His eyes still burned with silver fire in the mirror, and he didn’t release his bite on her. She couldn’t tear her gaze away from his as he started to move inside her again. He’d already fucked her harder than he ever had before, but she suspected he was just getting started.
The lycan was unleashed, and it was an insatiable beast.
Chapter Forty-Four
Lexi had never been moreexhausted in her life. She didn’t think she would ever move again, and it was more than being tired as every one of her muscles was limp and useless. She wasn’t sure she had bones anymore.
But her brain wouldnotshut off. Cole had claimed her as his mate. Ever since he told her what she was to him, Lexi had known it was only a matter of time before it happened, and she’d wanted it, but she should have told him about Orin first.
Now, he could not take the claiming bite back, and he had no idea of this giant secret she harbored from him. Would he see it as a big betrayal?
There was a good possibility he would, and she couldn’t blame him if he did. She would bepissedif their roles were reversed, but she hadn’t expected him to claim her tonight. She’d assumed there would be a warning before it happened.
She should have known that one day, he wouldn’t be able to control himself. If he decided to have nothing to do with her when he learned the truth, he would regret this claim.
She opened her mouth to tell him everything before closing it again. His father’s memorial service was tomorrow, and his coronation was the following day. It was already too late to change anything, and he had enough to deal with over the next two days.
Unburdening herself now would only ease her guilt, but it would do nothing to make anything better for him. It would only make it worse as there was nothing he could do about Orin until the memorial and coronation were over.
She would tell him after the coronation and deal with the consequences then. Until then, she would do her best to be here for him.
Cole ran his fingers through her hair before caressing the edge of his bite. “Does it hurt?”
“No,” she said.
“I’m sorry I was so rough with you.”
Lifting her head, she propped it on her hand and smiled at him. “It’s not anything I couldn’t handle, and did you hear me complaining?”
He quirked an eyebrow as he let her hair fall from his fingers and settle against her back.
“Besides,” she said as she kissed his nose, “I liked it.”
His blue eyes flashed with silver. After everything he’d done to her, she hadn’t considered it possible for him to feel desire again so soon; she was wrong.
“Is that so?” he murmured as he ran a finger over her bottom lip.
She didn’t respond as her pulse quickened. She hadn’t believed it possible for her to feel desire again so soon either, but he was proving her wrong.
However, she couldn’t stifle a yawn as the moons dipped lower in the sky.
“You’re exhausted,” he said.
“I am,” she admitted.
He settled his hand on the small of her back and turned onto his back. Planting his feet, he rose in a fluid motion she would have considered impossible. She marveled at his strength and grace as he lowered her to the ground.
She shivered when he stepped away. Wrapping her arms around herself, she couldn’t suppress a yawn as he retrieved her clothes and handed them to her.
Taking her jeans, she pulled them on and shoved her ruined underwear into her pocket before slipping on her bra. She was about to pull on her shirt, but she paused when she glimpsed her reflection in the mirror.
Her hands froze and her mouth parted as she gazed at his bite mark on her shoulder. Only two of his fang marks were visible, but she assumed the two on her back were doing the same thing as the ones on her front.
And that thing wasglowinga brilliant silver that matched the color of the moons.
“Oh,” she whispered as her fingers brushed the bite.
Cole came to stand behind her. His hands slid around to clasp her fingers as they settled on the edge of the bite.
