“Alright, what do you want to call it?”
Avelyn shrugged. For a few long minutes, she was lost in the enchanting view. The icy water fell in dramatic waves, rising clouds of foam on the rocks and the surface of the pool below. The noise it made was deafening, especially for her sensitive ears. She didn’t mind it. In fact, she loved how it drowned everything else, even her erratic thoughts. Standing there, on the platform, in the heart of the mountains, with her husband’s strong, protective arms wrapped around her, Avelyn could sink into herself and meditate. Being a mother was a blessing, but she had to admit she needed this. She needed the peaceful landscape surrounding her, and she needed the loud waterfall to erase all worries from her mind.
“How about Soul Seed?” she finally answered.
“Soul Seed?”
“Yes. I’m pretty sure Jake was conceived there.”
“Soul Seed Falls. I like it.”
“I want it to be official.”
Max thought for a second. “We can try… but it’s so small, you can’t even find it on the map.”
“The locals know about it. We’ll just make one of those wood signs, paint Soul Seed Falls on it, and that’s that. It’s on Blackmane land, anyway.”
“Huh. The perks of owning almost a third of the Black Forest Mountains…”
She turned around in his arms. Her blue eyes were filled with happiness.
“Will you do it for me?”
Max allowed himself to get lost in his mate’s beautiful orbs. If he looked hard enough, he was sure he could see her soul. And her soul was kind, loving, and completely devoted to him and their pups.
“I’ll do anything for you.”
She lifted herself up on her tiptoes, closed her eyes, and kissed him deeply, slowly, passionately. No tongue, at first. The point wasn’t to get naked again. Well, he was already naked… All Avelyn wanted was to make him feel her love. She imagined her sweetest emotions were pouring through her parted lips and latching themselves onto him. Her need to be one with him was overwhelming.
“Avelyn…”
“Max…”
Neither of them wanted to break eye contact. Not now, not ever. He grabbed her by the waist, lifted her off the ground, and walked her to the nearest snow-covered rock. He gently placed her on the cold, soft surface, and descended onto her, his mouth devouring hers, his hands roaming all over her curves and sneaking under her fluffy pullover to squeeze her heavy breasts and caress the sensitive skin of her belly.
When Max moved down to kiss her jaw and neck, Avelyn dug her fingers into his raven black hair. Panting heavily, she looked at the endless sky, at the full moon reigning over the stars, and laughed with joy. Her laugh startled him.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nothing. I’m just… happy. I mean, look at me. I’m a mother, I’m in a beautiful marriage, I’m a wolf hybrid, which means I won’t age very soon, and I have the most gorgeous husband on top of me. My husband. Naked. In winter. I love winter. Have I ever told you that?”
“Baby, you love all the seasons.”
“Well, now winter has become my favorite.”
He cupped her rosy cheek, then traced the contour of her full lips with the tips of his fingers.
“Alright, winter is your favorite season. And you’re my favorite person in the whole wide world.”
She grinned. “What about Nikolas, Lucas, and Jacob?”
“Well, they’re not here now, are they?”
“Oh, yes! Thank God.”
They both laughed. They made themselves as comfortable as they could, and watched the waterfall, the sky, and the forest for a long while. They didn’t keep track of time.
“We should have brought a blanket, at least.”