Chapter 31

Dallas sensed Rhys more than heard him as he approached her from behind. Then his big arms encircled her, pulling her back against his chest. Exactly where she wanted to be. She didn’t think she’d ever get tired of him holding her like this.

“I can’t believe you already fixed all this,” he murmured against the top of her head as he joined her to watch Willow snoozing with a stray cat that had showed up an hour ago. The gray and white feline was currently lying on Willow’s head without a care in the world.

“I’m bonded with my land.” Something that happened with witches who stayed in one place for a long time. “My magic runs deep here.” It had only taken a few hours to repair all of the damage Catta and those other witches had done. If anything, her land was stronger now and so was she. She wouldn’t have the same rebound as before, wouldn’t need all that rest.

“Well, it’s incredible. You are incredible. And you’re mine.” He nuzzled her neck gently, his words and touch sending little waves of pleasure spiraling through her.

She reached behind her, moving her arm around his back at an odd angle just because she wanted to feel him even closer. Relief still hummed through her that he didn’t care about Catta being her mother. “What did King say?” Rhys had offered to call the Alpha and she was glad. She hadn’t wanted to deal with questions from King and hadn’t wanted to lie.

“He discovered the identities of the witches killed in the city. The woman we thought was Catta was a female named Margaret. They had a very similar look. Apparently two different groups of their coven took turns torturing various groups of kidnap victims, so the ones they recently rescued had never seen Catta or the females we killed. I told him about the witches we killed, that we took care of the bodies. From his intel, he thinks their entire coven is gone now. He’s going to do some digging to make sure though. I didn’t tell him that Catta was your mother. I figured if you wanted, you could tell him later.”

“Thank you.” With Catta gone, even if there were any stragglers left, she wasn’t worried about taking on another witch. But her mother wouldn’t have come here without all the backup possible. Dallas didn’t think anyone was left. She’d probably tell King later, but there didn’t seem to be a point to it now—and she simply didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

She turned in his arms, not wanting to think about Catta ever again. She simply wanted to move forward in this moment with Rhys, to create a life with him. To have a real future. He’d already explained to her about the mating process—how if one of them died, then the other did too. She was all in. “I want to be your mate. I don’t know if that’s the right phrase or—”

He crushed his mouth to hers, taking her off guard.

But she sank into him, laughing against his mouth. “Okay, then,” she murmured, though it came out kind of garbled as he practically devoured her.

He lifted her into his arms so she wrapped her legs around his waist. She didn’t care where they made love or even how the whole mating process happened. She simply couldn’t get enough of him. He was the family she’d always wanted. And she would never let him go.

Moments later they were in her house, and she found herself flat on her back in bed.

“I’ll bite you when we mate,” he murmured as he started stripping off her pants, his fingers moving quickly.

Feeling frenzied, she tugged off her shirt, her nipples beading tight at the cool air and the hot look he gave her. “Kinky. I like it.”

He paused once before his full mouth turned up into a wicked grin. Then he shucked the rest of his clothes and his big body covered hers once again.

Just like that, she heated up from the inside out, the feel of all that power dominating her, pinning her to the bed. And his beautiful indigo glow was everywhere, surrounding them like a warm embrace. He’d explained to her that once they mated, it would go away and she knew she would miss the beauty of it, the feel of his own magic.

But it was a fair exchange for getting to belong to him forever. To belong together.

They kissed each other everywhere, teasing and exploring until she was a panting, writhing mass of emotions and sensations.

He had two fingers buried inside her as he teased her clit with his tongue over and over. He kept bringing her right to the brink of orgasm, then stopping. And she thought she might die if he didn’t finish what he’d started.

He must have sensed that she was close to her breaking point because he finally flipped her onto her knees, pulling her ass up against his cock. Her inner walls clenched, needing to be filled with something other than his fingers. She needed all of him, needed to be claimed by him.

“Mine,” he growled against her shoulder, his canines raking against her skin.

She shuddered in anticipation as he reached between her legs from behind, rubbing the head of his cock against her slick folds.

All her muscles trembling, she had no more patience and pushed backward.

He groaned as he thrust forward, completely filling her. After all the buildup from that wicked mouth of his, she was so close to climaxing already. And as he pushed into her, by the fourth thrust her orgasm started, her inner walls tightening faster and faster around his thick length. The male was absolute perfection and was hitting the right spot with each thrust.

He bent forward then, his canines breaking the skin between her neck and shoulder.

She cried out at the sudden bite of pain but it quickly turned to pleasure, sending sparks of energy shooting to all her nerve endings. Her orgasm burst through her, sharper than anything she’d ever experienced as she came around him.

He palmed her stomach, slid his hand lower and tweaked her clit, sending off another burst of pleasure before he joined her. He withdrew his canines as he came, calling out her name as he spent himself inside her.

By the time they finally collapsed against the bed every part of her was sensitive and sated.

He rolled onto his back, tugging her so that she was splayed on top of him. Right where she wanted to be.

His arms tightened around her fiercely. “I love you, Dallas. Never imagined I would get a chance at love. Hell, I never imagined I deserved someone as wonderful as you.”

She smiled at her mate. “I love you too. And I never imagined I would meet someone like you either.”

Then he kissed her again and she lost herself in the sensation of her mate. Her forever.