Page 99 of His Curse

“I’m sure I could figure it out,” Lark huffs without looking at me.

Which makes me grin. “You think so?”

“Iknowso. I hot-wired a golf cart at the lab about a year ago when I made it into the yard during another escape attempt, and I doubt this is much different.”

So feisty, my mate.

Lark huffs again as I step up right behind her, the defiance she’s displaying both appealing and infuriating. It’s turning me on if I’m being honest, but I can also tell that not only is my mate angry with me, she has news to share as well but will probably withhold it until the last second if she can.

“Exactly,” Lark grunts as she kicks the wheel again before planting her hands on her hips. “I’m mad at you, and I have an update from your demon but you won’t be getting that, or into my pants, until we talk about how you’ve been a huge asshole ever since you woke up in my lap.”

“Birdie.” I drop my voice low, stepping even closer before I lift a finger and lightly drag it down her bare arm.

My mate shivers, a whole body shiver that racks her from head to toe and even though every inch of her skin breaks out in goosebumps and I can scent the way my touch affects her, Lark pulls away. “I mean it, Colton. We either talk about how you’ve been a dick and took off on me, or I jump over this crotch rocket and lock myself inside the cabin until you’re ready to discuss things. It’s your choice, and either way you probably aren’t getting laid any time soon.”

We’ll see about that.

“You’re such an alpha.” Lark tries to lean away from me but instantly stops when I press my front to her back. “Such… such an asshole, Colton Paddock.”

“Mmhmm.” I dip my chin, dropping my mouth to her ear as I slowly wrap my arm around her waist. “An alpha, and an asshole. Definitely.”

She’s fighting the urge to lean back into me as my Birdie says, “I knew it when we first met.”

“Didn’t try to hide it.”

“Just your curse.”

I nod and bury my nose in her hair as my other hand comes around and my fingers start toying with the top of her leggings. “Couldn’t even hide that from you.”

“No.” She sighs, her body relaxing just a little.

“You knew I was going to be mad after the other night.”

“I… I did.”

“Real mad.” Slowly, because my Birdie is also stillreal mad,I slip my hand into the front of her pants, resting it just above her pussy that’s already wet for me. “So mad I needed to take off and clear my head.” I use that hand to pull her ass against my erection but don’t go any further.Yet.“I needed the time, the space to work through—”

“Oh, don’t bullshit me, Colton.” Lark jerks forward, trying to get away from me but I don’t let her. And pulling her back against my hardening cock made her whimper and stop fighting, but my luna doesn’t seem to be ready to give in just yet. “You took off mad and had every intention of staying that way until you were forced to come back here. I know you better than that and you”—she wiggles and grabs onto the seat of the bike—“can’t convince me otherwise.”

My wolf growls a little over her argumentative attitude but he likes the way she challenges me just as much as I do, and he really likes the growl he gets in return from Lark’s wolf who clearly doesn’t give a shit about pushing the alpha either. So, we decide to submit to our luna, even if it is in an incredibly minor way. “You’re right.”

My mate stops wiggling, stops moving altogether, and tilts her head in my direction just a bit.

“You are, Birdie.” I close my eyes as I breathe deeply, taking in her scent, the earthy sweet florals making my cock even harder. “I had no intention of calming down or coming back here, not after shifting in Vok’s house so close to the twins.”

“I know,” she snaps. “You were going to stay lost in the woods forever if I let you, but despite what you think, the world does not revolve around you and your over-inflated alpha ego.”

A warning growl bubbles up from my chest as my hand moves like lightning, cupping her pussy tightly and grinding her ass against my dick in a way that has it pressed between her cheeks. “Watch your mouth, Luna.”

“You watch it,” Lark almost groans as the heel of my hand roughly rubs against her clit. “I’m not afraid to bite,Alpha, and just because we’re mates doesn’t mean you’re safe from how sharp my tongue can be.”

“Donotforget who you’re speaking to.” My mate gasps as I abruptly shove two fingers inside her pussy, my free hand aggressively moving up the front of her body and roughly palming her breast before it slides up her throat and squeezes. I tilt her face toward mine, finally able to look my Birdie in the eye, and when she doesn’t back down for one second, I squeeze a little tighter and push a third finger into her cunt and start pumping. “I am your alpha,thealpha as you so often say, and your challenge, while cute, is going too far right now.”

Lark tries to stifle her moan, those stormy grey eyes still locked with mine as she prevents herself from riding my hand. “Don’t… don’t you dare call mecuteever again, you jackass, and if you… if you really want me to,damnit, to come on your fingers the way you’re thinking, then you better promise me you’re”—she does actually moan as I slide my hand up her throat high enough to force her head against my shoulder—“you’re over all that bullshit and under… understand you had no control…”

With a grin I’m sure Zan would be proud of, I nip at my mate’s lips and start fingering her a little faster. “What was that, Birdie? You think you can stop yourself from coming? Think you have any power here—”

Now I’m the one gasping as Lark’s hand darts behind her and immediately wraps around my cock, gripping it hard through the mesh material of my shorts. “I have more power than you realize,Mahasani.”

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