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Chapter 18 Lucien

Author: Zoey Chayse
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-18 00:01:13

Another morning, another drink. This time some nice smooth sipping rum from the islands. It’s my first official day as Alpha, and my first official day that I want to get in my truck and leave.

It’s not like I can’t do this. Dad has everything set up so even my idiot younger brother could run the pack. And the Council, with the exception of Ansel and Galdo, won’t defy me if I want to change anything.

Even though this is the last place I wanted to be right now, life is pretty fucking good. I’ve got a strong pack, great Betas, a council at my disposal, and a beyond gorgeous mate asleep in my bed.

Our bond creates an even stronger alliance between Silverpine and her father’s Ravenhall pack. We’ll be one of the strongest around. Second only to maybe the pussy pack Coralridge. After all these years, I still don’t get why his father changed the name of his pack from Ironridge.

No-one fucked with Ironridge. Alpha Ivan was a force to be reckoned with; crushing anyone who got in his way. He must have turned in his grave when Dalen mated with that island bitch and changed his pack.

Must have been a bitch in heat for him to turn things like he did.  Everyone marvels at Coralridge. They oooh and ahhh every time there’s a freaking event there. Like the pack is something special to behold.

I’ve been there before and was not impressed.

I smiled into my glass as I heard my bridge try and sneak up behind me. Not only did I hear her whispered footsteps, but I smelled her arousal the minute she moved the sheets off her.

Her arms snaked around my waist, hands sliding up to grip my pecs, her lips rained soft little kisses along my back.

One of her hands slid beneath the band of my sweats, finding me already rock hard. I nearly exploded when she gripped my shaft and gave it a little squeeze.

My little minx. Always ready, always willing. If she was half as good as anticipating the Pack’s needs as she was mine, she will be the perfect Luna any pack ever had.

More than pansy Gabriel had.

Vanessa’s hand reached even lower as her tongue traced random patterns on my back.

I growled, spun around picked her up and sat her on my lap, facing away from me, in the chair behind me. I loved her little squeal, how excited she got by my every move.

Two can play the teasing game.

I pulled the straps of her skimpy nightie off her shoulders and squeezed her ample breasts in each hand, pinching in various places.

The headiness of her arousal teased my nose.

We stood up and I single handedly dropped the sweats and sat back down, using my hands on her hips to guide her back down.

She tried to move, but my hands stayed firmly on her hips, loving the feel of being seated in her as deep as I could get. Her head fell back on my shoulder, thrusting her chest out even further.

Oh the dilemma, move my hands and let her take control so I could play with her tits, or make her stay and wont for more.

A knock sounded at the door and she made to get up. The decision was made for me as my arm snaked around her middle, locking her arms at her sides.

“Oh no my dear mate,” I whispered in her ear. “You’re going to stay just where you are and how you are. You’re Luna here. You move for no-one. Own it.”

I’m not sure whether I expected her to relax, but she didn’t. Her body was as tight as a piano string, frozen in place. Her chin dipped toward her chest, so her hair fell forward to cover her nakedness.

“Come in,” I hollered.

I used my other hand to twist that long raven mane out of the way, it pulled her chin up as I pulled it backward. “Do you trust me?”

She wasn’t the one in control here, I was.

“Yes. Lucien. I trust you.” She whispered back. “Fuck me.”

Kane walked onto the balcony, taking in the scene in a single sweep of his eyes. I could tell it put him immediately on edge, but being the good Beta that he is, he kept his eyes on mine.

“Mostly all the packs are gone now,” he started. “We’re serving breakfast for the ones who remain. Will you join?”

I shifted my body, lifting Vanessa in the process, only to bring her back down again. She shuddered and bit back a moan, but I know Kane smelled her arousal as much as I did.

“Who’s left?” I asked, feigning indifference.

“Birchvalley, Lakeside, and Coralridge. But I see Gabriel’s SUVs loaded except for him and his First. So, I think they are leaving shortly.”

Fucking Gabriel.

He thrust up.

“How long?”

“About thirty minutes Cook said.”

“We’ll be there. Anything else?”

“No Sir.”

“Okay then.”

Kane turned on his heel and made tracks back out the door, closing it behind him.

Vanessa didn’t relax on my lap.

“You are an amazing Luna, all exposed. Not giving a damn about who sees you.” I praised, nipping at her earlobe. “Makes me want to do all kinds of things to you in front of more people.”

I know the idea probably appalled her, but my fingers did quick work coaxing her and my bawdy suggestions in her ear accelerated her release all over me.

Without losing a beat I stood up and spun her around, my fingers bringing her around again. Her pants and mewling spurned me on as my eyes zeroed in on Gabriel’s SUV passing the pack house on its way down the hill.

One hand squeezed, while the other rubbed, bringing her over the edge in successive waves.

I felt her knees buckling, so I scooped an arm around her and pulled her up and in, her limbs barely able to support her, her head resting on the seat of the chair.

My fingers dug into her hips as we both crested.

Fucking Gabriel.

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