Craig reaches out his hand to me, and I go without hesitation or clothes. What is happening right now?
“I need something to wear. I can’t go trapesing around showing my everything to everybody.” I look around for my dress, but Craig wraps the sheet around me and picks me up.
“We don’t have time for that, darlin’. We gotta move!”
Craig moves through a back door that I hadn’t noticed before, and as soon as the door shuts behind us, I hear a loud crash like somebody just broke down a wall.
“Good Lord! What was that?!”
CHAPTER 8
MATED
CRAIG
Alora passes out before I can get her into my truck. The adrenalin of my mate marking has worn her little ass out. I must say my expectations for tonight were exceeded. I never thought a little human woman could take a bite from an Alpha, but Alora not only took my mark but also begged me for more. Just the thought is making me hard as a rock which isn’t really a great idea at the moment since I’m dick slinging naked and driving like a bat out of hell to get to my pack’s ranch.
I keep a change of clothes in my truck, but I didn’t want to risk stopping outside of the KNK party with everything that was happening. If Alora went into heat as I suspect she did, then any single male wolf could challenge me for my mate. I have to be careful of those wolves not in my pack because I don’t have control over them, and until Alora’s first shift, technically she’s up for grabs. I’m an Alpha, and I could’ve taken every shifter in the place, especially to keep my mate safe, but I’m not stupid. I don’t fight armies by myself unless I have to.
It doesn’t take long for me to pull up to the ranch, and although Alora is knocked out, she keeps moaning in her sleep. She is feverish, and I know exactly what’s happening, but the need to protect her at all costs outweighed my need to mate until now. Now that she’s safe, Alpha won’t rest.
“Mate. Mate, now!”Alpha is insistent.
“Alpha, I have to get her inside. She’s human and won’t like me taking her on the front steps.”
I grab Alora and rush inside. It’s not as late as I thought it was, so when I barge in, the pack members are still in the common room.
“Craig, what…” Vance’s eyes land on Alora, and I growl.
“Everybody out! Now!” Alpha’s voice comes through, and all of my pack members rush to do my bidding. It’s not like they can help but obey me. As pack members, they have to submit to their leader.
“Craig, honey, what’s all the commotion?” My mother comes out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on a towel.
“Can’t talk right now, Mama.” I keep moving towards the stairs.
“Craig Dossett! You stop right there. Is that our… Luna?” Mama sniffs the air, and her hazel eyes, so much like my own, widen. “She’s human. And she’s in heat!”
“Mama, I can’t do this right now. I’m fighting for my life here.”
Alpha is roaring inside for me to mate with Alora, and her heat is getting stronger by the second. It is extremely rare for a female to go into heat in the first mating, but Alora is human, so I’m learning as I go. There’s also a chance she could send the she-wolves in the pack into heat.
“Go, go. I’ll get your Daddy and close the house for your mating.” Mama rushes back toward the kitchen.
I keep moving until I’m up the stairs and in my bedroom. The sheet is still wrapped around Alora’s body, and a thick sheen of sweat makes her skin glisten. I can’t wait to lick every inch of her body and taste the sweet saltiness of her on my tongue.
“Craig. Mate… please! I’m burning up. Help,” Alora helplessly whimpers.
Bless her heart, she’s completely out of it, but the only cure for a heated female is fucking. Alora didn’t know all of the ins and outs of our mating, and I didn’t want to take advantage of her. But it goes against my nature to leave my mate in a heated state and not help her.
“Forgive me, darlin’. But I promise I won’t hurt you,” I whisper as I take the sheet from Alora’s body and gently place her on the bed.
I slowly push into her plush body, and I moan. All the kinky filthy shit I wanted to do in my fantasies will wait until another day. Today is about protecting Alora and getting her through her first heat.
“Right there. I have never felt so fucking good! Harder! Harder!” Alora’s brown eyes are brighter than before. As a matter of fact, they’re glowing.
“Fuck, darlin’, your pussy is so tight!” I moan as our bodies slap violently against one another.
I’m naturally hot, it comes with being a shifter, but the heat of Alora’s body is engulfing me. It feels like we’re inside a blaze. But it doesn’t matter how hot we are, I can’t stop. My body is moving on its own accord, and finally, Alpha has settled down.
