by J. L. Beck
“I love you mate and I will love you for the rest of my life,” he whispered into my ear right before the blackness took over.
CHAPTER SEVEN
RYAN
“What if they don’t like me?” Olivia pouted.
I didn’t like that look on my mate’s face. I like the look on her face when she came for me, or when she was smiling because something I’d said had made her laugh. She was giving off nervous energy and I knew I could change that into positive energy if I just had a few minutes to fuck her. I also had to admit I would never get enough of fucking her, so any excuse would do. I smirked to myself with this admission.
However, I supposed words would have to do for now. “They will love you mate. They’ll have no choice otherwise,” I assured her. I didn’t tell her that I didn’t really care if they liked her or not. It wasn’t about liking someone in a wolf pack. When you mate, that person becomes a member of your pack whether they liked you or not. It was destiny that picked your mate.
“I just want to be perfect for them.” She tucked a couple strands of her hair behind her ears. She’d done a small amount of makeup making her brown eyes pop.
She looked good enough to eat and I intended to do just that when we got back to the cabin. “You do not need to be the perfect mate. You’re mine and I do not care if they like you or not. They do not please me. They’re not my mate. You are.”
I squished any insecurities she had right that instant as I pressed a soft kiss to her lips. My cock was rock hard, but I must ignore the need to fuck her. There would be plenty of time for that. I gazed up at the clock on the wall. We had three minutes… I supposed we could leave now. I wrapped her up in my arms and smiled as she sighed into my chest.
“Keep your head down against my chest. I don’t want you to get sick from the fast motions,” I ordered, pulling her tiny form in closer to my chest. I loved the way she fit to me be so perfectly. Fate really did give me the best mate ever.
“What do you mean? Aren’t we going to walk?” Her voice was muffled against my chest but I still heard her.
“Of course not baby, not when I can get us there in a second. And it’d take us thirty minutes at least to get up to the house walking. Walking is for humans.” I grinned, before moving at lightning speed. I didn’t even let my temptress get a chance to respond and just like I said…. we arrived at the main house in seconds.
I held Olivia in my arms for a few extra seconds so she could get her bearings before I placed on her feet in front of me. She gazed up at me with so much love it quickened my heart rate, and made me feel warm all over.
“I hope they love me as much as you do,” she whispered.
I didn’t tell her that they could most likely hear her. I didn’t want to scare her away from them too soon. Wolves had high and acute senses such as hearing, speed and healing. She’d only been around me for the most part for the last month and had learned only a small amount of our lore.
Romeo my brother raced out to greet us. Of course, he was shirtless…
I bared my teeth as I spoke, “Can’t you put some clothes on?”
Romeo grinned at me like the devil would an angel before he kicked the shit out of it.
“That would be my choice bro, but since you kicked my ass earlier over this little thing…” He gestured towards Olivia.
This only made me more territorial. I moved her so she was behind me. I know he thought it was funny, and a shock that I’d found someone but I wouldn’t let him push me over the edge.
“Romeo!” our mother called from the front porch and just like that, the fight was over before it even started.
“Fine, I’ll put a damn shirt on but not because you want me to…” He snarled at me. “Oh, by the way, it’s nice to finally meet you, officially that is,” Romeo spoke to Olivia who was peeking from behind my arm. I caught a small smile pulling at her plump lips. At least she wasn’t annoyed by my family like I was.
“Bring the girl up here so we could finally meet her,” my mother ordered, a tinge of excitement in her voice. “You’ve had her cooped up in that cabin of yours for long enough. She probably wants some human interaction.”
Olivia’s small hand slid into mine and she gave me a nod of approval as if to say, I’m ready.
As we walked up to the house, all my siblings made their way out onto the porch to greet us.
“Olivia, this is my mother Vanessa. Mother, this is Olivia, my mate.”
My mother’s dark eyes brightened at the word and she wrapped Olivia up in a tight hug bringing her to her chest. “Thank goodness he’s finally found someone,” she announced as if it had been a burden for me to be mate less.
“Actually I found him…” Olivia cringed looking at me over her shoulder. “That’s a story for another day though.” From there she met my father, the Alpha.
Dad didn’t do much talking and therefore, merely stared at her while raking his eyes over her form.
Olivia seemed to shudder in his presence and I understood why, as the Alpha he held the authority over the entire pack.
Then I introduced her to my brothers, all six of them. “This is Romeo, which you’ve already met. Then Jackson…Gannon, Blaine, Nico, and Savage.”
Her eyes rounded, and went real wide. To be in the presence of so many male wolves and all strong and almost as large as I was…. It must be a little stunning.
I almost chuckled. She didn’t have the first clue what she was in for but she would discover soon enough. I would help her through it and she would find out more about our world through this meeting.
They each waved to her, all except Savage who could care less for humans. He was even worse than me on this subject.
“It’s nice to meet you all. I’m so glad to have a family again.”
Olivia’s smile was all that mattered to me in this moment. I loved my family and I was loyal to a fault to them, but my mate was now my world.
“Come here sweetheart, we have an array of food for dinner tonight.” My mother gestured towards Olivia who looked to me for acceptance. I nodded my head, and she was whisked off into the kitchen.
As soon as she was out of earshot, all eyes turn to me.
“How did you find her?”
“What happened to her?”
“Are you really mated?”
These were the questions my brothers shot off at me. I knew I’d have to answer them but I never expected to be annoyed with it.
“Tell them son,” my father urged, possibly trying to lend a hope to the fact that we were not all doomed into the single unmated life.
“She broke into my cabin. I was going to just scare her away, and then she hurt herself. It was then when I really caught a whiff of her scent and I knew she was mine.” I played back the memory in my mind, all the emotions of confusion, love, and need wrapped around my heart. My wolf growled at me as if to say…she’s perfect.
“So she found you?” Gannon questioned.
I shrugged. “I guess you could say that. It definitely wasn’t like I was out looking for her. It was almost like fate had a hand in things.”
Everyone nodded in agreement as if they understood the complexity of it all. As wolves we waited until the day, we found our mates to have any sexual relations with a woman. Since birth, we were taught that sex is to be shared with your mate, and I’m positive my brothers were feeling the burn of no sex.
“And that’s exactly how it should be,” my father spoke his voice loud, and profound.
I looked up to him more now for raising me to care for a woman, as she should be.
“Finding your mate isn’t going to be easy boys, not as easy as it was for your brother but I know for certain that you all will find your mates.”
Many of my brothers sighed, or rolled their eyes. I’d admit I felt that way too, when he’d given this speech to us before I found Olivia, but now I got it. Your mate would literally find you.
“Well, I’m happy for you bro.” Romeo stood and slapped
me on the shoulder before heading off in the direction of the kitchen.
I growled without realizing it.
He stopped dead in his tracks. “Does it really piss your wolf off that much? You know I’m not going to do anything,” Romeo assured me.
I still didn’t like it and instead pushed past him into the kitchen. One day, they would understand but until they did, I would continue to be possessive as hell over my mate.
Once inside the kitchen, I spotted Olivia and walked over to her, pulling her to my side. I nuzzled my nose against her warm neck and inhaled her sweet scent.
MINE!
My brothers didn’t understand the need that coursed through my veins for this woman. They didn’t understand the uncontrollable need. Someday, they would though.
“Are we ready to eat?” my mother asked and my brothers started hollering and grabbing their plates to head towards the food.
Olivia looked up at me, her brown eyes misting over.
I hadn’t seen many people cry in my life but seeing my mate with tears in her eyes startled me. “Are you okay Olivia?” I took her by the cheeks and forced her to stare into my eyes. I didn’t care that my family was in the room, and possibly staring. The tears started to fall from her eyes now, and slid down her smooth cheeks. I squished them with my thumbs, never wanting to see tears on my mate’s skin again. “Olivia, talk to me, tell me you’re okay.” I could sense her emotions through our connection but they were all over the place.
She hiccupped. “I’m not crying because I am hurt, or sad.” She started pulling away just enough to put room between us.
I didn’t like it one bit.
My wolf growled internally demanding for me to I make things right with her. “Then why are you crying?” I kept my voice low, and gentle, wanting to soothe my mate and not startle her.
“Because I’m happy…” Tears kept falling, slipping from her eyes with ease.
I blinked, realizing she just said she was happy instead of sad.
“I never thought I’d have a family like this…when my car got stranded out here, I knew I had nothing to lose, and I set out on foot to find something, or someone, anything really. I left my mom, and life behind. I wanted better, needed better, and then you found me.” The cracking of her voice gave way to an onslaught of deeper emotions that ripped from her. She sobbed into my chest.
I wrapped my arms around her tightly wanting to destroy her mother and family for not protecting and caring for her better. I wanted to make up for whatever bad things happened to this sweet woman before me. I would make it up. Make her feel safe loved and cared for. “I love you Olivia and not just because you’re my mate. It goes deeper than that.” I nibbled on her ear as I whispered the words into it, “Now, do you want to stay and have dinner, or do you want to go back to the cabin? I know a couple things I can do with my tongue and fingers that will bring that perfect smile back to your face.”
Olivia’s cheeks reddened. “Oh, stop it Ryan. We do m need to visit here with your family. Let’s eat, and then we can have dessert later. And I’m sorry about all the tears. I never expected my emotions to be so heightened.”
I chuckled, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, and turning us towards the dining room table where everyone was already eating.
No one batted and eye at us, or made a remark about the conversation they definitely heard.
She looked surprised by their casual acceptance of her outburst and tears.
“It’s a wolf thing, baby…” I whispered into her hair, knowing I was already the luckiest man on earth.
Epilogue
OLIVIA
Six-Months Later
I cradled my swollen belly, smiling down at the little bundle of joy inside. Ryan was hoping for a boy, while I’d love a little girl, either way we would be happy though. My eye caught on the diamond ring that was nestled between my two fingers, a silver band holding the weight of a diamond on it.
“What are you thinking about babe?” Ryan appeared in the doorway right then. He was shirtless, and the shorts he was wearing hung low on his hips showing off the V that led down to his cock.
I could feel my pussy flutter to life. I inhaled, trying to hide my arousal. “Nothing really. I just can’t believe this is my life now. A baby, a loving husband, a family.” I almost chuckled at the last part because who would actually believe that wolves were real? A wolf family. In the world we lived in now, I’d say anything was possible.
“Believe it because I’m not going anywhere.” He growled deep, his chest vibrating.
The growl made me shiver and I gazed up at him with love shining in my eyes while he looked down at me, his eyes roaming over my body, stopping once they reached my beach ball sized belly.
“And neither am I,” I announced proudly.
Ryan smiled, showing off his pearly white teeth.
I licked my lips thinking about the way those teeth felt when they sunk into my flesh while he fucked me to oblivion and back.
Ryan inhaled through his nose, his eyes turning to molten lava in an instant. “You’re in need mate, let me please you.” His voice sounded silky smooth, dripping with honey.
I looked at this magnificent man up and down as it still amazed that he was mine. “You don’t have to. It’s just the pregnancy hormones. I swear every single time you enter the room, my pussy thinks it’s time to fuck.” I sighed audibly, which earned me a chuckle from Ryan.
“That’s because your body knows me. It knows who you belong to.” He dropped down to his knees on the floor before me, and lifted the bottom of my dress over my belly.
I wasn’t wearing any panties like I’ve been told not to, so my pussy was completely exposed and at his mercy.
“It’s glistening with need for me, and seeing you swollen with my pup has me rock hard. You don’t know how hard it is for me not to fuck you right now.”
His voice did crazy things to my body when I was in need. Without really thinking about it, I found myself moving my ass to the edge of the chair to let him feast on me.
He rubbed his hands up and down my belly, and left my legs to rest on his shoulders.
As soon as his tongue dipped inside my slick channel, I came. The air left my lungs, and stars appeared before my eyes. I hovered between heaven and real time for a moment before slipping back down to reality.
Ryan did this three more times, leaving me exhausted. The doctor told us not to have sex right now, but I was pretty close to breaking that rule. “I want you.” I moaned, as he carried me as if I were his princess up to our bedroom.
“Shhh, mate you have me, and soon you’ll have our son, and I’ll get to work on putting another pup inside you.”
I intended to get all I could of his wonderful cock after I had this baby. I sighed and let him run me a bath. By the time he was done pampering me with a full wash down and hair washing, I was yawning and ready for bed. As he tucked us both into bed, his arm wrapped around my belly like a thick band I knew I’d never be more loved by a man than I was loved by this one. My mate, my future husband, my wolf.
“I love you Olivia,” he whispered into my hair inhaling my scent.
“I love you too Ryan,” I whispered back, snuggling my backside deeper into his front. This was all I’d ever needed…all I’d ever wanted…and it turns out…happily ever after’s really did exist.
The End
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If you loved reading about Olivia and Ryan then you’ll be happy to know that the next book in this series is Mate With Me and is Romeo’s book. It will be releasing shortly after Growl For Me, and will include Olivia and Ryan as well as more about the family, heritage. Things get a little crazier in Camden Falls and sometimes the wolves aren’t the darkest things that lurk i
n the woods. :P Cheesy I know but you’ll love this series about alpha male wolves.
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CHAPTER ONE
GRACE
I hated weddings. Okay. Not really. Well sort of. I didn’t really hate the wedding per say. I hated the being alone, and watching everyone else happily dance and kiss. It was slap in the face to a woman that couldn’t find true love. Then again my parents didn’t really care about true love, or finding someone to spend the rest of your life with. They only cared about the power, and fame it would bring to my parents name when Jeffery and I married. Jeffery being the son’s mayor, my future husband who was currently in the bathroom having sex with someone I once considered my best friend.
People danced happily around me, smiling, and kissing, their faces filled with joy. I on the other hand kept my glass of Moscatio filled and waited till I was just drunk enough to numb the pain. I didn’t want to be here, and honestly I don’t know why I was. I didn’t have to stay under my parents thumb. I could leave. I’d lose everything I had to my name but I could leave, if I really wanted too.
I guess I just had nowhere to go.
“My beautiful bride to be.” I blink, the annoyance hitting me with break neck speed. I gaze at Jeffery over my shoulder, taking in his dishelmed look, his blue glossy eyes, and the lip tick stained shirt he’s wearing. I haven’t had enough drinks for this shit. Not tonight.
“Nope. Not doing it. Take your bullshit else where.” I push from the bar stool with my wine glass still in hand. Jeffery blocks my way and pushes his chest against mine. I feel the heat of his body against mine and I don’t like it.
“Come on Grace, you knew it was going to be like this. Your daddy making that rule about you staying a virgin until we wed caused this. I’d be faithful to you, but I have needs too.”
My mouth pops open in disbelief. Did this moron just say what I think he did? I almost can’t belief the stupidity falling from his lips.