Page 200 of Claimed By the Rival Alpha

She rode me slowly, enticingly, and the recliner squeaked at her pace.

I smoothed my hands up her warm, creamy thighs and held her by the waist. My breaths left me in light pants as I watched her.

It had been a little while since we’d had sex facing each other.

It was my favorite way to be with her. It allowed me to see the pleasure contorting her face, her bouncing breasts, and her blush slowly spreading from her cheeks to her shoulders.

She was so beautiful…so completely mine.

I closed my hand over one of her breasts.

It molded to my palm, as if it was made to fit my hand.

Bryn squeaked when my thumb circled her stiff nipple.

That sweet little sound went straight to my cock.

I wanted to ravage her, to make her scream and squeak again, but my men deserved their rest. And my mate, of course, ought to set the pace.

“Too much?” I asked in a breathy whisper.

She shook her head, her hair falling over her shoulders. “Do it again.”

A slow smile spread across my face. I released her breast so I could push her hair over her shoulder. “Good girl,” I murmured as I caressed her cheek, then brushed my hand down her throat to feel her lovely breast again.

She let out another squeaking moan and pressed herself into my palm. “Night,” she panted as her pace quickened. “Night, Night, Night…”

Each time she said my name, my cock twitched with pleasure. “Bryn, I fucking love when you say my name like that.”

“Mm, yeah?”

“Yeah.” My fingers dug firmly into her breast, then her waist. “Drives me fucking crazy.”

She gave me that wicked smile again. “You can,” she said, pausing to wince with pleasure. “You can let loose a bit…”

Just a bit? She must have no idea what she was asking…then again, her smile said otherwise. Even in this situation, my mate was testing me. Well, I could play that game, too. I smirked and eased my hands down her stomach so I could grip her waist again.

I held her steady, bending my legs until my thighs met her pert ass. I thrust into her warmth, and she let out another squeak, this time louder.

“Shh,” I warned as I thrust deep inside her.

She clapped her hand over her mouth, her eyes squeezing shut. But that didn’t keep her completely silent—I made sure of that. Her little grunts and groans stoked my desire. I bit my lip as my eyes fell shut. Despite the fact that I was trying to pay her back for teasing me, I was so close.

“Fuck,” I groaned, my fingers tightening on her waist.

“D-don’t…”

I opened an eye to look at her and found her looking back at me.

My first thought was that she meant, “Don’t come without me,” but her pussy clenched so hard around me, I knew she meant, “Don’t hold back.” When her heat contracted around me again, I couldn’t have held back even if I wanted to.

I gritted my teeth and thrust as deep into her as I could go. She gasped into her hand as I came, and in seconds, her body shuddered with the force of her orgasm.

After, she fell into my arms again. We were breathing hard, holding each other, still tingling from the pleasure of it all. I rubbed my mate’s back, and her eyes closed again.

I turned to kiss her forehead, and I realized that she’d already fallen asleep. I smiled to myself, kissed her again, and let myself relax next to her. In just a little while, I was asleep as well.

When we woke, we regrouped with the others on the first floor of the cabin. The snow had stopped falling, and it wasn’t quite first light, which worked for us because we needed to formulate a plan.

“Obviously, they’re onto us,” Kai said. “Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to corner us like that.”

“The path from Bryn’s vision must be too direct a route to them,” Lance said. “But if we can’t follow it, what else can we do?”

“Whatever we do, we need to catch them by surprise,” Dom added. “If they do that to us again, it might be even more devastating.”

There was a moment of silence for those we lost yesterday.

“Why don’t we go back to the Garou Pack?” Bryn asked. “We need to reconnect with the others, anyway, and I’m sure the Garou know the area much better than we do.”

It meant backtracking instead of pushing forward, but it was the only feasible option. “All right. If you could describe what things looked like to them, maybe they’ll recognize something.”

“That’s what I’m hoping.” She looked at the others. “It’s the best I can come up with.”

With that settled, we all went back. The feet of snow that covered the ground slowed us down, but we were able to reach the Garou in just a couple of hours. Tavi, Oakley, and the others were eager to meet us. But they were horrified to learn what’d happened when we tried to get to Troy.

“I hope I don’t come off as massively insensitive,” Leo said, “but why are you here and not out there trying to find him?”

Dom stiffened next to me, but I wasn’t offended. It was an honest question. “We need more wolves with us for this,” I answered. “And we need your help, Leo.”

He blinked. “My help?”

“Yes. You and your wolves have been here for a while. You know the area, and that gives us an edge. We need your—”

“No.” Leo’s sudden refusal caused silence to ripple around us.

Even he seemed surprised at first, but then his face hardened.

“No,” he repeated. “I lost a third of my pack in that attack. Those are lives I’ll never be able to get back, and I can’t put my people at risk again. Not so soon after those losses.”

“Leo—”

“I’m sorry.” He raised his voice to speak over me. “But I can’t help you. I can’t afford it.”

He walked away from us before I could say anything else. Cat followed him, calling his name.

“Well, shit,” Lance said. “Now what?”

Bryn started walking toward Leo and Cat. “Maybe if I talk to him, I can change his mind.”

I touched her shoulder to stop her. “Bryn, wait. Let me try talking to him first.”

I expected her to ask why I wanted to try this, but she only nodded and stepped back immediately. There were no questions, just an acceptance of my plans.

“I’ll try speaking with some of the Garou to see if they know an alternate route to Troy’s hideout,” Bryn said.

“Got it. If I can’t convince him, you can do it your way,” I said.

“I know,” she replied. “But I don’t think I’ll need to after you’re done with him.”

Her words warmed my heart and made me smile. “Guess I better make you proud, then.”

I left Bryn and the others behind and went in the direction of Cat and Leo. I found them standing near a small cabin and talking in hushed whispers. But when they noticed me headed their way, they fell silent. Cat stepped away from the cabin first.

She held her hand out to stop me. “He’s not in the mood to hear you try and change his mind, Alpha Night. It would be better if you turned around and—”

“I can’t afford to turn around, Cat,” I said. “I need to talk to him.”

She crossed her arms. “Well, you’ll have to get past me to do it.”

I shook my head. “A fight is the last thing either of us want. Especially when it’s obvious to me that you want to help us.”

She pursed her lips. “I hate that it’s so obvious. Of course I want to help you get that bastard, but my loyalty is to Leo.”

“I know. Any beta should have her alpha’s back no matter what, but a beta isn’t a bodyguard, Cat. I’m not going to hurt him. I won’t threaten him. I just want to talk. That’s all.”

She chewed the inside of her lip, debating. After a few moments, she sighed. “Ugh, fine. But I’m going to stay close by. And if you break your word, you’ll have to answer to me.”

“I know that’s not an empty threat.”

As I approached Leo, he turned his head. “Whatever you said to Cat, don’t think you can repeat the same shit with me.”

“You won’t listen to what I have to say?”

“No. It won’t matter. My word is final.”

“If it doesn’t matter, then why not listen? Or are you worried that what I have to say will get to you?”

He frowned at me and then averted his gaze. “You can say whatever you want. It won’t change my mind.”

“I understand your fears, Leo. You’re still a new alpha and want to do what’s best for your people, especially after the massive losses you’ve suffered.

You need help getting back on your feet, not getting involved with someone else’s fight.

But isolating yourself from other packs makes things harder for you, not easier.

For years, I had a single-minded focus to take care of my pack alone.

To not reach out for help, to not open my mind to making connections with others.

It wasn’t until recently that I realized how wrong I was. ”

Leo raised his chin. “It’s worked for us thus far. Until your problems spilled into our laps.”

“I get that. I won’t make excuses, and I won’t give you my life story just to earn your empathy.

That’s not what I’m appealing to right now.

What I’m telling you is that helping us is the best, most logical course of action for everyone.

Banding together, sharing resources—that’s what we need to do to ensure our survival.

Staying apart is what allowed Troy and Gregor to become so strong.

If we don’t all help each other now, Troy will just kill and ruin yet another generation of wolves. ”

He glared at me, but I knew my words had struck something inside him. He wasn’t turned away from me anymore. It looked like he was actually considering what I’d had to say.

“I need to talk to Cat about this,” he said.

“Of course. Take the time you need.” I nodded to Cat, and she took my place.

While they spoke, I returned to Bryn. She and Tavi were speaking to three Garou wolves.

“Hey,” Bryn said. “Mariah, Ryan, and Nick just told us that they might know an alternate route. The cavern I was talking about could be part of a cave system up north.”

Nick nodded. “It’s not that far from where we grew up. A bunch of us used to play in those caves years ago.”