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But he didn’t. He knew he had to be careful and respect my boundaries, even though the sensation of him gliding his cock against my clit made me drunk with ecstasy. I finally broke. “I want you inside me.”

The words alone sparked enough gratification in my mate to make him moan. He grabbed my ass and pulled me closer, positioning himself to enter me. “Are you sure?”

“Yes. I need to feel you,” I breathed.

“Are you comfortable?”

“Of course I am.”

“No, I mean…” Colt paused, sliding his hand up the small of my back to support me. “On the desk?”

I laughed. The desk wasn’t all that comfortable, but it didn’t matter. I didn’t want to ruin the moment by running to the nearest bed. “It’s fine, Colt. I want you now.”

“I want you too.” With my permission to proceed, Colt arched over me, watching the visceral reaction of my body as he pushed inside me. The feeling of his member entering my warmth was dizzying, all of a sudden exerting pressure on my sensitive spots that ignited pleasure through every inch of me. My loins burned with the desire to take in all of him. With cautious thrusts, Colt gradually filled me up and then panted above me, meeting my eyes with a husky intonation. “Your tight pussy is to die for.”

He almost did die for it. I laughed and squeezed my legs around his hips, drawing him closer. Colt picked up a steady rhythm, rocking me on the desk at first, slow and tenderly, allowing me to take my time experiencing him. We shared long, passionate kisses, barely pausing to breathe before batting at one another with our tongues. As the heat rose between us, Colt’s pace picked up until he was pounding hard between my thighs, turning off all senses except our nerves stimulated by eroticism. I didn’t expect the satisfaction would be so powerful, but with each thrust, my body felt tighter and hotter, my insides coiling in anticipation of completion. And when it finally struck, the bliss was blinding. My body tensed and then became fluid with warmth from my core to my extremities, tingling and buzzing with delight. My muscles squeezed Colt into orgasm, and he uttered a long, trembling groan as he released inside me.

When it was done, we were both left panting and sweaty, our bodies glistening. Colt remained poised above me, slowly kissing me and unwilling to detach. Even though I was just lying beneath him, my body felt exhausted, the pleasure having drained all my energy. “That felt amazing,” I told him.

His shoulders shook with a chuckle. “I’ll give you that every day for the rest of your life.”

“Yes, please.”

I ran my fingers through his hair, tipping his head back to meet his eyes again. The hazy grin on his face showed me what Colt could look like without worries or trauma plaguing his heart. This carefree happiness was what I wanted for him for the rest of his life, too.

But his expression faded after a moment, returning to seriousness reminiscent of the past few weeks. “Kiara… If I stay here, chances are I’ll have to become the Alpha. Are you ready for that?”

It was something I had thought a lot about. “I’ll support you no matter what you decide. Are you ready for it?”

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready. But Gavin and Everett want me to do it, and I trust that they would… I don’t know, give me pointers, at least.”

“They want to restore the alliance between your packs. Of course, they’d help.”

“Yeah. But if I become Alpha, with you as my mate… you’ll never be able to live a life in secrecy again. Everyone will know that you’re part unicorn.”

I’d thought a lot about that, too. “You think my life could be in danger?”

“There’s always going to be danger. I’ll protect you like I promised I would. But are you willing to take that risk?”

I clasped my hand over the back of Colt’s neck, pressing my brow against his. “I’m not just a unicorn, you know. I’m a wolf too. Anybody who tries to mess with me will get the teeth.”

“That’s right. Sometimes I forget how scary you can be.”

“You need to be reminded.” So I clutched his lip between my teeth and gently bit him.

We stretched across the desk, laughing and nibbling on each other before descending into another bout of passionate lovemaking. I never would have guessed that we were meant for each other. Leave it to the Sky Goddess to declare us a match made in heaven.

Chapter 32: Colt 

B

y mid-October, I had gathered all the wolves of Dalesbloom that chose to remain. There weren’t many of them left. What used to be a pack of forty strong was reduced to about ten, including myself and Kiara. Most of them were either captured and relocated by the Mythguard, killed, or fled. The same had become of the Inkscales. None of them lingered, and most worryingly, Kipling had disappeared after the ritual. There were no dragons left in our home, just the remnants of my once great pack. But we would become great again—alongside Grandbay and Eastpeak, and our packs would flourish. It would just take time. 

The sun shone on a clear Saturday morning when my pack was gathered in the yard behind Hexen Manor. The surrounding forest had turned vibrant shades of orange and yellow in the encroaching autumn, the grass beneath our feet brittle. Ravens fluttered in the boughs and cawed distantly while a gentle breeze carried a mixture of our scents through the yard. Not just ours but the scents of our neighbors too. Gavin and Billie stood off to one side with their packmates, while Everett and Aislin stood to the other with theirs. Kiara and I stood at the head of the gathering, looking at our eight packmates. All three of our packs had gathered here for the official declaration of my claim to Dalesbloom.