Applause rang throughout the room. Whistles bounced off the walls. Jessica could hear the happy sobs of Lucia in the background. Tim catcalled.
“Congrats Lovey!”
“Congratulations Jessica and Logan,” a watery Nina said.
“We are so proud of you Logan. Congratulations, son,” Gerald’s deep voice carried out as he patted his wife’s sobbing form.
“Congrats you two,” Stanley Carmichael added.
Logan turned towards his best friend.
“Thank you for doing that Gabe. It means a lot.”
“It was my pleasure Logan. Besides, what good is it to have your best friend be the pack Alpha if you can’t get a mating ceremony done whenever you want?” Gabe joked.
A laugh sprang from Logan, “Not a very good one I guess,” he gave right back.
“Thank you everyone, for being here for this. I don’t have a family, but all of you are pretty close. Thank you for sharing this with us,” Jessica announced to everyone in the room.
“Oh sweetie! It is our pleasure to share this monumental occasion with you. I’ve always wanted a daughter and now I’ve got one!” Lucia blubbered.
Tears sprung to Jessica’s eyes. She couldn’t remember the last time someone referred to her as their daughter. It sounded nice to her ears.
“Ma. You're embarrassing yourself in front of said new daughter,” Logan stated.
“I’m sorry! I’m just so excited for you two!” Lucia exclaimed.
“Son, you know there is no talking to her when she gets like this,” Gerald said on a sigh.
Everyone in the room let out a huge laugh. Jessica couldn’t help but think that this was what everyone needed. The stress and terror of the hunters and Logan’s attack weighed heavily on everyone. They all needed something good to break through the bad.
“Why don’t we give the young ones a few minutes to themselves? I think they have earned it,” Stanley recommended.
One by one, everyone gave Jessica and Logan hugs of congratulations. Eventually, Tim was the last to say goodbye to Jessica. He wrapped her in his arms before whispering into her ear.
“I told you the leap would be worth it.”
Jessica just smiled at her friend as she watched him walk out the door. Tim had been right. The leap could be the scariest thing you have ever done, but the reward could also be the sweetest. And now she got to spend the rest of her life with a man who loved her for her. For all her faults and shortcomings. All her insecurities and fears. He loved everything because it made her who she was.
“As soon as I get out of here, you can guarantee that we will complete the bonding ceremony ASAP,” Logan declared.
Jessica started to laugh at the serious tone Logan possessed. She could tell he wasn’t kidding and that made her laugh even more. There would never be a dull moment with him, she could tell.
~
He had to wait a whole day after the mating ceremony before the doctor would let him go home. And the entire time he was in immense pain.
Well, not pain per se.
Just extremely uncomfortable.
Logan now had his fated mate right where he wanted her. She knew who he was and was accepting of it. She had his name and ring on her finger. All that was left was his bite on her neck. And his wolf was pacing in anticipation.
After he was cleared to leave that morning, Jessica had called Gabe to bring him some clothes and to drive them home. They were currently sitting in the car headed to the house and you could cut the desire with a knife. Jessica sat next to him and kept shifting in her seat. Gabe continuously threw ‘I-told-you-so’ smirks back at him through the rearview mirror. Logan’s wolf seemed barely contained. This car ride was possibly the longest one of his entire life. His patience was hanging on by a thread.
As they pulled up to the front of the Alpha House, Logan heard Jessica let out a gasp. He could remember Nina’s reaction to the first time she saw the house too. It was a giant two story with two separate wings. Surrounded by forest, the house sat back in a magical setting. Large windows let in what light they could. Wooden double doors stood as the main feature to the front of the house.
Gabe parked the car and Logan climbed out as fast as he could. He moved so quickly he almost fell to the ground. Jessica leapt to help him while his supposed best friend laughed his ass off.
“What are you laughing at, Alpha boy?” Logan mumbled.
His question sent Gabe into another tailspin of laughter. Logan just shook his head at his best friend before allowing Jessica to help him into the house. Most of his shallow cuts and surface bruises had healed, but the deeper stabs and the broken bones, were taking a little longer. If you looked at him, you couldn’t tell that anything was wrong. His insides, however, were screaming at him to rest.
Logan and Jessica made it through the front door and stood in the middle of the foyer. A curved double staircase dominated the room. To the left of it stood his office. The right, Gabe’s. Past the staircase Logan knew there was a large living room, kitchen, and dining room. More stairs led down to the basement which was used for pack meetings. But Logan and Jessica weren’t going that far. They needed to go up the stairs towards his wing. Just like his office, his wing was toward the left and Gabe’s was to the right.
“Logan. This place is ginormous. You live here?”
“Yup. It’s technically the Alpha’s house but there are two wings upstairs. One for the Alpha and his family. And the other for the Beta and his. Everyone calls it the Alpha House though. Gabe and Nina’s rooms are towards the right and mine are to the left. If you help me up the stairs, I can show you,” he added cheekily.
“Wow.”
Jessica’s eyes were so big that she didn’t even react to Logan’s taunting. She just lent him a hand up the stairs.
After what felt like an eternity, they reached the top. Logan steered Jessica to their left. Every so often they would pass photos of various wolves and those of Logan with his friends and family. Jessica was so taken by each picture that they had to slow down so she could inspect each one. Logan was glad that she wanted to learn everything about his life, but it really could wait. His natural instinct to mate with his fated was in overdrive.
Logan stopped Jessica at a set of double doors.
“This is my room. Well, I guess our room now. You can change whatever you want about it and we can move all of your stuff in tomorrow.”
“Tim and Nina supervised some of the packing. They moved my stuff in yesterday after the ceremony. I think your mom helped too so who knows what’s in there,” Jessica explained.
“Yesterday? Well look at everyone being so efficient. Now I think it’s my turn to be,” a smirk came over Logan’s face as he swept the doors open. It was time to make his fated mate, his bonded mate.
He watched Jessica’s mouth drop open at the sight of his room. A large four posted king-sized bed dominated the space. His mom had decorated it in shades of navy, royal blue, and cream. Off to the side he had a little sitting area with large bookshelves teaming with all of his favorite novels. The other side of the room hosted doors that would lead to his and hers closets and a large, spacious master bath.
But none of that mattered right now. Logan’s main focus was getting Jessica on top of his bed.
“Jessica,” he called out.
She turned to him and he sent her a lustful look. He attempted to convey his feelings toward her in that look. It seemed to have done its job as he watched her pupils dilate and her pulse start to race.
Logan slowly walked toward Jessica. Once he got within arms’ reach, he placed his hand on her cheek. She leaned into him for a minute before Logan drew her body into the curve of his. She was soft where he was hard and fit against him perfectly. Just like she was made to. Logan brought his mouth down onto Jessica’s. He slid his tongue along the seam of her mouth, trying to gain better access.
Jessica’s mouth opened on a gasp, providing the perfect opportunity for Logan to slip his t
ongue in. Tongues wrestled as lips moved against each other. Logan’s hands gripped Jessica’s sides. They moved up, bringing her shirt with them. Jessica’s hands had traveled to his waist and found the hem of his shirt. She raised it up to pull over his head. They broke the kiss long enough for her to remove his shirt and for him to rip her out of her own.
Logan reached out and unclasped Jessica’s bra. Its straps slipped down her arms and fell to the floor. Taking his hand, Logan gently traced Jessica’s breast. Cupping one in each hand, he bent his head to suck one nipple into his mouth while twisting the other with his fingers. Jessica tipped her head back and let out a groan that went straight to Logan’s groin. He was already hard just looking at her, but the sounds she was starting to make, those took him to a whole other level of hard. Jessica’s hand grasped Logan’s head, pulling him closer into her body.
He popped the nipple out of his mouth and switched to give the other some attention. As he moved, a sharp twinge of pain erupted from his side. A grunt of pain left him. He froze for a second, only long enough to catch himself.
“Logan?”
“I’m good baby.”
Logan zeroed back in on Jessica’s chest in an attempt to distract her. If she thought he was not healed enough or in too much pain, he knew she would put the brakes on. And that was the last thing he wanted.
“No, you’re not.”
Jessica stepped away from him and gave him a hand in straightening back up. She just stared at him for a few minutes. Logan could see the wheels turning in her head. She glanced from him, to the bed, then back to him.
“OK, lay down on the bed,” she ordered.
“Jessica, baby, I’m fine. I just moved too fast. I’ll be fine there isn’t a need to stop,” Logan started to plead. He had no idea what he would do if she really did leave him high and dry.
“I didn’t say anything about stopping, Logan. Take your pants and shoes off and lay down on your back. Not stopping, Logan. Just reevaluating,” Jessica sent a sly look his way.
Logan felt the blood, which had left his groin at the thought of stopping, return south with a vengeance. Thank God this was the woman fate had decided was his other half. His pulse raced as he undid the button on his pants. The zipper echoed through the room. Its sound the only noise to accompany the heavy breathing from both himself and Jessica. With a whoosh, Logan’s pants and boxers fell to the floor. He quickly got rid of his shoes and socks. He stood in front of Jessica as naked as the day he was born. His erection pointed straight to Jessica. And she had caught sight of that.
While Logan was undoing his pants, he watched Jessica take in his sculpted chest. Once he was rid of all his clothing, he watched her eyes zoom in on his erection. She watched him bob and grow impossibly bigger. She snuck the tip of her tongue out of her mouth to lick her lips. Logan knew if he didn’t move, then he would forgo any warnings his body was sending out and just take Jessica right then and there.
He cleared his throat to draw Jessica’s attention back to his face. Once her eyes met his, his brow rose, and a smile crept across his face. He watched a blush creep across her face and her chest. Even her breasts turned a shade of pink! Logan turned from Jessica and slowly crawled onto the bed. He settled back in the middle of the bed and placed his arms behind his head.
“Now I believe it is your turn, my dear,” he drawled with an obnoxious British accent.
Jessica let out a deep giggle before reaching down and taking her own shoes off.
Logan’s eyes track Jessica’s movements as she unbuttoned her pants and slid them off. Just seeing her standing in front of him wearing nothing but a pair of lilac lace panties, sated him in a way no other sight had. Sure, he had been with other women in the past. But they had just been a form of release. The woman standing in front of him was so much more. She was everything.
Instead of removing her underwear, Jessica crawled up on the bed in between his knees. Logan’s breath caught at the sight she made. She grasped him by the root and started a lazy pumping motion. A groan escaped Logan’s lips as he tilted his head back. Something warm and wet coated the head of his erection. Logan’s head popped up just in time to watch Jessica sink her mouth around his head. Her tongue swirled around and gave attention to the underside of his shaft. Suddenly his whole erection was engulfed by her mouth. She took him as far as she possibly could, continuing to twist the hand still at his base.
Logan gathered her hair in his hand so that he could watch her face. Her blue eyes traveled up his body to stare right into his chocolate ones. She sped up her attention, trying to make him cum. He could feel the tingling at the base of his spine telling him he was about to let loose.
“I’m going to cum,” he tried to warn her.
All his warning did was cause her to bare down and swallow him until he came shooting down her throat. Logan felt his limbs go numb and tension release from his body. A soft pop alerted him to Jessica slipping his shaft out of her mouth.
Logan could feel her climb off the bed, the rustling of clothes, and her return. Jessica got back into much of the same position, only this time, she straddled his waist with his still hard erection settled between the cheeks of her ass. A gentle touch on his chest made Logan open his eyes. He hadn’t even realized they had closed. He found Jessica sitting on top of him, tracing something on his chest. Looking down, he realized she was going over some of the wounds and bruises that hadn’t quite healed yet. After their heart-to-heart in the hospital, his body started to heal at a more rapid pace. Closer to what was normal for shifters. However, some of the bruises were still visible as were some of the cuts left over from his stab wounds. Those had mostly closed up, but he had several scars and light cuts still bandaged.
Placing his hand on Jessica’s, her eyes shot up to meet his. He could see the tears sitting right behind her eyes. The emotions and reality of the last few days had been hard on her, he knew. If she needed a few minutes, then she could have a few minutes.
“I’m OK. I’m still here; I’ll always be,” he whispered to her.
A single tear rolled down her cheek. Logan reached up and swept it away before cupping her cheek. He watched her swallow the lump in her throat.
“I know. I just came so close to losing you. I’ve never known fear like that.”
“And I promise you never will again,” Logan reassured.
Jessica sent him a soft smile filled with love before bending down to kiss him. Logan left the kiss at the soft and sweet level she initiated, just long enough for her to reassure herself that he was there. Slowly, he deepened the kiss. His hands roamed over her body as he tried to trace every inch that he could reach. He promised himself that as soon as he was able, he would spend hours learning every dip and curve on her body. But right now? Right now, he needed to be inside her.
He was still hard after the amazing blowjob she had given him. It had only taken a slight edge off. But having her bare, straddling his waist, his remaining patience was wearing thin. Logan moved his hands to Jessica’s waist and slid her up and down his erection, coating him in her juices. God was his mate soaked!
Jessica apparently had enough of the teasing because she withdrew from their kiss and centered his shaft to her opening. Ever so slowly, she sank down. Logan could see the awe on her face as she struggled to fit all of him inside of her. He let her take her time as he reveled in the feel of being engulfed by her warm silkiness. She was tight, but not virginly tight. He could feel himself stretching her to capacity.
Once she was seated fully, Jessica took a minute to breathe before rocking back and forth on Logan. A moan escaped her as he hit certain spots inside of her. Logan just watched her with hooded eyes, loving watching her take pleasure from his body. Just as she stopped rocking, Jessica began to slide up. When just the tip of Logan was nestled inside of her, Jessica sunk down and Logan thrusted up. The two let out pleasure filled moans.
Soon they found their rhythm. They were sliding and thrusting in tandem, racing one
another toward the finish line. Logan reached up and twisted Jessica’s nipples. She let out a loud cry in pleasure. He could feel the tingling at the base of his spine again. He was going to cum soon, but not without Jessica. Logan moved one hand from her breast and moved south down her body. He barely touched her clit before she started to erupt. The clenching around his shaft became more intense as she climaxed. She tightened around him, squeezing him into oblivion. His release shot through him. Before he could think twice, his wolf came to the forefront. They sat up and zeroed in on Jessica’s neck. They licked the area where her neck met her shoulder. Logan could feel his canines elongate. He leaned forward and bit into Jessica’s neck at the same time he felt a mirrored pain on his own neck. Logan watched the swirl of colors and his wolf meet Jessica’s spirit wolf. They danced and rubbed against each other. Logan watched them dissipate back into their respective humans. The next thing he knew, he had collapsed back onto the bed and Jessica laid across him. Logan smiled and wrapped his arms around her. It had been everything he had ever dreamed of and more.
After a few minutes, Jessica slid to the side of Logan.
“I don’t want to hurt you,” she whispered.
You won’t. Logan told her by testing their new mental connection.
Jessica sat straight up and stared wide eyed at Logan.
You can hear me, can’t you?
Jessica just nodded her head in response.
It’s a side effect of the bite during mate bonding for the first time. We can hear each other’s thoughts and feel one another’s feelings.
“Wow. That may take some time to get used to. I do feel your emotions though. I thought they were mine since I feel the same way. But they are stronger so some must be yours too.”
“What do you feel?”
Jessica gave Logan a loving smile before she settled back in his arms. She rested her head on his chest and threw an arm around his waist. Logan gathered her back up into his arms as he waited for her response.
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