Falling for an Alpha

by Vanessa Devereaux

  Amber opened her mouth as if she’d invited him in. He ran his tongue first over her lips and then grazed her teeth before meeting with her tongue.

  This was Heaven, or close to it.

  He could actually hear her heart beating, feeling it boom, boom, boom against his own chest. He could even hear her blood rushing through her veins, and smell her arousal getting stronger and more irresistible. It was nectar to his wolf. Gabriel wanted her, and soon, but just in case someone was around, he’d need to take her back to their campsite.

  In one fluid movement, he picked her up and placed her over his shoulder, hoping she didn’t mind the position he’d put her in, but as an ex-Marine, he knew this was the easiest and quickest way to get an injured man to safety. Or in this case, a woman who he wanted to fuck so bad that he almost came then and there.

  She laughed and held on tight to him. Her ass was just mere inches from his face. He ran his hand over it, feeling its warmth, its softness, and he couldn’t wait to see what lay between its cheeks.

  Amber held his neck as he maneuvered over the rocks until the tents were in sight.

  “Your tent or mine?” he asked.

  She burst out laughing.

  “On second thought, it will need to be mine because that’s where the condoms are.”

  “You’ve thought of everything,” she said.

  “A Marine is always prepared.”

  He placed her down on the ground, knowing he was just minutes away from making love to her. He unzipped his tent and they went inside. Gabriel pulled her close to his body and kissed her again. She slid her hand on his dick which was pulsing and hard like never before.

  He wasn’t sure if it was the effect Amber had on him or the wolf that now resided within him. Either way, he didn’t care. She ran her finger over the tip of his shaft, making him draw in his breath.

  “You’re going to drive me crazy.”

  “Sorry,” she whispered.

  “Don’t apologize, but I might have to take you quicker than I’d like to.”

  “That sounds like fun.”

  “And it’s not going to be the most comfortable place to have sex.”

  She pulled him down onto his sleeping bag with her. “Stop apologizing.”

  Gabriel ran his hand down her belly into those lovely dark curls. She parted her legs, allowing her scent to rise up and hit his nostrils. Ummm…

  Shit, he almost howled. He slid his fingers farther down, catching her clit, and making her groan. He played with it, teased it until she arched her back, the scent of her arousal filling the tent, making it almost overwhelming to him. He pushed a finger into her pussy and almost howled again. She was hot, wet, and waiting for him, just for him. Gabriel could smell her juices. She was his mate, he was sure of it.

  “I have to be inside you soon. Sorry, there’s no time for any foreplay.”

  “Gabriel, just fuck me, and no more apologizing.”

  Chapter Nine

  Amber had never used that kind of language during lovemaking before, but there was something about Gabriel that made it urgent for her to have sex. He’d sheathed himself, and as he pushed his cock inside her, she realized just how big he really was. She wiggled her butt a little, trying to relax her pussy to accommodate both his width and length.

  He kissed her as he began to thrust, first slowly, gently, and then like no man she’d ever been with. Fast and hard. Dear God, this was so good. She wrapped her legs around him and tried to join his rhythm as his thighs struck her body. The ground underneath was hard, killing her back, but the feeling in her pussy made up for the discomfort. She dragged her fingers down his back, making him groan, and then he fucked her harder.

  Oh, Gabriel. She’d never said a guy’s name out loud before, but this wasn’t just any man. Amber knew she was on the verge of a climax and it was going to be off the charts.

  Gabriel thrust harder, grunted a little, and then she saw stars that couldn’t compare to the ones she’d seen in the sky the night before. She cried out—another thing she’d never done before. Good thing they were out in the middle of nowhere.

  Gabriel pushed into her pussy harder and then howled, literally howled, as she felt a rush of warmth in her pussy and guessed he had come too.

  “Wow, that was something else,” he said, rubbing her nose with his own.

  “If I knew camping out in a tent could be this great, I would have done it a lot sooner.”

  They both laughed.

  She could tell he was attempting to slide out of her but for some reason they seemed locked.

  “You okay?” she asked him.

  “I don’t think my cock wants to leave your pussy.”

  “Probably the wolf’s influence on you.”

  “The what? Why would you say that?”

  He’d looked panicked for some reason when she’d said that.

  “When wolves mate, they stay locked together for thirty minutes. One’s been hanging around again so I thought his habits might have brushed off on you.”

  “Half an hour?” he asked.

  She nodded. “I saw it on a nature show I watched. The poor male was with a female he shouldn’t have been with, and her dad was after him. He couldn’t get away because his cock was locked inside her.”

  “Geez, if that’s the case, then I won’t put the next thirty minutes to waste,” said Gabriel, moving gently inside her again.

  ****

  Sadie had been tempted to look in on her newly paired couple a few times but resisted invading their privacy.

  She was in the middle of one of the lessons she was giving to Presley. She was learning fast and had already helped another child who’d fallen in the playground. Had Presley not stepped in and magically made a cushion appear where the child landed, she would have cut her head open. She was learning that magic could help mortals like herself.

  The only complaint was from Brad and Lucy, who had told her that Presley was using magic to pick up the toys in her room. They wanted her to do things the old-fashioned way, and Sadie agreed that’s the way it had to be. Even witches had to pick up their own toys. No shortcuts in the world of witchcraft.

  “Presley, what do we do when toys need to be picked up?” asked Sadie.

  “Use magic,” said Presley.

  “No, we don’t. You know better than that.”

  “It’s easy.”

  “I know it is, but you have to set an example for your new brother or sister when they arrive this Christmas.”

  “I’ll pick up their toys, too, using my finger and magic.”

  “No, because you’ll make your mom and dad unhappy, and you don’t want that now, do you?” Presley shook her head.

  Sadie was so excited that another Perfect Pairing baby was on its way. Well, two, actually, because Evie and Kyle were having another baby in the fall, which tempted her to see how Gabriel and Amber were getting along.

  “Let’s check on two people,” said Sadie. “And how do we do that?”

  “Magic ball,” said Presley.

  “Can you make it appear?”

  Presley moved her hands over the table but nothing happened. She closed her eyes, repeated her action, but still nothing happened.

  “It’s okay, sweetie, it’s something that we need to work on, so Aunt Sadie will do it this time.”

  Sadie moved her hands over the table and the ball appeared in its center.

  There were Gabriel and Amber in a tent, and oh, my, this wasn’t G-rated stuff they were getting up to, more like NC-17-type hanky-panky. Sadie quickly put her hand over Presley’s eyes.

  My goodness, the new couple were getting on better than she’d ever imagined. And maybe that was a good thing. Perhaps it meant she needed to find Mavis as soon as possible.

  ****

  Gabriel leaned playfully into the back of Amber’s neck. He pulled her arms up so they were outstretched above her head. He ran his hands down the sides of her body, paying special attention as his palms passed over t
he side of her breasts. He kissed her spine—every delectable inch of it. He blew across both butt cheeks.

  “Hey, that tickles.”

  “It was supposed to.”

  Her ass was so welcoming. He ran his finger down her crack, and saw her wiggle her butt.

  “Did that tickle too?”

  “Oh, yeah.”

  He smiled, parted her cheeks, and could see her pussy, all red and glistening from their last round of lovemaking. The scent of their pairing still hung heavy in the air.

  He straddled her, reached for a condom, and sheathed himself, knowing she was ready to take his cock again. Gabriel playfully circled her opening with the very tip of his dick, hoping it was turning her on as much as it was him.

  She raised her hips up as if she were telling him—no, ordering him—to get inside her.

  He speared her pussy in one solid movement, groaning at the sheer delight of being buried inside her walls.

  Some of the nice side effects of being a wolf shifter included off-the-charts climaxes, getting harder almost minutes after climaxing, and getting locked inside Amber’s pussy. Nothing a guy could do but snuggle post-sex. Wouldn’t every woman love a wolf-shifting guy for a partner? He smiled as he rocked back and forth, his hands making circles over her back.

  “Ummm,” she said.

  “Ummm” was right. He picked up speed, feeling his cock slide deeper, and he could feel her getting more excited. Gabriel leaned over, nipping at the nape of her neck, and used his thigh muscles to push deeper and higher.

  She groaned this time. Her pussy clenched him like it would never let him go, and he hoped she wouldn’t let him go. He shuddered, his orgasm taking him unaware. He pumped her a few more times, feeling her pussy milk him for everything he had to offer.

  “While we’re locked like this, do you want a back massage?” he asked her.

  “Geez, are you going to spoil me rotten or what?” said Amber.

  “Just so you know, you have to give me one later.”

  “That sounds like a fair enough deal. I might just nap while you go to work on my back.”

  “Perfect, because we have to go hiking. There’s a place I want to show you.”

  She was already asleep, her eyelids fluttering. He made circles across her back, and noticed her nose twitching. That was so cute. And yes, now a little snore escaped from her mouth. He bit his lip so he wouldn’t laugh. He loved everything about her. Gabriel leaned over and kissed her cheek.

  The wolf had found his mate. He was going to tell her he was already in love with her. It didn’t matter to him that she might not feel that way about him—yet. But he had to tell her at the very spot his father had told his mother the same, almost forty years ago.

  Wow, the wolf in him had also turned him into a romantic fool.

  ****

  Sadie had to give herself credit. Her tracking skills were second to none. She’d been told by the Board that she wasn’t to have any contact with the rogue witch, but Sadie was Sadie and sometimes she had to break the rules for her couples’ happiness. She might have guessed that Mavis White wouldn’t be too far from where she’d done the dirty deed on Gabriel.

  Finding a witch that had been outcast from the Realm was tricky, but Sadie hadn’t given up. The now-banished witch had always loved luxury and here she was staying at a five-star resort on a lake in Eastern Idaho.

  Sadie put on her dark glasses and looked at Mavis lying on a sun-lounger, enjoying what looked like a mojito. No doubt she was funding this little getaway on money she’d tricked out of some unsuspecting mortal.

  What Sadie really wanted to do was blast her to the Realm and back, turning her into a pile of ash. However, Sadie wasn’t that sort of witch, and she needed Mavis all in one piece so she could reverse the spell on Gabriel. She took a deep breath, willing herself not to lose her temper when she faced her.

  Stay calm, stay calm, she repeated as she walked over to her. Sadie stood to the left side of the chair, making sure she blocked the sun from Mavis. That would certainly get her attention.

  “Do you mind?” she asked, taking off her glasses and looking up at Sadie.

  “Well, well, if it isn’t Sadie Sutton. I did hear your punishment was to deal with my little mess. Taking a mortal to the Other Realm, tut, tut, tut,” she said, waving her French-manicured index finger at Sadie.

  “And it wasn’t that difficult finding you. I just followed the evil smell.”

  “Oh, Sadie, you have to do better than that with your insults. Sticks and stones, sticks and stones.”

  Sadie pulled up one of the chairs that were close by and perched herself on the edge.

  “So you’ve found me, now what? You drag me back to the Other Realm to stand trial?”

  “You are banished from the Realm. We never want to see your face there again.”

  “Oh, I’m so upset about that,” she said, shaking her body.

  “You are a despicable witch.”

  “Oh, and you’re so righteous, aren’t you, Sadie Sutton? Working for the Department of Love. Oh, and what is your little business called? Perfect Pairing—darling, how sweet. I bet it took you hours to think up that name.”

  “I doubt you know the first thing about love, or even sweetness that matter.”

  “Do these poor mortals know witchcraft has brought them together and that witchcraft can easily break them apart? I could have them all heading for divorce lawyers with a blink of one of my eyes,” she said, snapping her fingers.

  “You dare do anything to my couples and I’ll…”

  “You’ll what?”

  Sadie took another deep breath. Stay calm, stay calm.

  “I’m here to ask you nicely about reversing a spell you placed on Gabriel Miller.”

  “Gabriel…let me think. No, the name doesn’t sound familiar.”

  “Wolf shifter.”

  “Ah, yes, the young man who wanted his brother brought home safely.”

  “Why did you do such an awful thing?”

  “He knew the consequences.”

  “He’d been drinking and he thought you were joking.”

  “Well, I might have given him that impression. How’s he doing, by the way? Found a pack yet, or do you think he’ll be a lone wolf?”

  “He’s doing just fine, but I know he’d prefer to be back to normal.”

  “Normal, can mortals be normal? Strange bunch, if you ask me.”

  “I’m going to ask you nicely. Remove the spell from him. You’ve had your little fun.”

  “And if I don’t?”

  “Then I’ll be forced to do something that isn’t in my nature.” Sadie hoped Mavis understood what she meant by that.

  “And after I’ve gone to all this trouble to lose weight, have my hair done, and my nails too. Come on now, Sadie, you’re not that sort of witch. Everything with you is cupid and hearts, well, except for the one time you hurt your neighbor. Whatever came over you? Oh, that’s right, that’s how you were assigned to the Department of Love. Sort of full circle for you, isn’t it?”

  “I’m asking you in the nicest possible way.”

  “Oh, all right. I suppose I do feel like changing the spell.”

  Mavis waved her hands in the air and mumbled. “There, the spell has been changed.”

  “Thank you.”

  Sadie stood up to leave, hoping she never had to see this awful woman ever again.

  “I do hope this Gabriel isn’t one of your clients at Perfect Pairing. I’m somehow seeing that he is.”

  Sadie turned around, sensing something wasn’t quite right.

  “You and Gabriel should listen to the ‘small print’. I said changed, not reversed. I guess it’s your age, you poor thing.”

  “What have you done?”

  “Oh, so he is a client.”

  She had enough. She raised a finger in the air and sent a bolt of lightning toward Mavis, toasting some of her hair.

  “How dare you?” Mavis stood up.

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bsp; “What have you done?” said Sadie, lifting her finger again. “This time it won’t be your hair that gets fireballed.”

  “Okay, okay. Should he declare his love for a woman, he’ll turn into a wolf within one month. All wolf. Good-bye Gabriel.”

  Sadie had to warn Gabriel and quickly, because she had a feeling things were progressing fast with him and Amber.

  She dug out her cell phone and dialed his number but it went to his voicemail.

  “Gabriel, it’s Sadie, please call me ASAP. It’s urgent.”

  Chapter Ten

  “This is so romantic,” said Amber, as she and Gabriel lay on the blanket they’d brought along with them and looked up at the sky. The sound of the waterfall a few yards away completed the picture.

  It was romantic but she was about to cry again. She tried to stop the tears because she didn’t want to ruin it for Gabriel, who seemed to be enjoying it as much as she did.

  He turned to face her just as she swiped away a runaway tear that was close to her lips.

  “Hey, what’s this?”

  She turned to him. “It’s a tear.”

  He flicked what was left of it away from her face.

  “The world is so beautiful and you’re so handsome, and the thought of not seeing either of you again makes me sad.”

  “You have to think positive,” said Gabriel.

  She hadn’t told him, but this morning she’d had blurry vision in one eye. She had to sit down because she couldn’t see where she was walking.

  She simply nodded.

  “I’m here for you.” He got hold of her hand and squeezed it. “Katey’s going to get you a dog and train it to work with you. I mean, should the worst happen. I liked Luc and Katey, didn’t you?”

  “I thought they were great and perfect together, too.”

  “I guess Sadie does have a way of pairing the right people. Like us. And you know doctors can be wrong.”

  He rolled on his back and then pulled her on top of him. He brushed her hair away from her face so he could kiss her.

  “You have an erection,” she said.