Taking His Mate

by Delta James

  “Please, Griffin. I’m sorry,” she sobbed.

  The spanking stopped.

  “Are you?”

  “Yes, sir.”

  “Sorry enough to assure me that I won’t need to spank you for leaving the house again?”

  “Yes, sir. I’m so, so sorry. I won’t do it again.”

  “See that you don’t. If I have to do this again, I’ll take a strap to your backside and leave welts to remind you to behave. Am I going to need to do that?”

  “No, Griffin. I’ll behave.”

  “You can get up, but you go back and stand facing the corner. Do you think you can do that?”

  “Griffin, please?”

  Griffin quickly covered her backside with another series of hard swats. She yowled in response.

  “Corner or stay over my knee for some more spanking?”

  “I’ll go to the corner.”

  “There’s my good girl.”

  He released her legs and allowed her to stand. She was facing him. Her hardened nipples right at the level of his mouth. He kept his hand on her waist and pulled her to him, taking one nipple into his mouth and pinching the other.

  Maddie arched her back in response, thrusting her crotch at him in lewd invitation. He chuckled as he sucked her nipple for a moment, before taking the other in his mouth instead.

  “Corner, Maddie. Now.”

  She turned and went to the corner.

  “Palms flat on the wall. Spread your legs and push your bottom out. I want a good view of my handiwork and that wet pussy of yours.”

  Maddie put herself in position, acknowledging to herself that Griffin was most definitely her alpha and the dominant partner between them. Her humiliation and pain were complete when she felt her juices dribbling down her thigh.

  Griffin let her stand for just a few minutes before once again closing on her. He said nothing, but bent her at the waist. Maddie heard him unfasten his fly and then felt the hard head of his cock probing between her legs before thrusting home. He hadn’t fondled her, hadn’t tried to ensure she was ready for his possession, but she had to admit he knew it wasn’t necessary. She was quite certain that not only could his heightened senses detect the scent of her arousal, but that he had been able to see her wet, glistening pussy beckoning him. As he plunged to his complete depth, Maddie felt her pussy contract around him as she orgasmed in response to being mounted in such a primitive and raw way.

  Maddie could feel his hard shaft swelling to more completely fill her. Hs cock scraped the inner walls of her tight cunt as repeatedly he surged forward connecting in a new way with her punished ass. He held her by the hips as he fucked her hard and long.

  His possession reignited and reaffirmed the fire all over her backside. She heard him groan and growl as again and again his cock pistoned within her. The frenzy of their coupling was furious. Maddie felt her desire focus and concentrate in the pit of her being. She could tell Griffin felt it too. He drove faster and harder and began to whisper to her in Welsh. She didn’t comprehend the words, but understood their meaning deep within her soul. As she reached the pinnacle of her pleasure again, Griffin rammed home and she could feel his cock gushing his cum as deep within her as he could get.

  Maddie was grateful that he had a hold of her that was keeping her standing. He withdrew from her and rubbed her bottom.

  “Are you going to mind me, mate?”

  “Yes, Griffin. I’m really sorry. I realize you have enough on your mind, you don’t need to be worrying about me not being safe. I won’t do it again.”

  Griffin turned her around and pulled her into his arms. Maddie found that her control over her emotions was gone and sobbed into his chest. He held her, comforting her and reassuring her that she was forgiven, that he loved her and that he would keep her safe.

  When finally her crying subsided, he kissed her gently, lifted her in his arms, and took her back to their bed. This time, he turned back the covers and settled her in before removing his clothing and joining her there.

  Chapter Fifteen

  She cuddled into his hard body, taking the comfort he offered her.

  “I’m sorry I had to abandon you earlier. I needed to speak with Dylan. Skylar told me you’d come upstairs. When I came up to check on you and found you gone, I worried that you had done exactly what you did.”

  “I know. I really didn’t think about it,” she said. “But I won’t do it again.”

  “I believe you. Then let’s consider the disagreement over and your punishment complete. Agreed?” he asked, looking at her. She nodded. “Are you all right? Is moving you in here too fast? I don’t want you to feel pressured.”

  She shook her head, smiling at him. “You don’t want me pressured but feel quite comfortable spanking me to tears? You are an odd duck. But to answer your question, quite the contrary. I had a lovely afternoon. I had a great talk with Roz. She was so easy to talk to and so willing to share. I think that’s what’s impressed me most about these women. It’s why I want to be one of them. There’s no subterfuge, no gamesmanship, just openly caring women supporting each other. Darby said that’s the real legacy of Bae Diogel. By going to different packs, they have spread that way of living… that and making sure you males don’t get any more arrogant than you already are,” she said, smiling more broadly.

  “They are extraordinary women. Skylar pulled me aside as I was coming up. She told me that regardless of what you decided about becoming a wolf that I need to find a way to make it work with you. She was very impressed.”

  “She’s a fan of yours, you know. Told me she was so happy to see you settling down. It seems she and Bethan have been worried about you.”

  “Yes, Sky and I never made the in-law distinction. I talked to her about her island in the Outer Banks. She offered it to us before I even asked. We’d have to start from scratch.”

  “I don’t mind hard work,” Maddie said quietly. “Roz says the island is beautiful, wild, and free.”

  Griffin leaned down and kissed her gently, taking her hand in his. “We can build a life there.”

  “We can.” Maddie took a deep breath. “I’ve made a decision about becoming a wolf. I want to do it.”

  “You don’t have to, Maddie, we can make it work. I don’t know that I want to risk it.”

  “Roz said she thinks it’s harder on the one who’s keeping watch. The person going through the change sleeps through most of it. They brought their physician who saw Roz and her sister through it. I think it’s better if we do it now and get it behind us. Better to be planning it than for an accident to happen and have to try to figure it out. And with trouble coming, we all need to be at our best. I think that means being a wolf.”

  “You will stay out of the fighting and stay safe. I will not have you endangered.”

  “If these packs attack, there is no safe place. If they get past the first line of defense—and that’s what this gathering is about, about setting that up—they’ll roll across America and won’t stop until they get to the Pacific Ocean. They’re not just coming after women, Griffin, they’re after territory. Both can still be found here in the US. So, I’ll stand with you and with our pack, even if that’s just you and me.”

  Griffin growled low in his throat. “You will do as you’re told, cwningen bach, or find yourself over my knee again.”

  “I won’t be your little rabbit much longer. I will do as my heart dictates and that means staying at your side.”

  He shook his head. “You will always be my cwningen bach. As long as I can keep you safe with me, I will allow you to stay. But you need to know there is already a plan in place to evacuate the women and children. One of the packs that will be with us is further inland—Mason Daniels’ pack—will be with us. He’s offered his estate as a sanctuary for those on the front line to send their women and children. A small group of men will escort them and then stay to supplement his men for your protection. And when I deem it necessary, you will go.”

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�I won’t,” she said defiantly.

  “You will. Maddie, your choice is not whether or not you will do as I tell you and go. It is whether or not you will do so with your pretty backside covered in welts.”

  Maddie found it hard to believe that he was ordering her to do something she didn’t want to, threatening to take his belt to her rump and all she could do was think how sexy he was. The sound of his voice alone never failed to arouse her. But somehow the words inflamed her lust even more. She was beginning to understand why the women in the packs accepted the authority of their mates… not because they thought they were right, but because it was an incredible turn-on.

  “You’re impossible,” she said.

  “No, I am your alpha and your mate. And if you mean to get turned, I will formally claim you. But that will have to wait until tomorrow.”

  She looked at him questioningly, and he smiled in answer.

  “At the moment I’ve a more urgent need to bury my cock in your pussy repeatedly while I hear you call my name and feel you come apart in my hands,” he said.

  As Maddie had come to know, his voice had both deepened and the accent become more pronounced as the level of his arousal rose to match her own. That too contributed to her own more heightened state of desire.

  The smile he gave her before latching on to her distended nipple was definitely that of a predatory wolf about to claim what was his. Maddie moaned as he did so and Griffin growled softly. She flexed her fingers along his strong back as he suckled her breast. He had one hand laced through her mane to hold her in place.

  She marveled at the skill with which he played her body. It seemed incomprehensible to her that their passion could feel so right and true when they had just come into each other’s lives only a few days before. Already she was relaxed and her body knew not only what to expect but that it would be made to sing in harmony with his.

  Suddenly feeling very vulnerable, she moved to cover herself. Before she had accomplished doing so, a low growl from Griffin stilled her hands and caused a shudder of desire to ripple through her body. Griffin smiled.

  “Nay, cwningen bach, you’re not to hide your beauty from me.”

  He ran his finger down the center of her body from the hollow of her neck to between her legs where he stopped to circle her clit before flicking it. Maddie could feel it harden in response to his presence and begin to throb as he played with it before slipping his hand back between her legs.

  Somewhere during their first night together she had realized that her legs just seemed to spread for him of their own accord. As his finger left her clit, her hips arched upward, offering her pussy for his intimate gaze and use.

  “T’would seem my mate is desirous of being mounted… again.” He chuckled, enjoying her renewed response to his fondling.

  “Griffin, please…”

  He slipped two fingers into her heated channel and stroked the upper walls. She gasped at the pleasure the simple gesture gave her. Griffin leaned down and kissed her, his tongue mimicking in her mouth what his fingers were doing below. She felt her skin becoming flushed and her toes curled in anticipation of her climax, which began its own crescendo. Feeling her pussy begin to throb and grasp at his fingers, Griffin added a third finger and stroked her deeper and faster.

  He continued to claim her mouth as his other hand came up to play, rolling and pinching her nipple. Maddie felt her desire spinning out of control. She gave herself over to the mastery he had over not just her body, but her entire being.

  Maddie had one arm stretched over her head. The other hand she placed over his hand that was now plunging in and out of her pussy ruthlessly as she tried frantically to contain it by bearing down. Her body arched up, desperately seeking closer contact with her lover and she came crying his name out loud. As she did so, Griffin stilled his fingers deep inside her and let her contractions continue on their own until she had ridden the crest of her passion and her breathing returned to normal.

  Finally, he released her mouth and kissed her gently. Griffin chuckled again as he sniffed the air. His mate was still fully aroused and he could sense her desire to be mounted and stroked long and hard by his cock. He was having to fight hard to suppress the knot that desperately wanted to form as she reached down between them to fondle his hardened member and his balls beneath it.

  Maddie leaned up and pushed him over on his back. She grasped his cock, stroking it with a firm grip and running her finger around the tip. She leaned down to take him deep within her mouth; Griffin growled low in his throat. Maddie’s response was a quiet, but defiant answering growl. Griffin leaned up and swatted her buttocks twice. Her response was to drop his cock, pull back from him, and snap her mouth shut. He fisted her hair, staying her retreat.

  “Naughty mate. When I growl at you to yield, you do so without growling back. Now be a good girl and get on your knees.”

  Without releasing her hair, he left their bed but stood next to it.

  He continued, “Back up to the edge of the bed and present your pussy to me. I mean to mount you and have you deep and hard.”

  Maddie did as she was told. There was something in the way Griffin commanded that seemed to compel her to obey. She kept thinking she ought to do something that gave her equal footing sexually, but was coming to understand that was never going to be a part of her life again. Griffin led, she followed, and for once in her life that felt right.

  Griffin never loosed his grip on her hair nor did he try to guide her into position, just held on to her. She had no more felt her feet pass on either side of his legs than she felt the head of his cock seeking the entrance to her sheath. Finding his target, Griffin thrust forward and rammed his cock all the way to the deepest part of her channel.

  Maddie gasped both with surprise at the strength of his possession and at her body’s response. He drew back almost to the point of uncoupling with her and plunged again to her full depth, causing her body to spasm wildly in erotic response to him. She cried out as she orgasmed and her pussy throbbed around him.

  Griffin released the hold of her hair only to grasp her hips with both hands and hold her still while he repeatedly thrust in and out of her. Maddie could not remember any man ever commanding her body the way Griffin did. All her memories and thoughts now centered on the man who was driving in and out of her with great power and increasing speed.

  This time the growl he emitted held no rancor, only unabashed pleasure at her response. She mewled in response to him. She tried desperately to move with him, but he held her steady and fast. There was no doubt in either of their minds as to who was the dominant partner. When she ceased to struggle against him, Griffin released one of her hips to reach up and lovingly stroke her belly and breasts, tweaking each of her nipples, which produced an answering contraction of her pussy around his cock.

  Griffin moved his hand back to take hold of her hip again and increased his stroking. She could sense he was bringing her to climax one more time so he could flood her pussy with his cum as she shattered around him. As her body once again lost its ability to do anything but respond to his primal possession, she climaxed and felt his cock begin to pump her full of his seed. He seemed to take longer than most to empty himself into her.

  He slumped over her back, trying to be mindful of her still painful bottom. He nuzzled her neck and stroked her lovingly as she came back to earth and could once more be coherent and connected. Making love with Griffin sent her into an astral place she had never been before and one she disliked having to leave.

  Griffin crawled back into bed and lay down, pulling her to him as he did so. Exhausted from his lovemaking, she nuzzled his neck and curled into his body, falling fast asleep.

  Chapter Sixteen

  The woman who had at one time loathed sharing a bed with a partner woke still wrapped in her lover’s arms. Not lover, she thought, but mate. It made her smile not only to rephrase it but that doing so felt perfectly normal.

  “And what is it that brings such a
serene smile to my beautiful mate’s face this morning?”

  “Just how right this feels. As though being here with you was always meant to be.”

  He stroked the hair from out of her eyes. “But it was, thus why we are fated mates. The other packs are arriving today. I won’t have much time to spend with you.”

  “I understand. But has it ever occurred to you that there are people here who have fought off one of these attacks?”

  He smiled. “And I’m sure their mates have asked for their input. But as none of you will be involved in the fighting, there is no need…”

  “To worry our pretty little heads about it? Do you know how stupid that is?” Maddie challenged.

  Griffin sighed. Last night both Dylan and Oliver had expressed that when she was turned that Griffin was most likely going to find he either had a beta wolf with a lot of alpha tendencies on his hands or a full-on alpha she-wolf.

  He leaned down and kissed her. “Not stupid, precautionary. You will all know the general plans, but do not need to know the specifics. Better you turn your thoughts to how you can help with the other women and children to get all of you to safety if it comes to that.”

  They got dressed and joined the others downstairs. As she scanned the room, Maddie noted that of the Holy Trinity only Summer was present. Skylar sat next to Dylan but was clearly unhappy about something. And Roz too was missing from the group.

  Maddie and Griffin heaped their plates and joined the other alphas and Skylar.

  “So have you heard about this idiotic plan they’ve concocted to ship us all off to safety?” said Skylar to Maddie.

  “That’s enough, Sky. If you can’t behave, you can go back to our room and spend the day by yourself until you think you can,” said Dylan with a voice that held an unspoken warning.

  Maddie sat down next to her. “Oh, yes, I’ve heard. I’m not going.”

  “Madeline,” growled Griffin. “Would you prefer to stay by yourself today?”