LOGIN{THE TASTE OF MIDNIGHT AND REGRET 2}
I crawled into bed, my hair wet on the pillow, my body tired but my mind racing, sleep pulled me down, deep and dark. And the dream came. It wasn't foggy. It was hyper-real. The scent of him...his scent, not the memory of it...filled my room. Leather and winter air and male skin. The bed moved. I opened my eyes. He was there. A dark shape lit by the moonlight coming through my blinds. Sitting on my bed, looking at me. "You're here," I breathed, not surprised. In the dream, it made perfect sense. "I'm everywhere you are, Rebecca," he murmured, his voice was deep and smooth, like soft fabric that brushed against my skin. "I have been for four years." He reached out. His rough, warm fingers touched my jaw. It wasn't a command. It was a gentle touch. The softness of it took my breath away. "I dreamt about you," I confessed, the dream-me having no filters, no defenses. "I know." His thumb brushed my lower lip. "Show me." The covers were pushed back, the cool air kissed my bare skin—I was naked, of course, I was naked. He stood over me, his big body blocking the moonlight. He didn't jump at me; he just slowed down. His knees nudged my thighs apart, and he lowered himself between them, his weight a delicious, grounding force. His mouth found mine. This kiss was slow, deep, devouring in a different way. His tongue swept into my mouth, tasting me, exploring me with a lazy, thorough arrogance that made my toes curl. My hands came up, tangling in the soft, thick hair at the nape of his neck. I could feel the powerful muscles of his back flexing under my palms. He kissed a hot, wet path down my throat, over the heated pulse there, down to the swell of my breast. His mouth closed over my nipple, and I cried out, my back bowing off the bed. He sucked, hard, tongue flicking the pebbled peak, teeth grazing with just enough bite to make lightning shoot straight to my cunt. "So sweet," he growled against my wet skin. "All this... for me." His hand slid down my trembling stomach, through the thatch of curls, and found my slit. He groaned, a deep, hungry sound that vibrated through my entire body. "Soaking wet. Dreaming of me made you this wet, little wolf?" I could only whimper, my hips lifting, seeking his touch. He gave it to me, not with fingers, but with his mouth. He shifted lower, his broad shoulders pushing my thighs wider, and then his breath was a hot brand on my inner thigh, and then his tongue was on me. Oh, fuck. It was nasty. It was glorious. A long, slow, flat lick from my aching entrance all the way up to my throbbing clit. He circled the tight bundle of nerves, lapped at it, then drew it gently between his lips and sucked. I shattered immediately, a broken, sobbing climax that tore through me. My hands fisted in the sheets, my heels dug into the bed. He didn't stop. He drank my release, his tongue delving inside me, fucking me with it, coaxing another, sharper peak from my oversensitive flesh until I was sobbing, begging, "Too much... Jaxon, please..." He rose over me, his eyes twinkling in the dark. I could see the thick, hard line of his cock straining against his pants. He unbuckled, freed himself, and the sight of him—long, thick, veined, the head ruddy and wet—made my mouth water and my cunt clench around nothing. "Look at me," he commanded, his voice guttural. I did. I couldn't look away. He positioned himself at my entrance, the broad, hot crown nudging against my soaked, swollen folds. He didn't shove. He pressed. An inexorable, stretching, burning attack that stole my breath. "I want all of you," he whispered, his forehead touching mine, our breaths mingling. "Every sigh. Every scream. I have wanted to ruin you for anyone else for four fucking years." And he began to move. It was a slow, deep, perfect ruin. Each thrust was a deliberate, soul-searing possession. He filled me so completely, stretched me so exquisitely, that I felt branded from the inside out. My legs wrapped around his waist, my ankles locking at the small of his back, pulling him deeper. The pace built. Slow, deep rolls of his hips became harder, faster snaps. The slap of skin on skin, the wet, slick sounds of our joining, filled the quiet room. His grunts were harsh in my ear, mine were choked, pleading things. "There... oh God, right there..." I chanted as he angled his thrusts, hitting a spot deep inside that made stars burst behind my eyelids. He fucked me like he owned me. Like my body was his to use, his to pleasure, his to wreck. And I gave it all to him. I met every thrust, I took every brutal, beautiful inch, I screamed his name into the crook of his neck as another orgasm, harder than the first, ripped me apart. My cunt clenched around him in rhythmic, milking pulses, and I felt him swell even thicker inside me. "Come for me," I gasped, my nails scoring his back. "Fill me up. I want to feel it..." His control snapped. With a raw, animalistic roar, he drove into me one final, devastating time, burying himself to the hilt. I felt the hot, pulsing rush of his release flood my depths, painting my insides with his heat. He collapsed atop me, his full weight a crushing, heavenly anchor, his face buried in my hair, his breath ragged drags against my scalp. We lay there, tangled, sweat-slicked, utterly spent. His cock, still semi-hard, was still nestled inside me, a thick, possessive plug. His fingers traced sluggish, tender patterns on my hip. It was perfect. It was everything. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. I woke up with a start, the sunlight streaming through my window making my skull feel like it was splitting in half. I groaned, rubbing my eyes as the events of the dream came flooding back, making my stomach churn with a mix of shame and longing. My phone rang on the nightstand. "Hello?" I croaked, sitting upright. "Rebecca McCall? This is the housing Dean's office." My heart leaped into my throat. "Yes? Is there an opening?" "Actually, yes. Someone moved out this morning. It's a shared suite in the athlete's wing. We can get you in today. How do you feel about having a roommate?" "I don't care!" I said, a genuine smile breaking across my face for the first time in twenty-four hours. "I will take it. Thank you, thank you!" The lady hung up, and I slumped back against the pillows, staring at the ceiling. A new room. A fresh start. Away from Gavin, away from my mother's worry. Everything was finally looking up.{THE CORRECTION}The drill we were about to perform was called a crossover transition.It sounded simple but it wasn't. You needed to skate fast along the boards. When you reached the blue line, you had to turn by shifting your weight from the outside edge to the inside edge. Then, you had to keep the puck with you as you turned, without slowing down or losing control.Do it right and you were invisible. If you mess up, you show all your plans to the defenders on the ice. And just to be clear, if you do that, then you were fucked!I had been doing it wrong. Not really badly or like a beginner, but just a little wrong in a tiny way that only showed up under pressure.I hesitated for half a second while rotating my hips. It didn't matter in practice, but it would be a big deal in a real game with a scout watching.Everyone knew that the difference between being chosen and ignored was very small.I realized my technique was off. I had known for two weeks. What I didn't know was that J
{MINE TO WATCH}The ice doesn't lie. It's a cold, unforgiving mirror of the nervous system.On dry land, I'm really good at tricking people.I can control my voice, keep my eyes from getting big, and stop my hands from shaking while I look my dad and his new wife in the eye.But here, thirty-two millimeters of sharp steel on ice reveals all my secrets.My guilt shows in how I turn—putting too much weight on the inside edge, a tiny pause that travels from my mind to my legs.I stood at center ice, feeling the rink's cooling system buzzing through my skates, moving up my legs and settling as a dull ache in my knees.The gate at the end of the rink opened with a hiss.Rebecca walked inside.I didn't need to look to know it was her. My Beta biology picked up the scent instantly—The smell of ozone was quick and electric, mixed with a sweetness that felt deep in my throat.It was strong. It sliced through the stuffy smell of twenty Alphas like a knife.My eyes shrank from the bright light
{THEN: THE BOY BEHIND THE GYM}Three years ago....The party was too loud, just as it always was at Pike's estate. We were surrounded by three floors of fancy marble and money, and every single person inside was pretending to be something they weren't. My mother called them investors but I called them loud vampires.I was seventeen, and I had already learned the art of finding the quietest exit before my mother could notice.The backyard was big and dark, only brightened by the yellow lights hanging over the pergola by the pool.I walked along the stone path past the bushes and the outdoor kitchen, heading to the old stone bench behind the gym where no one ever went.And it was there that I heard him before I saw him.I didn't hear him speak, but he made a noise. It was a quiet, calm sound, like someone makes when they think no one is around.I stopped in my tracks. It was Jaxon Thorne.He was sitting on the ground with his back against the gym wall, with one knee pulled up, and h
{OFF-LIMITS}I stood in the kitchen, the glass of ice-cold water doing absolutely nothing to cool the fire burning in my stomach. My eyes were fixed on the closed door of the guest room—her room.I hadn't expected a roommate. I had specifically pulled strings to keep this suite empty. I wanted the silence. I needed the dark. The league had chewed me up and spat me out after the incident on the ice, and one letter from a high-priced therapist was all it took to kill my career.From NHL superstar to a university coach in a single night. They said I was unstable. They said my Alpha aggression was a disadvantage. They were right. I was a ticking time bomb of trauma and nightmares, and the last thing I needed was a distraction.Especially not her.The last time I had seen Rebecca McCall, she was sixteen, a skinny thing with wide eyes at a party Gavin had thrown at Pike's estate. Even then, she had messed with my wolf. Even then, I had known she was the one girl who could ruin me.She
{OUTSIDE THE BORDERS}The silence in the housing office was really loud. I stared at the taped-up sign on the bulletproof glass, my heart sinking into the pits of my stomach.'CLOSED FOR STAFF RETREAT.''WILL REOPEN MONDAY MORNING.'"You've got to be kidding me," I muttered, the words a low hiss between my teeth."Problem, dear?" The older woman at the mail desk looked up, Her glasses were sitting on the tip of her nose.She gave me the kind of look usually set aside for students who had missed their tuition payments."No," I lied, my voice tight. "I just... I really needed to speak with the Dean. It's an emergency.""Well, unless your dorm is currently on fire, it will have to wait until Monday. Rules are rules."I opened my mouth to argue—to tell her that my dorm was on fire, just not in the way she meant—but I caught myself. I couldn't explain that my roommate was a crazy Alpha coach who had spent the morning marking the floor with hockey tape like a madman."Sorry," I mumbled, ba
{THE TAPE AND THE TEA}I woke up, and for the first time in three years, the darkness behind my eyes wasn't filled with the bright red lights of an ambulance or the pale, gray face of my dad.There were no nightmares. No sex dreams about Jaxon Thorne.There was only the scent.I was buried in the heavy, oversized black hoodie Jaxon had forced me into. The fabric was thick and smelled a lot like him—ice, cedarwood, and a strong, alpha scent—that made it feel like he was right there with me.My wolf was quiet, purring deep in my chest, feeling a shameful, natural sense of protection.I hated it. I hated that his scent could do what years of therapy couldn't: 'make me feel safe.'I checked my phone. It was early, but the sun was already coming through the blinds. I had a plan. Pack my bags, head to the housing Dean's office, beg for a different room, and then get to practice. I couldn't live like this—trapped between Jaxon's penalties and my own body's betrayal.I threw the covers b
{THE SCENT OF POSSESSION}Jaxon's hand stayed wrapped in the silk of my scarf, his knuckles grazing the heated skin of my collarbone. He didn't look at the scarf; he looked at the mark he had left on me. In the blue light of the TV, the bite looked like a black bruise, a dark stain on my perfect d
{DINNER WITH WOLVES}I sat in my car in the restaurant parking lot, my hands trembling as I stared at my reflection in the rearview mirror. I had rucked my hair over my shoulder and wrapped a silk scarf tightly around my neck, but I felt like the mark Jaxon had left was glowing through the fabric.
{THE PRICE OF DEFIANCE }"No."The word was a hard, crispy thing, shoved out between my teeth. My palms slapped against Jaxon's chest, a desperate, useless drumbeat against the solid wall of him. My back was pressed into the cold wood of the apartment door, the scent of his fresh shower filling my
{THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR}I stood in my stepfather's kitchen, the cold marble of the island pressing against my hips as I scrolled through my phone. The university group chat was a wildfire. I was still trending—clips of my last-minute goal were being replayed, slowed down, and analyzed by every ama







