“I know I’m not doing this right, on my knees with a ring, but I want to marry you and mate you. Have a big wedding where our families can meet and our friends can get drunk and tell funny stories about us. Merging our beasts was natural; I want to merge our human lives as well. Claim you as my mate and my wife.”
Love emanated from his very pores, she could feel his utter devotion to her, his genuine want. This wasn’t the need their beasts felt, but the merging of both of their halves; human and wolf.
“I’d love nothing more than to be your mate and wife. To meet your family, have our friends get drunk and talk shit, have your cubs and live happily ever after. You are perfect, now, love me.”
Still in his arms she was suddenly airborne as he tossed her onto their bed. Her shirt was off, discarded in the hall and he took his time to enjoy removing her pants, making her crazy.
Chapter 14
“Prepare yourself, my flower; I’m going to love you like you’ve never been loved before.” He ran his hands lightly down her thighs creating goose bumps in his wake. He drew in her scent, noting how ready she was for him.
“I’m ready, don’t make me wait. I want to feel you in me, fast and furious, claim me.”
He sent her a wicked grin that promised all the sexual tension he intended to create and then release. “Oh no, you’re going to love this. I read it in a book, sit back and relax.”
She tittered causing his cock to harden even further into uncomfortable zone. “Normally that would sound weird; however, since I’m your first lover I really appreciated you doing some research.”
He placed his palm in between her breasts and pushed her gently onto her back unsheathing a claw and easily cutting through her bra. “Shh…you’ll enjoy this, if you don’t just let me know.”
He lowered his head setting a tender kiss to her lips then trailing his kisses down her face, along the column of her neck, lightly nipping her mate mark. He rubbed his stubble down her chest while using his calloused hand to palm her breast, lightly plucking her nipples to stiff peaks. He allowed his palm to knead her left breast while he flicked her right nipple with his tongue several times, reveling in her sharp intake of breath. He had her panting as she tried to lift her chest, delivering her breast into his mouth to suckle further.
Blake pulled back, blowing his warm breath on her pebbled nipples. When she mewled a complaint that he was no longer tonguing her breasts he reached down ripping the panties from her. He stared at her dripping sex, longing to remove his clothes and sheath himself fully into his mate.
Taking a deep breath Blake scraped his fingernails against his mate’s thighs, up to the curls that hid her sex, briefly and as gently as he could he smoothed his fingers through her folds. His digits came away saturated with her honey, so he brought his fingers to his face, inhaled deeply and smiled. “You smell amazing,” he brought his fingers to his mouth and watched her face as he licked his digits clean, “You taste even better.”
He watched as his beautifully flushed mate scooted closer to him to rub herself against his jeans. He knew the friction would cause her to come and so he pulled back. “Don’t be naughty, I told you to relax, don’t move.”
“I don’t want you to torture me. I need you, now.”
“Patience.” His work was punctuated with a slick digit sliding along her slit. She moaned causing his dick to twitch in his pants. He continued to stroke her with his digits, ensuring that her woman’s honey was covering every inch of her sex and she was furiously moving against his hand. He inserted one long thick finger into her, thinking he’d still her hips pumping. Instead she moaned for more.
“Babe, slow down, I want to draw this out. I want you so crazy for me you can’t stand not having my cock fill you.”
“Please, Blake, I need more of you. Give me more, give me all of you.”
Keeping his jaw locked he responded, “Not yet.” He inserted another finger and leaned down to flick his tongue along her swollen nub. Rubbing furiously he continued to pump his fingers into her channel, his dick responding to every spasm of her core. He pulled his fingers away for only a moment as he ripped his jeans and boxers down to mid-thigh, he couldn’t be bothered to remove them fully.
Watching him drive her crazy was obviously driving him crazy. Blake pulled back from eating her, pulled down his pants and sighed as his cock sprang free. Delilah watched as the head glistened with fluid. Blake, obviously not self-conscious grabbed the base of his cock and squeezed, bringing his hand up to his tip and releasing it to rub at the fluid coated tip. God that was hot, she couldn’t help panting while she reached out to collect some of the fluid he released, bringing it to her tongue and moaning as the salty flavor burst over her taste buds.
His eyes flared, that’s all the warning she got before Blake flipped her onto her hands and knees, snuggling between her thighs. He placed his solid cock at her entrance, teasing her while he rubbed it briefly through her folds before penetrating her in a single hard thrust.
Their moans filled the air as well as the heady scent of their arousal. His steady withdrawal, thrust, withdrawal, swirl, thrust was driving her mad. It was when his hand reached under her and tapped her swollen nerve bundle that she went off like a rocket.
She literally felt her muscles clench on him as he released his cream into her, shuttering above her as he screamed her name for the entire pack to hear.
A howl split the air causing Blake to wake abruptly. He popped out of bed and noted the time. Shit, eight at night. He was late to his own pack meeting. Hopefully, the pack would understand when he arrived. Crap, what could he say, Hi guys, sorry to hold you up but I had some things to attend to. Why do I smell like sex? I’m a newly mated alpha male and we have needs. He was so fucked.
He smiled briefly to himself, yeah, he was. Reaching over he smacked his mates bum, “Wake up, we’re late for the pack meeting. You’re a bad influence.”
She yawned as she dug her fingers into her eyes. “It’s time already? But I’m still tired and hungry.”
“We’ll grab a snack on the way out. That’s your dad and from the sounds of things they’re getting impatient.”
“Why do we have to have another meeting anyway, I thought we were done with all the blood bondy thingys and pack house is coming together. What else do we need to talk about?”
His eyes met hers and he knew his distress shown. “We, your dad and I, unearthed a few things and we’ve started to correct a few wrongs. I imagine you’ll want to bring tissues and such, women can get a bit weepy.”
She gasped. “Are you being sexist? I’ve seen men cry too, ya know.”
He stilled in the doorway, completely dressed. “You should bring tissue for them too.”
His words crashed around in her mind causing a bundle of confusion. She didn’t like that he could so easily hide things from her with his stupid mental shield. In future she’d demand he never use it again, fated mates were supposed to read each other, not hide.
Arriving in the pack meeting place she noticed a few different scents, the bears? What the hell had her mate started without her? She saw the look of happiness in her father’s eyes and she almost approached him.
Instead she turned to her mate. “What’s going on, Blake?”
He addressed the crowd. “I’ve gathered you all here because I’ve found what you’ve lost. In completing the blood bond with so many I was able to see what was missing in your lives. I’ve worked with Hunter and your various families to deliver your dreams.”
A few seconds’ later shouts rose at the back of the pack. There were sounds of joy, pain and absolute amazement. She still didn’t understand what had happened until her childhood friend arrived at her side. She blinked twice just to make sure she wasn’t seeing things. “Jenny?”
“Here in the flesh you mated old woman. What the hell happened to you? I leave for a few years and you have the nerve to grow up.”
“Holy shit, Jenny. How are you? What the hell happened
to you?” Delilah felt the comforting hands of her mate surround her waist.
“My parents sent me away to live with my grandparents when the old alpha passed. Apparently, there were some rumors of what was going on and a lot of people relocated their young in hopes of survival. I was one of those relocated.”
Tears filled her eyes and she felt like a baby, crying over someone who didn’t think twice about leaving her to face an abusive alpha. Life sucked major balls right now.
“I had no idea, Delilah. My parents put me on a plane before I knew what was going on. I tried to contact you but all of the numbers were disconnected and my letters were returned. Until Blake called I’d thought you were shunning me. Maybe you were jealous that I got to travel and you didn’t. We were young and I’m so sorry, I’ll never forgive my parents for not getting you out too.”
“Forget it, it’s over. I wouldn’t be the woman I am if I hadn’t gone through the last few years. I’m glad you’re safe. Please excuse me though; I have things I need to tend to.”
Pulling Blake’s arm nearly out of its socket she hauled him to a secluded area in the forest. “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me what was going on. I’m supposed to be your other half, your fated.”
“Don’t get all offended, Del, it’s been super busy and I haven’t had the chance to tell you. I found out after being poisoned, then I got shot with an arrow and next we had incredible sex that caused us to pass out. I didn’t intend to keep it from you, promise.”
She could scent his sincerity, smiling she went up on tip toe to brush her lips against his when a beeping filled the clearing. Before she had a chance to question him she was being roughly pushed to the ground.
Shit, the alarm. Blake pulled his mate from his lips, pushing her to the ground roughly using both arms and all his strength. She bounced a couple times before landing at the base of a tree with a bewildered look on her face. Unable to appear apologetic due to the stinging pain in his shoulder he mouthed I’m sorry, before scenting the air and following a trail he knew was there. “Go get your father, he’ll protect you.”
He turned, following the scent trail that was nearby. Being shot with an arrow a second time was less shocking than the first. To be honest he’d known something like this was going to happen after his disastrous talk with Trevor where he’d rolled his sleepy mate out of a warm bed.
Reaching the end of a clearing he saw Phil with bow and arrows in hand. Knowing something was off he held his beast at bay while he scented the arrow once again; Morena. What was going on? “Phil?”
Of course his wild disobedient mate chose that time to enter the clearing in her wolf form, snapping and snarling, baring her fangs while jumping in front of him. She was gung ho for killing Phil where he stood. “Del, stop, it’s not Phil. Come on, focus; scent the arrow.”
His mate never took her shifted eye off Phil, but moved back and scented the arrow as he’d asked. Her howl split the air, causing the hair on the back of his neck to rise.
“No, no little mate, she’s mine. Pack law.”
Phil’s voice interrupted their “I tried to talk with your mate. I think Morena’s trying to kill you…or Delilah. She asked for my help, I refused.”
“I know, where is she?”
“I don’t know. I followed her scent here. She was gone when I arrived. We need to find her.”
“No shit, Phil. Start scenting while I call Hunter.” The change came over him so fast he realized he forgot to remove the arrow before he changed. Damn, that hurts.
He felt a hand on his flank and his wolf didn’t like to be touched when he was hurt. His muzzle came around and snapped at the offender. Phil? He felt the brush of his mate’s fur on the other side of him, her scent filling his lungs.
Phil’s hand remained on his fur, squeezing slightly. “I’ll remove the arrow. Prepare yourself.”
That’s all the warning he got before the arrow was wrenched from his body causing a burning pain to radiate through his shoulder and down his front leg. He refused to whimper so he howled his displeasure, changing to human in an instant.
“Why are you here? What do you want?”
“Let’s go find the bitch. I wanted to rule, make changes but clearly you’re the better wolf. I like Delilah and I think you’ll make a great alpha pair. I hope you understand why I challenged you, I’m grateful you spared my life, I just want to help.”
Blake trusted him easily; having completed the blood bond with Phil he knew the man spoke truth. Phil wanted to be a part of a great pack, but didn’t have much experience with a healthy pack being taken as a youth from his own pack. “I’ll show you what it’s like to have pride in your pack. I might have an opening as enforcer, if my mate doesn’t object.”
“I’m at your mercy. First thing is to hunt down that blond fake bitch trying to kill you.”
“Word, let’s move.”
Chapter 15
Entering the clearing with blood coating his shoulder was a risk as Blake still wasn’t sure who Morena was working with. He was given a pair of sweat pants so at least he wasn’t naked, he doubted Delilah could take much more; her beast was out for blood and she didn’t feel like asking questions. He tried sending her some of his calm, but when she snapped at him, he let her be.
In the clearing families were still reconnecting, enjoying getting to know each other again. After the blood bonds Blake knew a good portion of the pack had sent their children to live with relatives. It didn’t take long to get their locations and ask for them to come back, giving him a chance as their new leader. Most were willing causing a huge sense of relief at seeing these families as they should be, together. Including Dee with her son; their first time reuniting in years, the kid had bounds of energy.
Ironically he heard a familiar voice call to him. He could have sworn it was his brother, Paul. His head whipped around sharply and sure enough his brother with his heavily pregnant mate strode toward him. Not only his brother Paul and his mate, but his parents along with his other brother Justin were approaching.
He was equal parts excited and troubled. Why did they have to ignore him, he’d specifically said to stay away until it was safe. “Mom, dad, broskies. Nice to see you Bailey, I notice you’ve been keeping a nice home for the cubs, you’re so huge, there have to be like four in there.”
Bailey balled up her fist and knocked him in his good shoulder. “Real funny, Blake, smells like you’re bleeding, we got here just in time.”
His mate, still in her wolf form came alongside him and rubbed her fur against his leg, marking him while growling a warning. “Delilah, meet my family. These are my parents Kenneth and Eva, my brother Paul with his mate Bailey and my other brother Justin.”
Delilah shifted to her human skin causing him to snarl his displeasure at her nudity. Usually shifters weren’t shy about being naked, but his brother Justin was unmated and so was half the pack. He pushed Delilah behind him, noting Justin had his eyes diverted like a good brother.
“Nice to meet you, Blake speaks of you often. I’m glad you could make it.”
Confusion was the first emotion that hit him. “You knew they were coming?”
Delilah’s eyebrows rose at his tone. “Yep, I invited them. I wanted them to see where you’ve relocated and I specifically had them arrive when your secret guests reunited. You’re not as slick as you think, mate.”
“I wasn’t trying to keep it a secret, Del; it’s just been really busy. How’d you know?”
“The bond, you used to shield me, but not so much anymore. Especially not when you’re in extreme pain or pleasure,” she purred at him causing his sweat pants to tent.
“I see.”
Delilah clapped her hands once. “Well…you should get them to alpha house and settled. I have some business I need to tend to.”
Paul smiled as he addressed Blake. “I like her. You’re all calm and collected while she’s all fiery rage. You two match well.”
Blake rolled his eyes dramati
cally. “I told you Del, she’s mine to find and dole out justice. It was me she attempted to kill, three times now. We talked about this, pack law.”
She held her head high as she stepped out from behind him placing her tiny hands on her beautifully narrow hips. “Actually, she tried to kill me today, if you hadn’t have pushed me out of the way that arrow would have gone straight though my head. She may have attempted your life a few days ago, but mine is more recent.” She turned to his family, “Doesn’t that count?”
His parents both turned away chuckling, but covering it with a fake cough. Justin kept his eyes to the ground and shook his head, not responding. Paul and Bailey, however, had differing opinions as they both shouted, “Yep,” and “No way.”
Bailey narrowed her eyes at Paul asking. “You don’t think she should initiate pack law for the offense?”
Paul put his hands in front of him and Blake couldn’t help but smile at all the times he’d seen Paul do this. “Now, Honey-“
“Don’t you honey me Mr. Nunn; would you deny me my right if someone threatened me?”
Paul growled ominously. “You know I’ve proven that I let you handle your own. However, Blake is the alpha of a new pack and it is his responsibility to cut out the dead wood. Plus, he was the injured party in three attacks. According to pack law he can administer justice.”
Baily opened her mouth and what came out shocked Blake. “You are so sexy right now. I think it’s time you take me to alpha house and we get…settled in.”
What the hell? “Uh…I’m sure someone would be willing to show you pack house.” He looked around and spotted Dustin. “Hey Dustin, come over and show my family to pack house, please. Delilah and I have some business to settle.”
Dustin came running, skidded to a halt a few feet from them and sniffed the air. “Eew, sheesh guys, get a room.”
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