Page 22 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
“I’ve seen them as big as twelve.”
I hand her a cup, and she takes a sip of the wine. “Oh. That’s really good.”
“Teddy makes it. He also makes moonshine,” I laugh.
“My grandma loves hooch!”
“I’ll grab a couple for you to take to her.”
We fall into comfortable silence while we finish eating, and I can feel her looking at me while I’m looking off in the distance. I’m used to people staring at me, and I don’t mean that to be vain. But it’s different with Radley. She doesn’t just want me for my status or what I could give her. She wantsme. The constant worry that she’s going to reject us like my mom did slowly starts to fade.
After I’m done eating, I move to sit beside her and enjoy the sun beating down on me. I’m usually working, but I wanted to take the day to spend with Radley if she wanted to. Which is why Nash and Bryce agreed to work with my dad today.
“Mason,” she says quietly, and I turn to look at her. “Do you feel that?”
“Feel what?”
“That…pull between us. Is that what the bond is?”
“It is. Which is why we wanted you to make up your own mind. The bond has a way of telling you what you want without you ever agreeing to it.”
“How do we have a bond if I’m not a wolf?”
“You don’t have to be a wolf,” I say carefully. There’s so much that she still doesn’t know, and I can’t be the one to tell her. “There are plenty of humans with the mate bond.”
“Will it always be this intense?”
I smile. “Yeah. I’ve been with the guys for fourteen years, and I still feel everything just as strong as the first time.”
“Are you and Nash together too?”
“We are.”
“I want what you guys have.”
My heart skips a beat, and I check for any uneasiness. All I feel is relief, like she’s been waiting to say the words. “Does that mean you accept the bond?”
“It does. But I don’t know if I’m ready to be, um, marked yet.”
“That happens on your terms and no one else’s. Even though we’ll know when you’re ready, we’ll wait for you to say the words.”
“Mason? Will you kiss me now?”
I don’t even have to think about it. I lean forward and lay my lips against hers. Radley reaches up and threads her fingers through my hair when I lick the seam of her lips. She opens for me, and I stroke her tongue with mine. I feel what she was talking about pulsing between us, begging me to claim her. She isn’t ready for what happens when she has sex with an alpha, so I’m content to just kiss her.
Radley tugs on my hair, pulling me down on top of her. I settle between her legs so she can feel what she’s doing to me. It would be so easy to pull my cock out and slide her bottoms to the side. I can smell how wet she is, and it’s taking all my willpower not to fuck her and make her mine right here.
Radley moans into the kiss and raises her hips to rub against me. I need to pump the brakes before we do something we can’t take back, but I can’t pull my lips from hers.
I’ll just have to fight it until I can explain to her that alpha’s cocks have a knot.
Chapter 10
Radley
I’m going to self-combust.
Mason’s lips are moving over mine, and his hard cock is pressed against my pussy. I should feel bad because of what happened with Nash last night, and now I’m making out with Mason, but I don’t care. And they obviously don’t.
