Her fingers dig into my shoulders. “I love you,” she breathes against my lips. “The darkness in you calls to mine. I love all of it—the violence, the possessiveness, the need to control.”
I growl low in my throat, lifting her hips to position her at the edge of the table. “You have no idea what you’re doing to me.”
“Show me,” she challenges, wrapping her legs around my waist. “Don’t hold back. I’m not fragile.”
When I thrust into her, it’s without gentleness—claiming, marking, branding her as mine. She cries out, her back arching off the table, but her nails digging deeper tell me she wants this just as rough as I need to give it.
“Mine,” I snarl against her throat, setting a punishing pace.
“Yours,” she agrees, meeting each thrust. “Always yours.”
Even in this storm of possession and need, I find myself pressing tender kisses to her temple, her cheek. My hands grip her with such force, but my thumbs stroke softly against her skin. Violence and tenderness twined together—just like us.
“I never thought I could feel this,” I confess against her ear. “Never thought I was capable?—”
“You are,” she interrupts, framing my face with her hands. “With me, you are.”
I drive into her with renewed force. The table creaks beneath us as I pound into her, claiming every inch of her body.
“Fuck, Aurora,” I growl, my control slipping completely. “I want to fill you up. Want you pregnant with my child.”
Her eyes widen, pupils blown with desire.
“You’d look so fucking perfect,” I continue, voice rough as I slam into her. “Swollen with my baby. Everyone would know you’re mine. Completely fucking mine.”
Aurora moans, her inner walls clenching around me. I grab her ass, tilting her hips to hit deeper.
“Tell me you want it,” I demand, sweat dripping down my back as I thrust harder. “Tell me you want me to breed you.”
“Yes,” she gasps, her nails drawing blood on my shoulders. “Fill me up, Hunter. I want it. Want you.”
I lose myself in her completely, fucking her with animal intensity. The slap of skin against skin echoes through the room as I pound into her relentlessly.
“Going to come inside you,” I growl against her ear. “Going to put my baby in you.”
Her body tenses, back arching off the table as she screams my name. I feel the rush of wetness as she squirts around my cock, the sensation pushing me over the edge. I bury myself to the hilt and roar as I come, emptying everything I have inside her.
We stay joined, her legs still wrapped around my waist, both of us panting. The intensity slowly melts into something softer as I press lazy kisses along her jaw, her cheeks, her eyelids. She sighs contentedly, fingers threading through my hair.
“Stay,” she whispers, tightening around me when I shift slightly.
I have no desire to move, to break this connection. I lean down to kiss her slowly, deeply, our bodies still joined intimately.
21
AURORA
My body is pleasantly sore in a way that brings a flush to my cheeks as memories of last night flood back. The sunlight streaming through the windows casts a golden hue over everything. Hunter’s arm is heavy across my waist, possessive even in sleep. For a moment, I allow myself to feel safe.
But reality crashes back quickly. Liv is still missing. Jax still has her. And we’re no closer to finding them.
Hunter stirs beside me, instantly alert in that unnerving way of his. His hand slides up my bare back. “Morning,” he murmurs against my hair.
“Morning,” I reply, turning onto my side to face him. “Any news?”
He shakes his head. “Drones are still searching the Montana area. We should know something by this afternoon.”
I nod, swallowing my disappointment. Every hour Liv spends with Jax feels like an eternity.
