quite some time since we had used this position. My legs were wrapped around his waist. He didn’t wait for me to be ready until his mighty beast thrust into my body.

Goddess, it felt like I was a virgin all over again. The pinching, how my skin healed so quickly, made everything so tight. I was a moaning mess. Kane didn’t stop, his brows set in a firm set of determination that he was going to rail me into the ground.

“Oh, Alpha,” I egged him on. His cock swelled. I could feel the tension in his body. His soul was calling out to me to sate his beast.

Kane had undergone so much, almost as much as I had carrying Evelyn. His constant worry over my health, leading a pack to continue making it the strongest of the entire kingdom, the impending war that was now coming. Who knew what else he would have to face along with the doubt that I felt within myself?

His emotions were climbing. The tension he wanted to release so badly was going to go straight into my core. Kane’s pelvic bone pushed into me, giving me the extra sensation of being too full. “Alpha,” I groaned again. His hand pushed my chest down as his teeth lengthened, biting straight into my shoulder. Screaming, he growled a vicious, “Mine,” making the petals of the gorgeous tree fall around us, giving us the impression of white snow.

Kane’s body fell on me. The heaviness of his body and the sweat we both expelled mixed together, giving us the scent that truly made us. Every werewolf around could smell what we had just done, but I had to learn not to care. Kane’s heavy breathing slowed. My fingers scratched his muscular back.

“I needed that,” he whispered, already kissing me up and down my neck. I knew he did. The burden he carried was significantly lightened. Out of the books I had read about strong alphas, everything ran true. Strong alphas needed their mates not just to calm their beasts, but for them to release tension.

And oh boy, I wasn’t complaining. He made sure I got my pleasure before completing his.

I couldn’t imagine not having the extra boost of Charis’ gift of calming and healing. There would have been a good chance we would never leave the bedroom.

“Alpha, Luna.” Marcus’s voice resonated through our mind-link. Kane sighed heavily, now pinching his nose. The warmth and heaviness of his body had me pulling him back down on me. Chuckling, he continued to kiss my neck. “We have a situation. I wouldn’t disturb you unless it was extremely important, but I think the Fae Kingdom Treaty has been implemented.” My head rose just enough for Kane to take a hint to remove his body. We had already sent warriors to help him with some unruly Court members, but more?

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