Annihilation - Book Three

Chapter 14 (M)

"In what world do you talk to me like that?" Verando speaks slowly, standing up. "This is what you wanted, right? To be disciplined, like a child? So you become a monumental brat at will?"

"I'm just treating you as anyone might treat an aged veteran who'd stepped back from his post, I've never been one to spare your feelings." I snap back quickly, feeling his fingers slip upward to grip under my jaw, almost concerning me with the way his gaze followed my body. "You gave up on your people and deserve it. Perhaps you should take back your confession, the man I want wouldn't allow me to speak to him this way." My hand tightens into a fist behind my back, guarding the ring. 

Attempting to step back, I yelp as he spins us, forcing my back against the stone wall as he pins me here beneath him. The wolf has receded, but I can tell my Alpha remains, or at least a piece of him. I'm forced to stop my retreat, inhaling his scent only to be disappointed that the aroma of the woods does not greet me. 

My dark eyes flick up to meet him; he's not smiling as I try to force back my own grin. "Did I make you mad?"

"You have gotten awfully bold; some fancy clothes and a few nights in a castle returned you back to your posh ways, it would seem. Are you even capable of satisfying me anymore?" 

 "When the cats away..." I shrug as he squeezes my throat, making me grip his fingers as slip my thigh between his legs. Shaking his head in disbelief, he crushes his lips against mine, I part my lips to deepen the kiss. Shivering in anticipation as he breaks from me, hovering his mouth over mine, we both pant breathlessly. 

"Why do you want this?" A crack forms; he is uncertain of me as if questioning if I am trying to ruin him. In some ways, I suppose I was, and the thought makes me sick. I wanted him to be broken with me; it wouldn't work if he turned into a human and realized that I was too depraved to keep. 

No, please, I was so close. Come back to me. I want to scream. Instead, I laugh a little. 

"Because I'm fucked up?" I ask with a sigh, flinching as he grips my hip, pulling me roughly onto his body so that I must cling to him to remain upright. "I like Alpha. I like to be treated as if I were worthless, and I want to be dominated." Chuckling, I whimper as he grinds against me, fighting to unbutton my shirt as he kisses me again. "Your crazy matches my crazy, and I'm too fucked up to find anyone else. I need my Alpha; something has been missing in my life since you died. If I wanted to be with a human, I would be." I glare back at him defiantly. 

"I love you, damn it." I hiss as he shoves his fingers past my teeth, commanding that I suck on them. 

Verando's expression tells me all that I need to know, feeling the heat of his body and how he's pressed so firmly against me. "Love me or the idea of me?" he retorts, cursing under his breath as I writhe against him. "You're so hard you're about to burst out of your pants, and you expect me to believe you preach anything but lust?"

I want to coax more out of him, I open my mouth to speak, only to have him kiss me once more, "One more word, and I won't have you at all." 

Verando's threat brings me to bite my lower lip as he trails down to kiss my neck. A sound escapes my lips at the feeling of his stubble on my skin as he sinks his teeth into the tender flesh, raking his teeth against my skin with a casual pass of his tongue. "Quiet." He growls. "I think we've all heard enough of you."

Completely silent? 

I stifle a sound as he tortures my neck before he carries me towards the bed, shoving me down abruptly while sliding his hands under my shirt and coat. Pushing it up to bind my arms over my head, uncomfortably tight.  I'd hoped he might fashion a gag, but I'm left to fend for myself as I attempt to catch my breath.