Claimed by the New Alpha

by Candace Ayers

  “And you promise you’re not a sex-crazed pervert?”

  He laughed. “I’m not a sex-crazed pervert. Promise.”

  I tried to relax into the seat, but it was nearly impossible with his sexy body sitting so close. “Well, I appreciate you giving me a place to stay. I don’t know what I would have done. I just knew I wasn’t going back to that motel while he was there, waiting.”

  “What are you going to do?”

  I looked out at the storm that was just starting to pick up. “Still don’t know.”

  CHAPTER 6: Elizabeth

  We were both quiet the rest of the way to his trailer. I was focused on the intensity of the growing storm, while Alex hummed along to the country song on the radio. It was oddly comforting, considering my situation.

  When we arrived at his trailer, he ran around to help me down from the truck. In the few seconds it took for us to get from his truck to the front door, we were both soaked through. He opened the door and pushed me inside right as a massive boom of thunder hit.

  I screamed and jumped, the sound like an electric jolt to my already fried nerves. “Jeez! Does it always storm like that here?”

  He dropped his cowboy hat on the floor and then kicked off his boots. “We get some big ones. Let me grab you a towel.”

  While he disappeared down a hallway, I looked around. His trailer was clean, for the most part. The coffee table was littered with an empty pizza box and a few beer cans, but for a guy who appeared to live alone, it was clean.

  I stood on the small tile entryway and shivered. His air conditioning must’ve been on high. The water dripping from my soaked hair and body felt like it was going to freeze in place.

  “Do you want to take a hot shower and get out of that dress?”

  I snapped my head around to Alex and froze. He’d taken his shirt off and his pants were unbuttoned. The weight of the rain water was tugging them low, letting me see a lot more skin than I’d prepared for. His chest was something that I knew I’d never forget, his abs a dream, and that sexy ‘V’ leading to his...

  I grew warmer just looking at him. A shower would give me a chance to get away from his abs for a few minutes. “Do you have anything I could change into?”

  He pointed down the hallway. “Last door is my bedroom. The closet is open. Feel free to grab anything. The bathroom’s through there. Take your time.”

  I slipped out of my now completely destroyed shoes and hurried to his room trying not to think of the double entendre that popped into my head when he told me that I could grab anything. I closed the door behind me and locked it. I took a fast shower, using his soap and shampoo, and then dried off. His closet was a smorgasbord of T-shirts, flannels, worn jeans, and flannel bottoms.

  I knew the bottoms would never fit, so I didn’t even bother. I pulled on one of the flannel shirts and buttoned it. It fell almost to my knees and smelled like soap and something woodsy. Feeling warmer, I finger combed my hair and then headed out to the living room.

  Alex was in the kitchen, staring into the fridge. I must’ve made a sound because he turned to face me as soon as I stepped into the kitchen. His eyes traveled the length of my body and back up again. I pulled the shirt that had slipped, back onto my shoulder and forced a tight smile.

  “I hope this is okay. I was freezing.”

  His eyes seemed to get brighter as he nodded and licked his lips. “It suits you.”

  I looked down at my toes and wiggled them as I thought about what I should say. “I really appreciate you letting me stay here. No one else in this town has been nice to me at all. I wasn’t expecting it.”

  “Landing can be a pretty private place.”

  I gestured around us. “But you let me in your private space.”

  “The other option was to leave you all to your lonesome crying in the dark in the middle of a torrential downpour. What kind of man would I be if I did that?”

  I looked up and was surprised to find that he’d mostly closed the gap between us. He was close enough that I could, and did, watch a drop of water roll down his chest. “Aren’t you cold?”

  He shook his head, causing a few more droplets to sprinkle me. “I run hot.”

  He could say that again. I sucked in a breath and tried to remember that I’d just broken up with Sam a few hours ago. I was supposed to be sad and distraught, go through a healing period. I was… Oh, crap, I was head over heels in lust with Alex. I was. Something about the man was calling to me.

  “Do you have a girlfriend?” I spit the words out while I still had the ability to speak. It seemed that being around him was burning up my fine motor skills.

  He grinned. “No. Why do you ask?”

  I gasped as the front of his jeans touched my thighs. I backed into his kitchen counter and realized that I was out of space to move away from him. Not that I wanted to. My body was reeling. My hands trembled as I grabbed the counter and my knees were trying to knock out a rhythm against each other. I’d never felt such a desire, such a need for someone that my body vibrated with it.

  “Elizabeth?”

  I bit my lip and raised my eyebrows. “Huh?”

  “Why do you ask?”

  I stuttered as I answered. “Just… uh, just wondering.”

  Alex leaned down until he was eye level with me and then lifted me onto the counter like I weighed nothing. “Something’s happening here.”

  I nodded because there was no use denying it. When he moved forward, I opened my legs wider so he could stand between them.

  “You can tell me to go fuck off and still stay here tonight. Just so you know.”

  Something about him giving me an out made me lose the little bit of doubt that was nagging at the back of my mind. I let my shirt fall off of my shoulder again and held his heated gaze. “I don’t want to tell you to fuck off. Just so you know.”

  CHAPTER 7: Alex

  The little spice in her words was all I needed to hear to convince me that she wanted me just as badly as I wanted her. I could smell the sweetness of her arousal and it was driving me insane besides wreaking havoc on my bear, but I needed to be sure before I acted upon it.

  I took one more look at her, sitting there in my flannel. Her shoulder was bare where one side of the collar had slid off, and the bottom of the shirt had ridden up her thighs. I had plans to lick and tongue every inch of her smooth, creamy skin.

  I wove my fingers through the hair at the back of her head and pulled her mouth to mine. The little moan she let out as I gently kissed her sweet lips scorched my every nerve ending. I flicked my tongue out and teased her lips before taking her mouth.

  Elizabeth didn’t just relinquish control. No, she pushed back, fighting for her own dominance in the kiss. She bit my lip and then sucked my tongue into her mouth. I pressed my dick against her core, unable to help myself. I ached for her. I needed to be inside her.

  I gripped her thighs and then ran my hands up to her waist. “So fucking soft.”

  Her hands fumbled at the button of my pants for a second before she gave up and palmed me through them. “So fucking hard.”

  I grabbed her ass and pulled her off the counter. With her legs wrapped around my waist like a vice, I carried us to my bedroom. My face was buried against her neck so I could bask in her scent. My bear was roaring his pleasure, but with my mouth against the smooth skin of her neck, he beckoned me to mark her. He wanted me to claim the female as our own, to keep her with us forever.

  Elizabeth ran her hands through my hair and tugged. “You stopped.”

  I’d been so lost in fighting the urge to mark her that I’d just frozen. I planted a kiss on her neck and forced myself to pull away from it. I kicked the bedroom door closed and tossed her on the bed. “I was thinking about how many ways I could take you before the sun comes up.”

  She raised up on her knees and slowly unbuttoned the top button of the flannel. I’d never loved that shirt more. Her eyes moved over my body, heated and heavy-lidded with desire. “Take off
your pants.”

  I raised an eyebrow. “You’re the boss now?”

  The button gave way and her hands moved down to the next one. “Maybe. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.”

  I growled, unable to stop the response. I was seconds away from slamming my dick into her and she wanted to toy with me. She didn’t understand how little self-control I had at that moment.

  “Woman.”

  Her grin was slow and her eyes bore into mine.

  “Man.”

  I unfastened my jeans and pushed them lower on my hips.

  “You first.”

  She worked another button loose and then dropped her hands to the bed.

  “I want the pants, Alex.”

  I’d never been with a woman who pushed back against me. Something about her demands, about her projecting her own dominance rocked me. I wanted to fall to my knees in front of her and beg for the opportunity to touch her. My pride refused to allow that, though.

  Instead, I shoved my pants down and stood naked in front of her. I watched her eyes go wide and felt my muscles flex in response. Her arousal scented the air more heavily and I tilted my head back to breathe it in.

  “Your turn, little one.”

  She went back to unbuttoning the shirt, painfully slowly, with her eyes glued on me. When she got to the last button, she undid it and then held the shirt closed with her hands.

  “Ask nicely.”

  Without thinking, I jumped on the bed and tackled her into the pillows behind her. I grabbed her wrists and held them above her head.

  “You’re a tease.”

  Her eyes flashed and her chest rose and fell faster. I could hear her heartbeat racing.

  “The word tease implies that I’m not going to put out.”

  I bent down and nipped at the skin on her collar bone.

  “And are you?”

  She arched her hips and my dick settled against the bare lips of her pussy. Her wetness coated me as she rocked her hips back and forth.

  “Yes. I’m yours for the night, cowboy.”

  And there it was. The night. My bear huffed and urged me to claim her. Don’t let her leave. It couldn’t be just one night. On night wasn’t nearly enough. I ignored him and took my time ogling her body, spread out under me.

  Her skin was smooth and naturally sun-kissed. My thoughts filled with images of how good she’d look swimming in the stream behind my house, naked. Hell, she’d look good anywhere naked.

  I cupped her breasts, unable to resist for any longer. They filled my hands perfectly. Her nipples were small, pink buds, hard against my palms. I dipped my head and took one into my mouth. Her taste exploded on my tongue, honey and sweetness.

  “Alex!” Elizabeth’s voice was higher as she locked her hands in my hair and pulled my mouth closer to her flesh.

  I flicked my tongue over her and then moved to the other one, teasing it in just the same way. When I ignored them to move down her stomach, she whined. Her skin was soft under the stubble on my chin and as I rubbed it across her stomach, she shivered.

  Her fingers tightened almost painfully in my hair as my mouth burned a trail to the sweet spot between her thighs. I stroked my tongue up the junction of her legs and labia, wanting to drive her insane before delving into her. I sucked at a spot on her thigh and left a mark, satisfying the bear a little bit.

  She lifted her hips, giving herself to me. “Please, Alex.”

  Hearing her beg pushed me over the edge. I ran my tongue up her slit and then parted her lips to flick my tongue over her clit. She tasted sweet and it sent me back for more over and over again. I teased her with long strokes until her nails dug into my scalp. Then, I slipped a finger into her as my tongue settled over her clit.

  Elizabeth rode my face like a champ. Her hips twisted and rolled, putting my mouth wherever she wanted it. When I slipped a second finger into her, she damn near busted my nose with an especially excited thrust of her hips. My little firecracker wasn’t shy about her needs in the bedroom.

  The bit of fight for control spurred me to give her more. I fucked her with my mouth until she was screaming out my name and coming on my fingers. Her thighs shook under me and as I glanced up at her, I saw how flushed her entire chest and face got as she came. It was the damn sexiest thing I’d ever seen to watch the creeping blush rise as her body shuddered and convulsed in pleasure.

  She used her grip on my hair to tug me up and then kissed me like she couldn’t get enough of me. I kept my fingers in her, though, readying her for me. I scissored my fingers and then pushed in a third. I swallowed her moan and thought of anything I could to avoid shooting off early.

  “Fuck me. I need you in me.”

  Her ragged voice called to me and I barely restrained myself from sinking my teeth into her shoulder and leaving her with a claiming mark. I slid my fingers out and then stroked her clit.

  “Condom?”

  I reached over to my nightstand and grabbed one before sitting back and rolling it on. I looked back at her and noticed the slightly annoyed look on her face.

  “What?”

  She shook her head.

  “What?” I repeated.

  “You’re prepared.”

  I grinned down at her and then rubbed the head of my dick against her. “Jealous?”

  CHAPTER 8: Alex

  Something in Elizabeth’s face told me she was. My bear was delighted that our little human was already feeling possessive of us. Although, I knew she wouldn’t understand. It was different for humans. They didn’t understand the attraction of true mates like bears did.

  She reached down and grabbed me.

  “Are you going to fuck me?”

  My hips rocked into her grip naturally.

  “Oh, yeah.”

  She lined our bodies up and wrapped her legs around me.

  “Then do it. I want you. Now.”

  I kissed her as I slowly thrust my way into her tight body. She gripped me like a vise and I had to push in harder to get all of my length in. When my dick was all the way in, I stayed still to let her adjust. My chest was heaving from the effort of not coming. I’d never been gripped like she was gripping me. Her hot little body was holding mine like both our bodies had been waiting our whole lives for just this connection.

  When I could move, Elizabeth came alive under me. She pressed her mouth to my ear and begged me for it as I pumped in and out of her. I rubbed my face over her neck and dragged my teeth over the skin there, teasing myself with the potential of tying us together for the rest of our lives. I wanted to. Lord help me, I wanted to sink my teeth in. What had started as my bear roaring at me to claim her had turned into the man wanting it.

  “You feel so fucking good.”

  She moaned and nipped my ear.

  I moved faster and harder, showing her that it could be even better. She tightened even more around me, tempting my body to lose control.

  Elizabeth rocked her hips into me and tightened when I pushed into her until my eyes were damn near rolling back in my head. I knew I wasn’t going to last much longer, so I angled my hips higher so with every stroke my pelvis would rub her clit. Just a few thrusts more and she raked her nails down my back while crying out my name. She sank her teeth into my shoulder and it was all I could handle.

  I came harder than I ever remembered coming in my life. My body felt like it was being sucked through my dick as I jerked and spasmed inside her. I grunted out her name and wrapped my arms around her while rolling to the side slightly so I didn’t completely suffocate her.

  Several minutes passed before either of us moved. When I did slip out of her, she groaned and buried her head against my shoulder. I reached down to take the condom off and felt it hanging off of me in shreds. I looked down and cursed.

  “What’s wrong?”

  I leaned back so she could see and watched her eyes go big.

  “That’s not good.”

  My chest tightened and I had a moment of panic, fearing the
worst. My bear nudged me, telling me that it was okay, that this was how it was supposed to be because she was mine. I knew she was my mate, but still, thinking that she could potentially get pregnant with my cub scared the hell out of me. I wasn’t ready for anything like that.

  “Are you by chance on the pill?”

  She sat up and fumbled to get the flannel shirt back on.

  “No, but let’s not panic. I’ll just take a morning after pill.”

  My chest tightened even more. Why didn’t I like that? Fuck, I wasn’t even sure what I wanted or needed. I reached out and tugged the shirt back off of her shoulders.

  “Come here.”

  Her body was stiffer than it had been, but I didn’t know how to fix it at that moment. I just did what felt right. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into my chest.

  “Rest, little one.”

  CHAPTER 9: Elizabeth

  I woke up before Alex and squeezed myself out from under his heavy body. The man slept like the dead. I was used to that, though. Sam slept the same way.

  At the thought of Sam, I felt sick. It wasn’t the way I thought it would be, though. I thought I’d feel sick because of what I’d done with Alex the night before, but instead, I felt sick thinking of having ever been with Sam. Thoughts of Sam settled in my stomach about as easily as a brick.

  I went to the bathroom and then brushed my teeth using some of Alex’s toothpaste and my finger. My hair had dried into a weird mess, so I braided it down my back and then pulled my slightly stiff but dry dress back on.

  The spark I felt for Alex had grown into a torch. I couldn’t even look at him without feeling slightly unbalanced. He was kind and seemed like someone I would actually enjoy being with outside the bedroom as much as I did inside. I stifled a giggle. Inside the bedroom had been amazing. The sex was earth shattering. I’d actually lost my mind and bitten the man. I’d never bitten anyone during sex before.

  The connection between us, my incredibly strong attraction to him, it was all so strange. One night stands had never been my kind of thing. Meeting him and feeling comfortable enough to come back to his trailer with him and sleep with him all on the same night was so unlike me. I just instinctively trusted him and felt drawn to him. Everything about this sounded so stupid in my head, but there it was.