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  Lukas moved between my thighs, and I gave a small cry of disappointment as he slid down my body. But as his tongue found my nipples, I let my head fall back against the pillow. He had me squirming in no time as the wave of pleasure began to build inside of me, and just when I thought I couldn’t stand it anymore, his hard shaft tickled the entry between my legs, and then he slid inside of me.

  I gasped as much from the hard thrust as from the way that he filled me to the hilt. I had forgotten how tightly he fit inside of me as if my body had been made as a glove that was meant to fit only him. My memory of the last time was a pale comparison to what I was experiencing now. My fingernails drove into the muscles of his back as he moved against me.

  “Harder,” I gasped. “Please, Lukas.”

  It was the third time that I pressed him to be with me, and this time he didn’t hold back. I started my ascent to the heights of that ultimate pleasure, but that wasn’t all. Lukas wasn’t done with me yet. He kissed me fiercely, and then he turned me again so that I was on my stomach.

  His hands cradled my breasts as he entered me again, and then I felt his teeth on the mark on my shoulder. This time, I barely felt the pain even though I knew that he had broken the skin. What had been there before might have been only temporary, but this I knew was a mark that would be there for the rest of my life. And I was glad. My muscles squeezed hard around him, and I heard Lukas’s answering groan of pleasure. He was close, and I thrust my backside against his hips asking for more. Always more.

  I didn’t even notice that it had started to storm outside until that moment, and as the sky lit up with nature’s fireworks outside the windows, I felt the loosening of my vocal chords as I began to cry out. Lukas’s voice joined mine as we climaxed together. He fell against me and pulled me down into the soft comforter as he wrapped his arms tightly around me.

  I felt as if I couldn’t breathe for several long moments. I listened to his heartbeat as I laid cradled against his chest. Slowly, the world seemed to come back into focus.

  “So, that’s a mating ritual?” I finally asked with a giggle.

  “Whatever that was, we’re going to do it again. And again, and again,” he said as he began to tickle me. I squealed and tried to bat his hands away. We wrestled across the bed that way, and before I knew it, Lukas had my arms pinned over my head. My breasts thrust upward toward him, and I saw the salacious look on his face that told me ‘again’ might be happening even sooner than I expected.

  That was when I heard the doorbell. Lukas frowned. “I’ll ignore it,” he said. “Pretend I’m not home.”

  We waited for a moment, and then the doorbell sounded again. “I don’t think that’s going to work,” I said with a heavy sigh.

  “Hang on,” he said. He kissed my nose. “Do not get dressed.” He pulled himself out of the bed, and I watched him with a salacious look of my own as he pulled on a pair of jeans and t-shirt. He winked at me and then disappeared out into the hallway.

  I laid on the bed and smiled as I fingered the mark on my neck. I was going to be proud to show it off. I was the alpha’s mate. He loved me, and I loved him. It would all work out. Lukas would figure out a way. I stretched and rolled over onto my stomach as I tried to think of the sexiest pose possible to ensure we picked up where we left off when he returned.

  Several long minutes passed, and I started to fidget. I glanced at the clock next to the bed. I watched the second hand sweep around as I waited. When it started its tenth rotation, I knew that something was wrong. Very wrong.

  Despite Lukas’s request to stay naked in bed, I got up. I looked at my ruined dress on the floor of the bathroom and knew that wouldn’t do. A quick scan of Lukas’s closet produced a flannel shirt that was long enough that that it skimmed my knees when I put it on. It would have to do.

  Pulling the collar tight around my throat, I crept to the doorway. I could hear muffled voices in the hallway below, but I couldn’t make out what was being said. Then I realized that I was tired of being kept in the dark about everything. The time for secrets was over.

  I gathered the shirt around me as best I could and then made my way down the stairs. I saw that the reason I hadn’t been able to hear the conversation was because the voices were coming from the room off to the side of the front door. As I made my way down the steps, a figure stepped into the hallway. It was Billy. His eyes widened when he saw me there. As he took in my attire, I saw the alarm on his face. He moved closer so that he was out of view of anyone inside the room.

  “Get back upstairs now!” he said in an urgent, hushed tone.

  “Why?” I asked.

  I heard an unfamiliar voice in the other room. I had expected Lukas’s visitors to be the Greyelf Grizzly council members.

  “Who is this you’re speaking to, Mr. Miller?”

  The man stepped into the hallway behind Billy, and my breath caught in my throat. It appeared that Mr. Reddon of the Loper clan had joined the party as well, and there was nowhere for me to hide.

  To be continued…

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  Ivy Sinclair cut her romance teeth on classics like Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, An Affair to Remember, and Sabrina. She is a firm believer in true love, a happily ever after ending, and the medicinal use of chocolate to cure any ailment of the heart. Ivy's guilty pleasures include sushi, endless Starbucks lattes, and wine. Readers of Ivy's stories can expect smoldering sweet stories of romance that tug at the heartstrings.

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