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“Gemma—”
Cradling his stubbled jaw in my hands, I start peppering kisses all over his face. In between kisses, I pant out the three words over and over again. By the time I’m clinging to his neck, my forehead pressed to his hair, I don’t want there to be any doubt about how I feel.
And then Ryker runs his big paws up and down my back. “You scared the shit out of me just now. What would I do if anything happened to you? I love you, too, sweetheart. So, so much. Don’t ever do anything like that again.”
I told myself just now that I didn’t need the words. His gesture was enough. But hell if I don’t squeeze him even tighter to hear him whisper them back to me, even if it came in between him scolding me.
My laugh is shaky at best as I let go of his face, giving him some space. “I was just taking a shortcut to get to you. I didn’t expect an ambush.”
“You’re an alpha wolf, Gemma. You have to always be expecting an ambush.”
I wish he wasn’t telling the truth.
“Why? When I know I have someone I adore watching my back.”
“I’ll always watch it. I’ll never let anything happen to you,” he promises.
Luna, I hope he means that, because I can’t stop myself from blurting out, “Then be my mate. Forever. For always. It’s your turn, Ryker. Just… sayyes.”
I hold my breath, telling myself that if he refuses me again, it’s not a rejection. Mates get to choose. When he was ready, I wasn’t. If he’s not ready now, then fine.
I can wait.
I—
“Yes.”
I throw myself back into his arms, blood and gore and all.
12
The Luna Ceremony can only take place during the full moon. That’s four days from now.
That doesn’t mean that we don’t go back to Ryker’s and fuck like bunnies because, oh boy, do we. Pausing only to shower off the last of the vamp—and, okay, I might’ve jumped on Ryker’s cock even while we were rinsing off—we immediately fall into bed together.
We’re shifters. We fight and we fuck. That’s what we do.
Ryker is still battling his protective urges. He tells me he saw his forever flashing before his eyes when the vampire went after me with the silver knife, and even if he knows that he’s risking Roman’s wrath by killing the vamp, nothing would’ve been able to stop him.
After I let him use my body to get through the worst of them, I collapse on my back before shoving him off of me. Ryker’s still hard—surprise, surprise, right?—but he takes the hint, curling up against me while he gives me a second to breathe.
Unfortunately, the second to breathe turns into a second to obsess.
“Roman’s gonna be majorly pissed that we killed that vamp,” I announce to the ceiling.
“That parasite is pure alpha. He’ll understand why we had to.”
I’ve never met Roman, but everything I heard about him makes me think that Ryker’s right. Or maybe he’s just trying to make me feel better because I gave him a blowjob in the shower before I let him do whatever he wanted to me and, yeah, that put him in a much more generous mood.
“Mm.”
That’s all I can say. I don’t want to disagree in case that riles up Ryker’s wolf again, and I’m also a bit distracted myself as Ryker scoots down the bed, laying one of his massive paws on my naked belly as he brings his mouth closer to me.
I’ve come three times already tonight, but if he’s willing—
Ryker laps at the cut in my side.
Oh.
