by Hazel Gower
“If she’s ready, I’ll go gather all the new recruits,” Kane said. “Faith should be here soon. She’s eager to kick one of their arses, to show how bad arse she is.” He groaned. “Those are her words, not mine.” He was grinning, and it had her straightening and some of her anxiety leaving.
“I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.” Hope spoke up, although she wasn’t sure if she told the truth.
Griffen had sure put her through her paces. She would kill him if he taught her any more. Well, when she gained some of her energy back she would. Thank nature for its healing qualities. She still hesitated though, because she wasn’t sure if she was ready to show other people what she was. She didn’t know if she would ever be ready to do what she was about to do.
Griffen tightened his hold on her waist and leaned down and kissed her ears. She shivered in pleasure. He knew her ears were sensitive.
“Not now. You know what that does to me,” she said. His chuckle had her body heating, and she groaned. “Stop, or I won’t be able to do this. It’s not the same as showing shifters I’m different. Humans kill what they don’t know.”
“I’d never let the humans hurt you.” Griffen kissed her neck, and she leaned back against him. “She’s ready.”
She nodded her head at Griffen’s statement.
“Good. I’ll gather them,” Kane said before he marched off to get everyone.
Griffen guided her to a more open area where groups were gathering. The women were slowly arriving too. It wasn’t long until a bunch of men in the leather outfits like Griffen wore when he went out patrolling lined up in front of her. Kane returned with Faith at his side, and they came over to stand next to her and Griffen.
Once there was a decent-sized crowd Rane came and stood next to Griffen, and in a booming voice, he said, “Everyone quiet down and pay attention, because this is only going to be told and shown to you once.”
Hope watched as he gave a deathly glare to the men. She wished she could look that terrifying when she glared.
“This is Hope. She’s my brother’s mate—wife—and she’s going to show you why the demons are more of a threat than you realize. She’s going to tell you her story, and if anyone interrupts her, I will personally make sure you can never make a sound again.”
Rane didn’t say anything else, and Hope waited a few moments just to make sure he was finished. She looked at Kane and he nodded, and Griffen squeezed her shoulder in support. Unsure how to start, she stared at all the faces looking at her. Unable to control her emotions, she knew the minute her human skin turned to her natural translucent rainbow. There was a gasp here and there, and the men went from mildly interested to her being their sole focus.
Taking a deep breath, she got herself under control and hoped her skin followed. “Hi. My name is Hope, and I’m a being from a world called Enewu. Hope wasn’t always my name though. I was once called Pet. I was a hostage of the demons. They used me. I have abilities. I am the last of my kind. The demons destroyed my world and killed all my people.”
She wondered what else she was to tell them. She didn’t want the humans to know everything. She darted her gaze around, wishing she could run and hide. She wasn’t comfortable with all these eyes on her.
“It’s okay. No more.” Griffen nuzzled her neck, and his fingers trailed up and down her back. “They get the idea and the gravity of what happened.”
That was good, because Hope didn’t think she could tell them any more. She looked down and noticed she’d tried to camouflage herself against Griffen. Her clothes had her sticking out though.
“Alrighty.” Faith came and stood in front of her. “Now you’ve all seen how awesome and cool my friend is.” She emphasized the word friend. “Let me show you how amazing I am.” She darted her gaze between Kane and Rane. “Who’s the cockiest idiot to work with? Give me a group of them. Let me show them how bad arse I am.”
Hope giggled as Faith slapped her own arse and winked at her mate. She knew right then that she had a friend forever in Faith. Hope leaned back against Griffen, and his arms circled her waist, and she eagerly awaited watching Faith put these military men in their place and showing them how good she was.
* * * *
Faith was amazing. Hope now saw why learning to fight and protect herself would come in handy. Watching all the men fight and lose to Faith had her body heating and tingling. She enjoyed Griffen holding her, and it had only heightened her need. She’d never been turned on before. Griffen had been her first lover, and if she had her way, her only, but even with all the people she’d ‘seen’ in her visions she’d never been attracted to any of them.
She hadn’t done any practice today, and she was full of energy. Turning in Griffen’s embrace, she stood on tiptoes and leaned into his ear. “I want to go home.”
She ran her hands over his chest and down to rub his cock. She liked how his dick made her feel. She loved how she felt when Griffen was with her. Stepping back, she gnawed on her bottom lip. She felt strange. She’d never been so forward. Her body had never started heating up like it was now.
His growl was of pure need, and she shivered at the intent in it. She needed something. Her body was burning up. Something wasn’t right. She’d never felt like this. She rubbed her body against his.
“I need… Griffen, something is going on.”
He leaned in close and sniffed her. As he eased away he threw her over his shoulder, and Hope squealed. He took off running, his hand on her arse, which stopped her bouncing. He didn’t stop until they reached the car where he gently put her down, opened the door, and guided her inside. Griffen got in the car and started it. Her body was on fire. The moment she wasn’t touching him, her body ached, and she burned with the need to be touched. She couldn’t control her body.
They arrived home in record time, and she was moaning with tingling, aching need. He got out of the car and came around to the passenger side and opened her door. She threw herself at him, wrapping her legs around his waist. She tore at his clothes, eager to be skin to skin with him. She’d never felt this strong aching before.
He walked backward toward the house, and she didn’t get down when he turned and unlocked the front door. She slid down his body, stripping him of all his clothes. He kicked off his shoes and let the threads of his clothes fall to the ground.
“These hurt,” Hope whispered as she yanked and tugged her clothes off, backing away to take Griffen in. She gulped as she gazed down his sculpted body, pausing on his hard, long, thick arousal. Her mouth watered, and she dropped to her knees and crawled to him. The deep, guttural growl Griffen made had her body shaking with need and her pussy flooding.
Griffen widened his stance, and she wrapped her hand around his dick and hovered her lips over his cock. She’d never done this before, but she’d seen it done in visions, even though she tried to block those ones out. She wanted Griffen though, and she wanted to show him how much he meant to her and how he always satisfied her.
She kissed the tip of his dick before she opened her mouth and took him in, sucking deep. His groan told her she was doing this right, and the tingles that shot through her eased some of the aching. She moved her hand to the bottom of his dick, and she hollowed her cheeks and pulled him in.
“Damn, Hope. That’s too good. I’m gonna come way too soon, and I know you want me buried deep. Hey, my mate.” Hope loved it when he called her his.
Griffen pulled her up and lifted her, cradling her in his embrace, then stalked to their bedroom. He entered the room that they’d started sleeping in together, and gently placed her down at the foot of the bed. Hope backed up until her thighs touched the end of the bed. Shots of pure pleasure flowed through her. Her body was burning up, and she needed Griffen. She knew he was the only one who could sooth her.
“I need you. I ache. What’s happening, Griffen?”
“You’re in heat. I didn’t know you could go into heat. I thought with you being an alien that you wouldn’t get it like the huma
ns have.”
She sighed at the thickness of his voice. It was filled with want...want and need for her. Hope’s pussy flooded. She wrapped her arms around him and ran her hands down his chest, feeling his muscles flex. “You’re so sexy. I…oh, I…I love everything about you. Keep talking, because your voice alone is making me melt,” she moaned. She wanted him inside her. She needed her body against him. She craved him.
Griffen grunted, and she smiled when a red tinge covered his neck up to his cheeks. The blush had a purr leaving her lips, and she wiggled back so her arse rested on the bed. Slowly, he moved so he hovered over her, his lips mere inches from hers.
“You’re mine. All mine,” he snarled before he took her mouth with his. His tongue slipped out and traced the seam of her lips, seeking entry. She opened and met his tongue with her own, tangling them together as her fingers ran up and down his sculpted muscles.
Griffen’s kiss took her breath away but soothed the aching need pulsing through her. His hands explored her body, easing the burning need. She arched into every stroke, and when his fingers found the folds of her pussy she mewled and clawed at him, eager for more. Heat spread through her and settled at her core, throbbing.
Tearing her mouth from his, she breathed deep, taking in his scent. Griffen trailed kisses down her neck then nibbled along her collarbone. Running her hands around his back, she clutched him to her. Sparks shot straight to her core. He sucked on her neck, and when he licked her ears she bucked against him; anytime his mouth touched her ears it drove her wild.
Hope pulled him back up for a kiss. Her lips locked with his as she ran her hands up and down his back. Hope loved this man and that he was all hers. She wanted him inside her. She wanted this ache to stop.
Griffen’s hands ran over her body, cupping her breasts and tweaking her nipples. Using the pads of her fingers, she traced the ridges in his back before coming around and trailing over every crevice and muscle. Hope loved the feel of his body against hers.
She backed up on the bed, and he crawled up to hover over her. She felt the steel of Griffen’s cock as it slid back and forth across her folds. Her body was hot, burning hot. She needed release, she craved it. Griffen ravaged her mouth, and she wanted him to do that to her body. He sank down on her and she rubbed herself on him, her nipples beading against his chest.
She couldn’t wait any longer. She needed release. She tore her mouth from his on a groan and panted for breath. He rested his face into her neck and sucked and nibbled on the top tip of her ear. Sparks fluttered over her, and her body tightened.
“Please, no more waiting. I need you inside me. Please, I need…” She moaned her frustration at not having what she wanted.
His cock lined up with her entrance, and she felt his fingers help spread her pussy lips as he sank into her. Gazing up into bright blue eyes filled with pure possession, with need just for her, she basked in every inch his dick sank deeper.
He stared into her eyes. “You’re mine. My mate. Whose are you? Who gives you everything you need?”
“You. Only you,” she gasped as he thrust the rest of his long, thick cock into her.
She screamed in pure pleasure as he stretched and reached just the right spot. She clutched Griffen to her as the building pressure he’d made rose higher and higher with each push and pull of his cock.
“You feel so goddamn amazing. You’re so fucking hot.” He rested his forehead on hers. “Your smell is driving me mad. It’s like an aphrodisiac.” He sighed and leaned back, studying her, but she didn’t want him to leave her body so she wrapped her legs around him, stopping his retreat.
“No, don’t go. I’m so close. I need release. Please. Please don’t stop.” Hope begged him for what she needed, pulling him down and locking her lips to his.
He gathered her into his arms, and the motion had her rising up and his cock sank back within her. With every retreat, she dug her heels into his arse to bring him back into her, and it sent tingles blasting through her, which settled at her core. She was so bloody close, and she knew this would be a big one when she got what she craved. She clenched her muscles around him experimentally and grinned when he moaned and stopped moving.
“I’m going to come if you do that, beautiful mate of mine.” He leaned down and nipped at the tips of her ears, and she mewled with pleasure.
His hand glided down her back and came around and his fingers rubbed her clit. When he moved his cock out and slid back in again she let go, exploding on a scream of bliss. “Griffen. Oh yes. Griffen.”
Griffen didn’t stop moving at a steady pace in and out, but his fingers on her clit slowed and let her ride out her orgasm.
In a haze of euphoria, she looked down and watched as his muscles strained and tensed with each retreat and enter. He kept his steady pace for a while before he slowly started picking up speed and changing his rhythm. The pleasure built again, and she started to move her hips to meet his thrusts. Running her hands over his chest and back, she let the immense heat and need wash over her again.
Closing her eyes for a moment, she concentrated on the sensations rising within her, letting them take over and consume her. An inferno built, bubbling higher and higher with each caress, with each stroke of Griffen’s cock. She rose up, gripping his shoulders and moving as best she could, searching for another fall.
“Mine. Mine,” Griffen growled over and over.
“Oh God. Yes…Yes. Harder. Deeper. Oh yeah, so close,” she screamed, uncaring if the whole world could hear her. Her breaths came out in pants and she strived for what she wanted—no, needed.
Grunting, Griffen pounded into her, and she gloried in his strength. He leaned down, nuzzled her neck, and nibbled on the point of her ears, sending shots straight to her pussy. With a couple more powerful thrusts, he buried himself deep and she felt the base of his cock start to swell.
Screaming, she shattered into a million pieces. Her pussy quivered and clung to him. Holding him close to her, she let euphoria wash over her. Nothing had ever felt like this before. If there was a heaven, she was in it right now.
Griffen pumped into her with a final deep push before yelling his release. She moaned as his cock swelled, locking him inside her as his warm seed shot deep. It felt fantastic. She knew what this heat meant. This was a goal for her to get pregnant. She was one hundred percent on board with that.
* * * *
Griffen
Griffen was exhausted. Hope had been ravenous, and he hadn’t left the house in almost a week. He never thought he could say there was such a thing as too much sex, but now...
He darted his gaze back to the bed to see Hope was finally asleep. Her heat had been different than what he’d heard shifter females were and even the humans. She barely slept, and she had devoured him every chance she got. Her sole function was getting release and satisfaction. She hadn’t even stopped for substance unless he’d begged for it.
He was going out and the first thing he intended to do was go to his mothers and eat. Then he was going to the restaurant and eating the biggest steak they had. He knew he’d lost weight. He was skin and bones.
Shifting to his wolf, he stared at his reflection in the French sliding doors, and he saw that even his wolf looked famished, but damn his wolfly grin was smug. His wolf loved how many times they’d claimed their mate and she’d screamed his name.
He slipped out of the house and ran to his parents. He hated using it, but with all the tight, new security he knew that he didn’t have a choice, so his wolf reluctantly went through the doggy door.
“Damn, I don’t have my phone,” Eve grumbled. Growling at his pest of a sister, he shifted to his human form. “Ew, gross. I don’t want to see your naked arse.”
“What the fuck are you doing here?” he asked. “I thought you were still in hiding.”
Eve had been in the shit with Kane, Rane, and Logan, his brother-in-law. She wasn’t Griffen’s favorite person at the moment either. Eve had put the women in danger. It may ha
ve brought him Hope, but if they hadn’t gotten the women back and the demons had taken them off-world, it could have all turned out very differently.
Eve shrugged. “The air force suggested I take some time off.” She rolled her eyes. “Mum dragged my arse here. I was at my place far away from you lot.” She shivered.
Concentrating on his link through his omega abilities, he could feel real fear from his sister, but it wasn’t directed at their family. Raising his brow, he walked by her, grabbed the tracksuit pants his parents kept by the back and front doors, and stepped into them, doing up the drawstrings before facing Eve.
“What’s up? And don’t give me any bullshit, I’m the omega.”
She avoided his eyes and ran her fingers through her hair. “I’m just under a lot of stress. You know, work and shit.”
Shaking his head, he glared at her. “Bullshit. Fuck, Eve, what has you scared? You are as tough as nails and have balls bigger than mine.”
She huffed and turned around so he couldn’t see her face, but she was being stupid, because he could feel her raging emotions: annoyance, anger, and fear. “I don’t want a mate. I see what happens when women find their mate. They turn into backseat fighters. They stay and bake the babies and look after the children. I want to be in the fight. I don’t want to be sidelined.”
Holy shit, Eve had found her mate, but she obviously hadn’t mated him. “Who is he, Eve?”
She spun on him with an angry glare and snapped, “None of your fucking business.” She stomped away, and Griffen knew that she wouldn’t tell him and no one would figure out who it was until Eve was ready.
Griffen made his way to the kitchen and found his mum with his two adopted sisters, Grace and Sophie.
“Griffen,” Sophie screeched. She wrapped her little arms around his legs and squeezed with all her might. “I missed you. Where’d yous been?”
Easing down to his knees, he picked Sophie up and hugged her. “Hey sweetie, what are you making?”