Page 69 of The Bookseller and the Alpha (Witch Twins #1)

Luc

I watched as my mate slept. Taking the bond had been intense for her.

And for me. As well as the sex. Her cunt pulsing around me, milking my cock.

I had thought nothing could be better. And then she had taken my bite.

She had fallen apart around me as our consciousnesses merged.

My mate. The thought was almost surreal.

Finally. Tonight, I had bonded to my mate.

Until the moment I’d seen her, I’d never expected that I’d find a mate, that any female would accept me.

A Shifter who refused to shift. And she had turned my world upside down.

Because of her I had accepted the Beast inside me.

For her, I had shifted. And tonight, she had taken my bite.

The moment I sank my canines into her skin, our mate bond snapped into place.

And it changed everything. I had known that I had denied part of myself for most of my life.

I had understood that I was not a full person.

I thought I had become complete when the two sides of my consciousness locked into place.

But I had been wrong. Part of my soul had been missing.

And now I was complete. I was surrounded by her love.

Her determination. Her fear for me. Although that sensation made my gut twist. I’d felt her worry that I’d hidden my Beast form, not just from her, but from everyone.

She had jumped to the conclusion that my form was outlawed.

Which it wasn’t. My mother had Shifted when I was a child, so our existence was known.

It was just a well-kept secret. But my failure to share that secret with her had added to Caly’s fears.

When she woke, I would explain everything.

The trauma that Bas and I shared. Our decision to lock away our Beasts.

There would be no more secrets between us every again.

I was her mate. Unworthy of her perhaps. But she was mine.