>I was rethinking my life choices.What had gotten me into this position?One moment, I was alone with my worries, and now, I was sitting on a horse in front of the one man who had started to haunt my not-so-innocent dreams.He brought his hands around me and held the horse’s reigns, even though it was tied.His face leaned closer to my back as I felt his hot breath send tingles down my spine, “First step, get on it.” He said in a slow voice.“Already here.” I replied, reciprocating the tone.“Good girl.” His words did something. It was an exciting something. I liked it.“Next, you get the feel of the saddle.” He placed a hand on my naked thigh as the short dress had moved scandalously up when I had spread my legs wide to sit on the horse. And that is why you don’t ride horses in dresses.He moved his hips behind me, allowing me to follow the pattern and begin moving my hips too.I heard him swallow behind me.Was riding a horse as easy as this? I was confused, why did pe
>I did not speak the whole way back. My face was too hot, my heart was about to explode from what it had just experienced, and my head was too busy knitting scenarios that I wasn’t sure would ever come true.Maisie had seen me walk away and might’ve thought my mood was John’s fault or all my other troubles. Thankfully she had just hugged me and drove me home with a, “I’m sorry today didn’t turn out the way we had hoped. We’ll talk more whenever you are ready.”She had dropped me home and went back to hers.I had told Aunt Julie to take the day off, there was not much to do in the house with everything else going on. She had taken quite a lot of persuasion to go for a walk and get some fresh air.I had spent the rest of the day researching about all of the rest of the council members to keep my mind off of the horse-riding lesson and to refocus on helping my Dad.I had made tons of notes on which council member was not suited for my Dad’s case and why. Even though they all
>Xavier had not been able to get his mate out of his head. The events of the day kept replaying in his head. He wanted her and there was no denying that. It didn’t matter that he was waiting for his first love to return and fall back into his arms. Zoe was his mate and that bond, even without true mating was irresistible. He knew she felt it too. If she didn’t she wouldn’t have joined him on the horseback.Which why, after hours of howling by Spike in his head, Xavier picked up the phone and texted her. Since they were mates, there was no way she could move on or ignore him.The text conversation proved his point.As she confirmed about coming to his place, he got up and showered before stepping into the kitchen. He was going to fuck her. That much was clear for both of them.But that did not mean, he was not going to give her the Alpha treatment. None of his girls had ever been able to go to anyone else, and as proud as he was of himself in bed, he knew a lot of a gent
> “Didn’t know Alpha Coucilor Shaw is a brand ambassador of all types of candles.” I smirked. I was grateful but didn’t know how to say thank you for the light, without sounding cheezy. “I can’t help myself when there is a damsel in distress.” He shrugged, returning my smirk. “Really? Or maybe you just like to show off your candle-collecting hobby to your house guests.” I commented, trying not to smile at the silliness of it all. “Hmm, that would require a lot of house guests, and I, just got my first in a long time.” He spoke slowly. His voice deepened with each step he took towards me. My body tingled with anticipation. “First in a long time?” I asked in the same low tone. It was like speaking louder would break the bubble that had just formed. Suddenly there was a bright flash of lightning in the sky that lit up the whole room for a few seconds. I knew what was next. It made me immediately close my eyes as tightly as I could and plug my fingers in my ears. Xa
>I rolled over in my sleep and found the bed empty beside me.It had been a long while since I had slept this well, but thankfully it couldn’t erase how most of the night had gone.The storm was over.I sat up, covering my naked body with the blanket and looking around groggily.Xavier was not in the room, but his shirt was. I decided to shower first.His bathroom was just as glorious as the rest of his house.I picked up the shirt from the back of a chair where he had probably placed it after tossing it around carelessly last night.It was too big for me so I only did one button under my breasts and left the rest of it to hang off of one of my shoulders. It reached my thigh, enough that I didn’t even wear my underwear, excited for his reaction. I folded the sleeves up so I could use my arms.I brushed my wet hair but left it untied, placing it on one side, accentuating my shaved side. ‘I should really get it tattooed,’ I thought to myself. Kicking myself for not bringin
>I left Xavier’s home in the afternoon. He had work to take care of and I had overstayed my visit. Also, I knew that Aunt Julie would start to get worried. And I had a couple of messages from Maisie asking where I was.After Xavier and I had made the deal about him helping my Dad, I went ahead and blocked John’s number from my phone and on all social media that we used to follow each other. The only way we were going to contact each other was through Xavier, in a formal setting under Werewolf laws. I did not trust him any other way.I returned home to find that Aunt Julie had gone to get some fresh groceries and I was grateful. Because I wanted to get myself dressed up properly before giving her the good news.I chose a beige turtleneck Jumper with a sexy heart cut-out at the perfect place to reveal some skin but not too much that it looks slutty or makes me feel cold. I intended to go to Maisie’s home to deliver the news in person.Even though, we still had paperwork t
>I chose a peach-colored suit with a white lace bra as the top of my attire for the formal lunch that Xavier had invited me to discuss Dad’s case.He sent Jacob to pick me up from my house. I greeted Jacob and asked, “How long have you been working for Xavier, I mean Alpha Councilor Shaw?” I kicked myself for forgetting that our relationship was probably secret. After all, we had not made anything official.“It’s okay, you can call him whatever you want in front of me. I won't tell on you.” He winked sweetly and answered my question, “Since I received my wolf, a decade ago. My brother is his Beta. You might think nepotism got me my job but Alpha doesn’t do favors to anyone.”“I know that, Jacob. I don’t doubt that you earn your job every day.” I smiled at him from the passenger seat.“Your case must be very special.” He commented and I asked confused, “Why would you say that?”“Because the restaurant that I am bringing you to, is one of those rare places that Alpha used t
>When I had asked Zoe to join me for a formal lunch, I had promised myself that I would keep my personal and work life separate.But then she had showed up looking so formal and gorgeous. I was amazed at her dressing sense, she always looked like she had a professional designer and stylist dress her up.She loved showing off her undercut and always had her hair on the opposite side, accentuating the haircut. She was different, she knew it and made sure that no one forgot it. Not that anyone who had met her even once could easily forget someone like her.I kept blaming Spike for everything I did that I had not done for any woman except Claire, my only true love. So, stubbornly I kept believing that it was Spike that made me want to get up to greet her or pull her chair or flirt with her.I had started to imagine a lot of different ways this lunch could go but not the one that actually happened.Alyssa had called out with John on her arm and as much as I loved my sister,