HOLDEN: Book Two of The Dark Moon Series

Bonus Chapter

**Here's a little something steamy for you guys!! It's not long but it's something. Enjoy!**

Raelynn's POV

I awake to the feel of his lips on my shoulder and I suppress a moan at the feel of it. This is how he'd always been waking me up for the past few weeks now. The softest of kisses against my skin causing me shiver and mew... feelings only he could brew inside of me. Feelings so much stronger than I ever imagined them to be.

When he began to show affection in the beginning I was still too lost to acknowledge it. The pain, the darkness, the longing for eternal release were too much to fight. But some how he would take everything he could from the little I had to give him. From a twitch of my lip, to a sharp intake of breath, he would savour all of it knowing it was a part of me trying to get back to him. Trying to free myself and live again.

If he'd touch me in the morning to wake me up, I would sleep through it, barely feeling a thing at all. But as I was forced to go to counselling and express my emotions I started to open up.

I started to cry and scream and yell and through it all he was there. He encouraged me and protected me and even cried with me. He was the man my father would have always wanted me to have if he were alive to see it.

If either of them were alive...

He was a pillar of strength that stayed by my side if I needed him. And there were times when I could admit to myself that I did... need him.

"Good morning my beautiful mate." His arms are wrapped around my stomach careful not to go any higher or lower than there.

"Good morning Luka. You're in a good mood for someone who has to overhear a lot of complaints from his pack today." I respond turning in his arms.

As usual he is already dressed for the day smelling clean and looking sexy and I'm a mess. But I am working on the mess that I am. And for some reason that I never would have believed to be true, he loves the mess that I am as well.

"I'm always in a good mood whenever you're near me." He leans in to kiss me softly and I wrap my arms around his neck to pull him closer.

The deep rumble from his wolf shows me he approves of my actions as he takes my legs and puts them around his waist so we can get closer. Always closer... but never close enough.

His tongue, the sinuous thing, delves deep in my mouth, tasting every part of me and loving every second of it. Unlike with my previous partners Luka doesn't care much for me looking a certain a way, acting any way, hell he doesn't even care that I haven't brushed my teeth yet. He wants me for me in any and every way he can get me. Except...

"Have I ever told you how sexy you look wearing my clothes, in my bed? Goddess it's gorgeous." He says biting my lip.

"You think I'm attractive with my morning breath, bed head and sand filled eyes?" I ask honestly already knowing the answer.

"Absolutely. Because this is your natural beauty and I love all of it." Luka responds tickling my side and sending me into a laughing fit.

"I love you Luka." I giggle out effectively pushing my chest into his face. His eyes begin to darken and his grip tightens.

"I love you so much Rae. With all my heart and then some. I'm going to be the male you deserve I swear it." His kiss is fierce and hard, consuming my very soul with his unrelenting passion.

I throw my weight forward to begin some movement between us and Luka growls deeply. He stops our kiss to look at me and he groans.

"You're going to make me late." He says pushing his head into my neck. "Again."