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He kissed me until I was even more breathless than I had been

Maddix broke away and I fully relaxed back on the bed, sweat coatinga mile a minute, and my entire body sated

I was left panting, grasping for air Maddix pull out of roaned in disappointainst his body, his ainst my softness I was never more aware of how masculine he was than in this moment

I rested ainst his chest and closed my eyes It wasaroma that made me feel like I was ho aroundme closer

“I’o”

Good, because I wasn’t letting hio either

Chapter Eleven

Maddix

I kept my hand around Ali’s waist as we headed into Zakari’s cabin My brother and his ht, but really that was fucking code for they wanted to meet my mate and bombard her with twenty questions and examine her

Allison was just getting used to the fact she wassensation, I was sure

I stopped at the front door and turned her to face me “We don’t have to do this now We can tell everyone to fuck off and that we’ll see them on our own time” I looked in her eyes, wanted to just take her back to my cabin, wanted to be selfish I only wanted her foranyone else—not even my family—to be close to her

I was a possessive, territorial bastard, but when it came to Allison, she was my world I survived because of her, lived each day because of her Maybe it was insane to humans, but for a shifter their mate was their world

She smiled softly and lifted her hands to place the her cheeks “Maddix, I’m fine I want to meet your family I want to know all about you, about them”

I don’t kno I beca her acceptance, scenting her emotions, the fact she was head over heels for h she could never possibly feel the way for h for me

Just having Allison inperfection