“You know what? Fuck it. I think we both know that we don’t want to be at the damn coffee shop right now.” He growled.
“I think you’re right. How does your place sound?” I asked coyly.
A wolfish grin appeared on his face and he drove off down the road. After driving through town it was about an hour ride to the border of our territories. The ride was quiet, yet comfortable. I could tell he was deep in thought and I have a feeling he was deep in mine as well. But that’s okay, I have nothing to hide.
Another half-hour after driving into Iron pack territory, we made it to Iron Mountain. The land is gorgeous, just as it is at home. He turned onto his driveway and up to his large house. It was beautiful. It was a two-story log home. Nothing simple at all about it. Large glass windows throughout the whole house it looked like. From where I stood it looked like part of the living room was just a giant plate glass window. Incredible. Parking the Jeep near the garage and getting out, he came around and opened my door for me, again. Who said chivalry was dead?
“Your home is incredible. And it sits close to the cliff of Pictured Rocks. Beautiful.” I said looking over the landscape. Completely breathtaking.
“Yes. You are breathtaking.” He said with hooded eyes.
“Come with me.”
Grabbing my hand and leading me to the front porch of his house, he opened the front door and walked us in. It’s even more gorgeous on the inside. And it’s plenty spacious. Holy shit. He walked me into the kitchen where a wicker basket with a handle on it sat on the marble countertop.
“You had this planned out, didn’t you?” I asked him quizzically.
“It may have been plan B. I was hoping you were going to say the things that you did. I got lucky.” He winked, grabbing the basket and my hand.
“Let's go for a walk, shall we?”
I nodded with a smile. He then again led me out of the house and down the porch. We started walking towards a patch of woods. He kept me close. I looked around the yard and there were trails everywhere leading into the woods.
“I take it those trails lead to pack members’ houses beyond the wooded areas?” I asked knowing I was right.
“Yes. I have fifty pack members here. I may have mentioned to them through the pack bond that I’d have someone special here today and that I’d like the grounds to be quiet for a little bit.” He smiled gently.
“Wow. They must really love their alpha.” I said with longing.
“Yes, we are all family and treat everyone as such.”
We walked through the small patch of woods and came out onto the clearing. It ended up being the cliff facing out onto Lake Superior. There are no words for this moment. The water was still, and the wind was calm. The sun was shining down on us. He dropped my hand instantly I felt empty.
Rhett set the picnic basket down. He opened it up, pulling out a decently sized blanket and he spread it out on the ground in front of us. I kicked off my flats and sat mermaid style on the blanket. He kicked off his shoes and sat beside me. He wore a white v-neck shirt and faded blue jeans on. He was gorgeous in everything that he wore.
He looked at me, taking in all of me. Instantly his eyes twinkled.
“Do you…”
He tried to say something, but I couldn’t help myself. I quickly sat up on my knees and wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his. He set his large hands on my hips, holding me close to his chest. The fury in our kiss brought our wolves to the surface. Our eyes yellow with lust. And as quickly as they flashed yellow, they were back to normal. He pulled back some, looking me in the eyes.
I nodded, giving him the permission he needed to lay me down. He laid me down gently on my back with his hand holding the back of my head. He laid down next to me, propped up on one arm while still holding my head. He crashed his lips into mine. I opened my mouth letting his tongue find mine. Our kisses were full of passion and heat. My stomach and the part between my legs were on fire. I was lost in him and he was lost in me. My hands were all over him. One hand on his cheek and the other on his bicep. He felt perfect against my skin. His free hand wandered down my chest, down to my hip, and onto my outer thigh. Rhett kissed my lips, moving to my neck and collarbone, my breathing was heavy and so was his. I snaked my fingers through his hair, grabbing tight and holding his lips to my neck. That’s when he couldn’t handle it anymore.
He got up, peeled his shirt off and threw it next to the picnic basket. His body stretched and everything in me tingled. Rhett took his knee and used it to spread my legs apart so he could get between them and lay on me. He laid his body on mine, and I wrapped my legs around his hips. My arms wrapped around his neck and ran down the muscles in his back. I lifted my head and started kissing his neck and his chest. He lets out a growl. I could feel his hard length against my inner thigh through his jeans. That turned me on even more. I have to have him. This feels so right. I couldn’t stop if I wanted to. I started grinding my hips against him. He was passionately kissing me when a moan escaped my mouth, he growled again. An angry growl this time that took me by surprise.
“Is this what you really want, Scarlett? I won’t go any further unless you want me to. I don’t want to do anything that hurts you. I’m sorry, but I’m having a hard time holding myself away from you.” He said panting.
I smiled at him and sat up on my elbows. Holding his gaze, I grabbed the bottom hem of my dress and pulled it over my head. He sat up on his knees, watching my body. My hair fell over my shoulders and chest. I reached behind my back to unclasp my bra, still holding his gaze. His eyes still completely locked on me. I pulled my bra off, throwing both my dress and bra in a heap by the basket. I laid back down on my back. Only wearing my black lace panties. He was still sitting on his heels, looking down at me, with fire in his eyes.
“Take your pants off.” I said calmly.
With a quickness, he stood up and ripped his pants off. To my surprise, he wasn’t wearing any boxers. His cock stood at full attention. And it was definitely a sight for sore eyes. He wasn’t lacking that’s for sure. He watched me stare in surprise and winked at me. Once again he was laying on top of me. Using one arm to hold himself up a little so he wasn’t using his full weight on me. The other arm was under my head, like a pillow. He pressed his lips against mine then he trailed kisses along my jaw, down to my neck, and farther down to my chest. He kissed my left breast, and then my right. Finding my nipple, he placed his lips around it and sucked. Making it hard and pebbled. He let it go and blew on it. The pleasure screaming through my body. My back arched off the blanket.
He wrapped an arm around my waist as he moved farther down my body with his lips. He reached my stomach and used his tongue to lick down to my hips. At this point, I was as wet as the ocean. He got down to my panties, took his thumbs and pulled both sides of my panties off my hips and down the length of my legs. He pulled them the rest of the way off and threw them aside. Laying back down on top of me, I wrapped my legs around his hips, placing my hands on both sides of his face, bringing his lips back to mine, giving him a deep kiss.
“I want you inside of me. I need you inside of me.” I whispered against his lips. I could feel him grinning.
“Gladly.” He growled.
Rhett positioned the head of his cock at the opening of my vagina. I sucked in a deep breath and held it. He looked at me with a question on his face. I nodded, giving him the confirmation he needed to keep going. Not taking his eyes off of mine, he slowly inserted himself into me. I arched my back against his body, letting out all my breath. I used the strength of my legs to pull him deeper inside of me. He sensed my urgency and then rammed the rest of the way inside me. Hard. I let out a loud moan.
He growled into my ear. Slowly he slid in and out of me, careful not to pull all the way out.
“You feel amazing, Scarlett. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold it.” He whispered into my neck.
The love we were making was so passionate. Nothing like I had ever
had before and from the way he’s loving my body, I can tell it’s the same for him too.
“Rhett...I think we were made for each other. This feels so different, but it feels like your body was made for mine. I can feel what you’re feeling.” I breathed out in broken breaths.
“There’s definitely one way to find out if we were made for each other, Scarlett.” He said while moving slowly in and out of me.
“Do it, Rhett. Please! Bite me, it’s the only way we will know.” I managed to say while being overcome with pleasure.
He nodded and then everything became serious. The pace picked up, making it harder and harder to hold back my release.
“Hang in there, baby.” He said quietly.
I was about to have my release around his cock, and that’s when it happened. His eyes flashed yellow, his canines grew longer, he opened his mouth wide and clamped down onto my shoulder. I screamed from the pleasure and the pain, dragging my nails along his shoulder blades, he started to fuck me harder. I couldn’t hold back any longer. I came and my muscles tightened around his cock, and that was his undoing.
“Fuck, Scarlett!” He screamed as he came inside me, letting go of the grip he had on my shoulder.
He fell limp on top of me. I was still so high off the sex and the bite that I couldn’t feel his full weight. We both breathed heavily against each other, both of us drenched in sweat. That was singularly the most amazing thing I had ever experienced, and then it all hit me at once. His memories, his life flashed in front of my eyes, downloading everything about him into my brain. He froze on top of me and right then I knew the same happened to him, but about me.
He sat up, quick as lightning, staring down at me.
“Mate.” He said with excitement.
I could feel the connection string between the two of us. I could feel everything he felt. I could hear what he was thinking. You couldn’t explain this type of thing to any species. They would have to experience it, there is no bond stronger than the bond of a mate. He bent down and lifted me with ease, holding me in his arms. He pressed his forehead to mine.
“I love you, Scarlett. I knew you were different the moment we ran into one another. I’ve never been so happy in all of my years.” I could of swore I saw tears in his eyes.
I looked longingly into his eyes, saw the love. I felt it through our connection.
I love you too, Rhett. I feel like I’ve known you for lifetimes. You’re the piece that was missing. I feel whole with you. Thank you for being mine.
I sent that through our mate bond to see if it was completely true.
He smiled a wolfish grin and pressed his lips to mine for a heady kiss.
“. I can’t believe this is happening.” he said happily.
“Baby, let’s get dressed. We have some explaining to do.”
He said grabbing my underwear and my dress, handing them to me. Being careful to never take his eyes off of me, scared he’ll lose what he just found.
“Rhett, sweetheart. I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to be by your side forever.” I said comfortingly.
Rhett walked over to me, gently wiping away the tears that had fallen down my cheeks, holding me close to him.
“Scarlett. You have no idea how long I have waited for you. I was beginning to think I’d spend the rest of my life alone like so many wolves do. And then you come along and change everything. I will never let you out of my sight, ever. I need you, baby.” He said softly into my hair.
All I could do was kiss him.
We quickly got dressed and packed up the picnic stuff, even though we didn't eat any of the food. We made our way back to his house when we heard howling. Many wolves were howling. I looked at Rhett curiously.
“I may have told my beta, Finn, that the alpha female will be joining our pack soon.” He said sheepishly.
We made it to the porch and as I turned around, wolves and people walked out from the woods. Pumping their fists and howling. Nipping at one another and acting very playful. A blonde surfer looking guy ran up to Rhett and chest bumped him. They shook hands and laughed.
“Congrats alpha, I couldn’t be more happy for you.” exclaimed the man,
He turned to me and gave me a quick hug. “Welcome to the pack. It will be nice to have a fresh face around here and alpha female. I’m Finn. The pack could use a mother figure. When’s the ceremony!?” Finn asked excitedly.
I blushed. “We have to go talk to my parents about this and then we should know more.” I said happily.
“Baby, I have a feeling they already know.” Rhett laughed.
“Shit, then we better get going, Rhett.” I stated and then Rhett grabbed my hand and led me to the Jeep.
“Let's go talk to your parents, baby. And then, I’ll bring you back here. With me, where you belong.” He whispered into my temple and gave me a light kiss.
Everything he says and does touches my heart, I can literally feel it in my veins, it is such an insane feeling to have. I hope mom and dad will be happy for me. We got in the jeep and drove back to my packhouse. As we rolled up, I noticed my family standing outside. When I say family, I mean my parents, my best friend, and the rest of our pack.
Rhett stopped the Jeep about 10 feet from where they were all standing by the garage. He got out and came around to my door, opening it for me. My amazing man held out his hand for me to grab as I stepped out. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, and I wrapped my arms around his waist. Together we walked up to my family and pack, with smiles plastered on our faces. Everyone watched us intently. My dad stood there with an unreadable expression. My mom, obviously beaming from ear to ear.
“So...I’m assuming you know what I’m about to say, mom and dad. Please just tell me that you’re happy for me” I pleaded.
My mother was practically jumping up and down. My dad stood there for a moment and just stared us down. Finally, his face broke out into a wolfish grin. He grabbed me from my mate and held me in a tight embrace.
“I’m very happy for you sweetheart. It’s sooner than I would have liked. There’s so much more that I need to teach you about life. But in the end, your happiness matters most to me.” my dad said still holding me tightly
“I love you, dad. I love you mom.” I said as my dad reached out for my mom and brought her into the circle.
My dad looked at Rhett and then looked at the rest of the pack. He stood where most could see him.
“Family! It looks like we will be planning Scarlett's mating ceremony in the coming months!
The pack cheered and hollered. All I could think about was how happy I was. My heart was completely full. Nothing could take this away from me. Nothing.
“Son, come with me. We have some matters to discuss. Regarding our previous conversations and my daughter’s future.” He said as he put an arm around Rhett and led him to his office in the house.
Athena waited patiently next to my mom. They both came up to me, giving me huge hugs. The three of us went into the house and started talking about Rhett and I’s wedding. Between the three of us, I think we had just about everything planned. And of course, they don’t want to let me lift a finger to help. Between Athena, my mother, and the pack females, they’ll have everything done before I can blink. Everything was coming together nicely.
My dad walked out of his office with Rhett following behind. Athena gave me a hug and went to her house. I was getting tired and I was ready to go back to Rhett’s to get some sleep. The alpha meeting is tomorrow and I want to make sure I get a good night’s rest.
Rhett took large strides to get to me. I ran into his arms and wrapped my arms around his body.
He bent down and whispered “That was the longest three-hour talk of my life. After this morning, being separated from you for even a mere couple of hours is too long.” he said sadly
I whispered back “Don’t worry, my love. It won’t be happening again any time soon.” I stood on my tippy toes and kissed his cheek.
“Awe darling. Barr
et, don’t you remember when we were like that when we first became mates.” my parents looked at each other longingly.
“Okay, well, before it gets awkward, Rhett and I are going to go back to his house. I love you both, and dad I’ll be back here in the morning to help you get ready for the alpha meeting.” I said as I went to talk towards the door.
“Okay sweetheart. Your mother and I are so proud of you. And so happy for you. I hope you know that. And Rhett, son, welcome to the family.”
All four of us lit up with bright smiles, we all nodded and parted ways for the night.
4
The next morning, I woke up to the sun, peering in through the gaps in the blinds. It took my tired body a second to be aware that I wasn’t in my own bed. I felt a heavy arm draped over my stomach. Turning my head and looking beside me, I saw a sleeping Rhett. He looked so at peace. I smiled and leaned over to give him a kiss on his soft lips. His grip around my waist tightened as he scooted me closer to his body. A smile crept upon his face.
“Good morning, Mate.” he said drowsily.
“By the way, you’re about to meet my sister, Hazel.” he said with one eye slowly opening to look at me.
Before I could get a word out, the bedroom door swung up and a girl with lightning speed flew through the open door and skyrocketed to the bed. She landed on Rhett and me with a heavy thud. All of us started laughing like giddy children.
“Hi! My name is Hazel and I’m going to be your new sister!” She squealed with excitement.
“Hi Hazel, it’s so nice to meet you! I am looking forward to having a sister!” I said with a smile on my face.
“Haze, can you guys start your sisterly bonding later? As happy as I am for the two of you ladies, I’d like to have morning sex with my mate. Alone. No kids.” he said groggily.
She laughed and slapped his shoulder.
“Fine! You don’t have to be gross. And try not to be too loud. We have company. Some of the pack are downstairs making breakfast for the alpha pair.” she said winking as she got off the bed, making her way out of the room, closing the door behind her.
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