Page 81 of Love in Unexpected Places

My cock is still hard, making running difficult, but I do it anyway, moving among the maze and among the Alphas fucking their omegas. By now, most of the omegas I see have surrendered, welcoming their Alphas inside and sighing as they come over and over. I won’t give in so quickly.

His claiming bite burns, my skin hot where his teeth sank in.

Ugh, of all Alphas, Aldric? As Callie said, I could do worse. He’s handsome, built like a fucking brick house, has a good job, and fucks like a demon from the pits of the deepest hells. My hole leaks as I remember how he forced his way inside me, immediately pegging my prostate, my slick flowing like a fucking river.

Clearing my head and drawing in a long breath, I shore up my courage and dart from behind the hedge to search for a way out of this fucking maze. I’m not sure where I am or how long it’ll take me to get to my apartment, but I’m determined to leave this fucking place.

My determination bolsters, and I set off on a sprint. Only to find my legs hitting air. Someone had caught me from behind, hauling me off my feet. I breathe in to scream for Aldric to let me go, but it’s not him. The deep scent of mahogany that clings to Aldric’s skin isn’t present.This isn’t my Alpha. Well, notmyAlpha. The Alpha that claimed me. But this isn’t Aldric.

A blood curdling scream tears from my throat as a feeling of dread sinks low in my belly. I might not have wanted Aldric but at least I know him and what he's capable of. I don't know this Alpha who has a deathlike grip on me, crushing my ribs.

“Quiet, omega. You might be promised to an Alpha, but he’s not here. My omega is too fucked up to continue, and I’m still hungry.”

“No!” I kick my legs to make it harder for him to keep a hold of me. “Aldric! No! Aldric!” He’s my only hope.

“Hold your fucking tongue.” The Alpha all but roars in my ear. “It’s fair game tonight. You belong to whoever catches you, and I caught you. Now be a good little bitch and?—”

A manic roar sounds in the air and a massive weight hits me and the Alpha. We hit the ground with a jolt, pain riding up my side. I scramble back, wanting to get away from the Alpha that grabbed me, but I’m fixed on the sight before me.

Aldric has the other Alpha by the throat, squeezing hard with one hand as he punches him over and over with the other. “You can’t have my omega!” Aldric bellows, taking the Alpha’s head in both his hands and banging it against the ground. “He is mine! Do you understand!” He gives the Alpha no time to agree or not, going back to pummeling his face hard with his fists.

The beating goes on for another minute, until the Alpha’s face has turned into mush and I fear him dead. I don’t see his chest rising and falling anymore. My stomach flips as I gaze at the Alpha that wanted to take me from Aldric. I swallow hard, forcing back the bile that threatens to rise up. The way Aldric defended my honor, killing thatman for me… Dear Gods, that kind of aggression is intoxicating..

Head thrown back, Aldric roars to the skies, face and hands covered in blood. He looks at me with crazed eyes, his breaths heaving from his chest. On his hands and knees, he crawls over to me, moving as a panther stalking its prey. I’m frozen, unable to look away from him. He’s fucking magnificent. His gaze is locked on mine like he doesn’t want to let me out of his sight.

As he gets closer, I lie on my back, legs spread for Aldric as he’s poises over me. He growls loud enough for me to feel it in my bones. “You’re mine, Jude. Anyone who tries to take you from me dies.”

My chest pumps as I meet his gaze. Even though I watched him kill a man in front of me, I still have to push him. I can’t let the blood on his hands have me give in that easily. “You don’t own me, Aldric.” My statement sounds more like a plea, but I don’t pay that much attention. I can’t give in to him so easily, even though the omega in me is begging to bow down to this magnificent Alpha.

I should be more hysterical than I am now. What with being kidnapped, fucked into the ground and watching someone die in front of me, but I … I’m not. Maybe on some level, when I saw Aldric, I knew he wouldn’t let anything happen to me. I knew he would protect me from everyone and everything but himself. Maybe I craved that, though I’d never tell him.

“Despite what your tongue says,” he mutters, nosing against the claiming bite on my neck. The wetness of blood that sprayed his shirt seeps into my skin. “I own you. You will always belong to me. And this—” His hand drifts down to my aching erection, gripping it tight. I groan, thrusting my hips. I want to come so bad, I ache. “—I own that too. Every erection, every orgasm. Mine.”

Grunting, I push against his chest as much as I can. He doesn’t budge. All the action does is to put my hands in contact with his body.

Swearing, Aldric lifts from me and rips his shirt off, the useless tatters fluttering to the ground beside us. “Touch me now,” he demands, grabbing my hand and pressing it over his heart. “Your hands are so soft.” I pull against him, trying to free my limb, but he doesn’t seem to notice, too far gone into his Alpha nature. “Your hands will be on me every day when I get you home.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you,” I tell him, even though my resolve is weakening. The more time I’m surrounded by Aldric, the more I want to remain with him. It might be his bite on my neck or it might be how he took and commanded my body. Either way, I won’t be the same leaving here as I was when I was brought to this place.

Aldric fishes into his pants with his free hand, pulling out his cock. He frames my face with his bloodied hand, and I groan, feeling the strength of it. “You areallmine.” While I’m distracted by his touch, Aldric snatches my shorts out of the way and plunges into me. I gasp as I wrap my legs around him, absorbing his deep thrusts. “Say it.” He hammers into me, and I grip his biceps to keep from moving farther away from him. “Say you’re mine!”

“No!” I say, but my body is begging him to keep me. For him to take charge of me as he’s been doing all evening. For this to be what our lives are like every night.

I’m so gone off this Alpha when I shouldn’t be. Logic would have me getting as far away from him as possible when this is over, but all I want is to pull him closer to me.

Aldric hums as he thrusts into me hard and strong. His hands slide under me, gripping my ass as he brings my hips higher until my cheeks are resting on his thighs. His fist closes around my dick, jerking me off thoroughly. I can’tkeep the moans in if I tried. They travel higher and higher as he takes me, fucking me so good that all thoughts leave my mind.

“That’s right. Let me fuck this hole, claim it as mine. I’ll have this hole every night.” He leans over me, taking my mouth in a rough kiss that I give back with equal fervor.

He pulls me up until I’m sitting on his thighs, moving me up and down on his thick cock. I wrap my arms around his neck, bouncing on his shaft as he holds me tight by my ass. Our kiss is uninterrupted, drowning out the world.

“Make me come.” I whimper into his mouth, needing a release so badly I can taste it. “Please, Aldric. Please.”

Another growl reverberates against my lips. “I love to hear you beg. Tell me you want my knot.”

There’s no point denying it. I want it all. I want to be tied to him with more than his bite. “Give me your knot. Please.”

Aldric groans, leaning forward to sink his teeth into my neck again. I cry out, tingles of arousal drifting through my body. My back bows and come without knowing I was on the verge, my release flowing through me. My orgasm mixes with the blood still coating his chest.

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