Total pages in book: 164
Estimated words: 152666 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 763(@200wpm)___ 611(@250wpm)___ 509(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 152666 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 763(@200wpm)___ 611(@250wpm)___ 509(@300wpm)
The alpha wolf crept nearer, still showing his teeth. He circled me, as though assessing. I didn’t dare turn to watch him, unconfident I’d keep my position if he wound closer.
My heart beat rapidly as he entered my field of vision again, having closed half the distance to me. I could smell his mouthwatering scent, even in his wolf form. Feel his proximity now as he continued to circle. He stopped mere feet away, his shifter form intimidating. His eyes sparkled as he beheld me, holding my gaze for a long beat, and then he shifted.
The man stood from a crouch, towering over me, his heat blanketing any exposed skin.
“What are you doing out here, Little Wolf?” he murmured, his voice deep and rich. Butterflies fluttered faster through my stomach. “Are you trying to run from me?”
My head was tilted up so that I could sink into those deep gray eyes. His taunt, Little Wolf, sounded more like an affectionate term this time, said like it was something precious. His power radiated, making my bones feel like jelly.
“You can, you know,” he murmured, his hand coming up slowly, as though I might spook. “Run. I’d like it if you did. It’s in my nature to hunt. To bring you down like prey. When I catch you, I’ll do with you what I like.”
My eyes hooded. Damn me, but I wanted that so fucking badly. I wanted the thrill of terror as he closed in, then the thrill of pleasure as he used me to his liking.
His fingers wrapped around the base of my neck, holding me in place.
“Or maybe I’ll do with you what I like right now.” He bent, his face inches away, his eyes jogging back and forth between mine.
I should’ve run. Fought. At the very least I should’ve told him to fuck off. A simple “no” even.
Instead, I stood there, frozen, heart racing.
With a little smile, he continued to bend until his lips grazed the edges of mine. Lightning sizzled between us. He traced my jaw with his tongue before sucking in an earlobe. I groaned in miserable delight.
His lips grazed down the side of my neck and then stopped briefly at the line of my top. His hand slipped from behind my neck, his fingers hooking into the fabric. He pulled it away enough for his lips to travel along the surface of my shoulder and back, just a little past the crook of my neck. He sucked in skin and then grazed his teeth over the sensitive location.
My stomach clenched, wanting it. Wanting him to bite down and mark me in a way that would never go away, that no one else would ever be able to cover. No one would be strong enough. Powerful enough. I didn’t know much of the Outside, but I had a feeling there weren’t many, or any, more powerful than this shifter. I’d be his, forever.
“No,” I moaned, but tilted my head away to give him more access. My body wouldn’t stop contradicting me.
“No?” he murmured against my flesh, scraping with his teeth and making me shiver.
“No,” I whispered, my hands at my sides.
His wanton tone matched mine. “Are you sure?”
I didn’t answer him with words. Couldn’t tell him to stop.
My head fell away that bit more, a silent plea for him to continue.
He ripped the fabric of my shirt, making me gasp. One of his hands was free to grab my neck, holding me in place again, and the other slid down my front. He pushed it into my trousers, down until his fingers found my wetness.
I moaned, standing still like a good girl, wanting to hear that praise again. It was a strange sort of fetish I realized I was very much into with this powerful shifter. I could hate myself for it later.
“Hmm,” he said, the word vibrating across my skin. “You’re so wet for me.”
He sucked on that sensitive spot in the hollow of my neck. Ran his teeth over it, making me shiver again. His fingers delved into me, his thumb circling my clit and making me dizzy.
“I think you’d let me,” he said, his teeth digging in a little more. My head felt light. I did nothing to stop him. “I think you’d come as I claimed you, wouldn’t you?”
His fingers worked me fast. His hot mouth felt so good against my skin.
“Not yet, though,” he whispered, so faint I could barely hear him. “Not until we can all participate. We’ll compromise this time.”
I didn’t know what he meant. Couldn’t focus on what he was saying. A delicious heat was building in me as his fingers worked, capturing all my attention. His grip on my neck tightened, and I liked that, too.
He moved fast. Sharp pain barely registered as his teeth cut into the flesh at the side of my neck. His fingers plunged in and out quickly and his thumb continuing to circle. He sucked the offending spot so hard a normal person would’ve probably wriggled in pain, first scoring my skin, and then bruising it. His mark in that spot wouldn’t be forever, but it would be a mark all the same. For an alpha, it meant that if anyone else dared touch me, it was a challenge to him. He’d kill them without blame.