Jaxson(63)

She forced herself to drag her eyes up to meet his. “Please tell me you’re dragging me off to the bridal suite.” Her body was still radiating magical warmth from the bonding he performed with his pack, but just looking at Jaxson’s sexy body was enough to heat every part of her.

He smirked. “Oh yes, Miss Lilyfield. But first, I have a question for you.”

“Whatever it is, the answer is yes, please God, yes.”

He laughed, and that smile on his face was worth everything in the world to her. It mattered in a way nothing else ever had.

“You might want to hear the question first.”

She shrugged one shoulder. “Details.”

The smile was broad on his face as he stepped closer. Then he dropped to one knee and produced something shiny and small from behind his back. It took her a moment to realize it was a ring—silver twisted into the shape of claws holding a deep blue sapphire.

Her eyes went wide. Was he—

“Olivia Lilyfield, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?”

She gasped. Her hands flew to cover her mouth. They trembled against her face. She was already bound by magic to him. He had already made her his mate. But for some reason, lost in all the extraordinary magic, she never expected this simple, human magic to ever be hers.

A lump the size of a baseball was stuck in her throat.

His grin was mischievous and loving and everything Jaxson. “You promised to say yes.”

Her hands flew away from her face. “Yes!” Then she threw her arms around his neck, clinging to him and shedding her tears across his skin.

He held her for a moment, then gently pulled her away and slipped the ring on her finger. “Now,” he said with a wicked sexy grin, “I’ll try to work on that yes, please God, yes part.”

Then he scooped her up in his arms and carried her away toward the bridal suite. It seemed impossible, but Jaxson River wanted to love her senseless for the rest of her life. And this brave and beautiful man never stopped until he got what he wanted. She could hardly believe that thing was her... but she would do everything in her power to keep that smile on his face forever.