Wolf’s eyes.
“No fucking way.” The sting of anger choked out my ache of loss. “No motherfucking way.”
“Carina…” Walker started.
But I was already leaving them behind as I charged after Phantom. The snap of a twig cut through the forest as I charged, forgetting all about the throbbing in my am. Nothing else mattered in that moment, not pain, not loneliness, not Finis…just them…my Wolves…
I raced down the steep embankment, catching sight of him standing by a tree, his hand braced against the trunk as though he could barely stand. His slumped shoulders hit me harder than any words could have. It was the stance of a broken man, of a man beaten down by pain. Of a man hurting. My throat tightened, and panic fueled me. I lunged, driving my boots into the ground, running headlong toward him.
He turned in that moment, agony shimmering cruelly in his eyes as I slammed into him. His arms were around me in an instant, drawing me hard against him.
“No, you fucking don’t,” I roared, and pummeled his chest with my fist as tears filled my eyes. “You don’t get to push me away, Phantom. You don’t get to hurt me. Not ever, you hear me? Not. Ever.”
He held me like that, letting me pound my fist on his massive chest while agony and desperation raged in his eyes. His lips were on mine a heartbeat later. The heat of his desire was like an avalanche…and I just couldn’t get enough, pulling him harder against me, yanking his shirt high to slide my hands against his chest.
One dangerous snarl, and he fisted my hair, yanking my head backwards, driving his mouth savagely against mine. I was spun and pushed against the tree that seconds ago he had used as a brace. His hands were at the button of my jeans and the zipper gave way before they were yanked down, exposing my ass.
“I won’t let him touch you,” Phantom swore before he licked the back of my neck and fumbled with his own pants. “I won’t let him take you from me.”
“Then don’t let him,” I commanded, stopping the Alpha cold.
His breath was a furnace on the back of my neck. He was so scared…so unbelievably scared…of losing me. I splayed my hands against the trunk and drove my ass back into him, feeling his cock press between my thighs. He was inside me with one unmerciful thrust, driving deep…connecting us once more. This was where we were supposed to be…how we were supposed to be.
Savage.
Animal.
No holds barred.
“I’m not your sister,” I growled as he gripped my hips and thrust deep, spearing that thick length inside me. “And I’m not weak.”
I closed my eyes at the feel of him…sliding and thrusting. I twisted and reached backwards, winding my arm around his neck. “I…I love you.”
He stopped mid-thrust for a second before he let out a growl of desire.
“I love you,” I repeated. “I love…you.”
He answered me with the strength of his passion, grasping my jaw with his blood-stained hand. He was all predator in that moment, all danger, all lust.
“I’d lose my fucking mind if I lost you,” he growled against my ear. “I’d tear the entire goddamn world apart and every living thing in it.”
I held on as his thrusts turned almost brutal, driving harder, lifting me to my toes with every inward surge of his cock. Heat flared inside me, making me buck and writhe, making me gasp with desperation as that dark, dangerous hunger flared to life. “Just like this…always like this” I demanded, and slammed my eyes closed.
Our bodies as one. Our rage…as one.
His was mine…
And I needed more.
My orgasm consumed me, driving my ass against each slam of his hips while I shuddered and quaked. My body clamped tight around him, drawing a savage sound from his lips as he came with a roar a second later. The sound ripped through the forest, and harsh breaths followed as we slowly came back to our senses.
He leaned into me, his hard chest pushing against my back as he sucked in air. I waited for a moment, hating the way he softened and slid from me. He was quick to bend and grasp my jeans, dragging them up my thighs.
Still, the darkness of his anger lingered between us, a palpable thing, sliding into me, thick and dangerous. He’d tried to drive me away out of fear. But it was more than fear that held us prisoner, it was a whole world