It’s then that I feel a shift in my body. It’s something new, different, and powerful. Hunter appears in my head, and I know just then what’s going on. I’m the new Beta. I let out a loud howl. This isn’t something I could have expected considering my cousin was the last Beta and had attacked the Alpha and his family.
Jumping into my patrol car, I follow his scent to the hotel resort. It’s a stronger smell to me now. I guess it’s an Alpha-Beta thing. All of the sudden, I think about Chloe, not that she’s ever far from my mind. Being the Beta, I’m going to be closer to her. I can feel the pain rip through my chest as I think about her finding her mate in front of me.
I pull up to Wolfe Den Resort, and Hunter, Gage, Catherine, and Chloe are all standing around. My eyes are focusing on the woman I can never have. She has tear stains on her face. Rage consumes me. I really don’t want to deal with the fact that I’m a Beta, I want to focus only on Chloe. She’s been crying, and it isn’t something I can deal with. I need to know who hurt her; whoever it is, is going to pay. I wonder if that asshole at lunch did something to her.
I’m standing in front of the woman who possesses my soul, even though I’m not her mate. In that moment, I know I’m going to love her forever, even if she can never be mine. I slide her beautiful blonde waves away from her face and slide my hands along the warm flesh of her cheeks. The feelings are overwhelming. I truly love Chloe Grey.
“Chloe, who dared make you cry?” I snarl, caressing her soft cheek, absorbing her warmth and making me love her more.
“Smith, what are you doing here?” Hunter questions in a gruff and threatening tone. Just as he says it, the expression on his face changes and he looks at me side-eyed and gives a slight nod. He knows why I’m here.
“So you know why I’m here,” I confirm with a nod of my own. I haven’t let go of Chloe and I don’t want to.
“You’re my new Beta,” Hunter spoke.
“Yes,” I grunt, my eyes moving back to Chloe’s. She gives me a confused and saddened look.
“Are you going to tell me whose throat I’m going to shred?” I growl as I stare in her brightened green eyes.
“Your own,” Hunter educates me. I ignore his anger because if I hurt her, I deserve his fury.
“I made you cry?!” I ask with a stutter. “I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you.” It’s true, our arguments get out of control sometimes, but I can’t recall saying anything that would make her cry. I thought she was fine when she left with her jackass.
I just stand there gazing at her for I don’t know how long. She’s perfection in the setting sunlight. Her eyes are brighter than normal and I inch closer to kissing her. I feel her heart race as the sun begins to set.
The feelings that I’ve hoped would happen one day wash over me as I sniff her scent. She’s my mate. I smile at her—wickedly. Fate is my friend again. My golden eyes flare as I hear Hunter tell me to get Chloe out of there before we both shift in front of the human guests.
“Mine,” I growl as I swiftly take her in my arms and rush her down the stairs and into my car. I want to mate right there, but there are guests coming and going. I drive away without a word because my wolf is on the brink of shifting and claiming my mate.
“Erik, I don’t understand…” her soft voice teases my hard cock. It’s hard for the first time and pressing against my zipper.
“You’re mine, Chloe,” I grunt, intertwining her fingers with mine.
“I know,” she whispers happily. Fuck, she’s happy to be my mate. Pride, pleasure, and the need to mate is reaching a peak.
“We’re going back to my house so I can mark you as mine and breed you.”
“But you don’t want to be my mate.” I knew my words would come back and bite me one day. I’m too horny to give a fuck.
“I’ve wanted you to be my mate for over a year.”
“But you said,” she argues. The fucking woman. She’s going to make me pull over and fuck her on the side of the road.
“Damn it, Chloe. I was frustrated. I fell in love with you, but you weren’t my mate, or so I thought. It was hard to be around you and I tried to push you away when I wanted to kiss your lush lips. I wanted to bury my cock in you, but I couldn’t get hard. I wanted to kill all the men that looked at you everywhere we went. Ask your brother. I gave my resignation when he met Cat. I couldn’t stand to be around you anymore, knowing one day you’d let another possess you.”
“I’ve wanted you for so long. Please, let’s hurry. I want to be yours,” she sighs, her thighs rubbing together.
I place my hand on her thigh roughly, stopping her movements. “You already are. You’ve always been mine.”
We make it to the house in record time. I jump out of my barely stopped car. Chloe is giggling and turns the car off. I’m at her door, nearly ripping it from the hinges and pulling her out and into my arms.
Pinning her to the car, I kiss her for the first time. It’s bliss. The fierce possessiveness is coming to the surface. My mouth takes ownership of hers, tasting, nibbling her glossy pink lips. My heart pounds as our kiss grows fierce. Needing to catch her breath, she pulls back and stares into my eyes.
“Mine,” she growls with a husky desire I never heard before. It’s so sexy to hear her claim me.
“Damn right, Chloe,” I grit before scooping her back up with the intentions of breeding her tonight on my mind.
I carry my prized possession into the house, locking the door before we can be interrupted. I would’ve rushed up the stairs and to our bed, but my darling mate has decided that our kiss outside isn’t enough and presses her lips on mine.
“Fuck, let’s go upstairs. I want our first time to be fucking special.”
“It’s already special, Erik,” she moans, sliding her hands across my chest. I can feel her sharp nails digging into my shirt. It sends pleasure straight to my cock and I’m leaking in my pants.
I run up the stairs and roughly toss my mate onto the bed. I was serious about the bed. I’ve envisioned her here for so long, I can’t stand it any longer. I stopped sleeping up here since the incident with Rocky.
Chapter 5
He tosses me on the bed, and my adrenaline hits a new peak. My inner wolf is calling his. Our eyes meet and brighten with hunger. I raise my brow, wondering what he’s planning to do.
Erik stands a few steps away from the bed, his chest heaving. He’s still in his uniform, and I always found him handsome, but I’ve never been so appreciative of the broadness of his chest before. His badge reflects the moonlight at different angles as his breathing gets rougher. It’s like a beacon forcing me to focus on his chest.
I lick my lips, wanting to lick him, but as my mate I need him to dominate me. I can see the concern in his eyes. I know he’s fighting the instinct that he’s been craving because of our love, but it’s been pent up too long.
“Mate, are you going to ravish me yet?” I ask, hungrily wanting to touch and taste him.
“Chloe, I’m on the verge of shifting, trying to control myself, my wolf.”
“Erik…I need you. We’re fated. Please take off your clothes and mate with me,” I plead as I take my top off. I move to take off my skirt, but before I can, Erik takes off his shirt, and I’m struck. I stop, and climb up on my knees. I want to touch his hairy, muscular bare torso. He undoes his buckle as I reach his breast, running my hand through the sexy fur. He lets out a growl, tossing his head back, absorbing my touch. Needing more, I lean in and place a kiss over his heart. I hear it, feel it pounding hard than it has ever had. I moan at the sudden pleasure hitting me from knowing this is finally happening.
I move to get off the bed because I want us naked, but Erik has other plans. I find myself on my back in a mere second. He leans over me, still standing. “Mate, you’re not going anywhere until I say you can. And that’s not going to happen until I’m satisfied I’ve bred you.”
I’m so turned on my panties are soaked. His voice sends desire coursing through me. My wolf is panting, eagerly awaiting his promise. My body is racked with sensations that are all foreign to me.
“Please, my love.” I beg for his pups in me. I want to feel him dominate, control my body.
When she tries to get off the bed, the wolf in me demanded that I stop her and make her mine. After I press her down, I rush to tear off the rest of our clothes. Her scent, which is already infused in my soul, only increases as her juices start to wet her thighs. My dick is hard, dripping onto her thigh. I part her legs and push her farther up the bed. My wolf is howling, and my skin’s burning. I’m shaking with a need so powerful that it scares me. Leaning over her, I kiss her gruffly before lining my dick with her heavenly scented heat.
Growling to each other, I push in and claim what I’ve waited a year for…my mate.
I whisper, “I love you, Chloe.”
“I’ve always loved you, Erik.” Her declaration fuels my need to possess her. My heart’s thumping hard and mind is racing with the reality that we’re finally together, and my dick his demanding release.