Her nipples were rock-hard as he knew how to work her body until she couldn’t even think straight. “Please, please,” she said.
“That’s it, baby, come for me. Give it to me.”
She screamed as she came hard. The size of his cock felt different, almost bigger as she came around him.
Before she’d even finished, he moved her back onto her hands and knees, and he took her roughly, driving into her without remorse, and she loved the way he commanded her body, taking what he wanted without hesitating.
When he came, he moved his grip to her hips, his fingers tightening to the point she knew she’d have bruises the next day. He didn’t pull out of her, and they collapsed to the ground, panting for breath.
“Wow,” she said. “I think I should run from you more often.”
His grip tightened around her waist, pressing kisses to her neck.
“I will always catch you, Mabel. Always.” He kissed her shoulder.
She smiled as she closed her eyes, sinking deeper against him. “Can we stay here all night?”
“Another storm is coming.”
She groaned. “We’ve had way too many storms.” Her hatred of storms hadn’t dissipated even though Lucas liked to play a lot during them.
“I know. Maybe tomorrow night.”
“Then we’ve got to head back,” she said.
She pulled away from him, moaning as his cock slid from her body. Getting to her feet, she held her hands out to Lucas.
He got to his feet, holding her close. Then he banded his arm around her and pressed his face to her neck.
Make me yours.
She kissed his chest. They locked their fingers together and made their way across the beach. She felt the change in the air.
It was getting darker again.
The storm was coming.
She breathed in the air and realized for the first time in over three years, she was happy. Happier than she’d ever been, and it was all because of Lucas.
She didn’t know if it would be possible to fall for him or to even believe they’d be the same off the island. With no one watching them, she felt free to be herself, and there was no denying he was different as well.
As the rumble of thunder began, they entered the front door. Lucas closed the door and she rubbed her arms.
“Damn it. I hope this storm passes,” she said.
“It will.”
Lucas turned and frowned, his eyes going wide at something behind her.
She turned around and found his father, the Alpha, Duke, standing in the hallway. She let out a cry at the same time Lucas pulled her behind him. They were both naked.
Her heart raced.
Her Alpha had just seen her naked.
Holy crap, this couldn’t be happening to her. She pressed her face against Lucas’s back and tried not to groan at what had just happened.
“I’m pleased to see that the two of you are finding ways to work it out.”
“Dad, what are you doing here?” he asked.
“I’ve come bearing bad news.”
Mabel looked past his shoulder. Duke stared right at her, and a chill ran down her spine. “What bad news?”
“There was an accident. I know you have to continue your bonding as I’ve agreed, but your father is in bad shape. Our doctors have looked over him, but the next few days are critical.”
“Wait, what? What accident?”
“Two males transitioned two days ago before the full moon. It occurred through the action of rage. They had taken their fight into the forest when your father stumbled upon them. In the process, they struck a tree and it fell on your father. He was crushed and they were too far gone to do anything. He was found hours later.”
Tears filled her eyes. “Tell me he’s not dead.” No, this couldn’t be happening. No one and nothing could kill her father.
Sickness swirled in her gut, and Lucas turned, guarding her body and wrapping his arms around her.
“The doctor is unsure of what can be done, if anything. We have to wait and see.”
“I need to go and see him,” she said.
“It’s why I have come. We can leave tonight and be back home by tomorrow. You’ll have to return after …”
He didn’t finish, and she shook her head. “After my father is dead?” She couldn’t help the pain that struck her hard. “No. He can’t die. We’re wolves. We can’t die.”
Lucas’s arms tightened around her. She held on to him.
“Mabel, I know this has come as a shock to you. Do you want me to return without you?”
She shook her head. “No, I just, he can’t die. I don’t … I think I’m going to be sick.”
No longer caring about her naked state, she ran out of Lucas’s arms and past the Alpha, charging upstairs and going into the nearest bathroom. She lifted the toilet seat, pulling back her hair at the same time she threw everything up.
Her body shook with the force of her sickness. There was no way her dad was dead. It just wasn’t possible. She refused to believe it.