Page 28 of Forsaken Desire
“Get your call!” With my shout, he shoved off me and strode over to the nightstand.
“What?” he snarled. I couldn’t hear anything from the other end, but he growled. I didn’t tear my gaze away from his tapered muscles. Shivering more from desire than from the cold, I tugged the blanket over my nudity. “She didn’t fucking dare.”
Who wasshe?
I frowned so hard I could feel my eyebrows scrunching.
“I’ll be right there.” He cut the call and tossed the phone onto the nightstand with a clatter. Grabbing the front of the slacks loosely hanging at his hips, he pulled them up and fastened the zipper.
He strode over to me. He leaned down and gripped my chin.
“We’ll continue this conversation,” he said gruffly.
“It was a simple question,” I mumbled. He was avoiding it, though, and that told me everything I needed to know.
“We will continue this discussion, and I will answer all of your questions.” His eyes flicked to the side, and he pressed his lips against mine. “I’ll be back to pick you up for your shift.”
I stayed on the bed, dizzy from how fast he’d walked away, shirt dangling from his fingers. Those long, beautiful, sinful fingers. I laughed and kicked my feet under the blanket. Soreness radiated across my lower half, but the decadent sensation between my legs only made me more excited to see him again.
I stilled, grinning at the ceiling. He was everything I could have hoped for.
Loud ringing interrupted my thoughts, and I reached for my cell on the nightstand, dragging the blanket around myself.
“Hello?” I said cautiously.
“Joey, get dressed and send me your address. I’m taking you to meet the Alpha.” It was Karol.
“Now?” I peeked at the time on my phone. It was close to midnight.
“A pack text went out, we’re all required on the Alpha’s land. Unless you want to wait?—”
“No,” I replied quickly. The faster I had that sorted, the better. “I’ll see you soon.” I typed the address and sent it to her. Once I grabbed my towel, I headed to the bathroom.
Wouldn’t want to smell like sex, meeting my temporary new Alpha. I couldn’t help but feel giddy. That must have been why Lucian had left so abruptly.
My stomach turned until nerves took over. I’d enjoy surprising him with my arrival.
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Itapped my fingers against the arm of the cushioned chair in my home office. Cierra had crossed a line in sending out a message to gather all my wolves. It was the last time she would do something like this—but it also proved her desperation. She’d been trying to speak to me for too long, and I’d ignored her.
I scrubbed my face with my palm. About half the amount of usual pack members had arrived and still more were coming. I would handle the Cierra situation tonight. She would learn that the only reason she had a say was because I allowed it. This would be the last fucking time she stepped out of line and took me away from my mate.
All I could think about was getting back to Josephine.
My everything.
She’d gotten my name tattooed on her, but that wasn’t the worst of it, she’d been a fucking virgin, and I’d rutted her brutally.
Fucking was fucking. A release to clear my mind from the hard-ons of the memory of her kiss. I never cared who I fucked. It was just a body, so I’d taken to fucking shifter whores since she left my life. It was easier than anything else, therewas no confusion on their end, and they never questioned my requirement of being slathered in vanilla lotion or perfume.
The memory of her innocent, hurt eyes from our first meeting punched me in the gut, but I would never cause her pain again. If she found out the truth, that would hurt her . . . and she could reject me. Nausea swirled in my stomach. She would never leave me. I squeezed the armrest so hard a fissure opened in the wood.
“Alpha? Are you okay?” Bruno asked. His voice brought me back to the present. I looked at him standing across my desk.
I grunted.
“What do you want me to do about the social media post?” He’d been reading from something about one of the pack members that had ended up putting our existence in danger.
