Chapter 265. The Knot

Love’s POV

“Oh my,” I moaned, the sound slipping from my lips before I could stop it as my eyes fluttered shut. I focused on the sensation of him—on the way Ellis filled me, stretched me, claimed me with every deliberate thrust. His body moved against mine in a rhythm that felt both familiar and overwhelming, a cadence we’d learned together over years of loving, fighting, surviving.

He pushed inside me again, deeper this time, and pulled out slowly, teasing, torturing me in the best possible way. The movement drew a breathy cry from my throat, my hands instinctively gripping his hips as if anchoring myself to him. His skin was warm beneath my fingers, muscles flexing as he picked up speed, each thrust harder and more insistent than the last.

The room filled with our sounds—my broken moans, his ragged breathing, the soft slap of skin against s