The Alpha’s Fated Mate (2 page)

CHAPTER TWO

Seth

“Could I get a whiskey, neat?”

I felt Gabby’s hand suddenly wrap around my forearm as Wyatt’s smooth voice carried over to the bartender.

His scent washed over me, earthy and musky, and I wanted to bury my face in the crook of his neck and rub my cheek against his as he scented me. He was close enough that I could see the stubble along his jaw in the soft light of the bar. I curled my fingers on the counter fighting against the urge to reach up and stroke it. I felt myself harden—a reaction that happened any time he got near, which was sadly not often enough.

I shot a sharp look at Gabby as she elbowed me in the ribs and mouthed
talk to him!
I glared back.
Not happening.

“Are you enjoying the festivities?”

I froze as Wyatt turned and shot me a smile, flashing his perfect white teeth. Teeth I fantasized about sinking into me as we both came hard enough to see stars.

“Fes—? Ah, yeah, yeah. Nice.” I stammered. Fuck, I wanted to face palm myself. Could I sound any smoother?

He grinned as though he found my lack of cerebral function amusing. He sent a “thanks” to the bartender and pulled his drink towards him. But he didn’t go. Instead he angled his body towards mine and leaned against the counter.

I swallowed. The long, hard lines of his powerful body was perfect outlined, encased as it was in his black jeans, thick boots and tight T-shirt. I imagined any t-shirt would be tight with chest and arms like that. I discreetly brought my hand up to my mouth and swiped at it. Relief filled me as the back of my hand came away dry—I wasn’t drooling.

“Are you excited about your bonding tomorrow?” Gabby asked from beside me and I thanked her for filling in the stretching silence even if I didn’t want to hear the answer. If she kept him talking I could just sit back and stare at him and fantasize about all the ways I wanted his body on and in me.

I blinked as something that looked strangely like sadness flickered over his good-looking features.

He brought the glass of amber liquor up and took a sip before answering. “I’ll be excited and happy to add to our numbers. How about you, Gabrielle? I can tell how happy you and Kenneth are to see your pup come into the world. It’s not long now, is it? I know the other pups are excited, they’re dying for another play mate.”

Gabby flushed. I could tell how happy she was that Wyatt remembered her and Kenneth’s names, and more so that he spoke of the pup she was carrying.

“This is our first one so we’re very nervous. We’re so excited,” I smiled at the enthusiasm in her voice then frowned as her expression suddenly fell. “But we’re so worried that there might be complications and I know—”

Wyatt reached over and placed his hand on her gripped ones on the counter and squeezed them reassuringly. “It will be fine. We’re going to do all we can to ensure you and your pup are safe right up to and after the delivery. The pup you’re carrying is as special as its mother and we won’t let anything happen to either.”

I swallowed. Gabby had told me some of her fears but nothing to this extent. I felt ashamed and hated that I hadn’t figured it out myself. Of course she’d be terrified. One of the reasons for our dwindling numbers was that childbirth was very risky for our kind. Many of the pups didn’t carry to full term, were stillborn or birthing complications caused the mother and pup harm. It was a very real fear of Gabby’s that the pup she’d been carrying and loved for nearly five months might not make it or that she might die in the process of delivering.

Gabby sniffled and smiled through the wetness swimming in her eyes. “Thank you, Wyatt. I—It helps to know it’s not just us going through this.” She turned her smile towards me and I knew she didn’t blame me for not realizing even if I did and she was including me in
us
. “It makes me so happy knowing my pup will have so many amazing people around him. Oh look, there’s Kenneth. Excuse me, this is the first I’ve seen of him all evening and I intend to be the only thing he notices for the rest of it,” she laughed, a sweet soft sound, and gave me a quick hug before turning away at Wyatt’s nod.

“Kenneth is very lucky to have found a mate such as her,” Wyatt said softly as he watched Gabby disappear into the crowd.

Across the room I saw Kenneth notice her. His face lit up and he rushed towards the direction she’d gone. I felt a stab of jealousy at the yearning in Wyatt’s voice as I realized what he’d said. Was he interested in Gabby? She’d mated Kenneth, who had originally been part of Hayden’s pack, several months after the merger. They’d known instantly that they were destined to be together. It was only natural that I envied their happiness. Every wolf knew how hard and rare it was to find their fated mate and I knew several who had just settled for fondness and compatibility and hoped it grew into love.

“They’re very happy together,” I said in response to Wyatt’s comment as I played with my shot glass. My words seemed to pull him out of his thoughts.

He looked back at me. “And you? Seth? Have you found a she-wolf you’d be happy together with?”

Happiness and yearning bubbled up inside of me at the sound of my name of his lips. I gave myself a moment to revel in it before I let out a snort of laughter and shook my head. “No. But then again, I prefer males so I doubt I’d ever find her even if I looked hard.”

Wyatt looked at me in surprise. Guess he didn’t listen to enough gossip to know I preferred males. Some of my fellow packmates knew but then again, I guess it wasn’t such a huge taboo that everyone whispered about it. There were a few male couples in the pack and we didn’t see it as such a bad thing as the humans had a few years ago.

“Do you have a male you’re interested in then?” Wyatt asked as he looked at me speculatively. Those sinful black eyes seemed to take me in differently, as though he was trying to imagine me with a male partner.

I tossed back my shot and sucked at a wedge of lime. The juice ran down my thumb and I dropped the wedge into the glass so I could lick the tart trail of juice. I stilled as I heard a low growling sound but then dismissed it as noise from the crowd surrounding us. I turned back to face Wyatt as the added alcohol suddenly pushed me from sober to tipsy.
Finally
. My entire body felt warm and malleable and my head light and floaty.

“Yes,” I said, answering Wyatt’s question. “But sadly he’s not a bit interested.”

I watched as his eyes widened and then he gave me a blatant look of disbelief. A grin tugged up the corner of his hard, oh so kissable mouth. “Hmm, really? He doesn’t sound like such a smart wolf. You’d do better to pick another.”

I shook my head and picked up another lime wedge liking that kick of tartness as I sucked out the juice. “Nuh-uh. He’s extremely smart. And hot—like everyone’s wet dream kinda hot. But you wanna hear a secret?”

“Sure.” He leaned in so I could whisper in his ear.

“He acts all tough but he’s got the gentlest eyes, especially when he thinks no one’s noticing. Because they’re all too busy staring at his huge cock.”

He leaned back and crossed his arms over his thickly muscled chest before cocking a sandy brow at me. He looked good enough to eat looking like that. “Sounds like a paragon.”

I sucked at the lime wedged and dropped it on top of the other in my shot glass. I gave him a wide grin. “He is.”

“But you said he’s not interested?”

That got me glum. I nodded morosely. “Yeah.”

I blinked as Wyatt knocked back the rest of his drink and bent down. His whiskey breath was hot and wet against my ear. “How about I help you get him off your mind then?”

I sucked in a breath as his arm snaked around my waist and pulled me against him, nearly sliding me off the bar stool. The outline of his erection, hard and thick pressed up against my hip. I shivered as heat and need blazed through me, adding to the warmth of the alcohol swirling in my blood stream.

“I might not be a paragon but I can damn well make you forget about him for a night.” He rubbed his cock against me, pressing me harder against him before letting go. He released me and stepped back but not before sliding something into my hand. “Room 1034, Seth. Fifteen minutes.” He turned to go and disappeared into the crowd before I could fully comprehend what had just happened.

“Would you like another drink?” the bartender asked as he took my shot glass and gave me another of those smiles.

I mutely shook my head and looked down at what Wyatt had slipped to me.

It was a key card for a room in the hotel.

Room 1034. Fifteen minutes.

CHAPTER THREE

Wyatt

Where is he? Come on little wolf, hurry up to me.

I paced around the hotel room impatiently waiting for the door to open and for the lithe, little omega to appear. My dick throbbed and my wolf paced restlessly within me as I felt time tick by excruciatingly slow. It had to have been more than fifteen minutes by now. I ran a hand through my hair as I kept my eyes trained to the door like every other instinct currently was.

Hurry little wolf. We need you.

I pulled in a deep breath and remembered the way his scent had stroked my cock, kissed it to life. He smelt like autumn and something sweet and I wanted to taste every inch of his body to see where it originated from. I wanted to strip him of those faded jeans and neatly pressed shirt. I want to devour his mouth then bend him over and sate my body in his over and over until my wolf howled in victory.

There was something about the little omega that made my wolf want to lay claim and tonight I would be given the chance.

Two months ago. That’s when I’d noticed the omega, Seth. He’d been playing with the pups when I’d come across him, and that pure joy and happiness on his face had sparked something inside of me. I’d watched from a distance as the pups in their shifted forms pounced on him and tried to subdue him as a horde in some kind of game they were playing. Unnoticed by them, I’d watched until the pups were dropping asleep in exhausted little piles and then I’d walked over to help him carry them into the house. His face was still flushed and his eyes dancing from the activities when he suddenly turned as though he’d heard my approach. The shy way he’d ducked his head and greeted me was amusing and I’d found myself seeking out sights of him whenever I made my rounds through the packlands.

I stilled as I heard the keycard unlock the door. It swung open and the little wolf walked in.

He looked nervous but determined and the tilt of his chin made me want to drag him into my arms and bend down to nip at it. What was it about the little wolf that made me want him so much? I imagined this thick pounding of my blood, the heat that made my cock hard as an iron pike was something like how I would feel when I finally met my mate. I’d never know though. Tomorrow night I would bond, so tonight was all I had and I wanted it with Seth. I expected to explore every inch of this desire I felt for him and do my best to slake this impossible lust in that tight, slim body.

I’d never considered taking a male for a partner before I’d met him and it had surprised and amused me to find out that he was in love with another male. But it made perfect sense. A wolf like Seth needed someone strong, a protector. Someone like him was made to be cared for, to be treasured. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately for me, the wolf Seth cared for didn’t return his feelings. I’d be punching him in the face and telling him what a stupid fuck he was if I weren’t so grateful now that that was the case.

“You came.” My voice came out rougher than I intended but he didn’t jump. Instead I watched as a smile curved up those lips I wanted to crush against mine.

“Was I not supposed to?” he asked but he was still coming towards me, his lean hips rolling with every step.

I watched every step he took with anticipation as he walked across the room. I wanted to close the distance between us, could do it in three long strides, but he had to come to me of his own free will first. I wanted him to want this as bad as I did. He slid the keycard onto the bureau as he passed it and then he was close enough that I could feel his breath against my neck.

“No, you were.” I slid my hand into the soft hair at the back as his head and pulled it back, angling his face up towards mine as I crushed my mouth to his. My arm snaked around his waist pulling him flush against me as I devoured his mouth. Fuck, he tasted like something else. Like tequila and lime spiked with something sweet and spicy. I curled my tongue around his and sucked it into my mouth, sliding against it as I explored and tasted every inch.

I growled and swallowed his moan as I pulled him up my body and rubbed our denim-covered cocks together, letting my hard length slide against his as I rocked my hips. He was limp and malleable when I released him and let him slide back down my body.

“I’m going to have you tonight, Seth. You’re going to be mine and no one else’s,” I growled as I yanked open his shirt, ripping off the buttons in the process. When I’d seen him over at the bar tonight I knew I’d have him and the wait had driven me crazy as I made my rounds first and spoke to the other alphas before heading towards him.

He didn’t answer, his heavy lids nearly sliding close as he pushed his hands beneath my t-shirt and snaked them up my chest.

I pulled his hands away to divest him of his shirt and reached for his fly, snapping it over. “Look at me, Seth,” I demanded as I pushed his jeans down his lean legs. His cock was hard and leaking, bobbing as it was released from the confines of the denim. I wrapped my hand around it and gave it a squeeze.

I watched him suck in a breath and force open his eyes. He locked them on me.

“Good boy. You’re going to be mine tonight, little wolf, and you’re not going to think about anyone but me, understand? Answer me.”

His little pink tongue flicked out and licked at his lips. I growled as I fought the urge to cover his mouth with mine again.

“Yes.”

“Say my name.”

“
Wyatt
.”

Good, you’re going to scream out my name every time you come tonight and every time you beg me to let you come.” I gave his cock a squeeze and reached for my fly with my other hand. My cock sprang out in seconds, curving up against my stomach. “I’m going to warn you because I don’t want you scared and fighting me. I’m going to fuck you hard, Seth. I need to be in you so bad that the first time is going to be anything but slow and gentle. But we’ll have all night for me to make it up to you.”

He surprised me by wrapping his arms around my neck and pulling himself up on his toes to rub our cocks together. He leaned in and nipped at my jaw. “I don’t care. I want it. As hard and rough as you need. I want it.”

I snapped. Growling, I picked him up and tossed him onto the bed. “Get on all fours.” I pushed out of my jeans and stepped up to the edge of the bed. I reached out and wrapped my hands around his hips pulling his presented ass up to me. He smiled heatedly at me over his shoulder and then I dove my face between his firm cheeks.

He moaned, his hips rocking back as I licked and nipped at his rim, laving the puckered opening before spearing my tongue into his hole. He made a strangled noise as I entered him and delved deeper, licking and fucking him with my tongue as I prepared him for my cock. He was tight, his muscles clenching down around my tongue and trying to draw it in deeper as I drilled him.

I reached for my cock and spread the pre-cum leaking from my slit onto the palm of my hand before dragging it down my turgid length as I teased and softened his hole. The pre-cum our bodies produced was more copious and slicker than that of a human’s and as I finished slicking up my cock, I brought my coated fingers up and replaced my tongue with them.

Seth moaned as I pushed my fingers into him and opened him up, twisting and pumping my digits in him. Unable to wait any longer I pulled them out and nudged my cock against his hole. I held him tight to me as I slammed into him, burying my cock balls deep in his tight, lithe body.

We both hissed at my rough entrance. “You’re so goddamn tight,” I groaned as I ground my hips against his, trying to loosen the tenacious grip his anus had on my cock.

Seth moaned and I felt a shudder rack through his body as his anus undulated around me, his walls massaging my thick length. I pulled back, withdrawing half way out before slamming back in. I did it again before I felt his strangling grip ease up a bit and then I started fucking him. First long deep strokes, wanting him to feel every inch of my cock claiming his body, filling him, and then as the fever built up I was pounding into him.

“Wyatt, Wyatt,” Seth pleaded over and over, my name sounding like a benediction on his lips. “Good, feels so good…” I saw his fingers curl into the sheets, his knuckles turning white as he held on and met every thrust with a rock of his hips and a panting moan.

I fucked him hard, fast and rough, reaming out his ass in brutal pleasure as I felt my skin tightened and my balls draw up. I pounded into him even harder, my grip bruising as I pumped him on me and then I was spurting rope after rope of my hot cum into him and marking his insides as I came hard with a raw shout.

I emptied myself in him and then pulled out and flipped him onto his back.

“What are—?” Seth’s confused, breathless words cut off as I enveloped his hard cock into my mouth.

I realized where his sweet scent came from as I tongued and sucked his cock. I’d just swallowed him down as far as I could when I felt his hands slid into my hair and grip down tight. He cried out my name as he came, jetting his release down my throat. I milked every drop out of him and then pulled off. My t-shirt nearly tore in my grip as I ripped it off and then I was blanketing his small body with mine and pressing my mouth against his.

He opened automatically for me with a moan, his arms coming up to dig into my back as I licked my tongue into his mouth and fed him his cum. He swallowed it hungrily, his tongue canvassing the interior of my mouth as he sought out every drop. I growled and slid my arms beneath him, wrapping them around his back as I rolled the both of us until I was on my back and had him sprawled on top of me.

I slid my hands down his back, smoothing them over the firm globes of his ass. I gave them a squeeze as I bit down on his full lower lip before massaging his ass cheeks. I pulled them apart and then pressed them back together, over and over. We both groaned as we felt my seed leak from his hole, trailing down onto my balls. I moved my mouth to the corner of his lips and pressed a kiss there before trailing wet open-mouthed kisses along his smooth jaw and up the side of his neck. He wriggled in my hold, grinding down onto my hard cock as I nipped at his rapid pulse and stroked my tongue over it, soothing the pinch of pleasurable pain.

I pulled his earlobe between my teeth as I lifted his hips up and rubbed the head of my once-again leaking cock over his dripping hole. “I want you to ride me, little wolf. I want to see you take my cock into your tight ass and feel you gripping down tight as you bounce on it.”