by C. M. Steele
“How can you tell?” She’s looking nervous about it, which makes me nervous.
“Your eyes are blazing, and you look ready to bite someone,” I say.
“He heard you say Erik’s name and is furious and wanted to know if he could kill him.”
“No!” I yell. He can’t hurt Erik. It’s not his fault he means everything to me.
“Don’t worry, he isn’t.”
“I’ve got to leave. I feel weird today,” I reveal. I feel like I need to shift and go for a run to work off what I’m going through.
“How long has this been going on?” Cat asks.
“Well, we talk all the time. We hang out whenever we get time. Sometimes we text when he’s just waiting in his patrol car,” I confess. “My feelings have grown these last few weeks in a different way, but it’s all for nothing because I’m not his mate.”
“Let’s go. You can stay with us tonight,” she offers before we go outside to make sure Hunter doesn’t get crazy with Erik.
There’s still two hours before the moon rises, so I rush home before I accidentally shift and tear a motherfucker’s head off. I’m pacing around the living room as soon as I get home. Contemplating following them, I shift.
It’s then that I feel a shift in my body. It’s something new, different, and powerful. Hunter appears in my head, and I know just then what’s going on. I’m the new Beta. I let out a loud howl. This isn’t something I could have expected considering my cousin was the last Beta and had attacked the Alpha and his family.
Jumping into my patrol car, I follow his scent to the hotel resort. It’s a stronger smell to me now. I guess it’s an Alpha-Beta thing. All of the sudden, I think about Chloe, not that she’s ever far from my mind. Being the Beta, I’m going to be closer to her. I can feel the pain rip through my chest as I think about her finding her mate in front of me.
I pull up to Wolfe Den Resort, and Hunter, Gage, Catherine, and Chloe are all standing around. My eyes are focusing on the woman I can never have. She has tear stains on her face. Rage consumes me. I really don’t want to deal with the fact that I’m a Beta, I want to focus only on Chloe. She’s been crying, and it isn’t something I can deal with. I need to know who hurt her; whoever it is, is going to pay. I wonder if that asshole at lunch did something to her.
I’m standing in front of the woman who possesses my soul, even though I’m not her mate. In that moment, I know I’m going to love her forever, even if she can never be mine. I slide her beautiful blonde waves away from her face and slide my hands along the warm flesh of her cheeks. The feelings are overwhelming. I truly love Chloe Grey.
“Chloe, who dared make you cry?” I snarl, caressing her soft cheek, absorbing her warmth and making me love her more.
“Smith, what are you doing here?” Hunter questions in a gruff and threatening tone. Just as he says it, the expression on his face changes and he looks at me side-eyed and gives a slight nod. He knows why I’m here.
“So you know why I’m here,” I confirm with a nod of my own. I haven’t let go of Chloe and I don’t want to.
“You’re my new Beta,” Hunter spoke.
“Yes,” I grunt, my eyes moving back to Chloe’s. She gives me a confused and saddened look.
“Are you going to tell me whose throat I’m going to shred?” I growl as I stare in her brightened green eyes.
“Your own,” Hunter educates me. I ignore his anger because if I hurt her, I deserve his fury.
“I made you cry?!” I ask with a stutter. “I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you.” It’s true, our arguments get out of control sometimes, but I can’t recall saying anything that would make her cry. I thought she was fine when she left with her jackass.
I just stand there gazing at her for I don’t know how long. She’s perfection in the setting sunlight. Her eyes are brighter than normal and I inch closer to kissing her. I feel her heart race as the sun begins to set.
The feelings that I’ve hoped would happen one day wash over me as I sniff her scent. She’s my mate. I smile at her—wickedly. Fate is my friend again. My golden eyes flare as I hear Hunter tell me to get Chloe out of there before we both shift in front of the human guests.
“Mine,” I growl as I swiftly take her in my arms and rush her down the stairs and into my car. I want to mate right there, but there are guests coming and going. I drive away without a word because my wolf is on the brink of shifting and claiming my mate.
“Erik, I don’t understand…” her soft voice teases my hard cock. It’s hard for the first time and pressing against my zipper.
“You’re mine, Chloe,” I grunt, intertwining her fingers with mine.
“I know,” she whispers happily. Fuck, she’s happy to be my mate. Pride, pleasure, and the need to mate is reaching a peak.
“We’re going back to my house so I can mark you as mine and breed you.”
“But you don’t want to be my mate.” I knew my words would come back and bite me one day. I’m too horny to give a fuck.
“I’ve wanted you to be my mate for over a year.”
“But you said,” she argues. The fucking woman. She’s going to make me pull over and fuck her on the side of the road.
“Damn it, Chloe. I was frustrated. I fell in love with you, but you weren’t my mate, or so I thought. It was hard to be around you and I tried to push you away when I wanted to kiss your lush lips. I wanted to bury my cock in you, but I couldn’t get hard. I wanted to kill all the men that looked at you everywhere we went. Ask your brother. I gave my resignation when he met Cat. I couldn’t stand to be around you anymore, knowing one day you’d let another possess you.”
“I’ve wanted you for so long. Please, let’s hurry. I want to be yours,” she sighs, her thighs rubbing together.
I place my hand on her thigh roughly, stopping her movements. “You already are. You’ve always been mine.”
We make it to the house in record time. I jump out of my barely stopped car. Chloe is giggling and turns the car off. I’m at her door, nearly ripping it from the hinges and pulling her out and into my arms.
Pinning her to the car, I kiss her for the first time. It’s bliss. The fierce possessiveness is coming to the surface. My mouth takes ownership of hers, tasting, nibbling her glossy pink lips. My heart pounds as our kiss grows fierce. Needing to catch her breath, she pulls back and stares into my eyes.
“Mine,” she growls with a husky desire I never heard before. It’s so sexy to hear her claim me.
“Damn right, Chloe,” I grit before scooping her back up with the intentions of breeding her tonight on my mind.
I carry my prized possession into the house, locking the door before we can be interrupted. I would’ve rushed up the stairs and to our bed, but my darling mate has decided that our kiss outside isn’t enough and presses her lips on mine.
“Fuck, let’s go upstairs. I want our first time to be fucking special.”
“It’s already special, Erik,” she moans, sliding her hands across my chest. I can feel her sharp nails digging into my shirt. It sends pleasure straight to my cock and I’m leaking in my pants.
I run up the stairs and roughly toss my mate onto the bed. I was serious about the bed. I’ve envisioned her here for so long, I can’t stand it any longer. I stopped sleeping up here since the incident with Rocky.
Chapter 5
He tosses me on the bed, and my adrenaline hits a new peak. My inner wolf is calling his. Our eyes meet and brighten with hunger. I raise my brow, wondering what he’s planning to do.
Erik stands a few steps away from the bed, his chest heaving. He’s still in his uniform, and I always found him handsome, but I’ve never been so appreciative of the broadness of his chest before. His badge reflects the moonlight at different angles as his breathing gets rougher. It’s like a beacon forcing me to focus on his chest.
I lick my lips, wanting to lick him, but as my mate I need him to dominate me. I can see the concern in his eyes. I know he’s fighting th
e instinct that he’s been craving because of our love, but it’s been pent up too long.
“Mate, are you going to ravish me yet?” I ask, hungrily wanting to touch and taste him.
“Chloe, I’m on the verge of shifting, trying to control myself, my wolf.”
“Erik…I need you. We’re fated. Please take off your clothes and mate with me,” I plead as I take my top off. I move to take off my skirt, but before I can, Erik takes off his shirt, and I’m struck. I stop, and climb up on my knees. I want to touch his hairy, muscular bare torso. He undoes his buckle as I reach his breast, running my hand through the sexy fur. He lets out a growl, tossing his head back, absorbing my touch. Needing more, I lean in and place a kiss over his heart. I hear it, feel it pounding hard than it has ever had. I moan at the sudden pleasure hitting me from knowing this is finally happening.
I move to get off the bed because I want us naked, but Erik has other plans. I find myself on my back in a mere second. He leans over me, still standing. “Mate, you’re not going anywhere until I say you can. And that’s not going to happen until I’m satisfied I’ve bred you.”
I’m so turned on my panties are soaked. His voice sends desire coursing through me. My wolf is panting, eagerly awaiting his promise. My body is racked with sensations that are all foreign to me.
“Please, my love.” I beg for his pups in me. I want to feel him dominate, control my body.
When she tries to get off the bed, the wolf in me demanded that I stop her and make her mine. After I press her down, I rush to tear off the rest of our clothes. Her scent, which is already infused in my soul, only increases as her juices start to wet her thighs. My dick is hard, dripping onto her thigh. I part her legs and push her farther up the bed. My wolf is howling, and my skin’s burning. I’m shaking with a need so powerful that it scares me. Leaning over her, I kiss her gruffly before lining my dick with her heavenly scented heat.
Growling to each other, I push in and claim what I’ve waited a year for…my mate.
I whisper, “I love you, Chloe.”
“I’ve always loved you, Erik.” Her declaration fuels my need to possess her. My heart’s thumping hard and mind is racing with the reality that we’re finally together, and my dick his demanding release.
“Mine,” I grunt, thrusting all the way home. Our eyes meet as I’m fully seated in her depths. Chloe smiles, and I smile back. “Finally,” I whisper before nibbling on her neck. I can feel her body quiver, her soft, smooth legs rubbing enthusiastically against the back of my thighs, hunting, begging for release.
My hand tugs at her hair, pushing her face toward mine. I bite her lip and send her spiraling into an orgasm. Her pussy grips my cock in a stranglehold, and I’m coming already. I look down at her satisfied face, and my heart jumps out of my chest. She’s beautiful and mine.
I don’t pull out because I’m still hard as fuck. I guess a year of longing will do that to you. I push deeper into her; my hands move to her breasts. They feel so soft and fill my hands. This is new for us, but it feels so damn natural. I grind into her as I take her nipple into my mouth and gently suck. I can feel her pussy clench around my thick cock, so I do it again.
I’m on the cusp of another orgasm and so is she. Every stroke of my cock in her pussy and every caress of her skin evokes a reaction from her, and I catalogue that shit. I want to learn her body so that I never leave her wanting. We both tumble into another blissful orgasm, my seed coating her depths, breeding her. Waves of satisfaction wash over me.
We’ve spent the past day in bed, and yet I’m still greedy for more. I know it’s because it’s our mating cycle going crazy, but it’s also because I love him so much. My body aches from all the new experiences, but I need him again.
He’s making us some food while I’m supposed to jump in the shower. I sit on our bed picturing him move around his kitchen wearing only his boxers. His furry chest, broad and strong, bare for me to see when I get out. His thick cock pressing against the cotton, stretching and leaving an outline. I want to run my hand across it before unleashing it and tasting it with my mouth. My thighs involuntarily rub together as I slide my hand down in between them, letting out a moan as I reach my wet pussy.
Bang! I hear a loud crash of a pan hit the floor, waking me out of my fantasy. Shock and embarrassment hit me when I realize what I’m doing, so I get up and head to the bathroom. I jump into the steaming hot shower, letting the water cascade down my face, thinking about the first time we met. What a difference a year makes. I sigh as I think about how much we fought the feelings that were simmering under the surface, waiting for the right moment to bubble over.
I’m scrubbing my hair with his shampoo, and it’s turning me on. It’s like he’s on me. And before I know it, the curtain is pulled back and he is on me.
“Ah,” she moans out. I drop the pan in my hand. I know that sound; I’ve heard it continuously for the past day. I hear it when she eats a piece of chocolate. I love that sound. I clean up the mess in a hurry because I’m going to do what I couldn’t when we first met.
I hear the shower running, and she’s humming. Creeping into the bathroom, I drop my boxers. I pull back the curtains and pounce on my mate. Chloe’s bright green eyes open wide, revealing her hunger.
“I’ve waited a year to join you in the shower.”
“No, you have not.” She doesn’t believe it, but I’ve got no reason to lie to her. I’ve nothing to hide.
“I sure the hell have. I’ve got to admit I wanted to do this even when I physically couldn’t. I didn’t understand the pull to you at the time, but I still had those subtle urges to see you naked, to taste your lips and to possess every inch of you.”
“Me, too,” she moans with a heartfelt grin.
I bend down and kiss her smiling mouth. Pressing her against the shower wall, I drop to my knees and lift her onto my shoulders. My tongue hits her clit, and she’s coming already, rocking my shoulders as she rides my face. I take in her scent as I lap up her release. Growling, I need more. I press my nose into her wet heat, greedily seeking her honey. She’s tugging at my hair, crying out hard. I drink and nibble her up until she’s quivering again and calling out my name.
“Erik, Erik, Erik,” she yells, chanting my name for all to hear.
Rising up onto my feet, I line her core up with my cock and thrust into her pussy. She lets out a moan, so deep and fulfilling it causes me to squirt a little pre-come in her depths. I know I bred her already. There was no doubt in my mind, but just in case I’m going to come in her as deep as I can—over and over again.
Her breasts pressing against my chest only serve to make me hungrier. I bend down and take her pink nipple into my mouth, causing her to arch her back and toss her head against the wall. Her release hits her like she didn’t just come twice. She’s howling and moaning loudly. The sound is music to my strong and sensitive ears and sets me off. I pump into her like a crazed wolf, joining her in her howls and emptying my seed into her womb.
Chapter 6
As much as I’d rather stay in bed with Chloe, I have to talk to Hunter. It’s going to be an awkward conversation because I’ve spent the past two nights buried in his sister. It’s in our nature, but she’s still his little sister, and I’m not sure how he’s going to handle it.
I tap her hip because she’s still knocked out after our last round this morning.
“Umm…Erik, are you ready again?” she sleepily asks, while greedily showing me her ass.
“Ha. Of course I am, but I’ve got to meet your brother.”
“Oh my gosh, we’ve been so consumed with each other I forgot about the whole Beta thing,” she says with a huff, crawling onto her knees and pulling at my uniform tie. I’m still stuck on the view of her ass. I try to grab it, but my sweetheart has a different agenda, and after knowing her the past year, you never fuck with her agenda. Yanking my tie down, she knocks me off my footing and on top of her.
With my hands on the sides of her head, I kiss h
er softly. My cock is hard as hell, so I’m doing my best at keeping it away from her naked pussy. She’s intentionally trying to torture me into fucking her again. “I know, babe. I want stay in bed, but your brother already called and threatened to come over and interrupt us. He’s cranky. Apparently, Cat’s not feeling well and he has to work, so he wants to fuck up my day too.”
“He’s still nervous after what happened with Rocky.”
“I can’t blame him. Just so you know, we haven’t found Lauren. I don’t need to worry about you either.” We don’t know Lauren’s true involvement, but she’s been on the run since.
“Oh, come on now. You think I can’t handle a spoiled little girl? I’ll rip her to shreds if she comes near me.”
“Chloe, it’s not that I doubt you can take her. You’re one of the Greys. Your family is as old as mine. I don’t want her to even get a scratch on you. You’re mine, to love and protect. There’s no way I’d let anyone dangerous come close to you. Ever.”
“I was hoping to go get some clothes and stuff from my place. Is that still a possibity?”
“There’s no need for that. I don’t want to tear your clothes to shreds.”
“Fine. I guess I could get used to being naked, but then you won’t be home and I still have a job to do.”
My phone starts buzzing, and I know it’s Hunter. As much as I want to ignore it, I can’t.
“Miss me already?”
“Not at all. Cat and I will be leaving the house in twenty, after I give her a reason to smile again. Then you and I can get down to business and the girls can get together with Gage as their driver for what they need. I know Chloe needs clothes, since you snatched her up and haven’t seen the light of day in two days.”
“Good, make it half an hour.” I hang up the phone, turn to my mate, and say, “Looks like we have time to get what we both want.”