Reina's Mate (6 page)

“
Manny is planning to
attack.” I had their attention now, all the grumbling dying down as
they focused on me. “I tried to reason with him, but he won't be
dissuaded.”

“
You shouldn't have broken
the terms of the agreement.”

I turned to Xing.

He hadn't been on the Council long, but he'd
always seen eye to eye with my father. He had the kind of ruthless
practicality that could be an asset, but could also justify too
much as a means to an end.

He wouldn't be happy about the change in
line up.

“
The terms of the
agreement were unacceptable. I had to get Sofia to safety as soon
as I could.”

“
That's all well and good.
If you have a hero complex, fine. But just because the terms were
unpleasant, doesn't mean you get to put the whole pack in danger
for one person.” He looked over at Sofia, who was sitting behind
me. “No offense.”

She snorted and stood up.

“
No offense? You're saying
I should have been left to be imprisoned and raped. No offense?
Yeah, I take fucking offense. If this is a pack that condones
something like that, then I don't want to be a part of it. If
that's the kind of pack that you want...”

She shook her head, at a loss for words.

“
If that's the kind of
pack you want, maybe this isn't the one for you,” I finished for
her, giving Xing a hard stare.

He looked away, but I wasn't stupid enough
to take it as a sign of agreement.

I'd have to keep an eye on him.

I needed to have a clear idea of how the
Council stood on this.

“
Hands for how many of you
think Sofia should be sent back.”

Xing, Lupe, and Marco raised their hands. A
couple of others looked unsure, but didn't join them.

“
OK, that's a small
minority. You've been outvoted.” Not that a majority vote would
have swayed me anyway.

“
That matter is tabled. We
need to focus on what to do now to defend ourselves.”

We got down to the business of hammering out
security. Everyone would have to pitch in for sentry duty and
patrolling. We needed to have an air tight perimeter.

Our packs were about evenly matched in
numbers, but Manny didn't have any reservations about hurting
children or the elderly. Usually, if a pack surrendered, they would
be given the choice to leave or join.

Manny was of the mind to not leave any
survivors that could stab him in the back later on.

We set out the schedules. We'd done drills
of this nature before, but this would be the first time during my
lifetime that we had to actually implement one.

People on duty at the perimeter would have
strict orders not to leave their posts if they heard something
somewhere else. The last thing we needed was everyone rushing to a
point of attack and leaving us vulnerable to a multi-prong
strategy.

“
Prisoners?” Sultan asked
quietly.

He was an unassuming army
vet. I had no doubt he could take everyone in this room if he
wanted to.

He'd never wanted to, content to be in
charge of our security.

“
Yes. Everyone except
Manny and those who refuse to be taken prisoner. We'll give them
the choice when all is said and done. However, that doesn't mean
putting our lives in undue danger to do so. If you think it's too
dangerous to try to capture, kill.”

Sometimes those decisions had to be made.
And at the end of the day, my pack was my priority.

“
Everyone get to
work.”

The room was cleared in less than a minute
as everyone hurried to do their jobs.

We had a solid plan in place. That was all
we could do at the moment.

“
Reina.”

I looked up, jolted from the spiraling
thoughts I'd fallen into.

“
You need to sleep. You're
no good to anyone without a clear head.”

I nodded, letting Griffith haul me to my
feet and walk me out.

My place was a fifteen minute walk away.

When we got there, Griffith turned to leave
me.

“
Where are you
going?”

“
I just wanted to do a
quick round to make sure-”

“
Nope. If I'm napping,
you're going down with me. My Second needs to be on his toes too.
How else are you going to keep me in check?” I asked with a
straight face.

He smiled and followed me inside.

We both stripped and fell into bed. Griffith
turned me over so he could spoon my back, wrapping his arm around
me and lacing our fingers together.

I didn't think I could fall asleep with so
much still on my mind, but the warmth and scent of Griff
surrounding me had me drifting off after only a few minutes.

The last thing I remembered was the soft
kiss he placed on the back of my neck.

Griffith

I woke up with Reina wrapped in my arms, her
ass pressed up against me.

Breathing in her scent, I felt myself
hardening.

I slid my hand down her silky smooth side,
enjoying the feel of her so close to me.

A lot had happened in a short amount of
time. Most of it bad.

But I couldn't bring myself to regret any of
it. Not when I was lying here with Reina in my arms. Not when she'd
asked me to be her mate.

Not when she she'd made it clear she wanted
to be my partner in every way.

I inched closer, dragging my nose up the
side of her neck, luxuriating in the minty, evergreen smell of
her.

I smoothed my hand around to her front,
cupping the warm weight of her breasts, thumbing her nipples before
skating my hand down her stomach.

She was already damp when I cupped her,
sliding my fingers through the soft furrow.

I bit down on the side of her neck, rubbing
her gently, paying special attention to her clitoris.

She moved a little, but settled down again,
her breathing still even.

I smiled to myself.

This could be fun.

I pulled back, gently rolling Reina onto her
back.

Her nipples had hardened, standing out in
stiff points. The softest place between her legs was wet.

I looked up her body to her sleeping face,
softer and younger when relaxed like this. Her hair lay around her
in a dark halo. Even relaxed, the tone of her muscles was obvious,
the strength in her body apparent.

I smoothed my hands down her torso, feeling
her silky, sleep hot skin. Her small brown nipples throbbed under
my mouth as I kissed each one, biting lightly.

I scooted down, sucking on the protruding
bone of one hip before pushing one of her legs to the side and
sucking high up on her inner thigh.

That finally woke her.

I looked up her body to see her drowsy eyes
staring down at me.

“
Hey,” she said, the sexy
huskiness of her early morning voice sending a zing down my
spine.

“
Hey yourself.”

She looked over at the clock on the bedside
table and sat up in alarm.

“
Shit. I need
to-”

I pushed her back down and pinned her to the
bed.

“
You need to have sex with
your mate.” I rubbed my erection against her and her eyes went back
to half mast. “He's feeling pretty hard up. And if something had
happened, they would have come and gotten us by now. We have no
idea when Manny is going to attack. Let's make the most of the time
we have right now.” I kissed her, biting her bottom lip and pulling
back so it dragged through my teeth. “I can be fast. We'll have
time to be slow later.”

I'd make sure of it.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and
pulled me down to her mouth.

I'd take that as a yes.

I kissed her how she was asking to be
kissed, more than happy to oblige. We ground our hips against each
other, my hardness gliding against her slick softness.

One of her hands moved off my neck to grab
my ass, squeezing my cheeks, her fingers digging in until it was
almost painful.

I felt a surge go through my cock.

The world tilted as she flipped us over, not
breaking the kiss as she adjusted her hips against mine.

Reaching down between us, she grabbed my
cock and gave it a few firm strokes that had me bucking against
her.

She straddled my hips, steadying my cock
with a hand at its base.

“
I need to fuck you,
Griff.”

I groaned.

“
No argument here,” I
managed to get out.

I looked into her flushed face, flushed with
arousal as her eyes bored into mine.

I was always the dominant in bed. But Reina
made me want to say yes ma'am as I let her take the reigns.

I jerked a little as she sank down just
enough for her molten entrance to kiss my leaking head before
pulling back up again.

“
Careful,” I growled.
“Payback can be a real bitch.”

Her grin was sharp and wicked.

“
I hope so.”

I chuckled as I folded my arms behind my
head, letting her set whatever pace she wanted.

Even if it killed me.

I tried not to think about all the men she
must have been with since I'd seen her last.

It didn't matter. She was here with me
now.

I tried to relax as she slowly seated
herself on me, sheathing my hardness in her soft grip. My cock slid
in slowly as she twisted and pushed, biting her lip in
concentration as she worked for the penetration.

My skin broke out in goosebumps as she
slowly sat down, her hips flushed with mine, the tightness making
my toes curl and my cock surge.

She stayed there for a minute or two,
allowing her body to adjust as she smoothed her hands up and down
my torso.

I felt her squeeze down on me
experimentally.

I gasped at the vice like grip.

She looked up and grinned.

And did it again.

She chuckled as I cursed.

My breathing was ragged and I'd broken out
in a light sweat by the time she finally pulled herself up off
me.

And pushed back down again.

She hummed as I groaned at the delicious
friction.

She settled into slow, long thrusts, her
eyes a little unfocused as she concentrated on the sensations.

I watched as my cock speared in and out of
her, the length glistening with our combined arousal.

Fuck.

“
Fuck. You're so
tight.”

“
You're...not
exactly...small,” she got out between breaths.

And then we both grunted as she rubbed her
clit against me as she seated me fully in her again.

I looked up at her, her face strained as she
stared down at where I was buried in her to the hilt.

“
Reina.” Her darkened eyes
slowly moved to meet mine. “Move.”

She kept her eyes locked on mine as she
pulled up gently.

And pushed back down forcefully.

My eyes closed at the sensations and my head
fell back onto the pillow.

Yes. That was exactly how I wanted it. How I
needed it.

She rode me hard and fast. She used me, used
my cock to satisfy her hungry body. She leaned down to bite at my
neck and my shoulders hard enough that I knew I'd be marked.

And I loved it.

I wanted all of it and more.

I started pushing back against her until the
sound of our damp hips slapping together could probably be heard
outside. Everyone would know exactly what was happening if they
passed anywhere near the cabin.

I didn't care.

We were both focused on harder, faster.
Reina's grip on my cock didn't let up, her pace didn't falter as
she kept pumping my cock in and out of her body.

She was like a machine, her rhythm exact,
her control perfect.

I wanted her to lose some of that pretty
control.

The next time I bottomed out inside her, I
reached between us and pinched her clitoris, slowing her withdrawal
until she was cursing.

But she didn't tell me to stop.

Her control snapped, her thrusts erratic as
she bent over me and clamped her teeth over my shoulder. I felt
them sink into me and knew I'd bleed.

Good. I wanted everyone to know we'd been
together.

That we were together.

I moved my hands down to clamp onto her
hips, steadying her as I added my thrusts to hers, my eyes taking
her in, from her sweaty face to her bouncing breasts, to the
glistening cleft that my cock speared in and out of.

She was real and gorgeous.

And mine.

That thought triggered me.

My brain completely blanked as I came hard,
spurting into her, coming until I wondered if I even had any more
to give.

She growled against my shoulder, pushed hard
against the fingers I still had moving against her.

I felt her release encompass me as she slung
himself as close as she could, clamping down around me as her teeth
stayed in my skin.

I felt owned, overwhelmed.

I felt possessed.

It was perfect. Better than anything I could
have imagined over the years.

With one push, Reina collapsed on top of me,
pushing me down flat under her. My cock stayed inside her,
softening but still hard enough not to fall out yet.

She pulled her teeth out gently and I winced
a little. She lapped at the wounds with her tongue, sliding her
fingers into my hair.

“
Are you ok?” she asked,
pushing my hair off my face.

“
Uh-huh.” That was all I
could get out as I lay there, completely destroyed.

She chuckled, kissing me on the cheek and
carefully pulling off of me.

She settled down on top of me, and I wrapped
my weak arms around her back.