He leaned down as he turned her face gently to the side and allowed himself to breathe her in, all slow and deep, “Audrey.” He murmured softly, gently in her ear before sliding his nose down her neck.
“Yes, Slade.” She moaned for him “Mark me, claim what is yours.”
“Is that what you really want?” he asked into the crook of her neck.
“Goddess yes.” She sighed, sliding her hands down his body, as he leaned right into her as though he was going to.
Pressed his lips to her mark spot in a soft kiss and actually felt her tremble, and her heart rate quicken, he could smell her arousal even. She really did want him to, he realised. Coercion is against the law.” He and Hail growled lowly at her, and he brought his eyes right to hers, allowing the anger he was now feeling to be seen by her.
“W…What?” she stuttered.
“You’re not pregnant, but claim to be. Are trying to get me to Mark you before the full moon. Tried to Mark me last night before the full moon.”
“I… I don’t lie.” She gasped up at him “it’s just early, Slade.”
“A pregnant she-wolf smells different, gets another scent, usually sweet, and to the father of the pup, it’s delectable, and irresistible.” He stared down at her all hard, “I smell nothing.” He snarled at her and shoved himself away from her, banged right out of the dorm room and walked away from her.
She stalked after him out into the hall. “I’ll reject you when the full moon comes, Slade. I’ll kill your pup.” She snarled at him.
He stopped walking and turned to look at her. “I guess I’ll suffer the consequences then, won’t l!” he told her. He did not believe a word she said. She also couldn’t kill nothing, he saw one of the mated wolf couples walk into the corridor, and noticed their bands were blue. Realised what he’d not picked up on and should have this whole time, if she scented him out. He held up that moonstone band around his wrist to her “You don’t scent me at all. Sucked me in real good. Gullible I am, I see.” and it was clear to him now that he had been. The evidence of her not being his mate was right there on her wrist for all to see.
“I never said I scented you, Slade. That I just felt the sparks on my skin was all.” She grated out.
“Well I guess we’ll see, won’t we. I wonder what Alpha Gretta will do with you, when she finds out?” he stated. “Coercion is reportable.”
“So is that you got me pregnant and now refuse to take responsibility for it.” She yelled right back at him as others came up into the hallway.
He heard several wolves gasp in shock, and saw her turn and bang back into her room. He could see those other wolves all staring at him, judging him, he knew. Everyone here knew that he and Audrey were together and exclusive at that.
He turned and stalked away, he would wait and see, the full moon was just a few days away. If she really was pregnant, and he just couldn’t detect it yet, she’d go to Alpha Gretta herself about it. To have him hauled in and both their families would be called in to help deal with the consequences.
He didn’t believe she would do that, she smelled no different to him or Hail, unlike Ori, who had smelled like his favourite cookie, naturally smelled to him like a Golden Rough, now smelled like a caramelized golden rough cookie. Something he loved to eat, because he was the father of her pup.
He returned to his room and slammed the door shut, stood there with his hands balled at his sides. He’d been stupidly duped into thinking Audrey was his Goddess Gifted and had told Ori that. Which in turn had stopped her from telling him she was pregnant with his pup. His life, he now realised, was in complete ruins.
Ana
Ana had asked what if any, otherworldly creatures Maddie had come across, or seen here in their little town of Greenville, or up in Beaver Cove, or out in the woods when roaming in wolfen form, or human even.
Maddie had smelled quite a few male rogues out there in the woods, though she had only seen half a dozen in human form, in the town itself, she’d seen a few Vampires wander on through the town, they’d been none the wiser either, and to Ana’s complete surprise she’d apparently come across a couple of the Wolfen Council members.
Had known who they were due to the clothes they’d worn, and the pins on their lapels a black wolf head with black filigree below it. She mostly saw the same one, a tall man with black dreadlocks, smoking hot in her books, he was a pure-blooded Alpha Wolf, and always smiled at her nicely and was always friendly. He came in for coffee every time he was there in town, and she wrote Austin on his cup.
She’d see him, she thought, once or twice a year over the three years she’d been here in Greenville, but hadn’t really kept track of that, it didn’t concern he. Then she’d giggled quite a bit and murmured ‘wait till you see him, you’ll want to…well you know, rip his clothes off and just ride the hell out of him.’ she’d practically drooled at the thought of him.
It had made Ana laugh to see her reaction to just talking about the man. Maddie, it seemed, was quite excitable about this buffed-up deadlocked wolf that she saw only once or twice a year. She found Maddie was very good at picking up otherworldly creatures, even though they all thought she was human, very attuned to picking up rank, as well.
Though she’d had this one lady stop and look right at her, as if she knew what she was, it had made her a bit self-conscious and doubt her scent masking oil. But that woman had then just smiled at her and stated, “A cleaver young one you are.” And then strolled off into the woods, never to be seen again by Maddie.
But she’d made one hell of an impression on Maddie, who couldn’t forget her, the aura around her, she’d practically glowed under the weight of the full moon. Had been tall and willowy, with long lustrous black hair that flowed down her back to her waist, had those deep dark blue eyes that practically sparkled like the stars in the sky, and the dress she wore was definitely otherworldly, kind of ethereal she’d thought. It had been dark blue with little embroidered flowers and snowflakes all over it, and dual lace straps, one over the shoulder and one that fell down her arms. Unforgettable.
She’d not been human, Maddie had understood that much about the woman, but although she had been drawn to her, she’d also not really been able to pick up what she was either. She’d never seen the woman after that one chance meeting out in the woods. Had come across her when she’d just come back from letting Tawny out, had shifted, dressed and been about to get in her car.
Though she thought that woman was from the wolfen kingdom, she had told Ana that she’d seen a really old; or ancient, looking portal out there, further up east in the woods, though she couldn’t see through to the other side, just the forest of the human world behind it, like all portals they did not reflect anything, just had a finish wavy line that rotated and wobbled about, unseen tothe human eye, it had been shrouded in mist, until she’d stepped into the direct area it sat, and she’d not stepped through it, it barely rotated at all anymore, looked dull, and she’d seen the woman heading off in its direction.
Maddie thought that woman had gone back through it herself, vanished back to the wolfen realm, and she’d only come across her that one time. She’d been barely 18, and that was it. She had her suspicions now, after lots of thought, that she was their Moon Goddess, Selena. The way she’d felt and looked, it just fit who she might be, in Maddie’s eyes.
By the time a month passed for Ana here in her new life, she was really showing. Both she and Maddie were trying to guess if that daughter of hers was going to come at three or four months. Neither of them knew, but her belly was growing larger all the time. Thankfully, it wasn’t at all painful. She’d woken a few times with cramping sensations, but other than that, nothing much.
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