Alpha Beast (The Alpha Shifter Collection Book 10)(6)
Author: Sam Crescent

 

“How so?”

 

“First of all, my uncanny way of talking to dead people, that should be an indication. I cannot turn into a wolf. There is a chance at least one of your sons or daughters, if we were to get married, would be exactly like me.”

 

He smiled at her. “And yet, I’m sitting here, still wondering how and why that could be a bad thing.”

 

“Stop it,” she said.

 

“No, I don’t want to stop it. Jenny, you see yourself as completely undesirable and I can’t … I don’t believe for a single second that you are. You’re beautiful. I can tell that you’re kind. If anything, I do believe you’re cursed. You’ve been completely forgotten about. I can see you and I like what I see. I want to get to know you. Is that so hard for you to accept?”

 

She pressed her lips together and looked down at her hands. “There are so many eligible women who would give you normal kids and an easier life. This … the dead, they don’t sleep. Sometimes they seek me out. It’s not all fun and games.” She couldn’t tell him her biggest secret. The one her father should have told him. “You do know that I’ve never been allowed to date. I’m rarely allowed out in public, and that’s if I’ve had a spirit-free few weeks. Did you know that? Did you know I’ve never been on a single date? I’ve never been allowed around anyone.”

 

“Are you trying to tell me that you’re a virgin?”

 

This made her pause and she laughed. “Wow, I’m trying to save you from being married to me and all you can think about is sex.”

 

“Jenny, we’re not like humans. We don’t have to save ourselves for our mate. In fact, our body, come the full moon, always needs some release.” He locked their fingers together, and the pleasure of his touch consumed her. She looked at him as she felt everything. “You see. I can feel it. I know you can, and you’ve been denied all this time. That is the greatest curse of all.”

 

She pulled away as the waiter came back and lowered their plates in front of them. “Have a wonderful dinner.”

 

Her body was on fire and it wasn’t for food. No, it was for something else. Glancing over at Liam, his gaze was on hers.

 

No man had touched her.

 

She couldn’t turn into a wolf, but she craved the full moon, and there were times she would go half-mad with needing some physical touch. It was hard, though. No one would touch her, and in the loneliness of nights, the only person to keep her company was her grandmother, who would spend her time promising everything would be okay.

 

She speared her pasta and held it to her lips, biting on it. Flavors exploded on her tongue, but nothing came close to what Liam had done to her.

 

Wanting him was selfish. She shouldn’t marry him.

 

Her father was an awful man for even suggesting it, but if she got him to agree to the marriage with a few conditions, it might work.

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter Three

 

 

 

 

Liam didn’t care about what other people said. All he could see was the future in front of him, and he wanted to spend it with Jenny. She was so sweet, so kind, so loving. Even though they’d been on one date, he knew he wanted to spend as much time with her as he physically could. She was everything to him.

 

Running fingers through his hair, he waited on the doorstep. Her brother Danny had already given him glares for daring to call round for her. It was stupid, seeing as they were getting married in less than a week.

 

The preparations had been fast. Neither family wanted to wait too long. They were all trying to stop a bloodbath. Liam just wanted to spend time with Jenny. She was all he could think about.

 

In the mornings, he woke up wanting her beside him. He’d always been a man who loved sex and the epitome of control, but without Jenny, he felt he was going insane. He had to take matters into his own hands and give himself a release at least six times a day.

 

He wanted to fuck.

 

What was more, so did his wolf. The need to claim her was so strong. He’d never felt anything like it before. It was all completely foreign to him.

 

He was about to knock again when the door opened and Jenny appeared. She offered him a smile.

 

“You didn’t call,” she said.

 

“I needed to see you.”

 

“Is everything okay? I will understand if you wish to call the whole thing off. I know I’m not exactly the kind of woman you might like.”

 

He closed the distance between them, sinking his fingers into her hair and tilting her head back with the firm grip he had. “You have no idea what I feel.” Pressing his face against her neck, he breathed her in, groaning as her scent surrounded him. Vanilla and spice, a heady combination. He flicked his tongue across her neck, and hearing her gasp made him fucking melt.

 

So perfect.

 

So sweet.

 

“What are you doing, Liam?” she asked.

 

“I have no idea. I had to see you.” He forced himself to pull back rather than bite her neck. To taste her. He wanted to strip her clothes off and feel her against him. To completely surround himself in her scent.

 

“The moon is full tonight,” she said.

 

“I know.”

 

“Are you in control?”

 

“No,” he said. “What’s more, I don’t want to be. All I can think about is you. All of you. Every single part of you.” He slammed his lips down on hers. Liam didn’t know what he expected, her to slap him or push him away. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and melted against him. He broke the kiss to trail his lips to her neck. “You have no idea what you fucking do to me, baby.” He growled, thrusting his hips against her so she had no doubt what he was referring to.

 

“I think we should take this elsewhere,” she said.

 

He pulled back and saw the curtains twitch inside her house. “Yes, we should.”

 

Liam couldn’t bear to be apart from her. He took hold of her hand, locking their fingers together as they left the safety of her driveway. The city was busy, and he went straight to his car, which he’d parked away from her house only because he didn’t know how much control he had.

 

Opening the door, he waited for her to climb inside, then rounded to the driver’s side. He got behind the wheel, turned over the ignition, and joined the traffic. Rather than head toward the center of the city, he took them both out toward the waiting forest. It had been a long time since he’d gone for a run. The older he got, the more control he had. Right now, he had to let off some steam.