Page 66 of Twisted Mates

“What? What do you?—”

“That day, during the ceremony, when you stopped in front of the other wolf.”

Her breath catches and I squeeze her hips tighter. “Yeah, wh—wait. You’re saying?—”

“I’ll never forget that moment as long as I live.” I lift my hand to her face and brush her damp hair out of her eyes, tucking it behind her ears so I can see all of her. “It was me,” I whisper.

Her lips part, shock evident in her expression. Tears fill her eyes, making them burn even brighter. “It was?”

I nod and sit up, pulling her close to me as she buries her head in my chest. “Yeah,” I murmur, fighting off the emotionclogging my throat. “You have no idea how bad I wanted you to choose me.”

Alexia lets out a sob and squeezes me tighter. “Xander, how is it possible I moved on from you? I—I’m so sorry,” she cries, surprising the shit of me.

“It doesn’t matter. Whatever it was that drew you to him, your heart and soul have known this entire time that they are the match to my own. And I now feel it too. I was blinded by my own self-doubt. It made it impossible to read this all-consuming emotion. I’ve known the entire time. I was just too afraid to admit it.” It rips me apart knowing that I was a coward. I spent too much time trying to rationalize my feelings for her, and I refuse to do it anymore. They will never add up or have scientific reasoning. What we have was created outside of this realm. Yet it makes perfect sense to us.

She captures my lips with hers and pushes me back on the bed. “I’ll make it up to you,” she whispers against my mouth.

I chuckle. “That’s unnecessary, but I won’t stop you.”

With a smirk, she grabs my cock and with no other warning, slides it inside her. This woman,mywoman, is so ready for me. I watch as she rides me, taking me in and out of her body. The way she slides over me is enough to have me digging my fingers into her hips, urging her to move faster. As much as I love the sensual rhythm she has set, I need more. I have an uncontrollable need to be deeper, to take her harder, tofuck my mate.

I lift her off me and turn her onto her stomach. Her perfect ass calls to me and I bite into the soft flesh as I hoist her onto her knees. “Grab the headboard,” I growl into her ear.

“Oh,” she groans, the sound of her pleasure just winding me up tighter.

Like the animal that resides within me, I take her from behind, thrusting into her with no mercy. “So. Fucking. Perfect,”I say, picking up speed, and she clamps down on me with each thrust.

I grab her long hair, twisting it around my hand and pulling so her neck arches back and I can see the side of her face. Tears are running down her cheeks and all I can do is keep pounding into her and lean closer, kissing them away. “Alexia, are you all right?” I manage, forcing myself to think about anything other than the way I fit so perfectly inside her.

“Yes,” she gasps, nodding emphatically. “Yes, yes. You feel so good, please don’t stop.”

She is the only force in this universe that could make me. I’m lost in her heat, finding true bliss in the way she tightens around me. Nothing has ever felt as good and right as rutting into her.

The feral urge to bite makes my teeth ache. I know that once I have her delicate skin in my mouth, I won’t be able to hold back. My mark would be exquisite on her—pink and purple. Other shifters would see it and understand that she belongs to only one. But I hold back my carnal desires, not wanting to hurt her.

I look down and watch as I piston into her. My mouth waters at the glistening sheen she leaves on me. “I was right; this pussy was made for me, little wolf. I could watch the way I fuck you all night.”

“I want to see,” she whines, craning her neck to try to get a better view.

I chuckle and raise an eyebrow. “Look to your right, Alexia.”

She turns her head and meets my gaze in the full-length mirror on my closet door. Our whole bodies are on display, and I’m thrusting harder than ever. She watches our naked forms, and the lust in her glowing eyes flares brighter.

“Oh, god,” she groans, throwing her head back and clenching harder around me before looking back at where we’re joined.

“It’s not a god or goddess who’s making you see stars right now,” I growl into her ear. “Saymyname when I’m claiming you.”

She gasps and looks at me over her shoulder. “Yes, daddy. Is that what you want to hear?”

My hand swings down, smacking her ass. The little brat loves playing me with her sweet sass. But I can dish out the punishment she needs. “Say it again,” I demand.

“Yes, daddy.”

For good measure, I spank her one more time, leaving my handprint on her. “Good girl.”

She moans, and I’m unsure if it’s from the pain or from the praise. My little wolf is full of surprises, and I enjoy revealing them all. In fact...

I pull Alexia’s hair and bring her to kneel upright. Her head rolls onto my shoulder, exposing her neck and the wild need to bite her returns. I grip her hips, keeping her in place and descend on the curve where her neck and shoulder meet, avoiding the nearly healed cut from last night. The sound that escapes her as I bite down has me on the verge of spilling inside her. My teeth sink into her skin and the coppery taste of blood fills my mouth.

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