Chapter 11

chapter 11

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Tyler

“ W hy are you back here?” I asked when I saw Logan and his pack walking into the living room. They were supposed to be with Carmen, knotting her despite my jealousy.

“She doesn’t want anyone,” said Logan, rubbing his face as he sighed.

“She needs an alpha’s knot right now,” I said, feeling uneasy as I stood up from my chair.

Logan ran a hand through his hair. “She doesn’t want anyone, Tyler. She’s refusing us all after you acted like an ass.”

Anger and confusion twisted in my stomach. “That’s not supposed to happen! You guys are supposed to knot her during her heat.”

“Look, she just doesn’t want it,” Logan shot back, his dark eyes narrowing.

“Then what the hell do you plan on doing?” I demanded, clenching my fists as I paced the living room.

His face reddened with anger as he confronted me, his voice low and dangerous. “The only alpha she wants is you. So, fucking grow some balls and stop rejecting her constantly! ”

My jaw tightened, but I didn't respond, still pacing the living room like a caged animal. Axel, ever the voice of reason, stepped closer. “Tyler, we really should help Carmen. How would you feel if something happened to her?”

An intense pressure squeezed my chest. I couldn’t lead her on, but I also couldn’t let anything happen to her.

“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself,” I admitted, my voice cracking slightly.

Suddenly, we all heard a heart-stopping shriek coming from Carmen’s room. Panic surged through me, and I sprinted toward her door.

“Carmen… open up!” I shouted, pounding on the locked door. Adrenaline pumped through my veins, making me forget that I was only wearing boxers.

“Absolutely not!” Carmen’s defiant voice came from behind the door. But I could hear the fear in her tone and how she was getting weaker by the second.

“Dammit, Carmen, you’re in heat,” I growled through the door. “You need an alpha’s knot. Let Logan help you.”

“No, thank you,” she replied primly, but I could hear her grunting in pain.

“Are you still a virgin?” I asked gently, trying to calm her down. There was silence, and I knew I’d struck a nerve. “I’ll be gentle for your first time.”

“Get lost, Tyler!” she screamed.

My patience snapped.

“I will break this door down if I have to!” I snarled. Hearing the sound of the window opening, I realized with horror that she might try to throw herself out into the snow again.

She wasn’t going to freeze again—not on my watch.

Carmen

My heart ached as I listened to Tyler’s words from behind the closed door. I couldn’t trust him again, yet his sweet words pulled at me, making my body ache for him even more. My belly throbbed with pain from my heat, and I wanted nothing more than to have an alpha's knot inside of me.

Especially Tyler’s knot, but he despised me.

Desperate to escape, I fumbled with the cold window screen, my fingers burning from the freezing metal.

The door suddenly burst open. I turned, taking a deep breath, and saw Tyler standing there, his eyes blazing with fury and desire.

“I don’t want you,” I yelled. “I got over you a long time ago.”

But he was already across the room in a few long strides, the floors shaking with his force. His instincts as an alpha had taken over, and it was clear he needed to make sure I knew who I belonged to. Tyler’s eyes locked on mine, and the anger within him morphed into something darker, more possessive.

He stepped toward me while I stood at the window—my heart pounding like crazy, while my middle burned.

“I can’t let you do this,” he growled, his voice low and dangerous. “You can’t hurt yourself again.”

I stared up at him, my chest heaving as I fought against the heat that threatened to undo me.

“I’ll get by just fine. Why don’t you go back to the compound to serve Henry?” I snapped, even though every fiber of my being screamed for him.

“Don’t be stubborn, honey. I can’t stand by and watch you suffer like this. I'll do whatever it takes to help you through your heat.”

“Even if it means breaking my heart again?” I asked, tears prickling at the corners of my eyes.

“Never again,” Tyler promised, his gaze softening as he took my cold hands in his. “I won’t leave you this time. Let me prove it to you.”

As much as I wanted to believe him, the fear of being hurt again held me back. But the pain from my heat was unbearable, and I found myself relenting as he led me toward the warm bed.

Tyler’s grip on my wrist was firm, pulling me to him with intensity. His scent of smoky cedarwood with a hint of leather enveloped me, making my knees weak and my heart race. I tried to tell myself I hated him, but my body betrayed me as I hugged him back.

“I never should have let you go,” Tyler confessed, his voice raw with emotion as he hugged me tighter on the bed, his erection pressing against my leg. “And I’m not going to make that mistake again.”

“Tyler, you can’t just waltz back into my life and expect everything to be okay,” I said, worried, just in case.

“Watch me,” he growled, pressing his lean, muscular body against mine. The heat emanating from him made my skin tingle, and the desire pooling in my core became nearly unbearable. “I won’t ever let you go again.”

He helped remove my sticky clothes from my body, my heart racing for it all to be off. Then he gazed at my bare breasts, running his hand gently down my belly.

Tyler had never seen me naked, even while we dated before. His eyes took on a deeper shade than usual as he gazed at my body from head to toe while I lay there on my back.

“What is it?” I asked, swallowing hard and feeling very shy before him as my thighs stayed clenched together.

“So fucking beautiful,” he said simply as his hand made contact with my pussy. “You’re so wet for me, Carmen. But we need to make sure you’re ready.”

He squeezed my pussy, and my arousal spiked. I could barely contain my moans as Jaxon shut the window. All my focus was on Tyler.

The alpha inhaled deeply, taking in the scent of my arousal as his wolfish yellow eyes glowed in the dark. He scared me, but the hunger in them also stirred something primal within me. This was what I'd always dreamt of but never dared believe would happen.

“God, I can’t believe you waited for me,” he murmured with admiration as he squeezed my pussy again. “Your virgin pussy is all mine.”

I gripped the sheets nervously as he massaged my thighs apart. I was anxious about that since my thighs jiggled a lot, but he didn’t seem to notice as he kissed my thighs with slow, tender care. I started to calm down a little because of how gentle he was, and I ran my hand through his dark wavy hair as he kissed the top of my pussy next.

“I need you,” I said, my pussy clenching with need. I had never been this wet before in my life, and I was more than ready to take him inside me even though it would be my first time getting knotted. As he licked my sensitive folds in long strokes, I couldn’t help but moan. “Tyler, it feels so good... but I need your knot. It hurts.”

“Alright, love,” he grinned wickedly as he pumped his cock twice, its thick girth making my mouth water. He spread my thighs wider, and I was so horny for him that I just wanted him to plunge into me already.

“Oh my goodness,” I said as more slick seeped down my pussy. My heart started to beat faster.

“Ready?” he asked, his voice low and seductive. “This will hurt a bit since you’re a virgin.”

As his cock pressed agonizingly slow against my entrance, my belly clenched with need. The thought of carrying his child both scared and excited me, but with Tyler's promise echoing in my ears, I decided to trust him.

“Please,” I begged. “Fill me up. I need you. I’m not going to break.”

He pushed inside me, his deep groan mingling with my scream as he took my virginity. The sharp pain soon gave way to pleasure as he began to thrust powerfully inside me, stretching me deliciously around his girth.