Page 26 of Darrin: The Wolves

He grabbed her hips, sliding out of her with a snarl, and then he thrust in. The bed creaked as he fucked her, hard and fast, hands holding her where he wanted her, cock hard and thick sliding in and out of her.

Her body spiraled, heat filling her, and she tossed her head back and cried out his name.

He eased back, slowing his movements, rolling his hips and hitting every secret part of her that screamed for more. He slid a hand back to the front of her body; her sensitive clit throbbed for attention, and his fingers delivered.

Just as she thought she wouldn’t be able to come again, as sweat dotted her skin, and her heart pounded, he worked her like magic and she came tumbling over the edge into white hot pleasure.

While he kept her orgasm going with his fingers, he splayed his free hand over her throat, whisperedmine, and bit the side of her neck.

It stung when his fangs slid into her skin, but she was too busy coming to even notice. She was boneless and spiralingthrough pleasure as he extracted his fangs, pushed her roughly to the bed and fucked her.

She loved every second of it.

When he came, stroking hard and deep into her, he howled his pleasure, and she wished she could howl too.

He slammed his fists into the bed on either side of her body, breathing hard, shuddering as his own pleasure wove through him.

She felt ridden hard and put away oh-so wet.

And she loved it.

Loved him.

“I saw stars,” she whispered, her voice rough.

He kissed her shoulder with a chuckle. “Me too, baby. I love you,mate.”

“I love you too.”

He cleared his throat.

“Mate,” she added.

“Damn straight.”

Dare had experienced his share of quiet mornings since they’d come to King Lake, but none quite like the quietness of waking up with Audrey in his arms, knowing she wore his marks and was well and truly his.

It was a heady sort of quiet, the kind he was content to stay in while she slept on his chest, and her sweet scent was in his nose.

Things could have gone sideways last night.

She could have declared him too much trouble or listened to the lies from that she-wolf’s mouth. Instead, she showed herself to be a true alpha female, and now they were fully mated.

He wasn’t going to dwell on any of that anymore, though.

After they’d mated and he’d marked her, they’d talked in the dark about the future. And for the first time since he and his brothers had crossed the bridge over Pine Run River and taken residence in the houses behind the tavern, he felt at peace.

Audrey stirred against him while he was thinking about the day ahead.

She tipped her face to smile sleepily at him. “Morning.”

“Morning, sweetheart.”

He kissed her and she hummed contentedly. “Did you sleep well?” he asked.

“Like a dream. You?”

“Same.” A wonderful dream. The kind he wasn’t sure he’d get. He snuggled her close and kissed her again, then whispered, “I love you.”