Page 33 of His Temporary Alpha Mate
The office erupted into chaos just as my heart broke once more.
I didn’t return to my office. Axel and Chase would have to cope without me for the rest of the day. If I had to deal with other people, I would scream.
Instead, I shifted and took to the forest surrounding the mansion, for the serenity being one with nature would give me. No, really, I was sulking and wanted to pout and scream in my raccoon form because my alter really got what I was feeling. When he wanted something, he hated being denied.
In fur, I ran and climbed, scavenged through bushes, stole fruit from trees, and generally made a nuisance of myself. My alter wanted to eat the eggs in the nests we found, but I knew better, and urged him to leave them alone.
The raccoon side of me knew why I was so sad, though they didn’t really understand. I spent some of the day explaining to him just why I wanted to carry a baby, to create life. By the time I was exhausted and a bit peckish for real food, I thought he got the idea.
“There you are!” Larken’s familiar voice broke through my musings.
Hey.
“Want me to shift with you, or are you done?”
Shift. I’ve not seen your alter up close.
Larken stripped out of his clothes, unveiling all that lovely taupe colored skin. His muscles stretched and bunched as he made quick work of getting naked. His time in the Sweetwater pack had improved on his already glorious body. Shifter biology made it easy for alphas to gain muscle, but they still had to work to maintain peak condition. Larken was bigger than he used to be. His muscles were far larger and covered more of his body after Deke’s training.
Hmm. You’re gorgeous, you know that, right?
Larken smirked as he let the shift come over him.Not compared to you, he said in his lizard form, the pack link making it simple for us to communicate.
His Komodo dragon was terrifying up close. I would have hated to be on his bad side. He had to be nearly eight feet long from head to tail. I felt tiny next to him, yet I was bigger than the average raccoon.
You just want into my pants.
What pants?
I laughed, my little raccoon body making a chittering sound. We walked around the lake together for a while. Just being in our animal forms side by side gave me a sense of comfort. A couple of times, I dropped back so I could clamber up his tail and leap off his head. He would snap playfully at me, missing me by a mile. Being with him was just so easy.
It was a long time before Larken talked.
If I was a big bad alpha, I would use my power to pin you down and force you to change back. Brat.
The threat was only a tease. He knew I was into it. We’d already covered likes and dislikes in the bedroom. Our soft and hard limits.
Then what would you do?
I’d make you beg for my knot before I gave it to you.
So sexy.
That right?
Yeah.
Well, you’re going to have to catch me first.
With a bark of challenge, I ran for the trees. Being smaller, I knew I could gain the advantage. Only if Icould get there before he caught me.
Larken let me get to safety and stayed behind me as I led him around the woods until I tired and led him to my house.
If he was going to play the rest of our game, we were going to need lube.
Something I’d rigged up was a handle for my raccoon to open the door to my house so I could remain shifted until I got inside. Some packs were more open than others about nudity. I went through stages where I didn’t care who saw my bare ass as I went home. Other times, I just wanted to be in my room before becoming a man again.
Very clever, Dimples,Larken said as he closed the distance between us. He leapt forward, pinning me under his massive feet, though safe from those wicked claws.
