Force of the Dark Wolf (Force of Nature Series) (32 page)

“She’s right.
You need to figure out why he wants you and who
else
,
if anyone
,
in the house is trying to help him.
We think it’s your
a
unt Jessie
,
but who know
s
if your
a
unt Glad is in on it too
.”
He pulled her closer still.
“If she’s in on it she’ll know why he’s hunting you and what he wants now that he’s found you.”

Chapter 17

Alexis had been quiet all the way back to her house.
She’d said very little at the pack house and when dinner was served she only picked at her food without eating.
He wanted to tell her she needed to eat more
,
but a shake of CJ’s head stopped him.
Through their link as wolves she spoke to him.

“She’s had a lot thrown at her tonight.
I’m guessing she’s processing it and if you try to make her do what you might think is right you’re more than likely going to piss her off.
It would me if you tried your he-man crap.”
When he started to tell her that he was not going to be he-manlike she snorted at him.
“You know you were going to be so just leave her alone and eat your stupid dinner.
Men,”
she huffed at him.

He had wanted to be offended
,
but thought maybe she was right.
Not that he’d tell her that
,
but he could think it.
Gordon smiled now
,
wondering what she’d do to him if she knew that he was going to seduce Alexis out of her black mood.

“I don’t want you to stay here tonight,” she said as they pulled into her driveway.
“I’ve had a really long day and I just want to go to bed. Alone.
So I can talk to you tomorrow, all right?”

He didn’t want to be pissed, he didn’t
w
ant
to be hurt either
,
but he was both.
He took a couple of deep breaths before he spoke to her and when he did he tried his best to sound like he was neither.

“No.”
Well
,
that sucked
,
he thought.
“I don’t want to go home. I want to be with you, Alexis.
You’re my mate and I need you.”

“I’ve been…why?” Her sudden question startled him and before he could think about an answer
,
she was going on.
“Is it because of the sex?
I’m sure you’ve had much better and as for the mate stuff, I can’t understand why you’d want to be mated to—
”

He tore open the passenger side door as soon as she rolled to a stop.
He was rounding the vehicle when she got out on her side.
He wasn’t sure what she was about to say because he pulled her into his body and kissed her, his mouth hard against hers and his body pressing her into the cold metal behind her.

Her hunger slammed into him.
So hard
,
in fact
,
that he was sure she was going to take him rather than the other way around.
When she moaned
,
wrapped her hand into his hair
,
and pulled him to her throat he opened his mouth over her rapidly beating pulse.
Gordon felt his canines drop, salvia formed in his mouth
,
and all he could think about was marking her.
Making her his for all time.

“I ach
e
to take you. Now, right now.”
Gordon rocked into her hard and heard her moan again.
“Christ, you’ll never make it inside.”

He let his wolf go just a bit.
His claws formed and he tore her pants from her.
Her scent hit his s
enses
immediately and he growled deep.
Licking a path down her neck to her throat again
,
he tore at his own pants and freed his cock.
The cool air of the evening did nothing to slow him.
Lifting her up by her ass, he slammed into her as he sank his teeth into her neck.

Her scream filled the air.
He couldn’t stop now if his very life depended on it.
Fucking her hard and holding her still with his teeth, he felt his balls tighten up, his climax beating at him as hard as he was at her.
When she lifted his wrist to her mouth he knew she was going to bite him and he wanted it.
Wanted her to take from him as much as he was from her.
When her teeth broke the skin and she suckled he came with a roar.
His seed spewed from him and into her so hard that he was lightheaded from it.
But he wasn’t finished, wasn’t nearly satisfied.
When he lifted his head he knew what she was seeing
. H
is beast was there in his eyes, his canines where long.

“Turn around,” was all he could manage.
When she didn’t move fast enough he pulled from her still pulsing body and shoved her against the trunk of the car.
Before she could protest, if that was even in her mind, he was deep inside of her again, her pussy sucking him in and soaking him.

“Fuck me.
Oh please, Gordon, fuck me.”
He couldn’t think beyond her pussy
,
and her words only took him closer to the edge.
Reaching around her
,
he slid his fingers into her slit.
She was wet, soaking wet
,
and hot.
When he pinched her clit
,
her sheath rippled along his cock.
When he did it again she put her hand over his and rocked back.

“Come, Alexis.
Come now and I’ll make you mine.”
He licked her shoulder again.
“I want to claim you in the way of our kind.
Come with me
,
baby
,
and you’ll be mine.”

She came quickly.
Her body stiffened beneath his and he bit as she screamed again.
This bite was deeper, harder than ever before. It would also leave a mark, a mark of his teeth into her flesh that all would see.
He jerked his mouth hard, tearing at her tender skin
,
and let his climax roll again.
Gordon felt the connection between them snap into place, much like a rubber band against his wrist.

They had truly mated and bonded.

He didn’t move.
He actually wasn’t sure if he’d be able to after that.
Alexis was resting her head against the car and her body was limp.
He moved her hair from her face and saw that her eyes were closed
,
but she seemed all right.
After watching her for a few more seconds he realized she was asleep or unconscious.

He pulled from her gently
,
but even that had him wanting her again.
He wanted to wake her and take her again
,
but thought if he did they’d both be sleeping where they were.
He didn’t think he’d have anything left to walk much less carry her into the house afterwards.
Smiling
,
he adjusted his clothing and then wrapped her in what was left of his shirt and took her into his arms.
He was nearly to the house when he heard the first baying of the wolf.

Stilling
,
he tried to pinpoint where the wolf was.
He had a pretty good idea it was Stacy
,
but not completely.
Once inside the house he lifted Alexis higher into his arms and set the alarms
,
glad now that she’d given him the codes.
When he turned around he nearly dropped his mate when he saw someone walking along the hallway toward the kitchen.

Setting Alexis on her feet
,
Gordon put his hand over her mouth and woke her.
She smiled up at him before she looked worried.
He knew just how she felt.
When he leaned in to whisper in her ear another person walked along the hallway toward the kitchen.
Alexis stiffened in his arms
,
but made no sound.

“It’s Aunt Jessie.
Where is she going in the middle of the night?”
They both heard the door open then close and Alexis turned to look up at him.

“She’s not alone.
Someone else went that way just ahead of her.
Go carefully and when I tell you to move, do it.”
She nodded.
He wasn’t sure she’d do it
,
but at least if he had to shove her out of the way she wouldn’t be able to blame him.
He heard a voice before they got to the doorway.

“Can’t tell you anything if I don’t know the answer, now can I?”
The pause made him think she was on the phone as he didn’t hear any other person. “No. No, that won’t be necessary.
He hasn’t come by yet.
When he does I know how to get rid of him.
I just don’t know why you can’t just…what do you mean you can’t kill the prick
?
I told you before if you want her you’re going to have to cut me some slack here.”

Alexis turned to look at him.
Her face was full of shock.
As the conversation grew more heated
,
another voice spoke up. This one startled him so badly that he couldn’t move.
And they nearly got caught when the door opened from the kitchen and two people walked out.

“I don’t know why we didn’t get rid of that wolf when he first showed up.
This is stuff that should have been cleared up way before all this went down.”
Wilbur
,
the delivery man
,
was there too.
“You’d think we’d be better at this by now
,
what with all the killings we been doing for Tom.
Where is that man anyway?”

“He said he’d meet me tomorrow at his house,” Jessie said as she headed for the stairs with Wilbur in tow.
“I’m thinking he might be wanting us to go with him when he leaves here. Whatcha think?”