Bound to Be Mated(9)

Her parents sat in the seats in front of the podium. The college in Rock Wood always celebrated the yearly event. Charlotte was thankful all she had to do was grab her certificate and walk down the fight of stairs opposite the stage. She stood waiting for her name to be called. The people behind her snickered. Closing herself off from the cruelty of their words, she made her way up onto the stage, shook the Dean’s hand, and glanced out at the audience.

Charlotte smiled at her parents and thanked the Dean before walking off the stage. As she made her way across the field, she glanced back. Along the back row behind all the parents stood a long line of men. They looked fierce and deadly, each wearing a leather jacket emblazoned with a wolf and the words Rock Wood Pack.

Frowning, she gazed at all the men’s faces, coming to settle on the one at the far end. She recognized him, but she had no idea where she’s seen him before. Across the distance, his eyes sparked gray, and his hair was as dark as night.

Charlotte gasped as he turned to her, staring back at her.

A pulse built inside her body. Scared as the first wave of arousal poured through her, Charlotte turned away from his temptation and stormed away, going back into the college to get out of the sunshine.

She went straight to the bathroom and splashed cold water over her heated cheeks. Her hands were shaking, and her neck ached. Gazing in the mirror, she cupped her neck and winced.

What the hell was wrong with her?

Charlotte couldn’t think about what was going on. In a few weeks, she’d be out of here, and she wouldn’t have to think of a single person living in Rock Wood. She’d be free to do what she wanted.

Once she was properly cooled off, she went back out onto the field.

Looking at the back row, she saw all the men. She’d have to pass them to get to her parents down the center of the aisle.

Taking a breath, she walked over to them, shocked as they all tensed when she grew near.

They blocked the path down to her seat. Tapping one of the men on the shoulder, she gasped and pulled back. The touch felt like a burn.

“I’m sorry, could I get past?” she asked. The man turned, and she was startled by the intensity of his gaze. The heat returned to her cheeks. It was him, the man from her dreams.

“How can I help you?” he asked.

“You’re blocking the path. I want to get back to my mom,” she explained, the pulse beating rapidly in her neck. Her fingers touched the ache on her neck once again, wincing from the burn.

Charlotte noted the other men had turned to gaze at her. Not used to so much physical attention, her eyes dropped to the ground.

One, the man she dreamed about, put a finger beneath her chin and tilted her head back.#p#分页标题#e#

“Never, ever, drop your head,” he ordered.

“I–I–I’m sorry,” she stuttered.

He dropped his hand away and let her past. Charlotte couldn’t help but take a glimpse back at the man who’d intrigued her.



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“Let her go,” Cade said to Micah with a hand on his arm.

He watched her leave, satisfied when she turned back to glance at him.

Micah allowed his men to hold him back. Making a scene in front of so many humans would be disastrous. He stayed for the duration of the graduation ceremony.

“Your scent is strong. Only a foolish man would go anywhere near her,” Jordan said as they made their way over to their bikes and cars.

“Exactly, but the world is full of fools,” Micah told him. The memories of him were more like dreams to Charlotte. She wasn’t completely clear what had happened the night he’d made her his mate. Like most humans, she’d blocked the pain out.

He followed a good distance behind her parents’ truck and kept out of sight while she made her way indoors. Doreen acknowledged him as he passed, and he thanked the lord daily Charlotte had a strong female to protect her.

The women in his pack grew tired of his lack of attention. He refused every woman’s advance, and because of this, a bitterness had wormed its way into his pack. He sensed it as he pulled up in front of his bar with the rest of his men.

Since the mating, he wanted no one but Charlotte, and he wouldn’t malign his chances with him stinking of another woman when she finally came to him. No one ever knew what the future held.





Chapter Five




Two years later...



Micah stared at the woman before him, naked and spread on his bed. He smelled her arousal, and his cock answered the call of the sexual release he sought. Her slit was bare, and her cream leaked out of her pussy, spreading onto her outer lips.

He licked his lips and bent his head to taste her cream. The nights of the full moon his pack women would try and offer themselves to help him to slake his lust, each one trying to eradicate the scent of his true mate. Throughout the years, the impulses within him had grown stronger, sending him almost into insanity. However, he still hadn’t taken another female. This morsel in front of him was getting harder to ignore. Maybe he should give in and take this little woman until he couldn’t think of his mate’s name for a few minutes.