The Queen of the Rogues

Mate

Amanda entered the garden, with her arm linked with Kyles. She was gripping her red painted short nails into his arm as she tried to focus forwards.

There were nearly 600 guests including the 400 pack members. It was a massive event and ceremony. Amanda kept her eyes focused on her parents and sister who were waiting at the front of the aisle.

There were gasps and murmurs from the crowd.

“Ignore them. You are beyond beautiful. It’s jealousy” Kyle messaged her in the mind link.

She sighed. The smell of ashwood, smoke and mint still invading her senses. But looking around, she couldn’t find him in the crowd. She knew he was there and was internally kicking herself for not realizing he was talking about the same event. How dense was she?

The cheers and the applause were deafening as Amanda made her way to the front of the space. Kyle assisted her in climbing the stage and as she stood to the side with her parents, she let her eyes wander the crowd. She looked for the blue eye she had grown to care for, but they weren’t there. Her eyes were met with every bit mated ranked male wolf. Staring at her. Eye f*****g her. Undressing her with their eyes. She was starting to feel uneasy. She focused her attention on Heather and James and their ceremony. It was beautiful as the Elder Jackson united them as one. Their hand cut gently as they drank from the cup of unity. When Heather’s eyes glazed over and by her smile, Amanda could tell she was mindlinking with her new pack. Amanda felt tears of joy in her eyes for her sister as Kyle handed her a Kleenex.

“You always take care of me Kyle” she linked him.

“I will always do my best for you Princess,” he responded.

She turned and smiled at him.

The first dance as beautiful and Amanda sighed as she knew what was coming next.

After Kyle escorted her to their table the men started to line up to ask for her hand to dance.

Luckily Kyle sensed her discomfort and grabbed her hand, leading her to the dance floor.

Amanda shot him an appreciative thank you smile, as she politely waved at the hopeful men who smiled back tight smiles, as Kyle took her hand and twirled her around passed them.

“Kyle you are a lifesaver!” She exclaimed, giggling as he twirled her around again. Kyles moves had definitely improved as he expertly waltzed her around the room.

He twirled her again and suddenly she felt her senses completely flooded. She turned and looked up.

“May I cut in?” Jake smiled down at her.

Amanda took in the sight of him. He was wearing a fitted grey suit over a white dress shirt. The neck was open. His beard had been neatly trimmed.

Amanda nodded to Kyle, who handed her to Jake as he gave a slight bow and walked back to the edge of the dance floor. The moment her hand touched Jake’s, her entire hand and arm exploded into electric shocks. They were stronger than they had ever been. Her heart was pulsating so hard, it was deafening. And the arousal seeped into her panties at the mere sight of him.

“Jake!” Amanda stammered.

“You are the most beautiful goddess I have ever laid eyes on. Why is it that I can smell you so much more now? That I’m exploding inside just being so close to you?” He asked her in a whisper.

She shrugged as he pulled her closer, nuzzling her neck and ear with his lips, causing her to moan.

His eyes darkened with lust as he buried his face in her hair, breathing her scent in deeply.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” He asked her, his voice pained.

Amanda sighed in his strong arms. “I told you - it’s complicated. Does it really matter who I am?” She gestures at her appearance. “I can’t believe you’re here,” she whispered, her dark eyes meeting his blue ones. The ocean.

As she held his gaze they paused. The world seeming to pause around them. It’s like time had stood still, except for them.

“Come with me,” he finally spoke.

She only could nod in her response.

“Kyle I’m safe. I’m going with Jake,” she mind linked Kyle as Jake lead her away from the crowded area

“Be safe Princess. I’m never far,” he responded.

Jake took her hand. Leading her to a guest cottage on the edge of the party.

He picked her up, carrying her bridal style and carried her into the small cottage, away from the music and crowds.

He put her down and turned to shut the door.

As the door clicked shut, she couldn’t hold herself back any longer.

He turned just as she rushed into his loving embrace. His lips smashing into hers. His lips expertly assaulting hers as her tongue sought out his. Twirling together as their hands frantically grasped one another.

He pushed her away suddenly and gasped out “Mate” His blue eyes now overfilled with lust as he panted from their kiss.

“It was never a question,” she whispered. “I have been yours and you have been mine since the moment we met,”. She cleared the space between them, pulling his face into hers.

“Mate!” She declared, holding his gaze intensely.

He growled as he picked her up in a hug, looking deep into her eyes. Tears started to fall from hers. Overcome with emotion. Removing the pendent had only intensified what she already felt.

Wrapping her arms around his neck she pulled his face into hers. The kiss was sensual. Slow. As the sounds of their lips slowly smacking and their frantic heartbeats, filled the small cottage. Her arousal was dripping under her dress, her black lace thong not able to contain it as it started to drip down her thighs. Her lips lost in his, she felt him pull away for a moment.

“If we start, I don’t think I can stop again,” he gasped, taking away from her, as if fighting to hold him and his wolf back.

“I don’t want you to stop,” Amanda whispered. Her gaze held his. “I want you,” she gasped out, catching her breath.

He let out low, growl. “My mate”, he repeated as he took her in his arms again, nuzzling her neck and hair.

“My mate,” she moaned softly as his lips peppered kisses over her neck.