Page 16 of Red (Everdark Tales #1)

Everything that I used to know is false. My whole life is basically a lie… And I desperately need more answers.

I have to speak with my Mom before I can fully give myself to my wolf.

With this mindset, I join him in the kitchen for breakfast after my morning shower.

“I’m leaving for Michigan.”

He abruptly turns to face me, holding a pan with eggs and bacon that he’s preparing. As I notice the look in his eyes, my heart sinks.

“Are you asking for trouble, little Red?”

“You can come with me… if you want to… I mean… not sure how it would work with you traveling. I don’t want you in jeopardy. But this is something I need to do for myself. I have to know the truth.”

“This isn’t a good idea.”

I stomp my foot. “I don’t care!”

He shakes his head with disapproval at my behavior, looking ridiculous in my tiny kitchen, cooking for me while trying to give me orders.

I turn on my heel to rush out. But he doesn’t give me any chance. He stands right in front of me in a flash, blocking me from escaping, as he rests his palms on my shoulders to keep me still.

I try to push him out of my way, which is completely useless, of course.

“Stop acting like a brat!” He leans over my ear to whisper, “You should know by now how much I like it when you try to run from me.”

I smile. With all the revelations, the thought of his huge, hard, throbbing cock forcing its way between my thighs still sends a shocking pulse of electricity through my core. I’m so infatuated with him that it’s honestly indecent.

Sure, this all might be because I’m in heat or whatever. I’m absolutely sure Alex is it for me, though. Not a single doubt about my beast with his stalker tendencies.

He just popped up out of nowhere to take what’s his. And I’m okay with this.

That’s not how humans behave; I do realize that. But indeed, just like he said, the magnetism of this place always had everything to do with him watching me. It’s different with him out of the shadows when I understand why my body reacts in such ways.

I long for him.

I’ve never really had a serious relationship before as most of my flings were based on sex alone. Dean was the only guy that has taken me seriously. That turned out to be a big, fat lie and he’s dead now... Murdered with pre-meditation by my werewolf mate, who snapped his neck cold-blooded in front of me and then disposed of his body.

I might have been conflicted about it at first. Yet, that didn’t last for too long, did it?

God, I want him just the same. If not more now, knowing what a piece of shit Dean was.

“Julia…” Alex’s concerned voice brings me back to reality. “I need you to understand how unsafe it is for you to be out in the open like that. They are coming for you, and I can’t stop them. Dean was only a pawn, as they have hoped for your cooperation. Now, with him gone, they are about to become much more ruthless and they will capture you. It’s not going to take them long before they realize he’s already dead. If they aren’t aware already.”

I feel a little flutter low in my abdomen and a heat pooling between my legs yet again at how protective he is over me.

His eyes immediately get that mischievous glare and I know he knows. “Behave yourself,please. You won’t distract me with how aroused you are.”

Bet.

I wonder if I’ll ever regain normal human reactions around him. Because so far it’s been nothing but me thirsting over him in the most inadequate situations.

“I don’t get how you can be this calm when I’m literally burning for you?”

“Calm?” He laughs. “I’m losing my fucking mind. I can hardly think about anything else but your tight little cunt clenching around me.” He takes my face between his hands, making me swoon. “I’d not survive if anything happened to you. That’s what matters to me the most.”

“If you want me to behave, you need to stop being this sexy.” I give him a flirtatious smile. Or I hope that’s what it comes across as, at least.

“I mean it. You are my world. Do you not realize how I feel about you?”

“I do.”

“Then stop trying to get yourself stolen from me.” His words hung in the air, and there’s a long silence between us.

“After we get to wherever you’re taking me, will I be able to ever go back? Like, to visit?”

“Technically, yes. But they would hunt you down. It’s not safe, I couldn’t risk it.”

“Not even to see my parents?”

“I’m sorry, I realize how difficult this must be for you. This is the only way.”

“I have to talk to them first.”

“Baby—”

I open up, “I lost control over my entire life. Seems like I’ve never even had it in a first place. I was sheltered by my mother, who resented me at the same time. And when I was finally off to college, I’ve spent all my energy trying to fit in. Surrounded by people yet always lonely, doing the most to numb away this damn feeling of not belonging with parties and casual hookups…” My bottom lip wobbles as I try to fight off the burning sensation in my eyes. “Now everything is starting to make sense. But I need to hear the full story and get a closure before our future can begin.”

He simply claims my mouth in response, kissing me deeply. I take it as him being ready to compromise.

“Will you ever start listening to me?”

“No.” I grin. “But I’ll let you do anything you want with me afterwards.”

“Mmm, anything?” he asks, to which I nod. “You really should rethink that. You know how much I want this.” He squeezes my butt cheek.

“Maybe that’s also what I want.”

He groans. “We’ll head out after sunset so I can blend in better. Now, eat your breakfast.”

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“Keep or not?” I ask jokingly, holding up my vibrator for him to see as I’m collecting my stuff for the travel.

“Definitely yes.” His eyes darken. “I need to stretch your tight little ass for me if I’m going to own your every hole the way I want to.”

Him saying the most obscene things to me has absolutely no right to be such a turn on at times like this.

I need fucking therapy.

But to my defense, the entire morning was this push and pull between us, leaving me on the verge of going crazy.

I called out sick from work, of course, which didn’t make my boss happy. But fuck her. I’m planning to give her my resignation by the end of this week, regardless.

Alex explained more supernatural lore to me. Nothing that unusual. Vampires have super speed and mind control tricks, can’t be in the sun, survive on human blood, and die only by decapitation. Witches, depending on their own unique abilities and level of advancement, can be either mortal or have self-healing and even resurrection powers, but iron always weakens them. Werewolves seem the coolest, if you ask me, though I might be bias. However, any lethal wound caused by silver can and will kill them if not attended in time.

It continues to be mind-boggling to me that all the urban tales are real, but I better get used to this. I mean, I myself am a daughter of…

How could my Mom hide this from me?

I called her earlier and let her know I’m coming. She didn’t seem surprised I’ve learned the truth. But I haven’t mentioned Alex to her.

I still have no damn clue where he’s taking me after Michigan. I prepare for the worst but hope for the best. Either way, he is what matters.

“Could you stop being so secretive about it and just tell me where we’re going?”

“It’s a surprise.” He gives me that wolfish smirk of his. “You’ll love it!”

“Ugh, you’re so annoying! You expect me to blindly commit to you on such a level, but you haven’t even fucked me yet.”

“And you really doubt my skills?”

“You are a virgin, after all.” I tease him.

He snarls at me, and I know I just won.

I, together with my needy vagina, relish in a sweet victory.

Sure enough, he’s right next to me in a blink of an eye, lifting me up in his arms. “You want me to fuck you so badly?”

“Yes!”

“Hm, right now?” His tongue slides down the side of my neck, tickling me slightly.

“We’ve got plenty of time to kill before the evening.”

“And you’re positive you’re ready for me?”

“I’ve been ready!” Before I even finish, he’s already hovering over me on the bed mattress.

Not a second more goes wasted as he rips my clothes off. I might as well start walking butt naked with him around at this point. As always, he reacts with the same excitement as if he were just seeing me for the first time. “Look at you! All mine… How lucky am I?” he murmurs, licking around my nipple, sending tingles down my entire body.

He slowly works his way south, circling my clit with his expert tongue a few times, but no foreplay is necessary.

“I need you inside me,” I whisper, dying to feel him.

He pulls himself up above me, positioning his cock at my opening, rubbing its head against my wetness. Then, I feel a lot of pressure while he pushes inside me, inch by inch, grunting.

Fuck.

He spreads my legs wider as he leans over me and licks my ear. “Relax for me, baby.” He kisses me deeply before he adds, “For someone who begged for this, you seem quite nervous.”

“That’s because you’re enormous!” I giggle.

Which makes him hiss sharply as he throws his head back. “Ugh, fuck! Don’t laugh.”

I must have squeezed around him. And I do it again, just to get back at him.

“Oh, you little...” his words trail off, turning into a groan when he pushes further into me.

I realize there’s still a lot more of him to inch its way in. Moaning, I grip his biceps, digging my nails into his skin, as my back arches.

“Yeah, that’s it. That’s my good girl. Taking me so well.” He can’t decide between looking in my eyes or the spot where we are connected, as his eyes shift back and forth.

“Alex!” I cry out while he fills me with his entire length but the knot.

He stills, giving me time to get used to his size. “Fuck! Julia, you feel so much better that I’ve dreamed. Three centuries I’ve been waiting to be inside you.”

That’s officially the hottest thing I’ve ever heard anyone say to me.

He retracts his hips, only to thrusts back in me harder. And he repeats it, over and over.

Finally moving steadily, he’s now definitely staring at where we connect, watching himself disappear deep within my tight, wet hole.

Despite the tempo being infuriatingly slow and the impossible stretch, I know I’m going to burst any second.

He knows it, too. “Mmmm… Come for me, baby.”

Screaming out his name, I reach the climax. He then picks up the pace, fucking me through my orgasm, extending the pleasure. My pussy, however, gets so constricted around him that he has difficulty moving.

Growling, he stands up while holding me up by my butt cheeks with my legs hooked over his arms, opening me up even more. I feel him slipping deeper as he fucks me this way, lifted.

“Tell me how good this wolf dick feels inside you.” He slams me down on himself.

Words catch in my throat, and I’m only able to scream. There is zero pain. I’m so wet that he glides with such ease now, although, it’s still an extremely narrow fit.

Squelching sounds fill the room together with the rhythmic slapping of his balls against my ass. I find it’s making me even more turned on as it all feels so fucking good. And I shatter into tiny pieces for him yet again.

“Yes, squirt on that cock,” he rasps, kissing me as I do just that. “Good girl!”

While I’m ascending to heavens, I somehow manage to keep annoying him. “You know, you have such a dirty mouth for a virgin.”

He laughs. “Are you still back-talking me?” Throwing me down on the mattress, he kneels between my legs. He gets a strong hold on the backs of my thighs, pinning my knees to the bed by my sides, opening me wide.

I don’t think I realized before how flexible I can be. “What you gonna do about it?” I taunt.

An ominous gleam in his eyes. “I’m going to fuck you like no man ever could.”

And he does.

He ruts in and out of me relentlessly, and the pleasure is too much, but he’s not letting me close my legs. I keep squirting, I think, though I’m not entirely sure what’s happening down there anymore. I feel like I’m going to pass out.

Is that a thing? Too much pleasure?

“Yes! Oh, Alex! Yes!” I chant.

I watch the exact moment he lets loose and his hip thrusts become faster.

“Fuck, baby!” He gets even more desperate pounding me into the mattress. “You’re going to make me come.”

I whimper, placing my hands on his lower abdomen to let him know he’s a little too much.

He slows down slightly, but I feel his knot at my entrance, begging to be let inside, yet he never allows it.

“I can’t stop,” he rasps, his voice edged with pain. It must be torture for him to go against his every instinct.

I reach lower and get a hold of his swollen base that’s pulsing to give him at least some sort of relief. “I want your cum inside me.”

Instantly following my words, I can feel his warm load spilling in me. There’s so much, it’s dripping down on the insides of my thighs.

He stops his hip thrusts and leans his head back as the sexiest little roar escapes him.

My pussy continues to milk him while we come together. His body trembles and he pants heavily before he looks down on me.

“I’m so sorry! Did I hurt you?” He sounds panicked.

“You were incredible,” I respond, according to the truth.

He smiles, lowering onto his forearms. And we kiss again as I wrap myself around him. My legs still shake, and it’s so wonderful to feel his weight on me as I begin to drift into sleep, being too exhausted.

Moving his mouth onto my neck, he sinks his teeth in just for a moment, growling. And I’m not sure whether I hear him correctly when he next whispers, “I’m so in love with you.”