Page 9 of Protected By Her Wolves

He arched a brow. “You hungry?”

“Famished.”

He jumped from the blankets, striding across the tent in all his naked glory. Hugging her knees to her chest, she admired his lean body. He had not an inch of fat on him. Even his tight buttocks were pure muscle. He was a perfect soldier, and he was all hers.

He returned, an armful of packaged boxes and a canteen slung around his shoulder. “I have some MREs. Packed full of calories.”

“MREs?” she asked. She vaguely remembered Luc mentioning them before.

“Meals, Ready-to-Eat.” Frowning, he dropped the wrapped boxes on the floor. “They don’t come close to Rone’s cooking, though.”

“At this point, I’ll eat anything.” She ripped a package open with her teeth.

“Anything?”

She looked up at Luc, whose eyes shone with mischief.

She heaved an exasperated breath. “Haven’t you had enough?”

He leaned into her, brushing his lips across hers. “Never.”

Her pussy flooded with moisture. Dropping the package between them, she threw her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. Damn, this wolf sure made her horny. She swore when her stomach took the most inopportune moment to growl again.

After extricating himself from her embrace, he leaned back on his heels and ripped open another package.After we eat.His voice echoed in her mind.I’m not finished with you yet.

The MREs were a far cry from the feast Rone and her in-laws had prepared after she’d bloomed for Hakon and Drasko. She wasn’t sure if she was eating stew, fajitas, or stir-fry, and she didn’t care. She was that damned hungry. After finishing off three meals, she drank several gulps of water and burped into her fist.

“Better?” Luc asked.

She nodded, then looked around the room. “I have to pee.” During their two days of vigorous lovemaking, she’d peed in a bucket at the other end of the tent. It was awkward, to say the least, but it’s not like she had much choice. It would’ve been far easier if she could’ve shifted into a wolf and gone outside to relieve herself, but she wouldn’t be able to access her wolf for another five months, as Amaroki pregnancies were shorter than human ones. She hadn’t told Luc, because she hadn’t wanted their vigorous lovemaking to end, but she hadn’t been able to shift since sometime yesterday.

“We should probably have sex again, just to be sure,” Luc said to her as if reading her mind.

“Wicked wolf.” She playfully swatted his chest. “Aren’t you tired?” She was exhausted, but she would gladly go another round with her handsome tracker.

“Drained,” he said with a pout. “But I missed you.”

“Me, too.” Her heart sighed when he took her in his arms. She sat in his lap, keenly aware of that stiff protrusion between them as she ran her fingers through his shorn hair. “Tor should enact a new law that betas can’t deploy before their mates have their babies.” This way, other females wouldn’t have to leave their families to hunt down their mates. She thought of her babies back home, worried Alexi would be too much for Rone to handle.

“They might make us stop Skyping, but they won’t stop us from deploying,” he said. “The Army relies on us too much.”

Her growl came out sounding too human. “I think they rely onyoutoo much.”

“What can I say? I’ve been blessed with a good nose.” He slanted a smile. “It’s how I found you.”

Her heart rate quickened as she searched his eyes that flashed with gold flecks. She’d never forget the day Luc came into the vet clinic where she worked and told her she belonged to him. He’d scented her from four hundred miles away. She hadn’t wanted to belong to any wolf then, but now she had no idea what she’d do without her pack. They shared the sweetest of kisses, and she was sorely tempted to straddle him, but her full bladder had other ideas. She scooted off him and went to the pee bucket. How she missed her luxurious bathroom back home.

Clutching the blanket around her chest, she hurried back to Luc’s lap, her feet stinging from the cold that seeped into the floor.

“Clever idea putting your panties on the flagpole, by the way,” he said while rubbing warmth into her arms.

“That was Drasko’s idea,” she said, then looked around the room. They hadn’t heard or seen Drasko at all during their marathon fuck fest. “Speaking of Drasko. He and I were about to have sex when I bloomed.”

“He can wait another day. I want you all to myself.” Luc cupped her chin. “Is that okay?”

Her heart clenched as she stared into his eyes and saw the love reflecting back at her. Luc sacrificed so much for their family and never asked for anything. She cupped his cheek, prickly from not shaving for two days. “It’s more than okay.”

When he laid her down on the blankets, she surrendered herself to him and only him, relishing this special moment together, knowing they’d never have another.

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