Getting to my knees, I pulled my sweatshirt and long-sleeved T-shirt off, leaving me in a camisole and bra. Before I could get to my boots, Luke gently pushed me to my butt and pulled them off my feet. My socks and jeans quickly followed, and I was down to just my panties, bra, and camisole. I was surprised to discover that there wasn’t any shyness about being almost naked in front of Luke. Then again, if there had been, the masculine appreciation in his gaze would have gone a long way to making me feel comfortable.
“You’re so damn beautiful, Adley.” He tugged my camisole over my head and unclasped my bra, stark need flaring in his dark eyes. “Fucking perfect.”
I slid my palms up his bare chest. “You’re not too bad yourself.”
“I’ll show you not bad.” His lips curved up in a cocky grin as he pressed on my shoulders until I was lying on the mattress. Stretching out next to me, he cupped the back of my neck, and it felt as though his hand was burning into my skin. Then he fisted my hair and tugged my head back to claim my lips. The move was dominant and sexy as heck. “I want to take your cherry, make you come, fill your pussy until it’s overflowing, and then sink my teeth in your shoulder to mark you as mine for the rest of your life.”
“Yes, please,” I gasped, rolling on my side until my body was pressed against his. With only my panties and his boxers between us, I felt the heat from his hard on. Blood started rushing through my ears, and my heart raced. Our mouths met again, opening for each other immediately. My hair was still fisted in his hand, and he held me firmly in place while his tongue played with mine. It was only a kiss, but it was so sensual that I felt as though I’d never be the same again.
When Luke broke off the kiss, I stared into his dark eyes as his hand slid down to my waist, and his thumb lazily rubbed back and forth over my skin. He bent his head, and his breath was warm against my ear when he rasped, “I can’t wait to feel your tight pussy wrapped around my cock. You want that, too. Right, baby?”
“Uh-huh,” I panted.
Luke’s lips grazed the delicate skin right below my ear as he murmured, “I waited my whole life for this moment. I’m going to make it last. Feel you come over and over again before I claim you as my mate.”
Whoa. My panties were already drenched, and his brand of dirty talk was making me even wetter. His hand slid to my back and dipped down to the swell of my ass and slid under the thin material to give my cheek a squeeze. I let out a little moan, and he started working his way down my body. “I need to get my mouth on you first. I want to drink down your release before I take you the first time.”
His hands played with my breasts, cupping the weight and pushing them together when his mouth got close. When his lips wrapped around one of my nipples, my back arched off the mattress. “Oh, wow.”
“You like that, baby?” he asked as he moved to the other side.
“Yes,” I whimpered, feeling the tug of his lips all the way to my core. My legs were restless, and I rubbed my pussy back and forth over his hard length.
He let my nipple go with a pop and asked, “Do you need my mouth lower?”
My inner walls clenched at the thought of how incredible that would feel. “Oh, god…yes.”
He whipped my panties over my hips and down my legs. Then he wedged his shoulders between my thighs and buried his face in my pussy. When his tongue slid between my folds, the pleasure was more intense than anything I’d ever felt. He had to grip my hips to keep me from grinding against his face. “Fuck, your pussy tastes perfect, baby.”
“Don’t stop,” I whimpered, threading my fingers through his hair and tugging on the strands.
He devoured my pussy with his tongue and lips until I was writhing beneath him. Then he started to work a finger into my tight channel. Once he was able to get the digit past the knuckle, he added another. His lips stayed on my clit, alternating between light flicks and circling around the hard, little nub. “Come on my face, baby. Give it to me,” he urged before sucking my clit into his mouth and twisting his wrist until his fingers stroked my G-spot.
A scream ripped from my throat as my head flew back against the pillows, and my orgasm barreled through me. “Yes! Oh, Luke! Yes!”
I didn’t think I could take more, but he didn’t let up. He continued to work me with his fingers until I had two more orgasms. Then he shoved his boxers down his legs and settled his body on top of mine. “I feel as though I’m going to lose my mind if I don’t have you soon.”
“Then don’t wait,” I offered as I lifted my knees to cradle his waist between them. “I want this as much as you.”
The head of his dick nudged against my opening. “Are you sure you’re ready to take me, baby?”
I twined my arms around his neck and stretched my neck up to brush my lips over his. “After three mind-blowing orgasms, I think I’m as ready as I’m going to be.”
He reached down and grabbed the base of his cock, and then he started to work the tip inside my body. I started to tense up, but then he pulled his hips back and slammed his cock deep inside, tearing through the proof of my innocence with one powerful thrust.
“Luke,” I cried out, tears filling my eyes. Having him all the way inside me was more painful than I was expecting, but after the initial shock, it also felt better faster than I thought it would.
“I’m so sorry, baby.” He kissed the tears off my cheeks and whispered in my ear until my body started to relax.
“So fucking tight,” he groaned, holding still to give me time to adjust until I did an experimental little wiggle. “That’s it, Adley. Take my dick, baby.”
My nails dug into his back as he pulled out and pushed back in. “That feels so good.”
“It’s a damn good thing you’re enjoying this so much because I plan on being inside you every chance I get,” he grunted as he gripped my hips to put some more power behind his thrusts.
I started to whimper as he crashed into me harder, sending shockwaves through my body. The orgasm that was building in me felt as though it was going to be never-ending. It grew bigger with each pump of Luke’s hips, and all I could do was hold on for the ride.
“You’re mine, baby. My beautiful mate,” he murmured as he nipped at my jaw. “I’m the only one who’ll ever get to see how incredible you look when you fly apart. Who will get to feel how tight your pussy is.”
My fingers dug deeper into his shoulder blades, and my whimpers turned to moans. “I’m so close, Luke.”
“That’s right, baby. Let yourself go so I can finally come deep inside your pussy,” he commanded with a swivel of his hips as he slid his hand between our bodies to flick my clit. The tension in my body snapped, and my orgasm crashed over me.
“Mine,” he growled as he exploded inside me. The intensity of my release was too much, and I collapsed onto the bed. Luke’s heavy weight followed, pressing me into the mattress while his still-hard length stayed inside my pussy.
6
Adley
“Are you ready for my mark?” He grazed his teeth over my shoulder, and my body shuddered beneath him. I’d already come four times, but the gentle scrape against my skin had me close to the edge again. “Once I bite you, there won’t be any going back. With your pussy full of my come and my teeth in your shoulder, the mating process will be complete, and you’ll be mine forever.”
I stroked my palms up his back and neck to tangle my fingers in his hair. Pulling his head down to mine, I brushed my lips against his in what was supposed to be a quick kiss. But as soon as our lips touched, Luke took over. His tongue licked at the seam of my mouth, and when my lips parted, it swept inside to tangle with mine. Then he tilted my head to the side to deepen the kiss and didn’t lift his head again until I was breathless. “I know you want to come again. Your pussy is already fluttering around my cock, keeping me so fucking hard. When I give you my mark, the pleasure we feel is going to be explosive. From what I’ve heard about matings, the orgasm my bite will trigger for you is supposed to be stronger than anything
you’ll ever experience.”
“I want that so badly.” My hands drifted down to his biceps, and I gripped the taut muscles. “Not just the orgasm, but to belong to you forever. I’m beyond ready to start our lives together. To be your mate, now and forever.”
His eyes flashed wolf, and I knew his animal was close to the surface. I felt the softness of his fur beneath my hands for a moment, and then his incisors lengthened. A deep growl rumbled up his throat before he lowered his head. I twisted my neck to the side to give him better access to the spot he was going to mark, and just as I felt the tips of his teeth against my skin, a loud pounding sounded on the hotel room door.
“Motherfucker,” he growled, pulling back to turn and glare over his shoulder. After another series of knocks, it sounded like someone was kicking the door. “You have to be fucking kidding me.”
I dropped my hands from his arms to search for the edge of the blanket. “I don’t think they’re going to leave.”
“I know you’re in there, Luke. Open up!” a feminine voice shouted. The sound was muffled by the door, but I could have sworn I recognized it from somewhere.
“I’m so fucking sorry, Adley.” Luke dropped his forehead against my shoulder and pressed a kiss over the spot he’d been ready to bite before we were interrupted. “You’re right. She won’t go away until I talk to her.”
“No,” I whimpered when he pulled out of me, and his cock dragged against my inner walls.
“I swear I’ll make it up to you,” he vowed, nuzzling in the valley between my breasts before lifting off me. Then he rolled off the mattress and grabbed his jeans from the floor.
I muttered under my breath when he headed toward the door without putting anything else on. I didn’t like the idea of some woman getting to see his bare chest, and I was even less happy with the person who had interrupted us because of it. Scooting to the edge of the mattress, I yanked my pants off the floor to toss them on since I wanted more than just the blankets covering me in case she came into the room.
The woman didn’t give Luke the chance to say anything after he inched the door open. “What the hell are you doing in the Badlands Territory, Luke?”
Oh, crap. I recognized that voice. I’d certainly heard it often enough since it belonged to the person who’d made me feel uncomfortable in my own home for the past year.
“Kace sent me to talk to you,” he answered, keeping his foot and palm on the inside of the door so she couldn’t push it open.
I flinched when Heather Casey insisted, “Let me in.”
“No,” Luke grunted, staying in front of the door so she couldn’t get past him.
“C’mon, big brother. I don’t want to air family business to anyone who walks by.”
Big brother? Learning how my nemesis was connected to my fated mate freaked me the heck out. I frantically searched for my bra and camisole while they continued talking through the small gap in the doorway.
“Then you shouldn’t have stormed over here to confront me as soon as you heard I was in town,” he argued.
“What did you want me to do? Sit around twiddling my thumbs while you took a nap?” she scoffed. “You know me better than that.”
Heather finally shoved past Luke. I’d only pulled on my pants, bra, and camisole and was sitting on the edge of the bed. When her gaze landed on me, there was no way she missed what had been happening between her brother and me before she arrived. “Oh, you’ve got to be freaking kidding me. You and her? Really?”
“Shut the fuck up, Heather,” Luke growled as he slammed the door shut and crossed the room to sit down next to me. “I don’t want to hear any of your bullshit.”
“Seriously?” she shrieked, jabbing her finger in my direction. “You want me to keep my mouth shut when fate has saddled you with her of all people?”
Luke flung his arm around my shoulders and pulled me against his side. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You’ve only been in town for what...an hour or two?” she asked, tossing her hands up in the air. “I’ve been here for an entire year. If one of us knows what they’re talking about when it comes to Adley Hoyt, it’s me. Not you.”
I stared down at my hands, twisting my fingers together as I came to terms with what was happening here. In all the years I’d been dreaming about belonging to someone the same way as my parents did to each other, I’d never considered the possibility that their family would be against us being together. Fated mates were sacred among shifters. Everyone in our pack knew better than to interfere in their pairing. Even though she’d been awful to me, I didn’t understand why Heather didn’t seem to care that Luke and I belonged together.
“I don’t give a fuck what you think you know,” Luke barked. “Adley is my fated mate, and I’m not going to let you try to mess with her like you did Larissa.”
“What’s with fate and screwing over the males in our pack?” Heather ranted, pacing back and forth. “There are so many shifter females out there who’d be more appropriate matches for you. But no, you get stuck with the likes of her.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I’d put up with Heather’s crap all this time and kept quiet about everything she’d said to me because I sympathized with her situation. There had been plenty of times throughout my childhood when I’d felt like an outsider because I was human, and I hadn’t wanted to do anything to make her feel as though she wasn’t welcome. Not when my parents had volunteered to take her into our home when she’d been sent to stay with our pack.
I’d been so freaking nice to her, even when she was horrible to me. Yet she still had the gall to question my right to mate with Luke. It was the last straw. She’d finally pushed me beyond my limit.
“I’m sorry. I can’t deal with this right now.” I slid my feet into my boots and stood, bending over to grab Luke’s sweater off the floor since it was closer to me than the rest of my clothes. He stretched his hand out toward me, but I darted out of his reach and shook my head. “I need a little time to wrap my head around the curveball fate just tossed at us.”
“Curveball?” Luke echoed in shock, his confusion evident in his dark eyes.
“Out of all the shifters in the world, you had to be her brother?” I shook my head. “No. Just no.”
I didn’t give him the chance to convince me to stay. Darting around Heather, I ran for the door and didn’t slow down until I was out on the sidewalk. My head was spinning, and I needed to be in the place that brought me comfort while I came to terms with the idea of spending the rest of my life with a sister-in-law who hated me just because I was human.
7
Luke
My wolf didn’t want to let Adley get away from me without his mark on her shoulder, but her request for time made me pause. I was driven to give my mate anything she needed, even when it was the last thing I wanted. But as I thought about the tears that had filled her eyes, I decided that I couldn’t just let her run off by herself. Not when she was upset enough to cry.
Without bothering to put on my socks, I shoved my feet into my shoes and dug in my bag for a sweatshirt since Adley had grabbed my sweater. Once the material cleared my head and I was sliding my arms into the holes, I headed toward the door.
“Where are you going?” Heather whined, tugging on my arm.
I turned on my sister and got in her face. “You just ran my fated mate off in tears. Where the fuck do you think I’m going?”
“You can’t chase after her before you tell me why you’re here,” she protested with a pout, taking a step back and crossing her arms over her chest.
I knew my sister was selfish, but I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that she was more worried about herself than the fact that my fated mate had just run from me. “Please tell me you’re fucking kidding me right now.”
“What? No. Why would you think I’m kidding?” There wasn’t a speck of understanding in her eyes as she shook her head, and her lack of awareness pissed me off more.
> “You interrupted me just as I was about to mark her,” I bit out, determined to make her understand the magnitude of her fuckup, even if I had to spell the situation out for her.
“Eww.” Her nose wrinkled as her gaze darted toward the bed.
“Don’t you get it?” I jabbed my index finger in the air. “If you’d waited one more fucking minute, I wouldn’t have to worry about Adley changing her mind about mating with me. You didn’t, though. And now she’s out there somewhere wondering if fate screwed her over by pairing her with me because you’re my sister.”
Her eyes went wide. “Do you really think she’ll reject you just because of some stupid stuff that’s happened since I’ve been in the Badlands Territory?”
“Yeah, I really think that’s a possibility,” I growled as I scrubbed my hands down my face. “Of all people, you should know that mates have been turned away for less after what happened to Aaron.”
My sister walked over to the chair by the desk and sat down. She buried her face in her palms and mumbled, “I-I-I guess I didn’t think of it that way.”
“I hope the fuck not because it would fucking suck to find out that my own sister doesn’t care if I go through the same thing Aaron did.” I flung my arm in the direction of the door Adley had just slammed shut. “You’ve been so bitter over what happened to him, and now your actions may have put me in the same damn position. Is that what you want for me?”
“No,” she gasped, her head jerking up before she shook it back and forth frantically. “That’s not what I want at all.”
“Then help me out here,” I pleaded, striding over to her. Crouching low, I took her hands in mine. “Tell me what the fuck you did to Adley to make her run from me like that.”
The guilt in my sister’s gaze was like a punch to my gut. I braced myself for how bad it was going to be and was glad for it when she admitted, “The people who took me in when I was sent to the Havoc pack? Um, well...they’re the same couple that adopted Adley when her parents died when she was little. I was still so angry about what that human female did to Aaron and getting kicked out of my home after Kace mated with a human, and Adley was right there in the room next to mine. The perfect outlet for all my frustrations.”
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