The word sent a jolt through me. The claiming. The knot that had swelled inside me, locked us together. I'd been unconscious for that part — had woken sore and stretched and marked. "Do it," I heard myself say. His eyes flew to mine. "Elowen—" "I want to feel it this time. All of it." I rolled my hips, taking him deeper. "Claim me again. Knot me. I want to be awake for it." The sound he made was barely human. He lifted me off him and I whimpered at the sudden emptiness — but then he was pulling me off the couch, pushing me down onto the floor on my hands and knees. The carpet was rough against my palms, but I didn't care. This was primal. This was wolf. He mounted me from behind, slamming back inside with one brutal thrust that made me scream. His hands gripped my ass — always my ass

