Chapter 6
Zeke
I don’t know what time it is when I finally wake up. I’m usually up very early because it’s hard to live in a house with the pack Alpha without being awoken at sunrise. There’s always something to do, something to check on or prepare for. There’s never a dull moment.
The sun beaming through the windows tells me that it’s at least nine o’clock.
By this time, on a normal day, I would have already gone on a long run through the woods, checked the perimeter of our territory for any signs of damage, and then returned home to have a big breakfast with my family.
I don’t care about any of that right now. I care about Addison in bed beside me.
The distance I put between us last night seems to have meant nothing at all. I don’t know how it happened, but she’s in my arms now. Did she move closer to me, or did I pull her in?
Either way, waking up with her and feeling her skin against mine is both intoxicating and torture.
I can smell the musk of her skin. The drugs have left her system to a point where I only smell a small portion of them.
Being so close and not being able to kiss her is difficult.
That problem turns even worse when I catch a whiff of something else.
“Fuck...” I groan, clenching my jaw.
I can smell her arousal. Sweet and so inviting. It’s faint but undeniable. I’d give anything to taste her.
My cock stiffens and is at full attention the second I realize it. I truly don’t think I’ve ever been this turned on before.
This is what I’ve waited so long to find. My mate. My person.
My wolf scratches desperately at my insides, begging me to claim her, to mate her. I want to listen. Never have I had to fight back against him like this.
Addison stirs in bed beside me, breathing in deeply while starting to stretch her limbs.
She stills and holds her breath, while I feel like a vise is gripping my throat.
Our bodies are still pressed together without even a centimeter of space between us.
I expect her to jump up and run away. Instead, she lies beside me for a moment longer.
“What’s that?” she asks, her voice thick with sleep but full of curiosity. “Something’s poking me.”
I don’t need to clarify what she’s talking about. I’m so turned on by the feel of her body against mine and the smell of her arousal that my cock is pressing firmly against her back.
At first, I think she’s joking or trying to play it off to make this less awkward. But then I remember all the other stuff she doesn’t know about. She turns around and looks at me with a curious wrinkle in her eyebrows.
“I’m sorry. It’s just my reaction to... everything.” I clear my throat and back away from her.
She looks at the space between us and sees the bulge in my sweatpants. “Because you’re my mate, the slightest things arouse me.”
“You keep saying we’re mates. What does it mean?”
I lick my lips and look away from her briefly as I try to think of how to phrase this.
I inhale sharply and look at her as my brain tries to process everything. Whatever happened to her has disconnected her from a core part of who she is.
“Okay, well, with people like us. Shifters. We have what we call a mate. It’s a strong, impenetrable bond between two people that ties us together.
Many believe that mates share a soul, and that you can only be complete when you find your mate.
Yesterday when we found you, I felt our bond leading me toward you. ”
“Like a rope pulling you?” she asks. Finally, I see a glimmer of recognition in her eyes.
“Yes! Exactly like that. Did you feel it too?” Addison nods her head slowly.
“That feeling is how I know you’re my mate.
And if you feel safe or comfortable with me, anything like that, it’s because of our bond.
Because we’re meant to be together. So when you feel my cock poking you, it’s because I have that attraction, and I want to mate you… complete the bond.”
“Mate me and complete the bond?” Addison repeats it as a question, like she’s still not sure what any of this means.
“Yeah, I want to do both. More than anything in the world.” I pause and watch her, wondering what she’ll make of all of this.
“How do we do that?”
Right. Obviously, she doesn’t know that either.
“We would have sex, and during, I would bite your neck,” I explain.
Addison looks more confused than ever, and I’m certain she is about to ask more questions, so I quickly add, “We’ll talk about the logistics of that when the time comes.
We won’t be able to mate yet. You’re hurt and confused, and I just want to take care of you.
I need to make sure you’re all right before we do anything like that. ”
She rests her head against the pillow again, clearly thinking about what I just said.
“Is the way I feel right now normal?” Her voice is barely audible as she asks, and I feel myself perking up. I have an idea what she’s talking about because I can still smell her arousal thick in the air. Even softer, she asks, “Between my legs?”
“How do you feel?”
Her breath hitches, and I feel her moving beside me, her thighs clenching together tighter. The thought of her possibly stimulating herself in some way makes my cock twitch.
“Warmth. Like it’s tingling and pulsing.” She bites her lip as she looks over her shoulder at me again. “Last night I... I had a dream, and I felt it then. You were kissing me, and it started. Now, when you’re talking about mating, it’s even stronger.”
I’m speechless for a moment. It’s hard for me to believe that she is as innocent as she is. These are things she should have learned a long time ago, yet she’s clearly clueless.
“That’s all a part of our bond,” I answer.
I have to fight the urge to reach out and grab her, pinning her to the mattress and kissing her.
“I feel like I need something. I don’t know what it is, but this feeling is so intense. I need something to get rid of it.” She lets out a frustrated sigh.
My wolf is practically begging me to take care of it for her. He’s whining inside me, wanting only a taste of her. I just don’t know if that’ll be enough.
“I can help make you feel better if you’d like,” I offer. If it were possible to be any harder, I am now.
“What would you do?”
I try to calm myself down because I know this is going to be a slippery slope.
Once I get a taste of her, I’m not going to have enough.
I don’t want to push her into anything she doesn’t want.
But my wolf is howling, desperate for me to reach out and take her.
It’s so loud in my head that the voice of reason is drowned out entirely.
I reach over and grab her face, turning her toward me.
She doesn’t flinch away this time. As I lean down and press my mouth against hers, her body reacts to me.
Her lips are soft and smooth. Every movement is tentative but electric.
That same pull that drew me toward her in the woods is back again, stronger than before, begging me to position myself between her legs and fuck her.
I ignore it. Instead, I focus on just kissing her, my lips moving against hers with more hunger and passion with each passing second. It takes a moment, but Addison picks up on how to do it.
My hand trails down her arm, goose bumps rising on the flesh. She rolls over so she’s on her back, and I’m acutely aware that all she’s wearing is an oversized T-shirt. No pajama pants or panties to keep me away from her.
A soft moan creeps out of her mouth as I grip her waist.
“Fuck, you have no idea what you do to me,” I whisper as I pull away from her.
She stares up at me, her hazel eyes glossed over with desire. I see the desperation behind them. She wants this, maybe just as bad as I do.
Her hands are on my face, guiding me back toward her mouth as we kiss once again. I part her lips with my tongue and taste her fully.
Grabbing the bottom of her shirt, I reveal her perfect pussy. She gasps when I cup her center. As soon as I feel how wet she is, I have to fight the urge to pull my cock out and fill her with every inch.
Her thighs are damp, and every part of her folds is soaked. I slide my finger between them, feeling how her body tenses underneath me.
I brush against her swollen clit, making her jolt again.
“Is that all right?” I ask, momentarily pulling my mouth away from hers.
“That felt good,” she whispers.
“Yeah?” I do it again, tracing my index finger along the swollen bud, and stare at her beautiful face. Her mouth hangs open as her eyes flutter shut. “Is this what you needed?”
She nods her head, her eyebrows scrunched together as she gives in to the pleasure.
Switching my position, I sit up so I can see her. I savor the sight before me, pulling my finger away from her clit. Her eyes open, and she looks at me with desperation in them, like she doesn’t want me to stop.
“Please,” she whispers.
“Don’t worry, I’m going to make you feel good.” My finger slides lower, hovering outside of her entrance. “This is going to feel even better.”
I slide my index finger inside her tight hole. She lets out a loud moan that sounds like music to my ears.
I move my finger in and out of her slowly, curling it upward as I move to caress her G-spot. Her entire body shivers, and my cock is throbbing in my pants. I can already see my precum leaking through my sweats. I want her so fucking badly.
The walls of her pussy clamp down around my finger, and all I can think about is what it will feel like around my cock. How good she’ll feel swallowing every inch of it.
Groaning, I lean over her again, kissing her neck, not wanting to do anything to disturb the sound of her pleasure meeting my ears.
Her breath hitches, and her chest rises and falls faster and faster as my finger moves quicker. I brush my thumb against her clit, stimulating it simultaneously before the pleasure erupts inside her.
“It feels so good!” Addison whimpers, not doing anything to stay quiet. Hearing just how loud she’s getting, I kiss her lips again while the walls of her pussy clamp down around my finger.
Her nipples harden under the T-shirt, and I feel just how slick her pussy gets with every movement. The scent of sex clings to us, making my balls hurt even more.
She finally comes down, and I pull my hand away from her. Addison grabs my arm and positions it back between her legs, shaking her head desperately.
“I need more.” She’s breathless with a wild, frenetic look in her eyes. “That wasn’t enough. I want more of that, all the time. Please.”
I smile at her, brushing some hair behind her ear. “Trust me, I know the feeling. That’s how it works between us.”
“Good.” She smiles and kisses me again.
I’m harder than I’ve ever been in my life, and it would take almost nothing at all to position myself between her legs and fuck her. She would feel so amazing, too.
Shocking myself, and to the disappointment of my wolf, I pull away. I kneel on the bed beside her, my cock practically bursting out of my sweats.
“Believe me, I want nothing more than to do that all day long. But if we don’t stop now, I won’t be able to control myself.
How about we go downstairs and have some breakfast?
” I see the dislike of that idea in her eyes and offer her a gentle smile.
“I want to make everything right for you. We’ll complete our bond, but not like this.
Not while you’re still confused, and we don’t know about what’s happened to you. ”
I stand and leave the bed before I change my mind and grab a pair of sweatpants from my dresser to give to her. She puts them on, and I look over my shoulder at the bathroom.
“Just give me ten minutes. I need to shower, then I’ll take you to the kitchen.”
I turn away from her before I can think any better of it. If I don’t take care of my hard-on right now, I’m going to go crazy.
I turn on the shower, closing the door most of the way behind me.