Shifter Legends (15 page)

“No, like you said, it makes both of us stronger. Besides, there are worse men to be bonded to,” Her smile was crooked at her feeble attempt to lighten the mood. “I just… I need to get used to it. To us. It is going to take some time. I can promise you it won’t be the last time I try to run away from my problems. But I can promise you that I will always come back.”

“I think I can work with that.” He smiled, wrapping his arms around her. Energy flooded through her, reminding her of just how strong their bond was. She sighed into him as he picked her up and wrapped her legs around his waist. She locked them tightly around him.

“I’m not going to wait another moment to take you, Briana. It has been too long as it is. I want you, woman.” His tone descended into a growl as he sank his teeth into her neck, biting the spot that knew his teeth so well. His imprints were there, each groove matching his bite. It was the mark he made when they mated, and Briana could feel him reaffirming that bond with the sinking of his teeth. It was enough to make her scream, her voice calling out into the woods.

A feline grin spread across his face as the predator in his eyes came out, staring at her. “You just told the entire world that you are mine, Briana. That you will always been mine. Now tell me. With your words.”

Briana nodded as she tried to catch her breath. Her heart was screaming inside her chest, excitement, fear, and palpable want pounding through her veins.

“I am all yours, Grant. I am your mate, your Alpha Female, your woman.” She meant every word of what she said in the second. She was his. Even if the edges were frayed and the story was unraveling.

Grant laid her down on the soft ground of the forest floor, his jacket protecting her body from the elements as he looked over her body, appreciation clear in his eyes. He thought she was beautiful. She could tell from the way his gaze lingered over her body. It made her feel like she was sexy. Wanted. It made her feel alive.

Briana couldn’t help but keep her eyes glued to him as Grant shucked off his clothing quickly, and she was glad for it. She was eager for him to be touching her again, for him to be taking her, right there in the middle of that woody landscape. So when he was finally standing before her, his cock standing at strict attention as he put a condom over it, all she could do was suck in breath after breath, and hope that she could calm herself down enough for his touch.

Grant grabbed her and pulled her up to him when he was finished, his hands wandering down her curvy body as he enjoyed touching her. He pressed his body to hers, his rippling muscles shifting and moving against her skin, the sheer masculinity of him overwhelming.

He kissed her deeply, reclaiming her mouth as she took in each sip of his drugging nectar. She let her want for him completely fill her, the apex between her legs already slick and juicy in anticipation of him. When he pulled her down a second time, it was onto his lap, her pussy wet as she rubbed against his hot cock. She wrapped her arms around him and looked into his eyes.

“I want you to have control, Briana. Fuck me. Ride me. As hard or as slow as you want. This is about you, tonight.” His eyes were heavily lidded as he said this, clearly taking her in and letting her overwhelm him. She could tell because it was the exact look she got on her own face when he was in control of her pleasure. It made her feel powerful.

Briana positioned herself over his dick, grabbing it with her hand and sliding it into her, the walls of her pussy spasming as he pushed against her, his wide girth pushing against her tight walls. She moaned with every inch that she took, bracing against the bunched muscles of his shoulders as she sheathed him inside of her.

She slid up and down that hot cock slowly at first, letting her body get used to him, the walls of her sex pulsating around him as she rode him. He groaned against her, a small growl erupting in his throat as his hands tightened around her back. That little bit of force brought her to life, her pace quickening and her excitement building as she rode him. She kissed his neck, finding the spot where she bit him, returning his earlier bite with fervor.

Things blurred in her mind at that point, as she let her innermost desires take over, the added speed and strength increasing the friction between them as their panting became harder in response to her arousal. She wanted to take him, all of him, and leave nothing. She bucked and moaned each time she plunged down over his cock, rocking back and forth in order to increase the pleasure she was feeling as he rubbed against her. It wasn’t long before she could feel herself shaking, her body not able to take the pleasure that she was forcing upon it. A rush of endorphins overwhelmed her, her orgasm strong as she screamed out into the night. Her pussy pulsated as she came, taking in his cock with each spasm.

He took over after that, flipping the two of them around so that she was on the bottom, and he on the top.

“You’ve had your fun, little kitten. Now it is my turn.” His growl was positively delicious when it reached her ears. She knew he wouldn’t be denied his pleasure, and that he would heighten her own as a result of his affections.

“Yes,” Was all she could manage to eke out as she recovered. Grant took her through the paces, his ability to give her pleasure knowing no bounds. Her heaving breasts shook as she took in breath after breath.

Grant buried himself into her, moving furiously in and out. His body was so much larger than hers, and the masculinity of him dominated her. She knew that despite this, they were both Alphas and she reveled in it. It made her feel feminine but powerful at the same time.

Briana moaned as he thrust into her. She hadn’t had enough of him, not yet. She knew he could take her to the top again and let her crash down. Let the waves of another orgasm flow over her. She wanted that feeling. Wanted to experience all that he had to give her. There in the middle of the forest, where they could be one with nature together.

The Alpha finally abandoned himself to pleasure, arching his back, allowing for those rippling muscles to shove himself into her one final time, and called out her name. The harsh groan of his satisfaction came out as a growl, sending chills up her spine as he bucked within her and came.

It sent her over the edge for a second time, and she erupted in dazzling undulations, the wild eruption of pleasure overtaking her.

“See, admitting that you were mine wasn’t that bad, was it?” Grant’s face held a lopsided grin as he threaded his hands through her hair and kissed her before the two of them rolled over and collapsed against each other, enjoying the final rays of sun.

“What it costs in pride, it more than makes up for in pleasure.”

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Grant was about to do something he completely disagreed with. But he understood it was for the best.

She will be stronger because of it. She already is strong. She is everything. More than I could have ever hoped for myself. She isn’t like us. She wasn’t born to it. She doesn’t know what to expect, but she is adapting beautifully.  She is stubborn. The best Alphas always are.

He wanted her. Wanted to touch her, taste her. She consumed his thoughts at all times. Reminded him of exactly what it was to be man. Without her, he wasn’t sure what he would be. He had been lying when he offered to let her go. He would have tried, of course. He would have tried, but there was no way he could let her walk away. Not now. Not after everything that she was to him. Not after he had her.

It made his blood boil to think of all the people who wanted her now that they found out about what she was. Matthias, Max, even Brigid, her mother. It made him something he tried never to be.

It made him dangerous. They had a job to do, a territory to protect. No other M.C. was going to take over. No one else was going to control Hyde. With her by his side he would make sure of that.

When he opened the door to her barracks, he knew he looked like a man on fire. A man who had a job to do.

“Hey, Luke. Get your crew together,” He ordered, not even bothering to look at Briana. “We have shit to do. Get your bikes too. Got a little visit to make, some heads to bash. That clear?” He glared at the rest of the group. “I’m bringing some of my own guys, but damn if I don’t need a little bit of support from the best prospects out there.”

Grant stormed out of there without so much as a word to his ‘ol lady. He wanted her to know that this was official, that he needed to do this for the club. It was all he ever did, things for the club. Even her, she was something he did for the club. When did she start becoming something he did for himself? He was in so deep, and he knew it.

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Briana swallowed as she stood next to Luke and Lauren, waiting outside of the bar. The men had been in there for well over 10 minutes, and they still hadn’t come out. She looked back and forth from Lauren to Luke.

“Do you think we should go in?” Lauren asked, concern ripe on her face.

“I don’t know yet, Lauren. I don’t want to put them in a bad position, but it shouldn’t have taken this long to pull a couple of guys out of a bar.”

Eliza and Grant were tough and the group of guys they brought looked even tougher but she needed to decide when to step in and when to let them fight their own battles.

Briana was getting used to fighting her own battles.

“Do you think we should go in?” Briana asked Luke, her nerves showing through for the first time the entire time that the two had known each other.

“I dunno, maybe we should head back to our bar and get some more guys.” Lauren looked too shaken up.

“You aren’t serious. You are a freakin’ Alpha female, Lauren. You own the court. You kicked Maxine’s ass yesterday. Didn’t even flinch when she tried to get that cheap shot in after the match was called. And you are worried about this stupid little “test?” Luke was right there to counter Lauren’s fears, and she brushed them off.

“Yeah, you’re right. We are going to rock this.” Lauren set her chin and got that look in her eyes Briana knew so well. One of pure determination.

“Think about it logically. This is nothing more than a small challenge. A way to put us in real life situations and see how we will perform.” She wasn’t sure if things were going as planned, but she knew that was the original intention, so as she explained to Lauren, she saw her features smooth out. “They put the best Shifters in the best groups and are giving us a challenge according to our level. Ours is going to be hard, but it isn’t anything that we can’t handle. We are going to be warriors, and politicians. We aren’t going to be the service or support staff. Those cougars are going to have something completely tailored to them. Our job is to be an enforcer. We’ve got this.” At least that was what Briana deduced last night when she tried to ask Grant about how they would prove themselves worthy of the Pride. He just smirked and said that each group and each person’s trial were unique to them.

“Wait, where is Alice?” Alice had been next to Lauren, just ten minutes ago. The bitch had baled. Luke and Lauren started to show visible signs of stress.

Your job as an Alpha is to control the will of other Alphas of a lesser caliber. This crap happens. You need to do your job, Alpha.
She reminded herself.

“Calm down.” The command came out a lot stronger than she intended, and both Shifters’ faces visibly calmed as a result. She tried to tone it down while remaining as authoritative as possible. “We are going to go into that bar, and get our friends. They won’t doubt us after this. We will all be in great positions. You just need to follow my lead when we get into that bar. Do you understand?”