Summer's Alpha (6 page)

“Better than
Melanie?”  I ask and grin. 

“Who?”  I laugh
because even though I’m no expert, I think that was damn good.  “Just think it
will only get better.  They always say sex is better when you know each other
better.”

“How much better
could we know each other?”  I’m tracing a pattern on his shoulder with my
fingertip.  The tremors that were quaking through me have stopped now and he
pulls out of me.  He rolls to the side and pulls me with him my back to his
front.  “I mean really.”  I say.  “We’ve known each other since we were two.”

“When we get to
know each other’s bodies better, for instance, half an hour ago I didn’t know
that if I said things with my mouth against your ear,” his lips were moving
against my ear now.  “That it turned you on.”  I trembled all over.  “There are
probably a lot of little things that turn you on and I plan on finding every
single one of them.”  I smiled.  “And when you wrapped your legs around me, you
found out that it turned me on.”

“Yeah.”  I said
softly.  “Jackson?”  I turned around to face him.  “I really do love you and I
trust you.”  He nodded.  “This is for real right?  You didn’t just do this to
get the alpha position.  You did this because…”

“I did this
because I love you Summer.  I told you, I go where you go.  If you don’t want
to stay here and you would rather go home, we’ll go.”  I shook my head.  “Okay
then, now for the serious stuff.”  I furrowed my eyebrows.  “How do you feel
about pups?”  I bit my lip.  Pups?  Was he serious?  We just mated five minutes
ago.  Oh, we just
mated
. 

“Do you think
I’m…?”  Jackson smiled and leaned over to kiss my cheek. 

“No Summer I
don’t, I meant do you want pups?  Someday?  And how many?  Kelly’s right, her pup
will need a playmate.  There weren’t any at the meeting.  We need to get some. 
It’s just not a pack without a bunch of pups running around causing trouble. 
We can’t do it anymore.”  Jackson looked down at me and grinned.  “They put us
in charge.”  He whispered conspiratorially.  I giggled.

“I know.  Can you
believe it?  Jackson, seriously, you have to be the alpha now.  You are the
leader of this pack.  You’ll have to take care of all the pack business.  The
bills, the arguments, and all of the other crap that goes with it, it’s on you.” 
He nodded. 

“It’s on you too
Summer, you’re my mate and that means it’s on you too.”

“Yeah, okay first
order of business for the alpha’s of the East View pack…”

“Is to go get my
damn truck.”  He gave me his sad puppy face.  “Then we get Tim and his new mate
to come here, so our kids have a variety of cousins to play with.”  I nod.  My
eyes are having trouble staying open.  Jackson pulls me close and holds me
against him.  I rest my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat.  It
lulls me to sleep. 

I wake to warm
kisses trailing over my shoulder and down my arm.  He kisses my fingers one by
one and looks up to see me watching him.  His eyes are pulsing amber.  “You
were dreaming again and it’s too early for breakfast.”  I nibble my lip.  You
would think that I wouldn’t have that dream after what we just did.  “What
happens in the dream?”  He’s nibbling on my wrist.  “Tell me.”

“I’m not sure
which one I had, I don’t remember.”

“Tell me anyway.” 
I know my cheeks flush because my whole face feels like it’s on fire.  I shake
my head.  “We’re mates now.  No more lying, no more evading the truth, we share
everything.  Tell me what happens in the dream and maybe I can make your dream
come true.”  He nips my thumb and I gasp.  I feel my core getting wet again,
readying for him.  I swallow hard and take a few deep breaths.

“We’re both
sweaty, out of breath and naked.”

“Good start.”  He
sucks on my finger and I tremble.  I close my eyes before going on because mate
or not, he’s still Jackson and I’m still Summer, this is embarrassing. 

“You have me
pushed against a wall and you’re against my back.  I can feel your body against
my back, you’re pressing into me, and it’s turning me on.  You lean against me
and you say right in my ear, ‘I’m going to bury myself so deep inside you
Summer that you won’t know where you end and I begin.’  Then I come in the
dream and sometimes for real.”

“In your sleep?” 
I nod.  “That’s hot.”  I can’t help the smile that breaks out on my face.  He
thinks it’s sexy and I think it’s embarrassing.  “What’s the other one, you
said there are two.

“In the other one,
I’m using my tongue on you.  I think the first one is a wish and the second one
is more of an instructional video.”  Jackson laughs. 

“Autumn?”  I say
into Shirley’s store phone.

“Summer?  Is that
you?  Where are you?  Are you okay?  Is Jackson with you?  He’s been missing
for days.  His parents are losing it.”

“Shh, chill
dude.”  I laugh.  “It’s me, I’m in East View.  I’m fine and Jackson is fine.  Please
tell his parents he’s fine.  He said that you mated with Tim.  Do you want to
come here and join our pack?  No pressure but Jackson needs a beta because
we’re the alphas here now.”

“You are huh?” 
That was my dad’s voice.  “When were you going to let me know that you were alive
Summer?  I’ve been worried sick.  Your sister and Frank are missing too; do you
know anything about that?”  He sounded reasonably calm and not nearly as angry
as I knew that he was.

“Daddy?  How are
you?”  I’m surprised and I stall trying to figure out what to say to him.  My
stupid sister must have let him sneak up on her. 

“Just fine, I have
two daughters missing, a missing pack member, a son that won’t come out of the
woods, a disobedient daughter that decided it was a good idea to mate a beta
that I didn’t approve of and apparently a daughter that is orchestrating the
whole thing from East View!”  There it was.  There was the anger that I
expected.  His voice boomed by the time he said ‘East View.’  I jerked the
phone away from my ear.  That hurt.  Jackson looked up and smirked.  He’d told
me to wait until later to call that my dad was probably still at home but I
wouldn’t listen.  Always trust your alpha.  I grimaced and put the phone back
to my ear.

“Okay daddy yes, I
did all of that but keep in mind that you backed me into a corner.”  I stay
perfectly calm because I am the female alpha of East View pack.  He is no longer
in charge of me.  “I did not want to be treated like livestock.  I love
Jackson, period.  Just so you are in the loop, Jackson is the current alpha of
the East View pack, and I am his mate.”  I heard the growl, it was familiar,
and if I were at home, I would be backing down the hall to my bedroom right
now.  Shirley was beside me at the counter.  She sensed that I was nervous and
brought me a cup of tea.  Yep, tea cures everything in Shirley’s world.  I sip
the jasmine green tea, its good.  Jackson is on the couch speaking to Larry
about pack business and my job was to get more members.  “Kelly is here with
me.  She and Frank were passing through town.”  I turn the wand on the blinds
because the sun is starting to shine brightly in the window and is blinding me. 
“He’d just finished beating her up again when she finally decided that she’d
had enough.  Kelly put a letter opener in Frank’s heart.  Frank is dead.  Kelly
is staying with me just so you know.  She is pregnant.”  I heard him smile. 
“You should also know that this is her fourth pregnancy and that Frank beat the
last three pups, your grandchildren, out of her.”  He didn’t say anything but I
heard a low angry growl rumble.  I told you before that he beat her and you
wouldn’t listen.  I didn’t want that for myself and I don’t want it for Kelly. 
I’m sorry if I disobeyed daddy but I felt that it was necessary to my safety
and my survival.”  I swallowed and paused.  He said nothing.  That was a power
play; he was trying to make me nervous.  I wasn’t falling for that one.  I took
a deep cleansing breath and let it out.  I put all business in my non-emotional
voice.  “I wanted to speak to you anyway daddy about an alliance with the East
View pack.  Would it interest you?”

“Of course, you
know I am always interested in an alliance.”  He was back to the pack leader
part of his personality.  There was no emotion and all alpha in his voice.

“Well, I’m
offering you one.  My pack needs fresh new blood.  This pack has many older
members and we are interested in rebuilding our ranks with younger members that
will be raising pups.  I would like Autumn and Tim to come here with your
blessing if they want as a gesture of your good faith.”

“Fine and as a
gesture of yours, I want you to send Kelly home.”  That was the voice he used
when dealing with sales representatives.

“No.  Kelly
stays.  There is a very strong and responsible wolf here already courting her. 
His name is Earl.  He is completely smitten with Kelly and Kelly with him.”

“Summer, he will
kill the pup, it belongs to an alpha.  I want her here where she will be taken
care of.”

“She will be taken
care of dad.  Jackson and I will make sure of it.  We will do a better job than
you did.  Keep in mind that her alpha mate killed his own pups.  You sent her
with him for an alliance dad.  You are just as responsible for their deaths as
Frank.”  I shouldn’t have said that.  He will hold it against me.

“This is
non-negotiable Summer.”  He snarled.

“You’re absolutely
right dad it is.  Kelly goes where she wants.  If she wants to stay, she has
the full support of this pack.  If she wants to live with you then we will
support that too but Dad, it’s her decision.  We have already made her a member. 
If you are going to try to bully us through your promise of alliance, there will
be no alliance.”

“Let me talk to
your alpha.”  His voice was dead calm.  He was going to try to bully Jackson
now.  Wait, he just insulted the female alpha of the East View pack.  I’m not
sure I like that.  He is my dad though.  If I were anyone else, he would treat
me as an equal.

“Please hold.”  I
say professionally.  I pushed the hold button and set the phone down.  My hands
shook.  “Jackson?”  He looked up from the couch, his eyes alight.  “Dad wants
to talk to you.  He wants Kelly to come home.”

“What did you tell
him?”  Jackson was coming toward me, jeez could he be any sexier.  Total
predator.  I repeated the conversation word for word and he picked up the
phone.

“Brant, it is
Jackson Reynolds, current alpha of the East View Pack.  Summer, the female
alpha, has offered you an alliance.  Take it or don’t.  If Tim and Autumn want
to come, they are welcome.  If Kelly wants to go home to you, she’s more than
welcome but if not, she will stay here.  Under no circumstances will she return
to Frank’s pack because they are not going to get the opportunity to take her
pup away from her.  She’s given enough.  Now understand this Brant, a beta is
courting her and he is the sheriff here.  He is strong, able and he will treat
her very well.  I have it on good advice that he is a great wolf.  I don’t
think that she will want to leave and I will not make her.  That’s our offer
Brandt, take it, or leave it.”  Jackson hung up the phone gently and my eyes
nearly leapt out of my head.  He shrugged and went back to Larry.  The phone
rang and Shirley answered it. 

“East View Book
Nook, can I help you?”  She sipped her tea.  “Yes sir, on Third Street and
Elm.”  Shirley sipped again.  ‘You’re very welcome sir.”  She hung up the
phone.  “You father is on his way.”  She sipped again.  I stood there staring
at her with my mouth hanging open.  “Don’t worry dear.  Earl is not going to
let Kelly go anywhere.”  Shirley grinned at me over her teacup.  Her eyes
twinkled with mischief.  I grinned back.  She relaxed me so easily.

“You don’t
understand how convincing he can be.  Kelly will cave.” 

“Oh I think I
know.  Remember I was mated to Mark.”  Shirley hopped off the stool and went
for more tea.  I looked at Jackson.

“It’ll be okay
Summer.  Don’t worry.”  He said that but I knew better.  Jackson was just as
afraid of him as I was.  He’d better get over that and get his alpha on if Dad
is coming here.  Larry stood up and took a set of keys from Jackson.  I
furrowed my eyebrows at him.  “Larry and Benny are going to go get my truck. 
You and I are moving into the alpha house after work.”  Shirley was coming back
with another cup of tea.

“You guys don’t
have to wait if you don’t want to.  Go pack your clothes and take an early
weekend Summer.  Get settled.  When your dad shows up, I will handle him, and
like Jackson said, don’t worry.”  I nod and head up the stairs to my
apartment.  Within minutes, Jackson is locking the door. 

“God, I didn’t
think that I could wait another minute.”  I look up from the clothes that I am
folding.  This will be an easy move, we only have our clothes, and everything
else belongs to Shirley.  His eyes glow the color of desire and I gasp.  He
shoves the clothes off onto the floor and throws me down.  I squeal.  Jackson
is pulling his clothes off.  “I want you Summer.”  I nibble my lip and pull my
tee shirt over my head.  Someone knocks on the door to the store. 

“Summer, your
sister Autumn is on the phone downstairs.”  Shirley calls through the door. 

“Shit.”  Jackson
hisses.  I pull my shirt back on and hurry down the stairs.

“What happened?” 
Autumn asked as soon as I said ‘hello.’  “Daddy just tore out of her in the
truck like it was a green flag race.”  She giggled.

“I don’t know how
much you heard but here’s the deal.  Kelly killed Frank.”

“No shit?”  Autumn
gasped.  “Way to go Sissy.”

“With a letter
opener, can you believe that?  Kelly?  Anyway, Jackson and me are the alphas
here now in East View.  We want you and Tim to come here, Jackson will give him
a beta spot.  This pack needs new members and they want mated pairs if
possible.  No pressure, but if you want to get away from Dad…”

“I’ll talk to
Tim.  Can Sherry and Ashley come?  They aren’t mated but what better way to
attract new male members if not with available of age females?”  She had a point. 
“Also, a couple of the guys have been talking about breaking out so I might
have some guys too.”  Why didn’t I think of this before?  Autumn is shallow
sure, she is plastic girl, but she is nothing if not a social butterfly.  She
is the werewolf answer to social networking on the internet.  Autumn knows
everyone in our pack and the two bordering allied packs. 

“Of course Autumn,
did you know that you are brilliant sometimes?”

“I have my moments
don’t I?  You can buy me a present when we get there.  Do you have housing for
us?”  I grimace.  Damned if I know.

“Hang on a sec?” 
I walk over to Shirley at the other end of the counter, where she’s doing the
books.  “Shirley, do we have housing for a lot of people?  My sister has an
entourage.”  I can hear Autumn laughing on the other end of the line. 

“Absolutely, like
I told you nearly everyone has left for greener pastures.  I think there are
nineteen empty houses, some will need work, but she and her friends can have
their pick.  You are going to love my house Summer.”  That’s right.  I am
moving into the alpha house, Shirley’s old house.  My brows knit. 

“Where do you live
now Shirley?”  She smiles brightly.

“When I collected
Mark’s life insurance, I bought a condo uptown.”  I nodded. 

“Good for you.”  I
smile back at her and put the phone to my ear.  “Did you get all of that?”

“Yup.  I texted
Tim and we are excited.  We will pack up and be on our way in the morning.  I’m
rounding the troops now, it may be a caravan.”

“Cool.  See you
Sissy.”  She disconnected and I sighed.  My family was coming.  “I’m going
upstairs to pack.  Will you come by over the weekend and show me around the
house and everything?”  Shirley grinned and nodded.

The duffle bag and
backpack were by the back door and the closet stood empty.  I didn’t hear him
but went to the bedroom.  Jackson was lying on the bed in his underwear waiting
for me.  His hand was casually resting on his swollen shaft.  I gasped. 
“Jackson.”  My hands flew up to cover my beet red face.  His mouth spread into
a slow lazy smile.  I don’t know why I reacted that way but it embarrassed me. 
The way he was laying there waiting was so…provocative and arousing.

“Get undressed.” 
His eyes flashed and I quickly followed his command.  He watched, his eyes
pulsing steady amber.  “Come here.”  He stripped his briefs off and tossed
them.  I wet my lips.  I want him.  So much.  I can’t believe that I’m naked
and crawling toward a naked Jackson.  We’ve been naked plenty of times, we skinny-dipped
a few weeks ago, but I’ve never crawled across a bed toward him with sex on my
mind.  “Come here.  Straddle me.”  I nod and do as he asks.  I sink onto him
and it is the best feeling in the world.  I go slowly because he’s big, I don’t
know if it’s possible but he seems bigger than before.  “You feel good.”

“You too.”  I say
but my voice is all breathy and I’m still a little embarrassed.  Jackson is
holding my hips guiding them how he wants me to move.  My bones have gone
rubbery and I’m having trouble keeping my balance.  He flips me onto my back
and I pant.  My heart is pounding so hard that it’s hard to breathe.  I feel
like I’ve been running.  Everything in me feels like it’s on fire.  Everything
is tingling and clenching.  My middle feels as heavy as my breasts.  His tongue
is working one of my nipples into a diamond point and I feel like I’m going to
climax any second but I can’t quite find it.  I reach around to squeeze his well-muscled
rear end and to pull him closer.  He growls against my other breast.  It didn’t
sound like an angry growl, no more than the steady rumble.  I think he’s trying
to wait me out.  It’s as if he’s trying to detain his own climax.  I’m not
ready yet, it feels too good to stop already.  I want more.

“Come on Summer,
give it to me.”  He growls.  I was right.  “Stop thinking and come.”  He knows
me too well.  I wrap my legs around him high on his back.  His teeth scrape
across my nipple, shit!  The keening wailing cry that escapes me is like
nothing I’ve ever heard come out of me.  I’m surprised and I laugh as I
detonate around him.  Jackson roars his release and buries his face in my
neck.  He doesn’t move but sinks into me slowly now, my channel is still
throbbing and clenching, milking him.  He was right, the more we do this, the
better at it we get.  A year from now, sex is going to be epic.  He’s mouthing
his bite and it’s turning me on again.  All the muscles in my center clench. 
“Oh God.”  His hips start to move and he mouths the bite, nipping at it,
licking it.  I roll him onto his back.  I can’t believe he’s let me.  My hips
are moving of their own accord now.  I am no longer in control of this, I need
him again, and I am going to take what I need from him.  He doesn’t seem to
mind it either.  I’m twisting and writhing against him, slamming down onto
him.  He has swelled again and has filled me so much so that he’s lighting
every nerve up inside of me.  My womb is heavy and throbbing, climax won’t be
far off.  I lean over to flick his small brown nipples with my tongue.  He
bucks up into me and it feels so incredible that the orgasm tears through me.  My
body seizes then shakes with it.  Fire roars through my veins and tingles over
my skin.  I tremble against him and he shoves me back so that he is deeply
inside me as he comes.  “Fuck Summer.”  He whispers and I smile down at him. 
He’s so sexy when his eyes dilate with climax.  I lift off and roll over beside
him to rest my head on his chest.  I listen to his heart slow to the steady
thump that I love so much to hear.