Loving the Omega (7 page)

Kade said his goodbyes and left Maddox and Ellie in the kitchen, their breathing in sync as they tried to calm down from what had happened.

Charlotte was safe. That was the most important thing. Now they just had to make sure she knew she’d always be safe with them. No matter what.

Chapter Six

Ellie wrung her hands together then forced herself to relax. This wasn’t the end of the world, but telling her daughter that she’d scared the living crap out of her was going to be hard.

Charlotte woke up soon after Kade had left. The three of them, Charlotte, Ellie, and Maddox, had done their best to eat dinner and ignore the issues of what had happened until they were ready to talk about it. If there was one thing Ellie had learned from all her experience and pain, it was that cooler heads always prevailed no matter what.

Now they sat in Charlotte’s room on her little bed. The newer set Maddox had finished painting and was still drying would be a present for later. Maddox sat on one side and leaned back against the wall with Charlotte on his side. Ellie sat cross-legged on Charlotte’s other side, facing the two of them.

“Charlotte, honey, you scared me.” Ellie closed her eyes then opened them as Charlotte placed her small hands in Ellie’s. “You have to know that.”

“I’m sorry. I just felt something like I used to before, and I didn’t want to miss them. I know it was stupid. I know that now. I think I knew it then, too.”

“Never do that again.” Maddox nipped Charlotte’s ear like a wolf would a pup. “You don’t get to leave the den without telling an adult. We thought someone had kidnapped you or you were hurt and lost somewhere. With all that went on in the past few years, the fact you were gone was even worse.” Charlotte teared up, and it pained Ellie, but their daughter needed to know this.

“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”

“I know you won’t, baby.” Ellie moved so she sat against the wall like the others and pulled Charlotte close.

“Are Parker and the others mad at me for leaving them? Because they didn’t know I was leaving. I hope they don’t get in trouble. I didn’t plan on leaving. It just happened.”

Ellie closed her eyes. So many things could have
just happened
when Charlotte was out of their sight and out of the wards that Ellie didn’t want to think about them; at least Charlotte was learning there were consequences to her actions.

“No one is in trouble. Well, you’re going to be grounded a bit,” Maddox said, and Charlotte wiggled between them.

“Grounded?”

Ellie met Maddox’s gaze and nodded. “Yes, baby, grounded. You can’t leave without telling an adult. A lot of people who might have been needed elsewhere were taken off their shifts to help find you. That’s not saying it wasn’t worth it because you know all of us would do it again to make sure you were safe.”

“How grounded?”

“No TV or cookies for two weeks,” Maddox answered. “You can play with your cousins because you’re a wolf and you need the pup play, but only at our house during that time.”

Charlotte lowered her head but didn’t say anything. Instead, she leaned into Maddox and wrapped her arm around his waist and took her other hand to pull Ellie into a large hug.

“I love you, Mom and Dad.”

Ellie’s eyes filled with tears, and she hugged her family close. “I love you too, baby girl.”

“Ditto,” Maddox said, and Ellie rolled her eyes. Such a boy.

They talked for another twenty minutes or so then put Charlotte to bed, leaving the door cracked open so she could have the hall light on when she fell asleep. Ellie stood at the doorway, looking at her daughter as she slept and wondered how she could be so lucky to have someone so loving that she would want to check on Pack members from her past without conscious thought. That kind of sensitivity sure didn’t come from Hector’s blood.

Maddox tugged at her hip, and she went with him to their bedroom, closing the door softly behind them.

“I’m so glad she’s okay,” Ellie whispered.

“She’s great, Ellie. She’s a good kid and might have done something stupid today, but that doesn’t mean she’ll do it again. I think she learned her lesson. Now, what was going on through your mind today when we came up on the Central scent?”

“The same thing running through your head.” Ellie threw herself on the bed with a huff, tired of the day and ready to sleep. That wouldn’t be coming any time soon though.

“We’re idiots you know. You are an amazing mom. I’m a pretty amazing dad. We just have to believe it. This whole not thinking we’re good enough thing needs to go away because I thought we were past that.”

“I think it’s just something we need to put away and consciously push that way until it’s second nature in us. We might think we’re good enough for each other and know that, but that wasn’t always the case. That took years.”

Maddox lay on the bed next to her and cupped her face, gently brushing his lips over hers. Her wolf perked up, ready for more.

“You are the love of my life. I never thought I’d have that, but you changed me in the best ways possible. You are a great mother, Ellie. We’re a family. That means fights, growing up, and burnt cookies.”

Ellie socked him in the arm even as she laughed with him. “Dork. I’m going to learn to bake cookies no matter what.”

“And I’m going to eat them. No matter what.” He kissed her again. “I love you, Ellie Jamenson.”

“I love you, Maddox Jamenson.”

Maddox grinned then cupped her breast, her nipple pebbling against his palm. “What do you say we reaffirm our bond?”

Ellie laughed. “Oh my god, Maddox. That was the worst pick-up line I’ve ever heard.” She stood up, and Maddox blinked.

“It’s so bad you’re leaving?”

She rolled her eyes then took off her top. “Oh no. I’m going to totally do you right now because my wolf needs you just as much as yours needs mine. Not to mention the human part wants you too. But I’m up so I can go down on you. It’s been entirely too long since I’ve had you in my mouth.”

Maddox let out a groan then turned on his back, putting his hands behind his head. “Far be it from me to deprive you of my cock.”

Ellie smiled then went to her knees, her clothes long gone. Maddox sat up, took off his shirt, and helped undo his pants, his cock falling into her palm, hot, ready. He tangled his fingers in her hair, and she looked up at him, smiling. “Ready, love?”

“Anything you want to do to me, Ellie, works for me. Have at it. I love your mouth.”

Ellie ran her hand up the length of him then licked the tip. The salty taste of his precum burst on her tongue, and she moaned before swallowing as much of him as she could. She had one hand on his thigh, digging into his skin, while the other held the base of him, rubbing and squeezing in time with her sucks so her mate would come hard.

She pulled away then nibbled down his length, sucking and licking, leaving little kisses before opening her mouth wide for him again. Maddox tugged on her hair, and she stiffened so he could move. She loved it when he held her in place and he moved, showing her just how he liked it. Pleasing him pleased her, and she knew it worked in the reverse as well.

There was a reason they were meant for each other in mind, body, and soul.

Maddox lifted his hips and gently fucked her mouth, the tip of his cock brushing the back of her throat with each thrust. She relaxed her jaw and let him slide in and out, knowing he was ready to come as his balls drew up and tightened in her hand.

He groaned her name as the first spurt of come landed on her tongue. She hollowed her cheeks and sucked him down harder before swallowing each drop. He pulled her hair again slightly, and she let go of him with a pop.

Before she could blink, he had her on her back, his head between her legs and his tongue on her clit. He speared her with two fingers, and she bucked off the bed, her body sensitive already from going down on him. Nothing turned her on more than knowing her man was ready and willing.

Maddox licked and sucked her, and she threaded her fingers in his hair, urging him to continue. As her breasts tightened and she came, she screamed his name before he flipped her yet again, this time forcing her to her hands and knees.

He was in her in one thrust, her body clamping around him as she fell off her cascade. Only this time she knew she’d rise right back up as he slammed into her.

“Lean back into me, Ellie mine,” Maddox gasped as his fingers dug into her hips.

Ellie pushed up and back, forcing her back to his chest. He ran both hands up and down her stomach, flicking over her clit every so often before palming her breasts. She gasped and turned her head, catching his mouth with her own. As he fucked her from behind, he did the same with her tongue. His fingers plucked and rolled her nipples, and she bit back a scream as she came again.

Dear goddess, the man was good at turning her inside out, on, and everywhere in between.

Maddox pulled out of her, and she felt lost without his touch. “Maddox, I need you. Finish. Please.” She couldn’t form complete sentences, her mind all warm and hazy and ready for more of him.

Maddox gently turned her so she was on her back yet again, this time with him hovering over her. He took her hands and threaded his fingers with hers. “I want to see your eyes as I fill you up.” He entered her slowly, inch by inch, his rock-hard cock stretching her already sensitive pussy. “I love the way your eyes glow gold as you come. I love the way your eyelashes flutter when you’re finding that peak and falling down. Your cheeks blush the same color as your breasts, and that’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen. I love the way you wrap your legs around me and take me deeper.”

She smiled and wrapped her legs around his waist. After all, he’d asked. Plus she loved when she did this because he went deeper, his cock sliding over that swollen bundle of nerves within her at just the right angle that she’d come hard and surround him, milking him as well. He pistoned in and out of her, his pace increasing as they found their rhythm.

His gaze met hers, and she was lost. He thrust again, this time staying deep within her, coming hard and filing her up. She felt his warmth within her, and she prayed that this time would be the time they made a baby. She was ready for that step into their future. She was ready for anything Maddox gave her, anything the goddess gave her as long as she had this man beside her.

They’d been together long enough that they knew exactly the right angles, touches, and caresses to find that bliss they desired. But what made her love him all the more was that each time became a new journey. They might know the path, or a few different ones, but they took each step as a new day. A new pleasure. He didn’t treat her like someone he’d had over and over, though it seemed most days that he knew her body in a way that he could make her come at just a word. No, each time they were together it was like a new discovery of the old loves and wants.

That was what she loved about mating this man day in and day out. She wouldn’t have him any other way.

Maddox leaned his head on hers, his breath coming out in pants just like hers. “I love you, Ellie mine. Love all of you. For this day and forever.”

Ellie unclasped their hands and reached to cup his face. The bristles of his beard scraped her in that sexy, tingling sensation that reminded her that his face had just been between her legs, rasping against the inside of her thighs the same way.

“I love you, my Omega. Love you for this life and the next. You’ve given me everything.”

He was hers as she was his. Her Omega. Her mate.

Her everything.

The End

Coming Next in the Redwood Pack World:

Emeline and Noah find their happy ending in the Dark Fates Anthology.

Then…

The Talon Pack

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I love writing these after the HEA novellas. Most of you know Maddox and Ellie were my favorite couple and I’m so happy I had another chance to visit them..

I’m not leaving the Redwoods yet. Coming in August, I will be in the
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I’m also not leaving this world completely. You’ve met some of the Talons and because I fell for Gideon the first time he walked on the page to help the Redwoods, I knew I had to tell his story. I also knew I wanted to write some of the Redwood Pack children’s stories. Rather than write two full series where I wasn’t sure how they would work together, I’m doing one better. The Talon Pack series will be out in early 2015. It is set thirty years in the future and will revolve around the Talon Pack and how they are interacting in the world and with the Redwoods. Because it’s set thirty years in the future, I get to write about a few of the Redwood Pack children finding their mates.