Chapter 182: Loving you...
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Kieran stumbled but he didn’t let her fall.
He twisted mid motion, bracing one arm against the ground as he landed with Autumn cradled safely against his chest.
Kieran caught her ,rolling them over to cut the momentum...until she was pinned beneath him.
The impact was rough, but he barely registered it, too focused on the way her body pressed into his, the way her breath hitched as their hips aligned.
For a heartbeat, they stayed like that...his body hovering over hers, her legs still locked around his waist, her fingers tangled in his hair. The mist curled around them, dampening the air, making every touch feel electric
Her eyes were dark with need, her lips swollen from his kisses.
Beautiful.
He kissed her again, slower this time, savoring the taste of her. His hands moved to her pants, sliding them down her legs, and she kicked them off with a breathless laugh.
He stripped off the rest of his clothes, his gaze never leaving hers, before settling back over her, his body pressing hers into the earth.
"Tell me if I get carried away," he murmured, his voice rough with restraint. "Tell me if you need me to stop. Because right now, all I can think about is being inside you. I need to feel you, Autumn. I swear on the Moon, I have missed this too much. Missed you to death..."
His hand drifted to her slightly swollen abdomen, brushing a reverent kiss over her skin...over their babies...before positioning himself between her thighs.
He nudged her legs apart with his knees, and she shuddered.
"Kieran," she whispered, her nails scraping down his back. " I need you too...Is it too much to ask?"
A groan tore from his throat as he ground against her, and she gasped, her hips lifting to meet his... craving that friction. " If it’s too much to ask , I am guilty of wanting it too... "
The moment stretched between them... his fingers traced the curve of her hip.
Autumn shivered.
"You are trembling," he murmured, dragging his knuckles up the sensitive skin of her inner thigh.
"And whose fault is that?" Her voice was breathless, her nails biting into his shoulders as his touch wandered higher.
A low hum vibrated in his chest. "Mine." His thumb brushed the lace edge of her underwear, teasing. "And I am guilty but not sorry about this...not at all."
She arched into his touch, but he pulled back just enough to make her whimper.
"Kieran..." She rasped back, sharp... voice shaking with disappointment.
"Tell me," he said, voice rough. His lips skimmed her jaw, then her throat, lingering over the frantic pulse there. "Tell me what you want."
Her hips rolled higher, seeking more friction, but he held himself just out of reach.
"You know what I want," she gasped.
He nipped at her collarbone, teeth scraping lightly before soothing the sting with his tongue. "I want to hear you say it.Please...say it for me..."
Her breath hitched as his hand slid beneath the fabric, fingers tracing slick, aching heat without giving her what she needed.
"Fuck, Alpha...you are cruel," she choked out, thighs tightening around his wrist.
" Damn!" His lips found hers again, swallowing her moan as his fingers circled, maddeningly slow. He himself had hardened ten times over that call..." Call me like that again and we will end up with a really large litter...not just two pups..."
She whimpered into his mouth, her hips bucking, but he kept his touch torturously light.
"You are teasing me.I thought you said you were impatient..."
"Mm." He kissed down her neck, his free hand sliding up to cup her breast again, thumb flicking over her nipple.
Her back arched as his mouth closed over her other breast, tongue swirling, teeth grazing just enough to make her gasp. His fingers still worked her in slow, lazy circles, never quite giving her the pressure she craved... just above her flower...
"Kieran..."
"Say it." His breath was too hot against her skin. "Say it, and I will give you everything."
She dug her nails into his back, her body coiled tight with need. "I want you," she whispered. "Your hands, your mouth...fuck...I want to feel you everywhere."
A growl rumbled in his chest as he finally...finally...slipped a finger inside her, curling just right.
Her moan was loud enough to startle the forest around.
"That," he murmured against her lips, "is what I have been waiting to hear."
And then his mouth was on hers again, swallowing every broken sound as his fingers worked her deeper, faster...until the world narrowed to nothing but his touch, his taste, the unbearable, perfect friction of him.Another finger joined the first... and then the third... it was madness...
She was close. So close.
But then... He stopped.
Autumn made a sound of pure frustration, her hips chasing his retreating hand.
Kieran’s smirk was downright sinful. "Patience, little thief."
She glared up at him, chest heaving. "I swear to the Moon...I heard you say that you couldn’t wait any more...what’s this torture...what are you doing Kieran Blackmoon? "
His laugh was dark. "Oh, I am." His lips trailed lower, over her ribs, her navel.
Her breath caught as his fingers hooked into the waistband of her underwear, dragging them down her legs with agonizing slowness.
" I will kill you... damn... you criminal... stop torturing me... "
His golden eyes burned as he settled between her thighs.
"Then what a way to go...my life is all yours, my sweet little thief..."
And then his mouth was on her, and every coherent thought dissolved into fire.
He reached between them, guiding himself to her entrance, and then he was pushing inside...slow, agonizingly slow...giving her time to adjust.
Her head fell back with a moan, and he kissed her neck, nipping at her skin, aching to mark her as his. But he knew couldn’t...Not yet.
"You feel perfect," he rasped, his voice strained. "Fuck, Autumn, you were made for me."
She smiled through her moans, but tears slipped from the corners of her eyes. He stilled, kissing them away.
"Autumn?" His voice was rough with concern. "What’s wrong? Do you want me to stop?"
"No," she gasped, her fingers digging into his shoulders as she pulled him closer. "Don’t you dare stop...it’s just that...I don’t want to lose you, Kieran...I don’t want a morning where you aren’t there...I...I don’t want to think about all these things right now...but..." She grabbed him tighter... " I don’t want this moment to slip... I don’t want it to end... "
Kieran kissed her eyelid. Then kissed the side of her lashes as he pushed inside her. Her nails left deep, mini crescent tattoos all over his body. "Does this feel like I am leaving you anytime soon? "
He moved. Autumn moaned, arching with his subtle rhythm... " Fuck, Kieran... Don’t stop... "
And he didn’t.
He kept moving inside her...too slow at first, savoring every hitch of her breath, every soft cry.
But then she was arching violently into him, her hips meeting his thrusts, and he lost himself.
His pace turned frantic, desperate. She chanted his name like a prayer, her nails rupturing his skin, and he swallowed her cries with his kisses.
"That’s it, love," he growled, his hands gripping her hips. "Let go. I’ve got you."
Her body clenched around him, her back bowing as she came undone beneath him. He followed her over the edge, his release crashing through him like a storm, his vision whiting out as he buried himself deep inside her.
He nearly collapsed on top of her before remembering..." Oh! The babies..." and quickly rolled to the side, pulling her with him.
Her chest rose and fell rapidly, her skin flushed and glistening. A slow, dazed smile curved her lips, and he couldn’t help but mirror it.
Never in his life had he imagined he could lose control and still smile.
But Autumn made the impossible feel natural.
She curled into him, her head resting on his chest, their bodies still tangled together. For a long while, they just lay there, breathing each other in, his fingers tracing idle patterns on her skin.
He kissed her forehead, her cheeks, her lips...as if he couldn’t get enough... which was true...
"I love you," he whispered, the words came out raw, real. "Fuck, Autumn, I love you so much."
She looked up at him, her eyes soft but filled with tears again. Not tears of happiness...no, these were sorrowful too.
She was crying for him.
"I love you too, Kieran," she murmured, her fingers brushing his jaw. "Always...but I don’t know..."
" Sshhhh! You don’t have to know anything...I am there to take care of all the mess...I will make things right, Autumn...I will give you back more than what the world took away...what I took away...have faith in me, love. " And in that moment, he knew...he would never let her go.Not again.
She was his.And he was hers.
All he had to do was make the rest of his world compatible.
Then everything else would fall into place...Right?