His answering snarl wasn’t remotely human, and the next plunge sent me over the edge. I tipped my head back and let go, finally, fully surrendering. The orgasm took me in a wave, breaking me apart so thoroughly I couldn’t even say his name.

I shook, and writhed, tried to lift my hips to meet his only to be held down again.

His hand was still at my throat, and the other was flat between my breasts making sure I went absolutely fucking nowhere. And I wasn’t.

I lost all sense of time and space except the motion of Kade above me and inside me. I lost count of the number of times new pleasure crashed over me or carried me upward like I had wings only to drop me into free fall. My Alpha came and then came again. Another time. Between my legs, I was coated in it where he kept fucking, causing his cum to spill onto my skin and the grass.

“Kade,” I said.

“Mine.” He leaned down, mouth covering the skin where my neck met my shoulder. His teeth were there, holding onto me, but he didn’t bite.

The vibrations between us were somewhere between a growl and a purr. A final orgasm shuddered through him, and his hips finally stopped moving. His mouth stayed where it was, holding onto my neck without fully claiming me. Another place he was holding onto me. Keeping me his.

Kade was still in rut, but we couldn’t stay here until he came out of it. I didn’t know how many hours it might be.

“Kade,” I whispered. “You don’t have to let me go.”

He growled.

“You don’t have to let me go, but you do have to take me to the car. We’ll go home, and you can have me all to yourself in your bed, okay?”

It took long seconds for him to move, lifting me off the ground and keeping me on his knotted cock. I wrapped my legs around him and held on. His teeth stayed where they were. They didn’t move an inch.

Before long, I heard the car door. “Kade? What’s going on?”

Kade’s growl splintered the air, and I pulled him as close as I could given his hold. “That’s Luke. Luke is going to drive us home. Don’t worry, Luke isn’t going to touch me.”

It was enough to get Kade moving toward the car, and Luke caught on. He got to the back door and opened it. “He’s in rut,” I whispered as Kade maneuvered us into the back seat. “Everything is fine.”

“You’re okay?” Luke asked, eyes roving over the two of us.