48. Jax

48

Jax

As I watched Anna slowly lower herself to her knees, my hunger grew feral. Her wide eyes stared at me with just a trace of wickedness. Ever since she'd returned from her magic training, she'd been different. I couldn't even say energized. She'd been powered up but hadn't been able to release anything. Couldn't turn herself off.

She needed this, and goddamnit, so did I. Every time I turned around, there was some new threat. Someone or something trying to divide us.

Maeve was playing with ancient forces, and I feared what she would awaken. The need to protect Anna powered me, and I couldn't risk turning it off. Not until it was over.

I needed her. Brutally.

As she waited silently, I undid the fly of my pants and lowered the zipper. Fishing out my cock, I stroked it while I stared down at her. "You're going to take it all," I growled. "I'm going to fuck that pretty face of yours and it's going to make you so fucking wet. Then I'm going to fuck you against this tree until you scream so loud the whole pack can hear your pleasure."

Her eyes widened and her lips parted. I took full advantage as I pulled her chin down, stepped closer, and fed her my cock.

As her lips closed around me, her tongue moved beneath me, and I groaned. With one hand in her hair, I moved easily at first. A few shallow strokes in and out as I got my cock nice and wet.

"I bet your pussy's tingling," I muttered as I thrust my hips and moved a little deeper. "You love my cock inside of you."

Her moan vibrated around me, and I snarled and started to thrust deeper. Her mouth was so damn good. I went deep, holding it there until tears formed in her eyes, and pulled out. "Good, baby. You're doing so well. Just a few more inches. You can take me."

I thrust back in, groaning, and pulled out. One more time, and this time, she bobbed her head forward to take even more of me. I could smell her need, see the pleading in her eyes.

Pulling out, I reached down and lifted her easily. As soon as she was on her feet, I pulled down her pants. and shoved her against the tree. "How wet did that get you, Anna?"

Face red, she blew out her breath. "Why don't you find out?" she whispered.

Smirking, I plunged a finger inside of her, and her eyes widened as a small moan escaped her lips. When I withdrew, my finger was drenched.

"Wet enough for you?"

At the sass, I rose up and sucked my fingers in my mouth before I claimed her mouth in a hard kiss. "No talking, Anna, unless it's to beg me to fuck you deeper and harder."

Wrapping her arms around my neck, she tried to climb up my body. My cock strained between us, and I finally lifted her ass until I was nestled between her legs. Then, I plunged into her.

As good as her mouth was, there was nothing like being inside her pussy. All soft and wet. Her heat enveloped me, her walls surrounded and pulsed around me as I fucked her, just as hard as I promised.

Curling one hand on the back of her head so she didn't hit it against the tree, I slammed into her, listening to her cries grow louder and louder until anyone in the woods would have a damn good idea of what we were doing.

Good. She was mine, and I didn't give a damn who saw or heard.

Apparently, neither did Anna.

"I'm going to come," she gasped. "Fuck, Jax, I think I'm going to explode."

My own balls were screaming for release. "Good. Let it go, Anna. Let it all out. I've got you. Show me what my cock does for you."

Her nails dug into me and her whole body shuddered around me, pulling me in as she screamed. I fucked her straight through until I'd wrenched every last shudder out of her, and when her eyes grew glassy with relief, I surged into her.

Whimpering, she rested her forehead against my chest while we captured our breath. "Better?" I whispered as I kissed the top of her head.

"My God, I think you'll have to carry me back."

That was exactly what I wanted. Sated and relieved.

Unfortunately, as I lowered her to her feet, I felt something inside me tense.

Pack bonds.

Something was wrong.

Anna's eyes widened, and I knew that she was feeling it too. I plunged my hands into my pocket and pulled out my phone just as the security alert went off.

Someone had breached our perimeter.

She didn't even ask any questions. Clothes tore as she released her wolf, and I was right there with her. We turned and ran.

Seven wolves were dead, and two of them were ours.

I didn't bother containing my fury as I shifted back to human. The fight was already over. Jenson's fangs sank into the last wolf, and I watched the light die in his eyes.

I walked over to the two grew wolves closest to the border. "Jay and Michael," I murmured as my heart sank. They were young. Mid-twenties. Strong and loyal. For a moment, I let grief wave over me as their bonds dimmed and dusted.

"What happened?" I asked slowly as rage grew from their darkened bonds.

"They were killed instantly," Alanna said quietly. "They were posted here at seventy-six. I was posted at seventy-seven. My alarm went off when their section was breached. I…I did what I was supposed to do." Her voice broke. "I secured my perimeter. I was alone in the quadrant, and I didn't want to leave. They were dead before I arrived, and I was here within minutes."

"You did what you were supposed to do. This is not your fault," I assured her as I pulled her under my arm. The contact seemed to calm her, and she relaxed against me. "There were eight total. Quadrant seventy-five showed up just as I was attacked, and then Jenson and the rest of the guards."

She hadn't stayed in wolf form for long. Her injuries were still healing.

Jenson's wolf moved from body to body, sniffing and snarling before he shifted. "Rogues," he spat. "Why would they do this? It's a suicide mission."

Anna's wolf slowly approached Alanna, and the female guard didn't have any hesitation as she let me go, lowered herself to her knees and wrapped her arms around Anna. I could see the hesitation in my mate's eyes, but she stayed and lent the comfort so desperately needed.

Jenson and his wolves were barely scratched. "Skyler, Peter, if Jenson doesn't need you, I'd you to take over quadrants seventy-six and seventy-seven until the next shift."

Skyler immediately disappeared into the darkness to relieve Alanna, and Peter began to prowl the perimeter. "Alanna, Anna will escort you to the infirmary. I know you seem fine, and if the healer says you can go home, then you can go home. Everyone else, if you came from a quadrant, return to your station. You three, I want the rogue bodies dragged out of our territory and left as a warning for anything else thinking of pulling a stunt like this. The rest of you, full perimeter check. I will join you as soon as Jenson and I get Michael and Jay's bodies back."

Wolves scattered. Alanna took one last look at the fallen bodies of her comrades and turned to follow Anna back. I turned to my second. "You got here quickly."

"I was heading to Irene's," he admitted as he glanced down at the ground. "I've been spending my nights there to make sure the witches were safe."

I doubted that was his only reason.

"We're running some training exercises at quadrant fifty, so I had extra guards there. They came without prompting. I shouldn't have had Alanna alone, but her quadrant is fairly inaccessible from the outside. Still, if we hadn't arrived when we did…"

There would be three of our dead instead of two. "I want all the on-call guards at stations for the rest of the night. No one guards alone, and at our weaker points, I want three to four wolves. We're on alert red."

"You don't think this was a one-time thing?"

Rogue attacks weren't all that rare, but eight wolves attacking? And during a time like this? "You said it was a suicide mission? I can't help but wonder if there is another wolf out there watching."

"And timing our reaction," Jenson completed grimly as he stared out in the darkness. "You are expecting this to happen again."

"For right now, I'm going to always expect the worst. If Maeve is sending rogues to test us, then I want them put down hard and fast. Jay and Michael died to protect this pack. She should know that every wolf here is willing to do the same."