The Stranger In The Club

~Sable

Up close with the stranger, the shadows melted away and my bravado almost did too.

Holy shit..!

The man was… fucking handsome! Like, stop-your-heart-and-then-kick-it-into-overdrive handsome.

He was older, maybe early forties with little crinkles at the corners of his eyes that suggested he’d done a lot of smiling in his life. But he still had this boyish thing going on with a strong jawline softened by a mouth that looked like it was moments away from a smirk.

He was big too. Not just tall but broad, filling the booth in a way that should have been intimidating but was just… solid. Everything about him was so fucking sexy it should have been illegal.

He didn’t flinch at my little performance. Instead, a calm deep amusement lit up his eyes.

“I apologize if my attention made you uncomfortable,” he said and gods, his voice… It was like dark chocolate and a low cello note all wrapped up in one. It washed over me and I felt a stupid sudden flush of heat that had nothing to do with the whiskey.

“Uncomfortable? No. Curious, yeah,” I managed, sliding into the booth across from him before my knees gave out. “I saw you looking so igured I’d save you the trip.”

He chuckled softly.

“I appreciate the efficiency. It’s a rough night out there. I was just making sure you were alright. You don't seem used to this life.”

Sure you were. But his respectfulness and his calm composure was a strange and powerful aphrodisiac. The fear and anger that had been my fuel for hours were suddenly morphing into something else entirely.. an annoying arousal!

This was it; This was the solution! Corvin and that bastard Alpha thought they could sell my virginity like it was a bushel of apples? Well, I was going to take it off the market myself on my own terms and this man, this unbelievably sexy calm man seemed like the perfect choice to help me liberate it.

I leaned forward, letting my torn dress gape a little.

“I’m a lot better now,” I said with my voice dropping at an attempt at seduction. I traced the rim of my bottle. “It’s pretty boring drinking alone.”

He watched my finger then lifted his gaze to mine. His eyes were knowing and for a second I felt completely transparent.

“You’ve had enough for one night, I think,” he said gently. “That stuff will sneak up on you.”

He was trying to deflect me.. to be the good guy but it just made me want him more.

“You sound like my bartender,” I said with a pout I didn’t entirely fake. “What’s your name, anyway?”

“Knox,” he said simply.

“Sable,” I offered back.

His eyes flickered over my face and down to my torn clothes and dirty feet and his brows drew together in a slight frown.

“You look like you’ve been through a war, Sable.”

Before I could come up with a lie, he did the weirdest thing. He leaned forward just a fraction, and… sniffed like actually sniffed the air between us and his frown deepened into genuine confusion.

I pulled back with my own annoyance rising.

“Whoa, okay. You a werewolf or something? That’s a little weird, buddy.”

A faint unreadable smile touched his lips.

“Or something,” he said, which was no answer at all.

This wasn’t going how I’d planned. He was supposed to be charmed, seduced and willing.. not confused and asking questions. I was about to say something else, something undoubtedly stupid and desperate when a fight erupted from the bar.

In an instant, Kael was out of the booth. He didn’t look alarmed just… inconvenienced sn he took my elbow firmly.

“Time to go.”

He didn’t give me a choice, weaving us through the brawling bodies with an easy grace until we burst out into the cold night air. I stumbled, the whiskey finally making its full presence known.

“Whoa there.” His arm went around my waist, steadying me. “Where are you headed?”

Nowhere. I was headed nowhere. I had no money left now, no plan and a stepfather and a pack of werewolves on my tail. My boldness evaporated leaving me shivering and scared.

I must have looked as lost as I felt, because he sighed.

“Come on. You can crash in my hotel room. Sleep off the whiskey. You can leave first thing in the morning, no questions asked.”

A hotel room..? With him? My plan was back on, albeit by accident. I just nodded, my teeth chattering.

***

The hotel was fancy, a world away from the shack I’d run from. The room was all soft lights and a huge clean bed and the second the door clicked shut all my fear, my anger, my desperate need for control all boiled over. I turned and grabbed the front of his shirt, pulling myself up and crushing my mouth to his.

He froze then his hands came up and gripped my shoulders, pushing me back gently.

“Sable. No. You’re drunk and you’re upset. This isn’t what you want.”

Tears of sheer frustration pricked my eyes. Of course he was rejecting me.. everyone else got to decide what to do with me, why shouldn’t he?

“You’re right,” I said. “Stupid idea. I’ll just go.”

I turned toward the door.

“Wait.” His voice stopped me and I turned back.

I didn’t wait for him to decide.. I crossed the room and kissed him again.. this time, he didn’t push me away.

He froze for one heart-stopping second and then a low groan rumbled in his chest. His arms wrapped around me, one hand tangling in my messy hair and he kissed me back.

Oh, gods…

His mouth was hot and demanding yet somehow still sweet. It was like being consumed and worshipped all at once.

I was so fucking horny. I’d never felt anything like it. My hands fumbled with his belt buckle. I’d read things, heard things and I wanted to try. I wanted to blow his fucking dick!

I sank to my knees looking up at him as I got the buckle undone and was pulling at his zipper when he stopped me.

“Not like this,” he whispered.

Did it matter? I didn’t get to ask. He lifted me up as if I weighed nothing and laid me back on the bed. He kissed me again, deeply then he began to move down my body leaving a trail of fire with his lips and tongue.

He hooked his fingers in my panties and pulled them down. I was trembling and exposed then he buried his face between my legs..

I cried out with my back arched off the bed as his tongue… oh, his tongue! It was everything I never knew I needed. He licked and sucked and explored me like I was a feast and he was a starving man. I was panting, my hands fisting in the sheets with sounds falling from my lips. I screamed his name as my entire body trembled around waves of pure pleasure.

Before I could even come down, he was kissing my stomach, my breasts and my mouth... letting me taste myself on his lips. He was still fully dressed, a fact that seemed wildly unfair so I tore at his clothes desperate to feel his skin.

“Please,” I begged. “I need you. Now.”

He finally shed his clothes. He was huge everywhere and then he was there, at my entrance. He looked into my eyes, his own dark with need but still holding a question.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Gods, yes, please.”

He pushed in slowly.. so slowly there was a sharp tearing pain and I gasped, my nails digging into his back. He stilled, letting me adjust, covering my face with soft kisses.

“Okay?” he murmured.

I nodded breathlessly. The pain was already fading, replaced by a feeling of being so incredibly full. He began to move slowly and it was… it was… I had no words! Every stroke hit a spot inside me that made me see stars!

I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling him deeper, meeting his thrusts. He was muttering things against my neck... how good I felt and how tight I was. His pace became powerful and I clung to him as another even stronger orgasm washed through me.

We finally collapsed on the bed gasping and out of breath and he held me close with our hearts pounding against each other. I fell asleep with his arms around me, feeling safer and more content than I had in my entire life.

***

Sunlight streamed through the hotel window when I opened my eyes by morning. I groaned, my body aching in places I’d never ached before. I stretched out a leg… and found cold, empty sheets.

I sat up wiy the sheet pooling around my waist and a stupid blissful smile spread across my face. Last night.. I’d done it at last!

I was grinning like an idiot, replaying the best parts in my head when the hotel room door suddenly banged open…!