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“All right, we’ll be done in about an hour,” I told him before going back to stretching the dough out. Garren handed me the bowl of filling he’d been whipping up and I started compiling, hating that the mood was ruined. It didn’t need to be.
“This isn’t the man I raised,” Garren said in a cool tone. “I’m getting very tired of having to watch this poor girl tiptoe around this house and live in a cell.”
“She’ll survive,” Leven said, not budging an inch. “When she proves herself as part of the pack, then we’ll treat her as such. For now, she’s merely a guest and her basic needs are met.”
“Basic,” Garren scoffed. “You’ve never known basic so why should she? Bare minimum doesn’t make you a good man or one I can be proud of.”
He walked out at that; his point made. The only issue was it left me with the man who seemed to hate me for existing.
“You know,” he said as he sat down across from me. “I did some digging.”
“Digging?” I mused, raising an eyebrow at his tone of indifference. It was too exaggerated to be real.
“Into you and your pack. Rumor is that you didn’t just leave on your own,” he accused. Now the hard Leven was back, dissecting every inflection in my expression and every single word to fall out of my mouth.
“I, in fact, did,” I disagreed. “And that’s none of your business, Leven.”
“Oh, but it is. You may have Callum fooled and even Garren, but I’m not so easy. No female wolf travels alone and leaves a solid pack,” he continued on. His smug smile had me wanting to smack him across the face, but instead I finished out my pastries and popped them in the oven, then focusing my energy on cleaning up our mess. I didn’t blame Garren for leaving and I appreciated that he stood up for me, despite not being able to fix it. He was the father I never had a chance to have so I refused to let Leven ruin his image of me.
“What do you want from me, Leven? I’ve never lied. I didn’t want to come here but was left with little choice. Once this asshole is caught, I’ll be out of your hair,” I said, crossing my arms and leaning against the counter as I stared at him, refusing to let him see me falter.
“I want you to leave, to not take advantage of this pack and taint our name.”
“Fine,” I agreed, walking out of the room. “Turn off the oven in ten minutes or they’ll burn.”
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked as if he were genuinely confused by my exit.
“I’m going to get my stuff together and leave, like you just told me to,” I said over my shoulder as I went to the bedroom. I’d barely gotten the clothes back in my suitcase before the door was slamming open.
“You said yourself, you can’t leave yet,” he argued like he hadn’t been the one pushing me away five seconds ago.
“What the fuck do you want from me, Leven?” I growled, stepping closer to stare him down. “You treat me like trash, I do everything you ask and somehow, it’s still not fucking good enough for your skewed standards, and yet you still tell me to leave. Now I listen and you want me to stay? Do you realize how fucked up that sounds, how stupid?” He blinked at me, eyes dipping down to my lips for a moment. The bastard was enjoying this, loving how angry I was getting.
“I want you to not lie to my pack,” he said evenly. “You’re the one on the defensive.” I threw up my hands before turning away and grabbing another sweater to shove in my bag. Before I could blink, I was turned around and being backed into the wall, his hand lightly around my throat. “Don’t turn your back on me or dismiss me. I’m not the one having to prove herself because she got kicked out of her pack for insubordination. Which isn’t surprising to me at all.”
My heart sank. He really had done some digging and apparently found an old pack mate who did a bit too much gossiping. No matter what I said to defend myself, at this point it would fall on deaf ears and I refused to give him information he didn’t deserve. It was my story to tell, when I saw fit.
“Move your hand or I’ll break it,” I warned him through gritted teeth. He didn’t flinch or back down, in fact his hand tightened just enough I gasped against it. Even as I hated this man, my body wanted him, and I was almost positive he wanted me as well.
He leaned in so close his nose brushed mine. “Tell me why you left your pack.”
“Tell me why you care so much,” I shot back. His nostrils flared with his anger and the hand still wrapped around my throat flexed slightly.
“No,” he said, leaning in closer yet again, our lips a hair apart. Then he kissed me. At first I responded instinctively, kissing him back with every ounce of frustration in my body. Then I bit down, drawing blood. “Dammit, what the fuck?”
“This doesn’t mean I like you,” I warned him, breathing heavy now. He stared me down, eyes angry but full of lust.
“And this doesn’t mean I trust you,” he finally agreed. “Glad that’s settled.” He moved his hand long enough to start ripping away my clothes and I followed suit until we were both naked. Leven was fucking glorious, every inch of him toned to perfection and the fact his cock was pierced had my greedy pussy already aching for him. He was thick and long, and I knew it was going to be a tight fit. My poor girl hadn’t gotten any attention in far too long. And there was just something about fucking a wolf shifter, the animalistic side making it heated and desperate.
Leven groaned as he slowly moved his eyes over me. It was short lived before he was throwing me on the bed, his mouth back on mine as he consumed me, tasting and touching every inch of me like he didn’t have the patience to linger on one thing for long. I’d never felt so desired, even if I had no disillusions about Leven’s real opinions of me.
My head fell back, and I arched into him as he trailed a hand slowly down my body, starting at my neck and grazing between my breasts before finally teasing my pussy. I whimpered at the ghost of a touch, earning a smirk from the brooding wolf. For a man frantic only moments ago, now he was controlled and taking his damn time.
“Be still,” he ordered before he leaned down to claim one nipple, sucking hard enough I cried out then soothing it with gentle swirls of his tongue. Everything he did was a contradiction shifting from fire to sweet then back again so I never knew what to expect. I suspected that was his goal all along given the smug smile on his face as he teased his way down my body before settling between my legs.
He breathed deep before diving in, sucking hard on my clit before sliding his tongue slowly over my wet pussy. The man ate me out like he’d never tasted something so delicious, each flick of his tongue and graze of his teeth bringing me higher and higher until it felt like my body was wound so tight it would burst.
Then he slid two fingers into my core, finger fucking me while he teased my clit, bringing me to the precipice of release and keeping me there. If I started to tense, he’d back off again, edging me until I was ready to rip out his hair and scream.
