Bound to Be Mated(6)

“What’s your name?” he asked.

“Charlotte Griffin,” she whispered.

Micah stared at Kim. “I want to know what selfish reasoning you used in a bargain that has put your sister’s life in danger.”

Kim gazed at the floor. What happened tonight would not go unpunished. Micah knew he’d have to hold a meeting with the townspeople about Kim. For now, Charlotte and her innocence were at stake.

“Come here, Charlotte,” he called, making sure his voice was calm so he wouldn’t frighten her.

He watched as she pulled away from the man holding her and moved around Brandon. She licked her lips and then focussed on Micah as she walked the short distance to stand in front of him.

“Do you know what is going on?”

Charlotte shook her head.

“Do you know who I am? What I am?”

She shook her head again.

“I’m going to need you to trust me.”

Micah waited as she looked behind her at the Eagles and then turned back to him. “I will.”

He took her hand and brought her into contact with his body. Shit, Brandon had been right. She smelled of innocence on a fresh spring morn. Her scent dazzled him.

Cupping her chin, he tilted her head back until she stared into his eyes. He ran his thumb across her full bottom lip. He loosened his grip on her chin, a finger travelling down past her throat to her vulnerable neck. The delights within her small body tempted him. Micah was alarmed. No human female could tempt him. The demands of his body craved rough, hard fucking. The mate, or woman who would become his for the rest of his life, would have to learn to take all of him. His cock was long and thick like the rest of him. A human female would struggle. Even now, because of his sheer size, he refused to take human women for fear of breaking them. Clearing his head of his troubled thoughts, he put all of his attention into Charlotte.

His protective instincts rushing forward, he tilted her head back and looked at her delicate neck, beautifully exposed for him to see. Her pulse was beating rapidly, her breaths coming in short, sharp pants. The world around him stopped. The scent of honey, vanilla, and the fresh sunshine during a morning run through thick forests invaded his senses. Micah pictured Charlotte naked running from him but with the intention of getting caught. He growled as the instinct to claim her surged within him. One moment she was standing with her head tilted back, and the next, her back pressed against his. The speed at which he moved would terrify most humans. He bit into his palm—the thick blood oozing out—and pressed it to her lips.#p#分页标题#e#

She fought him. The little wildcat struggled in his hold. The call of the moon hit him, the canines in his mouth growing for the mating call. In one smooth motion, he struck, his wolf teeth sinking into her human flesh. The fluid from his own vein fed her at the same time he took hers. Micah’s one free arm caught her to him. After a few seconds with his teeth inside her, her struggles ceased. Charlotte went pliant in his arms as she passed out.

Micah retracted his claws and looked down into the face of the young woman he’d just destroyed.

The alpha of the Rock Wood pack had mated a human female.

“Well, that was almost as enjoyable as watching you fuck,” Brandon said from his place in front.

Micah growled and picked up his mate. “I suggest you take your pack and get the fuck out of my town.”

Turning with her in his arms, he went to his office. Careful with the small bundle he held, he placed her down on the sofa.

Micah sensed Cade at his back. “Don’t say anything,” he warned.

“Say?” Cade yelled, slamming shut the door. “What else is there to say other than you’ve taken a human woman as your mate. Not only that, from the look of her, she was too young to know how to deal with our kind. Do you have any idea what this is going to do to her? The risks you’ve posed?”

“I told you not to say anything,” Micah said once again.

Cade snorted.

Micah pulled the hair away from her neck. The two points were bloody and swollen like an allergic reaction.

“Shit, boss. You bit her good.” His friend and second-in-command came and stood over him.

“I didn’t mean for this to happen,” he whispered. He stared at her innocent face.

“You could have marked her any other way. By kissing her on the lips or by hugging her, you’d have offered your protection,” Cade argued.

“That’s all I was going to do. I couldn’t stop it. I had to have her.” Micah stood and went to the door as someone knocked.

Kim stood on the other side, and he couldn’t contain the angry growls he sent her way. She held up her hands in surrender, tears in her eyes.