This is book 3 in the Elder series. COMPLETE
"What's your name?" He murmured against my lips, his hand slowly ascending up between my thighs.
"Tess," I answered, sliding my hands around to his back. "What's yours?"
"Kane," he answered, his fingers sliding up barely brushing against my underwear but not touching me. I couldn't take it, I wanted him to touch me. I wrapped my hand around his wrist and guided his hand up until he was touching me. He groaned, leaning his head down into my neck, placing a hot kiss against my skin that sent electricity through my body.
"Kane," I breathed as he rubbed me through my underwear.
"Tess," he whispered, his teeth grazing across my skin. "You're so wet for me, baby," he growled, moving the underwear aside and sliding his finger into me. He added a second finger, plunging them into me roughly. "Mine," he growled, sinking his fingers in deep.
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Tess is the Gamma of Blackstone pack, the strongest pack in the Northwest. Or, used to be strongest. Since Tess's Luna became pregnant, the pack's strength has faltered. Luna Addie's pregnancy doesn't go as planned and excited for the new life quickly fades to concern as Addie becomes increasingly ill and barely able to leave bed. Blackstone pack and their allies have done everything in their power to try to help Addie but nothing has helped and so Tess volunteers to look for someone at the national meeting of supernatural down in Atlanta, Georgia, in the hopes that she can find a healer that might be able to help her Luna.
It's at this great gathering of supernaturals that Tess meets her mate, Kane. As she learns about him she discovers some unexpected news about the mate she's been waiting so long to be with. Torn between love and duty, Tess has to find a way to prioritize these complications before it's too late. Love and duty is a delicate balancing act that if tipped too far in one direction, could send both toppling.
A rejected mates, second chance, secret baby romance novel with a twist.
"I, Caden Knight, Alpha of the Mystic Falls Pack, reject you Lily Rose of Silver Moon Pack! From this day forth I release you from our mate bond".
Lily clutches her chest and falls to her knees trembling. The pain is excruciating, like her heart is being torn in half and all the air was getting squeezed from her lungs. She feels like she's dying. It's as though the mate bond is being violently ripped from her, leaving her winded and gasping for breath.
How had Caden gone from taking her virginity and professing his undying love only days ago, to rejecting her completely now?
"Nobody knows you are my mate, and nobody ever will! Everyone believes that Ava is my true mate, and that is what they will continue to believe. You will not breathe a word about us - do you understand?! Goddess-damn-it Lily this is important, say you understand!"
Was it only because of her heat that he had succumbed to her? Did he truly not want her? He never mentioned loving her best friend Ava during their mating, in fact he never mentioned her at all. Then Lily suddenly remembers the story Ava had told her, about her secret lover back at Mystic Falls pack, the one she admitted being with for eight years now. The penny finally drops, Caden must be that lover!
"You're the one aren't you? You and Ava lost your virginity together when you were both 18. You're not fated mates, so you took a blood oath bonding you together for life. You've been together all this time, she talked about you, but never mentioned your name".
Caden Knight is a blue blood Alpha, he has liquid gold running through his veins. His blood can cure numerous human diseases and is priceless, which means he carries a target on his back. What happens when he finds his mate, and what about the other female in his life, Ava? How can he protect the ones he loves from what he is?