All Chapters of Alpha (Reluctant Mates Book 1): Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Grace was straddling Sawyer, kissing him deeply, his hands roving over her body when they heard the first gunshot. Her head shot up as she tried to determine where the shot had come from. She expanded her senses but even her keen wolf hearing couldn’t pick up another sound.“Rogues?” Sawyer’s forehead creased with concern.Grace nodded and jumped to her feet. She stood perfectly still, sniffing the air for the unmistakable scent of a gun. It took a few seconds before she picked up the scent half a mile to the north. It wasn’t the same as the rogue that had shot her but there was definitely the same undertone, the same hint of a familiar smell that she couldn’t place.“How the hell did they get so close?” Sawyer’s voice was low.Grace responded with a shrug. It didn’t matter how. All that mattered was protect

When they returned to the pack house, Grace stormed off alone. She hadn’t spoken a word after she’d given Sawyer that dressing down and he knew better than to start an argument in front of her pack. Instead he sank to the ground on the front lawn and cradled his head in his hands.“That could have gone better,” he muttered, and Blaine sat down beside him, and placed a conciliatory hand on his shoulder.“You’re welcome to the rooms you used before,” Jerry said as he walked past them, the big man was naked from his shift and Sawyer couldn’t help noticing the extensive scarring on his back. “I’d shower Sawyer, you stink of that piece of shit.”Sawyer lifted a hand to his face and felt the grime of dried blood. Fucking lovely. By the time he had showered and sourced some clothes, Grace had left a message with Blaine for him to joi

Sawyer’s eyes widened. A little punishment? Was she really asking him to spank her? To punish her for her dominance earlier?Fuck.“Grace-”“Are you really going to argue with me?” she asked sweetly as she wiggled her ass.She wasn’t sure why she liked it. Perhaps because she knew she couldn’t submit to him the way her wolf wanted – she couldn’t let him claim her, mark her, she couldn’t give up everything and be his Luna like her body wanted – but she could let him dominate her when it was just the two of them. Her mind would let her do that and her body needed it.Though she was expecting it, his hand came down hard and she gasped at the pain. The tingle left by his palm striking her skin sent blood flow straight to her core and she felt herself throb with desire.

A distant clanging of metal on metal woke Grace and she groaned, blurry from sleep.Where the hell was she?She blinked rapidly, opening her eyes and wincing at the sunlight streaming on her face. Her shoulders and upper arms felt sore. She felt her hands secured above her and realised she was hanging from her wrists. Her memory was foggy, but she remembered standing in an alcove by the river, watching a rogue head towards the crossing and then there had been a pinch in her neck, followed by…darkness.As she became more aware, Grace felt the air on her body and glanced down. She was fucking naked.Well this was definitely some next level nightmare.She screwed her eyes shut and tried to remember more of what had happened. She had mind linked Forrest when the rogue had arrived, and he had confirmed she appeared to be alone from his posi

When Grace woke up, she was no longer suspended above the floor, instead her head was resting comfortably against a soft pillow. She was also wearing clothing. She glanced down and saw that someone had dressed her in a large, oversized plain white t-shirt. She even felt some thin underwear although she was braless. She didn’t blame them. Putting a bra on an unconscious woman was probably more trouble than her kidnappers cared to take. Hell putting her own bra on was usually more effort than it was worth. She pushed away the thought of someone pawing at her unconscious nakedness and pretended they had behaved somewhat gentlemanly. The lie was easier than the more likely truth.She struggled to get herself upright and frantically looked around to get her bearings. Her head was still heavy and filled with the fog of whatever drug they had pumped into her and her vision swam.She blinked away her confusion and loo