Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 33372 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33372 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
He raised a brow.
“Don’t you think you’ve made an error?” she asked.
“No.”
“So, you don’t want the women lining up so you can have another go at taking your pick?” She clenched her hands together, trying to combat the nerves that were being a bit of a pest.
“No.”
She hated that word. It was so final.
“Well, you must have made an error,” she said.
“I must have made an error?”
“Why are you repeating what I say?” She couldn’t help but tense up as he came toward her, closing that distance between them with just a few steps.
He was tall and she had no choice but to tilt her head back to look at him. Rage was handsome, no doubt about that. The sexy kind of handsome. She didn’t want to recognize any of this, not with him.
“You’re beautiful,” he said.
No one had ever called her beautiful.
****
Rage replayed the conversation with her father in his mind:
“My daughter, she is … she’s … human. She is not a wolf. She can never be mated. She gets sick easily. There is no way your wolf could have chosen her. It is a mistake.”
“I don’t make mistakes.”
Staring at Karina, he couldn’t resist reaching out and sliding some of her hair back from her face. She tried to hide the flinch his almost-touch had created.
Rage had never met anyone like her. Unlike all the women in the lineup, she was wearing a dress. All the other women had been in pants or shorts, with a revealing top.
Not Karina. She wore a strappy dress that fit snug against her breasts to her waist, then flared out across her hips. The dress didn’t appear to have a lot of volume and melded to her curves.
That was another difference—Karina was soft. The other pack women were all muscle and hard edges.
Will was concerned about his daughter, and Rage understood that. Neither of them expected Rage to find his mate. He’d not been on the hunt for such a thing, but the fact he’d found her gave him a feeling of peace.
His wolf, on the other hand, just wanted to mate. Such basic instincts—the need to fuck, to claim, to take, to fill with his cum, and make her pregnant. He kept those feelings at bay and looked at her.
She kept averting her gaze. Those blue eyes would look at him and when he looked back, she’d quickly glance away, as if she’d been caught doing something naughty. She was a dream.
“You do know I’m human, right?”
“I know.”
“Great, right, so that is good, right? It means we know you made a mistake, and you can go and choose someone else?” Karina asked.
“No.”
She frowned. “Are you being stubborn on purpose?”
“No.”
“Ugh! I hate that word. Is that all you know how to say?”
“No,” he said, laughing.
“Oh, so now you’re laughing. I’m so pleased I was able to amuse you.” She shrugged, then folded her arms and blew out a breath.
He reached out, grabbing her neck and pulling her close. Rage didn’t want any distance between them, and as her body pressed against his, he felt his wolf respond. Not only did his wolf respond, but so too did he. His cock hardened and that arousing need went into hyperdrive.
“Do you have any idea what you do to me?” he asked.
She gasped and then opened her mouth.
Rage had a feeling she was going to scream, so he silenced her by slamming his lips down on hers, kissing her. She gave a whimper, and he groaned as he plundered her lips, sliding his tongue into her mouth.
Karina didn’t kiss him back at first. She was still in his arms.
“My daughter is pure. She is innocent. She only knows what protection feels like. She is not ready for you, for any of this.”
Karina was a virgin and he had a feeling, with how highly her father spoke of her, no man had ever tried anything with her.
Her hands were by her sides, but she wasn’t trying to push him away. He reached out, taking those hands and placing them on his shoulders as he traced across her lips.
“Kiss me back,” he said, breaking the kiss long enough to give her the instruction.
“I don’t know how.”
He chuckled. “Then let me teach you.”
Karina gasped and then pulled back. Rage didn’t want to let her go, and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“Let me go,” she said.
“Don’t be afraid.”
“You’re not letting me go, and you’re not helping me right now, and I feel the need to scream.”
“Why?”
She frowned. “What do you mean why?”
“I’m not hurting you. Are you afraid of me?”
“I…” She stopped and frowned. “I don’t know. You must know how silly all of this is. I’m … you’re an alpha, and I’m nothing.”
“Don’t,” he said.
He got the sense that people had been treating her like she was nothing for a long time and he didn’t like it. Slowly, he traced his fingers down her cheek. There was something about her, besides the fact she was his mate, that he couldn’t let go.