Authors: Charlene Hartnady
Omega (8 page)
“I’m here Cole. A new wolf and yet I found you. It was so easy, it
wasn’t just your smell…I could sense you.”
It meant that her wolf had decided that he was to become its mate
just as his own wolf wanted Katy. If she was going to take on this life even if
he didn’t want it for her then maybe…
“Don’t you want me Cole?”
Her words had him reaching for her, pulling her into his arms,
nuzzling into her hair.
“I want you more than anything. More than life”—he paused—“but the
only thing I can promise is to love you for as long as my Omega heart beats.”
She sucked in a ragged breath straddling him. “Oh Cole, I love you
too, more than anything.”
Their mouths meshed.
“Need you…” He slipped the straps of her dress down her shoulders
and her heavy, tight tipped breasts sprang free. “God Katy…does this mean I get
to love you like this forever?”
“Every day, several times a day. That’s how sexual attraction works.”
She grappled with his pants and he groaned as his straining erection sprang
free. “I can’t wait, I have to…” Then she was easing herself onto him. Not
wasting any time she began to move. She leaned back moaning with each
deliberate movement.
He put his hands on her hips, thrusting into her from below. Cole
sensed her urgency, it matched his.
“I love your wolf. So beautiful.”
No one had ever said that to him before. Hearing that she loved his wolf
made all the years of hate evaporate. For once he felt himself really embrace
the demon part of himself. A weight lifted from his shoulders, acceptance
washed over him.
Cole stopped moving, “You love my wolf.”
“I love everything about you. You are mine.”
“Wait, wait just a second.” Her hair was wild and her cheeks
flushed. She had never looked more beautiful. He brushed the wayward strands
from her face and then held his hand to her. “I want you forever,” he growled.
Katy bit onto her bottom lip.
“Things work a little backwards in the wolf world, no pressure but
if I take my ring off, we would become bound. Mates.” When she smiled he knew
deep inside that this was what she really wanted. “I’d have to bite you. It
won’t hurt.”
No words necessary, Katy removed the silver, tossing it to the far
side of the room.
“Are you sure?”
She was already moving again. Fast and wild. Katy threw her head
back in a silent invitation. Cole nuzzled into her neck.
“Do it please,” she practically begged.
Not wanting to make her wait any longer, he bit her, choosing the same
spot as Bain. Making a new mark. His mark. Her body tensed and at first he was
afraid that he had hurt her, then she cried out, her sex clamping down hard. Katy
dug her nails into his back and he found he enjoyed the sting. With the taste
of her blood on his lips, she screamed his name and Cole was catapulted right
through heaven’s door.
She was his at last.
Thank-you for reading the first in the Demon Chaser series. I hope
that you enjoyed OMEGA as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Gray looked into eyes made from pure liquid poison.
“Let’s get two things straight”−the female demon wolf
paused−“I hate you and I don’t want this union. Step down now before you
get hurt.”
It was either the words themselves, or the calm way in which they
were delivered that got to him. He grit his teeth, his natural instincts pushed
at him to force her to submit while his rational side pushed back in an effort
to be more understanding of how she was feeling. In the end, there was sweet
little he could do about the situation.
Somehow he managed to grind out, “Our feelings have nothing to do
with this. It’s not about what we want. The pack is at stake.”
Alisha made a sound that told him he was full of it. “It’s your
needs and wants that you are concerned with, this has nothing to do with the
pack.”
“You will have to trust me on this one.”
She shook her head, a look of utter disbelief clouded her perfect
features.
Gray’s instincts bristled; his demon clawed at him, it continued to demand
her submission. He ran a hand over the light stubble on his head and squeezed
his eyes shut, fighting for control. “This has to happen, there is no other
way.”
“I don’t care. Find a way that doesn’t involve me.”
With challengers closing in, his options were limited. It was either
take Alisha as his mate or he would most likely die. Where would the pack be
then? The clock was ticking, he needed to be strong. Needed to believe that he
could get through this.
“I’ve made my decision. You have three days to come to terms with it
and to prepare. Once the full moon hits, we will mate. If you give me a chance
I will prove to you that I can be a faithful and strong provider. I will do my
best to make you happy. We can make this work.”
“There is no way in hades I’ll let a bastard mongrel like you touch
me.” Her voice remained even, but her eyes narrowed as she spoke.
Once upon a time, he’d actually found this female attractive. More
than just attractive,
hounds
, as a young wolf he’d have given his left
canine for one night with her. Right now…he’d give anything just to get out of
it. All he knew was that he couldn’t blame her for hating him since she
believed he’d killed her future mate, his half brother Bain. That didn’t change
the predicament they were all in at the moment though.
“Sorry to interrupt,” the petite Demon Chaser rounded the corner and
entered his suite without permission.
Bain would never have stood for such a breach of protocol.
Especially from a human. The muscles in his shoulders cramped as he remembered
why she was here. Taking a calming breath, he turned and faced her wondering
how much of the exchange she had heard. He found himself hoping that she hadn’t
been standing there long.
Ashlyn stepped further into the room, her head held high. She
maintained eye contact, her gaze moving between himself and the female demon
wolf. Alisha growled. The Chaser didn’t flinch, in fact, her chin cocked to the
side in an arrogant lilt.
Impressive.
“We need to talk,” she paused, her eyes brushing over the female
demon wolf. “That is, when you get a chance. I’ll be in my room.”
“We’re done. You may stay,” Alisha said, as if she were granting the
Chaser permission to be there.
“You’re too kind. Thanks ever so much. What is it that I should call
you? Your highness, Alpha bitch...or maybe just bitch?”
Alisha growled, low and deep. She flashed a set of healthy canines.
The Chaser widened her stance. The pressure in Gray’s head increased. Was he
going to have to break up a cat fight today as well?
Could things get any
worse?
“I don’t have time for this.”
He breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Alisha turn and stalk out
with all the menace and cunning of a wolf and all the sleek grace of a cat. The
woman was a beauty, highly intelligent and strong. Yet the thought of tying
himself to her for the rest of his very long life just wasn’t appealing. He
shook his head as he added the undesirable fact that she was his brother’s
leftovers.
Like it or not, he knew beyond a doubt that he would do what he had
to do to secure his position as Alpha and to ensure the survival of this pack.
He just wouldn’t do it at the cost of his own conscience or sense of who he was
by forcing her. She didn’t know that though, and she and the rest of the pack
would just have to assume at this moment that he would take her like it or not.
So, he had to win her over. For both their sakes.
Gray
turned and looked out the window. The thought of his other options were more
stressful to think about than his first one. He could take one of the lesser
females, but that would lower his chances of success. He could take the third
option which, for him, was just plain ridiculous.