Saving Briar

Torin didn’t wait around to see what was going to happen next, when Theon and Hux began to fight. He’d stolen forward and grabbed Briar’s mother by the arm, tugging gently until she followed after him. He cradled Briar in his arms, as he had that first day, when he had found her by the river, half-dead.

He’d hidden Lilliet nearby with Miles, and once the other man joined them, with Briar’s younger sister in tow, they sped back to the SUV that they had arrived in, and piled into it. Miles drove, with Lilliet in the front passenger seat, while Torin sat behind Miles in the back, still cradling his mate in his arms.

Lilliet had been the one to introduce Torin to her mother, enjoying the look of complete and total shock that flashed across her face when Lilli said that he was Briar’s mate.

Every passenger in the car, except possibly Briar, who was slipping in and out of consciousness, breathed a sigh of relief when they crossed the border out of the pack’s lands. Now they just needed to find out who would prevail in the fight between the two Alphas. If it was Theon, Torin would be able to relax. The other man clearly didn’t want harm to come to his former mate, and he suspected that, after all he had gone through, he might make a better Alpha than Torin had originally thought. But if he didn’t win, Briar could still be in danger. Hux had kidnapped her once, and if he ended up leading the pack that they were now leaving behind, Torin wasn’t sure he could forget what the man had done to his beautiful mate.

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When Briar woke up she was in an enormous bed, in the most gorgeous master suite she had ever seen. Light flooded in through the huge windows as she lifted her hands, feeling the rough scar where the silver had burned her skin.

“You’re awake?” Torin was at her side in a moment and Briar realized that he must have been sitting next to the bed, watching her sleep.

“Mhmmm.” She pushed herself up onto her forearms, her gaze traveling around the room that she had only been in once before. “Mom and Lilli made it out, right?” It took her two tries to say the words, because her voice was still thick with sleep.

“They’re safe and fine. And you’ll see them soon. They went to stay with my parents. Your mom insisted, saying that she couldn’t imagine staying with her mom and dad in the days after meeting her mate. But we can go see them as soon as you’re strong enough. And you can call-”

“Later.” Briar murmured, reaching out to touch her mate’s hand.

“Ted came by. He thought that the pain from the collar pushed you over the edge into unconsciousness, but he said that the main reason he thought you were sleeping for so long was that your body needed it. You’ve been through an exhausting ordeal and we need to make sure your body gets all the rest and nutrients that you need to get healthy.”

“All I need is you.” She pushed herself up into a sitting position as she said the words.

“I want to make sure you’re okay-” his voice was reluctant as he forced the words, but Briar saw the heat in his eyes and knew that he understood exactly what she meant.

“I’m perfect. My family is safe. My neck is well on its way to healing. And I want to be with you before some other disaster strikes and threatens to tear us apart.” She smiled up at him as she spoke, now fully awake.

“No other disasters are coming. Are you sure that-”

“Yes. I want a shower first, but when I’m done I don’t want anything to get in the way of the two of us finally being together.” Torin nodded, completely at a loss for words.

“Do you need help?” Briar’s smile widened at the question, but she shook her head before responding.

“Nope. You wait here. Let me get ready. I’ll be back before you know it.”

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An hour later, she emerged from the master bathroom, her hair falling in dark waves around her face, a white towel wrapped around her bust. She smiled shyly as she closed the distance to where Torin was laying on the bed wearing only a pair of boxer briefs. He immediately sat up, smiling, as she walked towards him, slipping his legs over the side of the bed and standing to meet her.

When she reached him, Briar let the towel fall, and he drank in the sight of her, perfection embodied. Her hands went to the waistband of his boxers and he let her push them down, revealing the hard on he’d had since she first suggested that she was ready to be with him. She began to kneel, but he caught her elbows, pulling her back up onto her feet before turning her and lifting her up so that she was sitting on the edge of the bed.

“I wouldn’t last a minute with you mouth on me.” His voice was thick with desire. “And I’ve wanted to taste you again since the last time-” his voice trailed off and he dropped to his knees by the edge of the bed. This time he didn’t take the time to tease his way slowly towards her center, and Briar gasped, the breathy sound turning into a moan as his tongue teased its way slowly up her slit. He parted her smooth lips with his fingers, plunging one thick finger between them as he appreciated how soaked she already was for him.

After a few long, languid licks, his mouth zeroed in on her clit and Briar fell back onto the bed, her hands fisting the sheets below her as slid a second finger into her heat. Her hips bucked up, pressing herself harder against his mouth as his tongue lathed the sensitive nub. He loved the way that she moved beneath him, entirely lost in the moment as he stroked upward with his fingers, finding the spot that he knew would help bring her to the edge. He felt the rhythmic fluttering of her center around his fingers a moment before she cried out, her hands going to his hair and pressing him hard against her as she moved against his mouth.

He lapped up the sweet taste that had flooded past his fingers, cleaning them with a lick as he stood. His dark eyes drank in the gorgeous woman before him. He couldn’t believe that he’d been given a second chance at happiness. Standing, he stepped forward between her legs, lining his thick length up with her sopping slit.

“You’re sure, Wolfling?” at her nod he took a ragged breath. “I’ll go slow. Tell me if it hurts and I’ll stop.”

“I need you inside me, Torin. Please.” She whimpered the last word, raising her hips a fraction in an attempt to press against him.

Slowly he pressed into her, inch by inch, feeling her slick heat surrounding him, so tightly that he thought he might blow his load before he’d managed a single thrust. And Briar wasn’t helping on that note. She moved beneath him, trying to get him to take her faster, but he ignored her pleas, unwilling to do something he knew might hurt her, even if she begged.

They both let out a sigh of relief when he finally slid all the way in, the root of his cock pressed up against her core. He paused, letting her adjust to his size, smiling when he felt her begin to move beneath him, obviously needing more.

“Torin,” her voice was breathless, and he thought for a moment he might lose control simply from hearing her say his name like that. “Please. I need more. I need you to fuck me. Hard. I’ve waited so long for this moment. Please.”

He didn’t say a word in response, only eased out of her slowly before plunging back in, his eyes moving from her face, to the almost unbelievable sight of her slick pussy taking him in. When her hips rose to meet his thrusts he slowly increased his speed, making sure that she really wanted what she said she wanted. Her arms were up, fisting the sheets above her head as he took her hard, giving her what she’d asked for, while hoping he could hold off until he felt her come around him.

Releasing one of her hips, he reached down, his thumb going to her clit and circling around it, watching her reaction and the way her eyes rolled back in her head when he pressed just a bit harder than he would have expected her to like.

“Fuck. Torin. Just like that. I’m so close.” He knew she was on the edge, he could feel the flutter of her muscles strangling his cock. Roughly thumbing the delicate nub, knowing he didn’t have much longer, a surge or relief swept through him when she cried out a second time, shattering, as the pleasure swept through her. She took him over the edge as her tight channel strangled his cock, and he buried himself deep inside her, his thumb still pressed against her clit as he exploded.

Torin had never felt anything as powerful as the pleasure that surged through him as he filled his little mate, surprising himself by hoping that he gave her a pup or a cub on this, the first time that they were together. Exhausted, he fell forward on the bed, his lips finding hers, surprised when she took control of the kiss, sweeping her tongue between his lips.

“Finally,” he heard her whisper as he moved the two of them into the center of the bed, holding her tightly against his chest. “I’m finally exactly where I was always meant to be.”