by Tigertalez
“You can use my private jet if you’d like. Every council member has one assigned to them,” Tyler offered with a smile.
“Aren’t you going to need it?” Alphy questioned the generous offer.
Tyler wiggled his brows. “My assistant has taken the liberty of calling the council for me for some emergency time off. He guessed Betty was my mate and informed them already. I’m going to use my time off to woo her. So the jet will be available. It’s sitting at the quaint little airstrip this little town hosts.”
Alphy scratched at the short whiskers of his beard. The use of a private and personal jet was too appealing to pass up. “All right, I accept. I’ll make my lists of what can be done now and what can wait and give you an estimate when we can leave later tonight.”
“Excellent,” Tyler said cheerfully. But Alphy didn’t think it was really in complete reference to him. Tyler was staring at Betty, who had approached and was waiting to be heard. Betty looked like she was trying to keep her composure, but Alphy could easily scent the growing attraction between them. “Yes, Betty?”
“The feast is ready. You need to go wash up.” Betty gave a pointed look to the dirt and blood he had yet to wash off. It wasn’t a lot really, and with everything he faced once he got back, it had totally slipped his mind. “Oh, right.”
The feast was a loud and extremely happy occasion. Alphy couldn’t remember feeling more happy or complete. Especially with the mating of Betty and Tyler. From the sounds of things, they were already going to try for cubs, starting with the claiming, which Tyler was insisting be tonight. Looking fondly at the cuddling couple, Alphy hoped the couple could be blessed with young. They were coming to the near end of their prime, and even though shifters were fertile much longer than humans because of their slow aging, their fertility rate was much lower than humans’. So there was no saying whether they would be successful or not.
Alphy had yet to let go of his mate for longer than to wash from the challenge. He had to touch or hold her in one way or another throughout the feast. Right now he was holding her hand as she stood and talked animatedly about the soon-to-be gargoyle members to her mom and brother, who were sitting nearby. He smiled benevolently at her excitement.
Ryker nudged his elbow. Alphy turned to him and after leaning down to hear what he had to say, Alphy nodded his thanks. “Let the councilman know we’d like to aim for Wednesday, then.”
“Who all are you going to take?” Ryker whispered back.
Alphy thought about that for a moment. He wanted to take his enforcer, but which one? He had yet to choose which shifter would be the lead enforcer. “I want you and Seamus, and Tom and Connie would like to go, too. Havana, Reese, and Betty have offered to help with the cubs so they can leave them here. I’d like Kace, and that just leaves which enforcer to take.”
Ryker’s face lit up. “Oh please tell me we can finally have the enforcer challenge!” Ryker hopped with apparent glee, and his fangs were easily seen through his large open-mouthed smile.
Alphy restrained from laughing, but his hearty amusement warmed his chest and tickled inside his full stomach. “Yeah. We can have the enforcer challenge tomorrow, at the challenge arena.”
His friend let out a whoop and announced the news excitedly to everyone around them. Tugging on Gale’s hand, Alphy led her from the energized room. Stopping by Enzo first, Alphy leaned over and whispered into his ear. “I don’t care if the house is on fire—no one disturbs me and my mate.”
Enzo laughed and nodded his head as Alphy picked his mate up in his arms, ignoring her squeak of surprise, and leaped up the stairs closing the door with his foot as he entered their room.
Looking into the glowing face of his mate, Alphy returned her radiant smile as he walked over and gently placed her on the bed. As soon as her body dipped into the bedding, Alphy crushed his lips to hers and drank in her soft and sweet lips. Gale’s head pushed low into the soft pillow as he threw all the passion he felt into the kiss. He lay over her body and covered her with his bulk. After pulling back to allow them both to breathe, Alphy looked into Gale’s lust blown hazel eyes. He smiled down at her. “I love you, Gale, my mate. I’ve never been happier.”
Gale smiled up at him. “I love you, too, Alphy.” Her hand smoothed down his cheek at her admission. Alphy’s chest felt like it would explode with the happiness he felt. How could anyone possibly contain this emotion without bursting apart?
Alphy leaned down and nipped Gale’s plump lips. He gently rubbed his whiskers against her cheek, then grazed them over her soft skin across her jaw and down her neck. Gale angled her hips to rub against his restricted bulge. Alphy let his body rest on one hand as he sent the other to wander over her soft curves. The fabric of her clothes irritated him. They kept his hands from smoothing over her warm skin. Pulling back and sitting on his heels, Alphy reached a hand back and grabbed the neck of his shirt, pulling it up over his head and throwing it onto the floor. Next, he unbuttoned the top of his pants, but his dick pressed so hard against the front of his zipper, Alphy had to be careful when he pulled down on the tab.
Gale sat still as she watched him. Her eyes stayed on his hands as he reached in and pulled out his weeping cock. Alphy slowly jacked his shaft, pulling long on the end to squeeze out another dollop of his clear liquid. Gale licked her lips and tried to reach for him with her hands.
“Uh, uh, uh.” he chided, grabbing her hands and placing them above her head. “I’m in charge, honey-bear. Keep those hands right there or I’ll have to punish you.”
Gale’s eyes rose up to look into his. If he would have played with her a few days ago, the way he was going to play with her now, she would have been afraid of him. But looking into her eyes right now, he knew she wasn’t afraid, and better yet, she was turned on.
Hoping off the bed, he slowly chucked his shoes, socks, and pants. Then climbing back onto the bed, Alphy straddled Gale, his leaking cockhead bobbing between them.
Alphy ran his hands up Gale’s sides, then rubbed them over her breasts, pinching her perky peaks. Gale lightly gasped and arched her back. Her hips moved in circles, and her scent sweetened the air with her ready juices. She moaned as he continued to rub his hands over her curves and squeezed every one of them. He loved how soft she was, how warm she was, and how responsive she was to him and his touch.
Grabbing the hem of her shirt, Alphy let his claws extend just enough to rip the fabric, then pulled his hands apart. The sound of the fabric tearing apart ripped through the room as it gave way to his strength. Gale’s soft pale flesh was unveiled before him, stirring up her scent and making his dick bob with the elated spasm. Her white bra was next. Grabbing the front, between the two mounds, he yanked on the fabric. It didn’t stand a chance against his strength. The dusky pink wrinkled skin of her nipples hardened as the cooler air breezed over them.
“Roll over onto your belly.” Alphy’s voice was low and rough. As he moved aside, his balls ached painfully and rolled in their sack as he watched his mate quickly obey. Closing his eyes and holding the base of his shaft, he quickly got himself back under control.
Alphy grabbed the strips of torn fabric of her shirt, carefully around her wrists, then using the straps of the ruined bra, he tied his mate to the frame of the bed. Leaning back onto his heels, Alphy looked down at his mate. She wasn’t quite ready yet. Hmm, he thought.
Alphy hooked his fingers into the waist of her pants, and he gently tugged. Gale raised her hips slightly, letting the denim glide down her legs. Alphy tossed them aside. His fingers lightly grazed up her legs, over the satiny white panties she still had on, along her arch, eliciting a squeak as she leaned away from the tickling fingers. He continued up her body until he reached the skin on her neck. He brushed aside the strands of her dirty blonde hair. Leaning down, Alphy glided his nose up and over the rim of her ear. He flicked out his tongue and followed the same path, tasting her salty skin. Next, Alphy nibbled the delicate area and scraped his beard down the back of her e
ar, down her neck and over her shoulder. He saw her skin prickle with goosebumps. Alphy let his lips glide over her prickled skin, and he breathed a gentle breeze across her small hairs on the back of her neck. Alphy rested the length of his dick along the seam of her silken covered cheeks and casually rutted. The satin felt smooth and soft against his heated length.
Gale arched her back, raising her butt higher. Pressing his cock deeper into the crease of her crack, and flexing her butt cheeks, she was able to caress his cock between them. Alphy gave a guttural groan and was unable to stop from rutting harder and leaking more fluids.
“Naughty girl,” he breathed over her ear. “I’m the one who’s in control.” With his hands on her hips, he pressed down and stopped her movements.
Gale let out a disappointed growl. Alphy laughed at the sound she made. Deciding he liked this pair of undies, he leaned back and carefully removed them. As he did, he let his eyes feast on his mate’s treasures. Her trimmed honey-pot glistened with her arousal. Alphy’s bear growled an approval at the sight, urging to taste her.
“Get up on your knees, honey-bear. You can lean on your elbows.” Helping her situate herself, Alphy made sure her legs were far enough apart, but still high enough in the air to do what he wanted.
Alphy stuck out his tongue and speared her clit. Keeping the tip of his tongue hard, he flicked it around the little nub, letting her unique flavor spread across his taste buds. He breathed in her scent of desire and rumbled out in pleasure. Her smell could intoxicate him. Alphy sucked in her nub, and rolled it around his tongue before letting it go. His giant hands splayed over her backside, holding her butt cheeks open and keeping her hips still enough not to wiggle away.
Gale’s muffled whimpers and moans sang to his ears that she liked what he was doing. Flattening his tongue, Alphy decided to roam. He slid his tongue back, following her crease up to her pink star. Gale squeaked in surprise. Alphy chuckled as he slid the tip of his tongue around the hole. Alphy rimmed her twice before taking the path back down to her vagina, dipping the tip into her den, then slid out and rimmed her nub.
When Alphy made it back up to her pink star, he made an all-out feast of it. Pulling back, he let his breath puff over her slicked folds as he taunted her with what he planned to do to her in the future. “I’m going to order a butt-plug for you, honey-bear. It’s going to feel so good as I slam my cock deep in your pussy. It’ll make you come so hard.” He knew his mate liked the idea because her pussy got wetter and her arousal intensified. “Oh yeah, baby, you like that, don’t you?”
Alphy sucked in her silky and sensitive flesh and rubbed his tongue against her. Her hips gyrated and her cries of pleasure intensified as he buried his full face against her and drank in her sweet taste. She was getting close, and he wanted her to come. Reaching up, he placed two fingers inside her little den. Hooking them slightly, he felt the slightly rougher spot he was aiming for. Rubbing his fingers across it, Alphy sucked in her nub again and used the thumb of his other hand, and he pressed against her back door and rubbed it.
Gale went nuts and screamed into her pillow as she came. Her muscles clamped around his fingers as her whole body tensed with the euphoric explosion. He could feel her puckered star spasm, too, as her muscles squeezed and released. Pulling his fingers out, Alphy sucked them into his mouth and enjoyed the silky fluids that coated them.
“Mmmmmm.” He moaned around the two digits. Pulling them out, he spoke in a silky voice, “You taste so good, honey-bear. Now I’m going to ride you and make you come again before I explode inside of you. When I do, I’m going to claim you again, biting you, which will make you come a third time.”
Gale was breathing heavily, but she nodded her head. “Good girl. Now get this ass up higher in the air. That’s it.” Alphy praised her as he kissed her back. After quickly making sure he wasn’t pulling too hard on her bonds, he grabbed her hips firmly, and lining his aching cock up to her tight hole, Alphy didn’t give Gale any more warning as he sunk himself to the hilt, slamming her soft cheeks against his hips. Her body rippled from the jarring impact.
Gale lifted her head and shouted, and Alphy felt her body stiffen. Rubbing her butt cheeks, Alphy gave her a minute to adjust. When her muscles gentled, Alphy began to plow heavily into her. He pulled her by the hips, keeping her arms and body taut has he thumped his hips against roughly against her over and over again. Sweat beaded his body from the exertion and from holding in his orgasm. The sound of their bodies slapping together added to the moans and cries of pleasure they were both making.
Alphy could feel his sweat pouring down his face, and he could see a sheen of sweat shine over the smooth back of his mate. Alphy felt the tingles in his spine indicating not only his release, but the magnitude of it. Adjusting his angle, Alphy, now hunched over his mate, continued to piston in and out. Gale screamed out her release as her muscles clamped around his cock. Her spasms were what sent him over the edge, and Alphy cried out his release. As his balls pulled tight against his body and his cock pulsed inside her, he wrapped his mouth over her neck and sank in his descended canines.
Gale stiffened, the muscles of her cavern rolling over another orgasm. Gale’s blood flooded his mouth. Alphy licked her mating bite closed and buried his face in her neck. Ever since he found out about the attack, his bear had wanted to reaffirm their claim on their mate. With his mate limp beneath him, her steady breathing indicating she was unconscious, he smiled against her damp skin, success. After untying her wrists and throwing the scraps away, Alphy pulled the blanket over them and wrapped his sleeping mate in his arms, then followed her lead.
Epilogue
Gale sat on the cold hard metal bench that was placed in the “challenge arena”, the clearing they had set up for the alpha challenge. This was why they were here today, the much anticipated enforcer challenge.
Gale could still see the darkened dirt where the dead alpha’s blood had been spilt. She thought it would creep her out or something, as the scene she witnessed at the house yesterday had, but it actually settled something inside of her. She had been extremely relieved when she saw Alphy return home safe, yesterday, from the alpha challenge. She’d tackled him when he had gotten home and refused to let him go the rest of the day, which he didn’t seem to mind. Maybe he felt the same way about her. He was, at this very moment, sitting next to her holding her hand. They were waiting for everyone to arrive and settle before the challenge started.
Gale looked over to her right. The councilman had yet to leave. It had been quite the shock when he entered the house after the challenge, and immediately started to swallow Aunty Betty whole, practically. Tyler was planning on taking Betty for a “honeymoon” after Alphy and Gale’s return from their trip to her old hometown.
The thought of going back gave her mixed emotions. She wanted to be able to help her parents pack up the rest of the house and move it here, but it was also a place of great angst and sorrow. Yes, it was where she had grown up, but her father had died there. She didn’t really have many friends, as high school had sucked, and the herd had tried to have her family killed. Albeit she never really knew any of the herd, she was human, so she and her brother hadn’t been very welcome at their events, so the family hadn’t usually attended them. It turned out to be a good thing that they had kept their distance. It seemed, to no one’s surprise, that the former alpha had been pretty abusive and negligent to his herd members. Alphy was also bringing Ryker, because of his tech skills to do background checks on everyone and filing what was needed, and Kace was going to join them along with the lead enforcer, whoever that may be. That was why they were here today, to see who would win the lead enforcer slot.
Gale was brought back to the present when Alphy stood. She looked around and saw everyone was there, and the two enforcers were standing in the middle of the “challenge arena” clothed in athletic shorts and nothing else.
“The battle is to the first submission only. The winner of this challenge will be lead enforc
er. You both have chosen to battle in human form. Good luck to both of you.”
Gale was glad they were fighting in human form. It would have made her too sick to watch a thirty plus foot anaconda fighting a five hundred and fifty pound lion. She just didn’t see that fight ending without bloodshed. She sat forward on her seat as she watched the men turn to each other, give a slight bow, then go into a defensive stance.
Matteo’s darkly tanned skin moved over his muscles as he flexed them into different stances. She’d learned he used to be in the CIA and had met Alphy on a mutual mission. He was Brazilian and had no family or relations. He shifted once into his anaconda for Reese. He was one huge big-ass monster-sized snake. Gale had been very freaked out about it at first, but felt bad for him at the same time. How much does it really hurt him when people see him in his shifted form? Sometimes there was a fine line between fear and freaking disgust. She figured that was why he was usually closed off and emotionless. Those were usually signs of people who felt hurt the most. She had made sure to overcome her emotions and pet his snake. Gale had wanted him to know he was accepted and cared for.
Slate was an intriguing man also. He wasn’t as quiet or emotionless as Matteo, but he was still one of the quieter ones in the bunch. He would always give Gale the sense that he was a serious brooder or something, but then join in on a joke or ribbing like Kace. He was always surprising her. Alphy had told her Slate had served in the military once. That was how they met, and that Slate had saved his life. He did have parents and two sisters but had a sticky situation with his father right now. She wasn’t told what, but Gale felt bias. She would take Slate’s side without question. She had learned enough to feel that way about him.