Page 239 of Kingdoms of Night

“No, I’m going to make you come alive,” he promised. “You’ll be feeling my knot for weeks.”

My thighs clenched around him, making him growl.

“Yeah, just like that, sweetheart,” he murmured, his hips moving just enough to make me moan. “I’m not going to hold back. Because your wolf wantsmore.”

“Yes.” I arched into him, my wrists still caught beneath his. “She wants to fuck.”

“Then I’ll give her my beast.” He nipped my lower lip. “Because I take my job as your mate very seriously.”

“You make it sound like a hardship,” I breathed, my laugh catching in my throat as he thrust a little more.

“It’ll be a challenge,” he replied. “But I like challenges, Riley.” He pressed his lips to my temple before whispering, “And you’re my favorite challenge of them all.”

“I’m a challenge?”

“Mychallenge,” he corrected, his mouth at my ear. “The biggest one I’ve ever faced. And it only seems appropriate that you’ll challenge me again now.”

A quivering sensation stirred across my skin, my stomach contracting with a fresh wave of need and slick.

The world slipped beneath a black curtain.

Stealing my sight.

Blanketing my ears.

And leaving me in a senseless oblivion.

Estrus, I realized.It’s here.

CHAPTERTHIRTEEN

RILEY

Somewhere in North Carolina

Iblinked, the world disappearing and reappearing some time later.

With Jonas rutting inside me.

With his mouth whispering hot promises in my ear.

With his hands on my breasts, my hips, my face.

I kissed him.

Bit him.

And fell into a cloud of confusion once more.

Only for his growl to bring me back.

Again.

And again.

And again.

It was a cycle of sensation, warmth, and me losing consciousness. Or rather, losing the war with my wolf.

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