The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

Abaddon’s POV

I went down to the cafeteria, finding a table where I could sit and eat the food before we left. Snake hooked me up, the BBQ was good, it just needed a quick reheat. While I ate, I thought about what I was going to do. Seeing Snake smitten again after so many years made me envious. For two decades, I’d held to my vow to Luna to find and protect the Promised One. I’d given up my name, my life, I’d given up any chance of finding a choice mate of my own. In a few days, the curse would be broken and the vow would be fulfilled, and I had no idea what I was going to do next.

The Knights were my life now, but there had to be more. I was tired of being alone, tired of having no one in my life. I was a forty-year-old virgin, and I was running out of time to tell her what I thought about her. I’d hidden, hell I’d buried my feelings for her as I watched her grow into an amazing woman.

One conversation could make or break things forever.

I washed the sauce off my hands and face, the whole time thinking about whether this was the right time to tell her how I felt. I couldn’t recall the last time I was alone with her, she made my heart race and my palms sweat. What if she thought I was like a family member to her? What if she had no interest in me? Luna, what if she didn’t want anything to do with a werewolf, knowing that we’d never be able to have children?

Not to mention what would happen when Gabriel and her parents found out.

I texted her that I was ready, and she told me she’d meet me at the main entrance. My heart leapt as the elevator opened and she stepped out, when she smiled I me I thought I’d burst. She walked right up to me and wrapped her arms around my waist, pulling herself tight to me in a hug. My hands went down onto her back, gently squeezing her, as my body reacted to her presence.

If she noticed the bulge, she didn’t say anything. “Thank you for giving me a ride,” she said softly.

“It’s my pleasure,” I told her. “Do you know where you want to stay?” I held out my arm and she put her hand in it as we walked towards the motorcycle lot.

“I want a view of the water, something outside town and quiet,” I said. “Maybe a cabin so I don’t have to hear people next door.” I grabbed my helmet and handed her the one I’d taken from the ambulance, along with her leather jacket and gloves. It was a cool evening.

“It’s busy, I don’t know where we’ll find a vacancy,” I said as I straddled my Harley. She got on behind me, her hands reaching around and under my jacket, spreading her fingers on my stomach.

“I don’t mind riding, I’m not ready for bed just yet,” she said softly.

I reached for the key and started it up, pulling out of the lot and heading north out of town along the lakeshore. We drove for an hour, not finding any vacancies, before I stopped on a scenic overlook. “Take a walk with me?”

“I’d love to.” We got off and I took her hand, leading her along the trail that went along the cliff. I found a bench with a view of the moonlit waters, and pulled her down to sit by me. “Abaddon?”

“Steve. My name is Steve,” I said as I turned towards her. “When you join the Knights, you leave your old life behind and are reborn. Soon, my vow will be complete, and I will no longer be held by the restrictions it placed on me.”

She put her hand on my cheek. “What does that mean?”

I put my hands on her face, cupping it as I looked into her eyes. “It means that after all these years of watching you, of loving you without letting on, I can finally confess how I feel about you. I love you, Meghan. Please, give me a chance to be your man, to make you happy.”

She started to cry, not exactly the reaction I was hoping for. I pulled her to my chest, her face buried in my shirt as she let her emotions go. I looked out over the water, trying to memorize this moment in case it was as close as I would ever get to her.

I felt her crying slow, then she lifted off my chest. “You love me?”

“Since you stood in front of the club with your hands on your hips and told Viper he was an idiot to sell the ambulance and the medical gear,” I said. “You’d make a wonderful werewolf if it was possible. You are strong, you will do anything for your family, and you have a spirit unlike any woman I’ve seen before.”

She looked into my eyes, her hands traveling up my chest until they were behind my neck. Her head tilted slightly, her mouth opened, her tongue flicking over her lips in a way that set me aflame with desire. Her scent strengthened, her arousal evident as I leaned down towards her. Our lips stopped an inch apart, I looked into her eyes, then I pulled her close to me as we kissed.

Werewolves talk of mates, of the tingles, of the scent that is like no other, and I remembered that feeling back when I met my own. This was different, but it was amazing in its own way. I’d never kissed someone before, I didn’t know what I was doing, but she didn’t seem to mind. Hands moved, lips touched, tongues explored, and when we finally broke apart we were both breathless. “I’ve always had a crush on you, Steven,” she whispered as she buried her face in my chest again. “I just figured I would never have a chance, you never showed any interest in me.”

I picked her up, placing her in my lap, her thigh pressing down on my rather obvious erection. “I couldn’t,” I said, “but in a few days…”

“Finish your vow,” she told me. “When you are done, we will go to your Alpha and my parents. We’ve waited this long, we can wait a few more days.”This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

“You want me?”

She giggled. “I bet you can smell how much I want you, Abaddon. I sure as hell can feel how much you want me. I have my own vow, it was to remain pure until my wedding night. As much as I want you right now, I can’t do that.” She looked up at me. “When you are no longer Abaddon, come to me as Steven and ask me properly for a date.”

“Count on it.”

“You were an amazing first kiss,” she whispered.

“You were too.” We stayed until my arms couldn’t keep her warm, then we found a resort with cabins and got a room late. There was only one room, and only one bed. I let her shower first, then take the bed while I took a very cold shower. I wouldn’t take advantage of her, she deserved everything to be done right. After I dried off, I shifted into my big wolf and laid at the end of the big bed, my head laying on her stomach.

She would be mine, and I would protect her and love her until our time was done.

Eve’s POV

The next morning, all of us were still bloated and tired from all the meat we had consumed the night before. The bull moose had been picked apart, other scavengers would take the rest. I wobbled on my legs a little when I stood up, my stomach lurching a bit before I moved slowly down to the water. The cool water tasted good and helped steady my stomach.

“How are you feeling,” Gabriel sent.

“I’m still stuffed,” I said. I rubbed my face against his legs as he turned with me to head back up. The others were getting up, the sun was already over the trees and it was going to be a hot one today. The summer humidity was heavy in the air, as were the bugs. We each moved off, finding a place to take care of our business, then we moved out in a line around the lake towards the north. Today was about moving as a Pack and setting the perimeter. Now that I had found my mate, the Knights needed to ensure that he was safe as well, for both of us were required to break the curse.

Our speed picked up with our digestion, and by noon we were moving at a good pace. My wolf was in her element, she was happy and let me know it. I was happy as well, I was free and alive and with my Pack. I spent most of the afternoon thinking about what I would say to my mate when he finally let me talk to him. My wolf felt the connection with him, she clung to it, encouraging it as their wolves bonded over the distance. They couldn’t talk to each other, but she knew he was there.

Gabriel used the afternoon to work on drills and scenarios with his men, things they were well practiced in. Defensive formations, patrol patterns, even escape drills were practiced until they were second nature. The escape drills were the ones my wolf enjoyed the most, mainly because the defensive drills always ended up with me surrounded by big wolves I couldn’t see over. The escape drills used his fastest wolves to join with me, the fastest of all of them, in a run to safety. The others deployed behind us, multiple layers to delay the threat and give us time to escape. Running full tilt through the woods with my Pack was the closest thing to a high-speed motorcycle run, they were exhilarating.

As it moved towards the evening, after more playing around in the cool waters of a creek, we were moving through the darkening woods in a line. Gabriel gave some orders, and men broke off in different directions. “What’s going on,” I asked when it was down to just five of us.

“Can’t you feel it?”

I focused on my wolf, letting her have reign. She turned slightly, heading a little to the right of where we had been going. “Mate,” she told me.

“As the bond becomes stronger, it becomes harder for your wolf to be away from him,” Gabriel explained. “So, in addition to protecting him, staying nearby will help you sleep better and strengthen your bond. The more your wolves bind to each other, the easier it will be to get your human part to resolve your issues.”

“So we’re going to his cabin?”

“We’ll get as close as he will allow,” Gabriel said. The sun was going down and the shadows were long as the home came into view. As the scent of him became stronger, my wolf became more excited. “You cannot shift, and you cannot enter the home without permission; they are not in our Pack and there is a human there.”