Raider's Treasure (Alpha Barbarians Book 1)

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She watched as his face clouded over in anger. The chair beneath her creaked as he leaned more weight onto it, snarling in her face.

"Once we are bonded you will have no choice but to submit and act like a proper omega should."

Wrapping one hand around the back of her neck he pulled her up from the chair, pushing her before him into the bedroom as she tried to dig in her heels and stop him. Lyric's head was spinning from the mead and she regretted drinking so much of it. Throwing out her arm, she tried to catch the doorframe but wasn't able to before he had her propelled all the way to the bed.

Panic raising her heartrate, she shook her head as she tried to twist away from his hold. Nothing she did seemed to faze him, and Lyric found herself thrown face first onto the bed with her injured arm pinned underneath her from holding the sheet around her.

Attempting to wiggle away, she began to sob in fear as she felt the alpha's bulk cause the bed to dip. Grabbing her good shoulder, he shook her a little.

"Stop struggling or you will injure yourself further," he growled, but she continued trying to pull herself across the bed.

Lyric heard an irritated huff before feeling his weight settle over her, pinning, but not crushing her. She froze besides the sobs wracking her frame, waiting for the sheet to be ripped from her body. The alpha adjusted their positions until most of his weight rested next to her, but part of his chest still covered her back and his arm wrapped around her middle, pulling her against him. His leg rested over the back of her thighs and she could feel his erection pressed into the side of her bottom, but he didn't move any further.

After a moment she felt his chest begin to vibrate with a purr, Lyric's instincts accepting the Alpha's assurance and easing the adrenaline rushing through her system. Her mind fought with the automatic reaction to relax, still not trusting that the alpha wasn't about to take advantage of her.

"Stop thinking and sleep," she heard him grumble from behind her.

"I could sleep better if you got off of me," she responded, attempting to shove his big body back.

Chuckling, Lyric barely made him rock before he was snuggling her closer.

"Sleep. Now," he said, alpha command lacing his voice.

Her eyes began to droop and the longer she was held still, the harder it was to fight the pull of the mead and her instincts. Finally giving in when the alpha's breathing evened out in the deeper breaths of sleep, darkness took her.

***

The alpha began to toy with the omega's dark hair once she finally dropped off to sleep. He didn't risk moving because he didn't want to disturb her. She needed the sleep to heal and they were going to be on the move again tomorrow. He regretted having injured her, but at the time, it was the only way to pull her from the water.

He could tell the girl was going to be difficult and he couldn't help the scowl that crossed his face. He had enough to deal with already. He was hoping she would be one of those meek little omegas who just did as they were told, but he couldn't help that her fire attracted him as well. He never would have shot her if he had known she was an omega, and the fact that she was trying to escape should have told him that she wasn't the meek type.

He wondered if she knew what her father had done. Though she hadn't said anything about it, he could tell she was the daughter of the man who had led this area. She was also promised to the leader of the warriors, yet she called him a murderer.

He only attacked her village in retaliation for the attack they had made on his. While he ruled with an iron fist, it was only to protect his own. He never would have come this far south to attack a village unprovoked. He had enough land and people to deal with, he wasn't looking to expand his territory. Almost all of the lands that had been under her father's rule would be going to his allies for helping him. Too many of his warriors had been injured, and he hadn't wanted to leave his home unprotected, so he had needed the help of the warriors from the neighboring clan to help commit his revenge. In exchange, they were taking two-thirds of the land and a couple of the omegas that had been captured. The rest of the people that had survived the attack would be allowed to assimilate into either tribe.

He hadn't meant to tell the girl that he was going to claim her. She was simply in the home with him due to her injury, but he had to admit he was more drawn to her than any of the others. It had just slipped out in the moment, but he wasn't going to back out now. His people would probably be shocked that he was finally going to take a mate, but he figured it was past time to do it and make an heir.

Trying to settle down so he could get some sleep as well, he buried his nose in her hair. Her delicious scent filled his lungs and he had to adjust himself. Though he had to wait for her heat to be able to claim her, that didn't mean he couldn't find pleasure in her body before then, and he planned to do that as soon as she was healed. He wasn't going to take her against her will as she had obviously feared, but he would win her attention and make her submit to him, and the sooner it happened, the better.