Alpha's Mate

When he stepped toward her, she was tempted to step back, but she couldn’t do it. She wouldn’t show weakness, not now, not in front of him. He wouldn’t respect her if she did something like that.

She couldn’t step away even if she wanted to.

Even if it was just this once, she wanted to feel Beast’s arms wrapped around her.

He put his hands on her shoulders, and she closed her eyes, feeling his touch straight to her core.

She felt alive.

Even her wolf liked his hands on her.

They were not doing anything other than touching her. Nothing sexual, but it felt like she was burning alive but in a really good way.

“I have never, ever been ashamed of you,” he said.

“Then why?” she asked. “Every other male who has found his mate hasn’t had a single choice in the matter, yet you can come and go as you please. You’re not afraid to be around other women.” She had seen the way some mated men react if other women tried to get close to them. It was a complete repulsion of the opposite sex. She had never seen rejection quite like it.

“You think it’s easy for me to watch you from afar? To not claim you? To not feel your curvy body wrapped around mine? To not have your pussy on my dick, soaking wet, and begging for me to come? You think that’s easy for me?”

“I think you’ve got a lot more control than you really should have for a mated man.” She tried to pull out of his arms, but he wouldn’t let her.

Beast held the power here. Not her.

“Let me go,” she said.

“No. We’re not mated yet. I have been paying attention to you, Suzy. In fact, if you think about it, you would have seen in the past year alone, our paths have crossed more times than they ever should have. This isn’t easy for me. You think those men that have touched you have come back bruised just for practice? Just to spar? No. I have made sure that any man who ever thinks they can get near you is punished.”

She laughed. “Without them even realizing it? You’re crazy.”

“I’m not crazy. You’re not a strong wolf, Suzy. You are weak, and I will not have anyone hurting my mate.”

“So what? You’re going to mate with another woman?”

He growled, and the sound turned her on. She liked that he couldn’t stand another man touching her.

She had never been around a jealous mate before.

Wait? How could he be jealous? She had mentioned him being with another woman, not her.

“No other woman holds any appeal to me. Only you. You’re the only woman I want. The only woman I care about. The only woman I want to see swollen with my kid. You know the truth now, Suzy, and I won’t back down. You will belong to me.”

With that, he slammed his lips down on hers, and Suzy didn’t have any fight left. Why would she want to fight something that felt so incredible?

He tasted amazing. The heat coming off him was already an addictive quality.

She moaned his name, wrapping her arms around his neck, and wanting to hold him close for as long as she could.

Chapter Three

Leaving the dance was the only way Beast could control himself. Finally, he was able to kiss Suzy with no one to see, and to hold her, to tell her the truth. The passion he felt for her was no longer going to be locked in a cage. He wanted to break free, to finally claim her, but to do that, he had to make her his, and for the town to know, she wouldn’t be harmed.

Like most approaching full moons, he often went to his cabin to take time to think and to come up with a plan for the upcoming day.

Today was no different, but he’d also left Suzy a large bouquet of roses with the message for her to come to him.

This could go two ways.

She could fight him, which his wolf would more than love the chase. The mating would be rough, and he’d struggle to be gentle to make her his. Again, he didn’t mind that. Or, she could get her senses together and come to him like a good little wolf.

He knew what he wanted between them. He only hoped she had more sense than to fight this attraction.

She didn’t think there was one, but he’d felt it last night. Her body was ready for him. She wanted this claiming even as she tried to fight it.

Sitting on his porch, he waited. The countdown had already begun in his head. If she didn’t arrive in the next half hour, he was hunting for her. She wouldn’t stand a chance when he was finished.

Everyone in the town would know whom she belonged to.