Blood And Silver Rise of the Alpha's Rejected Mate

AURORA

Stay his? He was saying this now?

But if I was honest with myself, he was the only man I could ever remember wanting.

It was so easy to forget that just a little while ago, Holden had tried to assault me, and Dane had saved me.

But I couldn't bring myself to think of that right now. Not with my body screaming for release. For Dane.

"I can promise you I won't be with anyone else," I said. "This is what I want."

His mouth found mine.

Then he slid inside, taking my completely in a few deep thrusts, stretching me and driving all other thought from my head except for the way he filled me.

Our joining felt so good. So right. It was nothing like last time, where I was desperate to enjoy something that clearly meant nothing to him.

No, this time Dane was here with me, whispering soft words in my ear about how beautiful I was, how perfect. About all the things it did to his body to feel how much I desired him with mine.

His words did almost as much for me as the ways he touched me and how he moved his body and the weight of him, huge and powerful and all wrapped up in me.

"Come for me," he whispered.

My pleasure built to such a height, I was almost afraid of what would happen when it exploded over me. I clutched at him, my nails digging into his back as the pleasure peaked higher and higher.

Then I shattered. I broke into ten thousand glittering pieces as I came hard, ecstasy rolling over me in wave after wave. He shifted, changing his rhythm, going deeper so that when I thought I was finished, new pleasure rolled over me again. Only then did he finally allow himself to go over the edge with me, his own orgasm taking him as he groaned and shuddered and emptied himself into me.

Slowly, after I don't know how long, I drifted back into my own body.

Dane shifted so we both lay on our sides. He held me close and stroked my cheek, then pressed a soft kiss to my forehead.noveldrama

I felt weightless, but somehow heavy at the same time. Satisfied and so safe as he held me in his arms.

Being loved by him like this...it was so good.

If I got used to this and lost it again, it might break me.

I must have fallen asleep, because when I woke, he was lying on his back and my head was pillowed on his chest. Outside, the light was dimmer, as if it was early evening.

He must have felt me shift, because looked down at me and smiled.

Oh, goddess, that smile. Soft and warm, with his hair rumpled from our lovemaking.

I wished so hard that I could contain this moment. Capture it and keep it forever.

Later, when things were darker than I could have ever imagined, I would look back on it and hold it close, like holding my hands to a flame on a cold winter night.

One single moment of warmth. One moment of perfect love and peace.

He stroked his hand up and down my back and said, "So. What do we do now?"

With that question, innocent as it seemed, the moment shattered, and uncertainty returned.

"I don't know," I said. "I don't know if Blue Ridge can accept me. I don't know if they can accept my children.

Children. That reminded me of Evelyn and her pregnancy. I needed to tell Dane about my suspicions. But how could I say anything when I had no proof? He would just think I was jealous and grasping.

Not that I would mind if he kicked Evelyn out of the house...

Except no matter what else, she was the chosen of the goddess. And that meant we needed her. As far as I could tell, her gift was the most powerful weapon we had to fight the shadow creatures that seemed to lurk around every corner these days. "I think the first thing is to go back to the pack house," I said. "If we're going to be together this way, I want to talk to the twins."

"And I want to deal with Coleridge," Dane growled. "By which I mean I'm going to kill him for what he tried to do to you."

I shivered at his words. His voice was so cold. He meant what he said.

I put a hand on his chest so that he would look at me while I spoke. I didn't want him to misunderstand what I was saying.

"As much as I love the idea of you avenging my honor, you can't kill him. That will lead to war. Not just with Fall Line, but maybe with my grandmother."

Dane's face darkened. "What if I don't care about war? What if I think it's exactly what Fall Line and Holden Coleridge deserve?"