Page 96 of Rejected By the Alpha King

“True.”

“But if she hadn’t shown up when she did, Finn would be dead. Maybe you as well.”

“Also true.”

If the other alphas found out, they would be even more suspicious. Emerson had done an excellent job in fostering a hostile environment. “What will you do about Bridget’s treachery?”

Jax tensed under me, but we needed to make a plan. “I’ll need to tell Jenson and Amelia.

Otherwise, I’ll need to keep her disappearance quiet. No need to give the other alphas any more ammunition against us. Afterward, I will deal with replacing her.

His voice was clipped in anger. Bridget’s betrayal cut him deeply. It would take some time for that to heal.

“I’ll assign Amelia to you. I want you to visit Finn tomorrow and see if he has anything to add. Then take Amelia back to the spot where Bridget and Dean met and see what else they might have buried. When the alphas are gone, I’ll see to it that the cause of Parker’s death is rectified.”

Silence overtook us as I closed my eyes and tried to relax. Jax was warm beneath me. We weren’t the most comfortable bit, but the moment helped me feel a little more whole again.

“I could feel you inside me. It was a strange sensation,” he said quietly. “For just a split second, when I thought I would die from the oozing pestilence inside me, I felt you absorbing it.

Sucking it through the mating bond and drawing it out of me.”

“Best sucking you’ve ever had in your life?” I asked jokingly. The awe in his voice made me uncomfortable. Uncomfortable Anna tended to be inappropriate in situations.

“Anna,” he growled. “Really?”

“If you say you’ve had better, I’m going to really need to work on my skills.”

“I’m trying to have a serious conversation.”

Using the back of his chair, I pulled myself up and straddled him. “And yet you’re hard as a rock.”

Growling, he caged my waist with his hands and pulled me more snugly against his erection.

“And whose fault is that?”

“Mine.”

“You sound proud of that.”

“I am,” I admitted. “A little bit, but I suspect you are in no shape to take care of that problem yourself. I am more than happy to….”

“No.”

Confused, I frowned. “No?”

“You’re using sex to distract me, and we’re not going to do that anymore.”

Well, damn. Wasn’t that what I’d just said? Here he was agreeing like a good little mate.

“Emerson is here, and you don’t want to feel vulnerable. I understand, but when I tell you how amazing you are, it is not to make you vulnerable. It’s so that maybe you can finally start to see your true self. I wish I’d done more for you sooner, but I’m here now, and I won’t let you keep hiding from yourself,” he said softly and ran his fingers under my chin softly.

Leaning into his touch, I sighed. “If we’re not going to have sex, then we should head back.

We can’t hide here forever.”

“Not hiding, Anna. Strategizing, and I wanted some time with you alone. Time when you weren’t staring at the door worried that Emerson might come through at any minute.”

Shifting again, I settled against his chest. It felt strange to cuddle up to him like this since we weren’t having sex, but I needed the comfort. Wolves were touchy creatures. I’d been absent of that for so long that I hadn’t even realized how much I needed it.

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