The Alpha's Domination (8 page)

He paused in brushing her hair.

“I’m sorry, and I’m sorry about this last year, Sir.”

Daniel brushed a kiss to her cheek. “I was thinking of
you.” He finished brushing her hair and stood. “It’s time for breakfast. Come
on, baby.” He held his hand out for her to take.

Getting to her feet she followed him. She wanted to
cover her body from the potential prying eyes, yet as she made her way into the
kitchen, she noticed no one was around. They were alone. She was safe from anyone
else looking at her. Daniel had promised her no one else would be home, and
this just gave her another reason to trust him.

He took a small towel and placed it on one of the
chairs. “Take a seat.”

She sat on the chair. Her cheeks heated, and she wondered
if he saw the embarrassment. If he did, he didn’t say anything. Resting her
palms on her knees she looked toward him. He was gathering stuff out of the
fridge. The coffee pot was already working, filling the room with the delicious
aroma.

“How do you know we’re mates?” she asked, blurting the
words out. Pressing a hand to her mouth, she apologized.

Daniel smiled at her. “Your
scent,
and my wolf is driving me crazy telling me to claim you. He knows what he wants
today, tomorrow,
the
future. He’s got it all mapped
out.” He chuckled.

She watched him slice into a peach and start to
segment the fruit. He was making toast as well. The fresh smells made her
stomach grumble. At home, she got her own breakfast, which usually consisted of
cereal. Her mother wouldn’t be caught dead in a kitchen. She wondered if her
father knew all of their meals were prepared by a lower pack
female?
Dawn doubted it. Her mother wouldn’t let anyone get the chance to spill the
truth. She probably threatened a beating.

Minutes passed as he finished breakfast. “Doesn’t your
wolf recognize me?” he asked, taking a seat at the head of the table. She was
beside him but away from the table. If she was to lean her arms on the table
she’d look out of place.

“Yes and no. It’s complicated.” She tucked some hair
behind her ear. The chair he sat on scraped back as he stood to his feet. The
sudden movement had her tensing. He grabbed some kind of band and stood behind
her. Daniel worked her hair into a ponytail. “I love your hair, but I don’t want
it to get in my way. I love watching your face.” He took a seat again,
confusing her.

He offered her a slice of peach. Staring at the fruit
then at him, she frowned.

“You’ll feed from my hands,” he said.

Leaning forward she sucked the fruit from his fingers
trying not to touch his skin. Daniel laughed. “I wash my hands. You’re not
going to get any diseases.” For several minutes he fed her different slices of
fruit, sipping his coffee and reading the paper. The only attention he paid her
was with the fruit he offered up.

Was she invisible?

Gripping the edge of her seat, she took more fruit.
When the bowl was empty he buttered some toast and tore the bread apart. Again,
she had to take the food from his fingers. Slowly, the anger started to ebb
away to be replaced with comfort. She liked taking food from his offered hands.
He was feeding her, caring for her.

When the food was all gone, Daniel taking plenty of
food for himself, he poured them both a coffee. He folded up the newspaper
throwing it away from him.

“Here is your coffee. This is too hot, and I don’t
want to risk burning you.” He handed her the cup. She took it and swallowed
some down.

He kept watching her.

Should she say something?

“Thank you, Sir.”

“Dawn?”

“Yes, Sir?”

“Did you feel how hot the coffee was?” he asked.

His face was a blank mask. She didn’t know why he was
asking such questions. Staring into the coffee cup, she frowned. Steam was
rising from the cup. She’d always been able to drink hot liquid. Being a wolf
she was able to heal a lot faster than humans.

“Erm, no.
It tasted fine, why? Is there something wrong, Sir?” she asked.

“No, nothing is wrong.” He gave her a quick smile
before getting to his feet. With his back to her she stuck her finger into the
hot liquid. There was no pain. The wolf inside her was growling at her. When
she withdrew her finger she saw the scald, and yet she’d not felt anything.

You’ve not felt anything in a long time. This is what you’ve been
hunting for, the ability to feel pain.

Her wolf was pacing, clearly distressed. She placed
her hand on her lap watching her skin begin to heal.

“Have you ever been in a fight?” Daniel asked, washing
the dishes.

“Not really. I’ve seen fights but never been in one.”

He wiped his hands on the towel and turned to face
her. “Why did you dip your finger into the cup?” he asked.

She gasped. “How did you know?” she asked.

“The scent of
burning flesh, Dawn.
You tested the liquid with
your finger. It’s not completely burnt, yet you had a scald that has now
disappeared. Tell me why you didn’t call or scream.”

“I’m a wolf. My pain is different from others’.”

“Wolves scream at burns, broken bones, even the pain
from the way I bit you last night.”

She swallowed around the lump in her throat.

“I don’t know why,” she said, rubbing her hands down
her thighs. “I really don’t know why, Sir.”

Staring down at her finger, she was curious as to why
she didn’t call out. Her lack of attention had brought her secret to his
attention.

It’s because you crave pain that you can’t feel. You’re sick, twisted,
and need to feel pain.

Tears filled Dawn’s eyes as she looked up at Daniel.
“Do I repulse you?”

Chapter Six

Going to his knees before her, Daniel stared into her
eyes seeing the fear shining within her depths. How long had she been hiding
this inability to feel pain? Congenital Analgesia was very rare in wolves, but
Daniel had heard of certain cases where wolves were tormented or physically
abused during their transition. Around a wolf’s eighteenth birthday they went
through the transition that rewired their brain to connect to their wolves. The
problem with this condition was in wolves it was harder to treat. He stared
down at her finger seeing it had already healed.

Wolves hid it away, and he understood why as he’d also
heard of packs using wolves with Congenital Analgesia to fight to the death.
They didn’t need to stop even with broken bones as they didn’t feel it. Cupping
Dawn’s head, he tilted her head back and slammed his lips down on hers. There
was so much going on in that head of hers that he didn’t have the first clue
where to start. For the last year she’d been hiding this from him. Had she been
hunting pain in the hope of finding it? He should have seen it. Whenever he
spanked her, she’d made all the right noises, but it was lies.

Sliding his tongue along her lips, he plundered her
mouth tasting her.

His wolf pounced wanting out, to mark his woman and to
prove to her they didn’t hate her. They were in love with her.

Down.

No, we have to claim her. She’s hurting. We need to prove to her it
doesn’t matter. She needs us.

Not now.

Dawn needed them to be stable around her. He withdrew,
dropping a kiss on her nose. “Baby, I’m never repulsed by you. I’m curious
about what’s happened in your life.”

“Surely you can’t feel too much of a burn.”

He licked his lips, wondering what to say. “No, Dawn.
I can’t stick my finger into steaming coffee without it hurting. Last night, I
bit down on your nipples pretty hard. Did you feel it?” he asked.

“It was nice. My breasts are sensitive.”

Daniel moved his hands down to cup her breasts. He saw
the outline of the bruises. On her dark skin it was harder to see the bruises,
but they were there. He ran a thumb over the tips, and she gasped.

“Sensitive, Sir,” she said.

Nodding, Daniel sat back and stared at her body. He
needed to talk with a professional, and the only person he knew was a doctor.

“Go into the sitting room. I’m going to finish
cleaning the dishes. I want you to kneel beside the coffee table and present to
me.” She got to her feet, and he caught her wrist before she could leave. “This
is not a punishment, Dawn.” He pressed her hand to his cock. “I want you. I’m
not repulsed by you, but I’m concerned like any other mate would be.”

“There’s nothing to be concerned about, Sir.” She
dropped her head showing her submission.

“Let me be the judge of that.” He placed a kiss to her
head, inhaling her scent.

Daniel watched her leave, pulling out his cell phone.
He left the house, going out the door that led into the garden. Dialing Jake’s
number, he waited for his friend to answer his call.

“Hello,” Jake said, groaning.

“It’s nearly eight. Why are you still in bed?”

“Well, my alpha kicked my ass out of the house and I
don’t need to worry about getting up early.”

He laughed. “I need you to get the Doc here.”

“What did you do?” Jake asked. All the sounds of sleep
disappeared from his voice. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.” He looked through the kitchen. “Dawn’s not
okay, and no, I didn’t do anything. I think something happened to her during
the transition.”

“What?”

“Dawn can’t feel pain.”

“How is that possible?” Jake asked. “You’ve been
spanking her for the last year. Surely you would have seen something by now.”

He heard sounds over the line and imagined his friend
moving around. “I missed this. I don’t know how it happened, but I gave her a
coffee this morning. It was steaming, Jake, and she drank it down as if it was
cold. When I asked her about it she told me she always drank hot liquids.”

“That’s not so strange.”

“She put her finger inside the cup. Her skin burned,
and not a sound came from her. She looked like she’d put it in body temperature
water. Also, last night, I caused a lot of pain, and she only gasped and cried
out. Not once were any of her moans coming from the ability to feel pain. She
also doesn’t look shocked by her lack of pain. Dawn is scared of me being
repulsed by her.”

“Alpha, this is bad.”

“I know it’s bad, but I need you to get the Doc here
and to make sure no one knows the truth.”

Jake was silent.

“What do you want to tell me?” Daniel asked.

“I heard some guys talking at the club last night.
They were talking about some kind of dog fight or some shit. There’s a guy who
can’t feel pain and is taking on dogs in the ring. I don’t know if it was true
or if they were bullshitting. Do you think it can be a wolf with this same
problem?”

Daniel cursed. “I don’t know. I really don’t know. I’m
not having anyone putting Dawn in danger because she can’t feel. Check out the
gossip and get back to me. In the meantime, get the Doc here. I want him to
talk to him and see what I can find out.”

“What if she can’t be fixed?” Jake asked.

“I don’t need her to be fixed. I just need to keep her
safe.”

Jake hung up letting him know that he wouldn’t talk
about Dawn’s problem. Entering the house, Daniel placed the phone back on the
kitchen counter. He ran his fingers through his hair trying to focus on Dawn
rather than the fear of what her condition could mean. If she was trying to
find someone to give her pain then she could have encountered all kinds of sick
fucks. There were men, like him, who liked to cause a little pain, sadists, but
they trained hard not to push too hard.

Some men and women, however, didn’t care how much they
pushed. They didn’t believe in any boundary and simply pushed.

In her quest to find a sadist had she found this kind
of men?

The very thought sickened him. Something had happened
to her, but he didn’t know what it was.

He walked toward the sitting room, finding her in the
nearest one. She was kneeling on the floor with her dark thighs spread open for
him to see the naked lips of her sex. Her head was bowed in submission. Daniel
wanted to touch her body. Her dark skin called to him, leaving him in need to
feel her, to taste.

“You please me, pet,” he said, entering the room. He
pushed the coffee table out of the way and circled her body. She released a
little gasp as he moved the table with ease. Stroking her head, he stared at
the curves of her body. She was perfect. He took a seat on the sofa. “Move to
face me.”

She shuffled on the floor, her head still bowed, but
she settled between his thighs. Her naked, curvy body was on display for him to
touch.

She’s not ours yet.

He cupped her chin and forced her to look at him. “You
can’t feel pain, Dawn.”