Enchanting the Alpha (Hex My Heart, #4) (7 page)

“It’s not that easy.” He angled himself toward her, eyes brighter now than they had been all night.

“Sure it is.” Her voice cracked, but she held his crimson stare when he shot her a glance over his shoulder.

“My father was a murderer, a traitor and the one responsible for my mother’s death. She died of a broken heart when the pack turned him away for killing an elder. Then we were forced out too.”

“It must have been the worst time in your life.”

“I lost the things I held closest, Harmony. To a shifter, pack and family are everything.” Anger mixed with an ugly amount of pain rolled off him and the psychic in her picked up flashes of him as a young boy with tears rolling down pouty dirt-stained cheeks.

“I’m here, offering you a fresh start.” She slipped from the bed and walked over to him where he stood next to the window, her palms open. “Let me be your light now. Trust me.”

“Trust isn’t an easy thing to accept or even give to another.”

“Then give me a chance to show you how much I trust you.”

“Do you?”

“Only one way to find out.”

“You fight for me when you’ve only known me for such a little time.”

She slowly moved into him, pressed together from hip to chest she tipped her head up to look into his eyes. “Are you questioning the clairvoyant?”

That brought a small smile to his lips and right then she’d move the planets to see him smile again, but from the heart.

“I don’t know if I’m strong enough to let my heart love again. What if...”

“What if I leave you? Die? Get kidnapped by rogue dragons and flown halfway around the world from you to serve at their leisure? That last one is unlikely, but...” She gave a shrug and cocked her brow as if she might consider the option.

Anger flashed in his eyes and his arms tightened round her.

So that got to him.

“If you don’t claim me, I’m afraid some dragon-man might swoop in and take me instead.” She rose to her tiptoes and gave a small peck on his cheek then slowly backed away. “You wouldn’t want that, would you?” She took another step back and he turned, shadowing her moves until the bed hit the back of her legs.

“Say that again, witch.” Caught between the softness of her bed and the rock hard man at her front, she said the only thing that came to mind. “That I had my eye on Mr. Violet Eyes. Obsidian, he said his name was, right? Did you see the way... and his hands, the way he held...” She wiggled her brows.

A scream left her lips and she couldn’t hold back the laughter as he picked her up and tossed her on the mass of pillows covering the bed. Firm yet gentle hands parted her thighs and she had him right where she wanted him, between her thighs and close to her heart.

He lowered his head, his lips a whisper away from hers.

“You wicked temptress. Evil down to the core.” He worked his hands beneath her bottom and scooted her up until her back rested against the thick pillows positioned at the top of the bed. Something soft wrapped around her wrists a split second before the small sound of metal grating against metal fell to her ears.

She gave a small tug to her hands. “Caden Roarke, you trickster.”

“I guess we all have a bit of evil in us. “He tossed a wink at her and she couldn’t hold back from smiling. “And what were you saying about the lizard boy again?” Mischief sparkled in the depth of his eyes, and her heart swelled.

He held up a bottle and she immediately recognized what he snagged from the shelf on their way in here.

“Don’t you love the taste of wild berries and cinnamon?” Oh, the devious wolf had a plan all right. He was hungry and she was the main course. Handcuffed, naked and ready for the beast to enjoy a full moon snack.

Heat rushed her system and colored her cheeks. Breathing hard, she parted her lips and let out a small whimper. Now that he had her restrained, the idea of not touching him didn’t sit too well. The way every shaft of light caressed him made her jealous. Her fingers itched to touch him too.

He stroked the pad of his thumb over her sensitive buds that pulled a gasp of delight from her. “Don’t play with me, wolf. You want this?” She bowed her body until his hands clasped around her firmly. “If so, don’t tease. That would be cruel.”

“I’d never want to hurt you, Harmony, especially like that. Trust me?”

All humor set aside, he looked to her for the answer she knew would either build him up or tear them apart.

“With my life.” Peacefulness relaxed his body and extended to include her. Realization dawned. The strength of her words held more power for him than any of her supernatural abilities.

The smell of wild berries hit her senses. Warm silk drizzled over first one breast, then the other, his cock bobbing next to her lips. She angled her head to the side.

“You’ll get what you want. Be patient.” Kneeling over her, he cupped her breasts, working the oil over every part of them in a slow sensual glide. In a strained voice he said, “I love how your body responds to me. The fire you have inside calls to my wolf and makes me howl to have you near.” He increased the friction, letting the weight of her breasts pull her nipples from his fingers with a tight pinch. She withered beneath his hands. Power surged in the depths of her core and she could barely breathe for the onslaught of pure lust that surged through her veins. “You’re about to come, aren’t you?”

“About to combust!” She thrust her breasts into his palms, arched her back and let the moan caught in her throat slip out. “Do it again—pinch my nipples like that.”

“Demanding aren’t we?”When their gazes locked, she saw a heady mixture of desire and love.

“Please, Caden.”

He gave her what she wanted, and then tugged on the buds as he guided his shaft to her lips. Currents sizzled through her body and the second the soft tip of his cock touched her lips, jolts of energy sparked. She gasped. Slowly he parted her lips with his thickness. She loved how he watched her slip every inch of his cock past her lips in one slow glide.

A growl rumbled from his chest. Tied up, her motions were limited. Fingers buried in her hair, he pulled out of the warm depth of her mouth only to slowly slide back in until he hit the back of her throat. She hollowed her cheeks and applied a soft suction that elicited a tighter grip on her hair. “Damn, you have a wonderful mouth that knows how to suck me.”

He tipped his head back and her heart swelled with pride at the pleasure she gave him. He pumped his hips again, this time a little faster.

He pulled out, leaving only the tip between her lips. Salty liquid hit her tongue. Greedy for more, she sucked harder until she got her prize.

His fingers worked her engorged peaks as he pushed deeper then pulled out all the way.

“More, I wasn’t done.” She gave a pout with the full power of the quivering lower lip and all. “Any more and I would have been.” Lips parted as if hungry, Caden leaned over her and captured a nipple. Sweet goddess, pleasure exploded behind her eyelids and she was on the verge of her second orgasm of the night.

With her nipple still prisoner in the warm crevasse of his lips, Caden slipped between her legs. Anticipation seeped into every pore in her body and she watched him devour her one lick and nibble at a time. The bulbous tip of his cock slipped between her folds with every movement he made. The sweet torture held her captive, frozen in place. Wanting. Needy. And horny.

With a juicy pop, he released her. Rattled and breathy, she cried out as he straightened, poised his thick shaft at her entrance and pressed forward.

“Watch.” He parted her folds with two fingers. Inch by inch he slipped into her. He held her attention with his fiery gaze and for seconds on end time stood still. Tangled webs of magick flowed along her body and fed into him. Mesmerized, she wrapped her legs around his waist and locked her ankles. Braced against the barred headrest and with his support, she bowed her back, driving him deeper.

Hands anchored around her waist, he pulled back only to drive home with a hard thrust.

He did it again. And again.

Soon it was all she could do to hold on and not trip over the edge, but she didn’t want this to end. Not yet.

“Kiss me.”

Caden stilled, wrapped an arm around her waist and bent to claim her lips. Hot sizzling molten lava was ice compared to the heat he fed into her on contact. Her heartbeat tripled and she ached to reach out and touch him. She pulled at the handcuffs.

Smiling, he broke their kiss, but didn’t pull away. “Not yet, my witch. You trust me?”

She nodded, not trusting her voice.

“I need to hear the words, love.”

“Yes. Yes, now let me touch you.”

“Soon. Right now I want you turned around and on your knees.”

He slipped from her wet channel and helped her turn and face the headboard. Only what she saw instead left her speechless.

Indigo waves of energy consumed them, spiraled along their skin until they appeared as one. Then she noticed his eyes. A kaleidoscope of red, violet and blue. Spellbound, she couldn’t look away. “So beautiful.”

Caden positioned himself behind her, the weight of his heavy cock nestled between her cheeks. With an arm wrapped around her waist for support, he pulled her back into his embrace.

With a hand to her thigh, he pressed. “Open for me.”

She caught his attention in the mirror. Gazes locked, she slid her thighs apart as he guided his cock along her seam, skimmed along her nether-hole in a slow promising tease until he found what he wanted.

She gave a deep moan as he buried himself to the hilt, balls hitting against her clit. Her pupils dilated and her lips parted with a husky moan. Tremors quaked through her pussy and the need to come washed over her. Her legs trembled, only the support of his arms holding her against his chest kept her upright.

“Not yet, love. Look at me.” She flicked her eyes to his in the mirror that hung over the headboard. With a flick of his wrist, he freed her hands. “You want to be my family?” He pulled out and slid home in one slow stroke. She wrapped her fingers around the bars, pushed back and clenched her channel around him before pulling away to create a tension as much in her core as around his shaft. “Goddesses, that’s good.”

“Fuck, Harmony, don’t make me come yet.” His head fell back and she couldn’t look away from the pleasure she saw on his face. His hold around her waist tightened “Yes. If I’m only so lucky.” Her words drew his attention. All but a few shards of red remained, in the depths of eyes so ice blue she felt captivated by their brilliance. The preternatural glow only added to their beauty.

He thrust in, hitting the bundle of nerves buried in her womb that sent a shockwave of pure erotic pleasure through her veins and poured into her system instantly.

“My witch.” Pleasure of a different kind coursed through her at his endearment. He pulled out and thrust home, picking up the pace. Friction rocketed her senses out of this world. Eyes screwed shut, the colorful bursts of magick exploded just as Caden stiffened behind her. His shaft pulsated and hot ribbons of semen coated her channel sending another wave of ecstasy to crash over her.

“Then take me now and forever. Say you will, please put my wolf and me at ease. Say yes.”

She stiffened.

“What’s wrong?”

“That’s not the first time I’ve heard those words.”

Caden pulled back. “Please tell me the truth. Are you spoken for, Harmony?” Anger collided with hurt and welled in the pools of his bright blue eyes, but he held himself still, his cock buried in her. “Tell me and I’ll beg and plead for you.” His arm tightened around her in a possessive hug. He bowed his head over her shoulder and gathered her hands in his to place tender kisses along her knuckles.

“You would do that for me.”

“After tonight, I think I’ve discovered there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.”

“And there’s not a creature I wouldn’t slay or spell I wouldn’t cast to have you as mine, Caden Roarke.”As strange as it sounded, she felt more connected now than any sacred joining of hearts at a witch’s wedding could ever give her.

She splayed her hands across his. Heartbeat after heartbeat hammered in her chest. “But, I confess. The words were not spoken to me as much as they were ‘shown‘ to me.” His brows pinched in question.

“Earlier tonight before all the fun having, I had a vision. Of you, and I think me. You were holding me, much like you are now and whispered those words to me right before you said to forgive you.”

“For hurting you.” His words were more a statement than a question.

“How did you know?”

“Because, you foresaw something that has been weighing on me since I met you.”

“What would that be?”

“Like I said earlier, you’re my one sin away from going straight to hell.” Warm liquid trickled down her thigh, and she gave a heavy sigh. Languid and still dazed by her release her muscles were relaxed, but Caden held her steady.

“My wolf saw you as our mate from the first day your sister introduced us.”

“And now?”

“And now, I don’t know how to tell you I can’t reign in the instinct to claim you much longer. The thought of losing you, of not taking you as mine is driving me crazy. Screw the shifter laws.”

Since she wasn’t from witch royalty she could marry, or mate, outside her species as it were. That term still bothered the heck out of her. Were they not all human beings, no matter the preternatural power they had?

“I’m yours for the claiming, let everyone know who I belong to, Sheriff.” She leaned into his embrace, his chest against her back and her weight on his thighs and gave him a saucy wink in the mirror.

He tilted her head to the side with the soft pad of his thumb. “Please forgive me.”

This time she didn’t have to ask why.

Harmony tipped her head farther to the side and held his gaze as his lips touched her skin. He showered butterfly kisses up the arch of her neck and then retraced until he came to the dip in her neck.

Fangs tore into flesh. Pain bloomed along her shoulder and a shot charged full of adrenaline burst through her unsuspecting body. She gasped, froze, and clasped her fingers around the brass bars for support. Her chest rattled with a flood of shaky breaths, and then her vision filled with images that came with a myriad of emotions that poured over her, drowning her until she couldn’t breathe.