My lips going to his neck where my mark is.He groans and grips my hips, rubbing his cock on my clit.I feel the water hit my back before I feel the cold tiles on my back, making me squeal and jump at the coldness.Reid chuckles.I feel it rumble in his chest.Before his hands push me lower, and he thrusts inside me again.My head going back to rest on the tile, Reid’s mouth moving to my neck and collarbone nipping, and sucking on my skin.I grip his shoulders, moving my hips against his.I pull his hair, pulling his head back, his face getting wet under the water before I smash my lips into his, desire coursing through every cell of my body, my fluids coating his cock as he thrusts harder and faster, his grip on my hips getting tighter as he moves them in rhythm with him going deeper.
My walls gripping him, as my orgasm floods through me, my legs tightening around his waist as I moan out.Reid’s hands moving to my face as he kisses my chin before biting my bottom lip.He finds his own release again, as he presses me harder into the wall before stopping.My legs aching from the strain.Reid steps back, and I unwrap myself from him.He steps under the water, pulling me with him.Grabbing the soap, I start washing his chest, my fingers brushing through the small amount of chest hair.He closes his eyes and lets me wash him before doing the same to me, my muscles relaxing under his touch.When we are done, he grabs my towel and passes it to me before wrapping his own around his hips.
I follow him back into the room, he chucks me one of his shirts before putting a pair of black shorts on himself.He sits on the edge of the bed and motions me to go to him.I hesitate.I have never feared feeding as much as I have for the last week.My hunger is insatiable, in fact, I am finding everything to become insatiable my hunger, my sex drive.I always feared feeding, all my life feared it because it is the one time you completely let go of control.I also know I have hurt people which now makes that fear stronger, I don’t want to hurt Reid.I know he won’t let me kill him, but I still fear going too far and him hating me for it.
Seeing my hesitation, he leans forward and grabs my hand tugging me, so I am standing between his legs.“Maybe we should use blood bags,” I tell him.Reid pulls a face, I can tell through the bond he doesn’t want me feeding on anyone else, the thought of having some other person’s blood in my system repulses him.
“I let it pass that you fed on my Beta, you aren’t feeding off anyone other than me.”
“We can get female blood,” I tell him.He shakes his head.
“You are mine, no one else’s male or female.I don’t want to smell anyone else on you.”
He pulls me, so I am sitting on his lap, his hand going under the hem of the shirt resting on my thigh, his thumb rubbing against my hip.He kisses my lips softly.“You won’t hurt me, I promise, your bark is worse than your bite.”
“Really, is that so?” I raise an eyebrow at him.He kisses my neck before offering his own to me.The sight of his neck makes my mouth water, and I don’t try and fight it, I let go.Trusting Reid to take control and bring me back to reality.As soon as his blood floods my mouth, I swallow greedily, his blood soothing the burn and dryness of my throat.Replenishing every cell in my body, awakening my senses and overloading everything.Like fireworks exploding on my tongue.I could get drunk on his taste, I hear him moan, which only fuels my yearning, never enough.I knew I should pull away, but I couldn’t, and Reid wasn’t trying to stop me as I bit down again.Instead, offering more of his neck to me.I drink hungrily, wanting to drain him.I feel tears well in my eyes, my mind screaming at me to stop, and my body doing the exact opposite.It was a war one I had no choice but to wait for Reid to pull away as I couldn’t physically do it myself.
“Babe, stop,” he says, rubbing my back.Panic taking over and I will my body to stop, only it refuses to listen, my claws extending and digging into his shoulder.I hear him hiss at the sudden pain before he realises, I can’t stop.Reid grips my shoulders and shoves me back hard, making me fall backwards onto the floor.My adrenaline kicking in and my hunger the only thing I can think of even though I know I need to fight it but I can’t, all rational thoughts being shoved aside as my animalistic side overrides me.I lunge at Reid, but he manoeuvres, so I am forced to turn, and I land on the floor between his legs, his arms criss-crossed against my chest, holding me down between his legs.
“Sorry babe, I have no choice.” I know what he is going to do, and I don’t blame him, I actually welcome it.I feel his canine bite into my flesh, I scream.His bite is painful and savage as his teeth tear through my flesh.I feel myself start slipping, the room getting darker.I blink my eyelids grow heavier and heavier.I blink once more, and I can’t open them, and I give in to the darkness letting it take hold, wrapping me soothingly as I drop into oblivion.
Chapter 42
Reid’s POV
I watched as sheslept, I picked up her limp body.Guilt eating away at me, I could feel Ryder pressing against my skin.Itching to be released.I placed her on our bed, leaning down, I nuzzled into her neck.God, I loved this woman, but damn she infuriated me.I sometimes have to remember she didn’t have the childhood she deserved, didn’t have the support she craved.I inhaled her scent, Ryder instantly settling down.I placed my hand on her stomach, the slightest bump on her lower abdomen.I could hear the steady heartbeat of the life she was carrying.I knew Aria would be a great mother, I can’t grasp why she would doubt her ability.Aria always puts her life second to Lily, no matter the consequences.I know she will be protective of our pup.I would lay my life down for all three of them.Lily was as much hers as she was David’s, their bond was unbreakable.I know Aria feared that I made the wrong choice, but I know she will come around.I can sense the change in David, the bitterness of the loss of his mate now leaving, and his love slowly being given to Lily where it should have gone in the first place.I was envious of the bond they had formed in the last couple of weeks.
How he was able to pull himself from whatever dark place he was in.My father was not so lucky, he couldn’t live without my mother, not even for me.I brushed her hair out of her face and tucked the blanket around her.I heard the front door; I knew instantly it was Zane.What I didn’t understand was why he was here.Something must have happened, for him to barge in when he was under strict orders to steer clear.I raced downstairs, Zane’s appearance was dishevelled his clothes torn and barely staying on him.“What’s happened?”
Zane tried to catch his breath, his hands on his knees while he was bent over.I mind linked him, knowing he was too out of breath to talk.
“Zane?”
“They attacked, there were too many of them.They took them, oh god Reid, they took her.”
Panic coursed through my veins, my body tensing.I glanced up the stairs, knowing Aria was up there sleeping, unaware of the shit storm that just blew in.The timing couldn’t be worse.
“Took who?Who took them?”
“My mate, oh god they took Christine.They had tranquilisers, we couldn’t do anything.They took Christine and Wendy.”
“What about Amber?”
“She is fine.Mitch ran with her taking her to the Black Moon Pack, she is with Lily” I felt instant relief knowing, the kids were at least safe.
“What happened?” I was already moving, my fingers moving a hundred miles an hour, texting the entire Pack to meet.
“The Hunters.They want Aria, Reid.They said they will kill them if we don’t hand her over.They were watching the house as soon as we got inside the entire property was surrounded, they kicked the doors in and let off Wolfsbane grenades.Mitch grabbed Amber when I told them to run, but I couldn’t stop them, I tried.I fucking Tried.But I WASN’T STRONG ENOUGH!” his voice screaming in my head.His anger boiling over, before crushing him.He was dying inside with guilt, dying with the thought of what they could possibly be doing with his mate.
“This isn’t your fault we will get them back, Zane.I won’t let them hurt your mate or Wendy.”
Zane nodded, putting his complete faith in me.Ryder was hackled up in my head growling.“I am going to fucking slaughter the lot them” His growl ripping out of me before I felt the shift take over.I didn’t fight it, I let him out.His instincts were to kill and take back what belonged to us.They were part of my Pack, and nobody fucking takes from me.Not unless they have a death wish.I looked up the stairs.I have to protect them, I will not let anyone touch what’s mine.
“Go to the Black Moon Pack, take Aria with you.Warn them.Tell them to get ready, we are about to go to war.” I took off knowing Zane would get Aria out of here and to safety.I have complete trust in him.He feels like he failed them, but I know he would have fought until his last breath if given the chance.I know if he did, they would have killed him.
Aria’s POV
I woke to Lily and Amber crying, my instincts going on high alert.I grabbed them, hugging them to me before glancing around, looking for the threat they fear.I didn’t recognise my surroundings, why were they here?Reid said they were staying away for the night.I push trying to feel for Reid, but I get nothing, he is blocking me out.The girls are hysterical.I try soothing them enough to get them to speak.I look around.I am in some sort of bunker, getting up.I peer around and huddled on the ground are hundreds of women and children.Fear consumes, what is going on?