River got up pushing against his chest, with a j*rk. When the h*ll she crawled up to him and then climbed his chest? That was the last thing she would have done. No one ever slept in her bed. She wasn’t used to it. Then how did she seek him at night? Flustered, she stared at him for a moment and then something hard poked her right at the apex of her thighs. Feeling a thousand shades of embarrassment, she mumbled an apology and then slipped off him.
She was sure that the bed sheets were going to catch fire for all the heat that had pooled in her belly and then sunk below. Her mind was saying that this was such a h*rrible and a bad thing she did, but her body was singing as if approving of her climbing and sleeping on Alpha Hunter.
She glanced at Alpha Hunter only to find him smirking. He had crossed his hands and took them beneath his head as he looked at her. River scrambled away from him and got out of the bed. She shook her head and said, “I have never done that. I mean- no one has ever slept with me!” She slapped her m*uth with her hands when she realized the words she spoke.
Hunter couldn’t help but laugh. He really liked the way she was blushing. He was trying his best not to jump on her and pin her on the bed and kiss her senseless or do something more. Last night when he went to bed, and lie down beside her, she had slumbered off to sleep quickly, but he ended up looking at her for most of the night.
River was a breeder and that was the reason why he had brought her to his pack. It was her duty to produce pups for him so that he would marry a she Lycan and continue with the tradition. But he didn’t want to force himself on his mate. Even though she wouldn’t have protested, she would have festered h*te inside her throughout her life. And that thought did not bode well in him. So, all he could do was watch her sleep and that calmed him. At least he was next to her and that was progress.
He went off to sleep much later but his eyes snapped open when he found a soft hand on his chest and her face buried in his side. His heart beat wildly as he traced the hand and found himself looking at his mate. She had tossed the blanket away and since she was feeling cold, she had snuggled into him.
He was so bewildered by it that he didn’t move a finger, lest she would wake up. Very slowly, he inched towards the blanket and somehow managed to cover her with it. However, soon she kicked it away and climbed over him for more warmth. Hunter thought he was going to d*e out of pure happiness. His mate sought for him even when she was sleeping. He couldn’t resist wrapping his arms around her. Her weight was assuring for him and his wolf. For the first time, he felt… full. He wondered what it would be
when he would claim her. That thought of sinking his fangs into her while sinking himself deep in her core was more than enough to make him rock hard.
It was hard for him to control his need for her and he stayed like that all night. He couldn’t sleep a wink. He had to do something to bring her wolf out so that she would recognize her mate. And for that, he started planning on various things.
“I am so sorry, Alpha Hunter,” River said. “Please forgive me.”
“I won’t!” he replied with a tease in his voice.
She snapped her eyes at him in anticipation as a frown crossed her forehead.
“I want you to come for training with me. Will you?”
River blinked a few times. She couldn’t believe that Alpha Hunter would call her for training. “You mean like warrior
training?” she asked incredulously.
He nodded and turned to his side. He lifted his forearm, resting it on his elbow and cradled his head in his palm as he watched her with interest.
River gulped. Even in her own pack she was shunned so much that no one called her for warrior training.
Before Hunter revoked his decision, she bobbed her head excitedly. “I would love to!” she said.
“Great! Then get ready in an hour and meet me downstairs in the dining hall.”
“I will!” she nodded vehemently. Then she stood there waiting for him to leave for a few minutes, but he didn’t. He just tumbled back on his belly. “I would like to change,” she said, exasperatedly. No answer. “Could you please leave?” she said in a low voice so that he wasn’t offended. Again no answer. River walked to his side cautiously and found that Alpha Hunter was in deep sleep. She stood there akimbo wondering why he was sleeping now, but she didn’t have the heart to wake him up. So she went to the bathroom and changed there after taking a hot bath. When she came back, he wasn’t there.
At the dining table there was no one except Alpha Hunter. They had breakfast quickly and he led her to the training center.
There were about thirty males and females in the center. The training center was a vast area where she also saw Asher.
Hunter had already established his mind link with Asher and told him about River. He was pairing up the werewolves to practice with each other. As soon as they saw Alpha, they bowed to him.
“Good morning, Alpha,” said Asher as he came to him. “I can pair up with River while you look at the warriors overall?” A low growl emanated from his chest but it was enough for Asher to step back in fear. “I will be training with her,” Hunter replied, almost possessively.
Asher gulped and bowed to him. As soon as he left, Hunter grabbed River’s hand and pulled her to a corner where he began training her with soft punches.
For two days he was asking her to punch him on his body. Her punches were so soft that he enjoyed them. “Why aren’t you reciprocating?” she asked him as she punched his hand.
How could he? He was never going to injure her. “I will,” he replied, “Once you are good with these.”
They would go on long runs together before the training and after a week, River could see changes in her body. She used to feel hungrier. She started developing muscles and she felt more energetic.
It had been a week since Rosalie or other girls had crossed her path again. Once she heard from Faria that Rosalie was busy shopping for her impending marriage with Alpha Hunter. Those words hurt her more than she had imagined. She decided to meet Ella and form a plan to escape. But why was it that she was not able to finalize anything?
For those seven days, Hunter would find one or the other excuse to sleep in the same bed as hers. River had tried her best to keep distance from him. She had even kept a lot of pillows between them so that when she moved to the other side, she would be stopped by them, but she found them tossed on the ground and herself on him. Every d*mn night. And every d*mn morning she woke up, too embarrassed about her position.
Mia was turning out to be quite a cute one. She would take her to various places and rooms in the castle when Hunter wasn’t there. Overall, River was enjoying her life.
It was the next Monday, after her usual training, she had come to grab some food in the dining hall, when she met Rosalie. She was sitting at the table.
“Have you had sx with him yet?” she snapped at her.
