Chapter 48 Tasting My Mate
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I sped through the brightly lit night in the forest, exhilaration beaming through my wolf. She was happy and had no other care in the world. The cool night breeze tingled through my fiery red fur as my legs pounded against the forest floor with great speed. I could hear the raspy yips of owls mixed with the cooing howls of other wolves off in the distance. I gave full control to my wolf and let her run wild in her primal form. I couldn't remember running this free since the first time I had shifted. I heard the faint echo of running water somewhere nearby and perked up my ears, thankful for my shifter hearing. My wolf picked up her pace effortlessly, leaping over thick tree logs and rugged rocks on the path, determined to reach that body of water.
I slowed my pace slightly when I recognized a lake set before me. The calm water extended as far as I could see. I approached the water, taking in all its beauty and charm, then cocked my head back to stare at all the twinkling stars that had filled the sky tonight. I shifted back into my human form and approached a huge gray boulder off to the side of the lake. I enjoyed the forest floor underneath my feet, feeling grounded as one with the earth. I savored the intensity of the sensation pulsating through me—I felt at home. I pulled myself up on the boulder and lay back, enjoying how the cool air prickled against my skin and made my nipples hard. There couldn't be a more fulfilling feeling than this, I thought to myself.
I heard the rustling of leaves near me in the forest, accompanied by the most irresistible scent. I closed my eyes to enjoy each second of it. An angry growl startled me, and I pulled myself up to my elbows to evaluate potential danger when I recognized a massive black wolf in front of me. I beamed a smile at the familiar wolf, completely lost in a trance as I felt those glowing honey eyes staring into my soul. Alpha Jaxon shifted into his human form, clearly not impressed with me for some reason.
"You took off on your own. Do you have no sense of danger?! For fuck's sake, Adeline, we were just attacked by rogues a few hours ago!" he said, running his hand through his tousled dark hair. I tried to take him seriously, but his angry tone just ended up turning me on.
I shot him a smile and yelped, "Oh come on, Alpha! The forest is so peaceful. Don't you just feel so damn alive out here?!" With one sudden leap, he jumped onto the boulder where I was lying and carefully positioned himself on top of me, locking my head between his muscled arms that he held himself up on. His face was so close to mine that he glanced down at me in admiration, making me feel warm and safe. "Jaxon," he whispered and gave me a short, sweet peck on my lips. Intoxicating waves of pleasure flowed through my body, and my heart pinched slightly in my chest. The moment was perfect—he was perfect.
I grappled to form the words in my brain for a moment, then said, "Jaxon? What are you talking about?" furrowing my eyebrows in confusion.
"I told you already, Adeline, I want you to refer to me as Jaxon when we're alone," he said. He glanced down at my neck for a second and shot his eyes back into mine as if he had suddenly remembered something. "No, little mate, I want you to refer to me as Jaxon *all* the time. You're my equal, the missing half of my soul, and I'm always going to be yours." He stroked my hair from my face, keeping our eyes connected as if we were one under the moonlight. I let out a small growl at him. "Mine," I hissed through gritted teeth.
My reaction must have made him happy because he smiled adoringly at me and rolled onto his back, pulling me on top of him with his huge hands in the process. I lay my head against his chest, enjoying that he was double my size, and listened to the steady thump of his heart against my ear. I let out a small moan unknowingly, and he wrapped his arms around my back. He shuffled in his spot for a moment and asked with concern in his voice, "Little mate, what do you want? I don't think I've ever asked you that."
I tilted my head back, staring right into those eyes that always took my breath away as he looked down at me. "Right now, I want this moment to never end." He pulled his head forward and laid a kiss on my forehead. I closed my eyes, enjoying the fireworks exploding in my chest. I whispered to him, "What I really want is for all this chaos to go away. I'm certain that I want to be your mate until I take my last breath. I want to build a house right here at this very spot, and I want to sit by the window, painting on a canvas, look out one day, and see you playing with our litter of pups while the sun sets on the horizon."
Alpha Jaxon cocked his head, concentrating on my confession. "Jaxon, what do you want?" A small smile formed on his face as he pulled me onto him, my legs on the sides of his sculpted chest. I looked down at him.
"I want to start and end every day next to you. I don't know if you realize it, but you awaken the very depths of my soul. You make me want to be a better man. I'm definitely not going to argue about that litter of pups either," he said confidently. I giggled at his answer and pulled my face close to his until our lips were inches apart. He beamed and closed the distance between us, drawing our lips together.
My breasts pressed against his bare chest as he pushed further into my mouth, roughly intertwining our tongues. There was so much passion pouring from our bodies as he took control of the kiss. I couldn't hold back the wetness that had formed in my folds, and I pretended to adjust my body, hoping he didn't realize I had ground against him for a small release. He groaned at my swift move and grabbed one of my breasts in his hands, massaging it thoroughly.
I felt a light nip on my bottom lip as he sat up, still holding me close as I straddled him. He pulled forward and latched his mouth onto my other breast while his fingers lightly tugged on my nipple. His tongue flicked in circles around it. I couldn't hold back my loud moan when he lightly bit it. Electric shocks jolted throughout my body, more intense than they'd ever been. I reached behind my body, pulling his cock against my ass and began grinding against his hardness.
"Fuck-k-k, Adeline, you're going to make me come just like that," he spat out, pulling his mouth off my nipple.
My grinding intensified, occasionally pulling my body up and down along the length of his shaft, increasing the sensation. His eyes darkened into an onyx color, and I shimmied backward until I could feel his hardness nestled between the folds of my pussy. Jerking his cock a couple times with my hand, I pushed it against my wetness and ground forward. My body quivered, begging to be impaled by his long cock.
I could see his wolf surfacing as Alpha Jaxon grunted repeatedly. "P-please. I need more. I want you inside me," I begged. His lips captured mine as he flipped me over onto my back. I opened my legs wide, praying to the Moon Goddess that he would thrust into me already. He pulled back and whispered, "Not yet, but I do need another taste of that tight pussy." He moved backward, grabbing my hips and angling me upward.
"So fucking wet for me. Your juices smell so good," his warm breath whispered against my clit, causing me to shudder. He kissed my thighs with such lust and moved his hand to my pussy while the other still held me upward.
His thumb rubbed small circles on my clit while his tongue etched slowly to my pink lips. I moaned and gripped my breasts tightly, massaging and pulling on them. When those small pepper kisses finally made their way to my pussy lips, I gasped deeply for air.
"More Alpha, I need more," I said in a raspy, breathless voice. He let out a grunt, clearly turned on, and pushed his tongue into my tight hole. His tongue ravaged me as he thrust in and out of my pussy, his thumb flicking my pearl back and forth. Alpha Jaxon tugged out and bit the lips of my pussy, causing me to scream. The sensation was just painful enough that I couldn't hold back any longer.
"J-Jaxon, I'm going to come," I whimpered, grabbing the back of his head and pushing it back into my pussy. He licked the length of my clit and said, "Not yet. You come when I tell you to come. Understood, little mate?" I nodded, completely submitting to the man I had once thought of as a beast.
"Good girl," he murmured, jerking my hips higher. He sucked on my pearl for a moment and grabbed my breast, twisting my nipple slightly. I could feel my wolf purring inside, begging for his canines to attach to my neck. He lodged his tongue deep into my hole, causing my breathing to labor. I was at complete mercy to Alpha Jaxon. His face still in my pussy folds, he said, "Come for me, baby. I want your taste in my mouth."
I felt the gates of my inner dam open and my wetness pour over his tongue as he ravaged my swollen, pink pussy. My body collapsed from the release. I was riding pure ecstasy.
He pulled his body up on top of mine and kissed me deeply. "You're perfect," he whispered, then got up and off the boulder. It took a moment for my breathing to steady, and I continued to lie on the boulder, staring up at the moon. He glanced over, pushing my hair behind my ear.
"We should head back to the pack house. I'm sure the doctor is frantic by now that you ripped out your IV drip and disappeared," he said with a chuckle.
