His is a scream in mine.

When he snakes a hand between my legs, rubbing my clit as he pounds into me, my second orgasm blindsides me, and I come with a scream that would send every elder waiting for us into dramatic comas.

Alaric fucks me through it, riding me through the orgasms until his thrusts grow erratic.

His head drops to the crook of my neck as he groans, his hips jerking once, twice, then he spills inside me with a snarl.

“I love you,” he gasps, his breath hot against my skin. “My wife. My wild one.”

I melt in his arms as he wraps around me, not letting me fall, not even for a second.

“I love you, too,” I whisper. “Now get out before Maya busts in and murders us both.”

He kisses my shoulder and pulls away slowly, carefully helping me straighten my dress as if I won’t feel him between my legs when I walk down the aisle to him.

Fifteen minutes later, I walk down the aisle, my legs still weak from the orgasm Alaric gave me. My hand is in Elder Tenno’s, but my eyes are on the man waiting at the altar like he’s seconds away from tearing down the pack house just to get to me.

My Alpha.

My Mate.

His eyes lock onto mine, and I swear I see him stop breathing.

Goddess, that look.

Like I’m the only moon in his night sky. Like nothing else matters. And that right there is why I fell for him.

That’s why my heart pounds every step I make down the aisle to him.

When I reach him, his hand slides into mine, and with a tremble in my throat, I whisper just for him, “I can’t wait to be your wife.”

We exchange vows.

He promises to protect me and Lina until his last breath.

I promise to never let him forget the man he is beneath the Alpha title. The man I fell for and am still madly in love with.

And when we kiss, the entire pack howls.

They howl for us.

They howl for our love.