Fated Mates: Book 1 of the True Mates Series

by Alicia Montgomery

  “Indeed. Things have really changed with technology, but we all still abide by the old rules. Humans simple cannot know about our existence. Perhaps, if in the beginning, hundreds of years ago, we learned to co-exist with them, things might be better, but it’s simply too complicated to come out now.”

  “I know we don’t have much time,” Alynna glanced at the watch on Dr. Faulkner’s desk. “Can I ask one more question, not medical or biological related?”

  Dr. Faulkner leaned back in his chair and folded his hands over his middle. “Of course, I’ll do my best to answer.”

  “You said humans don’t know about us, but how come we have people like Cady working here?”

  “Ah yes. Well, there’s not many of us, so we still need reinforcements from humans. There are certain families of humans that have been our servants for generations. I mean, we don’t consider or call them servants anymore, of course. Now we call them Alliance families, like Cady’s and it’s a special position that comes with responsibilities and perks. The Grays have been an Alliance family since the first group of Romanian wolves came to America in the 17th century. Cady’s father, Luther Gray was also a Human Liaison, but for Michael and myself as Alpha Regent, and the first few years of Grant’s rule. He passed away a few years ago and Cady was the natural replacement. She and Grant grew up together in The Enclave, you know and I’m sure if she was Lycan, she’d have been first in line for Lupa.”

  Alynna wrinkled her nose. She couldn’t imagine Cady and Grant together. They seemed more like brother and sister to her. “But didn’t she want to do anything else? And what about her mother?”

  “Well,” Dr. Faulkner stood up. “That’s rather personal, isn’t it? You should ask her about that, I’m not sure it’s my place.”

  “Of course,” Alynna got to her feet. “I’m sorry for asking, I didn’t mean…”

  “It’s ok. You’re naturally curious and you’ve not been around as long as us oldies have been,” he said, giving her a bright smile. “But it’s about that time and I need to get back home and have lunch with my wife. Just read those books and call me for questions or we can have another session like this ok?”

  Alynna nodded. “Thank you so much Dr. Faulkner, I appreciate it,” she stood up and shook his hand cordially. They exited his office, which was located one floor below the penthouse.

  “I’ll be on my way dear, and leave you with your companions,” he said, motioning to Cady and Alex who were sitting on the plush couch in the waiting room. With that, he headed towards the elevators.

  Alynna gave him a last wave and turned towards the waiting area.

  “Oh stop it Alex, you’re being a tease!” Cady laughed, and slapped Alex playfully in the arm.

  “I’m serious, Cades,” he smiled at her. “He totally did that!”

  “Who did what?” Alynna asked, coming up behind them.

  Cady looked up at Alynna. “Oh hey, all done?”

  “Yes. And you, are you done?” Alynna wasn’t sure how the tone in her voice changed. It seemed almost snippy. “Hope I’m not interrupting.”

  “Not at all. Alex here was keeping me entertained.”

  “I’m sure he was,” Alynna could hardly keep the tone of her voice even and had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from saying any more.

  “Yeah, he’s always teasing me. He said that Tate Miller was checking out my legs while we were performing a check on your rooms when Nick saw him and gave him the patented Vrost ‘I’m-going-to-eat-you-for-dinner’ look,” Cady explained.

  “And then beat the living crap out of him during the next training exercise,” Alex added, a twinkle in his eye.

  “Right,” Alynna said. “Well perhaps now that story time is over, we can get going, since I’m not allowed to go anywhere without my babysitter here.”

  Cady’s face faltered for a moment, but seemed to brush it off. “Of course Alynna, I didn’t mean to keep Alex,” she stood up, her face bright and friendly. “I know you guys have your first training session later. But, how about lunch? I know this great Italian place-”

  “No thanks,” she cut off the other woman. “I have to go back to the hotel and change into gym clothes. I think I’d rather eat in my room.”

  “Oh…next time then?” Cady gathered her purse and slipped her ever-present phone back inside. “I’m headed up to Grant’s office for now. I’ll see you Monday when we’re back from California!” she turned and headed towards the private elevators on the other side of the room.

  “Are you ok?” Alex asked quizzically.

  “I’m fine,” she snapped. “Let’s get out of here, ok?”

  “Whatever you say, Miss Chase.”

  ***

  “Do another 10 laps. This time, you’ll have to do it faster.”

  “I swear, I’m trying my best!” Alynna huffed, sweat pouring down her neck.

  “Well you’re not trying hard enough,” Alex crossed him arms over his chest.

  “I’m not exactly out of shape, you know!” she hissed. “But what you’re asking me to do is hard. Why aren’t we starting with the easy stuff? And what does this have to do with my shifting and controlling myself?” They’d been in the gym at Fenrir for an hour and after some grueling stretching exercises, Alex started her off with floor exercises and then running laps. They hadn’t even started with weights yet and she was already tired.

  “Your body is a tool, Alynna. What you are as a human, you are as a wolf. The only magic transformation that’s happening is turning human parts into wolf parts. You still have to develop your human body, so you can be a strong wolf. Since you can’t learn defense techniques as a wolf, much less control your shift, for now we have to focus on you being able to get away from attackers.”

  “I know how to defend myself,” Alynna grumbled. “You’re just being mean!”

  “I’m not. Why would I be mean to you on purpose?” Alex asked.

  “Because of what happened today!”

  “Oh?” Alex asked in a piqued voice. “What happened today?” He walked closer to her.

  “You…you know what I mean,” Alynna shot back. She tried to walk away from him, but his arm shot out, blocking her way. “Get that arm out of my way or I swear to god, I’ll--”

  “You’ll what, Alynna? You’ll throw a tantrum? Snipe at me like you did Cady?”

  Alynna was practically seeing red at his words. “How dare you?”

  “C’mon Alynna, tell me what’s really got your panties in a twist and why you treated Cady – a sweet and lovely person who’s been nothing but kind to you – like she was your worst enemy?”

  “I did not!” she screamed at him. She was shaking with anger, her fists balling at her sides.

  “Well, you’re either dense or a liar!” He grabbed her and pulled her closer to him. “What was it? Were you jealous?”

  “What? You stupid sonafa-” she spat out at him and pulled away. “You’re insane and an idiot to think that! What would I be jealous of? You and Cady can do whatever you want, I don’t give a shit!” Her vision began to swim in front of him, but she refused to lose control and prove Alex right. She was not jealous. She took a deep breath and calmed herself.

  Alex watched her intently, staying silent as his eyes looked her up and down.

  Finally, Alynna broke the silence. “What are you looking at?”

  “I’m glad to see you’re learning some control,” he smirked at her.

  “Control? What? Wait, were you messing with me?” she asked. He didn’t say anything, just turned away from her and walked to one of the benches. She stomped over to him. “Seriously, Alex, what the hell is going on?”

  He tossed her a towel and a bottle of water. “Here, sit down and take a break, you deserve it.”

  She caught the towel and bottle effortlessly. “Fine, but you have to tell me what that was about!”

  Alex wiped the sweat of his face, then tossed the used towel to the side. “You’re starting to take control of you
r wolf side. I saw you – your eyes were blazing, your body started shifting – but you controlled it, instead of letting it control you. I say that was a good first lesson.”

  “Lesson?” Alynna’s face suddenly changed. “You jerk!” she tossed the towel at him, which smacked him right in the chest. “You did all of this on purpose! Making me do these stupid exercises, running me around, making me--” she stopped suddenly.

  “Jealous?” he said in a teasing voice, giving her a wry smile.

  “Asshole!” she answered, this time chucking her bottle at him. He didn’t anticipate that and the bottle bounced right off his shoulder. She turned around and walked away.

  “Hey, we’re not done yet,” Alex called out.

  “I know!” she said, turning around just as she reached the middle of the room where the training mats were. “You said I didn’t know how to defend myself. Why don’t you come over here and start the real training, huh?” she challenged.

  He smiled again and walked over to her. “Alright, fine, if that’s what you want, Ms. Chase.”

  She guffawed. “At least you’re using the right name. Now let’s get on with it.”

  “Fine. Now, the key to defending yourself is to first try and disable your attacker. You’ll have to hit him-”

  “Or her,” she countered, giving him a sweet smile.

  “Or her,” he continued. “in the right places. Sensitive areas, like the nose, the neck, stomach and, uh,” he faltered.

  “The babymaker?” she continued.

  “Right. And the foot. So, if someone comes at you without any weapons, I mean, and tries to reach for you, look for the nearest sensitive spot you can reach with your hands or feet.”

  “Sure,” she said. “So why don’t we give it a try? Go ahead and try and grab me?”

  “Are you sure?” he asked. “I’ll be slow for now, just to give you some time to prepare. Hopefully once we do this regularly, you’ll get faster.”

  “Well, if you stop yapping, maybe we’ll get to do this more than once,” Alynna said wryly.

  “Haha. Now just try to reach out to me – try not to hit me too hard, but don’t worry, I can take it.” Alex stalked towards her, extending his arms as if to grab her. He lunged at her, closing him arms to try and catch her, but came up empty. He wasn’t quite sure what happened next, but all of a sudden, he found himself on the floor, staring up into Alynna’s face.

  “How was that?” she asked sweetly, as she stood above him.

  “Something you care to tell me?” Alex asked, as he slowly got up.

  “I’ve been going to self-defense classes since I was 15,” Alynna declared proudly. “You and my brother and Nick seem to forget that I’m also a private investigator. Things can get sticky for me—ahhh!” Alynna cried out in surprise as Alex turned the tables on her – sweeping her legs so she lay flat on her behind. Alex grabbed her arm and rolled her under him.

  “Still need to learn a few more things,” he whispered into her ear as he leaned down.

  Alynna felt dizzy, his earthy scent enveloping her, her skin tingling where it touched him. Memories from that night when he was in her bed flooded her mind and a low moan escaped her mouth. “Don’t…”

  Alex pressed his body down lower to hers, his semi-hard cock pressing against her stomach. “Don’t what?” he teased, his lips ghosting over the shell of her ear.

  “Don’t…finish what you can’t start…” she answered, pushing her body up against his.

  He let out a low growl, and moved his head, trailing his lips along her jaw until it reached her mouth. He captured her lips in a searing kiss, making her moan softly and open her mouth to him.

  It was like she couldn’t stop herself. The desire crept up from somewhere deep inside her, spreading through her as his hands roamed her body. Large, warm hand cupped her breasts through her sports bra.

  “Alynna…” he moaned as he tore his mouth from hers.

  “Shhh…” she whispered, not wanting him to say anything that could ruin the moment. This was going to happen, she knew it. Thank god the gym was private and made off-limits while they were training. Her body was burning up, the warmth and wetness in between her legs driving her crazy. It was like she couldn’t control it and she had to have him now.

  “This isn’t…I mean, not here…”

  “Yes, here,” she said insistently.

  “I want it to be slow and sure…”

  “We can do that later…” she cooed. “But now, please…I need you. Inside me. Fuck me, fast and hard,” she growled, reaching up to his neck as she gave him a playful nip with her teeth.

  He snarled, then grabbed her wrists and pinned them over her head. His mouth came down savagely at her, lips crashing down, tongue invading her mouth. She opened up to him, letting his tongue dance along her teeth and clash with hers. Alynna reached down to tug his tank top off, practically ripping it off him so she could touch the hard muscles on his chest and stomach.

  Alex countered by whipping the bra top off her, freeing her breasts, then taking a nipple deep inside his mouth. She whimpered and he shoved her shorts down to her knees. Her sweet, delicious scent seemed to fill the air and his cock went instantly hard. It was almost painful as he strained against his underwear. Alynna kicked her shorts away, spreading her legs to wrap them around, rubbing her naked pussy against him. He let out another growl and reached down to pull his shorts off.

  He cupped her face and looked down at her. “I want you, but…Alynna…I don’t have any protection…”

  “Been taking the pill since I was 18,” she said in a strained voice. “Please…just…”

  Alex touched his forehead to hers and let out a breath. Grabbing his shaft, he pointed the tip of his cock against the slick folds of her pussy. Slowly, he began to fill her, inch-by-inch, moving into her tight passage.

  Alynna moaned, her body tensing as he entered her. She gasped when he met a bit of resistance, but she was too far into the passionate haze to protest.

  Beads of sweat dropped down from Alex’s forehead, but it was like he was possessed as he continued to push into her. When he felt the tightness, for a moment, he became lucid. “Alynna…you’ve never…” He pulled out of her.

  She shook her head. “Not technically…no…” she said in a small voice. “Do you…are you mad?”

  Alex leaned down and kissed her, gently this time. The thought of being the first…the only…something fiercely possessive and protective growing inside of him. “No…I’m not mad sweetheart,” he sighed and relaxed. Slowly, he began to fill her again. Alynna tensed again, waiting for the pain. “Look at me,” he said, tipping her chin up. She nodded.

  He let out a breath and pushed into her. When she let out a gasp of pain, he immediately captured her mouth in a kiss. She whimpered against him as he broke the last barrier, fully seating himself inside her.

  The pain subsided, and Alynna relaxed. She sighed into him, arching her back as pleasure began to spread through her again. Alex grunted, bracing himself as he drew out of her. She gasped, when he moved back in again and his hand snaked between her legs. He found her clit, stroking it roughly with the pad of his thumb, which seemed to drive her nuts. Alynna clawed at him, pushing up against him as he began to move.

  “Alex,” she whispered, feeling him build his motion as they found their stride. Rolling her head back, she closed her eyes, breathing in his scent and feeling him fill her up. His cock was deep inside her, stretching her as she thrust her hips up to meet his.

  Each thrust pushed him deeper inside her and he began to move faster as he kept playing with her hardened clit. He could feel that she was close to coming, her walls clenching around him deliciously as he grit his teeth to stop from coming, his own pleasure barely kept in check.

  “Alex!” she cried out, her face twisting in pleasure. Her pussy tightened around his cock and her body shook, hips arching off the floor. She moaned his name over and over and he nearly lost it. Her body collapsed back on
the floor and he didn’t waste any time, grabbing her right leg and placing it over his shoulder. In this position, he was able to thrust deeper inside her. Alynna gasped as his cock filled her and he started fucking her harder. There was no more pain or discomfort, only pure pleasure. She screamed his name as her orgasm began to build and he pounded her into the floor. It’s enough this time, to push him over the edge and his hips jerked, her name stuttering from his lips as he spilled his come deep inside her.

  They were both breathing heavily as Alex eased her leg down, rubbing her inner thigh in a soothing manner. His semi-hard cock slipped out of her, and he collapsed beside her on the floor. He gathered her against his side, pressing their bodies together. Alynna curled up against him, resting her head against the crook of his arm, and closed her eyes. It seemed an eternity before any of them spoke.

  Alex shifted his arm. “I think you need to get up.”

  “Oh. Right,” she mentally squared her shoulders and sat up. “I’ll should get going,” she said, crawling over the nearest pile of clothing she thought might be hers. It was her shorts, and she stood up to wiggle into them.

  “Alynna…” Alex immediately got to his feet and stood behind her. Ignoring him, she focused on finding her bra top and not on the lump building in her throat.

  “Alynna,” he called again, this time grabbing her arm and spinning her around.

  “What?” she snapped.

  “What I meant was,” he tugged her closer to him. “You should get up because my arm was falling asleep.”

  “Oh.”

  Reading the confusion in her face, Alex continued. “And that we should get back to your room. I have my entire shift with you this weekend.” He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against him as he kissed her square in the mouth.

  “Wha---oohhhmmm…” she moaned into his kiss. She pulled back and blinked up at him.

  “Unless you’d rather have Heath guarding your floor?” he asked.

  She smirked up at him and gave him a playful smack on the chest. “Let’s go.”

  CHAPTER TEN