Chapter 79

"What are you talking about?" I said, anger rising in me. "There's no way you're going alone, especially not now when I hear what these leaders are like."

"Elena," Charles' voice was deep rumble, as close to a growl I've ever heard him use with me and it made me wobble slightly inside. "You are not coming. And you'll do as I say."

I could feel his displeasure like a weight pushing on me, his blue eyes boring into me. To displease an Alpha was one of the worst feelings any of us experienced. I felt my head beginning to bow, my chin turning to expose my neck in obedience.

And yet something stayed angry and on fire inside me. It wasn't allowing me to yield. It was giving me strength.

"I know you have more experience than me when it comes to this world," I said, my voice coming out in a chocked rasp at first, but then began to clear as I felt my confidence grow. "But you aren't always right. Something is telling me that I need to come with you."

Charles grabbed my arms and held them tightly, forcing me to look into his eyes. My resolve began to fade again.

"Listen to me," he said roughly. "You are not coming. That's the final word from your Alpha."

I swallowed hard. "I'm coming."

He blinked in surprise.

"And frankly, Charles, I don't appreciate that you're pulling your Alpha manipulation on me."

His eyes narrowed. "Then I'll try logic. You'll only get in my way. You'll make it more dangerous. With you there, I'll be worried about you and not able to concentrate fully on whatever is thrown at me."

It made sense, but only for a moment.

"Since when has my scent ever made it more difficult for you? Weren't you the one who insisted I be with you so you could operate at your full potential? This whole relationship started because you work better with me than without me. And those are your words, not mine."

He blinked and I felt his power over me lift. His face relaxed and he suddenly laughed, shaking his head.

"My father is the only person I've even had best me like this."

"What about your mother?" I asked.

"She just got my father involved," Charles laughed.

"I've loved you more than anyone from the moment I saw you," I said, putting my hand to his face. He turned and kissed it. "There's no way I'm going to let you go into danger without doing everything I can to keep you safe."

"Elena," he sighed and pulled me to him. I stood on tiptoes and raised my face toward his. He got the hint and bent to kiss me, his lips tender and soft. "Do you remember what we were doing before we got that message?"

"I think your hand was somewhere around here," I said and put his warm hand on my breast. It covered all of it, making me feel hot and tense between my legs as he squeezed.

I unbuttoned the section of his shirt in front of my face and dragged my lips across his chest.

"Be my Alpha," I whispered, and turned my head to look submissively at the floor.

His breath caught. There was a low rumble from his chest and his hands suddenly clamped down on my arms, pulling me hard to him. His mouth came down on mine, aggressive, insistent.

I was surprised at the immediacy of his reaction but began to kiss him back, opening my mouth to let him in.

We went quickly to the ground, him yanking off his shirt. I grabbed his belt buckle, trying to match his speed but he was already pulling down my clothing, lifting my shirt and bra off in one firm tug.

I lay naked on his soft carpet, breathing hard, looking at the solid, graceful muscles of his body that were momentarily still as he looked at me. His eyes were full of hot desire as he knelt next to me, naked and beautiful, but almost frightening in his powerful potential.

"You're okay with?" he whispered.

I nodded, and gave him a half smile of acquiescence.

With a snarl he grabbed my legs and pulled them apart, making me gasp in anticipation. I arched as he pulled me to his body and I waited, expecting to feel his hardness push into me, but nothing happened.

I opened my eyes and looked, and saw he was hovering over me, one hand propping him up next to me head.

"Beautiful," he whispered, and then lowered his mouth to my breasts. This teeth clamped around a nipple and I gasped in both pain and pleasure while he bit, the other hand roughly grasping the other breast.

I moaned, my arms wrapping around his head, arching up to meet him as he switched breasts and then began to kiss and bite his way down my abdomen.

His mouth went over my clit like a hot, wet suction and I choked out a surprised cry. Pleasure pulsed through me as he pulled with his mouth and licked. My fingers clawed at the carpet and my hips rocked up to meet him. He stopped and began to kiss my thighs, making me quiver.

With a moan he suddenly grabbed my hips and lifted and turned at the same time. I found myself on my belly and felt Charles' heavy, hot body crush down on top of me. His hard penis found the crack of my ass and moved against it before he lifted, pulling me up and back.

I was on my hands and knees, and in the reflection of the room's back sliding door I could see him behind me, supporting himself on one arm while the other gripped my hips. He bent and I felt his hot breath on my neck, his firm, aggressive kisses and bites and I twisted my neck to give him more flesh.

He groaned and reached around me, gripping my breast. He pulled me backward and I felt his large cock begin to push forward into me.

He went slowly, exhaling as he pushed, spreading me in all directions. I moaned and pushed back against him. This seemed to excite him and he gripped my hips with both hands and raised up. I could see his powerful chest, the flexing of his arm muscles as he pulled out and then moved back into me again, his hips graceful and fluid.

I pushed back and drove him deeper in, letting out a sigh as he went in and at the pleasure that filled my body.

"Charles," I gasped. And suddenly he was moving harder, faster, his hips thrusting. I could see my breasts moving in the reflection, see the shockwaves in my flesh that he sent with every thrust.

His hand wrapped in my hair and pulled my head back as he bent forward to kiss my neck, then my shoulders as he thrust deep and hard.

He began to hit a spot inside that felt so good it made my eyes fly open in shock and ecstasy. He noticed in the reflection and I saw his lips curl into a hard smile. He began to pound mercilessly, my entire body a rag that he kept control of with one arm, the other propping himself up.

It hurt better than anything I'd ever felt. My mind was shutting down as hard waves of pleasure began to roll over me. I cried out, one of my hands flying back to grip him and try to pull him even deeper. He began to gasp and pulse inside me.

And then I didn't think or notice anything except the explosion of ecstasy that erupted in my body, that sent me shuddering, yelling his name and convulsing so that if his arm wasn't holding me I would have collapsed into the carpet.

I was suddenly aware of his body again, hot, thrusting, but with a new insistence that made me push back into him with all my remaining strength. With a roar he gripped me violently to him, his body spasming into me, filling me with his hot cum.

He collapsed forward onto me and together we went to the ground, him catching himself in time not to crush me. His hot breath gasped into my neck and shoulder, his hands gripped my breasts and he rolled over, pulling out of me as he went.

"No," I moaned, already missing him. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me over so that I was on top now and stretched out facing him.

His eyes were closed as he lay back, but a small smile began to form as he stroked his hand all the way down my back and back again.

"You're mine, Elena," he said softly.

I snuggled my face into his chest and sighed. "My Alpha."

He looked down at me and smiled.