SWNOVELS Chapter Chapter Two: Puck You
Mara whimpered as she automatically responded to Alec’s kiss. Holy shit, she hadn’t noticed how good-looking he was with that damn mask on.
“Now!” someone shouted, bringing Mara out of the trance.
With a growl, she shoved herself away from the cheating bastard. She’d forgotten she still had her skates on because usually that was what she tossed at his head, and she felt herself fall to the ground, hard.
“Shit,” Alec grumbled as he stared down at her. “Are you okay?”
Mara fought back the tears. “No, I’m not,” she said as she tried to pull herself to her feet.
“Fuck, she denied you. Get her the hell out of here before one of them gets her, and I have to kill them,” Pearl hissed from somewhere behind Alec.
Alec grunted as he leaned down and picked Mara up. Pearl was right; his mate denied him. He tossed her over his shoulder and turned to the others.
“Where can we go?” he asked.
“Our house is closest,” Raj said, pointing to the house.
Alec nodded and headed for the house. He noticed the Kraftman brothers and a few others blocking the shifters from coming after his mate.
“Put me down!” Mara screamed as she fought him, which made the other shifters even more excited than they already were.
“Shut up!” Alec growled as he bounced her on his shoulder.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing with me?!” she demanded as she kicked her legs in the air.
“Saving both our asses,” Alec said with a growl.
If she keeps denying him, they’re screwed.
Mara huffed as Alec carried her to her cousin’s house. Once inside, he made his way to the guest bedroom. Of course, he knows his way around Raj’s house. He’s been here, even if it wasn’t at the same time she was.
He walked into the guest bedroom, slammed the door behind them, and set her butt on the bed.
“Take them off,” he said as he sat on the floor.
She looked down at her skates and then at him as he pulled his own off. He was good at walking while wearing them; she’d forgotten he still had his on. She pulled hers off and rubbed her feet.
“You can’t keep denying me, Mara,” Alec said as he sat Indian-style on the floor and stared up at her.
She snorted. “Just because you kissed me doesn’t mean we’re going to fuck.”
He cursed. “Do you not know what’s happening?”
She shrugged. “You kissed me, then picked me up like a Neanderthal and carried me to my cousin’s house so you could have your way with me. Which, by the way, is never going to happen.”
“Damn it, woman! Stop fighting it,” Alec said with a growl as he watched her.
She snorted. “Fighting what?” she asked, glaring at him. “There’s nothing between us to fight.”
He got to his knees and moved closer to her. “Do you really hate me so much that you would put yourself in danger instead of fucking me?”
She tipped her head back and laughed. “What danger am I in, other than you?” she asked, her eyes narrowing on him.
What the hell was wrong with him? Why was he trying so hard to get into her pants?
“Wow, you really don’t know what’s going on, do you?” he asked, studying her face.
She shrugged. “You cheated, and you know it….”
“Yes, I cheated,” he admitted, which shocked her.
“Wow, didn’t think you’d admit to it.”
“We needed the game to end so we could get you out of there. I didn’t know it was for me,” Alec said with a grin that had her heart fluttering in her chest.
Why did he have this effect on her? She hates him.
A knock on the door made her jump, and Alec cursed as he got to his feet to answer the door.
“What is it?” he asked as he opened the door.
“You really need to hurry this along.”
Mara heard her cousin’s voice and frowned. What a traitor.
“She hates me. What can I say?” Alec snorted.
She heard Raj laugh. “Can you blame her? Well, here’s your chance to change things.”
“How does she not know what’s going on?” Alec asked.
Mara heard Pearl’s voice and strained her ears to hear what the witch was saying.
“If she hates you, as you say she does, it could be blocking the other feelings,” the witch said, which just confused Mara more.
“Tell her why you cheat,” Raj said.
“He already did, and it makes no sense!” Mara yelled back.
“That was the reason for today’s cheating,” Raj said as he pushed the door open so he could see his cousin sitting on the bed. “He needs to tell you why he’s been cheating for the past ten years.”
Mara glared at her cousin. “I knew you knew he was cheating.”
Raj grinned at her, then looked at Alec. “Tell her,” he said, then turned and walked away.
“Hurry,” Pearl said as she followed Raj out the door.
Alec sighed as he closed and locked the door, then turned to his mate. Maybe Raj was right. He needs to tell her why he has cheated all these years.
“Mara,” he whispered.
She glared at him as she crossed her arms over her chest.
He cleared his throat. ‘Okay, this is going to be hard….’
“I’d like to go home,” she said as she pushed herself off the bed.
“Wait.” He rushed to stand in front of her. She looked up at him with hatred in her silver eyes. God, if only he’d told her this sooner. “Mara, I know you hate me because I cheat….”
“So, you finally admit it?” she asked with a scoff.
He took a deep breath and nodded. “Yes. I have cheated, but it’s not what you think.”
“Not… not what I think? What the hell do you know what I think? You don’t even know me.”
He smiled as he placed his hand against her cheek. “I know you live up to what they say about redheads.” He ran his fingers through her silky hair. God, he’s never wanted anyone as much as he wanted her right now. Of course, it helps that she’s his Fated Mate.
She pushed his hand away and took a step back from him. He advanced on her and placed his face directly in her view.
“Mara, you’re my mate, and I’m going to make this right.”
She blinked. “No fucking way am I your mate.”
He grinned. “You can’t feel it because you’re overcome with hatred for me. But once that’s gone, you’ll feel it. Because if you don’t, we’re screwed.”
She blinked. “What?”
He sighed. “There’s a bunch of shifters out there ready to claim you if I can’t.”
“If you can’t… what the fuck, Alec?”
He chuckled. “At least I will back off, but they won’t. You’ve heard about what they’ve been doing, right? I’m sure the others have been telling you about the compromising of Fated Mates.”
She nodded. “Yeah… wait, are you saying I’m a Fated Mate?”
He smirked. “Apparently, we both are.”
She snorted. “There is no way you’re my Fated Mate. I wouldn’t have you if you were….”
He kissed her, and Mara sucked in a shocked breath as every fiber of her body melted to him.
“See, it’s there. You just need to find it.” He leaned his forehead against hers.
“No.” She moved back from him. “You can’t be….”
“Mara.” He grabbed her hips and lifted her, then set her on the bed. “Yes, I have been an ass and cheated. But I didn’t do it to be an ass,” he said, his cheeks turning a bright red.
She stared at him. “That made no fucking sense.”
He chuckled. “Maybe not. Okay, here it is. The third game we’d played together, over ten years ago, you yelled at me for cheating, but really, I hadn’t….”
“You had….” She stopped talking when his lips claimed hers again. Fuck, he needs to stop kissing her.
“No, I hadn’t.” He backed away, then started pacing the room.
A bang on the window had her almost jumping out of her skin.
“I know you’re in there! Come on, let me in so I can fuck you!” whoever it was hollered as he banged on the window again.
Alec opened the curtain enough for the man outside to see only him, then growled. The man jumped back, then took off at a run. Alec flung the curtain back into place and turned to her.
“That first time you’d claimed I’d cheated, I hadn’t. One of my teammates had, but I hadn’t.”
She stared at him. “You hadn’t?”
He shook his head. “Raj kicked the guy off the team the next year; after he told Raj that he was going to fuck your brains out….”
“Oh, Lord,” she said, covering her face. She remembered that. “He was the one who’d cheated the year before?”
Alec chuckled. “Yeah.”
She looked up at him. “But after that, if it wasn’t you, then who….”
“Oh no, after that, it was definitely me,” he said with a stupid, sexy as sin grin that had her heart pounding in her head.
“Then why are you telling me this shit?” she demanded as she jumped off the bed.
“Because I didn’t cheat to be a dick,” he said, smiling at her. “I did it because I liked to watch you get riled up. Why do you think I only did it at the end of the game? You and I both know your team would never catch up at that point. And to watch you throw your skates at my head and stomped off, God, I wanted to fuck you….” He stopped talking and cleared his throat.
She sat back down on the bed. “You did it because you liked my reaction?”
He shrugged. “I found it sexy, even if I never saw what you looked like, your voice… well….”
She laughed. “This is so fucking stupid!”
“I know.” He growled.
“You’re an asshole, you know that?”
He shrugged. “So, sue me. I found you fun and sexy, even with all that padding on.”
She sighed, and all of a sudden, her body came alive. “Oh shit,” she breathed.
“Now you’re really in heat,” he said, sniffing the air. “So, does that mean you forgive me?”
She snorted. “Not by a long shot, but I don’t hate you anymore.”
Mara groaned as her body started to react to him. Oh shit, he’s right, she’s fully in heat, for the first time in her life, she’s fucking in heat, and the man she has hated for more than ten years is her Fated Mate.
“Fuck,” Alec said as he moved over to her and pushed her back on the bed. “You’re mine.” He climbed on top of her.
“Hurry up in there. Her scent is getting stronger!” someone called through the door.
“Fuck off!” Alec turned his head and bellowed.
“What now?” Mara whispered.
Alec looked back at her with a grin. “Now I claim my mate before some cockblocker breaks the window.”
She chuckled. “Why do I feel so different now?”
He kissed her. “Because you no longer hate me. Believe me when I say it was never to be mean or a dick. I just liked how you exploded; it made my dick hard….” He stopped talking, and she chuckled.
“Take your clothes off,” she demanded, and his eyes blinked at her. “I’m getting horny, and if you’re my mate, you’re going to fuck me.” She shoved him off her and started pulling her own clothes off. “Take, your, clothes, off.”
He laughed as he quickly pulled his clothes off. He groaned when he was back on top of her, with no clothes between them.
“At least we kind of know each other.” He grinned. “Unlike the others.”
She chuckled. “Shut up and fuck me….”
“Fucking hell.” He took hold of her hands and placed them above her head.
“Wait!” she screeched.
She was so turned on and wanted to fuck him so bad that she’d forgotten something…
“What?” he asked, looking into her eyes.
“You’re… I’m….”
“Mara, are you a virgin?”
She felt her cheeks turn a bright pink and closed her eyes.