The Fourth Mate

Chapter 7: Anger to Lust

Warning: The chapter contains s****l content. Read at your own discretion.

Lucky woke feeling a dull ache in her body with a heavy weight on top. She did not know what caused the pain to be minimized, but she hoped it was the bond breaking from her rejection. It would make her happy to be free of it. The only thing she would have to worry about was Edge having a tantrum about it. The images of him made a smile grow on her face while she still had her eyes closed to the world. She could already see him now with anger marring his sexy face and his chest deflated from his pride. She would mock him, and he could not do anything about it.

However, she should have known what was going on when she heard Star’s low growl in her head. It did not register until she opened her eyes to an arm wrapped around her body. Her heart thumped in alarm with her eyes jerking wide open. A scream lurched from her lips soon after, making her jolt up from the bed while knocking the arm from her.

Star slid forward at the same time and took control of her. She grew claws, then turned Lucky’s body to face the man in bed with her. Her wolf slashed at him, but Edge had jerked awake in time to leap out of bed and go to the door. She could tell it was his wolf that made him do it with his dark eyes black, which made her body hum some more.

He has s*x appeal, she thought regrettably. She could not deny that he looked good with his pants rumpled and his chest bare. She wanted to run her hands all over his body to feel the silkiness of the brown hair curled on his chest. She also wanted to feel the hardness of his muscles forming his thick body, too. It did not matter that she could see the scars on his skin. It looked delicious to her. Then, there was his hair that seemed to puff out and yet maintain its silky look, which begged her to fix it back to its refined manner. And finally, there was his erection, proudly erect and ready for her.

She could barely keep herself from ogling him, which caused an ache to begin at her entrance. Her body was already tightened from the thoughts running through her head. It made her folds wet, too. She wanted this man, whether it was his head between her legs, his hands all over her body, or his d**k in one of her holes. She wanted him.

She pulled back from her admiration. It helped when the pain came back to her, making it difficult to like someone who is trying to force her to be his mate. She lost the warmth that made her safe and comfortable, replacing it with a cold chill. The threat of a shiver made her body tense, which added to her pain, making it unbearable. Somehow, she is pushing past it to focus on her quarry.

Her alarm and s****l needs went to anger in seconds as the memories of yesterday flit through her mind. She glared at him with a scowl on her face and thoughts of murder dancing in her head. She did not think he would be s****d enough after yesterday to step a foot into her bedroom, but Star had warned her that he would use her vulnerable moments.

Maybe we could use s*x to teach him to be good to us.

You are corrupted.

She did not want to be that close to the man, who was forcing her to be his mate. She would rather chew her arm off than give up her dignity.

“I only came to give you some peace in your sleep,” Edge grumbled.

“You mean peace in your sleep,” Lucky corrected hatefully. “I already know that you will feel pain too from the rejection I am giving you, but you will deal with it instead of crawling into my bed like some p*****t.”

“I choose to make you my mate,” he growled angrily. “You should be happy that someone wants you instead of being alone!”

His anger should have scared her, and his words should have hurt, but it had the opposite effect on her.

“I did not choose to be your mate,” Lucky snapped, “so you will deal with your choice as I am mine. So, if it interferes with your beauty sleep or even your duties to your pack, then you only have yourself to blame, not me. You decided to mark me when I told you no.”

She swore she saw hurt flash in his eyes, but she was sure that it was a trick of the light. She also believes it could be the arousal softening her towards him, which is why she pointed out his faults. It would not be good for her wolf if she lets this man have a foothold in her heart. Besides, he had already shown that he was like her family and was willing to hurt her. He is not someone she can love. It would cause her to kill herself in the end.

“You are correct in that,” he chuckled as he sauntered closer to her. She started scooting back into her bed, worried that he may do something worse to her. “I did take your choice away. You did tell me no when I told you that I was going to mark you, but you, Lucky, asked for it…”

“No one asks to be violated or for pain like you did to me,” Lucky shouted with her whole body vibrating her anger.

She had heard that before from her parents when her sister did something to her. They always told her that she asked for it, because she was horrible to Lucy. She was never mean to her. The only thing she ever did that was considered bad to her sister was excel in school and make a lot of friends. It was like that until her sister began making them see her as a bad person. Those who realized their mistakes came back, but it was just a ploy to make her sister happy. She learned her lessons after fifth grade and never accepted any one of them back ever again. She walked away, never forgiving them for hurting her.

So, again, Lucky found that she was right. He is no better than her family, which hurts more for some reason. Maybe, somewhere in her, there is this hope that makes her want him to truly want her and to be her fated mate. She does not know why when she hardly knows anything about him other than he ensures the packs surrounding his pack. But she knows now that she cannot trust him no matter the good he does.

“Who were you talking to last night?” Edge demanded sharply.

“None of your business,” she snapped. “Whoever or whatever I do will never be any of your business.”

She was shocked that he figured it out, but she was not entirely shocked. Lucy had talked about how Cullen sent guards with her everywhere she went and why. This would be no different since the mark connects them, which means he can get into great pain if someone hurts her. It does not mean she is going to fall in line with what he wants. Besides, she owes the man who gave her Star.

Lucky, you’re crossing a line, again. He has already tried to lay claim to you. It is better to artfully say no one, than to say he has no control over you.

Star was right. Lucky saw the anger growing in Edge’s eyes, turning them nearly black, again. His hands were shaking while fisted at his sides. He might kill her, this time, except she found herself wanting it. She would gladly leave this world hoping that whoever is up there would give her a happier life the next time she is born.

Lucky…

She knows this upsets her wolf, but she can not help it. She is looking at her future, and it is the same as her childhood. There is nothing better out there for her while she has people like Edge and her family around her. She will be miserable and in pain until she dies. She will become a shell of herself like she was becoming because of her family. That is no life for anyone.

“That is where you’re wrong,” Edge stated as he leaned down with his fists pushing into the bed beside her legs. His body is tilting towards her, showing the anger in his eyes that almost made her mouth go dry. “You bear my mark…”

“Stain!” Lucky shouted her correction. “A mark forms a shape. Yours is a bruise, but I would never call your mark a mark. It will always be a stain- something unwanted and hideous.”

He lurched forward growling at her, which made her stiffen and her hands became fists. She felt her nails start to embed in her skin, causing another pain that made her eyes stay on his angry ones. She was not going to back down from him no matter how much fear or pain she was in. It did not matter that she was so aroused right now that she was sure he could smell it. She would rather die than break.

“Fine!” Edge roared in her face. “You will have guards watching you so long as you are in my pack and here. You want it this way, Lucky, then fine. It will be this way.”

“I am not yours!” she snapped breathlessly. “I am my own person. And besides, I have not chosen your pack or Cullen’s. It is my choice to choose a pack and no one else’s. You have no right to choose for me.”

“Regardless of my mark’s formation or not, my mark is still on you,” Edge pointed out. “It will connect us…”

She could not stop herself from gripping his neck and pulling him down for a kiss. The anger formed on his face… His eyes red-rimmed from his held back fury… His frowning lips that drew her attention from being so close…

It all made her yearn to do something to end this need filling her. Her body had already become tightened from his closeness and was radiating heat into her. He made it worse when he got mad like he did, which took everything she had not to do anything. She failed when the ache at her entrance thumped a couple of times, telling her that she needed relief.

She kissed him, tasting something sweet exploding onto her tongue. It made her open her mouth for a better sample of those lips. A groan of pleasure came from her while she licked them . His wolf even growled in approval of what she was doing, which sent vibration into her breasts. A thrill went through her that sent her legs wrapping around his waist and pressing her core onto his erection. She needed more than this meager taste of him, but he took over and delved his tongue into her mouth. It made her try to rock on him.

She did not realize that he had wrapped his arm around her waist and held her there. Her need for relief took away her attention from anything else. A pleasurable shiver went through her from its possessiveness, which should have told her that he was laying claim to her body, but she did not care. She was entertaining the idea of pushing his pants down and sliding onto his erection. She could feel how hard and large he was, which made her unsure if she could have that size in her.

The ache was getting worse, though. She was slick between her legs, too, which made her uncomfortable with her panties and shorts on. She wanted to be free of them, so his hands could touch her skin while their tongues dueled to taste one another better. His taste kept getting better with each lick she did under his tongue as he explored her mouth. He seemed to know where to hit to make her want more.

His musk and cigar scent were adding to her need for him to be in her, but she did not even realize she was smelling his arousal.

All he had to do was touch her bare skin, and she would cry out his name in sheer, blissful pleasure that would blot out everything. Her hand was already tensely sliding into his hair, feeling its silky strands adding to her pleasure. His beard was doing the same thing, too, which was crazy. She did not understand how all of that could make her want to ride out this lustful wave until the end.

What is he waiting for?!