I was officially done with the slow and careful movements. I couldn’t wait any longer for him to be mine in every way.Thankfully, he seemed to be on the same page and thrusted forward, gently holding my head with one hand while the other gripped my hip.His stare seared my soul, and we never once broke eye contact while he began moving more fluidly above me.My inner walls burned from being stretched, but that ache was easily overshadowed by the bond between us growing like a bright light within my chest.Energy swirled inside me, pounding against my ribs and begging to detonate, branding myself to Atlas.Even his normally dark-brown eyes were briefly turning a light, tan color while he peppered light kisses all over my face.As euphoric tensions rose, sending shivers from my chest all the way to the tips of my toes, I held tightly to Atlas and moved my hips in time with his. Every thrust came easier and more passionately than the one before.Tremors shook Atlas’s arms where I held h
No, it didn’t. Fire and Fluorite was known for its brutality, but that didn’t mean they were all idiots like Ethan had been. I wasn’t even sure how he’d become a leader of a faction, given he hadn’t known when to walk away, but that didn’t matter now.What did matter was that his bears would have already gone back to tell the others what had happened and we needed to know what was being said.“We’ll go see Jack,” I said as I turned off the water and reached for my towel on the hook.Even if he didn’t tell us what I hoped, it didn’t make much of a difference. I just needed him to confirm what I already suspected: The third faction, led by Dylan, would be coming for us.It would also be helpful if jack could fill in other details, but no matter what, once Elena was healed, there wasn’t a fight I didn’t think she could win.Even if it enraged me to see her hurt, I’d known soon after meeting her that there was a superior wolf lying in wait inside her.Soon, all of Fire and Fluorite would
Elena squeezed his little hands. “I’m sure they won’t.”I stood back up, helping Elena at the same time, when Jack approached. “I didn’t expect to see you so soon. Tuck told me what happened.”“Have you heard anything else since?” Elena asked as Sammy went back to his father’s side.Jack shook his head. “But I expect by tonight, we will. If you’re hoping to get back to No Man’s Land with little issue, I’d recommend driving this time and going soon.”Amy shook her head. “He’s right. Night time won’t be our friend for a few days.”I wasn’t sure what the unicorn meant by that, but nobody else seemed to question her statement, so I let it go.“Will Tuck and his crew still follow spread out behind in case we run into more trouble?” I asked, glancing around and not seeing the man in question.“They’re already in place by the border,” Jack answered. “Go north on Tenth Street and you’ll drive right past them. They’ll follow behind.”Elena glanced over at Mark. “Are you sure you want to come?”
The name seemed even more fitting after that little display.The guy who’d just been thrown out finally got up. He was grumbling about something, but when I revved the engine, he at least had the decency to move the fuck out of my way.“That was Myra,” Mark said as we got going again. “The mermaid shifter Tuck mentioned before. Her bite is known to be more severe than her bark.”“Why is she working in No Man’s Land?” Elena glanced back at her half-brother.He shrugged. “Not my business to know.”Elena started looking around now that we were surrounded by more buildings. “Isn’t the circus over here?”Amy pushed forward in her seat and pointed over Elena’s shoulder. “It’s that way. Just before those taller pines. We took the long way into Fire and Fluorite, so we didn’t pass most of these buildings before.”Remembering the instructions Mark had given me previously, I knew that we were getting closer to the warehouse, so I parked in front of the least rundown building of the block.“We’r
“Positive.” She nodded at the same time. “Honestly, it was an excellent plan now that I’m seeing all of this, one that would have worked except there was no way to know that you were Elena’s mate or that I’d show up.”“I’ve got something over here,” Mark said from across the room.He was standing over one of the tables and sorting through some papers that had been scattered about. “What is it?” I asked when we joined him.Mark handed me a sheet of paper with just a few confusing sentences on it, then he pointed to certain words. “Shade. Heir. Factions. War. Throne. Spread out, those make no sense, but if you put them together, this Jacob person knows exactly what he’s doing, and I would assume he’s been fucking with things longer than any of us realized if he’s talking about Shade.”“Who is Shade?” I asked as I scanned over the paper again.“He was Dad’s second-in-command,” Mark answered, but the hard set of tension in his face told me not to ask anything else about the guy.I noticed
Hell, it might be better that way. A fresh start for everyone.“We need to go,” Atlas said when he finally pulled back, slightly calmer than he’d been before.I glanced around. “Should we destroy any of this?”“We will.” His shoulders relaxed ever-so-slightly. “As soon as we’re outside.”Atlas led the way back into the main part of the warehouse. Amy and Mark were just finishing gathering items from the tables when we joined them, then followed us outside without a word.I shared a look with Amy, nodding in confirmation that things were as okay as they could be. She had seemed to know a lot about Atlas when we’d first found her, so she might have already known about his sister. I’d still want to talk to him about it more later, because he’d been loose with the details before and I hadn’t wanted to pry on such a sensitive subject.We exited the building the same way we’d come in and stood a few yards away when I began to sense energy pulsing from Atlas. His normally ochre skin was dark
Her pupils were a minuscule speck within the ocean depths of her eyes, and her cheeks were stained crimson. I traced my tongue over her plump lips, then picked her up, cradling her in my arms.“You’re mine,” I murmured, scraping my teeth over her already burning skinHer hand rose and cupped my cheek. “I’m yours always.”Fuck.Her words pierced my chest while I walked us to the bedroom. The moonlight shining in through the window only briefly captured my attention before I threw her on the bed.“I hope you’re not fond of these clothes,” I said only seconds before reaching forward and ripping the white shirt from her upper body.Her shorts and underwear quickly followed, and I lost all sense of control when I took in her submissive form.She’d lain on the mattress with her arms settled loosely above her head and her legs spread just for me.Knowing that I was the only man to ever touch her so intimately had my wolf surging to the surface, wanting to claim her in his own way. To sink his
My head sank into the pillows as she clawed at my clothes, ripping them from my body just as I’d done to hers.By the time my cock sprang free from its constraints, Elena was practically salivating with eagerness.She positioned herself over me, pressing her hands onto my chest to prop her body up before slamming down onto my waiting dick.“Mother fucking hell,” she moaned, nearly coming again from the hard thrust.I reached my hands up as she began to ride my cock, grinding over me with abandon. My fingers pinched her nipples, and her head dropped back.Her long, nearly white hair moved over my thighs, tickling them until I reached around her and wrapped the strands around my hand.I pushed her forward and rolled my hips until she gasped from the deepened position. My thrusts moved in time with hers and I pounded into her even when her eyes squeezed tight.“I can’t stop it,” she muttered, clenching tightly around my cock.My hands cupped her ass cheeks hard. “Don’t fight the releases