Yes, he fucked up royally when he rejected me because of his duties as the next alpha of Oak Fur. But he gave it all up to find me—to prove to me that he regrets everything he did that caused me so much pain. He’s earned back the right to be my mate.
Lucas kisses me once again, this time dominating me completely, and I allow it. I can feel him position himself between my legs as I wrap them around his waist and feel the tip of his cock rub against the entrance to my pussy.
His tongue dives into my mouth, caressing every inch of it, and in one quick thrust, he is buried deep inside me. I gasp as he stretches me, filling me with his thick cock. He growls his approval, pulling back from the kiss to stare into my eyes as he continues to thrust in and out of me with hard, slow, precise movements. I become a mess of moans and gasps, my hips moving against him and causing Lucas to groan and moan with me.
It isn’t long until Lucas thrusts into me at just the right time to cause me to spill over the edge. My vision blurs as an orgasm rocks my body, and my pussy clenches around his cock. He growls in approval once more, his lips finding the crook of myneck where he kisses and nips at my sensitive skin. I can feel his canines poking through, feel his thrusts quicken as his own release grows near.
I quickly fall from my high, only for another bout of pleasure from how rough he has grown to cause me to grow closer to another orgasm.
“Hold it in, Kaylee,” he mumbles against my skin when he senses I am once again close to spilling over the edge. “Hold it until I mark you.”
I nod, unable to do anything but obey as he fucks me, making me his with each thrust. My hands claw at his shoulders, and my lips instinctively kiss his sweat-covered skin. Lucas is close. I can feel it. His thrusts are stronger and more dominating.
His lips finally land on the spot at the crook of my neck that makes me moan loudly, and my body shivers uncontrollably with pleasure.
Then it happens.
Lucas thrusts one final time, burying himself deep inside me until our bodies are so closely pressed together that I don’t know where I end and he begins. His hot cum shoots inside me, and as he releases, his teeth sink into my flesh.
I scream his name, feeling our souls merge into one. My teeth sink into the crook of his neck as my pussy clenches around him. Everything is a white haze as I taste the sweet vanilla-mint flavor of his blood on my tongue. I know in that moment that Lucas will forever be mine, and I will forever be his.
35
Lucas
Watching Kaylee as she sleeps in my arms, my mark permanently etched on her neck, I wonder if this is true peace. A mate in my arms, pregnant with my pup, and a pack that actually respects me—not because of a birthright, but because of the work I have done to help the pack grow stronger. If I’d stayed in Oak Fur and married Marilyn, I would have never had this.
“Lucas?” Kaylee says quietly, her eyes blinking sleepily as she looks at me.
“Yes, baby?” I ask, caressing her face gently.
“Why are you still awake?” She yawned midway through the question, her voice sounding innocent—unlike the woman who’d moaned so lewdly that I am sure the whole pack heard us complete the mate bond.
“Because I’m doing my job and protecting you.”
She shifts closer against me, falling asleep just as quickly as she’d woken up. I chuckle, recalling when we were pups and I would stay at her house.
This was when my mother was still alive and would send me to Kaylee’s house after Marilyn came to live in the pack. I remember wondering why my mother would send me away from the packhouse every week when I should be spending time with Marilyn. But those thoughts would disappear when Kaylee opened the door, her blond hair braided down her back, smiling at me.
The two of us would curl up on an air mattress in the middle of the living room, watching movies and devouring junk food. I was so happy during those times. I wasn’t Alpha Lucas to her then—just her friend Lucas. And just like clockwork, Kaylee would fall asleep first and manage to curl up in my arms the way she is now, fast asleep with her head on my chest.
My mother had always known Kaylee and I were Goddess-given mates and sent me there every weekend to build our bond. I’m grateful for that. She looked out for Kaylee and me without us knowing, and if it weren’t for that, I don’t think I would be here now with the love of my life.
[Lucas?]
Suppressing a groan as my aunt’s voice pops into the link, I curl around my sleeping mate and breathe in her cinnamon-sugar scent.
[Go away, Aunt Amelia,] I reply, getting a chuckle in response.
[I just wanted to say congratulations,] she teases.
[You know about the pup?] I ask incredulously, wondering if Kaylee told her.
[Not that, you idiot. I knew about that a few weeks ago,] she replies quickly, the link filled with her laughter. [The familial bond had a shift in it about an hour ago. Kaylee isn’t replying to me, so I figure she is asleep, but I know you two marked each other. I can feel it.]
This time, I groan in frustration. I forgot about that damned familial bond. Kaylee had told me that it had formed with my aunt and her family when she was accepted into the pack, but seeing as I’d been disowned, I never felt it. Not until now. Closing my eyes and searching inside me, I find a familial bond repaired and stronger than ever. I can feel my aunt, uncle, and little cousins, and the joy beaming from all of them. Not only that, but I can feel two more. Kaylee’s and a small blip of light connected to her—our pup.
[You figured she was pregnant from the familial bond, didn’t you?] I ask, getting another chuckle from my aunt.
