Goddamn, did I waste a lot of time finding my way back to him.
Licking his lips, he smirked at me as though my face revealed everything I was thinking. “Rose, Rose, Rose. You’re the most independent, headstrong woman I’ve ever met. I love you so fucking much, but we’re both alphas, and when two alphas get together, they have to take turns submitting, otherwise the power share between them will never last. We’ve done a good job at that so far, but right now, I want you to submit. Can you do that for me, baby?”
Little did he know, I already had. I may have been independent and headstrong, like he’d said, but Ilovedthe way he took control, especially when we were both naked.
I nodded.
He smirked again, rubbing his tattooed hand along his jawline. “Good. Now I want you to crawl to me, Rose.”
His words surprised me, and I cocked my head. “Crawl? You want me to fucking crawl?”
“Yes. On your hands and knees, ass out, with that pretty little dress of yours hiked so far up your legs that if I were to walk behind you, I’d see your pussy. And you know what, I just might get up and do that, just to see it. Itismy favorite view, after all.”
I shook my head, attitude at the tip of my tongue, but did as he asked. Dropping to my knees, I flipped my dress up onto my hips and slowly crawled toward him. It wasn’t far, but the whole time I stared up at him from beneath my lashes and watched as he struggled to maintain his composure at the sight of me.
Tugging down his pants, he pushed them beneath his knees and let them fall to the floor before he kicked them away, just as I made it to him. Kneeling, I placed my hands on his thighs.
“Now what?” I asked, arousal thick in my voice. I practically felt wetness dripping down my thighs, and I was excited to see where he’d take this.
“Climb on, baby.”
And I did. I scurried onto his lap and wrapped my hand around his fully erect cock as I lowered myself onto it, taking him inch by inch until he filled me completely. We groaned in unison and I started to move, riding him as he guided my hips, helping my body take him faster.
Over his shoulder, I caught my reflection in the mirror propped against the wall and thought back to the first time I let my walls down with Cain and gave into his temptation.
I’dalwaysbeen his.
One being ripped in two.
Kindred souls always searching for one another.
The other half of my heart.
And when we came, we came together as one, just as we were always meant to.
EPILOGUE
One Year Later
When Rose suggested we take a quick weekend trip to Las Vegas, the last thing I expected was to be standing here in my dark jeans and leather jacket in front of Elvis.
Over the course of the last eighteen months, I’d asked Rose to marry me no less than five times. I’d tried every type of proposal from romantic to spontaneous, involving our friends to having it just be the two of us.
Casual.
Extravagant.
I tried everything to get her to say yes.
She said no every single time.
I didn’t let it discourage me. I knew she wasn’t wanting a traditional life—hell, I hadn’t wanted it either until after I had to watch her lie in a hospital bed because ofme.
Nothing makes a man crave a normal, domestic life with the woman he loves more than having her be involved in a shooting.
But my little firecracker didn’t let that deter her, and over these last several months, I’d been by her side watching her accomplish anything she put her mind to.
Her business at the bar was booming. She created a charity and safe haven for survivors of sexual assault, and had many women who needed that solitude come through. I was so proud of her taking the once terrifying situation she’d be put in and spinning it into something not only positive, but necessary for the community.
