“I understand,” my mate assured me, kissing the top of my head lovingly.
Needing some time alone, I said, “I’m going to take a shower. Why don’t you pick something for us to watch when I get out,” I suggested before retreating into the bathroom and shutting the door.
The minute it closed, I began to cry.
Ethan
My mate’s crying was too much for me to bear. As quiet as she may think she was being, I could still hear her over the running water, and the sound broke my heart.
I could feel her sadness like it was my own. Mates couldn’t hide their emotions from one another. We were bonded inevery way that mattered. Her pain was my pain now. I’d have it no other way.
After what I’d overheard her mother say to her at dinner tonight, I could understand why she was so upset. My supernatural abilities had allowed me, and all my brothers, to easily listen in on that terrible conversation. It had taken all my strength not to leap up and run across the room when Jenny had tried to convince Millie to sacrifice herself to protect the male heir. Thankfully, I didn’t have to do that. My mate had shut down the request before I could deal with the foolish woman myself. The fact that Laurence had warned me with his eyes to be patient, to let this play out without interruption, had certainly helped keep me in my seat, as well.
Well, Laurence wasn’t here now, and I’d long since spent my patience. I was going to soothe my mate and see to her care like she deserved.
I entered the bathroom silently, having already stripped down in the bedroom. Pulling back the curtain, Millie glanced up in surprise, as she hadn’t heard my entry.
Wordlessly, I stepped into the shower, which was far too small for someone of my size, not to mention a second, much smaller, person. Millie adjusted herself so that she was facing me. Leaning her cheek against my chest, she let her defenses down and her tears out. I allowed her the chance to purge the worst of it before I began to purr, and the harsh gasps subsided into quieter sniffles.
When I felt her body relax, I soaped up my hands and began to thoroughly clean my mate. Soon, those tiny sniffles turned into soft mews of pleasure. As my hands slipped between herlegs to soap her sex, her growing slickness alerted me to what she required next.
“Please,” Millie whimpered, needing my comfort so bad I could feel her aching for it.
Lifting her in my arms, I placed her back against the shower wall and her legs wound around my core. With an elemental growl, I lined myself up with her delicate opening and surged forward.
“Yes!” she cried, urging me with her heels to go as deep as possible.
I did. I pistoned hard and fast into her wet heat, the only place I wanted to be for the rest of my life. Millie went off like a rocket almost instantly. Her orgasm hit so fast it took us both by surprise. Her muscles seized my cock like a powerful fist, expertly milking the pleasure from my very bones.
“Harder!” She demanded.
I gave her everything she wanted and more. I went so hard and deep, I knew I’d bred my mate tonight without a single doubt in my mind. When we returned to Montana, we’d be expecting a child.
The thought of Millie having my baby caused a burst of love to shoot through my chest. It also made me more determined than ever to win the fight against Osyrius tomorrow. There was no other choice. I wasn’t about to let my son or daughter go through life without a father like I had.
With fierce determination, I made Millie cum over and over again on my thrusting cock. Then, when I couldn’t hold out anymore, I unleashed my seed into the very depths of her womb.
As she spasmed around me, I held her close, relishing the smell of her hair, the taste of her skin, and the feel of her body enshrouding mine.
“I love you, Ethan,” she whispered from the crook of my neck. “I always have. There’s never been anyone else. It’s always been you.”
Though I hadn’t realized it sooner, Millie was right. We’d always been destined to be together. All it took was time and distance to show me what wonders life had in store for us. Two people, broken and lost in grief, coming together to heal as one.
My heart contracted painfully as I held my mate. “I love you, too, Princess. Everything is going to be okay. I promise.”
CHAPTER 18
Millie
As soon as we pulled into the Tupilaq pack’s compound, my anxiety tripled.
From the outside world, it appeared like any other gated, wealthy neighborhood. However, what humans couldn’t see with their eyes hid a whole other underground world that had a strict hierarchical structure all of its own.
The ware manning the gate gave a smug smile as we pulled up beside him. “What do you want us to do with the car afterward?” He’d arrogantly posed, as soon as the window rolled down.
“After?” I’d repeated, confused by his peculiar question.
“After we kill your mate and you no longer need it. Osyrius doesn’t let his women drive,” the attendant crudely informed me. “He’ll never let you leave the property.”
