She was practically shaking now, her sex throbbing with need, her hands scrabbling against the sheets. “Please! I need you! Please, Alpha, I need you inside me!”

“And why should I give you what you want?” he hissed, leaning forward to bite the soft curve of her ear. “Why should I, when you’ve caused me nothing but trouble?”

“I’ll be good!” she wailed, “I promise, Alpha! I’ll be good! I’ll listen to you, I won’t argue. I’m yours, Alpha,please.”

His alpha roared in triumph at her words, pride unfurling in his chest. With a wave of his hand, his clothes were gone, his naked frame hovering over her soft, pliant little body.

“You’remine, Omega,” he snarled, lining himself up at her soaking wet entrance, “mine.”

He pushed forward a few inches and she fell apart, begging and pleading, little fists twisting in the sheets.

“Your pretty tits are mine.” A few more inches, her glorious heat clenching around him, drawing him in.

“Your ass is mine.” He was nearly fully sheathed now, his hands bracing either side of her, covering her entirely.

“And this,” he finished, pushing forward, groaning in pleasure as her muscles clamped down around him, “this perfect little pussy isall mine.”

“Yes! Y-yes, all yours! It’s all yours! I’mall yours,” she begged and whined, panting against the bed as he rocked into her.

He was in no mood to be gentle. As soon as he was within her, his hips drove forward with punishing brutality. Selena could do nothing but writhe and plead beneath him, taking the full force of his attack.

“Such a good girl,” he snarled, “taking all of me so well. Such a good omega.”

His words were enough to drive her over the edge, her orgasm hitting her in wave after wave of wailing pleasure, her muscles trembling and locking around him. He hissed, eyes narrowing, teeth sinking into the soft skin of her shoulder as he drove even harder.

With an almighty roar he came, spilling his seed into his sweet little mate as she moaned and pleaded beneath him, his knot swelling and locking them together.

He let his forehead fall down to meet hers, their breaths mingling in the aftershock of their joint pleasure.

This. This was all he wanted. Where he was happiest. His mate, safe and satiated beneath him, cradled in his arms, protected from anything that might harm her. Away from those who sneered and mocked her, away from those that wished her ill. No worries or cares in her pretty head as she took her pleasure from him, submitting entirely to him, trusting him to take care of her every need and want.

A small gasp escaped Selena’s lips as she moved her hips slightly, her muscles clamping down on his hard length. He growled, claiming her lips again, cherishing every whimper and sigh as her small fingers curled in his hair and pulled him closer.

“Was I too rough?” he asked, rolling them over so that she could lie on top of him.

She settled against his chest, burying her face into the side of his neck, pressing every part of herself as close to him as possible. He didn’t care. He would happily live out the rest of his days with his mate naked and purring against him.

“No, you weren’t,” she said after a brief hesitation. “I think I needed it. Needed you to…help me get control back.”

He swallowed, tracing shapes against the warm skin of her back, bucking slightly further into her warmth as she keened against him.

“That’s all I want to do,” he replied quietly, “to help you.”

She was silent a while, her hips rolling against him, enjoying their connection.

“I think you want to face the world for me,” she said, her voice gentle as she peered up at him, her face vulnerable and scared.

He growled, his temper flaring at her words.

“That’s not true.” His voice came out harder than he wanted it to, so he pressed his lips to the top of her head to whisper again more softly, “That’s not true.”

“Isn’t it? I’ve felt so distant from you lately, Kaelen, and I hate it. I don’t want us to be like this. But I also can’t let myself become some…some doll for you to look after and play with.”

“Do you think that’s how I view you?” he replied, his grip tightening against her skin.

“It’s how you sometimes treat me.”

He snarled and flipped them over with no warning, pushing his hips into hers, capturing her whimper of shock with his lips.