Chapter 29 - Sera
Not even a drop of doubt exists between us now. Not while his hands grip me like I’m his lifeline, as if kissing me is the only thing he needs.
I have known what it feels like to be desired by Luke, yet this feels different.
After the tension, the doubt, and fearing we might never have the chance to start over again, feeling his lips against mine in such an all-consuming way is like coming home.
No part of me cares that we’re in the woods, semi-hidden by the trees around us. I can’t care when he’s pulling me into his lap while his hands slide up my waist and back, urging me as close as he can get me, while I return the kiss eagerly.
I can’t pretend I don’t want this from the way my hips shift against him, seeking every spark of friction I can get.
Luke hums low into my mouth and slides his fingers through my hair before gently gripping the nape of my neck to position me just how he wants. His tongue brushes against mine, hungry while barely restraining himself.
The hard line of him twitches against me, betraying just how much he needs this too, but that was obvious from the way he wasted no time lowering me to the ground with him.
“I’m addicted to you,” he murmurs in between kisses. His fingers slip beneath the hem of my shirt to brush my skin directly, spurring us both on before he lifts the fabric higher. “I can’t live without you.”
“You don’t have to,” I say, letting a breath escape me at the feeling of his lips against my neck while he pushes my shirt up.
“I’m glad,” he says, teeth grazing my skin and making me inhale deeply.
While Luke usually tries to seem patient whenever he has me like this, I can feel his restraint wavering, still riding the high of the fight.
He breaks the kiss long enough to pull my shirt off, only to find my lips again.
His palms slide up my stomach and waist as he pours everything he has into the embrace.
I shift a bit more on his lap, knees on either side of his thighs, while my fingers gently tug through his hair.
The position feels more dominating than I’m used to, and it satisfies something deep in me. That, paired with the way he fought so hard to protect the rest of the pack and us, only makes me want him more.
The bond grows hotter the longer we explore each other, almost like it’s fanning the flames to something uncontrollable.
A rough growl tears from Luke’s throat as my hips roll against his again, and his grip on me tightens in response. He breaks the kiss long enough to look up at me with need burning in his eyes.
“I can’t be patient with you like this,” he murmurs, hooking his fingers into the waistband of my bottoms. He pulls them down while chasing after my lips again, looking more ravenous than ever before. “You know exactly what you do to me.”
I grin to myself as he gets me hastily undressed, finding myself at the perfect vantage point above him. With his body bare from the shift and hot to the touch now, I press against him, moving in a slow, near agonizing rhythm. “I do.”
More frustrated now, Luke huffs under his breath, but the slight tremor in his arms gives away how affected he is. “Then give us both what we want.”
Sensing the way he hands me control for now, a thrill ripples through me, and as much as I like seeing him wound up, I can’t deny myself either.
Emboldened by the position, I lift my hips high enough to line our bodies up. Bracing his shoulders, I slowly lower myself, and my breath hitches at the familiar sensations.
Luke locks up at the constriction, fingers pressing into my back and hip. He groans, dropping his head to my shoulder while he waits for me to adjust.
Given his generous size, it would normally take some prep to get here, but after everything and with the bond’s encouragement, I don’t need to wait.
I move slowly at first, up and down the length of him, and he murmurs my name against my neck. He sucks in a breath, supporting me through it despite the tension coiled in him.
“Christ, Sera…” he murmurs, sounding wrecked already. His teeth graze my skin again, then he nips at my neck, sending tingles scurrying up my back.
Then, he finds my mouth again, kissing me so deeply that my mind goes hazy, like a switch flips in me.
Mindlessly, I move faster, picking up the pace while pleasure starts to build low in my stomach.
My pulse thrums in my ears now, beating in time with Luke’s. Our breathing quickens too, more frantic now that he’s inside me.
Every stroke sends more waves of intense feelings through me, and even out in the woods, I can’t stop myself from responding with sounds of my own. My moans and panted breaths get lost in the kiss while I’m pressed up close to him, turning more frantic.
Eventually, Luke groans, and before he can get a grip on himself, he’s moving.
Briefly jostled, I open my eyes the moment he carefully lays me down in the grass without breaking that connection, and my breath catches from the change.
“As much as I love seeing you above me, I need this,” Luke murmurs with a playful bite at my lower lip, full of pent-up need.
With him caging me against the soft ground and the near-desperation in his eyes, I don’t have it in me to object. Not when I need him just as badly.
With a deeper thrust from this angle, Luke grunts, holding on to me near bruising as he anchors himself.
My back arches instinctively, and everything in me sings for him. I reach up to gain purchase against his back and shoulders, holding on through it all.
It doesn’t take long to get lost in the fog of euphoria. The heat of him and the quiet reverence in the way he takes me undoes me so thoroughly that I barely see it coming.
With his hand on my hip and the other supporting my head, Luke drives himself into me like it’s his dying wish to have this one last time. I writhe beneath him, forgetting everything but the two of us and the way he feels.
Then, the pleasure reaches a fever pitch, and I tighten as it hits all at once. My breath catches once I hit the precipice, and I arch deeper with a groan as I let go.
My orgasm tears through me, whiting out my vision temporarily. I hardly register as my nails dig into his back. I almost miss it as Luke clutches me even closer and growls into my neck when he comes from the force of it.
The familiar warmth grounds me in the moment enough to hear his murmured words against my neck.
“I love you…more than anything.”
Even through my labored breathing, it catches me by surprise. I look up at him while our hearts beat fast together, and my expression softens.
“I mean it,” he adds, dipping down to brush his nose against mine with a dazed expression, “I love you, Sera.”
Emotions heightened, I let go of a shaky breath, and my arms wrap around him fully.
“I love you, too,” I whisper back, trying to wrap my head around it.
Leaning up, I catch his lips with mine, and I feel how he relaxes against me, like he finally got it off his chest. He returns the kiss, keeping it slow and deep.
All the while, the afterglow feels even sweeter beneath the trees, and regardless of everything we endured, I know I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.