Chapter 89
Pacing now, I kept my voice sharp, clipped. “We are allied with five massive wolf packs. You will be living, eating, training, and fighting alongside them. There is an Alpha King and Luna Queen. That means hierarchy. You show respect or you’ll end up face down in the dirt before you can say Semper Fi.”
That got a few smirks. The smart ones knew I wasn’t fucking joking.
“If you have issues with being outranked by a giant wolf with murder in his eyes, now’s your chance to walk. No shame. I’d rather you leave than slow us down.”
Silence. Not a single bastard moved. Gods, I fucking love Marines.
I squared my shoulders. “Now let’s talk threats. You’ll be trained to fight against vampires, witches, and humans who’ve allied themselves with a secret global organization called the Aegis Protocol. These assholes are abducting magicals, dissecting them, breeding them, and trying to engineer a goddamn superspecies. They want full control of this world, and they don’t care how many people die getting there.*
A low growl of outrage rippled through the crowd. Good. Let that shit burn.
“This war isn’t just about the shifters. Or the fae. Or the mages. This war is about keeping humanity free. Keeping the balance intact. If Aegis succeeds, we all fall. So this,” I slammed a hand against my chest. “..this is the last fucking line.”
One last sweep of the crowd. “I know some of you are scared. You should be. But I’ll be right beside you. And if anyone here doesn’t have the balls to fight magic with iron and blood…”
I paused, letting that final line hang heavy in the air.
“…then step the fuck out.”
I waited. No one moved. Five hundred trained killers stared me down with fire in their bones, and in perfect sync, they raised their hands and saluted.
“OOH RAH!”
A fierce grin tugged at my mouth.
“Let’s go raise some hell.”
Taya POV
Rylen’s hand brushed mine as we stepped back into our temporary room, the door clicking shut behind us. The energy between us crackled like fire, raw, electric, and ready to explode. The second we were alone, it was like a dam broke.
He turned toward me, his eyes burning molten gold.
“You’ve been lookin’ at me like that all day, baby,” he growled, voice low and gravel slicked. “You know what that does to me.”
I didn’t answer. Didn’t need to. I reached up, fisting my hands in his shirt and yanked him down into a searing kiss. His arms wrapped tight around me, pulling me flush against that solid wall of heat and muscle I’d come to crave.
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Chapter 89
His wolf, Anton, was snarling with hunger in the back of my mind, and Zuki was howling with pure delight. Finally.
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Clothes flew like they were allergic to our skin. We stumbled backward to the bed, half laughing, half gasping, lips never parting for more than a second. My back hit the sheets and Rylen followed, pinning me beneath him as he kissed his way down my throat, nipping with sharp teeth that sent shockwaves straight to my core.
“You drive me mad,” he murmured against my skin. “This mouth, this body, fuck, Taya…”
His hand slipped between my thighs, and I arched into his touch, whimpering. “More,” I begged. “Please.”
He didn’t make me wait. Rylen worshipped me like I was holy and he’d been starving. His touch was reverent, teasing, and filthy all at once. His lips brushed my ear.
“I’m gonna make you scream, baby. You ready?”
“Gods, yes, I gasped.
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And oh, did he deliver.
He took his time, worked me up slow, then fast. His hot mouth found my taut nipple and he nipped gently, his finger already rubbing slow, maddening circles around my clit. I gasped as he slid in one, then two fingers and curled them just right, his tongue still swirling around my nipple. This man would be the death of me.
I came hard, my pussy clenching around his fingers and he groaned, removing his fingers and my eyes watched him as he slowly lifted his fingers to his mouth and sucked my juices off his fingers. I shuddered. Holy. Hell.
His name was a prayer, a curse, a promise, falling from my lips as he moved inside me with deep, claiming thrusts that left me seeing stars. He pounded into my pussy with that thick cock and my tits bounced with every thrust. His eyes watched me as he fucked me and I groaned in ecstasy.
His thrusts became faster and I dug my nails into his shoulders, holding on for dear life. Zuki purred in my mind and I came again, seeing stars with his name on my lips. “OH GODS, Rylen please don’t stop!” He grinned and grabbed my hips, lifting me off the bed so he could fuck me deeper.
My eyes rolled back into my head and I probably drooled as he exploded inside me with a groan. I smiled up at him, totally delirious. He groaned again, “Damn baby, you’re so fucking perfect.” I loved hearing him say that. It will never get old.
When we finally collapsed in a tangled heap of sweat and satisfaction, I was boneless and glowing, tucked against his chest with his heartbeat thundering against my ear. Rylen kissed the top of my head and whispered, “We’re gonna change the world, you and me.”
“I just wanna survive the Marines first,” I muttered, already half asleep.
He chuckled, low and warm, and pulled the blanket over us. “You’ll do more than survive, Taya. You were made for this.”
Wrapped in the arms of my mate, Zuki curled in the corner of my mind humming with joy, I let the world fade.
Tomorrow, we’d lead an army.
But tonight… we rested as one.
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Hunted Hybrid – Aegis War Saga 1
