Chapter 50 : Dangerous Desires

Karenina

She heard him whisper her name from behind, his breath hovering over her eardrums, making her shiver in reaction, in anticipation of his touch. His gray-black hair fell over her shoulders as he hugged her from behind and held her tightly against his strong chest. She was transfixed as his long, elegant hands came down from their place on her shoulders and cupped her very full breasts. She gasped as the fire in him licked hotter. Her head fell back on his broad chest, gasping as his grip tightened and softened rhythmically, her nipples felt so hard but he wasn't touching them and it was driving her so crazy!

She moaned his name while she arched her back to blatantly offer herself to him as her need grew within her. His warm tongue traced her collar bone before she felt a sweet relief when he moved to pinch and pull her nipple. The pleasure flowed straight to her pussy as she melted into him.

Her mind was flooded with sensations with no thought of stopping it. She would surely die if she did. Suddenly, his hands were inside her dress, caressing her naked body parts. The touch made her go crazy and she clawed at his pants that were sagging behind him.

Then one of his hands left her breast and traced a blistering path down her body, removing the obstacle of her clothes as he went before she felt his fingers touch her wet pussy.

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Karen jerked awake, gasping for air, alone on her spacious bed, sweat beading at her temples and soaking her body. Without touching herself, she knew she was dripping with her own juices as she felt them on her inner thighs. She shuddered in sexual frustration as Helga leaned over her with a hand on her shoulder.

"Luna! Are you all right? Does your wound hurt?" Helga asked worriedly, her eyes focused entirely on Karen. She could smell her Luna's arousal and quietly added, "Do you want me to tell Alpha Xavier to come see you?"

Panting and ruffling her disheveled hair, she replied. "No, that won't be necessary, Helga, but thank you. I'm fine."

Karen ignored the look of disbelief on the woman's face and looked away, then asked quietly, "I would like to be alone now. Can you make sure no one bothers me?" She felt bad for asking her friend to leave, but her mind was too confused from her erotic dream and the memory of Xavier's touch last night. Her face felt hot and flushed.

"Of course, Luna." She heard Helga get up and walk away. Before she left, Karen whispered a thank you.

She got up and cleaned her toiletries, but didn't change into her nightgown, not wanting to do much since she was in a bad mood. She sat in her window seat and did not look out as she watched the sunny day.

She had allowed Xavier to touch her, the brother of her lover, and she liked it, she really liked it. Whenever she was around him, she was always aware of his presence, even before the whole mess about him looking for a mate. Now that Xavier was showing interest in her, it was as if her mind allowed her to admit those pent-up feelings for him, but she still loved Rylan, didn't she? She was confused herself.

Karen sighed, feeling very conflicted. How was she supposed to know that it wasn't just lust between her and Xavier? She admitted with a heavy heart that her feelings and reactions towards Xavier were more explosive than her warm and tender feelings towards Rylan. It was as if there was something that drew her to him, and his intoxicating scent was capable of making her dizzy and tremble.

It must have been lust. That was right. She couldn't really be in love with Xavier, could she?

She nodded her head firmly. That was lust. Then she frowned, her reflection mirroring her expression, though she did not notice it. If they - this was just an assumption! - did act on both of her desires, it wouldn't last long and she doubted that she would be able to have a purely physical relationship with him. Besides, Xavier would surely leave her once he found his mate. The thought of him finding his mate made her strangely depressed, but she ignored the reason for her depression, not wanting to look too closely at her feelings.

The turbulent thoughts became stronger and harder to overcome, as if some outside force was affecting her. The deeper she sank into her reverie, the more intense the animal aura suddenly became.

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Xavier

"You must find Rylan and his friends, the warrior Moonlit Grove Pack, Selene, Mike, the younger member, Samuel, and the great wolf as their guide. When you find them, bring them here quietly. Rylan may be hard to convince, but tell them that I, as Alpha Westwood, am bringing their most treasured female hybrid friend as a special guest. They will accompany you without fail," he instructed his two bodyguards as he sat gracefully in a large chair with red cushions behind his medium-sized but spacious and ornate wooden desk.

Xavier sent them away and sat quietly for a few moments, daydreaming. He knew that he could no longer delay finding his brother and his friends the way his mate wanted without pushing her away. He smirked. He thought he had made satisfactory progress where Karen made her cries of pleasure echo in his mind.

He didn't think she would regret what they had done together, but maybe Xavier should consider her feelings for Rylan. Surely she was over Rylan now that he had given her pleasure as a woman, right? Probably her first.

Ignoring the endless paperwork on his desk, he got up and walked out of his study. He walked to her room, feeling pleased with himself as he intended to let more of the scent power of his aura penetrate her, to bind her by making her more and more attached to him, so that he could possess her freely without her human origin being able to hold them back. Xavier was determined that she would be his and his alone, not his half-brother's or anyone else's.

He frowned as he approached Karen's room and saw her maid bent over outside. He ignored her as Helga bowed to the floor in greeting and opened the wooden door for him to enter uninvited and unannounced.

She turned, surprised to see him. She had heard the door open and thought it was Helga and was about to apologize for her rude behavior earlier, but she caught her breath as she saw the dashing and handsome figure walk into her room. She hadn't even felt his presence because she had been too deep in thought to notice. Now she wished she had.

She didn't blame Helga for letting Xavier in. He was her Alpha and this was his pack house. Besides, he was intimidating on a normal day. Now he sucked the air out of her room with his presence.

"Karenina, are you okay?" Xavier asked in a serious tone, but his eyes continued to watch her closely, looking for signs of confusion or fear in her expression.