Chapter 22

Ren

My mate was so fucking soft against me. I was stunned that she came back, let alone was kissing me, letting me touch her… was wet for me. I inhaled her sweetness and growled at how perfect she smelled.

And when Mikalina touched my arms, curling her nails into my flesh to bring me even closer, my cock thickened even more, growing impossibly longer, bigger. I wanted her, more than anything I"d ever wanted in my entire life. I finally had my female and would give her all of me. She was my one and only. I'd saved myself for her for all these years, never desiring another, never even contemplating giving up on finding her and sharing my body with her and her alone.

I wanted my mark on her, wanted Mikalina by my side for all time. I wanted my young in her belly, and wanted her to admit she was mine irrevocably.

No one will ever have her but us, my Lycan purred. She's ours. Our mate, and tonight, we'll claim her.

I grabbed the back of her head at the same time I stroked her tongue with mine. But with each passing second she was in front of me, as the sun continued to set, the moon soon becoming full, the greater chance of her not getting away from me in time.

"I'll never let you go." It was my Lycan who spoke, although my human side felt the same way. But because the moon was coming up fast, he had more power.

She gasped against my mouth, no doubt feeling how proprietary those words were. I started walking us backward, the primal side of me taking control, roaring out to take her, to claim her, because she was my mate in every way.

The wall beside the double front doors stopped our movements, and I groaned against her mouth, my cock hard, demanding, and aching so much I didn't stop myself from grinding the thick length against her belly.

I broke away to breathe, to try to control myself. I was slowly losing my mind, and the scent of my mate—of her arousal for me—was going to bring me to my knees.

"Your eyes," she breathed out. "Ren, your canines… they"re so sharp and long. God, your body is getting so much bigger right in front of me."

I closed my eyes and panted. "Mikalina," I ground out.

"Ren?" Her voice was hesitant but still filled with so much arousal. Gods, she was strong, stronger than I was.

I opened my eyes, my Lycan taking full control now.

There was no going back, and so I growled, "Run."