The Alpha Train (Christina and Sebastian) novel Chapter 24

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Sebastian

Perfect. Her body is fucking perfect. I’d glanced at her earlier when we were running, but I’d been focused on winning. If I’d taken even a moment to look at her, there’s no way I would have won. I’d have been stumbling over my feet at the start.

And she’s so fucking responsive. I didn’t even have to touch her, and her nipples hardened for me. I’m going to have to fucking jack off right before class to keep from coming in my shorts. Not that it will help. I made sure I relieved myself TWICE before she got here tonight, and my body is still responding to hers.

She lays down on the blanket I put over my bed. I did it to give some sense of a hygienic place for her to lay. As much as I love the idea of my sheets smelling like her, that’s a boundary I can’t cross. As much as I can, I have to keep emotions out of this.

Yeah right.

I stand beside the bed and ask her to move closer to the edge. If I get on the bed with her, it’s all going to go downhill. This way, there’s some separation between us. That is until her arm slides across my cock which is already straining at my pants.

She turns and sees that I’m aroused and glances up at me. “Sorry.

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I’m not sure if she’s apologizing for turning me on or brushing up against my erection. Either way, it’s not her fault.

“You’re a beautiful woman, Christina. My body is going to respond to you. That’s just natural.”

That’s right, Seb. Keep it clinical. I give myself a mental eye roll.

“What did Charlotte’s Alpha call you? Smoking hot?” I say, smiling when she snorts and pulls her hair off her back.

“Yeah, he also asked HER to try and get me to his pack. Don’t think I didn’t take five minutes to look him up and make sure that I never give him the time of day,” she says.

My hands stop just over her skin. “Did you really?” I ask before gently sliding my hands over her skin. Her body shivers at my touch.

“Yeah. What kind of Alpha does that? The kind that’s not worth even a moment of my time,” she says, answering her own question before I

can.

“I agree with you there. What do you think of Charlotte?” I ask Tonight, I have the opportunity to really look at her body. She’s magnificent, with long. lean muscles under her golden skin that is doing nothing to alleviate the ache in my groin.

“I like her.” she says, ending on a gasp as I gently slide my fingers over

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her back. Her entire body shivers as I glide them from her shoulders to the small of her back before starting a trail back up, this time with the back of my fingers so my nails scrape over her skin. Her entire body lights up with goosebumps.

“What do you like about her?” I ask, slowly beginning to knead the muscles in her shoulders.

“She’s sweet and… I’m pretty sure she doesn’t have a filter, or she’s just very literal,” she says, sighing as I find the first knots in her back. “I haven’t spent a lot of time with her individually yet. I’ll be interested to see if she’s up early tomorrow.

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I frown as I feel the number of knots in her shoulders. “Is this from today’s run or did I just do a terrible job of working out these knots last night?” I ask.

“I’m pretty sure you’re not working out years of knots in one night,” she says, her voice soft as she relaxes.

“So, I did a terrible job. It’s a good thing we have a semester to work them all out,” I say, watching her smile.

“I told Mia that your hands are magic,” she says, making pride swell in my chest.

“What else did you tell Mia?” Yep, I shamelessly looking for compliments.

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, what we talked about before,” she says, tilting her head to look up at me. “About my arousal.”

I nod. “Relax and let your body respond naturally. Again, the goal of these sessions is trust. Well, that and I’m really starting to enjoy our conversation at night.”

“Me too,” she says, laying her head back down and smiling as she closes her eyes again. “How did your conversation go with Alpha Tyler?”

I focus on her back, thinking through my response. How did my conversation go with Tyler?

She lifts her head up again. “You don’t have to answer. I didn’t mean to pry.”

“You’re not prying. I told you that you could ask me anything. And my hesitation isn’t about answering you. I’m trying to assess my own. response to your question. His first question to me was asking if he’d done something wrong,” I say quietly.

She turns her head to the other side, so all she has to do is open her eyes to look at me. “Why would he ask that?”

“Fear of failure. Lack of confidence. Feeling like a fish swimming among sharks. I’m not really sure. What I do know is that he’s overcome with grief.”

“You’re worried about him.” It’s a statement, not a question.

“We all are. The strain of the Academy is hard enough without having to do it while still grieving your brother and Alpha.”

“Dane did it,” she says quietly.

“And I have no doubt that Tyler will as well and that your little star rating is correct. He’ll be your biggest competition this semester. I just need to make sure that it doesn’t break him.”

“I know the Lunas will look out for him and I had planned to do so as well. We won’t let him fall, Sebastian,” she says confidently.

I look at her and smile as I massage my way to her lower back. Goddess, it feels good to talk through things like this with someone. I haven’t done that since…

I shove that thought away. This is no place for thoughts of Suzanne..

“Any other questions for tonight?” I ask as I work my way over the tops of her buttocks. Her ass is so fucking tight, I want to lean down and take a bite of it.

“No. I’m sure there will be more tomorrow when the final two Alphas arrive.”

This time when she arches and I slide my thumbs between her ass cheeks to her now–swollen pussy lips, my thumbs come back soaked. Perfect. I know I could make her come right now but I didn’t get her agreement first and I want to make sure that the trust I’m creating stays intact.

I work my way up her back and to her shoulders realizing that her breathing is much deeper now. She’s fallen asleep.

me so many I take a moment to look at the woman who has cause sleepless nights. This isn’t something new. I’ve been watching Christina since she started working the Train two years ago. I was mesmerized by her then, so I kept my distance. I chose other assistants each semester, but I watched her and damn if Ryan isn’t right. I love this job, but over the past two years, I’ve looked forward to coming back to the Academy every semester because of her.

I tried staying away, that didn’t work. So now, I’m trying this. I have no idea if it’s going to work or if it’s even a good idea. But here we are.

Something deep inside of me wants to crawl into bed next to Christina, pull her against me and maybe finally get the sleep that has been escaping me so much lately. But instead, I run my fingers over her face, moving the hair that has fallen over it.

“Christina?” I say softly.

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“Hmm?” she murmurs sleepily.

“I think it’s time for you to go back to your room.”

She takes a deep breath and opens her eyes. “Oh, I’m sorry. I fell asleep.”

“Don’t be sorry. That means that you’re starting to trust me enough to let me touch you even while you’re sleeping.”

She sits up and I grit my teeth as she rubs her eyes, still sitting naked on my bed. Before I can do something that might destroy that tentative trust, I get up and go get her clothes from the couch.

“Here you go.”

“Mmm, thank you,” she mumbles. “Wow, I was deeply asleep.”

“That’s good. Hopefully you’ll get a good night’s sleep tonight.”

She gets dressed and walks to the door, moving her shoulders around and flexing her legs.

“I feel fantastic. Thanks Sebastian.”

“See you tomorrow. Sweet dreams, Christina.”

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She smiles a sleepy smile at me. “Sweet dreams, Sebastian.”

I close the door and barely get my pants off before stepping into the shower and blowing my load all over the shower walls. I have zero control where Christina Kneeland is concerned,

Fuck, I’m in so much trouble this semester.