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“That’s… I don’t know what to think about that.”
Sienna wrapped her arms around herself. The temperature had dropped in the last couple of hours. Toron turned to her and ran his hands up and down her arms.
“You’re cold. Let me warm you.”
“Down, boy.” She held up a hand to his chest, which turned out to be a mistake. Taut muscle contracted beneath her touch, and her pussy clenched. His eyes narrowed. If he smelled how wet she was, she wouldn’t get away. “M- Maybe I should go inside.”
He caught her hand as she spun away and held on. The tips of her fingers burned. Sienna halted, unable to move any farther away from him, and he skimmed her palm before engulfing her smaller hand with his giant one. Have mercy.
“You strike me as the kind of woman who wouldn’t run from a challenge.” His lips brushed the skin at her wrist.
When he raised his head to look at her, even in the dim lighting, she noted the change. Deep gold reflected from the depths. “I want to get to know you better, Sienna.”
She snatched her hand from his and took a step back.
“Sorry, I’m not into that sort of thing.”
“What thing is that?”
“The kind where I hop into bed with you just because you did some kind of magic on me. Is that how you have all of them jumping through hoops to please you? Well I don’t want to bust your bubble, pal, but I am not joining the harem.”
Where desire had been evident a moment before, his eyes darkened with anger. “Please share how you really feel. You’ve judged me and mine from the moment you got here. No, from the day I came to New York to meet you.
And contrary to what you think, I have never used the power of the alpha to force a woman to sleep with me.”
So she wasn’t wrong. There was some kind of power he wielded. His denial of using it didn’t mean a thing to her.
She wouldn’t be staying the entire weekend. Let him act like the lord of the manor for the others to kiss his feet, not her. “If you’ll excuse me, it’s late, and I want to go to bed. Good night!”
For Toron's Pride
Chapter Three
Toron watched Sienna walk away, his gaze riveted to her round ass. She was beautiful in every way from her sweet, if angry face, to her luscious breasts to her curvy hips. She had a sharp tongue in her head, which to his surprise turned him on just as much as her figure. He had always been able to admire an attractive black woman but had never felt the need to sample one. That is until he met Sienna. She was the only African American in his pride other than Davon, and he welcomed the diversity.
Toron could admit to himself if not to her that his power did swirl to the surface more than usual when he dealt with Sienna. He hadn’t meant for it to happen. Maybe it was her exotic beauty that caused him to open his ability to lure her closer. Not until she had protested did he even realize he was doing it. He needed to be more careful. The last thing he wanted was to have a woman who didn’t desire him without him nudging her into it. The dominance of the alpha came with the job, and no one took it more seriously than he did.
While he considered how to handle Sienna, his celll phone rang, and he dug it from his pocket. He sighed on seeing his mother’s number flash on the screen. “Mom, how are you?”
“Toron, darling, I’m fine. Just checking in.”
“That’s not necessary.” He began strolling toward the house.
“Well I know you’re breaking in the new recruits this weekend. Anybody interesting?” The inflection she gave to the question let him know just what she meant. He clenched his jaw. “Mom, I’m not shopping for another lover. Or did you mean for you?”
“One can’t have too many lovers.” She giggled like a schoolgirl, which always grated on his nerves. “It keeps life stimulating.”
“You have more than enough—both now and before Dad died.” He hadn’t meant to say it and bit his tongue to keep from saying more. “I apologize.”
“I don’t know why you’re always mean to your poor mother, Toron.” He heard the pout in her tone. “I’m not doing anything you aren’t. Anyway, gotta go. John is taking me to Athens, and they’re calling to board. I love you, darling. Take care of the pride. I know how much it means to you.”
He gripped the phone so hard, he heard a crack and forced himself to ease off. A stab at the disconnect button ended the call, and he headed inside and up to his room.
Why did she even call? He knew he was no one to judge her, and yet, he hated knowing how many men she ran through—both human and shifter—each week.
Toron consulted the scheduling book he kept at his bedside and frowned down at it. He had written out all he wanted to cover this weekend, and other than dinner, he had planned for the first night to be free for everyone. While he tried going over tomorrow’s events, he sighed and rubbed his eyes. Concentrating wasn’t possible. Sure, he understood his mother’s lifestyle. A shifter’s sex drive tended to be high under normal circumstances, the leader’s even more so. He had never denied his physicallneeds, but neither was he mated, and he had no plans to bond with a woman until he was ready to have children. Even then he might not.
A knock sounded at the door. “Yes?”
