The Alpha's Mate: (5 page)

She wasn’t worried that he would force her to do anything she didn’t want to, she was more worried about what she would do.  She could resist any attempt at seduction on his part but would he resist
her?

Then again she wasn’t exactly keen to stay in the house of people she didn’t know.
  Even if she actually thought they were a sweet couple.

G
oing on the hungry looks Alec was throwing Liv, she didn’t fancy the idea of listening to the two of them having sex. 
Repeatedly
.

Rosalee
looked between the three of them for a few seconds before giving in.  She looked at Adam directly.  “Fine you can stay here.  Down here, on the couch.  While I’m upstairs.”

Adam smirked.  “Sure sweetheart if that’s what you really want.”

“It is!”  She spat out.

Adam whipped the towel off and handed it Ros
alee, his impressive manhood unashamedly springing forth.  “Thanks for the loan, I’ll run home and pick up my clothes.  Not be long, Alec and Liv will wait here with you.”

Rosalee
’s eyes widened in amazement whilst Liv went bright red and Alec quickly pulled her into his arms keeping her head buried in her chest.  Alec snarled at Adam, not liking his little mate seeing his Alpha’s
privates
at all.

Rosalee forced herself to look at Adam’s face.  He was grinning widely and winked at her. 
Smug bastard
.

Rosalee smiled back wickedly.  “I’ll see you soon, be careful out there.  I can already tell
it’s cold outside.”  She flicked her eyes down to his arousal before returning them to his face.

His smile faltered for a second, but only for a second.  “True, but I’ll be back soon to warm you up.”

With that he strode out of the house.  Both Alec and Rosalee breathed a little more easily once he was gone.  Liv giggled as her mate finally released her from his death grip.

*

The cold water ran in rivulets down his tense muscles.  Adam had been in the shower for over an hour but so far nothing had appeased his raging erection.  He desperately wanted to claim his mate.

After returning to her house
it was to find that she had already gone to bed.  He bade a disgruntled Alec and a snickering Liv good night before trying to settle on the couch. 

He couldn’t sleep. 
It wasn’t the most comfortable couch but he’d slept on worse.  It was due to the fact that his mate was sleeping soundly above him.  To be so close to her but not able to touch her was painful.

When he came back he had stood outside her room for half an hour just listening to the steady rise and fall of her breath.  He had debated joining her in bed but couldn’t
imagined that would not go down well at all.

Instead he had decided to take a cold shower.  He imagined what would happen if she joined him.

She would kneel in front of him, that wicked smile over her beautiful lips. She would slowly lick them in anticipation.  She would take one finger and trace the thick vein down his shaft before her small hands wrapped around him and gently fisted him.  She would stroke his balls and the soft skin between his sac and his ass.  She would lick the glistening pre-cum from the tip of his penis and would moan at the salty taste of him in her mouth. 

He would take her hair in one hand and use the other to guide himself into her open willing mouth.  He would feed himself to her through her lips and over her tongue until he hit the back of her throat. She would contract around him and try to swallow him down, he would groan at how tight her throat was. He would pull his hips back and she would suck him and lap him with her tongue until he thrust hard into her mouth again. She would continue to stroke his balls whilst he thrust into her faster and faster, her moans like music to his ears...

The images taunted him as he firmly fisted his cock for the third time that night.  He desperately needed some release. 
He needed Rosalee.
  He imagined how tight her silken walls would feel wrapped around him, the moans she would make as he drove himself into her.  He would make her come again and again all night.

He gripped himself tightly and with a hollow groan his seed spilled out into the shower, washed down by the swirling water. 

He leaned his forehead against the cold tiles and shut the water off.  His wolf howled in his mind and paced restlessly.

He worried about her.   He
didn’t like her staying here, it wasn’t safe.  He should have slung her over his shoulder and dragged her back to his house.  Caveman style.  He wondered if she would have enjoyed that.  He felt his arousal start to twitch and tried to get the image out of his mind.

Adam
smiled remembering her witty nature, despite trying, he hadn’t been able to restrain himself from teasing her. 
She really did bring out his wicked side.

His wolf was prowling his mind, snarling at him to go and claim his mate.  Take
her, force her to be submissive... if only it was that easy.

He’d never imagined that finding his mate would fill him with su
ch anguish.  He’d assumed that if he ever found her the two of them would just fall into bed... for a few weeks.  Of course he had always assumed that his mate would be a she-wolf, who would understand the significance of finding your true mate.  Not a human who just wanted to bust his balls.

He
grinned just thinking about the look on Rosalee’s face when he had dropped his towel and given her an eyeful. 
She had practically licked her lips.

The images flooded through his mind again and his half mast became rock hard.  He sighed and switched the shower back on.  It was going to be a long night...

Chapter Six

28
th
September

Ros
alee awoke to the sounds of banging. 
God didn’t anyone in this town just want to have a lie in?

She curled into a ball and pulled the covers over her head. 
Five more minutes...

Loud voices outside intermingled with the banging. 
What were they doing?
  One of the loud voices was a little too familiar...

Reluctantly she hauled herself out of bed, throwing on a robe she trudged downstairs to see what the fuss was about.  She found Adam and an older man in his forties fixing a new door to her house.

They were laughing but stopped abruptly when they saw her.  Adam smiled at her, his cheeks dimpling.  “Morning Rose, this is Jase, we’re fixing up your door.”

“Yes I gathered that much...”

“And we’ve put some better locks on your windows and changed the lock on the back door.”

The other shifter gave her a crooked and curious smile.  “Nice to meet you Rose.”

He was a good six inches shorter than Adam and a hell of a lot skinnier, but didn’t seem to have any trouble holding the massive wooden door while Adam guided it into place.

“You too, thanks for this.”

“Don’t thank me, Adam here is paying for it.”

“Well he is the one who destroyed the door...”

Adam took a deep breath and stopped himself from retorting.  He had resolved that the best way to woo his mate might be to hold his tongue whenever she tried to goad him.  “Which is why I‘m only too happy to replace it.”

She harrumphed and folded her arms, making her breasts lift and jut out.  She was wearing a shorts and vest
pajama set, she had a robe on but she had not bothered to tie it so he could see everything.  He almost started drooling as he saw her nipples harden underneath the thin fabric.

Thank g
od he had insisted Jase himself come out to help.  Jase had been happily mated to a human for twenty years and had four children, all coyotes like himself.  Jase had wanted to send one of his apprentices but he was glad he didn’t, he might not have been able to cope with an unmated male looking at her.

Adam had offered to pay Jase double to get out here and get everything done that morning.  Jase was curious as to why Adam was willing to do that but certainly hadn’t the nerve to ask him.

He forced himself to look away and concentrate on the door.  “Liv’s in the kitchen.”

“Umm thanks, either of you guys
want a drink or something?

Jase politely declined and
Adam said, “nah, Liv’s been plying us with food and drink all morning, but thank you for asking.” 

This new courteous side of Adam was a bit unnerving.  She could deal with the teasing and sexual innuendo but this made it difficult to ignore how much she wanted him.  She cleared her throat.  “
Okidoke, I’ll just go see what Liv’s up to.”

Both men nodded as she made her way to the kitchen.  She found
Liv sipping a cup of tea and nibbling some toast.  Liv looked a litte tired and once again Rosalee felt bad about her coming over in the middle of the night.

“Morning Rose.”

“Hey, good morning.  You sleep okay?  You look a little tired.”

Liv fl
ushed.  “Yep, fine.” 
When Alec let her sleep
.  “I’m actually pregnant, so I’m kind of tired all the time right now.”

Rosalee beamed at her.  “Congratulations!  No wonder your man’s so overprotective.”

Liv giggled.  “No, Alec’s always like that.  He’s such a cutie.”

Rosalee tried to reconcile the word ‘cutie’ with the six foot three stern wolf shifter but just couldn’t.

Rosalee lowered her voice.  “How long have they been out there?”

“About two hours.  Here you should eat something?”  Liv offered her a plate of toasted bread.  Ros
alee took a couple of slices and began slathering them with fruit jellies.  Liv poured her a cup of tea and pushed it over to her.

“Why didn’t you wake me?”

“I figured after the excitement last night you needed all the rest you could get.”

Ros
alee blushed.  Even after the threat of being attacked last night her dreams had still only been filled with erotic thoughts about Adam, which were even more vivid now she had seen him naked.

After wolfing the two slices
Rosalee reached for a third. 

Liv chewed her bottom lip.  “I don’t like the idea of you being all the way out here alone.”

“Me either.”  Both women started as the deep voice rumbled through the kitchen.  Adam was stood leaning against the doorframe. 

Rosalee pouted.  “Tough.”

His voice become low and held a hint of a growl.  “Someone broke into your house while you slept last night, you could have been hurt.  I’m not leaving you alone, if I can’t be with you I’ll make sure someone else from my pack is.”

She placed her hand on her heart mockingly.  “Oh wolf boy, I had no idea you cared.”

“There’s a lot you don’t know.” 

She snorted.  “I don’t need a bodyguard.”
             

“It’s not such a chore to guard your body.”  He chuckled and winked at Liv who was stifling laughter behind her teacup. 

“Yeah well, I’m spending the day cleaning the house and getting it ready to be sold, so if you’re hanging around you’re helping.  You think you can handle that hairball?”

Adam walked over to the table and placed his palms on it, leaning over her.  Rosalee felt herself warm at his nearness.  She sat on her hands to stop her hands from
pulling him down to her for a kiss.  He practically purred at her.  “
Bring it on
.”

*

Rosalee had taken her time getting ready.  She had carefully chosen an outfit that would make the sexy wolf hot under the collar.  She was wearing a pair of tight high waist black shorts with a white see-through sleeveless shirt over a lacy vest.

If the way his eyes had widened and the bulge in the front of his trousers had grown was any indication it was a good choice. 

After a few mild protestations from Rosalee they were driving to town in Adam’s truck to buy some cleaning supplies.  Liv left them to go man the reception desk at the Sheriff’s station.

On the drive over
Adam kept glancing at Rosalee’s legs.  She was wearing the same shoes as she had when he first spied her in the grocery store.  Her legs were so long and toned, god he wanted to feel them wrapped round him so badly.  He shifted in his seat awkwardly, his erection was pushing uncomfortably against the zipper of his jeans.

He heard a small sound. 
Rosalee was sniggering.  He gripped the steering wheel tightly forcing himself to focus on the road.

Rosalee
looked out the window.  The small town whirred past.  It really was quaint.  She’d never lived in a small town like this, it was a breath of fresh air.  The people were relaxed and friendly.  Spending time with Adam was nice. 
She could get used to this.

No, she wasn’t staying.  She would get bored and move on eventually, like she always did.  She shouldn’t get attached.  She knew this was true, so why did her insides churn at the thought of leaving?

*

Adam
and Rosalee stopped by the grocery store and picked up some cleaning supplies.  Rena was working again.  Rena smiled, flirted, batted her eyelids.  Under Rosalee’s scrutiny Adam remained as susceptible to Rena’s coquettishness as a statue. 

Adam was gratified to see that it pleased Rosalee. 

They returned to her house and spent the day cleaning and getting rid of junk. 
Iris Bennett sure did amass a lot of crap
.

They chatted throughout the
day, both Adam and Rosalee spoke about their childhood.  Rosalee told him stories about all the different places she’d lived, Adam about all the naughty things he did as a child. 
Which made her laugh hysterically
.

He told her about what it meant to
be part of a pack, not just being the leader but also being in charge of the pack run business.  She told him about her career as an artist, or lack of career as the case currently was.

He was pleased that she asked questions about pack life
and glad to fill her in on the details, she was interested and thankfully didn’t seem daunted by it.

It was nice being with her all day.  When she brushed past him he caught her scent, a brief touch of her skin.
It was exhilarating
.

Of course it wasn’t easy working with a rock hard erection or a wolf
that was pushing him to bond with his mate...
immediately
.  As time passed he was starting to think his wolf was right.  It would be so easy to just pull her down to the ground, rip her clothes off and slide home into her warm, tight body...

“You know I appreciate all the help you’re giving me.”
  Rosalee was inspecting the pictures on the hall wall.

“It’s my pleasure
.  Nice pictures.” 

He came and stood next to her, shoulder to shoulder.  The air was heavy with desire. 
Both his and hers
.  Rosalee had felt like her body was on fire all day due to the nearness of the hot man mountain, and was embarrassed at how wet she was.  She prayed he couldn’t tell.

He pointed to the
beach scene in Mexico.  “I like this one.”

She cocked a
n eyebrow at him.  “Yeah?  What do you like about it?”

He tipped his head and regarded her with interest.  “Honestly I don’t know, it just appeals to me.”

“It’s mine.”

“Well the whole house is yours.”

“No, I mean it’s one of mine.  I painted it.”  She smiled at him shyly.

A look of pride came over his face. 
Wow, he had one talented mate
.  “I’m impressed, perhaps I could persuade you to paint my picture.  I’ve always had a mind to hang my picture over the mantle.”

She snorted.  “Conceited much?”

Adam put his hand on her shoulder and she shivered under his touch.  “In my wolf form.”

“Well, that is your best side.”

He looked at her in earnest, his natural Alpha nature pushing through, his dark grey eyes pierced her.  “So would you?  Paint me?”

“Yes...”  He could have asked her for a kidney at that moment and she would have said yes.

“Good.”  He considered offering to buy the Mexico painting to prove how much he liked it, but he might come off as an ass kisser. 

Noticing the amenable mood his mate was in he quickly asked her, “
will you have dinner with me tonight?  At a restaurant?”

“
Ummm, okay...”

Deciding to change the subject
before she had time to consider why she had so easily said yes he asked, “so you’re definitely selling the house and land?”

“That’s the plan.”

“Would you consider an offer from me?”

She looked at him with narrowed eyes.  “You want my land?”

Adam coughed a little embarrassed.  “It umm backs onto pack land, we were kind of hoping to expand the pack territory a little.”

Ah.  Now it
made sense.
  The continued attention, staying at her house last night, insisting on helping her clean even though it’s obvious he hates it. 
It’s about the land
.

She had hoped it was about her, that he was so interested in her that he was going out of his way to impress her.
  But really he was just trying to butter her up to get her to sell to him for a good price.

She was disappointed but not surprised.
  She gently shook her shoulder out of his touch, reluctantly he dropped his hand.

Her voice was a little detached.
  “I’ll give you the details of my grandmother’s lawyer.  Feel free to make an offer to them.”

Adam sensed her displeasure
and wanted to reassure her.  “I’m not here right now because I want your land, I’m here to make sure you’re safe.  The land is second to your safety.”

“
Ummm hmmmm.”

His wolf whined at the sudden change in mood from their mate.

“Rose I need to tell you...”

“Maybe we should get on.  The spare bedrooms need a lot of work.”

Rosalee climbed the stairs not waiting to see if he followed.

He
sighed, surely she wouldn’t stay mad for long? 
Oh, fuck
.