Unravelling

"There's no stopping it now", Nyx said, her voice resigned but soft.

The bond flared, and in that moment there was no turning back.

Kael moved towards me,

One slow step

Then another.

I should've backed away, should've left the room immediately. But instead, my body betrayed me. The bond between us tightened and I found myself longing for his touch, craving for it.

  "Amelia", His deep voice called out ever so softly, my name on his lips sent a shiver down my spine.

His hands lifted, stopping just short of my face. "Tell me to stop".

The words barely left him before I caught his wrists, surprising myself by my daring move.

  "Don't".

Something fierce flashed across his emerald eyes. His rough fingers brushed my cheeks impossibly gentle against the storm raging inside me. I leaned into his touch before I could stop myself. I wanted more.

Nyx was strangely quiet, for once she didn't tease. She simply whispered "Mate".

Kael's forehead touched mine. The heat between us was almost unbearable, it made me feel breathless.

  "I don't know what's happening to me", I breathed

His thumb traced the edge of my cheek, "Neither do I".

Then his lips came crashing down on mine.

  The kiss wasn't gentle, it was desperate, consuming. It brought about so many feelings within me. So this is was passion felt like...I wanted so much more.

Kael pulled away just enough to look at me, his breathing was uneven.

  "So tell me", He smirked, "Is this the bond*?".*

I shook my head, "No".

His eyes scanned mine, "Then what is it".

I swallowed.

  "Me".

His expression darkened, he kissed me again, this time without hesitation. Him arm wrapped around me, pulling me against him as the room seemed to spin around us. I felt tingly down there.

  I wanted him.

Not because Nyx called him our mate

Not because some strange bond demanded it.

But because I did.

  Kael's lips brushed my temple, "Still want me?".

I looked him straight in the eyes and nodded, "Yes".

  His smile was slow, almost dangerous.

"Then don't look away".

  His hands tugged at my shirt, I lifted my hands as he pulled it over my head. The cool air of the room hit my skin, raising goosebumps but they were instantly soothed by the heat of his gaze as he looked at me.

  "fuck, you're beautiful".

His thumb traced the lace edge of my bra, a slow, delicate drag over the swell of my breasts that made my breath catch. Then with a low growling sound of impatience, he hooked a finger under the center clasp and pulled.

  It gave way with a soft snap.

Cool air, then the overwhelming heat of his palms covering me. He squeezed gently at first, then with a firm kneading pressure that forced a sharp gasp from my lungs. His thumbs circled my already hard nipples, and the sensation was so intense, so direct, it blurred my vision for a second.

  "Nnngh Kael", A ragged moan escaped me, mu hips buckling beneath him.

"Mine", He rumbled, sending vibrations against my skin as he dipped his head. His mouth closed over one peak, his tongue circling it, hot and wet. My fingers scrabbled at his shoulders clawing for more. He switched to the other breast, lavishing it with the same fierce attention, sucking hard until I was whimpering.

  One of his hands left my breasts, sliding down my quivering stomach. His fingers hooked into the waistband of my jeans and panties together.

  "These are in the way", He stated, his voice rough.

In a brutal motion, he pulled both jeans and lace down my legs and off, tossing them aside without a glance and carried me carefully unto the bed. I lay completely bare before him, exposed to the dim light. A flush of heat and vulnerability swept up over me and I could feel my face flush. This was the first time I was completely nude before a man....not just any man......THE ALPHA.

*Oh God.*

He knelt between my spread thighs, his own pants straining over the obvious, impressive bulge.

  "So fucking wet for me already,"

He murmured, more to himself than to me. He brought a finger down, not entering, just stroking through my soaked folds. The touch was lightning. I cried out, my hips jerking.

  "Ah! Please".

"Please what, Amelia?" He asked, his finger circling my clit now, a slow, torturous orbit that had me digging my heels into the mattress.

"I...I need...inside," I gasped, the words torn from me. "I need you, Kael. Now."

A feral grin touched his lips. He loosened his pants, shoving them and his underwear down just enough to free himself. My eyes widened. H e was thick, long, veined. The head already flushed and dripping. The sight sent a fresh flood of heat between my legs. This was happening, he was really going to.....

He leaned over me, bracing himself on one arm, his other hand guiding himself to my entrance. The broad, hot crown pressed against me, not yielding, just a persistent stretching pressure.

"Look at me," he commanded, his voice low and strained

I dragged my eyes to his face. His expression was a mask of fierce control, jaw tight, a muscle tickling in his cheek, but his eyes were soft with something that looked like reverence .

"It might hurt," he said, looking me in the eye. "But only for a moment. I'll make it good."

I reached up, touching his jaw. "I trust you," I heard myself say....trust him? why did i feel that way towards him...he was the Alpha, known for his ruthless nature and yet here I was....

It was all the permission he needed. His control snapped. With a dep sigh, he pushed forward.

There was a sharp, burning, stretching sensation that made me gasp. My nails biting into his shoulders. He froze, buried to the hilt inside me, his entire body trembling with the effort of staying still.

"Fuck," he choked out. "So tight...Amelia, you're so...fuck".

The initial sting was already fading, drowned in the overwhelming feeling of fullness. He was everywhere, stretching me, filling me in ways I'd never dreamed possible.

I shifter my hips, experimentally and the movement made us both groan. The burn was gone, replaced by a deep, aching pressure that begged for friction.

"Move," I whispered, "Please, Kael, move."

He needed no further urging. He withdrew almost completely, then sank back in with a slow, rolling thrust that stole the air from my lungs. "Unnh!"

He set a rhythm, deep and relentless, each powerful drive of his hip hitting a spot inside me that sparked stars behind my eyelids. The slapping sounds of our bodies meeting, wet and urgent, filled the room, a lewd counterpoint to our ragged breathing.

"Take it," he growled into my ear, his breath scalding. "Take all of me. Your cunt was made for my cock. So perfect....Squeezing me so fucking tight."

His filthy word spoken in that rough commanding voice, coiled the tension in my belly tighter. I was unraveling, my moans becoming higher, more broken with every thrust. I was close...so close."

"Come for me," He ordered, his pace becoming more punishing. "Come on me, Amelia. Now."

The command, the sheer animal power of his thrusts, the feel of him stretching my virgin flesh...it all came at once.

A white hot bolt of pleasure exploded from my core, radiating out until my toes curled and my vision whited out. My body clamped around him in rhythmic, fluttering pulses, my screams muffled against his shoulder as I shook apart.

KAEL

Mine....she's my mate...mine

The thought should have been a balm. It should have filled the hollow space in my chest. I had her now, her taste on my tongue.

So why did it feel like I was holding smoke?

I replayed it in my head, every second. Her eager surrender, the way her body opened for me, the blinding trust in her eyes....

It was everything

It was ethereal

And that was the problem.

I had lived a life carved from grit and blood and hard choices. Nothing came easy. Good things were fought for, bled for, and even then they often had sharp edges and hidden costs. Amelia....Amelia was like a dream stumbled into by accident.

She shifted beside me, curling onto her side, her hand coming to rest on his chest over his pounding heart. Her touch was a brand of a different kind. He held his breath waiting for her to say something, to bring him back from his reverie.

But she only sighed, a soft contented sound and her breathing deepened into the steady rhythm of sleep.

He looked down at her in the gloom moonlight fracturing through the rain streaked window, caught the curve of her cheek, the dark fan of her lashes against her skin. Her ethereal complexion....

She was beautiful...too good to be true.

She looked peaceful. Untroubled. She looked like she belonged exactly here.

Exhaustion, deeper than physical, finally began to pull at him. Kael finally closed his eyes, the questions didn't leave, but they quieted...pushed aside for the night by the sheer, simple weight by his side.