Page 48 of Alpha Reid

“No, but…”

“Good,” I chirp as I shoot to my feet. “Then I’m going out for a while.” My bare feet slap the hardwood floor as I storm past him to the back patio door, the feeling of claustrophobia suddenly overwhelming me. I feel like a trapped animal in here- I need fresh air. I need to breathe.

I hear Reid following me, so I move faster, pulling open the door and springing outside onto the patio in my bare feet. I suck in a greedy gulp of air, the cold rain pelting my skin as I stomp toward the grass.

“Serena, stop!” Reid calls, but I only pick up my pace, moving from a speed walk to a jog. He’s right on my tail, though, and he quickly closes the distance between us, reaching out to grab me by the arm.

“No!” I protest, yanking my arm away, my wet skin easily sliding out of his grip.

“Please,” he sighs, refusing to give up the chase.

I spin to face him, damp tendrils of hair clinging to my face and obstructing my vision. I push them out of the way, narrowing my eyes on him. “Are you my savior or my jailer?”

“Just come back inside,” he says calmly, reaching out for me again.

I jump back out of his way, turning to take off- but he’s quick to grab my other arm, wrapping his hand around it tightly and thwarting my movement.

“Let me go!” I demand, lunging forward as I try to wrench my arm away. The wet grass is slick underneath my bare feet and as I lunge, I start going down.

Reid still has a hold on me, so he tries to pull me back up- the soaked grass provides zero traction, though, and the next thing I know we’re both going down. He tugs me in to break my fall, then immediately rolls on top of me, caging me in between his arms as I lie on my back in the grass, panting and staring up at him as rain continues to fall on us.

“Let me go!” I demand, balling my fists and pounding them against his chest.

“I can’t,” he fires back, raising his voice.

“Why not?”

His eyes reflect the same burning aggravation that I feel right now. “Because you’re my mate,” he growls. “I’ll never let you go.”

I push against his chest as hard as I can, but I’m hitting a wall of solid muscle- his body doesn’t budge. “Ugh!” I cry out in frustration, shoving at his chest over and over to no avail.

“Listen, Red, you can come clean about whatever you’re hiding and we can work through it together, or you can keep your secrets,” he snarls, his wolf close to the surface. “But either way, you’re staying right here.”

I shake my head, pushing against him harder. I guess he’s had enough of me pounding on his chest, because Reid suddenly captures my wrists, pinning them to the ground on either side of my head with his hands. “Damnit, Serena, stop fighting this!”

“Stop trying to save me, Reid!” I shout, struggling against his hold. It’s no use- he’s double my size. I grunt in exasperation, giving up the fight and letting my body go limp as I catch my breath. Both of our chests heave as we pant, staring at one another, and I drop my voice low, just above a whisper. “You can’t save me.”

“Just let me in!” he demands, his voice thick and gravelly.

“Just let me go,” I counter.

“Never.”

The word is barely past Reid’s lips when they descend on mine and I immediately melt beneath him, giving into the sizzle of the sparks between them. There’s a feverish urgency behind his kiss, a desperation that’s always been there between us but is suddenly amplified tenfold. He sweeps his tongue against the seam of my lips and I let him in on a gasp, our lips pouting and twisting as our tongues twine with one another’s.

The rain that falls on us is cold, but there’s an inferno of heat between our bodies as Reid releases my wrists, pulling at my shirt. His own wet t-shirt clings to his skin as I tear at it with my nails, yanking it up his torso. He breaks our kiss momentarily to yank it off overhead and I do the same, taking my sports bra with it and tossing it aside. Then his lips are back on mine, devouring me like he’ll never get enough.

My hands explore the sculpted muscles of his chest as his large hands paw at my breasts, kneading my flesh and pinching my hardened nipples between his fingers. I moan into his mouth as my own hands go to his waist, yanking urgently at his sweatpants, desperate to remove any barriers between us. Suddenly he’s kicking off his own pants and tugging my shorts down over my hips until I’m laid bare beneath him, our rain-slicked bodies sliding against one another.

His heavy length presses against my thigh and I’ve suddenly never wanted anything as much as I want him inside of me right now, consequences be damned. As if he’s reading my mind, he reaches down, shoving my thighs apart, positioning himself between them. I wrap a hand around his thick member, guiding him to my opening as a growl rumbles in his chest. Then he thrusts inside, stealing my breath as he fills me completely and I cry out in a heady mix of pain and pleasure.

Reid presses his mouth to mine again, swallowing my moans as he starts pumping in and out, slowly at first, then harder, faster, until my eyes are practically rolling back in my skull from the sensation. I bite down hard on his lip, tasting the metallic tinge of blood as I dig my fingernails into the backs of his shoulders. He keeps fucking me at a brutal pace, the rain falling on top of us and his knees slipping and sliding on the wet grass. It’s messy and chaotic but I guess that’s us, polar opposites that attract, both magic and mayhem.

He rises up on his knees, wrapping his arms around my thighs and spreading me wide, lifting my ass from the ground and pistoning into me deeper as I cry out in ecstasy. He’s so long and deep that I swear I feel the head of his dick bump up against my cervix, releasing all of his pent-up frustration with every hard thrust. I take it all, liquid heat pooling in my core in response to his hot-as-fuck display of raw possession. He’s not just fucking me, he’s owning me, claiming me in a way that no man has before. I’m lost in the throes of bliss as my orgasm builds with every punishing stroke.

“Mine,” he growls out, and that one word sends a rush of energy through my body, pushing me over the edge into an explosive climax that has stars bursting behind my eyelids. As my body trembles and shudders beneath Reid’s, I feel him come undone, jerking as he slams into me hard and floods me with his release. He collapses on top of me and we both struggle to catch our breath, hands still clutching at one another’s bodies.

I’m not sure how long we lay like that. I lose all concept of time, basking in the afterglow of the best damn sex of my life. Reid rolls off of me at some point and we lie side by side, naked, staring up at the sky. It’s chilly out here but I’m still on fire, and it isn’t just my naturally high shifter body heat.

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