เข้าสู่ระบบWhen he slipped free, I clenched immediately, holding him inside."Don't—" I gasped. "Don't let it spill. I want to keep it."He groaned, his hands spreading my cheeks so he could look. "Fuck, El. You're gaping for me. I can see right inside you."He pressed two fingers into my stretched hole, and I whimpered. There was no resistance — I was too open, too used."Still so full," he murmured, pumping his fingers slowly. "My seed is packed so deep in your ass." He pulled his fingers out and brought them to his mouth, tasting himself. "And your pussy..."He shifted lower, spreading my thighs and looking at my other hole. I'd been dripping this whole time — his release from earlier, mixed with my own arousal."Still full here too." He pushed two fingers inside my pussy, and I moaned as more of his cum squelched around them. "God, El. Both holes stuffed with my seed. You have no idea what that does to me."He lowered his head and licked.His tongue traced from my pussy to my ass, lapping up
"It would have been too much before. Too risky. You could have torn me apart." I traced my fingers down his spine. "But now...""El, we shouldn't—""I heal now." I pulled his face down to mine. "And I want to know what it feels like. I want all of you, Alaric. Every way I can have you."Through the bond, I felt his desire spike — hot and sharp, barely leashed. He wanted this. Had probably thought about it before but never dared."If it hurts—""Then I'll heal." I kissed him softly. "Please. I want this."His knot had softened while we talked, slipping free of me with a gush of his release. He stared down at me for a long moment, warring with himself. Then something shifted in his expression."On your stomach."I rolled over, heart pounding with anticipation. I heard him move behind me, felt his hands grip my hips and pull them up until I was on my knees, ass in the air."You have no idea how long I've wanted this," he breathed. "Wanted to knot this tight little hole. But I was afraid
Fao arrived in minutes, his hair still damp from a shower, his expression tight with worry. "What's wrong? Is she okay?""She's fine." Thalia gestured for him to sit. "More than fine, actually. That's the problem.""I don't understand."Thalia handed me the knife again. "Show him."I made another small cut — my third in the past hour — and held my hand out so Fao could see. We watched together as the wound knitted itself closed.His eyes went wide."What the fuck?""My thoughts exactly," I said.Thalia leaned against her desk, her expression grave. "During the mating ceremony, when the bond fully formed, something transferred.""Transferred?" Fao looked between us. "What transferred?""Your healing." Thalia's voice was soft. "The Alpha's healing. It's in her now."Silence.Fao stared at me like he'd never seen me before. Through the bond, I felt his shock — a blank, static-white disbelief that slowly shifted to something else. Something like wonder."That's... that's not possible," he
The Next Day"You're sure about this?"Garrett stood in the training room, arms crossed, looking at me like I'd lost my mind. Which, fair. I probably had."I'm sure." I stretched my arms over my head, feeling only the faintest twinge of soreness. "I need normalcy. Routine. If I spend another day in bed, I'm going to go crazy.""The ceremony was two days ago.""And I feel fine."Garrett's eyes narrowed. "You shouldn't feel fine. You should barely be able to walk."I shrugged, not wanting to examine that too closely. "Wolf healing, maybe? Through the bond?""That's not how it works.""Then I don't know. Maybe I'm just tougher than I look." I dropped into a fighting stance. "Come on. Let's go."Garrett studied me for a long moment. Then he sighed and settled into his own stance."Don't say I didn't warn you."The first twenty minutes were fine.We ran through the basic drills — blocks, dodges, the footwork patterns I'd been practicing for weeks. My body responded like it always did, musc
ELOWENI woke to golden afternoon light streaming through the windows.For a long moment, I just lay there, taking stock. My body ached — a deep, satisfying soreness that reminded me of everything we'd done the night before. Every muscle felt used. Every inch of skin felt claimed.But...I shifted experimentally, expecting the sharp protest of overworked muscles. Expecting to feel broken, wrecked, barely able to move after being taken six times by a werewolf Alpha in front of three hundred witnesses.Instead, I felt... fine. Stiff, yes. Sore, definitely. But fine.That couldn't be right.Beside me, Fao was still asleep. He lay on his stomach, one arm thrown over my waist, his face half-buried in the pillow. In sleep, he looked younger. Softer. The hard lines of his jaw relaxed, his lips slightly parted, his red-gold hair a mess against the white sheets.My mate. My Alpha. My husband, apparently, if his "Mrs. de Grandmesnil" comment was anything to go by.I smiled and reached out to br
The knot took nearly an hour to go down.Partway through, Fao shifted back to half-form — easier to hold me, he said, more comfortable for both of us. But he stayed buried inside me, and I stayed pressed against his chest, and neither of us seemed willing to break the connection."How do you feel?" he murmured against my hair."Full." I laughed weakly. "So full. I can feel them, Fao. The pack. They're all there.""They're yours now. Just like I'm yours.""Is it always going to be like this?""The pack presence? You'll learn to filter it. Tune it out when you need to." He pressed a kiss to my temple. "But you'll never be alone again. None of us are."His knot finally softened enough to slip free, and I whimpered at the loss. The rush of his seed spilling out of me — there was so much, more than I'd ever felt — made us both groan."We should rest," he said."Rest?" I twisted to look at him. "Isn't the ceremony over?""The claiming part." He grinned, and even in half-form, the expression
ELOWENThe shift had been a blur.Dancing, smiling, pretending everything was normal while my mind stayed fixed on the walk home. Carmen had noticed something was off, but she hadn't pushed. Mina had made her usual comments about my chest, and I'd laughed in all the right places. The tech bros from
FAOThe tawny woman fixed my shoulder before we sat down."Hold still," she said, approaching with her hands raised. Not asking — telling.I tensed, putting myself between her and Elowen, but Corvin made a calming gesture. "Thalia's a healer. If we leave that joint displaced, it'll heal wrong."I d
The moment we got inside the cabin, Fao started pacing."I didn't know about the cameras," he said. "The ones in the forest. I check for them near the cabin, but these were miles away. I didn't think—""It's not your fault." I dropped my keys on the counter and went to him. "You couldn't have known
ROGUEShe hadn't locked the door.He'd heard it — or rather, hadn't heard it. The heavy click of the metal thing that kept him out, the sound that had haunted him every night since he'd found her. Tonight, it never came.She'd closed the door. But she hadn't locked it.He lay in his spot at the edg







