“What about the rebellion leaders that remained in the Nine Realms, any news on them yet?” Brander asked, pulling my mind back to the issue at hand.
“Gathered and ready,” I announced. “Once we return, they’ll march on the first stronghold, declaring war on anyone who opposes us.”
“So, we move forward, and we continue with the plan,” Brander said, sitting before me folding his hands and tilting his head. “Glad to know getting your balls licked didn’t change anything.”
“Could you imagine getting your balls licked while being buried that deep inside a woman’s mouth?” Lore asked. “I’ve had girls take half of me, and it wowed me, but Aria fucking took it all. I watched her head push forward, and when it didn’t come back, and Knox gasped, I knew she’d taken his dick all the way down her throat. And then that fucker, he says, ‘jaw fully extends,’ not, ‘holy fuck this bitch just swallowed my dick,’ just, ‘jaw fully extends.’” Lucky bastard.” Lore rubbed his hand over his mouth. “What a fucking waste of talent. It’s really too bad you couldn’t keep her and make her into a pretty pet.”
It took everything within me not to reach over and snap Lore’s neck at witnessing Aria in all her glory. The memory of her lips wrapped around my cock still got me rock-hard. It wasn’t even the fact that she took all of me, but the look in her eyes as she peered up at me, giving me her attention. She wanted to please me, but also didn’t fucking care if she did. I’d wanted to grab that ass, throw her down, and fuck her till she submitted, but she’d had other plans. She wanted to fight me, and she wasn’t afraid to say it.
That creature had insulted my ability to provide, my ability to fuck, and my intelligence, and then, instead of admitting defeat with my superior strength, she’d sent my ass sailing across the room like I was nothing. I never got caught off guard. She wasn’t supposed to be that strong, but she was. She wasn’t supposed to be that hot, but she was. I wasn’t supposed to crave her, but I did. It did shit to me that I hated, yet wanted to feel with her. I’d never allowed emotions to rule me, and yet I’d claimed her in front of the entire alpha pack.
I’d placed my teeth on her shoulder, staring them down as my fingers trailed through the wet mess my rattle created in her panties. She’d come hard and fast, and they’d gotten hard watching. Fuck, I’d gotten hard. I’d meant to lay claim. I claimed fucking ownership. I’d made her mine in a way she didn’t and wouldn’t understand, and that was another fucking problem.
Aria wasn’t mine to claim, but I’d claimed her, anyway. I’d claimed her in a way that couldn’t be undone, and yet I didn’t want to take it back. I liked owning her, even if she wasn’t fucking aware of what it meant. It was a mark of protection, but it was so much more. That mark made her need me, crave me, and it also worked the same way on me. It was a mark of mates, and yet I’d never given or offered it to my mate. So why the fuck had I claimed Aria?
I looked at other women and compared them to her, and they were lacking. Regina sucked good dick, she worked it, but the hag had nothing on Aria. Aria had dug into my cold, dead soul, and she’d lit it on fucking fire. She went to war against me, and she fucking didn’t admit defeat readily. Instead, she craved me as much as I craved her, and the need to go barebones against one another won out. She was fucking wild with her need, and that wasn’t something she could fake. When Aria wanted cock, she took it.
Aria fucking devoured it.
Aria was savage and enjoyed being savaged by me.
Her scent wasn’t just arousing; it was consuming. Lesser creatures couldn’t fight it, not even the little mutt who vowed he’d given his word. One whiff of her sex oozing with need and he’d fucking come unhinged. Fuck, I had trouble ignoring her scent, and I had never been lured to a bed by a bitch in heat until her. It was almost as if her magic was enhancing it, making her desirable to every male with a fucking pulse. Hell, even some without. Greer hated her at first sight, but that motherfucker teased her and then told her to claim sanctuary. He’d helped no female before. He hated them, preferring male company, and yet I’d watched him narrowing his gaze as I’d carried her into the house, dripping my scent from her cunt.
“Do we know who in the Nine Realms wants her alive?” Killian asked, interrupting my thoughts.
“My guess would be the asshole who fathered her. She wasn’t conceived magically. Someone wanted that girl created and then made that want a reality. It’s someone powerful, and with enough pull that the leaders of the rebellion counseled me to keep her alive.”
“Is that why you protected her, writing your name on her pretty pussy? Or is there another reason you keep intervening on her behalf?” Killian asked, watching me for any sign of weakness. He wouldn’t find it.
“Rape is violent, Killian. If the alphas had raped her, she’d be as good as dead. There are over fifty alphas alone in this town, and Fallon shared his whores with them all daily. Aria was untouched and would have fought, and we all know what happens when a woman fights a pack of alphas.” I’d have slaughtered every fucking alpha here to keep her from being mauled or raped by that pack. I’d have pissed in a circle around her, marking that little witch as my prey.
“The alphas would have torn her apart,” he agreed, exhaling. “Just don’t get attached, she’s on the kill list.”
“She’s also on the do-not-fucking-touch list, and I’m way past touching her. She’s a fucking newborn, and she is already powerful. The creature within her taught herself to talk in a matter of minutes from emerging from her cocoon. Aria knows what she needs, but she doesn’t know why she needs it. Her kind, whatever it may be, it doesn’t belong here. Aria herself subdued an alpha. Not just any alpha, the fucking alpha. She only used her teeth and her claws, and she had Fallon coming on his own floor with the intensity of her bite. She’s a fucking unicorn of mixed powers, but none of them belong together.”
I couldn’t have been more fucking proud of her as that piece of shit fucked the floor while she’d demanded he submit to her bite. I’d smelled his cum as it had exploded from him and watched the horror that entered her eyes as the woman mixed with predator broke apart. It fucking hurt me to see the tears swimming in her eyes as her family stared on in open horror. My little monster was all alpha, but she was still learning what that meant.
“She rattles, and she purrs. Aria also clamped that cunt down tight to keep your cock inside her body, but also to protect you as she slept.” Brander rubbed his hand over his face, shaking his head. “Her flesh is clean, no scales or feathers. Her fire comes through her pores, as if beneath her flesh, there is something that ignites when she’s afraid or in danger. But then fear and danger don’t draw it out as it should, either. She’s a fucking enigma, one I can’t figure out.”
“She burns hot when she comes. She damn near burned down my bedroom. The roar that escaped her throat, it blew the fucking windows out of the entire third floor. Then there’s the thing beneath her spine, it moves. Other than teeth and claws, Aria shows no other physical signs of being unique or a creature. There’s not a single ounce of fat on her entire body, and when she is no longer in control, her body is defined and all sleek muscles. It’s almost as if Aria is the softness, and the creature is hard and lethal. She’s definitely something strong, and something ancient created her.”