The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 44

I failed to keep my composure when he let his canines extend, and nipped me in the ear. I involuntarily shuttered as he ran his tongue over where his canines touched. He didn't draw blood from the bite.

"You like being bitten? My little demon," Cain whispered the words softly as he moved his mouth down to my neck.

I was acutely aware of the fact that his canines were hovering over where he Marked me.

His large hands, which were softly stroking my hair, suddenly tugged on a piece of my hair. I cried out in surprise at the sudden pain, even though it didn't really hurt too bad, it was more the shock of it.

"I like hearing you," Cain spoke the words so softly I strained to hear him even with my werewolf abilities. "One day you'll scream my name."

I gulped, rather loudly. I could feel him smirk against my neck, as I'm sure he was loving my physical reaction to him. As much as I wanted to blame it on the bond, there was a part of me that was incredibly attracted to this wild man.

He truly looked like he belonged to the wilderness. During the month I was jailed, his beard grew thick and his curly dark locks grew to his shoulders. He often walked around in jeans and no shoes or shirt, making him look every bit the mountain man.

Even now, he had on only jeans and a thin white shirt, which I could see the indentations of his muscles through.

In a moment of equal parts boldness and stupidity, I tugged on his shirt, willing him to take it off. He obliged.

I ran my fingers over his tattoos, trancing the interact tribal prints. I tried to ignore the way my wolf was reacting to seeing her mate's bulging muscles. Very primitive, I know.

"They appear on the flesh of the Blood Alpha when they come to power. They are a sign of being blessed by the Moon Goddess," He explained, his darkened eyes looking at me in curiosity of what I would do next. I felt like prey.

You talk an awful lot about the Moon Goddess, I mumbled, slightly breathless from the closeness of our bodies. I could feel the heat radiating off of him. I always ran slightly cold, and my body ate up the extra warmth our mate provided.

"Since Blood Lake Pack was formed, she had protected us and blessed us in many ways. It is why the Blood Laws honor her in every way they can." Alpha Cain closed his eyes, likely quickly thanking her in prayer. "She has blessed me with you, and I dedicate my life to her because of it."

His words brought my wolf to the surface. I panicked at the sudden loss of control. I tried to reign her in, but the power of the mate bond strengthened her against me. As I grew closer to Cain, she became more dominant and less subservient to me.

Without warning, he sank his teeth into my claim. I cried out from the feeling. Whereas the first time he claimed me hurt, this one was extremely pleasurable and made my wolf euphoric.

The claim was all my wolf needed to go back into hibernation. I could feel her smug satisfaction as my eyes shifted from silver to grey.

I frantically scrambled to sit up on the car seats, my breathing erratic.

Alpha Cain would have none of that. He pulled me back into his arms, cradling me. He licked the spot of my neck he had bitten, and I suddenly felt extremely exhausted.

"Rest, pup," He said the term endearingly, not mockingly. "I need you to be awake for the Gamma's punishment tonight."

Why's the Gamma being punished tonight? I asked, half-asleep already. Him reestablishing his claim must drain me of energy in some way, the way it had the first time.