27. Nix
Nix
Rowan was a busy woman.
Part of being in a clan with three other Alphas meant that I’d gotten used to not having all her time, back in the day. We had one-on-one time, of course, but with four of us, it was hard. So I should’ve been less surprised that stealing a moment alone with my mate was tricky.
This time felt oddly different, though, because even though we each had time with her—other than Basty, the grumpy, scaled bastard—I didn’t see her nearly as much as before because she was healing people, and we were busy trying to get the horde back in order.
More responsibilities for all of us. We’re not… Well, we’re not kids anymore.
“You seem quiet,” Rowan commented before she took a bite of the burger I’d snagged from the kitchen. I’d even insisted on packing the food myself.
“Just thinking. I haven’t had time to slow down as much, either. The cabin, the horde: straightening it all out has been a lot.”
She picked at her burger, and I watched carefully. Part of me wanted to make sure she ate enough. She was working so much, and I knew that when she was busy, food became optional. It was a habit from years ago that she had clearly kept.
Rowan chuckled just above a whisper. “That’s very accurate.”
It was astounding to me that, in some ways, she was exactly the same.
In others, she was entirely different from when we first met.
I would be lying if I said I didn’t miss the old Emmeline a little.
She had been soft and quiet in a way Rowan wasn’t, but on the other hand, I was fucking obsessed with Rowan.
Her hair was cascading around her face in messy waves that blew lightly in the breeze as we stood together. She was wearing a pair of jeans that were so skin-tight that I could see every curve of her ass as she moved—and I wasn’t complaining.
As we knew, I was a butt guy.
And a boob guy.
Fuck, I was simply a Rowan guy—head to toe, tits to ass, and everything in between.
I wanted to give her the world. As soon as the horde was stabilized, I planned to do just that. If she wanted to travel, we would travel. If she wanted to continue healing, she would continue healing. Whatever Rowan wanted, I would make it my life’s mission to give to her.
She was my mate, yes, but Rowan was also a damn impressive person. I would have admired her in any situation, and the fact she was mine made it that much better.
Rowan was simply something else, something better than I could have imagined.
And I was imagining. I could still feel her lips on mine, the way I’d pressed her against my truck.
Now, as the wind rushed past her face, stirring those fluttery locks of hair, tiny goose bumps came to life.
My eyes drifted down, unable to keep from sneaking a peek to see if her nipples were hard.
They were.
“What are you doing?” Her voice shook me out of my thoughts, and I focused on her amused grin. “Do I have something in my teeth?”
“No, no. Just enjoying the view,” I said, giving her the dopiest smile possible.
In response, she stuck her tongue out at me, laughing through her nose.
Unable to resist, I threw an arm around her, pulling her into my side.
Just having her near me made every nerve ending in my body light up.
She leaned into me, her head resting on my chest. I dropped my chin to the top of her head, breathing her in before I kissed her hair, enjoying every second of this more than I could describe.
“You know, I should feel pretty jealous,” I said, squeezing her before lying back, resting my hands behind my head, and soaking up the sun.
“And why is that?” Rowan asked, propping herself on her elbow.
“Well…” I trailed off, letting her stew for a moment.
“Spit it out, Phoenix,” she said, the use of my full name going straight to my cock.
“It’s just that Orsen and Greylen have been very spoiled by your attention. If I were a brat, I would be feeling left out.”
Rowan raised a brow. “Well, you are a brat. Anyway, Bastian has been way more left out than you.”
I gasped dramatically, putting a hand to my heart. “Are you saying I’m the same as Bastian?”
Laughing, Rowan shook her head. “I would never dream of it! I’ve never made out with Bastian against a truck, you know.”
“I am more than happy for a repeat of that any time you want,” I deadpanned.
“Or…” Rowan had a wicked gleam in her eye as she sat up and swung a leg over me.
“Or?” I asked, slightly scared but also turned on.
Straddling me, Rowan smirked, reaching up to my cheek and stroking over my skin. “Or I could make it up to you. Give you something better than a kiss.”
Silently, I thanked the gods and goddesses above. “Oh, really?” I couldn’t hide the intrigue in my voice, nor did I want to. “And what, exactly, are we talking about?”
Giggling, Rowan leaned over me, hovering over my lips. “What would you like? We could call it dealer’s choice, since you’ve been so neglected.”
She was teasing me, her lips brushing over my skin.
The way she was talking to me, like I was her little pet or something, one who deserved a treat, was insanely hot.
I wasn’t prepared for it, but it drove me insane, making my brain short-circuit as I thought of all the things I wanted her to do to me.
“Hmm…” I kissed her, pulling her to my lips because the taunting was making my head spin in the best way. “Well, I won’t lie and say I haven’t thought of this mouth on other parts of me.”
“Nix”—Rowan playfully gasped against my mouth—“you’re so hard.”
My dick twitched, and without another word, Rowan worked her way down my body, her slim, deft fingers going for my button and fly. She made quick work of getting me out of my pants, and I hissed as the cool air hit my skin, my tip already glistening.
Flicking her eyes up to mine, Rowan slowly wrapped her fingers around my shaft, and I groaned low, my eyes nearly rolling closed. But I wanted to see her so badly, I wouldn’t let them. I wanted to commit this to memory.
“Think you can purr for me, Nix?” Rowan held my eyes, lowering her mouth to my erection, her tongue extending to flick briefly over the head. “’Cause I’m dying to hear it.”
My hips flexed, and I nodded like an idiot. “Yes, sweetheart. I’ll do anything for you.”
She smiled, running her hand up and down my cock. “That’s my good boy.”
Well fuck.
This was new.
With Emmeline, I, like my clanmates, had tended to be the one in control. Alpha nature meant we were naturally bossy and dominant. Rowan, on the other hand, was stronger. There was something about her taking control of the situation that went straight to my cock.
I was a goner, and just in case I didn’t think I was, Rowan lowered her mouth over my dick and swallowed me down, sucking on me so perfectly that I worried I wouldn’t be able to last longer than a few seconds.
“Fuuuck…” I groaned, slipping my fingers into her hair. “Goddamn, Rowan, that’s… incredible.”
She paused to look up at me and smile. The moment she took me into her mouth again, I did exactly what she wanted. I purred for her, my knot pulsing as my inner dragon and I danced on cloud fucking nine. It was perfection, and that tingling need shot through me as an orgasm drew steadily nearer.
Bobbing her head up and down, Rowan took as much of me as she could, and I was damn impressed. She rolled her hand over my sensitive head when she needed a break, smearing the saliva and precum on my skin. My balls hummed. I was already so close.
It had been a minute since I’d done anything, after all.
And what a welcome home this was.
Unable to keep from pumping my hips, I gripped Rowan’s hair tightly, breathing hard as I tried to fight the urge to come already. But then she stopped, sitting back on her heels and pulling her shirt over her head. “Fuck me.”
I gaped at her, my mouth dropping open.
“I need you, Nix. Fuck me. Now.”
She didn’t have to tell me twice. I surged up, wrapping my arms around Rowan and kissing the hell out of her.
My cock pressed against her, and the excitement that roared through my veins was better than anything I’d ever felt.
As our lips tangled, I helped Rowan undo the tight-as-hell jeans she was wearing.
She had to lie back on the grass so I could peel them down her legs.
“I like these, you know.” I threw the pants to the side, hooking my fingers under her panties to pull them off, too. “They make your ass look fantastic.”
Rowan giggled, eagerly sitting up once she was naked from the waist down. When she did, she shoved me backward so I was lying in the grass again, staring up through the sun-dappled leaves overhead.
“I’ll keep that in mind. Now…” She straddled me once more, but this time, Rowan positioned that beautiful body of hers over my straining cock. I took hold of it, righting myself so that she could sink down over my length. We both let out deep, guttural moans as she did.
“Oh, hell,” Rowan whispered. “I’ll never get over how good this feels.”
I’d known she’d had sex with Orsen and Greylen, and it wasn’t jealousy that struck me, even before. It was pride… and hope. This was happening again.
God, I didn’t want it to end.
“Tell me what feels good, and I’ll do it. I’ll do anything you want.”
Rowan peeked open her eyes, smirking at me as she began to swivel her hips. “I know, baby. And that makes me incredibly happy.” She reached for my hands, guiding them to her hips. “Move with me, Nix. I need to feel you deep.”
I squeezed her, matching her rhythm and thrusting into her, my knot hitting her clit as I did. The way it made her whimper, her eyes rolling back, well, I’d never get enough of it.
“Don’t stop, Nix.” Rowan planted her hands on my chest, riding me as she moaned around the words. “Harder. More.”
I was more than happy to do as I was told. I pumped into her with a pointed buck of my hips, my cock aching with the need to come, to fill her up, my precious mate.
“Yes…” Rowan was such a sight like this, her skin glistening, the hard buds of her nipples teasing me through the lace of her bra as her pussy gripped my cock. “Right there. Ugh! Nix! Yes, yes, yes!”
There was no holding back now. I held on for dear life as she ground her pussy onto my erection, thrusting with each potent swirl of her hips. Desire was my entire being, and the burning crescendo peaked as my knot slipped inside Rowan, locking her onto me as I tipped over that edge.
“Fuck!”
She came hard, clenching around me, pussy fluttering, and I followed suit, the climax shooting through me. I filled up my perfect, brilliant Rowan; my release endless and too damn good. We both rode out the sensations until she collapsed onto my chest.
I would have waited longer for Rowan, for as long as she needed.
But I was fucking thrilled she’d decided today was the day
Best lunch break ever.