Betrayal: Reckless Desires (Dark Wolves Book 2) by Elianne Adams Page B
Authors: Elianne Adams
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rest. He needed to beg her forgiveness for being such an ass. One way or another, they would figure it out and make it work. Mahehkan blood or not, she was his, and he wouldn’t live his life in misery because of his wounded pride.
But the second her door had flown open, and her beautiful face appeared before him, he’d lost control. He’d had to kiss her, but that hadn’t been enough. It would never be enough. Now that he admitted what his wolf had known all along, he couldn’t keep his hands off her. Not that he’d done a very good job of that before.
He trailed his fingers down the soft skin of her side and smiled against her hair when she snuggled closer. After their frenzied mating in her front room, he’d carried her to her bedroom and slowed things down, making her scream his name over and over until they had both fallen fast asleep. Waking with his gorgeous mate in his arms had been all that was needed to drive him to make love to her—again.
Taking a deep breath, he kissed the top of her head. “We need to talk.”
The second the words were out of his mouth, her whole body stiffened, but she didn’t pull away.
“Okay.”
“I’m not going to ask you about your time in the Mahehkan pack. I’ve learned more than I need to know already. I would have preferred to hear it from you, but I understand why you kept it to yourself.” The fact that she’d hidden such an important part of her past stung, but after what she’d been through, he couldn’t blame her for wanting it to remain in the past.
“I was afraid,” she whispered. “I thought you and Argram would send me away. You hate the Mahehkans. With good reason, but still. I was going to tell you the other day at the lake. That’s why I asked you to join me. But then you told me about your first mate and that I wasn’t yours. That’s when I knew I couldn’t do it. You’d see my secrecy as another betrayal. I believed you were my mate, even if you didn’t. If you had looked at me with the hatred you have for the Mahehkans shining in your eyes, it would have destroyed me.”
She hadn’t moved from his arms, and her head still rested on his shoulder, but she was stiff, and a crater could have been between them for the distance created in those words. He’d hurt her with his declarations—something he would have to make up to her. “Up until this morning, I thought that Kendra had been my mate. I was wrong. She never was. Only you. I’m sorry to have hurt you that way. I hope you can forgive me.”
She looked up at him then, her eyes assessing, questioning. After a moment, her lips tipped up at the corners, and she settled her head down again. The chasm between them narrowed a little. “You did believe it at the time. I won’t pretend to understand it all, but we’ll both have to deal with our pasts. And that’s okay. We have time to figure it out.”
She sighed, but then stiffened all over again. He didn’t stop stroking her skin, couldn’t have if he’d wanted to—she just felt so damned good against him.
“You said you learned all you needed to know about my past. How? No one knew. Not even my old Alpha. They never asked, and I never said.”
He had hoped to avoid this part of the conversation for a while longer. As soon as he told her about Roxie and James, she would be out of bed and racing to their sides. He was a selfish bastard for wanting her to himself for a while, but he wouldn’t keep the information from her.
Wesken reached down and tilted her face up so she’d look at him. “There are two other Mahehkans in the village right now.”
She sat up, and damned if his cock didn’t stir again at the sight of her sitting there with hair all mussed up, her lips swollen from his kisses, and his bite mark on her neck.
“You brought prisoners back?”
His growl rumbled free before he could stop it. “No, the bastards who came to the village are dead. So is the one who tried to take you from me. Orrin found a
But the second her door had flown open, and her beautiful face appeared before him, he’d lost control. He’d had to kiss her, but that hadn’t been enough. It would never be enough. Now that he admitted what his wolf had known all along, he couldn’t keep his hands off her. Not that he’d done a very good job of that before.
He trailed his fingers down the soft skin of her side and smiled against her hair when she snuggled closer. After their frenzied mating in her front room, he’d carried her to her bedroom and slowed things down, making her scream his name over and over until they had both fallen fast asleep. Waking with his gorgeous mate in his arms had been all that was needed to drive him to make love to her—again.
Taking a deep breath, he kissed the top of her head. “We need to talk.”
The second the words were out of his mouth, her whole body stiffened, but she didn’t pull away.
“Okay.”
“I’m not going to ask you about your time in the Mahehkan pack. I’ve learned more than I need to know already. I would have preferred to hear it from you, but I understand why you kept it to yourself.” The fact that she’d hidden such an important part of her past stung, but after what she’d been through, he couldn’t blame her for wanting it to remain in the past.
“I was afraid,” she whispered. “I thought you and Argram would send me away. You hate the Mahehkans. With good reason, but still. I was going to tell you the other day at the lake. That’s why I asked you to join me. But then you told me about your first mate and that I wasn’t yours. That’s when I knew I couldn’t do it. You’d see my secrecy as another betrayal. I believed you were my mate, even if you didn’t. If you had looked at me with the hatred you have for the Mahehkans shining in your eyes, it would have destroyed me.”
She hadn’t moved from his arms, and her head still rested on his shoulder, but she was stiff, and a crater could have been between them for the distance created in those words. He’d hurt her with his declarations—something he would have to make up to her. “Up until this morning, I thought that Kendra had been my mate. I was wrong. She never was. Only you. I’m sorry to have hurt you that way. I hope you can forgive me.”
She looked up at him then, her eyes assessing, questioning. After a moment, her lips tipped up at the corners, and she settled her head down again. The chasm between them narrowed a little. “You did believe it at the time. I won’t pretend to understand it all, but we’ll both have to deal with our pasts. And that’s okay. We have time to figure it out.”
She sighed, but then stiffened all over again. He didn’t stop stroking her skin, couldn’t have if he’d wanted to—she just felt so damned good against him.
“You said you learned all you needed to know about my past. How? No one knew. Not even my old Alpha. They never asked, and I never said.”
He had hoped to avoid this part of the conversation for a while longer. As soon as he told her about Roxie and James, she would be out of bed and racing to their sides. He was a selfish bastard for wanting her to himself for a while, but he wouldn’t keep the information from her.
Wesken reached down and tilted her face up so she’d look at him. “There are two other Mahehkans in the village right now.”
She sat up, and damned if his cock didn’t stir again at the sight of her sitting there with hair all mussed up, her lips swollen from his kisses, and his bite mark on her neck.
“You brought prisoners back?”
His growl rumbled free before he could stop it. “No, the bastards who came to the village are dead. So is the one who tried to take you from me. Orrin found a
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