The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate Chapter 192

Tristan

I smiled against her stomach before continuing my journey downward, kissing her hip bones, the inside of her thighs. When I finally put my mouth on her, she cried out, her back arching off the bed.

I took my time there too, tasting her, learning what made her writhe and beg.

Her hands fisted in my hair, holding me to her as I worked her higher and higher.

When she came against my mouth, crying out my name, I felt a surge of possessive satisfaction that she was mine, all mine.

"Please," she panted when I kissed my way back up her body. "I need you inside me. Now."

"I've got you, baby," I promised, positioning myself at her entrance. "Always."

I pushed inside her slowly, carefully, mindful of the babies and her comfort. She was tight and hot around me, her body welcoming me home, and it took everything in me not to just thrust hard and fast like my body was screaming at me to do.

"Okay?" I asked, holding still once I was fully inside her, giving her time to adjust.

"Perfect," she breathed, wrapping her legs around my waist. "Move, Tristan. Please move."

I did, pulling almost all the way out before sliding back in, setting a slow, steady rhythm that had us both gasping.

Each thrust was deliberate, controlled, designed to give her maximum pleasure without being too rough or fast.

Her hands slid down my back, her nails digging into my skin in a way that would definitely leave marks but I didn't care. I loved wearing her marks, loved having physical proof of her passion.

"More," she panted. "I need more."

I adjusted my angle, hitting that spot inside her that made her cry out, her whole body tensing beneath me.

I could feel her getting close, could feel the way her inner walls were starting to flutter around me.

"That's it, baby," I encouraged, keeping my pace steady even though I was close too, my own release building at the base of my spine. "Come for me. Let me feel you."

My hand slid between us, finding her clit and rubbing in circles the way I knew she loved.

The dual sensation of me inside her and my fingers on her sensitive spot pushed her over the edge.

She came with a cry, her body arching off the bed, her inner muscles clamping down around me so tight it was almost painful in the best way.

The feeling of her pulsing around me, the way her body gripped me like it never wanted to let go, sent me over the edge too.

I buried my face in her neck as I came, breathing in her scent, wildflowers and rain and something uniquely Athena, feeling complete in a way I'd never felt before.

My release seemed to go on forever, wave after wave of pleasure washing over me as I filled her, marking her as mine in the most primal way.

We lay there afterward, my weight carefully kept off her belly but our bodies still joined, both of us breathing hard and covered in a light sheen of sweat. The afternoon sun painted golden patterns across our skin, and I'd never felt more at peace.

"Welcome home," Athena said finally, and I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Best welcome ever," I agreed, pressing a kiss to her shoulder before carefully withdrawing and rolling to the side, immediately pulling her against me.

We dozed for a while, wrapped in each other's arms, the afternoon sun warm on our skin. When we finally got up, it was to shower together, which of course led to more touching and kissing, though we were both too satisfied and exhausted to do more than that.

The next few days passed in a blur of unpacking boxes, arranging furniture, and making our house feel like a home.

Athena nested with an intensity that was both adorable and slightly terrifying, she organized every cabinet, every drawer, every closet with a precision that would have made Derek proud.

Sarah and Leah came over to help, bringing Lily and Liam with them. Lily was enchanted with the nursery, insisting on "helping" arrange the stuffed animals and books we'd already started collecting.

"The babies are going to love this room," Lily declared seriously, adjusting a stuffed fox on the shelf for the third time. "It's perfect."

"You think so?" Athena asked, clearly pleased.

"I know so," Lily said with all the confidence of a five-year-old. "When my cousins are born, can I come visit every day?"

"Every single day if you want," Athena promised, and I could see tears forming in her eyes again. Damn hormones.

"Athena," Sarah said gently, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Are you crying because Lily wants to visit the babies?"

"She's just so sweet!" Athena wailed, which made Lily giggle and hug her aunt's legs.

The mating ceremony was scheduled for tomorrow night, the full moon would be at its peak, and both our packs would gather to witness our souls binding together for eternity.

As Alphas of neighboring packs and best friends, Orion and I had worked closely to coordinate everything, ensuring both the Crescent Moon Pack and my Silver Ridge Pack would be present for this momentous occasion.

The wedding ceremony was two days after that, the celebration with all our friends and loved ones.

A day after our mating ceremony would be just a formal party, for our human friends who knows we're having two ceremonies.

People that knows nothing about the supernatural world.

But tomorrow night was for us. For the wolves. For the sacred ritual that would make Athena and me one in the eyes of the Moon Goddess.

I found her that evening standing in the nursery again, her hand on her belly, looking at the room we'd created for our child.

"Nervous?" I asked, coming up behind her and wrapping my arms around her.

"About tomorrow?" she asked. "A little. Are you?"

"Terrified," I admitted. "Not because I have any doubts, but because it's so... permanent. So powerful."

"Good permanent or bad permanent?"

"The best permanent," I assured her, turning her to face me. "The kind of permanent where I get to spend eternity with you. Where our souls will recognize each other in every lifetime. Where nothing and no one can ever break what we have."

"When you put it that way," she said, smiling up at me, "it sounds pretty perfect."

"It is perfect," I said, kissing her softly. "You're perfect. We're perfect together. The Moon Goddess gave us both a second chance, and I'm not going to waste a single moment of it."

Her eyes softened at the mention of our second chance. We both knew how rare and precious this was, to find love again after loss, to have another opportunity at the kind of happiness we'd both thought was gone forever.

The next evening arrived with a clarity that seemed almost supernatural. The sky was cloudless, the air crisp and cool, and the full moon rose huge and bright, painting everything in silver light.

I stood in our bedroom, adjusting my ceremonial robes, deep midnight blue, embroidered with silver thread in patterns that represented the Silver Ridge Pack and my bloodline as Alpha.

The silver wolf emblem of my pack was emblazoned on the back, marking me clearly as the leader of my people.

Orion arrived, wearing his own ceremonial robes as Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, deep forest green with gold embroidery, the crescent moon symbol of his pack prominent on his chest.

As Athena's brother and the Alpha of her birth pack, he would be performing the ceremony, officiating the binding of his sister to a fellow Alpha.

"Ready?" he asked, fixing the clasp at my shoulder with the ease of long friendship.

"More than ready," I said. "Where's Athena?"

"With Sarah and the other women, getting ready," he said. "You know you can't see her before the ceremony. It's tradition."

"I know," I said, though I missed her already. We'd barely been apart since moving into the house.

"Tristan," Orion said seriously, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"I want you to know how happy I am for you. For both of you. When you told me you wanted to mate with her, when you asked for my blessing as her Alpha and her brother, I couldn't think of anyone better. After everything she went through with Daxon, after the pain of rejection... seeing her this happy again, it means everything to me. And I trust you'll keep making her happy, and she'll do the same."

"I'll do everything in my power to make her happy," I promised. "To honor her, protect her, love her the way she deserves. To be the mate she should have had the first time."

"I know you will," Orion said, his eyes getting slightly wet. "And after what you went through with Jess... I'm glad you found your way to happiness again too. You both deserve this second chance."