Lucas POV

Everything else faded. The pack, the politics, the rules. There was only her, and the way she whispered my name like a secret no one else could know.

She trembled beneath me, clenching tightly as she reached her peak, her cry muffled against my shoulder. I followed, my body tensing, then releasing, my breath shattered and raw.

For a while, we just lay there.

Tangled in the sheets, our skin still slick with sweat and pleasure, her legs still lazily wrapped around mine. The night air ...