The Alpha's Toy (10 page)

Mary chuckled as she saw one of her
eyebrows raised and a smile lifting her lips.

“
Go and get your
breakfast,” Jane said. “I’ll handle this.”

Max looked happy to
disappear.

Looking up at the sunlight, Mary
basked in the warm glow on her face.

Jane cleared her throat, chuckling.
“Max is not the best man to talk to if you’re hoping for
tact.”

“
I wasn’t hoping for anything. We
were talking about Jessica, and it sort of moved into something
else entirely.” Mary smiled, kicking some of the stones as she
stared down at the ground.

“
I know what you mean about men
not liking us for our fuller shape. I gave up on men until I met
Max. I saw him across a bar. I was drinking a cocktail, and he just
wouldn’t look away.” Jane smiled, immersed in the memory. “He
approached me and started talking. I remember being enthralled as
he didn’t check out the other slender women in the bar. His eyes
were on me and me alone. I felt hot, sexy, desirable.”

Mary saw the love shining in her eyes.
She envied the feeling, wishing she could feel something
similar.

“
After he bit me, he was
there guiding me through the transition. He was my mate, Mary. The
man I was destined to be with.” Jane looked back at the house.
“Every time I’m with him, it feels like the first time all over
again.”

Jane turned her gaze back to Mary. “I
hope one day you can know that kind of feeling.”

“
I hope so, too.”

Jane reached out, touching her
skin
. “Come
in when you’re ready for breakfast.”

Mary
was shocked when she was left outside
alone. Staring up at the sun, Mary basked in the feelings erupting
inside her. Her body was her own, and she never wanted to lose this
feeling surrounding her with warmth.

When Zeke wrapped his arms around her
waist, she sank against him, smiling.

“
What are you thinking?” he
asked.

“
Nothing important.” They
snuggled together, and the heat sizzling between them had nothing
to do with the sunlight cascading down on them.

His fingers worked underneath her shirt,
stroking her stomach. “I wish you were naked. I’d bend you over
right now and slide inside you.”

“
Your pack can see
us.”

“
I don’t care. They know
who you belong to.”

The land, his skin all felt like home.
Mary felt safe and protected, which was strange considering she was
only supposed to be his toy.

“
Jane and Max are right. If
I was to walk away and not claim you, there would be men in my pack
who would want a taste of you. They all know you were a virgin and
can’t believe men haven’t tried to get into your pussy,” he said,
kissing her neck.

She gasped. Heat flooded her pussy,
soaking her panties. How could he get such a quick response from
her? All he ever needed to do was give her a few quick responses
and she was ready for him. The heat flooding through her should
embarrass her, and yet she was burning for him. His cock was the
only thing she wanted between her thighs.

“
I won’t be with anyone from your
pack.” She couldn’t think of being with another man, not after her
time with Zeke.

“
There’s something I need
to show you,” Zeke said, taking her hand.

He led her away from the house. His
fingers tightened around hers as they walked the distance to the
other pack house. Staring at the place she’d considered her home
for a few days a month, Mary was overcome by a shocking wave of
cold. The building looked large, gloomy, and unwelcoming. She
remembered the whispers as she used to pass the other members going
to her room.

“
Why are we here?” she
asked.

“
There’s something I want
to know from you.”

The seriousness on his face let her know
he wasn’t trying to scare her. “Okay.”

Through the front door they went all
the way to the kitchen. The house smelled awful and disgusting.
Pressing a hand to her nose, she felt a wave of sickness roll over
her. “Does it smell like this because of them dying?”

“
No, this is the smell that clung
to your pack. They’re a dirty pack with dirty deeds, Mary. Their
souls were dead long before their bodies.”

Mary couldn’t ever remember scenting
something so bad before in her life. It took every ounce of control
not to vomit from the acrid burn. She would need to take a shower
to rid her body of this.

Zeke opened the door leading down to
the basement. For some reason Mary tensed, feeling something bad
had happened down there.

“
No, I can’t go down
there,” she said, overcome with sweat.

“
I need you to follow me
down.”

Seeing the somber look on his face didn’t
help. Trying not to breathe she followed him downstairs to where
something bad awaited.

The light illuminated everything. Images
flashed through her mind. Pain and death consumed her. She glanced
in the far corner, and memories suddenly swamped her. No, she
couldn’t stay in the house.

Moving closer, she wrapped her fingers
around the pole feeling the sizzle of the silver. Something bad
happened here, and what was worse, Roger and Dani had somehow wiped
her memory of everything.

****

Zeke fisted his hands as Mary
held onto the bar. He’d never seen a cage made out of silver
before. The look on her face let him know it wasn’t the
worst thing to have
happened. His father hadn’t found anything out about experiments,
but he knew Mary was the only one close enough to have any
information.

His father had asked for him to try to get
some information out of Mary. He hated the pain he was causing her.
The disgust she felt was rolling off her in waves. She despised
this place and feared it with equal measure.

“
How can they have affected my
memories?” Mary asked.

“
What do you
mean?”

“
I remember being here, but I
also remember sweating, panicking as I watch something happening
over there.” Mary released the bar and walked over to the science
table. She reached out as if to touch it then pulled her hand away.
“I need to get out of here.”

Zeke ran after her as she charged out of
the house. For a half breed she was fucking fast. Out in the
sunlight he chased after as she ran over the gravel then across the
field. The energy pulsed off her, and he shouted her
name.

Nothing was stopping her. He knew she
wasn’t running away from him. No, something else was chasing her
away, and he needed to get to her before she fell.

Then, suddenly, Mary’s wolf met his eyes.
There was no pain as she kept running. Mary was a beautiful golden
brown in her wolf form. He paused as he watched her gracefully
run.

Love, lust, and respect rolled into one as
he stared after the woman he’d been looking for since he’d bitten
her. Zeke didn’t take the time to shed his clothes. Running after
her, he called to his wolf, and then he could hear her.

“
Finally,”
she said.
“I’m free. I’m free, and you
can remember what they did to us.”

Her wolf was profound, begging to be
heard. All this time Mary’s wolf had been trying to save her by
stopping her from making so many mistakes.

Following after
he
r, Zeke
listened to her innermost thoughts. He was her Alpha, and they were
connected in the most profound way. His seed was inside her at her
most fertile time.

“
They killed half breeds. They
hurt e
veryone who came into that room. It’s dangerous. Tell
everyone what is happening.”

What was happening?

Zeke ran through the trees, chasing after
her. Images flashed in his mind, and they were all of Mary’s
memories of what happened in that room in the basement. He stumbled
at the horror her wolf had remembered. Mary’s wolf hadn’t forgotten
anything. She’d saved the memories waiting for the right moment to
show Mary.

“
We had to wait for him.
He will protect us.”

Mary had been drugged keeping her
docile as they injected her with all kinds of drugs. They had been
finding a drug that would harm, even kill full breeds. Roger and
Dani had been greedy wanting the power that such a drug would give
them.

He stopped as he recognized his
sister. Mary was collapsed on the floor, her body hurt and bruised
as she stared at the table. His sister fought, screaming out,
crying out, warning them that her death would be
avenged.

“
She lived.”

Her wolf spoke to him. He couldn’t let
her get away. Setting off at a run, he chased after Mary. Picking
up his pace he got to the edge of the waterfall in time to watch
her jump off. Following her down, he saw her break the surface as a
human. Her female scream was the last thing he heard before he went
under.

Breaking the surface, he heard her
screaming. She was holding onto the grass on the other side. Her
body was wet and naked as she held onto the grass. The screaming
stopped suddenly. Swimming to her side, he put his hand on her
back, wanting to offer her comfort.

“
I remember,” she said. “I can’t
believe I went back there month after month.”

She coughed. Her fingers sank into the
grass, her nails covered in dirt. Placing his hands on either side
of her head he pressed kisses to the back of her neck trying to
take the awful memories away.

“
I’m here.”

“
How can they have taken my
memories?” she asked, glancing at him over her shoulder.

“
Your wolf took the
memories to help you deal with what was happening to you. She was
waiting for the right time when you were both protected.” Her wolf
was waiting for him. He sensed it more now than ever
before.

Her body was shaking but not from
cold.

“
You talk about my wolf as
if it’s another being looking after me.”

Pressing a hand to her chest covering
her heart, he kissed her neck. “Your wolf is here. She knows what
is best for you. She saw the danger and did everything she could to
keep you safe.”

The wolf and human were as one. He
loved the feel of his wolf and accepted him within his
body.

“
The woman on the table, do
you remember her?” he asked.

“
Yes. She was pushed into a
cage beside me. I remember her sniffing me.” Mary turned in his
arms, staring up at him. “She told me you wouldn’t stop until you
found me.”

His family had known he’d been looking for
the woman he’d bitten for some time. “Her name was Debbie. She was
my sister and went missing over a year ago. What happened to
her?”

“
She escaped. I remember
her tearing through the bars as if they meant nothing. She was the
first full breed they tried to experiment on. I don’t know what
else happened to her.” Mary stared up at him with tears in her
eyes. “They were trying to hurt all other packs.”

Pushing the hair off her face, he stared
into her eyes. Stroking her cheek, Zeke was so proud of her
surviving even down to remembering his sister.

“
Did they succeed?” she
asked.

“
I don’t know. I’ll have to get
in touch with my father. His pack is based several miles away.”
Tilting her head back he saw she was pale. “I’ve never seen a half
breed change so quickly.”

“
I’ve never changed without the
help of the full moon.” She licked her lips. The image of his cock
disappearing in her mouth flashed across his mind.

Leaning down, he pressed his lips to hers.
Her hands went to his shoulders, holding onto him. Wrapping a hand
around her waist he tugged her closer. Plunging his tongue into her
mouth, he closed his eyes relishing the taste of her
skin.

Her moans vibrated down to his cock,
making him hard.

Breaking the kiss, he lifted her up in
his arms locking onto one of her nipples. She cried out, sinking
her fingers into his hair.

He was going to fuck her. Zeke needed
to fuck her, to mark her, and to claim her so no other male would
ever try to take her away from him.

“
Zeke.” She spoke his name
with a moan. Mary wrapped her legs around him.

Gripping his shaft, he found her
entrance and slammed inside. Her body was open for him. After all
the memories he wanted to give her something
pleasurable.

She cried out, thrusting her chest out to
his waiting mouth. Holding her tightly, Zeke fucked her hard, going
as deep into her body as he could.

Kissing up her chest, he claimed her
lips once again as he fucked her cunt.

Claim her.

He pushed the need away, wishing he
could just give in. Slamming inside her hard, Zeke let the pleasure
swallow them both up. Everything else could wait as he fucked his
toy hard.

She’s more than a
toy.