Her hunger for him was just as keen as his was for her; no one had ever made him more consistently aroused and excited to be alive than Amelia had.
He wanted to feel that way forever and to make her feel the same until the end of time.
The dinner plans at the restaurant went smoothly, which Tripp hadn’t been anxious about. They met up with his closest friends and confidants, which included his mother. But the events set to happen once dinner ended made his hands clammy.
Tripp’s knee bounced up and down with anticipation, and Amelia placed her hand on it in a reassuring manner.
“Are you okay, honey?”
Her dress was a bright canary yellow. It was a mermaid-style piece by a famous designer. It hugged her flawless body in all the right places, propping her breasts up like they were held by invisible hands, curling around her waist and hips to meet a peek of a slit near the top of her knee. His wolf growled as he took her in. There was no way in the world he was going to let this unbelievable woman go.
He smiled at her, some of his anxiety evaporating at the sensation of her touch.
“I am more than okay, my love.”
Tripp leaned in close, their lips hovering over each other, and he kissed her softly. Everyone else at the table seemed to vanish. They were in their magical world again. And it was where he wanted to be, no matter what.
A burst of a glow in his heart told him it was time. So after parting from the kiss and observing Amelia’s radiant glow, he pulled out his chair and then slowly fell to one knee.
That was the cue for the rest of the table to stand and welcome Amelia’s family into the room. They had been waiting for his signal, and Amelia barely saw them as her wonderful emerald pools were fixated on Tripp.
He reached into his jacket pocket for the box and then popped it open. Amelia’s eyes flashed in the din of the restaurant, and she covered her mouth in shocked awe.
“Amelia Fields, I knew from the moment I met you that you were going to change my life,” he said, his eyes glazing over with tears. “But I had no idea how much and how profoundly that change was going to manifest. I fell in love with you like a man rolling down a mountain.”
Everyone laughed and cheered along with Amelia, who started to chuckle adorably with tears streaming down her face.
“I would fall for you again and again, my dear one. Will you spend your life with me, finding new ways to scare our parents?”
Amelia nodded frantically, and the entire restaurant erupted in applause.
“Yes, of course! Yes!”
Tripp slid the ring onto her shaky finger, and they embraced as if they had never embraced before. A parade of congratulations flooded forward, along with the surprise ceremony for the wedding.
It was something that Amelia and Tripp had talked about in the past, so he knew she would likely be game. So after getting her makeup adjusted and cleaned up, they got married in a tastefully opulent ballroom just down the hall from the luxurious restaurant.
Everything flew by in a blur, but Tripp was deliriously happy. They had all of their friends and family present to witness the commitment to their love and celebrated together until the sun began to spill over the horizon.
NINETEEN
AMELIA
Amelia knew Tripp was up to something when she first moved in. Marriage hadn’t ever been something she had been obsessed with, as many women her age did. She thought it might happen, perhaps, one day down the line. But meeting Tripp and falling in love with him had been such a whirlwind. It was no surprise that many of her values and beliefs about her life were changing.
She thought he was preoccupied with the book he had been assigned to write by his publisher once he had returned from Nepal. She wanted to give him that space, but he had yet to take his paws off her, even just to take a shower or go to the bathroom. She had never experienced such a passionate love in her entire life, one that both ached and sang at the center of her chest for more.
When Tripp proposed in the restaurant, Amelia was spellbound but not surprised. She said yes with great vigor and appreciated that he had planned the ceremony to be right then and there. She didn’t need a big, majestic wedding; she just wanted to be connected to the one person she wanted to be her other half until the end of time.
They spent most of the night mingling with family and friends, with Tripp’s hand always tucked into hers, settled on her back, or taking a sneaky squeeze on her inner thigh or ass. It thrilled her to be so longed for and to be desired in a way that matched her own level of ferocious hunger. She hadn’t had this much sex in years, and even then, it did not possess the depth of emotion that lovemaking with Tripp had.
And she finally had someone to run with. They were spending more time in their shifted forms, letting Tripp explore his new world, and she loved the connection that it deepened between them. Something she was hoping would feel even more intense when they got home.
To say that she was looking forward to that night was the understatement of the century. A few people noticed Tripp’s change in size, which he managed to blow off with his skill of charming evasiveness, but Amelia couldn’t help but be thankful for the serum; when it came to their shared power in the bedroom, it was necessary and delightful.
They took a cab back home to Tripp’s mansion just before sunrise. Amelia was a bit buzzed, which only further enhanced her desire for her new husband. She started off in the car, moving her hand over his crotch, and began stroking his flaccid cock.
Even in its inactive state, it still felt enormous.