The Alpha's Toy (The Alpha Shifter)

He didn’t know what she was begging for, and at that moment he didn’t care. Slamming inside her, Zeke growled as his orgasm crashed into him. Every part of his body felt aflame with the need to claim her. Removing his lips from her body, he pressed his head into the pillow, which muffled the sound of his growling.

His seed soaked her womb, and he stayed still inside her for several minutes after his orgasm finished.

The only noise to be heard in the four walls of his room was the sounds of their breathing.

“Zeke?” she asked.

He was conscious of the fact it was the first time she used his name. Closing his eyes he counted to three before moving off her. He pulled out of her body, shaken to the core by the pleasure she’d given him.

“Zeke?” she said his name again. Didn’t the woman know he wanted silence?

“Go to sleep,” he said, standing up.

She didn’t argue or make any move to follow him. Leaving the room, he went to his bathroom, slamming the door closed behind him.

Staring at his reflection Zeke wondered why he couldn’t see a change at who was looking at him. Wrapping a towel around his waist, he left the bathroom by the other door leading out into the hallway. His pack knew not to disturb him in his own space. Going down to the second floor he knocked on Max’s door. He heard Jane moan and Max apologize. Zeke waited as Max grabbed a robe from the chair and seconds later opened the door.

“Alpha, how can I help you?”

Max bowed his head, and Zeke wondered why the formality.

“What are you doing?” Zeke never demanded submission from his pack. He commanded respect as he gave it as much as received it.

“Your eyes, Zeke. They’re burning.” Max opened the door. Zeke saw Jane had the blanket up to her chin as she stared at him.

Glancing in the mirror Zeke saw the eyes of his wolf glaring back at him. “Shit.” Rubbing a hand down his face, Zeke paced his friend’s room until he felt in control once again.

“Alpha?” Max asked.

Opening his eyes he stared at his friend. “Find everything that you can about Mary. I want to know everything. In the morning go back to the pack’s house and retrieve her things. I’ll give you some clothing to scent her.”

“Yes, Alpha,” Max said.

Zeke needed to know why he was feeling this way. She was different, and he recalled her scent before. No, he’d been too late, and he couldn’t think about the other woman.

They took her.

“Find out everything. I want to know where she lived. I want her whole fucking past.” Storming out of the room, he went back to his bathroom. Closing the door he turned the shower on and stood underneath. The pack he killed had been responsible for the disappearance of his sister. His father had asked for his help seeing as he lived close to the other pack. Zeke had known Roger and Dani for some time. They’d shared a few meals together as a sign of friendship. In all that time he’d never thought it was possible for them to be in the market for capturing females and selling them to the highest bidder. His sister was still missing. She’d been running with his father’s pack when she went missing. The hunt had started the moment they realized she’d gone missing. The problem they faced was telling the local police force. They couldn’t tell them a wolf had gone missing, so they had handled her disappearance personally. Not that it had led to anything other than Roger and Dani’s pack seeming to be the culprit.

Roger and Dani hadn’t even mentioned a half breed in their pack. Pressing his palm to the tiled wall, Zeke let the warm water cascade down his skin. Mary’s pack had despised her. None of them cared about her at all. In the few meals he’d shared with Roger and Dani, Zeke had never sensed an evil streak or the true scent that clung to them this night. They had to have used something that masked the horrid scent.

It still amazed him how dangerous the other couple was, and yet they let the half breed live. Where had they found her?

Several years ago Zeke had been sitting behind his desk when he scented the most incredible smell outside. Leaving his office, he’d gone searching to find the woman responsible for leaving the scent. In the chaos of the office with so many other smells, he’d lost her. Walking the dark alleys for protection, he’d changed into that of a wolf and gone hunting. While he’d been taking a breather, her scent had drifted toward him.

He remembered biting the woman, but for the life of him he couldn’t remember what she looked like and he’d never been able to locate her after that night.

Jerking his head, Zeke turned off the water, grabbed a towel and headed into the bedroom. Mary was asleep on the bed. He saw the track marks of her tears as she slept. Reaching out, he stroked a finger down her cheek.

She’d been attacked in the city and bitten. Could it be a coincidence that his mate was the half breed before him? Why would Roger and Dani take her in? He didn’t know any of the answers to his questions, and there was no way of finding out. He’d killed both for taking his sister, and yet he was no closer to his sister or to the woman he’d been searching for.

Zeke was determined to find both women. He wouldn’t settle until he gave his father back his sister. The woman destined to be his mate was out there. Looking into Mary’s face, he felt his wolf pound against his skin, jolting him.