I was lost in the throes of pleasure, just like he wanted, but I coaxed him toward his climax as well. He jackhammered himself toward the oblivion that I was permanently in, and he came with a terrific growl, shooting up inside of me as his tail swelled.
His orgasm forced another one to explode inside me, and tears leaked down my face.
His body shivered as he kissed away my tears. “You're such a good fucking girl, baby. I'm so proud of how well you took all of me.”
“We're going to have to do that more often,” I croaked, my body brimming with ecstasy.
“Anything you want.” He chuckled.
Our bodies were damp and gleaming from our love making, and I sucked in oxygen, unable to think of anything but my mate.
“I love you, Rhett.” My heart swelled with love for him and flooded our bond.
He sent love back to me as our pheromones slowly seeped away from each other and back inside of us. “I love you with everything I have. I'm going to be the one to make you think when you need to and confront the ugly parts of trauma, but I’m also going to be the one to help you stop thinking whenever you need it.”
“And I'll do the same for you,” I promised.
“You already do.”
TWENTY-FOUR
Wren
Thesundippedbeneaththe horizon, and the sky painted beautiful hues of pinks and purples.
“You don't have to come with me.” Lachlan cleared his throat and forced a hand through his unruly brown curls.
“I know I don't have to, but I want to. You've never let me be by your side during the full moon, and I think that needs to change.”
He squeezed my hand tighter as we stepped through the Bestial forest.
“We really haven't had a chance to talk about the journal,” I murmured.
“Your father's journal? I know, tiny fox, but he's away from that now. As long as that human faction is truly goal-oriented about equality, then your father should be okay.”
“Yes, I know.. but I was actually talking about Lily's journal.”
His jaw ticked as he nodded, turning his gaze from me back to the path in the forest. Crickets sang into the evening sky, and little glows of light flickered around us as lightning bugs came out. “She had explained in the beginning why she was doing it. It was about keeping her family safe, that the humans had threatened them. But the rest of it was all clinical, very in depth, and almost as if she enjoyed it.” A shiver racked through his body, and he tightened his jaw even more. “I absolutely hate the thought of it.”
“I'm so sorry. She's your twin, though. Give her the benefit of the doubt until you can’t anymore.” I squeezed his hand.
Lachlan loved his twin dearly, and I’d hate for her to turn out to be the way he thinks.
“I know, and you're absolutely right. She's my sister, and it's my fault she ended up in that place anyway.”
“It is not your fault.” I tugged him to a stop, reaching up and turning his face to look at me. My fingertips grazed the scruff on his jaw. “Lachlan, it's not your fault, and if you were in the same position as her, I don't think you would make a different choice. You wouldn’t let anything happen to your parents or to Lily if that was the threat.”
“No, but I also wouldn't experiment on my own kind. I would escape and try to find them.”
“Ideally, yes, but we don't know what she's going through or has gone through.”
His head dipped in a nod. “You're right. I guess I'm just scared to get my hopes up.”
“And that's normal. I'm scared to get my hopes up that my father will find me.”
“He will find you, tiny fox. I know it.”
“You know I love you, right?”
