Athena

Athena's POV

"Your scent turns me on like crazy, Athena." Hudson purred, his voice deeper than usual.

It was his birthday today and I had planned to give him my virginity as a birthday gift.

Simultaneously, it would serve as a celebratory gift for tomorrow where he'd be declaring me as his chosen mate before the whole pack.

"Touch me, Athena." He pleaded as his big hands framed my waist.

Standing naked before my boyfriend of two years, I felt so nervous, but the ripples of desire that his touch ignited in me was making me lose my mind.

As if he could no longer bear the torture of my hesitation, he grabbed my hand and guided it down the grid of his belly, straight to his bulging shaft that was twice the size I'd imagined.

I sucked in a sharp breath as he made me stroke it. Fuck! It felt so good against my hands.

"Yes! Touch me, Athena, just like that." His voice was rough with need.

The sound of his voice made my nipples go hard and as if he saw through me, he lifted me off the floor and lowered me to the bed.

The next second, he leaned over me, taking my nipples in his hot, wet mouth. He sucked at the twin peaks until pleasure threatened to pull me apart.

The feeling was so foreign. It felt so different from other times that he used to touch me. It was as though he'd been bottling up this feral part of him.

A sound of dizzy delight escaped me when I felt him slip his middle finger into my heat. Passion bursted through me and my body trembled as he stroked me.

"Fuck, I want you to make love to me." I cried, my voice sounding strange in my ears.

And that was all he needed to unleash the beast in him. He parted my legs in one swift move, fitting himself between me as he slid into my hot wetness.

My visions blurred.

He felt so huge inside me and a spasm of pain shot through my core. He went stiff as he also felt the restriction.

"Relax, angel." He breathed as his amber eyes held my gaze in the dark room.

And just like magic, all my tense muscles relaxed as he slid in again— past all restrictions this time, and the pleasure that tingled from my core yanked a moan out of my lips.

"You're so wet and hot." He groaned breathlessly.

Even in the dark, I could almost see his face twisting and contorting with pleasure as he pounded faster— deeper and I wrapped my long legs around his waist to match his pace as ecstasy racked me senseless.

"Yes, don't stop!" I cried.

I felt like I was soaring into the seventh heavens as I felt him spasming inside me and his thrust grew aggressive.

"So good, Athena!" He rasped as his body trembled

My muscles screamed and snarled and I dug my fingers into his back as my world rocked and I orgasmed just at the same time his body convulsed and I felt hot fluid shoot into my inside.

I woke up in a tangled sheet, the rays of the sun pouring over my face. I looked beside me only to realize that it was empty.

Where did Hudson go?

I covered my chest with the sheets as I rose to pick my phone. I dialled him and it connected on the first ring.

"Where did you go?" I asked.

There was a momentary pause.

Then, he spoke. "I should be asking you that! Where the fuck did you spend the night?"

My head reeled for a while. What sort of prank was he trying to play on me this morning? Was he high on drugs?

"We spent the night together and—"

"I have no idea what you're playing at, but things are really messy here. Maybe if you hadn't spent the night out, this wouldn't have happened."

Without another word, he hung up, the sound of the dial tone echoing in my head.

No fucking way! I checked my phone for the text Hudson had sent yesterday telling me to come to this luxurious hotel to celebrate his birthday.

The text was still there. Did someone else send it to me? Shit! What in the moon goddess's name was happening?

If I didn't spend the night with Hudson, then who was the person who turned my mind inside out with pleasure last night?

Then, I heard it.

The rush of water from the bathroom. This was so messed up. My mind raced with panic as I slipped into my cloth that was scattered on the floor.

Whoever it was in that bathroom, I didn't want to know. I hope I never set my eyes on him ever again.

But seriously, how could this happen just a day before my mating ceremony with Hudson?

Speaking about Hudson, there'd been something extremely off about the way he spoke earlier. Had he caught on already?

Shit! I had to explain everything to him.

It was a mistake— nothing significant. He would understand if I showed him the text that lured me.

Still, I couldn't stop thinking about who had sent the text to me as I bolted out of the hotel and flagged down a taxi that took me straight to the Palace.

Nerves danced in my stomach as I let myself into Hudson's apartment in the Palace. The living room was eerily silent and a ball of dread rolled into my gut.

"Hudson?" I called as I doubled up the stairs.

No answer came at first.

And then—

"Fuck! Faster, Hudson!"

A husky feminine voice stopped me dead in my tracks just as I reached Hudson's bedroom's door.

No! I must have heard wrong. Hudson wouldn't possibly be sleeping with another woman? Did he already find out about last night and he wanted to punish me for it?

But mine was a mistake. A dangerous set up by a lunatic, plus, the room had been too dark to even realize it wasn't him.

"Harder, please. Yes!" The voice drifted out again, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I winced as my heart shattered silently. I xouj sure believe Hudson was really cheating on me in broad daylight.

He was simply rubbing it on my face! Daring me to do my worst.

But I couldn't just assume without seeing it for myself. For all I knew, this could be one of his "out of the world" pranks.

With trembling hands, I turned the doorknob and stepped in. My gaze immediately fell on Hudson's naked figure.

An equally naked woman bent over in front of him and he fisted her hair as he thrusted into her savagely.

That deep brown hair. I could recognize it anywhere.

My heart stopped for a few seconds.

Paige?