Chapter 16
Chapter Sixteen
Audrey
Iwoke up to Kane’s scent still wrapped around me. He was gone now but I breathed in the pillow he’d laid on, sighing happily at the mingling scents.
At first, I thought I was alone. Until I shifted and felt warmth pressed against my back. I breathed in deep and smiled. Bourbon, vanilla, leather, and pine.
“Ledger,” I said. My body was still hot, head spinning, but it wasn’t as intense as before. I was coming back to myself.
“Hey there,” he said, kissing the back of my shoulder then my neck. The heat flared in response to his touch and he must have sensed it, hooking my leg over the top of his and pushing into me from behind.
I’d never been fucked like this. It was intimate and gentle, almost vulnerable. The angle had him pushing deep into my core, the feeling radiating through me.
“You feel so good, Wildling,” he praised.
“So does your knot,”I groaned as it swelled inside of me, locking us in this position. Each rock of his hips sent a shudder through me as my orgasm built slow and strong, a storm threatening to reach a crescendo.
My body started to clench around him, my release so close I was ready to give into it.
“You know you’re mine, Audrey. This body is mine to take, your heart is mine to protect,” he groaned in my ear, voice edged in an alpha growl that only turned me on more. My slick dripped around him, making it easier to fuck into me even while we were locked together.
“I want your bite,” I begged, needing my last alpha to claim me.
“You’ll have it,” he promised. “I wanted to wait until you were a little more yourself.”
“I’m here,” I promised. “Claim me, alpha.”
I was practically begging now. He felt so good as he teased me with his knot, each slow thrust of his hips making me want to sink my teeth into his skin.
Just as I was on the cusp of another orgasm, Ledger finally gave in, his teeth piercing into my neck, marking me as his. I practically begged. He felt so good as he pushed his knot deeper into me with each slow thrust of his hips. Yes, I breathed out as his knot swelled inside of me.
His arm was wrapped around me, and I brought his wrist in my mouth, biting him there where his scent was strongest.
The moment our bonds locked into place I could feel how intense his feelings for me were. He was almost euphoric between his release and my mark on his skin. It wasn’t like we could speak, but I could somehow just tell that he was relieved to have this bond in place.
Not just because of me being taken, but because he needed me to know I was his. Beyond that, he wanted the reassurance that I wouldn’t change my mind. That I was his and would always be.
“I love you,” I whispered. He pressed a kiss to the nape of my neck and spoke into my ear.
“I love you, too, Wildling. You have my soul now and I never want it back.”
We stayed like that until his knot let me go. Then I turned in his hold and pressed my face to his chest, relaxing into the nest with the sound of his heart against my ear.
“Is she awake?” Ares asked as he came in to check on us. The bond we’d forged burned a little brighter now that he was close and I smiled up at him.
“Yes,” I answered before laying back against Ledger, focusing on the bonds that filled me.
I knew it would be beautiful and perfect. There was a heady mix of lust and happiness, but also a complicated jumble of feelings that was a tribute to our pasts. It wasn't overwhelming, it was just a part of the multitude of layers that were a part of our bond.
This would be a reminder every day that I made it out, and I found a pack that accepted me, scars, trauma, and all. Just as I accepted them.
It took me a second to realize that I could feel every one of my mates. I sat up, staring down at Ledger with wide eyes.
My hand went to my chest, resting there. “Ansel.”
Ledger nodded. “He said he wanted me to bite him, to make him a part of our pack. Now you have us all.”
Warmth spread through me and I sent a wave of excitement and pride straight to my omega.
I was so fucking proud of him proud of us all. No matter what life threw at us we found our way together and this heat that was probably intense for all of them and probably for me, even if I didn’t remember most of it,
Yet, we came out on the other side, bonded and ready to face anything this life tried to throw with us.
This was what a bond should feel like, what love should feel like, and I would never accept anything less