Page 4 of Fierce Claim

“It looks great and I’m sure it looks even better during the day.” She’s now right next to me.

Even without her heels, she’s taller than me, which I realise I like a lot. I always thought I liked Alphas my height, like Jorge, but with Caleb and Riley around, I realise I might actually have a thing for taller Alphas too. Though, maybe only for some taller Alphas...

“Do you dislike me?” The question leaves my mouth without me even meaning to ask it.

Riley’s pheromones flare, filling with a moment of confusion before they settle on ‘unsure’. “Dislike? No. I’m... cautious. I don’t trust people very quickly. And while I’m sure Jorge, Caleb and Vera are right in trusting you, I barely know you. I know of you, and most of those things don’t really make me keen to trust you. But I don’t know you. I don’t know who you are in private, who you are when the world isn’t following your every move.”

I nod slowly, glancing her way, looking at the way the shadows play over her face, making her appear intense and almost ethereal at the same time. She’s stunning. Even if she wasn’t my scent match, I would probably have tried to get her in my bed.

She moves nervously under my gaze. “I’m sorry. I don’t know if that makes any sense. People say that I think too granular, that things aren’t so complicated as my brain makes them.”

“I understand what you mean. What would you like to know?” I take a deep breath, trying to keep my heart under control. She’s strong and vulnerable at the same time. She scares me and makes me want to protect her in equal measures. I start perfuming, though I don’t think Riley notices it.

She lets out a low laugh that makes my dick jump as she looks at me, meeting my gaze in amusement. “It’s not that simple. I have no idea what questions to ask. And you know as well as I do that asking the right questions is key to getting the right answers.”

“No questions at all?” I slowly reach out to her, desperate to touch her. Even if she doesn’t fully trust me, that doesn’t stop me from wanting her and wanting her bad...

She turns, taking my hand in hers. “I am curious about one thing...” She eyes my neck.

“Which is?” My voice has gone hoarse and I can’t keep my eyes off her lips.

“What are your pheromones like? I can smell all of the others, but I don’t think I’ve smelled yours yet.” Her voice drops and her pheromones fill with desire. Even if she can’t smell my pheromones, her body responds to them all the same.

“Would you like to try?” I tug on our entwined hands, making her come closer. “They’re not very strong, but if you get close enough, you should be able to smell them.”

That makes her pheromones spike even more and the next moment I’m pushed up against the tree as Riley wraps me in her pheromones and body at the same time.

Fuck, she smells and feels so good. Her body isn’t as soft as Vera’s, but it still turns me on so much. I slide my arms around her waist and feel every muscle in her body move as she puts her nose against my neck.

Instinctively, I start perfuming harder, slivers of my scent escaping from me as I roll my hips against her. The more I’m turned on, the stronger my scent, so she should be getting a good whiff of them now.

“Oh. Fuck.” She lets out a low moan. “Wisteria. That smells so good and suits you perfectly.” She leans even closer. “It’s for the best that I couldn’t smell you in the restaurant, I would have dragged Vera and you to the bathrooms and fucked you there and then. Proper etiquette be damned.” She chuckles deeply.

I rub my nose against her neck, making her dark red rose pheromones flare stronger. “I wouldn’t have had any complaints if you’d done that.” I slide my hands lower, grabbing her ass, pulling our hips together. She feels so fucking good. “If we hadn’t been in such a public place, I would have fucked you the moment I laid my eyes on you.”

“Maybe next time.” She kisses my neck, slowly going up to my jaw. “I do have another question.” Her voice is filled with lust and I can’t help rolling my hips against her, almost like I’m dry-humping her.

“Yes?” Fuck. I want her so much.

“What happens if I do this?” She nips at my lips before carefully tugging on one of my lip piercings.

I tighten my arms around her as I let out a moan, my head starting to spin from need. Then I push closer and kiss her, quickly deepening it, so I can play with my tongue piercing over her tongue and this time, her moan vibrates through my body.

Fuck. I want to push her up against the tree and fuck her. And then I want her to turn us over and fuck me into the ground until there’s nothing left of either of us.

I want her so badly, it’s making it hard to control myself.

The last time I felt like this was the day Vera went into heat, but that’s not possible. I’ve just been in heat, and if I’m pregnant, I shouldn’t be getting another heat until after the baby is born.

It’s probably just the exhaustion combined with meeting a new scent match.

That must be it.

She interrupts my thoughts as she rubs up against me, not breaking the kiss as she slides her hands lower and grabs my ass. Oh, fuck, yes.

Yes, please. Yes.

Then, something pulls my attention. I have no idea what it is, if it’s a sound or a smell, but it sets the hairs on my arms on end and Riley and I still at the same time.

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