Page 85 of Alpha Varsity

“You’ll get your pleasure when I decide, sweetheart.” I remind her who’s in charge. Not because I still need to be but because she deserves to let go. To not have to worry about anything. To lie back and receive.

I’ll never forget what she did for me tonight. No one has ever stood up for me like that before and damn if I don’twant to be the male she thinks I am–a leader. Her protector. The alpha to a pack.

“This little body belongs to me now.” I brush my thumb over the seam of her pussy with a feather touch.

She bucks for more.

“I’m the guy who gets to give you pleasure. No one else.” I suddenly remember the events of this afternoon, which feel like a lifetime ago. “Who the fuck was that guy today, anyway?” I can’t help the growl of jealousy from lacing my voice.

“He was one of my roommates in Chicago. I used him for sex sometimes because I needed it, and it was convenient, but we were never even friends. He’s an asshole.”

“He came here for sex?” I try to keep my roar of anger out of my voice.

“You protected me,” Lotta soothes.

It works. My wolf settles, and logic returns to my brain. “You could’ve protected yourself, of course. I’m sorry I lost control like that.”

“No, it wasn’t your fault. The alpha is right. It was because you haven’t marked me. And because of what you learned this morning.”

Right. That. “I don’t want that to interfere with our night. But tomorrow, You’ll tell me what happened. Everything.”

“Okay. Of course, yes.”

I lift my head to meet her gaze. “Are you really mine? You want me to mark you?”

“Yes, Asher. When I thought you were going to be banished, I realized that I couldn’t stand that. I can’t be apart from you. You’re all that matters.”

I shake my head. “Not true. Your hopes and dreamsmatter, too. Your art. You wanted to leave Wolf Ridge. We can. I’ll go with you. Anywhere.”

Her lips part, but no words come out.

“Coach said I might have a shot at UCLA. Would Los Angeles have a better art scene?”

Her eyes shine. “Yes. Yes–that would be amazing.”

“Then we’ll make it happen.” I slide my hands under her ass and lift her core to my mouth. I lick into her, parting her sweet flesh, tracing the insides of her lips. I get my lips over her tiny clit and suck.

She comes immediately, tugging at the ropes I used to tie her. “Inside. Please. I need you inside me.”

I tsk. “I didn’t say you could come, beautiful. I think a little punishment is in order.”

“Oh, fate,” she moans. “Please, Asher. I need you so badly.”

I chuckle, her words making my entire being pulse with warmth and pleasure. “Not yet, beautiful. You’re going to take my dick in your gorgeous ass, my fingers in your sweet pussy, and my teeth in that delectable shoulder.”

She bucks some more, another little orgasm running through her.

“This body was made for me, wasn’t it?” I work on untying her wrists. “Hm?”

“You’re mine, too, Asher,” Lotta murmurs. There’s a sense of wonder on her face, like she just realized it.

“I am,” I agree as I untie her ankles. “I am your warrior. I will wage war on your behalf. I will level anyone who stands in your way.”

Lotta laughs. “I know you would. Even when you hated me, I knew you’d do anything for me.”

The smile falls away from my face, remembering all thathate I directed her way. I work to swallow. “I’m so sorry about that.”

“No, no. I realized this morning that we needed things to go the way they did. You needed to believe I’d wronged you because it made you tough and strong. It made you into the warrior you are. And I needed to run away from who I was and suppress my wolf, so she would come out through my paintings and show me my future. With you.” Hands now free, Lotta reaches for my face and holds it between her two hands. “You are my future, Asher. Don’t you see? There were no mistakes. Everything led us to now. To this moment. To whom we’ve become apart and together. Both of us needed to go into the crucible, so we’d arrive here.”

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