The Pack's Alpha (by Cooper) novel Chapter 36

Cyra

Waking up in Yorick’s arms, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my chest, like everything that I have carried on my shoulders for years has been lifted off me.

I roll over in his arms, running my fingers through his hair. He leans forward and kisses my nose before opening eyes.

“Good morning, beautiful.”

“Good morning.”

Thad begins purring softly as Yorick kisses my forehead. “How are you feeling this morning?”

“Good. Special.”

He frowns and looks down at me. “Special?”

“You make me feel special, in a good way. Like I’m loved and cared for in ways I’m not used to.”

He wraps his arms more tightly around me. “I like loving you and caring for you. That’s what mates do.”

His eyes are closed again as he holds me.

“I haven’t done a very good job of caring for you, though, have I?” I ask him.

He opens his eyes looking at me. “You take care of me. You tried to wash my knuckles yesterday when I nearly beat Stellan to death.

“I’ll do better. If we’re really going to do this, then I want to be the best possible mate for you. I want to be everything you want in a mate.”

I’m rewarded with that sexy grin, made sexier because his face is still soft with sleep.

“You’re my mate. You’re in my arms. You’re in my bed. You’ve agreed to trust me and fight with me to find your freedom so we can be together. I’m pretty happy,” he says.

“I think I can do better,” I say, pushing him onto his back and crawling on top of him.

“If this is better, I’m all for it,” he says.

I watch him as I line his already hard length at my entrance and gasp as I slide down his length, letting him stretch and fill me. “This is definitely better,” he groans. “It ranks in my top two.”

“What’s number one,” I gasp as I begin to slowly ride him, adjusting to the feel of him inside me.

“I want to be in your head. I want to hear your thoughts and feel your emotions. I want my mark on you and yours on me.” “Soon,” I promise, letting my head fall back.

He sits up, wrapping his arms around me and nipping at my throat, accepting my submission to him. He nips and kisses his way to my marking spot, sucking it into his mouth and sending electric shocks straight to my core.

I begin riding him harder, the different position adding friction to my clit while I ride.

“Yorick!” I moan.

He growls against my neck but he doesn’t release the skin of my marking spot and when he grazes his teeth over the spot, my body explodes around him. I cling to him, my body jerking through the extreme pleasure of feeling his teeth right there at my marking spot.

Rina begins panting with her desire to have Thad sink his teeth into our mark. I’m so lost in the orgasm that it takes me a moment to realize that she’s extended her own canines.

“NO!” I shout.

Yorick jerks back, a frown on his face until he sees me. Then he leans forward, kissing my lips around her canines.

“Sink your teeth into me here, Rina,” he says, pointing to a fleshy spot on his shoulder away from his marking spot. When she does, desperately snapping her teeth into him like a viper, Thad begins purring at her.

“Someday soon, my sweet girl, you can make me yours. Let us get everything ready so we can protect your pack,” he growls. I can feel his cock twitching inside me and I begin to ride him again while Rina pushes her venom into him. He’ll smell like us for days making both of us very happy.

When I feel Thad’s canines sink into the flesh of my shoulder, my body shudders with another orgasm, Yorick’s body jerking a moment later. We ride out the orgasm until both our wolves have relaxed enough to release the other, then I sit back and look at him.

He pushes my hair away from my face, smiling up at me.

“Once this is done, once we’ve figured out how to get you out of this alliance bond, I will make you mine, Cyra and we will have a beautiful life together. That’s my promise to you.”

I cup his face in my hands. “If our lives together so far are any indication, I’m going to be the happiest woman in the world.” I lean in and kiss him until I feel the sharp smack of his hand on my ass. I yelp and sit back.

“We need showers and I need food. I didn’t eat nearly enough yesterday and I worked up one hell of an appetite last night and this morning,” he says, making me laugh.

His eyes flicker to my neck and darken. He gently runs a finger over my marking spot as a possessive smile spreads across his face.

“This will do, for now.” I don’t have to look to know that I have a hickey on my marking spot. It’s a very possessive way for Yorick to tell everyone that I’m his, but I love it.

I watch as Yorick and Cyra walk into the dining hall hand in hand. That’s not unusual nor are the shouts from their friends that they’re late and to join them. What is new is the hickeys on their marking spots.

“I’ll be right back,” I growl at Helena and Talek.

I grab my phone and step outside, calling the number Alpha Stellan gave me yesterday.

“What?”

“You didn’t mention that they are mates,” I growl. No wonder Yorick isn’t interested in me.

“What happened,” he growls.

“They aren’t marked, but they are wearing hickeys on their mate marks. It’s obvious that they are claiming each other. You left out that vital piece of information,” I snarl.

“It wasn’t your business.”

“If you want information from me, then you make it my business, Alpha. Is there anything else I should know?”

He’s quiet a moment. “We’re working with someone at the Academy to get Alpha Yorick out.”

I laugh. “You do realize he killed someone and is still here, right?”

As soon as I say it, it makes perfect sense why Yorick wasn’t expelled. Jory went after Cyra and Yorick defended her. As her mate, he’s within his legal rights to do so.

“They won’t be going after Cyra. They’ll be targeting Yorick. I want you to keep me updated on how that’s going.”

“It’s going to cost you. I don’t like liars or cheats,” I tell him and he begins laughing.

“Takes one to know one, hottie. I’ll see what I can do about paying you,” he says.

I hang up and consider my options. I wanted Yorick, but the odds of me pulling him away from his mate are slim. Stellan didn’t tell me the plan was to get rid of Yorick. If he’s gone, I lose my chance to get him.

Of course, that’s a big ‘if’. From what I’ve seen, Yorick isn’t so easy to get rid of.