Shattered Bonds novel Chapter 7

She said yes. Fin and I are on cloud nine. And while I really wanted to seal the deal by taking her again, I knew she needed a break. I pushed her in ways I know she’s never been pushed. And she responded just like I always hoped my mate would.

Even though we went to bed very late, I wake her up early. I want to take her again before she has to leave for the day, and I have to get back to the reality of being an Alpha. I wake her up slowly, feasting on her delicious peach taste before burying myself inside her. Then I pull her into the shower with me and I take her again.

I realize that I need to add some other shower gel and shampoo to my shower for the days when I can sneak Emlyn into my room for a night. She already spends nearly half her time here. We had set up a schedule where the Guardians would train in all the packs, helping the warriors to get stronger and become better fighters. As I think about it, this week will be Emlyn’s week to train here. Perfect!

Thankfully, between my sister and my brother Cayden, who is one Emlyn’s best friends, there has never been a concern about her staying over at our packhouse. Alpha Eli threatened Cayden, Cohen and Clint with an early death if they ever touched his daughter. Little did any of us know, he threatened the wrong Alphas.

I pull some of my clothes out of my closet for Emlyn. It wouldn’t be the first time she’s raided my closet looking for something to wear, but it will be the first time that I’m thrilled to have her wearing my scent. I grab a shirt that I wore briefly and still has my scent on it and a pair of shorts that have a drawstring so she can tighten them around her small waist.

Just the thought of her small waist and her luscious ass has my dick getting hard again. I need to divert my thoughts before I head downstairs. It’s one thing for Emlyn to come out of my room wearing my clothes. Everyone assumes that she’s a sister, so it won’t cause a fuss. But if I walk out popping wood, that would cause a stir.

I know I shouldn’t, but before I let her leave my room, I pull her to me and kiss her like a drowning man breathing air for the first time in too long. When I pull back, I can see she’s just as dazed as I feel. I know I shouldn’t have gotten her aroused again, but I couldn’t help myself.

I wish I could mark her. I almost did last night. Thankfully, I pulled Finley back in time. I don’t know if she would have freaked out, but I would definitely have had to tell her that she was my mate. I have no intention of scaring her off. Fin and I will just have to wait it out a couple of years and since she agreed to be my girlfriend, I can work with this. She’s mine, just not completely.

I have her leave before me and when I walk out and down the stairs of the packhouse, I hear my brothers asking her where she slept last night.

“Oh, I fell asleep in Richie’s room.”

I can hear them snickering. “I bet he loved that.”

I know what they are thinking. On the night I was inaugurated as Alpha, I’d want to celebrate with a she-wolf. What they don’t know is, I did. And not just any she-wolf, I celebrated with my mate.

“What? He was very nice about it.” My sweet mate says. I can almost hear her blush from here.

“Nice? Now there’s a word Rich doesn’t get called very often.”

“Richie has always been nice to me.”