Page 69 of Cruel Alpha Mate

Then what have I forgotten?

“D…” I whisper against the shell of her ear as I slow down my thrusts. “I need to—I need—”

Suddenly, my inner wolf becomes desperate to claim its mate, and the thought turns me feral, a growl growing in my chest. I can barely keep up with wildly pounding into Delilah asI have her pinned to the back of the bathroom door, until she nods and whispers, “Do it, Hunter. Mark me as yours. I am yours forever.”

Those words are all it takes for me to pierce the flesh around her scent gland and mark her as my mate, tasting her sweet, metallic blood in my mouth. My canines barely retract before she grabs my face and kisses me, and my heart swells with all the love I have for this woman.

As if reading my mind, Delilah breaks the kiss and stares deeply into my eyes when she says, “I love you, Hunter Black. Always have, always will.”

“I love you, Delilah Hargreeves. Always and forever, m'lady.”

Our lips meet again to seal the deal, our fated union now official from the marking. The declaration of our love is all we need as vows, and our bodies soon follow to attest to what we already know.

Delilah and I were made for each other.

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THE END