Page 71 of The Alpha's Chosen Fate

My fingers tangled into his hair to push him away.Only, I was actually holding him to me.

I whimpered his name over and over.His tongue swirled, flicking and teasing until I was fighting for air.

“You’re going to come against my mouth and then I’m going to come inside this sweet pussy.”

“Ah, yes, please!”

A wicked smile spread across his lips as he plunged back in between my legs.His mouth worked tirelessly against me.

Heat coiled deep within as the familiar sensation quickly brewed.He pinched my abused clit and I screamed at the explosion tearing through me.

My channel was still throbbing when he moved over top of me and pushed inside.He looked down with wild eyes before claiming my lips in a bruising kiss.

His mouth nipped at the column of my throat, down to where it met my shoulder.

Was he going to mark me?Rieka rolled over, begging for it—but he only licked and sucked at the spot.

The motion of his hips quickly became erratic until he stilled, spilling himself deep inside me with a roar.

Briggs collapsed, winded and trying to catch his breath.After a few moments, he rolled off me and pulled me into his arms.

Our bodies were covered in a sheen of sweat.We laid there entwined in each other's arms, sweat glistening on our skin.

My heart swelled but at the same time, fear gnawed at the edges of my happiness.I shuddered.

"What’s wrong, sweetheart?Are you cold?"Briggs asked and reached to pull up the blanket at the foot of the bed.

I shook my head."No, I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"Us," I admitted, tracing my fingers along the ridges of his muscular chest."And what we're doing.What this means."

He caught my hand in his, pressing a gentle kiss to my knuckles."What do you want it to mean?"

I searched for the right words."I want this to be real.”

"Thisisreal, Ivy.”

I sat up, keeping the blanket tucked around me to cover my nakedness.How could I put things to make him understand?

“Trusting you isn’t easy,” I confessed.

My mate sat up to face me.“I thought we were moving past this.”

“We are.I'm just having a hard time …”

“Forgetting?”he supplied brusquely.

“Can you blame me for being a little gun shy?”

His eyes lingered on my face before he shook his head.“No.But I’ll do whatever it takes, Ivy.Tell me what you need.Tell me what’s bothering you most.”

I didn’t know what I needed.As for what was bothering me, that might have been a different issue.

Just say it, my wolf pressed.

“The challenge.”

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