Craved By a Beast: A Phoenix Pack Urban Paranormal (Saved By a Beast Book 2)

by Jade Royal

“If there’s one thing you ain’t gonna do in this relationship Rita, is wave me off and walk away. Don’t disrespect me like that.” Rita swallowed hard. The look on his face told her that he wasn’t messing around.

  “I don’t know if now is a good time to talk about it. We have to focus on the mission later tonight.” Jayce gave her a cold look.

  “You know what. Whenever you’re ready to stop bullshitting I’ll be around.” He brushed by her and began walking away.

  “Wait!” Rita hurried after him and grabbed his hand. It didn’t take anything for him to stop.

  “What?”

  “I’ll tell you what I mean,” she said. Even not being ready to come clean about her scars she didn’t want him to walk away from her thinking that she was bullshitting him.

  “Well…?” Rita shifted on her feet uncomfortably.

  “We gotta go to my room,” she finally spoke. Jayce moved out of the way so she could walk in front of him leading the way.

  “And speaking of your room,” Jayce said. “Either you move into my room with me, or I move into your room with you. But I won’t sleep separately from you anymore.” Rita only nodded. She wouldn’t mind sharing the same room with him as long as he was ready to accept the fact that his mate wasn’t the same beautiful woman he knew from before.

  Reaching her room, she went in first and closed the door once Jayce walked in. He immediately went to the bed where he sat down and kicked off his sneakers. Rita stood in front of him not sure how she was going to approach the situation or how she would even start.

  “So what’s up?” he asked. Rita didn’t know what to say, so she just started undressing. She was wearing a long sleeve workout shirt and leggings. She peeled off her leggings first.

  “Wait I told you sex shouldn’t be happening between us,” Jayce spoke when he felt his mouth start to salivate at her stripping in front of him. But still, she didn’t stop stripping. After she pulled down her leggings, she reached for the bottom of her shirt. She took a deep breath before pulling the shirt up and over her head. Jayce gasped at the scars she revealed covering her upper body. There were some on her legs, but he hadn’t noticed them until he saw the rest. With her chest rising and falling rapidly she slowly turned in a circle showing him that her scars traveled all around her body. Her back and the backs of her thighs were scarred in a way that looked like thin welts. He knew the only way a wolf ever scarred was a severe injury, or silver. When she made her full circle and faced him again, she wrapped her arms around herself and hung her head low. Though she was scared, Jayce wanted her body more than he wanted anything else.

  “Do you remember what I said to you the first time we made love Rita?” he asked her. She didn’t look up at him, but she nodded.

  “I remember. But we didn’t really make love, did we? You sort of fucked me senseless.”

  “I wanted you that bad.” Jayce moved in closer to her and removed her arms from covering herself. He used his index finger, placing it under her chin to lift her head. She locked stares with him.

  “You’re still the most beautiful wolf I’ve ever laid my eyes on,” Jayce whispered. Rita felt a rush of relief come through her body.

  “Scars don’t do nothing but tell a story about your sacrifices. I crave you too much to let something as superficial as scars send me running.” He placed his hand around the back of her neck and pulled her forward.

  “You’re still my sexy ass wolf that I plan to fuck all night until the sun rises when we finally complete the bond.”

  “Only when we complete the bond?” she asked. Jayce smirked at her.

  “You’re walking a thin line, Rita. I promise.” She shrugged and gave him a look that Jayce took as a challenge. He really couldn’t have sex with her because there was no way he was going to not bite her. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t assault her with pleasure. Standing in front of her, Jayce leaned over so he could kiss her deeply. She tried to cover herself again to try to hide her scars, but Jayce took her wrists to keep her from doing so.

  “Jayce…” she whispered.

  “No hiding,” he said sternly.

  “Not from your mate.” To prove her scars didn’t affect him, he bent over and kissed a scar on her chest. She drew in a breath as he continued kissing each and every scar on her upper body. By the time he reached her stomach, she was shaking and breathing heavily. He made her spread her legs. The scent of her arousal invaded his senses. Her honey was dripping down her inner thighs. As he kissed the scars on her thighs, he couldn’t help but touch her quivering core. At his touch, Rita jumped, but he calmed her down with another kiss to another scar. Her insides were shaking with anticipation and leaking immensely. He delved a finger into her opening with his middle finger, while his thumb worked on her clit. Her legs trembled, threatening to give out. Before they could give out, Jayce stood and wrapped his arm around her waist. He pecked at her neck then drew his tongue along her chest, creating a trail to her heavy breasts. Without a second thought he pulled her brown nipple into his mouth, moaning at her taste.

  “Jayce,” she moaned. Jayce held her around the waist with one arm while his other hand was busy pleasuring her womanly core. He walked her towards the bed without looking up from her breast. He only pulled her breast from his mouth so they could fall onto the bed. And when they fell, he removed his finger. She cried out and jacked her hips up not wanting the loss of his finger inside her. Jayce was hard as fuck in his jeans, yearning to make love to his mate but he didn’t see how he could do it. To take it off his mind, he slid down her body and spread her legs open. He didn’t waste a minute delving into her folds with his tongue. He slurped and sipped at her juices loving the way she tasted. Jayce realized he was about to be feasting all night. He got comfortable on his stomach and continued to suck at her clit. He pushed his tongue down her opening as her first release dribbled out of her.

  Rita was seeing stars as even though she came, he was still kissing and sucking at her clit passionately and slowly. His tongue twirled around her clit slowly making her hips jerk before he used the flat of his tongue to lick the underside of her clit. She hardly believed that he was devouring her like this after seeing her scarred body. But his lips was making her orgasm over and over again.

  “I don’t think I can take it anymore,” she cried out as her back bowed. Every time she tried to close her legs, he forced them open and continued to eat her like his last meal. If he didn’t stop, surely her clit was going to fall off. Instead of closing her legs, she tried to move back. Seeing what she was doing, he inserted two fingers into her quickly and began jerking them upwards. Rita screamed and closed her eyes as fluids rushed from her insides and squirted back onto Jayce. Her body trembled and convulsed with her large orgasm.

  “No more!” she begged as he pinched her clit. Laughing, he stopped touching her and backed away to allow her to recuperate. Licking his lips, he looked down at his handiwork. She was moaning and groaning, rolling all over the bed. Since his t-shirt was soaked, he pulled it over his head and tossed it to the side. He rejoined her in bed, grabbing her up and holding her close to him.

  “Damn, you taste good,” he spoke. Rita could only respond with a satisfied sigh before digging face into his chest. She was asleep in no time.

  Chapter Sixteen

  Rita awoke later that night alone in her room. Jayce’s scent was still fresh on her sheets and left a trail to the door, so she knew he probably had recently gotten up as well. She looked out of the window created through the rock in her room and saw the brightness of the moon. It was time to get down to business. Getting out of bed, she went to wash up before dressing in the sexy leather outfit the she-wolves had decided they were going to wear. It was funny because she was completely iffy about wearing the short skirt and halter top because of her scars, but now, for some reason, she just felt rejuvenated. She felt like she was a badass shifter ready to hunt and kill. That’s how she wanted to feel, not like some type of victim. Even though she did g
o through something traumatizing, she was going to uplift herself.

  Dressed and ready for their mission, Rita left her bedroom and went through the tunnels to the kitchen. The scents of her pack mates greeted her when she emerged from the tunnels. The she-wolves were all dressed in similar leather outfits, and the men were all only wearing sweatpants. They were munching on sandwiches.

  “Sorry, I’m late to the party,” Rita said joining them. Jayce handed her a sandwich.

  “You’re not late,” he said kissing her on the cheek. For a moment, Rita felt self-conscious because everyone was looking at her and no doubt seeing her body was littered with scars, but it was Bliss who broke the silence.

  “Rita, you look amazing,” she said, boosting Rita’s confidence.

  “Jayce, you’re a lucky guy.”

  “Hell, I’d hit it,” Jaxson said. Jayce barred his teeth at Jaxson and growled. Jaxson laughed and backed up.

  “You always fuckin’ with me.” Jayce snapped at him.

  “Calm down, fellas. Let’s leave that energy for later,” Kellan said with a smirk, but then he looked at Rita.

  “Jaxson is right though.” Not only did Jayce growl at him but so did Bliss. She snapped out her claws.

  “Tryna lose your dick?” she asked him darkly. Rolling his eyes, Kellan simply grabbed Bliss by the back of the neck and rubbed the sides of her neck, and she calmed down instantly. He winked at Rita making her smile.

  “You know, Rita, if you want some girl on girl action, then I can agree with both Kellan and Jaxson. I’d hit it too.” Kyra added in. That had everyone gasping while Rita laughed.

  “Hey, she-wolf or not, I’ll still fight you for coming at my mate,” Jayce said.

  “Back up.”

  “Oh, relax! Your mate is sexy as fuck, take pride in it. Shit, every female in the Phoenix pack is sexy as fuck. I mean, even Mira is cute and all.” Mira smiled and nodded at the compliment. She was dressed similarly to the other she-wolves, but her and Dell and the other wolves in his pack were quiet. Maya, Brandy, and Amber were set to stay back in the cave. Kellan thought they were too young to witness anything that would happen that night.

  “Enough of this,” Jayce said waving his hands around.

  “Let’s go! We got a shifter to find and rip to pieces.”

  “Let’s go.” Kellan clapped. They all headed towards the exit of the cave, but Jayce grabbed Rita and held her protectively.

  “You keep away from my mate with your little horny bi-curious ass,” Jayce said to Kyra pushing her away from them. Kyra laughed and slapped his hand off her. She was going to say something, but she felt Jaxson’s eyes on her, and certainly when she looked at him, he was glaring at her. Submitting, she put her hands up and let it go. Jaxson nodded in approval before giving her another last heated stare and walking by her.

  Staying in human form, the Phoenix pack traveled the woods swiftly, moving with agility only their kind was equipped with. They ran through the woods without breaking a sweat until they finally reached the edge of the woods. Once there, the males stopped.

  “We’ll be waiting right here,” Kellan said to them.

  “It’s close enough to speak into our minds should you need to.”

  “We got this, ladies,” Bliss said.

  “Let’s go get that asshole.” Before they left off, Bliss and Rita gave their mates kisses. Gemma looked awkwardly at Tristan, and she was ready to walk away, but then something made her stop. She looked back at Tristan with her arms crossed.

  “Kiss your mate so they can go.” Kellan ordered him. He grunted and went over to Gemma, placing a hard kiss on her lips.

  “Please be safe, Gemma,” he said softly. She nodded at him before backing away and going towards the other she-wolves. Then they were off, moving towards the town that lay just up ahead.

  It was a Saturday night, so the town was anything but quiet. When the she-wolves made it to the streets, they began attracting jealous stares from women and longing stares from men. Maverick’s nightclub wasn’t too far from the spot in the woods where the males were waiting. Rita could smell both humans and shifters the moment they entered the club. She figured Maverick would play to both crowds, but she didn’t think the humans suspected they were partying with wolf shifters and other animal shifters. The club was dark, but their heightened senses allowed them to see perfectly. Human girls were dancing on the stage, and some were dancing for money on men on the dancefloor. The place was packed, and men saw a group of new women who they wanted to hump and dance on. She had to force herself not to growl and snap her canines at the unwanted humping.

  Stay here, I’ll go find him. Rita spoke in the minds of the she-wolves. They nodded as she walked away to find Maverick. She didn’t get far before a hand grabbed hold of her. Turning around, it was Rory. He didn’t say a word as he began leading her somewhere. They walked up a flight of spiral stairs in the corner of the club that led to an office. Maverick was leaning back in the office chair but popped up when Rory and Rita entered.

  “Rita.” He gasped.

  “You actually came back. I thought I was just going to have to find you and kill you.”

  “Yeah, well I’m here now, and so are the other she-wolves.” Maverick inhaled and sniffed making his nose twitch.

  “You smell like Jayce.” He accused.

  “If I didn’t let him mark me, he would be suspicious, so I let him mark me to believe I was going to mate with him,” she said.

  “Good work.” Maverick smiled.

  “About the she-wolves, I told them we would stay here for a bit, but they want to go back to the woods. Bliss is getting antsy, and if we stay much longer, the whole plan will fall apart, and I don’t think you can even snatch them up in here. The place is too damn crowded.”

  “Alright, take them back to the woods. I’ll follow close behind, but I need proof you brought them.”

  “Come look,” Rita stated. She looked over at Hera who was still wearing silver cuffs. She stood when Maverick did, ready to follow him out. Rita knew Hera didn’t trust her, but Rita didn’t care. She had Maverick eating out of her hand, and that’s all that mattered. He left the office and looked down into the crowd of writhing bodies. Sure enough, the females of the Phoenix pack were loitering around waiting for Rita to return.

  “How’d you get the males not to come?”

  “Told them it was a woman’s night out. They didn’t suspect a thing, but Bliss mated with Kellan. If she gets any more antsy, Kellan is going to feel it and come snooping to make sure she’s okay. That’s why we gotta get back to the woods where she’s comfortable and won’t alert Kellan. Give me three bottles of champagne to take back to the woods so I can make sure no one wants to go home just yet.” Maverick went back into his office and retrieved the bottles of champagne from a cabinet.

  “Here. Go on and get out of here. Rory, Levi, and I will be following.”

  “Good.” Rita tried to leave, but before he let her go, he pulled her arm bringing her back to him. He placed a kiss on her lips, and Rita fought hard not to cringe.

  “Save it for the victory, baby,” she said to him pulling away. He smiled at her as he watched her walk away.

  Rita hurried back to the other wolves with the champagne. That was the sign that everything was going according to plan. That way they didn’t have to speak about it and Maverick possibly hear. If she didn’t have the champagne, then that would have meant something went wrong, but everything was going to plan. They left the club promptly. Kyra took one of the bottles and popped it open and began to guzzle the champagne straight from the bottle. They laughed and talked about miscellaneous shit as a way to let Maverick believe they weren’t suspicious about Rita’s plan.

  In the woods where they had left the males, the area was clear like planned. Rita popped the other bottles of champagne and sprayed it on the other she-wolves to help mask the scent of the rest of the pack from Maverick.

  “Looks like fun.” Maverick spoke appeari
ng at the edge of the woods with Hera next to him. The women gasped and backed up holding onto each other.

  “Don’t even think about running.” Maverick ordered. Levi and Rory appeared then, circling around them.

  “Good job, Rita. Just like we planned.” Rita left the females and went to stand next to Maverick.

  “Rita?” Bliss gasped. “You-you set us up?”

  “How could you do that?” Kyra exclaimed.

  “Because I wanted to.” Rita snapped.

  “I was supposed to be the Alpha female, Bliss, then you came and ruined that for me, but now, me and Maverick have a plan where we both can be the Alphas we want to. I suggest you don’t fight him, Bliss.”

  “You bitch.” Bliss gritted.

  “Damn,” Maverick said licking his lips.

  “I can already see myself fucking each and every one of you.” He pointed at Gemma. “I smell your cherry.” He growled.

  “Pig.” She snapped at him.

  “You’ll be calling me daddy soon enough. Time to go, ladies.” Right on time, Kellan, Jayce, Tristan, Jaxson, Dell, and his wolves dropped from the treetops. Jaxson and Tristan dropped directly behind Levi and Rory. At the same time, Tristan and Jaxson held Levi and Rory by the necks and twisted hard, snapping their heads from their bodies. They ripped Levi and Rory’s heads clean off. Maverick stood there in shock unable to move. Rita backed away from him joining the other she-wolves as the males faced off with Maverick.

  “You sly bitch.” Maverick growled at Rita. Rita only smiled.

  “Funny what pussy can make a man believe,” she said.

  “I told you she was gonna double cross you.” Hera snapped. Maverick ignored her. Hera stepped up like she was going to start fighting, but Mira stepped up too.

  “Try something. I dare you.” She growled. Even though she had caused drama in the pack last week, she’d been on her best behavior, and she was effective in having Hera stuck in her tracks afraid to attack.

  “Why don’t we just fight it out. You and me. Winner gets the pack,” Maverick said to Kellan.