Bride to the Alpha (The Wolf's Pet Book Two) (3 page)

The guard watched as I dressed. I could feel his eyes on my skin, sticky and unclean.

I walked back to the large tent with the guard at my side. I saw soldiers marching from one end of the camp to the other. They were putting out the fires and packing up the tents. So they would be moving today.

Moving towards
my
pack. Where my family and friends had lived. I wondered if they would be scared and running. I wondered what my parents would do once they realized I’d left.

The guard shoved me forward, and I pulled one of the pelts open to step inside the tent.

Although the atmosphere outside was one of strict martial obedience, inside the tent it seemed considerably more relaxed. There were a half dozen soldiers milling around, eating over what looked like maps of the territory. Leah was there, too, sitting next to Alekk.

Alekk. I watched his profile as he spoke to one of the soldiers, gesturing casually with the cup in his hand. He looked tired; lines creased his face as he spoke slowly. Leah’s eyes tracked his every movement. When he finished speaking, her lips curled up into a laugh that did not touch her eyes.

The fire at the back of the tent was going strong, and I sighed, grateful to be warm even in this skimpy outfit. The soldiers were eating from plates of steaming food. My stomach rumbled.

“Sir?” the guard ventured.

Alekk’s head turned and his ice-blue eyes flickered with worry, then turned hard.

“I brought you your human,” the guard said, pushing me forward. “I thought you might like some flesh before you sleep.”

He hadn’t slept all night? I wondered what they had been discussing. His sisters weren’t in the tent.

Alekk looked at me, licking his lips. His gaze was cold, so cold that even in the warmed tent, a shiver of goosebumps rose on my skin. His first glance at me had been kind. Concerned, even. But now there was none of that on his face.

“Come here, girl,” he said loudly. The other soldiers in the tent turned to look at me. Leah glared hatefully my way. I wondered how much of her jealousy was feigned and how much was real. Alekk curled a finger and I stepped forward obediently.

“Good. A nice looking one, isn’t she?” he asked nobody in particular. I heard one of the soldiers behind me growl, but that was all. I couldn’t smell anything from Alekk, and his face was so blank that I couldn’t tell what he was going to do by reading his expressions. He leaned forward in his chair and grabbed me by the wrist, pulling me forward so hard that I lost my balance. I fell on top of his lap, his arms gripping me as I landed, and again I felt it—

—
that familiar sensation
—

—a longing, a burning sensation that ran through my body and made me dizzy.

The same thing had happened when he’d grabbed me in the storage shed. Only the feeling now was muted, like a dulled version of itself. I didn’t have any of my wolf senses, but if I had been even a little bit shifted, I knew that I would feel it in full force.

I wanted to let myself go, to let my wolf out, but I couldn’t with all these men around. I needed to talk to Alekk first. I needed to know why he’d lied to his sisters.

“Kneel in front of me,” Alekk said, pushing me to the ground. He began to undo his buckle.

When he’d branded me, I’d felt true fear. Fear of pain, fear of permanent damage. But this fear… this fear had a different name.

I had never had sex. I’d never even so much as kissed a guy. The thought of him taking my virginity now, in front of a crowd of soldiers, made my entire body recoil. My pulse pounded in my ears.

His eyes burned blue as he loosened his belt. I stared up at him in stark terror from the ground. My body felt numb. I wasn’t sure how much of the sensation he’d gotten when he’d touched me, but there must have been something. Surely he would have said something. Surely he wouldn’t take me here. I told myself this, even as I began to realize that no matter what I wanted, he was going to use me as his slave.

Any hint of kindness had gone from his face. It was only hateful now, hard and hateful, and I wanted to scream as he pushed down his pants and exposed his cock in front of everyone inside the tent. Leah, the soldiers… everyone was staring at us. And Alekk was staring at me.

His cock was already erect, but as he stroked it, it continued to grow, twitching under his fingers. I gulped. I’d never seen… no, never imagined…

“Are you ready to prove what a good slave you’ll be to me?” Alekk asked. He grinned menacingly.

“Do you want her to warm up first?” one of the soldiers asked jokingly. “I’ve got something she can practice on.”

“Yeah, you wouldn’t want her to pull a muscle,” another one said. A rumble of laughter shivered my nerves. All of this was a game to them.

No, not quite a game. I watched Alekk as he stroked himself slowly. It wasn’t a game to him.

“This one is mine,” Alekk said. “Mark you. Don’t touch her for yourselves.”

“You get all the fun,” one soldier grumbled.

“There’ll be plenty of fun to have later,” Alekk said. “Once we’re in our new territory. But for now, this one is mine and mine alone.” His blue eyes gleamed in the firelight.

I swallowed, looking at his already swollen shaft. What was he doing?

“Come now, girl,” he said. “I’m waiting.”

I began to get up, but he waved his hand at me.

“On your knees. Between my legs. I want you to suck my cock.”

I stumbled forward uncertainly.

“Prove your worth,” he hissed to me again.

Trembling, I lowered my mouth to his straining erection.

I didn’t know what to expect when I pressed my lips against his head. But the shock that ran through my body was a physical reaction, not just a mental one. There was something pulling me forward that I couldn’t see or understand. When my lips touched his skin, there was that same feeling. I gasped, my lips parting.

His hand was on the back of my neck just above the brand, and he pushed down, thrusting upward as he did. I choked as his hard cock hit the back of my throat. Pain flared through the skin of my neck as it tightened where the edges of the brand were. Oh, God.
Oh, God.

Panic seized me, and I raised my hands, pushing away at the base of his cock.

Immediately I felt the pressure release. I looked up to see him staring forcefully at me. His hand pulled my head back slowly, then forced it back down onto his cock. The pain from the brand still burned brightly, but I was distracted by whether or not I was performing correctly for him.

“Good,” he growled. “Grip it there. Yes. Perfect.”

I realized then that he was covering for my inexperience. I did what he said, gripping his cock at the base. I tried desperately to ignore the stares of the soldiers surrounding us. I knew that seeing them watch me would only make it worse. I dipped my head down, letting his hand guide me. My eyes were clenched shut.

Even as a human, I could smell his musk. It was wild, a rich scent that filled my nostrils as he pressed my head down.

His cock had filled my mouth before I had a chance to even react. And now, my body was reacting.

I would have thought that I would be sickened or disgusted. Still, the thought of what I was doing was uncomfortable. But the
sensation—

Oh, God, the sensation was amazing. My body was beginning to ache with desire. I had to clamp my legs close together, otherwise the soldiers would see that I was getting wet under the skimpy pelts I was wearing.

No, not wet.
Soaked
.

The feeling of his cock sliding over my lips, the dark wild scent of his groin, the pressure of his hand on my neck… it aroused me like nothing ever had. No dream of mine, hell, not even a daydream, could have prepared me for this kind of desire. As I moved my head up and down, listening to him guide me, all I could feel was the intense pressure of desire coursing through me.

The pain on the back of my neck was forgotten in the bright burst of desire as I felt his heartbeat pulse on my lips. I could feel it, feel the pumping of blood in his shaft, and it only made me want him more.

My body ached, and I realized that the ache was an ache for this, for his cock inside me. Were it not for the guards, I would have jumped up right then and begged him to take me.

Insane,
I told myself.
Absolutely insane
. There wasn’t any way that I should be enjoying this. I was acting like his
slave
, dammit! And yet, I couldn’t deny the physical reaction my body was having. The waves of desire rolled through me, growing stronger and stronger as I sucked.

I’d only been moving my mouth up and down his shaft. Now, I wondered what he tasted like. On the next dip of my head, I let my tongue move forward, pressing against the tip of his head.

Alekk groaned, and his cock pulsed, jerking upward in my mouth. A rush of intense desire swept through me. It was
me.
I was doing this to him. I was getting this reaction from him.

The feeling was so powerful that it made me open my eyes. I saw Leah out of the corner of my eyes, stroking one of the other soldiers. I closed my eyes again. They weren’t here. They didn’t exist. It was only me and Alekk.

His fingers loosened their grip on the back of my neck. He leaned back, his muscles more relaxed. I kept up the same rhythm, not wanting to displease him. Despite the skimpy outfit I was wearing, my body felt warmer and warmer. My pulse began to beat fast.

On the next dip of my head, I swirled my tongue around. Alekk arched back in his chair with a loud groan, his cock thrusting all the way into me. I choked, but only for a moment. Then my jaw relaxed and I began to move on my own.

I was so deeply engrossed in pleasing Alekk that I began to forget the other people in the tent. It was as though they didn’t exist, as though he and I were alone. And yet, being able to elicit this kind of reaction from him, even in front of an audience, felt thrilling.

The sensation I got from touching his skin, the sense of familiarity, grew as I continued to suck on him, licking the head of his cock. I wanted desperately to shift.

Would he recognize the feeling?

Was this my Calling?

No. He would certainly have felt it, too, if it had been the real thing. This must simply be sexual excitement. And yet I thought that no other man would be able to arouse me this much. It was impossible, the pressure inside my body.

I wanted to touch myself, but there was no way I could in front of these soldiers. My hands stayed firmly gripped at the base of Alekk’s cock.

He jerked again in his seat as I sucked hard on the tip. Under my hands I could feel his pulse growing faster and faster. It drove me on to take him into my mouth deeper, faster. I couldn’t wait. It seemed as though his pleasure was mine, and I wanted to give him this satisfaction. I wanted him to take it from me.

“Ohhh,
” he moaned aloud. A sharp pang of desire fired through my nerves. My hands kneaded the flesh at the base of his rock hard cock as I sucked and licked, my tongue flicking the tip.

Then he jerked back in his chair, his hand on my head again. He tugged me lightly away—

“Now,” he whispered—

But I wanted him inside me when it happened. I gripped him hard and swallowed him, pressing my lips all to way to his base. He cried out loud as his cock spasmed, and my mouth filled with his salty goodness. I swallowed, my tongue lapping at the underside of his cock.

My body ached with desire. I wanted so badly for him to touch me, or more… but not here. There was no way it would happen, in any case. I was his slave, for him to use. That was all.

His fingers threaded through my hair, pulling me off of his cock. I licked the last of his juices off of my lips. When I opened my eyes, he was staring at me in wonder.

He let his hand drop. Immediately I felt ashamed, looking around at all of the soldiers who had witnessed the act. My first sexual act, and it wasn’t private at all. Was this how it would always be in this pack? I flushed hard, ashamed too of my all-too-obvious excitement.

A soldier came to pull me to my feet, and I stood on shaky legs. I couldn’t stop looking at Alekk, although his eyes had already dropped to his legs as he rearranged his trousers.

Did he feel it? This sensation between us?

“How much longer until we’re ready to go?” Alekk asked. His voice was rougher than before, I thought. It rasped at the air. Or perhaps it was only my imagination. I wanted him to want me as much as I wanted him.

“Another hour, sir,” one of the soldiers said. “Maybe two.”

“Put her back in my personal tent,” Alekk said. “I’ll need a nap before we start our move for the day.”

Move?

The guard gripped my arm forcefully. Any sense of arousal I’d picked up was dropped as he shoved me back toward the entrance.

Leah was waiting at the tent flaps, her fingers stroking one of the soldiers through his pants. She eyed me sideways as I walked past her.

“The prince is taken with you, human,” she whispered. “Careful, or he’ll keep you as his plaything.”

I frowned and opened my mouth to ask her what she meant, but the soldier behind me shoved me on. Then we were out in the cold, and I was alone in the middle of a camp of enemy soldiers.

Chapter Five

Back in the tent, I sat down on the pelts. The bandage on the back of my neck had come loose from where Alekk had gripped me tightly while pulling my mouth down onto his cock.

It hurt. Oh, Lord, it hurt so badly. I pulled my knees up to my chest to keep myself from touching the bandage and making it worse. I wondered how bad it looked. Was the brand already black, like the one on Alekk’s neck? Or was it bright red? Were the edges peeling? It felt like they were peeling. It felt like my skin was on fire back there.

I reached back to touch the edges gently. Just to see if the skin was in fact peeling…

“Kinaya.”

My head snapped up to see Alekk at the entrance of his tent. He hadn’t waited at all before coming after me. I caught my hand and lowered it.