Chapter 6

Harrison Hale's POV:

I pressed closer to her before letting my thigh slipped between her legs to feel the heat there. With one swift motion, I tugged her shirt up just enough to exposed her legs. There were no undergarments. It was just a pair of smooth and soft thighs and the soft mound of her pussy that was already slick. I held her steadily when she subconsciously tried to close her legs.

"Sshh. Let me help you." I rasped while my fingers were tracing up her inner thigh.

"Wait—Aahh..."

Her words were cut off into a moan when my hand cupped her pussy and feeling the wetness coating her folds.

"Is this what your body wants?" I asked while my thumb brushed lightly her clit.

"S-Shut up... J-Just... Mhmm..."

She bucked against my hand before a sharp breath escaped from her lips.

I waited but she didn't move away. I parted her lips with two fingers and sliding through her slickness to tease her entrance. She was soaked. Her pussy was now clenching at the barest touch. I slowly pushed one finger inside her. She was so tight. Her walls were gripping me like a vice.

"Fuck, Katherine." I groaned while watching her face.

Her eyes were squeezed shut and her lips were bitten raw. Her hips rocked forward in my hand. Soon, her free hand started fisting my hair.

I added a second finger and slowly stretched her. I pumped my fingers in and out with steady thrusts. Then her thighs quivered when I curled my fingers inside her and hitting that spot that made her cry out.

"Sshh... It's alright." I whispered while my thumb was circling her clit in firm strokes. "Just let me do it."

Soon, wet sounds filled the room. Her juices were dripping down my hand. Her body tensed when I curled my fingers again. I could feel her pussy clenching harder around my fingers.

"Ahh... D-Don't stop..." she whimpered.

Her legs spread wider and her breaths were coming in pants. I didn't stop just like what she wanted. I thrusted my fingers faster with my palm grinding against her clit. The heat between us was unbearable and the unspoken want was charging every movement.

Her remaining resistance crumbled when the pleasure built. She clutched my shoulders and pulling me closer.

"Oh god..." she moaned.

Her head was falling back against the wall. I felt her her body was surrendering in my touch. I leaned in and started nipping the skin of her shoulder as I fingered her relentlessly and driving her toward the edge.

It did not take long before she came with a shattered cry. Her pussy was pulsing around my fingers and flooding my hand with her arousal. Her knees completely gave up but I held her up and riding out the waves until she slumped against me while gasping.

I pulled my slick fingers out slowly and stepped back. My own need was throbbing and untouched. I watched her slid down the wall and realizing what her body had done.

The thick silence stretched between us. Our shallow and uneven breaths filled the room. The bond pulsed between us like a living thing and demanding our resolution.

"You can feel it, right?" I quietly said. "Even if you deny it."

"I didn't ask for this." she said in a slightly shaky voice. "I didn't ask for a mate."

My wolf snarled but I swallowed it down.

"I feel it just as violently as you." I admitted and forcing the truth out through clenched teeth. "Every second. Every breath. But just like what I've said earlier, I won't claim you."

Her eyes flickered. I could see an obvious shock crossing her face.

"I won't take something that did not chose me." I continued. "No matter how much the bond demands it from me."

The restraint I made nearly broke me. For a heartbeat, we stood too close and saying everything we refused to voice out. My wolf howled for her but I chose to ignore and shut it out.

Then I stepped back. The distance I made felt like tearing my muscle.

"...Get some rest." I hoarsely ordered. "This... This will get worse before it gets better."

Her gaze followed me.

"So will you." she softly said.

I didn't answer her anymore.

I didn't want to make her feel more awkward so I left and softly closed the door.

I pressed a hand to my chest while breathing through the ache. The bond pulsed and I knew it was far from over. For the first time as an Alpha, I wasn't sure what scared me more. Is it her sealed wolf or the desire that could undo us both?

With that question in my mind, I returned to my quarters while ignoring my wolf that still raging under my skin. The ache in my chest and my throbbing needs hadn't faded even for a second. I was about to take a cold shower when someone knocked on my door.

"Enter." I said.

The door opened quietly and Raya, my loyal man, slipped in. He looked calm but rigid. I had sent him to infiltrate the Silvermoon Pack earlier to learn more about Katherine Lark.

Raya said nothing when I asked about the investigation. He just handed me a folded note. I glanced at him then opened it. But my frown deepened when I read the words written in it.

"...Is this true?" I quietly asked.

Raya nodded once.

The silence in my room stretched for a moment. My chest felt tight not because of the bond but from something colder and far more dangerous.

"Don't speak a word about this to anyone." I finally said. "Not even the elders."

Raya bowed his head in acknowledgment and left as soundlessly as he had arrived.

I stared at the paper for a long moment before I slowly exhaled. Then I crossed the room and tossed the note into the chimney. The flames curled around the edges and slowly devouring the paper.

But the words written on it were already burned into my mind.

'Katherine Lark is not an omega.'