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My hands flow down her back, grabbing her narrow ass and lifting her over my cock. She makes a noise of delight. Her arms wind around my neck as she sucks and bites at my mouth. I turn and slam her back into the tree hard.
Her teeth loosen, but not before blood trickles down my chin. I stare at her, taking in the near luminous sheen to her irises, her erratic breathing, and the spike of arousal in her scent.
“Alpha,” she breathes in a sultry wash over my mouth.
I snarl. “The name, Ebony. Give me the name of the beast in the basin.”
Her lips curve upward. “I don't have one, Alpha. But I’ll get you one.”
Chapter 16
Nisha
I watch as Tanner pulls away from the slim African American woman in his arms. His mouth was locked to hers and those calloused hands were tight on her ass. He kissed her hard. Harder than a human could handle.
No. That was tame compared to what they did. He feasted at her and she responded in kind as he slammed her against a tree.
It still sways ominously.
I wince.
The woman pushes from his arms with a smile, eyes glowing with inhuman sunlight that is visible even over the distance.
Something knots in my stomach. Something burning and wrong.
“Hey. You okay?” Daisy's voice draws me away from Tanner and his conquest.
I look at her. “Yeah, I’m fine.” It’s complete and utter horseshit.
It’s not like I have any stupid former claims on Tanner. And yeah the man is hot. That’s easy enough to see. But he’s just like Chuck, and I don’t need another asshole like that in my life.
Besides, as flighty as Daisy said Tanner is, there is no future there. Nothing but heartbreak and a man that always walks away. If I want to be part of the pack here, in my town after the rogue shifter is caught, I need to find someone closer to home.
My eyes roll back to Daisy. “Yeah. I’m fine.”
She scours my face, her bright green eyes cunning. “No, doll. You’re not.” She turns her head and peers around. Her lips curve and she reaches for my hand. “Tell you what, since you haven’t seen the best Silver Rock can offer, let me show you.”
I glance back toward the trees but Tanner and the woman are no longer in sight.
Something tells me Tanner didn’t take her deeper into the trees to finish what they started. At least not with the body so near.
I shudder. “I don’t know, Daisy …”
She huffs. “Call me D for starters. My parents were hippies and I hate my name.” That makes me look at her, a small smile pulling at my lips. “And you can’t stand here mooning over T or worrying about the human.”
I flush. “I wasn’t—”
“You were,” she tells me firmly. “And I get it. I do. But T and Ebony will handle the rogue, so you don’t need to even worry about that.”
She smiles prettily at me. “Now as for T himself … We have done had that convo. So come on. Let me introduce you to a few people.” She tugs at my hand and I stumble a bit. “I promise not to force you into any threesomes or mating proposals.”
I laugh and her smile grows. When she pulls again, I let out a small sigh but let her lead me deeper into the pack.
As much as I want to help Tanner catch the fucker responsible for attacking me and for killing the human, he was right earlier. I’m ill equipped to handle a shifter in human form let alone when they change shape.
The ferocity between him and Ebony is a dead testament to that.
I’m outclassed.
