Star Cursed (Zodiac Wolves #2)(60)

Still trembling from my climax, I splayed my hands on the wooden door as Kaden kicked my feet apart. I pressed my cheek against the rough wood, while Kaden trailed one hand down my back and settled it just above my ass, where he pressed, hard. I moaned as he pushed his cock back inside of me, and set the pace once more. It was brutal and unforgiving, and when Kaden slid his other hand between my thighs, I nearly screamed in earnest. His fingers slid to my clit, parting my folds so he could swirl one finger around the tiny nub. Each brush of his fingers against my clit sent pleasure sparking through me. I closed my eyes, focusing on the rising pleasure that nipped at the heels of my last orgasm. It was almost too much, too good.

Then Kaden pulled us both to the floor, so I was sitting on his lap, facing away from him. He kept thrusting up into me with one hand on my clit, the other one pinching my nipple until I cried out from the mix of pleasure and pain. Kaden’s rhythm didn’t stop, and the pleasure continued zinging through me as he picked up his tempo, drilling into me from behind.

He brought to me a second, knee-shaking orgasm, the pleasure crashing into me from the combined pleasure of his fingers working my clit and the drag of his cock on that spot inside of me that made my vision white out at the edges. I cried out Kaden’s name as he brought me to that edge and sent me spiraling over it.

I clenched around Kaden hard, and his breathing turned ragged. He bucked like a wild animal as he came inside me, and I rode his cock, unable to stop myself from demanding more, more, more. I threw my head back and impaled myself on him, and it felt so good that I wasn’t sure if I was still coming from the last orgasm, or if my body was giving a valiant effort to eke out one more.

When the pleasure faded, we were both breathing heavily, hearts pounding in tandem. I turned to face Kaden, and he wrapped his arms around me, staring at me in the darkness. At some point during our ravenous fucking, true night had fallen, and there were no lights on in the cabin. Not that it mattered to us.

Kaden cupped my chin in his hand. "You fought for me."

"Of course I did." The startlingly tender motion caught me off guard. "Good thing I was trained by the best."

He rumbled his approval, deep in his chest. Then his thumb slid down to touch the mark on my neck. "How does it feel to be the new alpha female?"

"Terrifying," I admitted.

He chuckled at that, his voice low. "I felt that way too at first. But you'll get through it, just like I did."

"Are you sure it should be me?" I asked, finally voicing the biggest fear inside me.

"I'm sure." He pressed a soft kiss to my lips. "There is no one else I would rather have at my side, ruling my pack with me."

I kissed him back, clinging to his strength, his surety. I had no idea how to be alpha female, and with tensions so high in the pack, I could tell it was going to be an uphill battle to get everyone to accept me—but I had to try. For Kaden. For my pack.





Chapter Twenty-Six





The next morning we called a meeting at the lodge and invited every pack member to attend. It was obvious that far too many people had doubts, concerns, or questions about what was going on, and things had only gotten worse while Kaden had been gone for a few weeks. That was partly my fault, and I told Kaden we should tell the pack everything. Yes, everything. Kaden was hesitant, mainly out of a need to protect my privacy since it involved airing out a lot of my family's dirty laundry. But I strongly felt that we had to be open and honest with our people, and also felt it should be me who did a lot of the talking. The pack needed to hear why I'd left with Jordan from my own mouth, along with everything I'd learned while in captivity, and afterward with my brother.

When I got to the part about Jordan being my half-brother, the pack's outrage and horror told me I'd made the right decision. The Ophiuchus were already skeptical of the Sun Witches and how they used magic on the Zodiac Wolves to control things like shifting and mate bonds, and this sent them over the edge. By the time we got to the end of our recap and explained our plans going forward, many more of them were on our side than before.

There were still some pack members who didn't trust me, or saw me as an outsider, or simply thought I was still too new or too young, but that was to be expected. Kaden said many had felt he was too young when he became alpha too, and change wouldn't come overnight. I'd have to keep working to build their trust and loyalty like he'd done. I’d fought for my title and won, but the battle wasn’t over yet. That didn't bother me though. This was my pack, and I wasn't going anywhere.

We spent the rest of the day and long into the night meeting with people individually, listening to complaints and concerns and trying to alleviate them. Though Kaden had only been gone for a few weeks, it seemed like everyone needed to talk to him about something urgently. I took the time to try to memorize everything I could about each person, committing their names to memory. Tanner and Lindsey never showed up though, and I wondered how many others had stayed back with them too.

By the time we returned to the cabin that night, my brain was fried. Stella fed us something, and I passed out on the couch not long after, in the middle of her telling us about her day. I vaguely remembered Kaden carrying me to bed, and that was it.

When I went down to breakfast the next morning, I found Kaden already up and making me pancakes, with no shirt on. Yum. I got a nice view of his corded back muscles as he flipped them, and when I got close, he pulled me in for a scorchingly hot kiss that left my knees weak. He fed me a bite of pancake, and it was delicious and fluffy. The guy was hot, smart, powerful, and he could cook? I'd really hit the jackpot.