Page 102 of Wanted

What should I…I-I love you. My mate.

Instinctively my eyes tighten to prevent the tears that spring up from slipping out. It’s useless though. I feel one of them fall and I’m powerless to stop it.

This is the first time I’ve let anyone see me cry since that day when I was nine years old and woke up on Dr. Drake’s hospital bed to discover that I’d lost my hearing.

Emery reaches up and runs a thumb across my cheek, wiping the tear away in the same way I did for her when we arrived at this cave.

I peel my eyes open, needing to look at her.

I’m a wolf and we’re truly mated,she says.

There’s a hint of laughter in her voice. I savor every note held within each syllable. For the first time in years, I hear a voice other than my own or my brother’s.

And it’s of my mate.

The mate I’d given up hope of ever having. The mate I believed I was too broken and damaged to ever be worthy of.

The mate I never allowed myself to want.

She’s here, with me, inside of my head and my heart.

I take Emery’s hand and press her palm to my chest.

A smile lights up her face.I can feel your heartbeat.

My heart used to beat for one reason and one reason only. For the safety and preservation of my pack. I was never supposed to want anything more than that. I would lay down my life for my alpha and pack if asked.

Now, it belongs to you.

It’s yours if you want it.

Emery tilts her head to the side, her palm pressing fully against my chest. She, too, lifts my hand and presses it between her breasts so I can feel her heartbeat.

My whole life it felt like I was fighting against who and what I truly was, without realizing it. I fought against mydeepest instincts and urges because I believed they were wrong. Then I met you and discovered that I was never wrong or broken or inappropriate. I’m exactly what Mother Moon made me to be…

Yours.

I had no intention of taking her again. She should be tired after her first shift. That coupled with the mating bond we just completed and my object was to take her home, bathe her and wrap her in my arms as she slept soundly, after feeding her.

But after she tells me, through our mate bond, that she belongs to me, I have no choice but to pull her to me, cover her lips with mine, and claim her over and over again. I don’t even realize what I’m doing as I pick her up in my arms and spread her legs wide for my invasion.

Chance! Chance! Chance!

She chants my name over and over again through our bond. It only spurs me on more to lay her down and claim her repeatedly.

Her voice in my head.

I can hear her.

I know what she sounds like when she tells me she’s mine.

Emery purrs and moans as I rut into her like the possessed wolf I am. Until minutes ago, I never believed anything could be better than the sensation of her pussy walls squeezing my cock.

I was wrong.

It’s hearing her voice call my name at the same time I’m inside of her. If I hadn’t vowed to spend the rest of her life protecting and keeping her safe, I could die a happy man in this instant.

Emery comes again around my cock and that’s when I lift my head and let out a howl that is both me and my wolf, claiming this woman as ours for all to hear and know.