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“I don’t know that I’d try for the moral high ground at this point. It just occurs to me that I’m not sure it matters, but I do have the ultimate comeback for anything I do that pisses you off. No matter what I’ve done, I can always hit back with ‘but at least I didn’t rob you of your humanity without getting your prior consent.” Max groaned. “That’s right, buddy. I now have complete one-upmanship over you.”

CHAPTER 9

EMBRACING THE FUTURE

They walked arm-in-arm back up to the cabin. “Is becoming wolf why I’ve been feeling so good?”

He nodded. “And Asher’s mate told me I should lead with the fact that being turned not only ramps up your libido, but your metabolism as well, which means basically you can eat what you like and not worry about your weight.”

Alexa laughed. “I think I want to meet Asher’s mate.”

“I think you’ll like her. Her name is Nicole Wells. She did say she’d be happy to answer any questions you might have.”

“Anything else I should know about this whole she-wolf thing?”

“Well, there is the knot.”

“The what?”

“The knot. It’s a kind of swelling at the base of an alpha male’s cock…”

“You mean like in canines?” she asked, fascinated.

“Yes, but in wolf-shifters, only alpha males can form a knot in human form.”

“I haven’t seen anything like that.”

“I have been repressing it. I saw no need to frighten you.”

“Why would it frighten me?”

“Knots are not small, and they are hard. Many a maiden she-wolf has been frightened by her mate’s knot.”

Alexa shrugged. “I don’t know. Sounds kind of kinky and fun.”

Max chuckled. “Most don’t think of it as either—more intensely sensual and intimate.”

“This is sounding better and better.” Once inside the cabin, Alexa turned to face him, slipping her finger inside the waistband of his jeans and pulling him towards their bed. “So does anything special have to happen for your knot thing to form?”

Max stepped forward, cupping her neck with his hand and leaning down to kiss her. “Only the presence of my beautiful mate.”

Alexa pulled her sweater up over her head, peeling her bra off with it as well. She jumped up, wrapping her legs around Max’s waist and rubbing her hardened nipples on his chest. She leaned back, offering them to him for suckling.

“Come and fuck me Max. Make love to me and show me what this whole knot thing is all about.”

He wrapped his arms under her ass to hold her steady as he took her into their bedroom. Setting her down, he had them both naked before she even had time to think, much less do anything to help him.

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Max looked down at her and chuckled. The knot had formed rapidly. He doubted he’d have been able to suppress it for much longer and certainly not after his wolf had her asking for it. He had already discovered that Alexa was never more enticing than she was when offering herself to him. Her nipples grazed his chest like tiny, pebbled stones. He could feel each ridge and whorl on their surface as they skimmed over his skin.

He stretched out beside her, running his hands over her body before covering her with his own, settling himself between her thighs where he could feel her honey as it leaked out of her core in preparation of his breaching her. His rampant cock throbbed with anticipation and need. It seemed to have developed a mind of its own and was determined to bury itself in her wet, velvety heat.

Lust and need were riding him hard as he leaned down to take her nipple in his mouth. Her sigh of pure pleasure was his undoing. He latched on and began to greedily suck and nip at her nipples, locking his hands under her ass to keep her in place and nibbling between her breasts as he hungrily took her into his mouth and pleasured her.

Max felt her fingers running through his hair, encouraging him to continue what he was doing. He nipped and kissed his way up the column of her throat and along her jawline, going up one side and then down the other. Reverently he kissed the almost completely healed mark. His cock was becoming increasingly engorged. Her moans and sighs began to give way to small growls of pleasure as Alexa embraced her new physiology.

If she wanted him buried deep inside her and to feel his knot, he was not about to deny her that. There was no better way to accomplish that than sinking his knot into her and tying her to him. The initial breach was usually painful for the woman, but the actual rocking motion of being knotted and then being tied to one’s mate was peaceful and deeply satisfying. Her body might resist the breach, but once accomplished Max was certain Alexa’s body would quickly accommodate it and then embrace the glory and ecstasy of the knot.

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