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I smiled, moving behind her to wrap my arms around her shoulders. “No, that wouldn’t be possible. Some come, some don’t. It’s about choice, not obligation.”
“I’m showing you this because I want you to understand what life will be like for you and Felix here,” I said, my voice low and intense. “This isn’t Foster’s pack, Summer. Wolves here aren’t just soldiers or servants–they’re family. They have freedom, autonomy, joy. That’s what I’m offering you both.”
“The pack you knew under Foster wanted obedience above all else,” I continued, my thumb tracing her lower lip. “My pack values loyalty that’s freely given. Can you feel the difference?”
Summer’s eyes glistened with unshed tears as she looked around at the pristine wilderness. “I can,” she whispered, her voice thick with emotion. “This is how a pack should be. How I always imagined it could be before…” She trailed off, but I knew she was thinking of Foster, of all she’d endured.
“Felix would thrive here,” she added softly, turning back to face me. “He’d have the childhood I always wanted for him.”
I cupped her cheek in my palm, savoring the way she instinctively leaned into my touch. “And what about you, Summer? Could you see yourself belonging here? With me?”
Her breath caught, eyes darkening as she held my gaze. The air between us crackled with the same electric tension that had been building since that moment in the hospital.
“I believe I still owe you a continuation of our earlier… conversation,” I murmured, pulling her closer until our bodies were flush against each other. “The one so rudely interrupted by my sister.”
Her heart rate quickened; I could hear its frantic rhythm matching my own. “Here?” she asked, voice barely above a whisper.
“Right fucking here,” I growled, tangling my fingers in her hair and tilting her head back. “I’ve waited five years to taste you again. I’m not waiting another minute.” (1
When my lips claimed hers, there was nothing gentle about it. This was possession, pure and raw. Her mouth opened beneath mine with a soft moan that sent fire racing through my veins. I backed her against a nearby tree, pinning her with my body as my tongue swept into her mouth, claiming, tasting, devouring.
“God, you taste even better than I remembered,” I groaned against her lips, my hands sliding down her sides to grip her hips. I pressed my hardness against her, letting her feel exactly what she did to me. “Tell me you want this, Summer. Tell me you want
me.”
“I want you,” she gasped, her fingers digging into my shoulders. “I’ve never stopped wanting you.”
That admission broke something loose inside me. I captured her mouth again as my hands slipped beneath her blouse, palming the soft weight of her breasts through her bra. Her nipples hardened instantly against my touch, and I growled my approval.
“These perfect tits,” I rasped, roughly pushing her bra aside to feel her bare skin. “I’ve dreamed about them. About you.”
Summer moaned, arching into my touch as I pinched her nipples between my fingers. “Alex, please…”
I didn’t need to be asked twice. In one fluid motion, I lifted her, wrapping her legs around my waist and grinding against her core. Even through our clothes, I could feel her heat, her wetness.
“You’re soaked for me,” I said, voice rough with desire as I nipped at her throat. “I can smell how badly you want me.”
“Then don’t make me wait,” she begged, her head falling back as I sucked a mark onto her neck—a temporary claim until 1 could make it permanent.
My hands moved to her jeans, unbuttoning them with desperate need. She was equally frantic, her fingers fumbling with my belt. When I finally slipped my hand inside her panties and felt her slick heat, we both groaned.
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“So fucking wet,” I growled, stroking through her folds before pushing two fingers inside her. “So tight. I can’t wait to feel you around my cock.”
Summer whimpered, grinding against my hand as I curled my fingers inside her. “Alex, I need-”
“I know what you need, baby,” I promised, working my fingers faster as my thumb circled her clit. “I’m going to give it to you. Going to fill this pretty pussy until you can’t remember anyone but me.”
She was close already–I could feel her walls fluttering around my fingers, her breath coming in short, desperate pants. I wanted her on the edge before I took her, wanted to ensure she’d come apart the moment I was inside her.
With my free hand, I managed to get my jeans open, freeing my aching cock. I positioned myself at her entrance, relishing her whimper of anticipation as the head of my cock brushed her sensitive flesh.
“Look at me,” I commanded, waiting until her heavy–lidded eyes met mine. “I want to see your face when I make you mine.”
Just as I was about to thrust forward and claim her completely, Summer’s phone rang–the shrill sound shattering our heated moment.
“Ignore it,” I growled, my grip on her hip tightening.
She started to nod, but then froze as she glanced at the screen. All color drained from her face.
“It’s… it’s Alpha Foster.”
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