Page 34 of Alpha Reid

Damn him for ruining me for all other men, because I know I can’t have him, and as long as I live nobody else will ever begin to compare to Reid Raines.

I bring a hand up to my lips as I lay on my bed, tracing my fingers over them while my eyes slide closed and my mind drifts back to that moment between us in the forest- the moment when we both finally succumbed to the pull of the mate bond. In the days since it snapped in, we’ve been yanked together, repeatedly tempted, though I was still holding strong. I knew if we kissed it would be the beginning of the end for us both.

Yet I let him kiss me. I wanted it, craved it. I knew it was wrong, but nothing’s ever felt so right. What started out as just a taste quickly turned to an all-encompassing hunger, and now all I can think of is his how his lips felt as they pouted and twisted with mine and how his rough, possessive hands gripped my body and how I didn’t ever want it to stop. I wanted to fucking drown in his ocean without a care while the world fell apart around us.

As I trace my lips with the fingers of one hand, the other grips the thing that is sure to drive a wedge between Reid and I forever. It’s the sole item that little envelope hidden across the border contained- a USB drive. I turn the slim plastic over in my hand as my brain continues to wage battle with my heart. Knowing what I have to do doesn’t make it easier, and the road to hell still has the same destination even when it’s paved with the best intentions. This little piece of plastic holds so much power, enough to simultaneously derail and right my life. It’s both a chance at salvation and a curse of damnation.

A knock at my door startles me and my body jolts as I sit up quickly on the bed, reaching behind me to tuck the thumb drive under the pillow.

“Serena?”

Reid.Just the sound of his voice makes butterflies take flight in my belly- or is that the fear that he’ll catch on to what I’ve been up to?

“Yeah?” I call back, my heart ricocheting around in my chest.

I hear him try the door handle but of course it’s locked- whenever I’m behind a door it’s locked. Locked doors keep the monsters out.

“Just a sec!” I call, hopping off of the bed and padding over to the door. I run a hand through my hair on the way, the strands still tangly and damp from the shower. I’m still reeling from my last encounter with Reid, I’m not sure I can handle another one this soon- but then I pull open the door and he’s standing there half naked and all blood flow to my brain diverts south.

“Hi,” I breathe, blinking at him over the threshold.Fuck me, he’s in grey sweatpants- is there anything hotter than a shirtless guy in grey sweats? Let me rephrase- than a shirtlessReidin grey sweats?

His blue eyes flicker over my form, my bare legs on display beneath a skimpy pair of cotton sleep shorts. The thin little white tank I’m rocking with nothing under it probably doesn’t leave much to the imagination, and when Reid’s gaze lifts to collide with mine it’s filled with lustful approval.

“Hey,” he replies, his voice low and gravelly. That baritone does something to my insides. “I, uh…” he trails off like he loses his train of thought, his eyes wandering down to my chest. I glance down and quickly see why- my nipples are hard, poking against the thin fabric of my tank as they stand at attention for their master.

My cheeks heat as his eyes linger while he leans a shoulder against the doorframe. He subtly adjusts himself and I catch a glimpse of the outline of his hard dick in his grey sweats.

Shit, is it warm in here?My body suddenly feels swelteringly hot and the air in the room stiflingly thick. My face grows hotter as Reid’s nostrils flare and his eyes fly up to lock with my own. If he didn’t know what his mere presence did to me before, he certainly does now…

Fuck it. I’ll probably be dead soon anyways, and I want another taste before I go.

“You like what you see?” I ask playfully, cocking a brow and leaning a shoulder against the doorframe opposite him.

Reid’s eyes flicker with silver and his tongue darts out to moisten his lips. “Serena…” he growls, warning in his tone.

“What?” I challenge, daring him with my eyes.

He moves in closer, reaching out to cup my face in a hand, tilting it up to his and stroking a thumb along my jawline. “Don’t be a tease.”

“Or what?” My voice comes out as a husky whisper.

His lips come crashing down on mine and it feels like a bolt of lightning rips through me from head to toe. Liquid heat scorches through my veins and I whimper, my lithe body melting into every firm, hard line of Reid’s. His hand slides from my jaw and cages around my throat as he kisses the hell out of me, his minty tongue plundering my mouth, lapping against mine as he pins me against the doorframe.

This thing between us is going to break us both, but it’s too late; we’re too far gone. That kiss in the woods was like a gateway drug and now that we’ve sampled it, we’re fiending for more. I squirm between Reid’s body and the doorframe, kicking a knee up to his hip. The next thing I know his hands are on my ass, lifting me up to straddle his waist as my arms wrap around his neck. His hard length is pressed tightly to the notch between my legs, exactly where I want him. Exactly where I need him.

I don’t even realize he’s carried me further into the room until his legs bump into the dresser near the door and the few things on top of it clatter to the floor. He slides my ass onto the dresser, my legs still wrapped around him tightly as his lips move to my neck and his hands begin to roam up my torso underneath my shirt.

My head falls back on a sigh as he sucks on the sensitive flesh of my neck and his hands cover my breasts, my own hands roaming the rock-hard muscles of his chest. A growl rumbles in Reid’s throat as I drag my fingernails across his flesh, arching my back as he rolls my nipples between his fingers.

Too far.This has already gone too far. I should put a stop to it, but…

His lips land on mine again, andholy fucking shit. It’s not fireworks between us, it’s a goddamn atomic bomb. His tongue twists around mine as he grinds his pelvis into me, and I’m not convinced that my little shorty-shorts aren’t already fucking soaked in anticipation. I want him, I need him, I…

“Reid,” I whimper against his lips, my fingertips brushing over his hard abdominals, following the happy trail of dark hair to his beltline.

Too. Far.

Our bodies are pressed so tightly together that I have to wriggle back to make space for my hand as I reach down over his sweats, gripping the hard rod that’s pressing insistently against my inner thigh. Reid grunts into my mouth, his kiss picking up fervor as I start to stroke him through his pants. He’s tantalizingly long, gloriously thick, and mouthwateringly hard.

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