by Jade Royal
“What?” he asked.
“So how come I’m not getting pampered by someone?” She questioned. He looked at her then.
“You talk back to me, and you tried to break my arm. Think you’re getting any pampering?” Rita wasn’t sure if her plan was going to work, but she decided if this conversation went well then the chances of Maverick falling for her plan would increase.
“So if I stopped all of that then I’d get pampered?” Maverick put his pen down and turned to look at her.
“I told you when you first arrived that I wasn’t interested in treating my own kind like garbage. But you have been testing me, and therefore that’s why you have been treated the way you have been.”
“I just think if I’m going to have your pups too then I should get the same treatment that Hera is getting. And so should the other wolves.”
“Oh, so you’re saying you want to have my pups now huh? Just moment ago you were calling me names.”
“I say all those things, and I fight because I don’t want to seem weak.”
“No one would have thought that of you,” Maverick said. Rita shifted on her feet and lowered her head as if she appear shy.
“Do you, do you think I’m pretty?” she asked him. He seemed stunned by her question, and for the first time, Maverick had nothing to say for a moment. Rita used it to her advantage.
“I knew it. You don’t think I’m pretty at all.” She turned around as if to walk away but Maverick stood and grabbed her by the elbow and turned her back around.
“I didn’t say you weren’t pretty Rita,” He said.
“When I took over Kameron’s pack I wanted you as my woman, and you turned me down and ran away from me.”
“Because you scared me! But if I’m here and this is the life that I’m going to be resorted to, then I at least want to feel wanted. Like you chose me to be here because you saw something in me not because I’m just another body. I may have run from you at first and given you hell since I’ve been here, but I haven’t said that you aren’t strong or handsome.” She touched his chest feeling it rise and fall rapidly. Because of the silver cuffs, she couldn’t hear his heartbeat.
“It’s hard to believe you changed just like that. Now all of a sudden you want to be here?” Rita shrugged.
“Maybe I’m just accepting fate. It’s not like my mate wants me anyway.”
“And your alpha? You realize I’m going to kill him?”
“Maybe you don’t have to. If I’m not showing him allegiance anymore, then he won’t need to come and rescue me.” Maverick looked at her deeply considering something. Hera emerged from the bathroom.
“We’ll discuss this at another time,” Maverick told her. To increase her chance of her plan working, she leaned forward and kissed him lightly. He jumped in surprise and looked at her. Rita looked away trying to appear embarrassed. She felt his eyes, but he didn’t say anything to her about the kiss.
“Go on to bed Rita,” He said.
“I’ll see you in the morning.” She nodded and hurried off. She knew the way to the room where she and the other wolves were staying, but the house was big enough to confuse her on what exactly was the front door. There was a door in the kitchen where she assumed either led to a garage or the outside. But that was all she knew.
She hurried to the bedroom and found the three wolves already inside. They had a plate of food on the night table stand for her.
“We were so worried about you,” Maya said giving her the plate. Rita sat on the bed and began devouring the chicken and mac and cheese.
“Don’t worry about me. He had me doing all these damn chores, but I got through it. What about you three?”
“Nothing. We stayed in here for most of the day.”
“Look,” Rita whispered. She was about to say her plan but decided against it. She couldn’t take the chance that Maverick might hear her. Her powers may have been gone, but his wasn’t. She reached for the notepad and scribbled on it.
I have a plan. Don’t know if it’ll work yet, but make sure to follow my lead. All three wolves read the note, and Amber who read it last tore it up to pieces.
“We’ll go with whatever you say,” Maya said.
“We trust you,” Brandy smiled. Rita smiled at the wolves before all three of them hugged her tightly.
“Let’s get some sleep,” Rita said.
Chapter Eight
“RITA!” The shrill screaming of her name shocked Rita in awareness. She jumped up from the bed, rubbing sleep from her eyes. Rory was inside their room holding onto Amber. Maya and Brandy were holding onto her legs trying to keep Rory from taking her. It took Rita a moment to adjust to the chaos that was happening because of the wear down from the silver cuffs. She would continue to get weaker and weaker. But she finally got herself up to help the three wolves.
“What the hell are you doing?!” Rita screamed joining Brandy and Maya in trying to get Amber from his hold. His eyes shone wolf clearly, he was amped up about something. And even if it was three against one he was going to be stronger.
“Let her the fuck go,” Rory snapped. “My wolf wants some action and one of y’all is coming with me whether you want to or not.” Rita saw the fear in Amber’s eyes at realizing what Rory wanted with her. But still, Rory out powered the three wolves. He snatched Amber away sending Rita, Maya, and Brandy flying. He ripped the t-shirt she was wearing off and clawed one of her breasts in his excitement. He popped the breast in mouth and sucked at her nipple. Amber screamed in disgust and fear. She looked at Rita with a desperate expression.
“Please don’t let him,” she begged. Rory began dragging her out of the room.
“WAIT!” Rita shouted. She got you and quickly took her t-shirt off.
“Leave her and take me.” Rory paused and looked at Rita. Even though she had scars all over her body from her lashes, she was still incredibly beautiful. Her breasts were in perfect proportion to the swell of her hips and her ass. Amber was a young wolf, and he doubted she knew how to pleasure a grown wolf-like himself. But Rita, she dripped of sensuality. And after the way she’d been treating him, he figured he could teach her a lesson or two by beating the shit out of her pussy.
“Hey, if you wanna trade places with her that’s on you. But letting me have you today don’t mean you’ll save her from another day,” he said pushing Amber away from him.
“Now come here,” he ordered. Amber crawled away as fast as she could. Rita helped her stand from the ground.
“Don’t do it. There can be another way,” she rushed out.
“No, there’s no other way. He’s gonna want what he wants no matter what. As long as you three are safe, then I’ll be alright. Trust me.” She ruffled Amber’s hair before pushed her towards Brandy and Maya and walking to Rory. He grabbed her by the elbow and dragged her away.
“You’re gonna regret this,” he laughed. “I’m gonna fuck your shit until you can’t even walk. Watch. I’m hard as a rock thinking about that shit.”
“Where’s Maverick?” Rita asked.
“He went out. Which means I have some free time.” Rory led her down a hall she hadn’t been in and into a room that was just as big as all the other rooms. But it was untidy like any male’s room, so Rita figured it was where Rory stayed. He threw her against his bed and eagerly began to strip. Rita turned and looked at him. Thankfully he wasn’t that ugly or else this would have been unbearable. And when he fisted his dick in his hand she tried not to gag. He was in no size comparison to Jayce thankfully so while he thought he was going to hurt her that might not be the case.
“Let me see what that mouth do,” he ordered. He walked over to her and yanked her from the bed by the wrist forcing her to her knees. Rita paused with opening her mouth and clearly her indecision was too much for him to wait on. He held her at the cheeks with his hand, squeezing until her mouth was forced open.
“If you bite me I swear I’ll kill you,” he gritted. “I don’t give a damn what Maverick want
s to use you for.” Rita snapped her eyes closed not wanting to even see what she was about to do. He pumped his tip against her lip before a large roar filled the room. Rita covered her ears before her eardrums popped. Rory shouted in pain and let Rita go as the force of Maverick’s roar almost caused him to shift. Rita scrambled out of the way. She hurried to Maverick and threw herself in his arms whimpering against his chest. She knew that acting like she needed him was going to be a huge boost to his ego.
“Thank god you’re here,” She whispered knowing he could hear her. He rubbed her arms and held her protectively.
“Didn’t I tell you they were off limits?!” he roared at Rory.
“You forgot you took a vow to me? That I’m your alpha? That I can feel you? You were so damn excited to fuck one of my girls that you didn’t even block your feelings and they came straight to me. That’s how I knew you were on some fuck shit. If you want a wolf, then I suggest you go out there and snatch one up for yourself. Touch another one of my girls, and I’ll pump you full of wolfsbane.” With that said, Maverick held Rita at the waist and led her away from the room. Even though she was pretending to need Maverick she was thankful that he did come in time to save her. She was going to be in Jayce’s arms again, and the last thing she wanted to have to admit was that she had to suck the dick of another wolf. But if she had to do it to protect Maya, Brandy, and Amber, she would do it again.
Maverick carried her back to his large bedroom. Hera sat up in bed smiling, but that disappeared the moment she saw that Rita was with him.
“Get out and leave us alone,” Maverick ordered Hera.
“Excuse me?” Hera asked.
“Did I stutter or are you deaf?” Maverick gritted. Hera slowly climbed out of the bed.
“Where is it that you expect me to go?”
“Do you see how big this damn house is? Find somewhere. As a matter of fact, I’m hungry. Be a good female and make me something to eat.” Hera cut her eyes at Rita before she left the bedroom. Maverick turned and looked at Rita.
“Are you okay?” he asked her. Rita had to hide her surprise.
“Not really,” she spoke softly. “I thought he was going to force me to fuck him.”
“Well, you don’t have to worry about any of that ever again.”
“What about the girls? If he doesn’t get me he’ll just go back and try to get them.”
“Don’t worry about them either. No one will touch them except me when they are ready to be bred.” Rita hugged herself and looked at him.
“Are you going to whip me anymore?” she asked.
“Are you going to disobey and disrespect me?”
“No. I learned my lesson,” she said touching the scars on her stomach.
“Then I won’t have to put my hands on you.” Rita began to think about her chances of escaping without having to have sex with Maverick. It was slim to none. That was the only fault to her plan. But maybe there was nothing she could do about that.
“Are you going to be rough with me?” she asked him. He looked her up and down before licking his lips.
“Is that the way you like it?” he asked.
“No,” she scoffed.
“Then I won’t be rough.” He looked towards the bed.
“Get on the bed.” Rita slowly climbed onto the bed then turned to look at him. He spent some time texting wildly on his phone. After 20 minutes he looked back at her and the way she was positioned on the bed. Smiling, put down his phone and came over to her. He pushed her to lay down softly and opened her legs. She snapped her eyes shut as he bent over to lick her womanly folds. It was so hard forcing herself not to cringe at his tongue on her. When your mind was filled with your mate, there was nothing about another male that could appease you. And right now, Rita felt nothing but his wet tongue as he lapped at her insides.
“Hm, you taste good,” he commented as he drew her lips into his mouth for a final slurp. He rose up and looked at her with his erection hard in his jeans. Rita could sense he wanted to do more than just taste her, but the door opened, and Hera walked back into the room. She froze and glared at them.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“You took too long with my food. And I had to eat something,” Maverick replied snatching the plate she had in her hand. He set the plate down at his desk then motioned for Rita to come to him. Rita slid off the bed and walked to him allowing him to make her sit on his lap. He began feeding her the eggs and home fries that Hera had made.
“That food was for you not for her!” Hera snapped.
“Hera you got one more time to open your fucking mouth and annoy me,” he snapped back at her. She quickly shut her mouth and crossed her arms. When Maverick wasn’t looking Rita smirked at Hera to get her even more upset, and it worked. Rita held onto Maverick and let him feed her. Once the food was done he picked her up and carried her to the bed.
“Get some rest. I have to go back out and do what I was going to do before the vibes Rory was sending through our link distracted me. I won’t be back for a couple of hours.”
“So she’s staying in my bed?” Hera asked. Maverick ignored her.
“Make sure you don’t cause any trouble today Hera. Leave Rita be, and I won’t shove my foot up your ass. Make sure the rest of the girls are taken care of.”
“Wait, can I come with you?” Rita asked him.
“Yeah right. I’m not falling for that one.”
“My wolf needs to be let out Maverick. I’m going crazy. I figure it’s safer to shift with you around than anyone else. Please? I’ll do anything if you trust me with this.” Maverick paced for a moment.
“Why should I trust you?” he asked.
“You have more power than me Maverick. You can hear my heartbeat and know there’s no deception. My wolf wants to stretch herself out, and after earlier, I don’t feel safe being here without you. And I’ve been wearing these silver cuffs for a couple of days. When they get taken off my wolf would still be too weak to do anything. I’ll allow her to shift and then stretch then bring her back then you can put the cuffs back on.” Maverick was quiet as he was indeed listening to her heartbeat. She was, in fact, speaking the truth.
Maverick figured this was a way to get a couple of things out of Rita. Either she would do something stupid, and he’d kill her. Or her wolf would do something instinctual that could perhaps lead him to where her pack had moved to. Or she’d be able to handle what he was about to do and become something more than his incubator for his pups. Maverick was still a little stuck on Bliss, but if he could get Rita to be completely allied with him and commit to a vow so he could be her true alpha then there was nothing Rita wouldn’t do for him. And that included helping him capture Bliss.
“Let’s go,” Maverick said. He opened the door to the closet and tossed her a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
“Hey, that’s my clothes!” Hera shouted. Maverick quickly turned around with his hand up ready to backhand her. She quickly jumped out of the way to avoid his hit.
“Don’t play with me,” he gritted.
“You better just relax,” Rita responded.
“Shut up! Think you’re slick? All of a sudden you wanna act like you’re on his side. I know you planning something shady and you’re a fool Maverick if you think she’s suddenly willingly to do what you want her to.”
“Maybe that’s because I tore her ass up enough for her to quit playing games,” Maverick said.
“Looks like you’re gonna need some of what she got since all of a sudden you got this big ass mouth that I keep warning you about.” Hera crossed her arms and dropped down into a chair getting quiet. Rita quickly dressed in the clothes Maverick tossed her.
“Make sure you look after the girls,” Maverick warned her before he and Rita left the room. She had to hide her excitement at finally being able to be let out of the house and to figure out where an exit was. Maverick went down a flight to the first level of the house before turning a corner and walking by the kitche
n and then going down the long hallway. The large door that seemed would be the front door, he didn’t even pay attention to.
“Front door?” Rita asked him pointing to it.
“Yes. But we don’t use that door.”
“Oh.” She continued to follow him to the end of the hall away from the front door to the back door. She watched him closely as he punched in a number to a keypad that opened the door with a click.
2701, she thought to herself, saying it over and over so she wouldn’t forget it. When he turned and looked at her, she averted her eyes to make it look like she wasn’t watching him punch in the code. He stepped outside, and she followed him. A sigh of relief escaped her when the morning breeze brushed against her body. She took a moment to close her eyes and take in the feel of finally being outside.
“Feels good huh?” Maverick asked her.
“So good,” she smiled. “Thank you for letting me come out with you.”
“Just keep up.” Maverick led the way through the backyard that expanded out into woods. Trees surrounded the whole house it seemed, and the rugged downhill terrain let Rita know that were must have been on a mountain. She tried to project to Kellan and Bliss, but her powers were diminished. And taking the cuffs off will release her wolf, but it would take some hours for her powers to get back to its full strength. So she wasn’t lying when she told Maverick there would be no escaping for her. And even if she could Rita wasn’t going to escape and leave the three girls behind. That could chance them getting hurt by Maverick’s anger that she had run off.
Maverick led the way across the backyard and down towards the woods where the terrain got a little bit more rugged. Once they were deep in the woods, Maverick used his senses to make sure there was no one nearby before he continued walking. They hiked for what seemed like a half hour. Maverick wanted to walk further to tire her out before he took the cuffs off, but Maverick was mistaken. Hiking through the forest jumping over fallen trees, tree stumps and maneuvering through the rugged terrain did little to tire her out. She kept up with Maverick the entire time. When they reached the midpoint of where he was headed he stopped in a clearing.
