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But looking down at Eli now—the way those deep brown eyes held his, not just with lust but with something raw and real, the way his body opened for Kade like he was coming home—something long-dead in Kade's chest sparked back to life.
Another howl rose, closer, full of possessive triumph. Kade's wolf answered silently. Out there, his packmates were giving in to instinct. And here, with Eli trembling beneath him, legs wrapped tight like he'd never let go, Kade felt that same wild certainty singing through his bones.
This one wouldn't disappear with the dawn. This one was different.
A true mate.
The thought should have terrified him.
Instead, it made him press forward another inch, watching Eli's eyes flutter shut, lips parting on a silent gasp. The boy's fingers dug into his shoulders, not pushing away but pulling closer, always closer.
With one smooth thrust, Kade slid home, burying himself to the hilt in Eli's willing body.
The boy's back arched off the bed, a broken cry escaping that harmonized perfectly with the wild symphony outside. And Kade?—
Kade threw his head back and howled.
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The first pushinside stole every thought from Eli's mind.
The stretch burned—Kade's cock so much thicker than his fingers had been. His body clenched instinctively, trying to keep him out even as every nerve ending screamed for more. Each inch pressing forward, hot and hard, splitting him open in ways he'd only imagined during those guilty late-night fantasies.
Kade made a guttural sound and rolled his hips. The movement dragged directly over that sweet spot inside of him again. Eli's vision whited out, hands flying to Kade's back, nails digging in. He needed something solid while his world tilted off its axis.
The slide got easier, his body opening up, accepting what it had always wanted. When Kade finally bottomed out, pelvis pressed tight against his ass, they both went still.
Eli felt claimed. Possessed. Like Kade had carved out a space inside him that would never belong to anyone else. The stretch around the base bordered on too much. He could feel Kade's balls pressed against him, heavy and full, ready to empty inside him soon.
Kade pulled back slowly. Eli felt every ridge, every vein, the drag sending sparks through oversensitive nerves. When just the head remained, Eli clenched, trying to keep him there, already missing the fullness.
Then Kade pushed back in, one long smooth stroke, and breathing became optional.
The pace started measured, but Eli could feel the control fracturing. Kade's muscles coiled tighter with each thrust, breathing going ragged, hands trembling where they gripped Eli's hips. Any second now, that careful restraint would snap. Any second now, Kade would fuck him like he meant it.
Eli deliberately clenched on the next thrust. Watched Kade's eyes roll back. Felt his hips stutter.
"Fuck," Kade snarled.
There. Right there. The moment control died.
Outside, wolves were howling, wild and triumphant. The sounds called to something primal in the room. Eli saw Kade's eyes go dark and feral.
The next thrust was harder. Deeper. Less human.
Finally.
Eli's world narrowed to Kade inside him, the wet sounds of their coupling, skin slapping against skin. Each thrust drove him up the bed—would have sent him into the headboard if not for Kade's bruising grip hauling him back down onto his cock.
This was what he'd craved without knowing it. Being fucked by someone who knew exactly how to take him apart. The earlier fingering had been preparation, but this wasclaiming.
The rhythm went wild. The bed protested, headboard beating against the wall. Eli's legs shook around Kade's waist, muscles giving out, but he couldn't let go.Wouldn'tlet go. Some instinct deeper than thought kept him locked in place, taking everything Kade gave.
"Mine," Kade growled.
Yes. Yours. Had been from the moment you touched me.
The rhythm turned punishing. Each thrust pushed him further up the bed only to be hauled back. The relentless pounding against that spot had stars exploding behind his eyelids. His body couldn't decide if it was too much or not enough. Both. Neither. Everything.
