Page 71 of X-Clan The Origin

Four Days Later

“I’m going to miss this,”I said, staring up into Riley’s beautiful eyes. The trees danced overhead, the full leaves blocking some of the morning sun, but it still painted an angelic glow around my mate’s stunning features.

Her lips were parted, her cheeks a pretty shade of just-fucked pink, and her body still hummed with the aftershocks of her pleasure.

She’d ridden me this morning, just as she had the last several mornings, after sleeping beside me in wolf form through the night.

As soon as the sun began to rise, we’d shift, fuck, and then scavenge for food before heading off on our continued journey.

And today would likely be our final leg.

We’d made good time, covering a lot of ground during the day before finding safe places to rest beneath the forest cover.

There’d been a few cabins and houses along the way, but we’d opted to stay in nature and let our wolves roam.

Mostly because we seemed to fuck each time we transitioned into our human forms.

Not that I was complaining.

I’d meant what I’d said—I would miss waking up like this every morning. We wouldn’t be able to do this at the base. At least, not like this, beneath the trees and surrounded by the quiet sounds of the forest.

It was calming.

Almost a utopia-like setting.

Except all around us was chaos and misery.

Reality, I thought.A reality that we need to return to now.

Because Riley still had a job to do, as did I.

She lived through her work, and I now lived through her. If she wanted to spend the next century searching for a cure, I’d stand by her side and help in whatever capacity she allowed.

And knot every fucking morning,I thought as she bent to brush her lips against mine.

She smiled against my mouth, her breasts pillowed against my chest. “I’m going to miss this, too. But we can go for runs and replicate these moments whenever you want.”

“Yeah?” I kissed her softly. “Is that a promise?”

“For when you’re a good Alpha,” she replied.

My lips twitched. “And what happens when I’m a bad Alpha?”

“Hmm.” Her hips moved against mine. “I won’t ride you when you’re bad.”

“Oh?” I grabbed her hips and flipped her, placing me on top. “Maybe I’ll just growl and take you this way, then,” I suggested, my cock still hard despite having just come inside her. This woman made me insatiable.

“Only if you promise to go down on me first,” she told me.

I arched a brow. “If I’m being bad, I may not feel inclined to pleasure you.”

“Then I’ll act like a brat to inspire your version of punishment,” she returned, her sassy reply going straight to my heart and stirring a laugh from my chest.

I kissed her once more, loving the way she felt beneath me and against me. “Would you like to know a secret, Riley?” I asked softly.

“Yes,” she whispered back.

I pressed my lips to her ear. “I’ll always be inclined to pleasure you.Especiallywhen I’m being bad.” I nibbled her earlobe and drew kisses down to her shoulder. “Because you’re mine. And I will always want to please you,ástin mín.”