Shit.
"Stay back," she said.
The alpha shook his head. "You don't really want me to." The certainty in his voice made Mia's hands shake. "Just like you don't really want to lock yourself away or run back to the beta world."
Mia shook her head, but there was no conviction in the gesture. "You don't know what I want."
The alpha's eyes were steady as he closed the gap between them. Without effort, he plucked the pillow from her fingers and tossed it over his shoulder.
Mia moved back a step until her ass was pressed against the wall. She was trapped. Now there really was no escape.
"Yes. I do." His gaze flickered down to her lips. "Right now, there's a painful tension inside you. It's like nothing you've ever felt before, so strong…so intense. Up to now, you've been able to control your desire. But not anymore."
Mia bit into her lower lip. Why was her mouth suddenly so dry?
"You're worried that if you give in to the lust that's running through you, you'll never be the same again," he kept going. "And you're right. You won't be. But you still want it."
"I don't," she said, trying to shake her head but finding that she couldn't look away from the alpha's eyes.
Her whole body trembled. She tried to suck in a breath, but the air was too hot. Too heavy. The weight of the alpha's presence pressed down on her like a storm.
"Don't lie to me." His words weren't angry, just firm. Concrete. Reaching down, he pulled his shirt off.
All the air left Mia's lungs at the sight of his bare chest, wide and hard and perfect. Before she knew what she was doing, her hand was reaching out toward him. She caught herself at the last moment and pulled her fingers back.
"No," the alpha said, grasping her wrist. Red hot need surged through her at his touch. The coil in her belly tightened even more. "Take what you want."
He pulled her hand forward, pressing it against his breastbone. Mia's fingers splayed across his chest muscles. Her palm flattened.
"Yes," she whispered as electric tingles ran down up her arms.
His skin was so warm, so alive. She raised her other hand and spread it across the sculpted muscles of his belly. Up and down, she ran her fingers over his body. With every caress, her desire grew, and her slick flowed.
He was right. She couldn't help it. She couldn't stop it. She didn't want to.
What she wanted was to feel every part of him, to accept all of his strength and vitality inside her and feed off it. To let his body take her to heights of pleasure she'd never known existed.
And all she had to do was give in.
Give in to her alpha.
He knew what she needed. He knew how to ease this fear inside her. How to take away the pain.
His muscles flexed and tensed beneath her fingertips. A soft rumble vibrated in his chest.
Yes.
She wasn't alone in these feelings. The realization pulled her even deeper into the haze of need. His body reacted to hers just as strongly. She traced her fingers down even farther…down below the waist of his jeans and felt the proof of his need.
The outline of his erection pressed against her hand. So hard. So big.
Too big.
"I don't think I can—"
"You can." He didn't let her finish. Instead, he slid his hand between her legs, and she sucked in a breath between clenched teeth as his fingers swept between the lips of her vulva. He leaned down and whispered against her ear. "You're so wet. So ready to become what you were born to be."
Mia let out a moan as the last of her hesitation fell away. When his thumb grazed against her clit, she couldn't even remember why she'd been fighting.
She was thinking with a new brain now. Feeling with a new body. Leaving the old Mia behind and becoming someone—something—new.
She dropped down to her knees as she pulled his cock free—licking and stroking, and rubbing the giant member against her lips. A moment later, the alpha grasped her by the elbows and lifted her back up to her feet. Twisting her around, he guided her body down onto the mattress.
Yes. This was what she wanted. The alpha rumbled low in his chest as his hands clamped around her hips. He pulled her against him, nestling his body between her legs. His cock pressed against her, and she couldn't help rubbing herself against its rigid length.
God, it felt good.
But the alpha was wrong. She didn't want his cock. She needed it.
Like air, she needed it. She had to know the feel of him deep inside her.
Even so, Mia couldn't have imagined the sensation of the alpha pressing against her opening. Her pussy strained to stretch around the head of his cock. In response to the exquisite pressure, more slick poured out of her, coating his shaft.
"Open for me." Another command spoken through gritted teeth.
Mia did her best to relax as the alpha slid her down the long rod, but it was just so big, so thick, so hard.
For a second, Mia worried that she'd been right. That there was no way he would fit.
But he had to.
Instinct took over, shutting down her conscious mind. Suddenly, Mia's body moved with a wisdom all its own. Her muscles relaxed. Her womb expanded. Her lips cried out as her inner walls clung to him. Her fingers wrapped around blankets and bedding as her hips began to rock.
Soon she was taking all of him. Each stroke bringing her farther and farther away from her old self, filling in the empty space with pleasure and passion, until those were the only things that mattered.
Behind her, the alpha quickened his pace. His flesh ground against hers as he took her hard and fast. His breath washed over her skin. His hand held her tight. All the while, Mia cried out for more.
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