Page 47 of Truth or Pack

“Princess, you’re shaking like a leaf. What’s wrong? Nightmare?”

“My mom took me from you guys and dragged me into this blind meeting. They were awful and smelled terrible and I was trapped in there with them. They barked at me to submit and…” I trailed off as another wave of tears hit me. I hated feeling vulnerable but I was too exhausted after that awful sleep to truly protest.

It was probably worse because the entire time we helped around town yesterday I was just waiting to run back into my family. The anxiety clearly caught up with me.

Ash held me as long as I needed, his arms strong and unmoving as he held me together while I fell apart.

This is what an alpha should be. The strength for their omega when they were vulnerable.

In that moment, more than ever before, I knew that this match was right. That letting them in was what I needed.

When my sobs died away and my tears dried, he ran a hand over my back in soothing circles.

“I’ve got you, Taryn. Always. Your parents will never have control over you again. We have your back. Nothing will ever change that,” he vowed, the venom in his voice reminding me of his deal with them.

“Tell me what convinced them to sell,” I asked. After this dream, I needed to know the truth of what they talked about.

He sighed. “They’re awful. I wanted to buy the house but he was ready to mark it up, to get as much as he could out of us because we wanted it. He didn’t care that it was for his daughter or her pack.”

“I’m not surprised. I’ve never meant much to them. I was too outspoken and wouldn’t just do as they asked like my sisters.”

“Good. You aren’t a tool they can use,” he growled. “I offered them a membership to a country club, no cost to them, for selling us the house at value and cutting contact with you unless you reached out. I’m sorry if I overstepped, but I didn’t want them hounding you. The way you deflate around them had me boiling.”

More tears burned my eyes as his words sunk in. The little girl inside of me mourned the family that should have been on her side.

But the omega was melting at her alpha defending her, doing what he could to protect her without being asked.

“Ash?”

“Yes?” he asked gently.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me. It’s my job to keep you safe, and that means emotionally, as well.”

How are these men real? They swept into my life and turned it upside down. They didn’t run when things were complicated,they stuck around and proved to me that they were more than our past.

Fuck, I was gone for these men.

Winding my hand around the side of his neck, I pulled him down, kissing him gently at first. Then deepening it, urging him to take me.

“Please, Ash. I need to feel that you’re mine,” I pleaded.

“Are you sure? You’re vulnerable, I’m not here to take advantage, I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“Ash,” I groaned. “I’m an adult and yes, I need you. Please. Or I’ll go find someone else to show me.”

“Oh hell no,” he bit out, crashing his lips to mine again. Our scents bloomed around us, the sweet scent of my slick and our combined arousal intensifying them, mixing the two into a perfect blend of tart and sweet.

“Too many clothes,” I grunted as I tried to tug his shirt off. He leaned back long enough to tug it off and toss it aside, then shimmied out of his boxers.

Ash was a work of art. Every inch of him I could see was covered in tattoos. Every defined muscle accented by gorgeous ink.

My eyes trailed lower, landing on his cock. Mouth watering at the sight of the studs lining it.

“Do you like what you see, princess?” he challenged. Meeting his energy, I also pushed away, moving to my knees and tugging my thin tank over my head and tossing it away. His eyes were hungry as they drank me in, watching me intently as I pushed down the booty shorts and my lacy boy shorts underneath. “Fuck.”

“My thoughts exactly,” I said before shifting lower and wrapping my fingers around his cock. I wasn’t inexperienced, but this was my first with piercings like these. He moaned as Igently teased my fingertips over them, then stroked him, testing how they felt against my skin.

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