Page 133 of Crossed Fates

And I felt her acceptance before she said it.

Sensed her capitulation in this one thing.

Here, in our bed, she would let me take complete control.

She swallowed hard, her body shuddering violently beneath mine. Then the sweetest, most beautiful word crossed her lips. “Please.”

My wolf surged to the surface, and I knew she could see him in my eyes, both of us filled with satisfaction and pride. He finally retreated and I breathed, “You’re mine forever, Makayla.” For some reason, I loved hearing that out loud. But it set me off like a bundle of fireworks.

I wasted no time, thrusting in over and over with a fierceness worthy of the animal that shared my soul. Makayla and I both climbed higher and higher, closer to the pinnacle that I knew would change us forever.

I felt her rising passion, sweet and explosive, and it pushed me the last of the distance. I reached between us again and pressed my thumb over her sensitive bud.

I needed her to come.Right. Now.

With a scream, she fell over the edge.

As I followed her, I shouted and shattered into a million pieces, each fragment glowing with bliss. Then the world exploded all around me. I’d never felt pleasure so intense, so pure. That feeling of something otherworldly returned, only this time, the power of it hit me like a freight train.

Then it became clear, like a veil lifting from over my eyes. Our gazes locked, and I knew she’d experienced the same epiphany.

We’d breached both realms. Our crossed fates had merged into one as much as our souls and bodies had. We were bonded metaphysically, shared a passion deeper than many could understand, and belonged solely to each other.

I knew in that moment that even if fate had given me a choice, I would have chosen Makayla over anyone and anything. A surge of emotion filled me as Makayla echoed my thoughts.

Love.

Our time together had been too short to truly develop those feelings in full, but it didn’t really matter, because we had chosen each other on a soul-deep level.

Words were unnecessary, so I just dropped to the bed beside her and gathered her into my arms. Just days ago, I’d thought I knew my place, my purpose. But I’d had no damn clue, and now, I couldn’t understand how I hadn’t seen the emptiness inside me.

“You were pretty blind,” Makayla said, breaking the silence.

I pinched her delectable ass. “We’re not having this discussion, baby,” I told her. “If anyone was blind, it was you.”

She scoffed, and I decided to shut her up with my mouth.

Yeah, I could do this forever.

Makayla

My eyes were heavy,my body still utterly exhausted despite having spent the last day in bed.

Probably because my insatiable mate kept waking me up to “make sure we were really still alive and that all our parts still worked appropriately.” I nearly grunted at the excuse.

Are you complaining?Alaric asked, his deep voice amused.

My lips twitched. Because of course he was awake and had heard me.No.

He chuckled out loud, and I used one elbow to lean up and gaze at his sleepy, satisfied face.

He ran a hand through my wild, tangled red hair, then cupped my neck and guided me up to him for a deep, thorough kiss. Things between us started to heat up again, and I pulled back before we were carried away by it. I needed some sustenance before we engaged in any more acrobatics.

Alaric growled at my retreat, but it morphed into a laugh when my stomach growled loudly back at him. “It seems I need to feed my mate.”

“Mm-hmm,” I agreed, my insides protesting the lack of food in my system.

Alaric chuckled again and climbed out of bed.