Page 35 of Forbidden Moon

He leaned down and took her nipple between his teeth, gently rolling it. She cried out and writhed beneath him, trying to get more. He nipped lightly as he sucked it hard into his mouth. He bit down and then she came apart. Her arms and legs closed around him, her sex pulsing against his erection.

He moved against her body until she was moaning, begging for him, and watching him with wanton eyes. She licked her lips as her breathing became erratic.

He gripped her hips and thrust, once, twice, before burying himself deep inside her. She cried out and arched hard against him. He was unable to hold back, consumed by her. He pulled out to the tip and tunneled back in, demanding more. She screamed and convulsed around him.

At that moment, he sunk his teeth into that spot between her neck and shoulder, marking her as his. The mating bond clicked into place between them and triggered his own climax. He lost himself as he emptied into her.

He loosened his teeth and licked the blood from the spot. Her gaze was fixed on him and he tilted his head to the side. She sunk her teeth into the same spot on him, and the bond was complete, locking into place on both sides. A second climax ripped through both of them, locking them into place for several minutes.

When he could catch his breath, he pulled her close. He never wanted to let her go.

“I love you, Maya.” She looked up at him, her eyes filled with love as she smiled.

“I love you, too.”

He pulled away from her body and looked down at her. "Who do you belong to?" he growled out, his voice deep and possessive.

"You, Garrett… Only you," she said breathlessly. Then she grinned. "Who do you belong to?"

"I've always been yours, Maya."

EPILOGUE

Two weeks had passed since they had left their respective packs. They had spent the time with Alex and the remaining Tri-State pack members but the clock was ticking on their presence. When Isaac had shown up with another enforcer and Maya’s clothes, they knew it was game over. He gave them an ultimatum. Maya could return to the pack but Garrett had to leave. Maya took her possessions and walked away without a backwards glance.

Garrett held her while she cried late into the night. She swore she didn’t regret her decision, but was mostly pissed off at how close-minded her pack was acting. Garrett could understand it, though. There was too much hatred and animosity between the packs to ever accept him, even if he had nothing to do with the past offenses. His name, his pack affiliation, would be enough to create tension and anger for years to come. And the one who would be damaged would be their pup, the one Maya even now carried. They had to think of their young.

It was Alex who offered a potential solution, one several of his pack were considering. Garrett offered to be the first to test the waters. And that was how they came to be at the isolated rest area on the border of New York and Pennsylvania, facing four angry enforcers and a very young alpha.

The Alpha of the Chesapeake pack looked barely out of his teen years, but when Garrett looked past his body and into eyes, the man had seen some shit. He was haunted by things that most males couldn’t imagine. Part of that was probably the war, since Chesapeake had been involved in the Tri-State pack war too, but rumor told of an alpha who went moon mad, killed his mate and attacked several members of the pack.

This Alpha’s father.

Yeah, he might be young, but he’d seen some shit. And he didn’t tolerate bullshit, either.

“Why is a Saranac wolf and a Dirigo wolf on my territory without permission?”

Garrett stepped in front of Maya. “We are no longer a Saranac wolf or Dirigo wolf. We are mates, packless, and seeking asylum.”

The enforcers looked startled, but the Alpha didn’t react. “You’re a Colvin from Saranac, related to the Beta and one of their den leaders, the one accused of murdering pups and females.”

Garrett steeled himself against the pain the accusations brought. “That was my father. I killed him two weeks ago for his crimes.”

The Alpha nodded. “Will your Beta come after you here?”

“He is no longer my Beta or my family, but yes, he might come looking for us,” Garrett acknowledged. Word had reached him that his uncle had put out a bounty on both him and Maya, dead or alive. Preferably dead. You have to love family.

“Why her?”

Maya stepped forward. “I’m Garrett’s mate and I slashed Linc Colvin’s face to shit during the attack. Too bad the Council didn’t see fit to agree with us on charges.”

Her bitterness was still present, like a wound that wouldn’t heal. She resented her pack and the Council for not doing more to hold Saranac responsible, but Garrett had more important things to worry about, namely her and their pup.

A ghost of a smile crossed the Alpha’s face. “I would have liked to see that. Must have pissed him off real good.”

Maya gave her first genuine smile in weeks. “Sure did. And I’d do it again if given the chance.”

The Alpha nodded. “So why come here?”